ANZ raise $2.2 billion in Share Purchase Plan
July 9, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized
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The ANZ Bank has pulled off an amazingly successful share purchase plan raising $2.2 billion from retail investors.
The retail share placement is the largest in Australian corporate history after a planned raising of $350 million. Investors in ANZ were allocated their full entitlement at $14.40 per share. The ANZ share price closed down over 2% today at $15.89 indicating some retail investors were already taking profits.
The share purchase plan takes the ANZ tier one capital to 9.5%, the largest of all the banks.
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