Latest EMEA Follow-Ons/Rights issues news

• Terms set on DS Smith rights issue to fund Europac acquisition

  

  Terms have been set on the £1bn rights issue of DS Smith, the UK packaging company, to fund its acquisition of Spanish rival Europac.

  • 11:00 AM

• Carpetright's £60m turnaround share sale gets heavy takeup

  

  Investors in Carpetright, the UK carpet and flooring retail chain, have backed its recovery plan by subscribing in high numbers for a £60m capital raising.

  • 06 Jun 2018

• US banks underwrite £1.65bn for DS Smith purchase

  

  DS Smith, the UK packaging company, has offered to buy Spanish rival Europac, with £1.65bn of financing underwritten by US banks already prepared for the transaction.

  • 05 Jun 2018

• Bayer launches jumbo rights issue as Monsanto deal closes

  

  Bayer, the German life sciences company, this week unveiled the terms for a €6bn rights issue, after its acquisition of Monsanto, the US agrochemical and biotech company, cleared its final regulatory hurdles last week.

  • 04 Jun 2018

• Capita secures its future as investors support £700m recap

  

  Shares in Capita, the UK outsourcing company, rose 3.2% on Friday after it concluded its £702m rights issue, intended to put the company on a sound financial footing after a series of profit warnings over the past year.

  • 25 May 2018

• Heavy demand for Greencoat UK Wind capital increase

  

  Greencoat UK Wind, a British infrastructure fund focusing on wind farm projects and assets, closed books early on a £180m capital raise on May 17, with the deal well covered.

  • 21 May 2018

• Sausage sliced: sanctions stall Cherkizovo IPO

  

  Cherkizovo, the Russian meat and sausage producer seeking to list on the Moscow Exchange, has failed to get its re-IPO away, citing market volatility for postponing the deal.

  • 26 Apr 2018

• Market responds warmly to Capita’s turnround plan

  

  Capita, the UK outsourcing company, launched its £701m ($976.13m) rights issue before the market opened on Monday, in a bid to turn its fortunes around and de-lever its balance sheet.

  • 23 Apr 2018

• Primary Health Properties completes capital raise

  

  Primary Health Properties, the healthcare REIT that invests in properties across the UK and Ireland, completed a capital raising on Wednesday and grew the size of the offering by £15m.

  • 18 Apr 2018

• Galliford Try raises £164m to offset Carillion costs

  

  UK construction company Galliford Try has raised £164m through a rights issue to cover the costs related to the collapse of construction and facilities management firm Carillion in January, after the successful conclusion of its fully underwritten rights issue on Monday.

  • 16 Apr 2018

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