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Qualifying shareholders take up 68% as remainder stays with conditional placees
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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ArcelorMittal South Africa is seeking to raise R4.5bn ($321m) to improve its weakened financial position, with a rights issue fully underwritten by its parent, ArcelorMittal Group.
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CVC Capital Partners sold its last shares in Abertis Infraestructuras, the Spanish toll roads and telecoms infrastructure company, on November 19 in an €818m block trade that gave Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s league table standing a big boost.
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Shares in Solvay, the Belgian chemical company, closed at €103.65 on Thursday, up 3.1% since Monday night, after shareholders voted to approve the €1.5bn rights issue to finance its takeover of Cytec Industries, the US maker of advanced materials.
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Lonmin's $407m rescue rights issue passed its first hurdle on Thursday (November 19), when shareholders voted strongly to approve the deal. Lonmin's shares fell 2.6%, but that was mild by recent standards.
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The capital raisings of Greece’s four largest banks, totalling €6bn, continue to dominate the news in equity capital markets this week, though the IPO market is bringing its fair share of deals as well.
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Hong Kong property developer Lai Sun Development (LSD) is seeking HK$924.3m ($119m) by way of a rights issue, announcing a one-for-two offering on Tuesday.