OCBC Bank told shareholders yesterday it has no plans to undertake a rights issue to raise capital.

Chairman Cheong Choong Kong said the bank had enough cash to tide it through the economic crisis.

He told more than 100 shareholders at the annual and extraordinary general meeting that OCBC had done relatively well, despite the difficult and challenging business environment, and stated: 'Right now, there isn't any plan for a rights issue.'

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