RPT — GCash owner Mynt secures over 20 cornerstone investors for potentially biggest Philippine IPO

(Repeats September 23 story. No change to text) Mynt secures BlackRock, T. Rowe as cornerstone IPO investors Mynt IPO could become Philippines' biggest-ever share sale Shares set to begin trading on October 20 By Yantoultra Ngui and Karen Lema HONG KONG/MANILA, Sept 23 (Reuters) — Mynt, the parent of Philippine mobile wallet GCash, has lined up more than 20 cornerstone investors including BlackRock and T. Rowe Price for its planned initial public offering, according to a preliminary prospectus seen. The IPO could raise up to 80.3 billion pesos ($1.3 billion), making it the largest share sale on record in the Philippines if priced at the top end of the range. It would surpass Monde Nissin's 55.89 billion peso IPO in 2021. The offering would provide a much-needed boost to the Philippine equity market, where companies have raised just $227.1 million through equity capital markets deals so far this year, Cornerstone investors have agreed to buy 36.5 billion pesos of shares in the offering, the preliminary prospectus dated September 22 showed. They include Capital Research and Management Company, Citadel Multi-Strategy Equities Master Fund Ltd, FIL Inv