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Indicated demand for the listing, due to take place on September 29 at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, exceeds the full deal size, the bookrunning said.
The subscription period for private and institutional investors kicked off on Tuesday and will run until Sept. 28, with shares offered to private investors in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy and Spain.
Cornerstone investors have already laid claim to 40% of the shares on offer, including Qatar Investment Authority, which is buying 4.99% of the offering; Abu Dhabi’s ADQ, which is investing 350 million euros; and T. Rowe Price and Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, investing 750 million euros each.
Total proceeds from the sale will be 18.1-19.5 billion euros and could help Volkswagen fund its electrification drive.
