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Tue Nov 3, 2009 4:35am EST

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 LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Britain's Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) launched a
13.5 billion pound ($22.1 billion) rights issue on Tuesday, the biggest ever in
dollar terms at current exchange rates, according to Thomson Reuters data:
 
 ISSUER                   DATE    ($ bln at     (billions in        ($ bln at
                               current FX)   local currency)     historic FX)
 =============================================================================
 1. Lloyds (LLOY.L)       Nov 09     22.1       13.5 (pounds)          22.1
 2. HSBC (HSBA.L)         Apr 09     21.6       13.2 (pounds)          19.4
 3. RBS (RBS.L)           Jun 08     20.1       12.3 (pounds)          24.4
 3. Fortis (FOR.BR)       Oct 07     20.1       13.6 (euros)           19.3
 5. UBS (UBSN.VX)         May 08     15.7       16.0 (Swiss francs)    15.4
 6. Rio Tinto (RIO.L)     Jul 09     12.3        7.5 (pounds)          12.3
 7. Enel (ENEI.MI)        Jun 09     11.8        8.0 (euros)           11.1
 8. Santander (SAN.MC)    Nov 08     10.6        7.2 (euros)            9.3
 9. Sberbank Rossii       Feb 07      9.9        6.7 (euros)            8.8
 (SBER03.MM)
10. Imp Tobacco (IMT.L)   Jun 08      8.2        5.0 (pound)            9.9
 
 (Compiled by Daisy Ku; Editing by Dan Lalor



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