SpaceX negotiating underwriting fees under 0.75% for IPO, Bloomberg News reports


The SpaceX facility and a Falcon 9 rocket booster are shown, as the company prepares to file for an initial public offering (IPO), in Hawthorne California, U.S., April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Mike Blake

June 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's ⁠SpaceX is negotiating with banks underwriting its initial public offering ⁠to pay fees of less than 0.75% on the roughly $75 billion ‌it aims to raise this month, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

The banks are still likely to rake in about $500 million from the record-setting listing of the space and ​AI conglomerate, the report added, citing people ⁠familiar with the matter.

Goldman Sachs, ⁠Morgan Stanley, BofA Securities, Citigroup and J.P.Morgan are the joint book-running managers ⁠for ‌the offering, leading a syndicate of global investment banks underwriting the deal.

The lead banks, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, are ⁠positioned to take in a bigger share of the ​fee pool than ‌the other 21 brokers involved, according to the report.

The figures represent ⁠the base ​fee being charged to SpaceX and do not factor in other discretionary incentives, the report said.

SpaceX and Morgan Stanley did not immediately respond to a ⁠Reuters request for comment. Goldman Sachs declined to ​comment.

Expected to be the largest stock market debut in history, SpaceX's listing would bring one of the world's most valuable private companies into public ⁠markets, giving investors direct access to businesses spanning space launch services, satellite broadband and AI.

The company is expected to raise as much as $75 billion at a valuation of about $1.75 trillion, Reuters has reported. SpaceX is ​expected to list its shares as early as ⁠June 12, with a roadshow launch targeted for June 4.

General Motors' IPO ​in 2010 saw Wall Street banks negotiate ‌a 0.75% underwriting fee with the U.S. ​government on the common stock sale.

(Reporting by Manya Saini and Arasu Kannagi Basil; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli and Pooja Desai)

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