Wilmington pharmaceutical company PPD goes public

February 7, 2020 at 10:00 PM EST - Updated February 7 at 10:03 PM

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - PPD is now a publicly traded company.

PPD CEO David Simmons rang the Nasdaq opening bell Friday as the company began trading as a public company.

It’s an exciting day in PPD’s history. PPD CEO David Simmons rings the Nasdaq opening bell as the company has begun...
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Bloomberg says PPD has raised $1.62 billion in the biggest US IPO so far in 2020. On Wednesday, PPD announced in a news release it was offering 60 million shares of its common stock at $27 per share.

The company’s 23,000 employees also celebrated the Nasdaq listing across the company’s many locations.

PPD employees conclude a day of celebrating the start of a new chapter for the company as a publicly traded...
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[ PPD submits documents to SEC to go public ]

The offering is expected to close on Feb. 10, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.