Johnston Press has announced it plans to raise more than £200 million in new equity to fight the effect of falling advertising revenues, in part through issuing cut-price shares.
The group, which publishes more than 300 regional and local papers, hopes to raise the equity through a £212 million rights issue combined with selling a 20 per cent stake to the Malaysian investment holding company Usaha Tegas.
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