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Underwriting left unused after deal is 33% oversubscribed
Shareholder-backed recapitalisation will help reduce debt and prepare assets for sale or listing
Placing and open offer follows recent acquisition of US annuity provider
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SSAB, the Swedish steel company, announced on Wednesday morning that its Skr5bn (€536m) seven-for-eight rights issue, led by Crédit Agricole, Handelsbanken, Nordea and Swedbank, had been oversubscribed by 38%.
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Despite Italian bank stocks being badly out of favour, Banco Popolare has achieved 99.4% subscription for its €996m rights issue, leaving only a tiny rump to be placed in the coming days. But Veneto Banca's IPO is likely to fail, leaving the bank in the arms of Fondo Atlante.
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The equity capital markets are in brace position for the Brexit referendum on Thursday, so no movable business, such as block trades and convertibles, is getting done.
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Mahanagar Gas has opened books for its Rp10.4bn ($154.3m) Indian IPO with a valuation that is less than half the average in the utilities sector.
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The €1bn IPO and highly dilutive capital increase of Veneto Banca is thought likely by bankers involved to be bought in its entirety by Fondo Atlante, as happened to the similar €1.5bn deal for Banca Popolare di Vicenza at the beginning of May.
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Cobham, the UK aerospace and marine technology company, has successfully completed its £500m rights issue, which ended with a £22m rump placement this morning.