ALINTA has completed a $465 million renounceable rights issue following a book-build to sell about 6.7 million non-subscribed rights.
The book-build placed the rights of eligible shareholders who chose not to accept or trade their rights, as well as the rights that would otherwise have accrued, to non-qualifying foreign shareholders.
The book-build process was well supported by institutional investors with a final clearing price of $5.75 a share, about a 3.5 per cent discount compared with the Alinta closing price of $5.96 a share on April 19.
Non-subscribing shareholders and non-qualifying foreign shareholders will receive about 25 cents for each of their rights.
The proceeds from the book-build are due to flow through to Alinta today (April 22) and all the shares under the rights issue are to be allocated on April 23.
Alinta also raised $195.75 million through a placement with institutions of 28 million shares immediately following its $1.69 billion acquisition of Duke Energy’s Australian and New Zealand assets.