Midstream and utility company giant Dominion announced yesterday they are floating 10.2 million new shares of common stock in the company, hoping to raise $750 million. Dominion says it will use the money for “general corporate purposes,” to repay debt, etc.–but perhaps most importantly, to help “fund in part Dominion’s combination with Questar Corporation.” Questar is a Rockies-based integrated natural gas company and Dominion is attempting to buy them for $4.4 billion–so every penny counts in that endeavor (see Dominion Resources Makes Play for Western NatGas Company Questar). Here’s the particulars of Dominion’s new stock offering…
