Johannesburg - Rhodes Food Group Holdings, a South African manufacturer of frozen food and prepared meals, said on Monday it planned to raise R600m ($56m) through a listing in Johannesburg.
Rhodes, which supplies major retailers such as Pick N Pay and Shoprite with jams, pastries and sausage rolls and sells canned citrus in Britain, said in a statement it would use the proceeds to pay off debt and fund growth, including in sub-Saharan Africa.
As part of the listing Rhodes said it wanted to issue to shares equivalent to around a quarter of its existing stock.
Morgan Stanley, FirstRand's Rand Merchant Bank unit and Renaissance Capital have been appointed joint coordinators and bookrunners.