LG Uplus draws $112M bond book 11 times oversubscribed
What's the deal? South Korean telecom LG UplusDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → opened a US$125.8M (≈$112 million) corporate bond sale on October 13, 2026, drawing institutional orders of US$1.43B — more than 11 times the planned issue. The post-IPO debt raise split into a US$515.6M two-year tranche and a US$918.1M three-year tranche.
Why now? The sale landed days after MacquarieDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → raised its LG Uplus stock target from US$13.4 to US$16.8 on October 7, 2026, per Investing.com. The stock traded at US$12.4 on the KRX that day, within a 52-week range of US$11.6 to US$15.8.
By the numbers: The order book's depth let both tranches price below benchmark — the two-year by 5 basis points, the three-year by 3 basis points, according to Seoul Economic Daily. Market capitalisation stood at US$5.28B on October 13, 2026.
The financials: First-half 2026 revenue fell 1.2% year over year to US$6.29B, while operating profit rose 10.1% to US$517.1M and operating cash flow climbed 9.0% to US$1.56B. Second-quarter operating profit reached US$288.4M on a 9.3% margin.
What's the endgame? LG Uplus is pairing cost discipline with an AI build-out. In an October 6, 2026 release, it said work with Opt AIDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → cut power consumption by 78% and model size by 82% in on-device testing, and that processing capacity reached up to four times the previous level in server GPU environments.
What's next? LG Uplus reports earnings on November 18, 2026, when investors will weigh falling revenue against rising profit and the cost of its AI infrastructure push.
The signal: Strong demand and below-benchmark pricing show debt markets remain open to established telecoms even as top-line growth stalls, giving LG Uplus cheap capital to fund an AI strategy it is betting will restore momentum.
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