Monday, 31 October 2022 6:10 amTucked away in the middle of today's The Times business section is a rather intriguing piece by Rob Lea of The Times that suggests FTSE 250-listed buget airline easyJet may soon become a bid target.
Monday, 25 April 2022 8:40 amIt's been over six months since Wizz Air abandoned its takeover bid for rival budget airline easyJet, so I guess it isn't a surprise that brokers are pushing the idea again.
Monday, 04 April 2022 9:33 amThere was an odd headline story floating about on Bloomberg last week about easyJet, the London-listed budget airline that last September received a merger approach from Wizz Air.
Thursday, 09 September 2021 8:59 amSo, easyJet confirmed this morning it is launching a £1.2 billion equity capital raising and also disclosed it had a received a takeover approach, which it has rejected.
Friday, 12 February 2021 8:32 amEasyjet, the London-listed budget airline company, is at the centre of speculation it is set to launch another equity fundraising.
Wednesday, 10 February 2021 5:48 pmIt would appear analysts at Morgan Stanley were bang on the money with their prediction that Upper Crust owner SSP would have to carry out a second equity issue in the coming weeks.
Tuesday, 19 January 2021 10:24 pmThere has been plenty of talk over the last few weeks in the London market that some of the big London-listed companies that raised cash on the equity markets last year will be going back to shareholders in the next few weeks or months for fresh funds.
Tuesday, 05 January 2021 2:26 pmWe are only into the second full trading day of the year but scribblers at Citigroup are quick out of the blocks with their prediction that easyJet will have to carry out another equity issue, most likely in the second quarter of this year.
Sunday, 29 November 2020 8:08 pmHarriet Dennys, a colleague two times over, had a line in this weekend's Mail on Sunday that would appear to speak to the theme aired on Betaville that some the big London-listed companies that raised money over the summer will once again be tapping up shareholders for fresh funds.
Wednesday, 24 June 2020 10:59 pmSo, it looks like Betaville will have to remove easyJet from the "cash calls - who is next?" list after the low cost airline announced an emergency placing to raise up to £450 million this evening.
Tuesday, 05 May 2020 4:33 pmCitigroup is today telling clients easyJet will have to launch a major cash call to raise between £700 million and £1 billion.
Wednesday, 29 April 2020 7:10 amThere is talk circulating the London market that one of Britain's biggest companies is set to launch a large cash call.
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 7:47 amSir Stelios is WILLING to back a cash call at easyJet IF the airline cancels the £4.5 billion Airbus order, and throws out its chairman and chief executive.
Sunday, 26 April 2020 7:53 pmIf you weren't able to pick up a copy of the Mail on Sunday today you may not have noticed I had a chat with Sir Stelios about the company's board, the airline's precarious financial position and the possiblity of a cash call.
Tuesday, 21 April 2020 7:38 pmIt appears Betaville isn't the only City watcher thinking the likes of International Consolidated Airlines Group is weighing an equity capital raising.
Tuesday, 31 March 2020 8:18 am "Airlines have got shareholders who should put THEIR hands in their own pockets". That's what Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport, just said when asked about whether UK-based airlines should be given government-backed bailouts on Radio 4 this morning.
