BUZZ-Australia's Bapcor plunges after profit drop, discounted placement
Reuters02-27
BUZZ-Australia's Bapcor plunges after profit drop, discounted placement
** Shares of BapcorBAP.AX fall as much as 49.3% to a record low of A$0.870
** Shares were halted for trading since Feb 19 pending equity raise
** Co on Thursday postedHY stat loss after tax A$104.8 million ($74.41 million), compared to year ago profit
** Conducted an A$200 million fully underwritten equity raising at A$0.60 per share, 65.0% discount to closing price on Feb 18
** YTD, BAP shares down 40.8%
($1 = 1.4085 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Nichiket Sunil in Bengaluru)
((Nichiket.Sunil@thomsonreuters.com))
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