Utilities

PG&E raises $5.5 billion as it eyes exit from bankruptcy next week

Key Points
  • PG&E has raised about $5.5 billion from a share offering and sale of equity units.
  • The biggest U.S. power provider by customers hopes to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy next week.
Workers for Source Power Services, contracted by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), repair a power transformer in Healdsburg, California, on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019.
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PG&E has raised about $5.5 billion from a share offering and sale of equity units as the biggest U.S. power provider by customers looks to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy next week.

The company sold just over 423 million shares at $9.50 apiece to raise about $4 billion, while a separate, previously announced equity units offering raised just under $1.20 billion, giving it net proceeds after costs of around $5.15 billion.

The share offering was at a 2.4% discount to the stock's Thursday close.

The fundraising took place days after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved the company's Chapter 11 reorganization plan, taking a step closer to exiting from bankruptcy protection.

Earlier this month, PG&E had said that it would be raising $5.75 billion from public offerings.