Tokyo Metro’s IPO Seeks to Raise More Than $2 Billion

  • Company will set price band Oct. 7, list shares Oct. 23
  • IPO would be biggest in Japan since SoftBank Corp.’s 2018 deal

A Tokyo Metro Co. subway station in Tokyo.

Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
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The initial public offering of Tokyo Metro Co., one of two subway operators based in Japan’s capital, is seeking to raise around ¥319.6 billion ($2.24 billion), giving a big boost to the country’s market for new listings.

The company’s IPO would be the biggest in Japan since SoftBank Corp.’s $21 billion listing in December 2018, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Tokyo Metro, whose IPO could value it at about ¥639.1 billion, plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 23, it said in a filing to Japan’s Ministry of Finance on Friday.