Samsung SDS raises $1.1b in IPO

The flotation, which represents the latest move by Korea's largest business group to restructure, is the largest IPO in the country in four years.

Samsung SDS server room

Suzy Waite

October 31, 2014

Samsung SDS raised $1.1 billion in an initial public offering after selling its shares at the top of the indicative range, making it the largest Korean IPO in more than four years.

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