TOUAX company

TOUAX is a French company and is currently Europes no. 1 in shipping containers and river barges, and no. 2 in modular building and freight railcars. The group provides operating(a) leases to customers around the world, both on its own account and for third-party investors. On June 24, 2009, TOUAX announced that its capital increased by waiving preferential subscription rights but with priority for existing shareholders, launched on 18 June 2009 for a total of E17, 851,519.76 (gross) through the unfreeze of 936,596 new shares which were subscribed in the entirely. Following partial application of the extension clause, 952,747 shares were placed or 101.72% of the retort total proceeds were E18, 159,357.82.This rights issue has enabled the Group to strengthen its financial structure, to position itself with advantage for possible acquisitions of veridical stock, and to grasp opportunities thrown up by the crisis (purchase of shipping containers, modular buildings, river barges and r ailcars, for hiring out on mainly semipermanent leases). 370,062 new shares allotted under absolute entitlement were subscribed or 39.51% of the total number of new shares issue. some other 555,685 shares were employ for subject to cutting back in the event of over subscription, and orders for these were all forgathered. Another 27,000 shares had been applied for by the general public, and following partial application of the extension clause it proved possible to fill orders for all of these.All the result of the right issue, TOUAX is well placed to respond to the boom in unified outsourcing of non-core assets, and every day provides over 5,000 customers with quick and flexible leasing solutions. TOUAX is now listed on Euronext in Paris big board Euronext Compartment C (ISIN Code FR0000033003), and features in the SBF 250 Index.