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Abano's fate rests with small shareholders

Jenny Ruth
Wed, 18 Nov 2020

Abano's fate rests with small shareholders

Jenny Ruth
Wed, 18 Nov 2020

A shareholder at Abano Healthcare's annual meeting today suggested there might be more fireworks at next week's special meeting to vote on the scheme of arrangement."We've got another meeting coming up and it might get much more fraught than this one," the shareholder said.But it might just as easily be a damp squib.The special meeting will be a test of how powerful its directors' recommendation to accept the offer is in the minds of retail shareholders.Or it may simply highlight the propensity of retail shareholders n...

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