RE: Is this whats really going on here?14 Oct 2024 12:03
The option I've not seen mentioned is Ashley totally opting out of Ingenuity and instead taking his full allocation of RemainCo.
Looking at his MO, as we know he has a long track record of investing in down-on-their luck retailers that are publicly listed, and RemainCo fits that brief. Ingenuity is a much more nebulous proposition and would be a divergence - both in terms of its offering and being an illiquid private company. Consider that every time Frasers reports, it has to give a valuation of investments on its balance sheet. Piece of cake with a plc, less so with a private company.