RE: Rights26 Oct 2021 12:29
Should say rights under the open offer of 1 to every 4 held as of the record date last night.
Petrofac Ltd, down 22% at 122.80p, 12-month range 90.66p-203.34p. The oilfield services firm reports a widened pretax loss for the first half of 2021 and booked a USD106 million provision related to the penalty imposed by a UK court on bribery offences. For six months to June 30, revenue falls to USD1.60 billion from USD2.10 billion last year as pretax loss widens to USD91 million from loss of USD48 million. Separately, says it is to raise USD275 million via a share placing and open offer and will use funds to pay the UK Serious Fraud Office fine and existing debt. Petrofac is placing 87.1 million new shares at 115.00 pence each, a 27% discount to Monday's closing price of 158.00p.