ZURICH, June 7 (Reuters) - Credit Suisse said on Wednesday 99.2 percent of the rights had been exercised in its recent rights offering, raising net proceeds of around 4.1 billion Swiss francs ($4.25 billion).
The bank said it would have a common equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio of 13.4 percent and a leverage ratio of 5.1 percent after the capital increase, based on first-quarter reported numbers. The readings for the two closely-watched measures of balance sheet strength are in line with the bank's expectations when it announced the capital raising plans in April.
Switzerland's second-biggest bank, which is recovering from back-to-back annual losses as it restructures under Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam, announced the cash raising plans in April and hopes it will remove any lingering concerns about its capital strength. ($1 = 0.9648 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Joshua Franklin, editing by David Evans)
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