On 9 September, the company said that its directors approved the 1:4 right issues of some 16.9 million shares at Rs 18 per share through a resolution. Pelwatte, now controlled by businessman Harry Jayawardena’s Distilleries Company, was to use these funds to increase the capital, considering that the net assets are less than half of the stated capital as at 31 March, 2011.
Source - Sunday Times