IFN - IFN: Rights Offering Results
2024-05-29 09:21:25 ET
Summary
- IFN completes its rights offering.
- A sell and rebuy strategy would have worked once again.
- IFN is a decent choice for those looking for Indian stock market exposure.
IFN rights offering results
The rights offering for The India Fund, Inc. ( IFN ) expired on May 14, 2024 . From the press release:
IFN: Rights Offering Results
The India Fund, Inc. [ NYSE: IFN] (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund, announced today the successful completion of its transferable rights ("Rights") offering (the "Offer"). The Offer commenced on April 19, 2024, and expired on May 14, 2024 (the "Expiration Date").
The Offer entitled Rights holders to subscribe for shares of the Fund's common stock of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"). The final subscription price was $17.75 per share of Common Stock and was determined based upon 93% of the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") per share of Common Stock at the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on the Expiration Date, which was greater than the formula of 92.5% of the average of the last reported sales price of a share of Common Stock on the NYSE on the Expiration Date and each of the four (4) immediately preceding trading days. The Rights exercised in the Offer (including pursuant to over-subscription requests and notices of guaranteed delivery) will result in the issuance and sale of 6,237,159 shares of Common Stock, and gross proceeds of the Offer are expected to be approximately $110 million.
The shares of Common Stock subscribed for will be issued after completion of the allocation of the over-subscription shares of Common Stock and receipt of all shareholder payments. The shares of Common Stock are expected to be issued on or about May 21, 2024.