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Mandatory Credit: Photo by JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (13370248a)Porsches receiving service at one of the brand's dealerships in Chantilly, Virginia, USA, 06 September 2022. The Volkswagen Group, which owns Porsche, announced it will spin off the iconic sports car brand in an IPO this fall.VW to list Porsche in IPO, Chantilly, USA - 06 Sep 2022

Volkswagen said it would list Porsche in an ipo on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange that will take place in either late September or early October. The German carmaker is offloading only a portion of the stock, some of which will go to the Porsche-Piëch families, vw’s biggest shareholders. The rest will be sold to individual investors. vw will retain the remaining shares. The flotation could raise as much as €10.6bn ($10.5bn), which would make it the biggest stockmarket listing in Europe since Glencore in 2011.

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