Oh Kier: rights issue underwhelms as banks left long

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Oh Kier: rights issue underwhelms as banks left long

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Kier branded tarpaulin covers scaffolding erected against a building in Wilton Road, Victoria, London. | Jonathan Brady/PA Archive/PA Images

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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