The bad news is that existing shareholders took a hit on their shares when NAB discounted the offering to the current share price. It probably had to do this to incentivise buyers. But that was the hidden cost, and it was born by existing shareholders. And in any event, we’re still not convinced that capital raised to buffer against further loan losses is the kind of event a shareholder would be bullish about.
July 24th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 20 comments | Continued
