I have subscribed to the RBS rights issue and hope for the best.
You and the majority, so faith and hopes look high
LONDON (ShareCast) - Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: 91ID.L - news) has got its rights issue away, with 95.11% of shareholders backing the bank's £12bn cash call, it revealed today.
It received valid acceptances in respect of 5.82bn shares for the 11 for 18 rights issue at 200p a share it announced in April. The deadline was 11am last Friday.
The rights issue was fully underwritten by Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS - news) , Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER - news) and UBS (Virt-X: UBSN.VX - news) who will now have to find buyers for the remaining 299.38m shares.
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