Comvita shareholders exercise 5.6M of 6.9M rights on offer, triggering shortfall bookbuild

Comvita shareholders exercise 5.6M of 6.9M rights on offer, triggering shortfall bookbuild
Dec. 16 (BusinessDesk) - Comvita said shareholders exercised 5.6 million of the 6.9 million of rights under its 1 for 5 offer, and the remainder will now be offered to other investors under a shortfall bookbuild. The Te Puke-based maker of health products based on manuka honey aimed to raise $24.4 million in the offer at $3.55 apiece. The take-up from existing shareholders has raised  about $19.9 million, leaving a shortfall of $4.5 million. That will now be offered to New Zealand market participant firms and institutional investors today in...