Moonpig tumbles after discounted share placing

Moonpig Group
225.00p
14:49 20/02/25
-0.66%
-1.50p
Moonpig tumbled on Thursday after a number of shareholders placed around 25m shares in the company at 160p each, which is a discount of just under 10% to the closing price a day earlier.
FTSE 250
20,625.62
14:50 20/02/25
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FTSE 350
4,752.88
14:50 20/02/25
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FTSE All-Share
4,702.36
14:50 20/02/25
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General Retailers
4,910.18
14:50 20/02/25
-0.21%
-10.53
According to Bloomberg, the placing represented about 7.3% of Moonpig’s issued share capital.
Shares were placed by Exponent Private Equity LLP, LCP VIII Holdings, Strategic Partners VII Investments, LGT Capital Partners, GoldPointPartners, K Athena Investments No 40 Limited, Storebrand International Private Equity and Aberdeen Standard Investments prices.
The placing was conducted by Citi and Jefferies.
At 0950 BST, the shares were down 9.8% at 160.21p.