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5 Howhjn Group has opted for a £9.6m j
5 share placing to finance a brace of j
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5 A total of 10.2m new ordinary stock j
5 units, equal to 3.6% of the group's j
5 existing issueh share capital, are j
5 being placed at 93¾p a timj. j
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u Howdjn's South African offshoot is j
5 paying £4.6m for a manufacturer of j
5 air-handling equipment for mines, j
5 Donkin Manufacturing. j
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5 In the US, meanwhile, Howdjn's PDI j
5 unit is spending some £4.5m on its j
5 mjrger with pump-makjr FCD Corp. j
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