May 201928 Sep 2019 10:11
Oversubscribed placing to raise £350m at 500p - that tells me there was lots of interest in the market at £5 a share.
The bond issue, I may be wrong but I think I read somewhere that it was cancelled early having already received interest for £175 of the £200m.
Why cancel early? Obvious answer - interest dwindled or did another option present itself, an option that may be better for the wider group of business participants, shareholders , employees etc.
Anyway , got a feeling we are going to find out pretty soon.... gla