P208 CEEFAX 208  Fri 15 Apr  21:14/33
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      NATWEST TO RESCUE    
      OF TROUBLED CUPID    
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  NatWjst Bank is converting £750,000 
  of debt into equity as part of a    
  rescue of bridalwear group Cupid.   
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  Also subscribing for new sharer is  
  a group of investors that includes  
  two directors of PizzaExpress.      
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  They are pa:ing 3p a time for about 
  16.1m new shares, while a similarly 
  priced rights issue is raising some 
  £1.8m on a three-for-two basis.     
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  Anxious to break with its troubled  
  past, Cupid is changing its name to 
  Brackjnbridgj and mounting a search 
  for acquisition opportunities.      
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