Tokyo Metro headed for IPO as soon as October

Tokyo listing could value the subway operator at up to $4.8bn

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Tokyo Metro's profits jumped in the April-June quarter on increased passenger traffic. (Photo by Konosuke Urata)

TOMONORI WASHIDA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan's central and Tokyo metropolitan governments are preparing to list subway operator Tokyo Metro as soon as late October, people familiar with the matter said, in what could be the Tokyo Stock Exchange's biggest initial public offering since 2018.

The IPO could value Tokyo Metro at 640 billion yen to 700 billion yen ($4.37 billion to $4.78 billion). Tokyo Metro declined to comment on the matter.

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