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Neptune might now cross line

Neptune Marine Services’ hopes of pulling off a restorative $80 million capital raising have been bolstered by the departure of managing director Christian Lange.

Sarah Thompson
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Neptune Marine Services ’ hopes of pulling off a restorative $80 million capital raising have been bolstered by the departure of managing director Christian Lange .

Despite the deeply discounted price of the raising (8¢ a share, versus Neptune’s last traded price of 20.5¢ a share) institutional investors were believed to be unwilling to back the ailing oil and gas services company while Lange was still in charge.

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Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com

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