Woori Brokerage Mulls $585M Rights Offer

Woori Investment & Securities Co., the brokerage unit of South Korean Woori Finance Holdings Co., is looking to raise $585.2 million in a rights issue.

Woori Investment & Securities Co., the brokerage unit of South Korean Woori Finance Holdings Co., is looking to raise $585.2 million in a rights issue, The Wall Street Journal reports. This comes as a revision of the company’s earlier target of $523.05 million.

The brokerage is planning to sell 66.74 million new common shares to current shareholders. The company will list the new shares on the local exchange on December 8.

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