UBS LAUNCHED a near $500m international offer for Nichiei on Wednesday in what is likely to be the largest international stock offering from Japan this year. Nichiei, the second largest finance provider in Japan, has a p/e ratio of 30 times March 1997 earnings. The 144a transaction consists of 4m new shares, a 500,000 greenshoe and a 500,000 sell-off by current shareholders.
September 19, 1997