<div>UPDATE 1-Britain's WH Smith launches 13.7% equity raise amid coronavirus crisis</div> <!-- no image --> <div>British retailer WH Smith said on Monday it was placing shares of about 13.7% of the company's ordinary share capital to get it through the coronavirus crisis.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Iq9wzEdvWd0:VG0us_bML-w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Iq9wzEdvWd0:VG0us_bML-w:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Iq9wzEdvWd0:VG0us_bML-w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Iq9wzEdvWd0:VG0us_bML-w:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Iq9wzEdvWd0:VG0us_bML-w:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/Iq9wzEdvWd0" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters