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Shares in First Data Corp rose 2.6 percent in their debut on Thursday (October 15), valuing the payment processor at $14.42 billion in the largest initial public offering this year. First Data, controlled by private equity firm KKR & Co LP, raised $2.56 billion by selling 160 million shares at $16 each per share, below the indicated range of $18 to $20.
The IPOs of several companies have been priced below their expected ranges since August due to market volatility. The company, which was first spun off in an IPO by American Express in the early nineties, was taken private in 2007 by KKR for about $29 billion - one of the biggest leveraged buyouts before the financial crisis. "Most IPOs have had to discount heavily to make them attractive. It's interesting that First Data cut its price and not the offering size," said Francis Gaskins, president of research firm IPO Desktop.

Copyright Reuters, 2015

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