The size of the offering was reduced from the 16.2M* shares announced in Monday’s PR (#msg-93465426).
The new shares increase the number of diluted shares outstanding by 8.5%; however, PCL says the land acquisition from MeadWestvaco (#msg-93465426) will be immediately accretive to cash flow per share even after taking into account the larger number of shares outstanding.
*Assuming exercise of underwriter’s overallotment.
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