** Australia-listed shares of Way2Vat W2V.AX slide as much
as 20.3% to A$0.047, their biggest intraday loss since April 1
** The Israel-based automated value-added tax (VAT) claim
solutions provider received commitments to raise A$1.09 mln
($787,700 mln) to accelerate commercialisation of its Smart
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** Issue price of A40.051 per shares represents a 13.6%
discount to W2V's last closing price
** Says it will also undertake a share purchase plan to
raise up to an additional A$500,000
** Shares hit their lowest since May 26
** As of last close, stock down 60.7% this year
($1 = 1.3837 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru)
((Himanshi.Akhand@thomsonreuters.com;))