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Equals - 140p cash bid - gain on tip 82%

January 2025

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After the bidder got 14 time extensions, Equals has finally announced a 140p takeover from a consortium including Railsr (which offers banking-as-a-service), card issuing solutions investment firm TowerBrook, and private-equity company JC Flowers, to value it at £283m. Tipped at 77p in November ‘17, accept the offer and recycle to Argentex. Gain 82%. ...

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