Bharti Says No Plans For Rights Issue For MTN Deal

 Bharti Airtel, which restarted merger talks with South Africa's MTN Group, does not plan to make a rights issue to raise funds for the deal.

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"The proposed transaction does not envisage a rights issue," the company said in a statement to Reuters in response to some submitted questions.

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The company did not elaborate how it was planning to fund the deal, which would see it take a 49 percent stake in MTN.