MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) saw its shares drop 5.36% during pre-market trading on Thursday. The decline follows the company's announcement of the pricing for its U.S. initial public offering.
The space-technology company priced approximately 9.8 million shares at $30.50 each for its offering on the New York Stock Exchange. This price is notably below the stock's recent trading level on the Toronto Stock Exchange, where it closed the previous session at a value roughly equivalent to $33.43. The discrepancy between the IPO price and the prevailing market price appears to have driven the downward movement in the stock.
CEO Mike Greenley is scheduled to ring the opening bell on NYSE Live to celebrate the company's U.S. listing. The IPO aims to provide the Canadian firm access to a deeper pool of American institutional capital.