Ocado Raises $1.3 Billion to Fund Growth of Online Shopping
- Demand for automated warehouses may increase amid Covid-19
- Consumer-goods industry is investing for post-lockdown world
Delivery vans sit parked at an Ocado Group customer fulfillment center in Erith, U.K., on March 25.
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Ocado Group Plc is raising just over 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) through a share placement, retail offer and convertible bonds to fund expansion of online grocery shopping in an era of social distancing.
The company said Thursday it’s getting 657 million pounds via the share placement and retail offer and 350 million pounds through the convertible bond offering. The stock fell as much as 7.5% to 1,960 pence, which was the offer price.