Official news from the company now out, FT were pretty close:
http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=200806020804327115V
Rights issue repriced to 55p and £258 million, TPG to take 23% stake, CEO to step down. Disaster!
Official news from the company now out, FT were pretty close:
http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=200806020804327115V
Rights issue repriced to 55p and £258 million, TPG to take 23% stake, CEO to step down. Disaster!
Looks like the MAC clause has been invoked… the FT reports that the rights issue is going to be repriced to 50p and TPG are going to take a 20% stake:
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/06/02/13474/tpg-buys-150m-stake-in-bb/
No official news from the company yet.