An AGL Energy demerger fail could be bad for share price: UBS

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Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has ramped up risk of an AGL Energy demerger fail, securing an 11.3 per cent stake ahead of the shareholder vote.

UBS analysts, already wary about whether shareholders would approve the split, said the buying and AGL Energy’s lack of a Plan B was potentially bad news for the share price.Digicam

“However, the fact that c. 50% of AGL’s register are retail investors who may not have had the same access to management as institutional investors to understand the complex rationale for the demerger, combined with Cannon-Brookes’ interest and influence, now further amplifies shareholder approval risk, in our view.

 

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