Aston Martin Plans To Raise Financing For Portfolio Expansion

by Cameron Aubernon

Published: December 15th, 2014

aston martin plans to raise financing for portfolio expansion

Aston Martin is preparing to crowdfund the old-fashioned way — shares and bonds — its portfolio expansion, per sources close to the automaker.

Reuters reports the funds will be used to expand the Aston portfolio to include crossovers, hybrids and premium sedans, as well as add three years to the company’s ongoing recovery plan, with the planned deadline to come in 2020. The fundraising plan — based on debt- or equity-raising options made to current investors — would bring in £100 million – £150 million ($156 million – $234 million USD).

The news comes as Aston Martin bids farewell to 2014, which began with a recall of 17,590 units over counterfeit accelerator pedals from a Chinese supplier. Last month, the automaker was granted an exemption from United States safety regs for the DB9 and Vantage. It also gained a new CEO this year, when Andy Palmer left Renault-Nissan to take up where Ulrich Bez left off upon retirement in 2013.

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Cameron Aubernon

Seattle-based writer, blogger, and photographer for many a publication. Born in Louisville. Raised in Kansas. Where I lay my head is home.

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Petezeiss on Dec 15, 2014

How peripheral and insignificant must a manufacturer be before its model lineup becomes a "portfolio"?

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- Lie2me on Dec 15, 2014
  
  Merriam-Webster: port·fo·lio noun \pȯrt-ˈfō-lē-ˌō\ " a set of pictures (as drawings or photographs) usually bound in book form or loose in a folder " I guess all you need is some pretty pictures in a briefcase and you're good to go
  
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- Cameron Aubernon on Dec 15, 2014
  
  John Krafcik, TrueCar president, before a luncheon with the Automotive Press Association: "My concern is automakers may not have the flexibility they need if things should shift very, very quickly. As an industry, we become comfortable with our product portfolio. The reality is, these companies have to be thinking ahead 10 years about different scenarios." Source: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2014/11/05/automakers-must-diversify-portfolio/18526757/
  
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- Lie2me on Dec 15, 2014
  
  @Cameron Aubernon "As an industry, we become comfortable with our product..." ASSORTMENT product assortment: "The collection of goods or services that a business provides to consumers. The main characteristics of a company's product assortment are: (1) its length or number of products, (2) its breadth or number of product lines, (3) its depth or number of product varieties within a product line and (4) its consistency or how products relate to each other in a retail environment." - Business Dictionary There, fixed it for him, unless of course he meant pretty pictures in a folder
  
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Petezeiss on Dec 15, 2014

Melody Lee's species is numerous.

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DeadWeight on Dec 15, 2014

Aston Martin, another "storied" brand with stale, outrageously priced & notoriously impractical and unreliable vehicles upon which Jeremy Clarkson can pontificate during a "best of Britain" special while filling the hearts & chests of all Brits with national pride (while Britain sinks further into its era of middle class wipeout & even more "British" companies being purchased outright by Indian, Chinese & Malaysian, et al firms).

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Morea on Dec 15, 2014

They win on the track, all else is noise and distraction.

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