Oh Kier: rights issue underwhelms as banks left long
Business services and construction firm Kier only managed to secure a 38% take-up of its £264m rights issue after the share price collapsed following aggressive shorting during bookbuilding. That left the bookrunners and sub-underwriters having to subscribe for shares.
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