AusGroup's listed shell to seek RTO opportunities
AUSGROUP, listed on the Singapore Exchange, has been a hot stock since it announced on Sept 24 plans for a listing on the Australian Securities Exchange.
This will be done after it demerges all of its subsidiaries into a group headed by its wholly owned unit, AGC Australia Pty Ltd.
It will distribute all the shares of AGC to shareholders of AusGroup.
It will also seek a new business to inject into AusGroup, effecting a reverse takeover for it to remain listed on the Singapore Exchange.
At that point, AGC Australia will seek a sole listing on the ASX.
An article in the current weekly edition of The Edge Singapore quoted AusGroup Laurie Barlow saying that the completion of the demerger, the distirbution of AGC shares and the RTO will all be "inter-conditonal upon the completion of each other step."
This is to avoid a situation where AusGroup, listed in Singapore, becomes a shell without any business.
The SGX will need to approve of the plan as will Australian regulators and AusGroup's own shareholders.
What if it is not allowed to proceed?
"It probably may get sold down a little bit if the deal falls apart but I don't think it will be whacked down," The Edge quoted Lee Yue Jer, an analyst with DMG & Partners, as saying.
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