In the UK banks sold the rump on Thursday at 21 poundsa 50 percent profit on the London rights-issue price The

In the UK, banks sold the "rump" on Thursday at 21 pounds,a 50 percent profit on the London rights-issue price The stockclosed in London on Thursday at 20.35 pounds. In Australia, banks will be looking on Friday to offloadabout 7.87 million shares, worth about A$407 million ($324million) at Thursday's closing Australian share price ofA$51.75. Rio Tinto's Australian shares have been halted from tradepending the sale of the rump Australian stock. Rio needed to raise the money to cut a $38 billion debtmountain it accumulated when it bought Canadian aluminium groupAlcan at the top of the commodities market in 2007, anacquisition that opened one of the 136-year-old firm's darkestchapters. The issue also marks a bonanza for the banks thatunderwrote it: Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX), J.P. Morgan Cazenove(JPM.N), Macquarie (MQG.AX), Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE), MorganStanley (MS.N), RBS (RBS.L) and Societe Generale (SOGN.PA).

On Thursday, UK shareholders had taken up 96.97 percent ofthe deeply discounted, fully underwitten $15.2 billion rightsoffer, the fifth-biggest on record, putting the indebtedAnglo-Australian group on a firmer financial footing. * Rio Tinto wraps up world's fifth-largest rights issue China * Underwriters to make handsome profit (Adds underwriters, background) SYDNEY, July 3 (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto (RIO.AX)(RIO.L) wrapped up one of the world's biggest rights issues onFriday, saying its Australian shareholders had taken up 94.76percent of their entitlements to the new shares. The company separately had wrapped up one of the world'sbiggest rights issues on Friday, saying its Australianshareholders had taken up 94.76 percent of their entitlementsto the new shares.. WELLINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) - Australian based mininggiant Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) was placed on trading halt on Fridaypending a material announcement, the New Zealand stock exchangesaid Shares in the company closed on Thursday at A$51.75. "Ice Age" is distributed by 20th Century Fox, a unit ofNews Corp (NWSA.O). "Transformers" was released by Viacom Inc's(VIAb.N) Paramount Pictures. "Public Enemies" is a release ofUniversal Pictures, controlled by General Electric (GE.N). Stocks Media France.

July 4th holidayweekend as a whole, but the 3-D movie "Ice Age" is consideredthe front-runner for first place. A third-place finish is likely to go to the period gangsterdrama "Public Enemies," starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger,which opened Wednesday with $8.2 million in U.S.-Canadianticket sales. The third installment of "Ice Age," the hit film franchisestarring a computer-animated cast of prehistoric critters, alsobested the blockbuster "Transformers" sequel, which sold $11.2million on Wednesday, its eighth day in release. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," which opened lastweek at the top of the box office, has now amassed domesticticket sales of about $240 million. Box office analysts say "Transformers 2" has a chance ofholding on to the No 1 spot for the U.S. Stocks  |  Media  |  France The previous record Wednesday opening in the United Statesand Canada for a cartoon feature was "Shrek 2," which sold$11.8 million its first day in May 2004, according to the filmtracking service Hollywood Box-Office. LOS ANGELES, July 2 (Reuters) - "Ice Age: Dawn of theDinosaurs" grossed a cool $13.8 million in North Americantheaters on Wednesday, marking Hollywood's biggest mid-weekopening for an animated film.

Morgan Cazenove (JPM.N), Macquarie (MQG.AX), Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE), Morgan Stanley (MS.N), RBS (RBS.L) and Societe Generale (SOGN.PA).The underwriters of the two legs of the rights issue were paid a 2.75 percent fee, or around $420 million in total, and are now also making a substantial extra profit by selling the small portion of shares that were not taken up by existing investors.In the UK, banks sold the "rump" on Thursday at 21 pounds, a 50 percent profit on the London rights-issue price. Deals  |  Hot StocksOn Thursday, UK shareholders had taken up 96.97 percent of the deeply discounted, fully underwitten $15.2 billion rights offer, the fifth-biggest on record, putting the indebted Anglo-Australian group on a firmer financial footing.The issue also marks a bonanza for the banks that underwrote it: Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX), J.P. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) (RIO.L) wrapped up one of the world's biggest rights issues on Friday, saying its Australian shareholders had taken up 94.76 percent of their entitlements to the new shares. Fitch RatingsSan FranciscoKathryn Masterson, 415-732-5622New YorkLina Santoro, 212-908-0522Cindy Stoller, 212-908-0526 (Media Relations) Copyright Business Wire 2009. Fitch's code ofconduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, complianceand other relevant policies and procedures are also available from the 'Code ofConduct' section of this site.

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