Successful completion of Compagnie Generale de Geophysique - Veritas' EUR414 million rights offering

PARIS, Oct 19, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Regulatory News : The share capital increase through the distribution of preferential subscription rights to existing shareholders launched by Compagnie Generale de Geophysique - Veritas (CGGVeritas) (Paris:GA) (NYSE:CGV) on 26 September to fund the acquisition of the businesses of the Geoscience division (excluding multi clients library and OBN businesses) of Fugro (the "Geoscience Division") has been a great success. The final gross proceeds amount to EUR413,609,320, corresponding to the issuance of 24,329,960 new shares. 23,908,864 new shares were subscribed by irrevocable right (a titre irreductible), representing approximately 98.3 % of the total...