(Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corp
Australia's second largest lender offered last month to refund people who bought new shares under the plan before the lawsuit. Some investors had said the offer was a move to fend off criticism about its transparency.
Australia's financial crime watchdog AUSTRAC filed a civil lawsuit in November accusing Westpac of 23 million breaches of anti-money laundering laws, including payments between convicted child exploiters.
The company faces a showdown with investors at its annual meeting this week, seeking to hold back outrage over the money laundering scandal.
In a statement on Tuesday, Westpac said it had raised a total of A$770 million in the share sale, excluding the refunded sum. About 7% of the total eligible shareholders participated in the program, it said.
(Reporting by Shreya Mariam Job in Bengaluru; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)