Seoul-listed HMM unveiled plans in August to sell 15m newshares, or about 10% of its current paid up capital.

A preliminary price tag of KRW 16,000 per share had beenslapped on the offering which would have translated into a cash injection ofaround KRW 240bn ($215m).

However in a regulatory filing today the Korean shipownersaid it would only ask investors for KRW 10,400 per share, cutting the price by awhopping 40% and raising only KRW 156bn.

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