NTT plans record $4.7bn bond float to fund Docomo takeover

Expanded issue and US offering also on table to meet anticipated demand

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NTT will invest proceeds from the float into 5G infrastructure along with the Docomo deal. (Nikkei montage)

TOMOHIRO NOGUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Nippon Telegraph & Telephone will issue more than 500 billion yen ($4.74 billion) in corporate bonds, a record for a single float in the Japanese market, to raise cash for its 4.25 trillion yen tender offer for subsidiary NTT Docomo.

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