Tiger Air to raise $132 mln via rights issue

London South East, 25 Aug 2011
SINGAPORE, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Budget Singaporean carrier Tiger Airways will raise S$158.6 million ($132 million) in a rights issue to shore up its capital, two weeks after it resumed flights in Australia following a six-week suspension.
The company will issue 273.42 million new shares at a price of S$0.58 per rights share, a 39 percent discount to its last traded price. It will issue one share for every two existing ordinary shares held, it said in a statement late on Thursday. Full story

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