Royal Caribbean closes underwritten offering of $1.5bn shares

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Royal Caribbean Group closed its underwritten public offering of $16.9m shares of common stock at $91 per share.

The company expects to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes.

Morgan Stanley and BofA Securities acted as joint book-running managers and underwriters.

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According to William Blair, following this equity raise, the company has enough liquidity to weather up to 12 more months in an essentially zero-revenue scenario.

RCL closed at $94.48, up 86 cents, on Wednesday.

Perella Weinberg Partners acted as independent financial advisor to the Royal Caribbean Group.