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February 2005

Deals of the year 2004: Innovation feeds yield-hungry buyers

by Mark Brown, Antony Currie,, Deborah Kimbell, Peter Koh,, Chris Leahy and Kathryn Tully report

Innovation on the part of issuers and their bankers along with robust risk appetite from investors shaped the capital markets in 2004.


Asia Latin America Emerging Europe Western Europe North America

Asia

Best equity deal
Thai Oil Public Company
Type of deal: Privatization IPO
Deal size: $704 million ($788 million post-greenshoe)
Date: October 2004
Joint international bookrunners: JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley
Joint domestic bookrunners: Finansa, Phatra Securities, SCB Securities

As proof that biggest is not always the best, the award for Asia's best equity deal in 2004 goes to the relatively modest Thai Oil offering, which was flawlessly executed by the company and bookrunners alike.

Last year was hardly a vintage one for IPOs in the region. Even with some solid and very large deals, including India's $1 billion Tata Consultancy Services and $1.8 billion Ping An Insurance from China, the IPO bandwagon, despite an auspicious start, never really got going.

Against this backdrop, the privatization of Thai Oil, the largest ever Thai IPO and the biggest in southeast Asia for years, stands out as an...

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