Wed, 17th Sep 2008 12:18 LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Media investor Motive Television Plc. said it placed 52.0 million
new shares at 0.5 pence each with clients of its broker, Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers Ltd., and chairman Michael Pilsworth, raising 260,000 pounds before costs.
The company, which reported a much wider first-half pretax loss on Wednesday, said the net proceeds of the placing will be used to provide additional working capital and potentially fund any cash component of any future acquisitions.
Pilsworth bought 2.0 million shares, lifting his stake to 6.01 million or 1.6 percent.
During the six months to end-June, the group's loss before tax widened to 507,188 pounds from 182,452 a year ago, despite an 86 percent rise in turnover as it continued to invest in its bank of programmes and development projects.
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