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Franco-Nevada Corp boosts size of share sale by 45% following Glencore Plc deal

Franco-Nevada says some of the proceeds may be used to pay down the company's credit facility, as well as for further investments, general corporate purposes and to fund its US$500 million purchase of the precious-metals stream on output from Glencore's Antapaccay mine in Peru.

A day after announcing a share sale to fund purchasing precious-metals output from Glencore Plc, Franco-Nevada Corp. increased the size of the financing by 45 percent, citing “strong demand.”

The so-called “bought deal” will raise at least US$800 million with the sale of 16.7 million Franco-Nevada shares for US$47.85 each, the Toronto-based company said inside a statement. On Wednesday it had expected to raise at least US$550 million inside a bought deal. Franco-Nevada’s shares rose 2.3 per cent to US$51.51 at 12:10 p.m. in New York.

The company now says a few of the proceeds enables you to reduce the company’s credit facility, as well as for further investments, general corporate purposes and also to fund its US$500 million purchase of the precious-metals stream on output from Glencore’s Antapaccay mine in Peru. Completing the offering is not conditional on successfully completing the streaming deal, it said.

Franco-Nevada Ceo David Harquail said funding large streaming deals by doing this may be the wave of the future.

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