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Informa - Rights issue resolves funding concerns

June 2009

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  • Epic Code:
  • INF
  • Price:
  • 238p
Shares in business publications and events operator Informa leapt to a new 12 month high of 286p after it announced it is raising £242m via a rights issue, with shareholders invited to subscribe for two new shares for every five they already hold at a price of 150p. Analysts broadly welcomed this move as it will provide Informa with the means to reduce its debt levels to 3 times net debt to EBITDA, with its target being to further reduce this to 2-2.5 times in the medium-term. The rights issue also means Informa is now very unlikely to breach its banking covenants and almost certainly won't have to flog its best assets for knock-down prices. Informa was a main write-up last December at 174p (aft ...

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