HONG KONG, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Swire Properties Ltd's
biggest shareholder plans to sell about $648 million worth of shares in the real estate developer in a block offering, IFR reported on Monday, citing sources with knowledge of the deal.
John Swire & Sons is offering 217 million shares in Swire Properties, which was spun off from Swire Pacific Ltd in January, at a range of HK$22.51-HK$23.23, added IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication.
The deal comes after John Swire & Sons received a waiver from a 90-day lockup on the stock, as it sold another block worth $645 million in Swire Properties in August.
The selldown could total as much as HK$5.04 billion with shares offered at a discount of 3 percent to 6 percent from Monday's close of HK$23.95 each.
BOC International, HSBC , JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are managing the deal, IFR added. ($1 = 7.7550 Hong Kong dollars)
(Reporting by Fiona Lau of IFR; Writing by Elzio Barreto; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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