Pacific Edge raises $20m above target

Pacific Edge raises $20m above target
Pacific Edge chair Chris Gallaher welcomed new global fund investors onto the register. (Photo: Screenshot)
Dan Brunskill
Investors have given Pacific Edge a ringing endorsement, bidding more than $80 million into a share placement originally intended to raise just $60m.The cancer diagnostic firm increased the size of the offer by a third to meet extra demand and will now raise $100m, assuming an accompanying retail offer is fully subscribed.The shares opened 6% higher than yesterday's closing price, trading as high as $1.58 on the NZX this morning.Shares were priced in the bookbuild process at $1.35, which is a 5.5% discount to the stock’s average price...