CORRECTED (OFFICIAL)-UPDATE 1-Pret A Manger seeks more British baristas to balance Brexit risk

LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Coffee and sandwich chain Pret A Manger wants to increase the number of Britons working in its UK shops to cushion it from potential damage if European Union workers stay away after Brexit, its boss said on Thursday.

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Booming sterling market shakes off central bank exit

LONDON, April 28 (IFR) - Local and international companies were out in force in the sterling market, helping the sector continue its impressive run this quarter despite the Bank of England pulling the plug on its bond buying programme.

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AIB CEO says markets in a good place for an IPO

DUBLIN, April 27 (Reuters) - Equity markets are in a good place for Allied Irish Banks to launch an initial public offering, Chief Executive Bernard Byrne said on Thursday.

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UPDATE 1-Pret A Manger seeks more British baristas to balance Brexit risk

* Targets 500 stores by end of 2017 (Recasts with CEO comments, detail)

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UPDATE 1-Allied Irish boosts margins and capital ahead of potential IPO

* Government issues warrant to allow it profit from upside (Adds chairman's comments on IPO, government 10-year warrant)

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UPDATE 1-Apax, shareholders to list Brazil's Tivit as IPO list grows

SAO PAULO, April 25 (Reuters) - British buyout firm Apax Partners LLP and a number of Brazilian investors plan to list information technology services provider Tivit Terceirização de Processos, Serviços e Tecnologia SA on the São Paulo Stock Exchange, adding to the longest list of domestic initial public offerings in four years.

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Irish Fin Min says UK election won't affect AIB IPO timing

DUBLIN, April 24 (Reuters) - The British election on June 8 will not impact the timing of Irish government plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of shares in state-owned Allied Irish Banks, Ireland's Finance Minister said on Monday.

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Britain draws line under Lloyds rescue with $26 bln recovery

LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Taxpayers have recouped all of the 20.3 billion pounds ($26 billion) invested in the bailout of Lloyds Banking Group during the 2008 financial crisis, British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Friday.

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BRIEF-Russian Railways plans to issue perpetual bonds for RUB 10-15 bln by end of 2017

* Plans to issue its first perpetual bonds in roubles for 10-15 billion roubles ($178-$266.4 million) by end of 2017, senior vice president Vadim Mikhaylov said

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Vodacom Tanzania extends IPO deadline to woo more local investors

DAR ES SALAAM, April 19 (Reuters) - Vodacom Tanzania Plc, a subsidiary of South Africa's Vodacom Group, has extended the offer period for its initial public offering by three weeks to give local investors more time to take part in the share sale, an official from the market regulator said on Wednesday.

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UPDATE 1-Santander issues 750 mln euros in perpetual bonds

MADRID, April 18 (Reuters) - Spain's Santander said on Tuesday it had raised 750 million euros by selling perpetual bonds which are convertible into ordinary shares if the bank's capital cushion slips below a certain level.

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CORRECTED-Santander to issue up to 2 bln euros in perpetual bonds

MADRID, April 18 (Reuters) - Spain's Santander said on Tuesday it planned to issue perpetual bonds, convertible into ordinary shares, with a nominal value of up to 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion).

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Santander to issue up to 2 bln euros in preference shares

MADRID, April 18 (Reuters) - Spain's Santander said on Tuesday it planned to issue preference shares convertible into ordinary shares with a nominal value of up to 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion).

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UPDATE 1-HSBC predicts 100 Saudi Arabian listings in privatisation drive

DUBAI, April 17 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's privatisation drive is likely to result in around 100 new stock market listings in sectors including mining, healthcare and retail, a top HSBC executive said on Monday.

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Italian packaging firm Guala Closures preps IPO, sale -sources

FRANKFURT, April 13 (Reuters) - Private-equity held Italian packaging firm Guala Closures is preparing a stock market listing or sale that may value the company at more than 1 billion euros ($1.06 billion) including debt, sources close to the matter said.

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BRIEF-Market Track acquires Retail Properties Of America and 360pi

* Market Track expands eCommerce offerings with acquisition of Retail Price and product intelligence company 360pi

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Linde rejects request to vote on Praxair merger at AGM

FRANKFURT, April 11 (Reuters) - Germany's Linde has for a second time rejected a request for a shareholder vote at its annual general meeting next month on its planned $65 billion merger with U.S. industrial gases rival Praxair.

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Allied Irish IPO in coming weeks not yet inevitable - minister

DUBLIN, April 10 (Reuters) - It is not yet inevitable that Ireland will launch an initial public offering of state-owned Allied Irish Banks in the coming weeks and the government will have to decide by the middle of May, finance minister Michael Noonan said on Monday.

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UPDATE 2-Stada backs improved 5.3 bln euro bid from Bain, Cinven

* Shares jump 11 percent, bid exceeds expectations (Adds details on bidding process, buyers' plans, Stada's business)

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UPDATE 2-Top investors help Deutsche Bank wrap up $8.5 bln capital hike

* Shares 0.38 pct lower at 15.62 euros at 1114 GMT (Adds background on Deutsche Bank strategy)

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BRIEF-Russia's MD Medical shareholders to vote on possible issue of up to 8.4 mln shares

* Says that its shareholders on April 28 will vote on the issue of up to 8.4 million ordinary shares of US$0.08 each

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UPDATE 1-London Stock Exchange CEO accompanying British PM May in Saudi Arabia

LONDON/DUBAI, April 4 (Reuters) - London Stock Exchange's CEO Xavier Rolet is due to meet Saudi officials in Riyadh as part of a visit by British Prime Minister Theresa May, a spokeswoman for the exchange said on Tuesday.

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LSE CEO taking part in Saudi Arabia visit by British PM May

LONDON/DUBAI, April 4 (Reuters) - London Stock Exchange CEO Xavier Rolet is due to meet Saudi officials in Riyadh as part of a visit by British Prime Minister Theresa May, a spokeswoman for the exchange said on Tuesday.

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FTSE Russell to announce in July decision on adding Snap shares

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 (Reuters) - Index fund provider FTSE Russell expects to announce in July whether it will include in its indexes shares of Snap Inc and other companies whose share structure denies investors voting rights.

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Apax eyes IPO for investment house Psagot in Tel Aviv -source

TEL AVIV, April 3 (Reuters) - British private equity fund Apax Partners will seek to take Israel's largest investment house Psagot public in 2018 at a company valuation of 3.7 billion shekels ($1 billion), a financial source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

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