In the second of two articles Michael Bell Partner and Clara Howard Tax PSL at Osborne Clarke consider the use of demergers to return value to shareholders in today's economic climate
As discussed in our previous article (Issue 1002 26 October 2009 page 9) the recent and current economic turmoil has brought demergers to the forefront of restructuring planning as groups that would not normally consider demergers seek to show value for their shareholders by splitting different businesses within a group to allow for example those businesses to grow better on their own.
In our first article we considered an Insolvency Act 1986 s 110 or liquidation demerger as a possible option available to groups looking to demerge where ...
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In the second of two articles Michael Bell Partner and Clara Howard Tax PSL at Osborne Clarke consider the use of demergers to return value to shareholders in today's economic climate
As discussed in our previous article (Issue 1002 26 October 2009 page 9) the recent and current economic turmoil has brought demergers to the forefront of restructuring planning as groups that would not normally consider demergers seek to show value for their shareholders by splitting different businesses within a group to allow for example those businesses to grow better on their own.
In our first article we considered an Insolvency Act 1986 s 110 or liquidation demerger as a possible option available to groups looking to demerge where ...
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