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Bill Ackman Walks Away From Universal Music After Takeover Defeat
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- Bill Ackman has officially surrendered his five-year crusade to overhaul Universal Music.
- The massive, accelerated placement of 80.6 million shares was offloaded at a steep discount, sending UMG shares tumbling over 7% on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange.
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Bill Ackman has officially surrendered his five-year crusade to overhaul Universal Music.
Ackman’s hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, executed a complete block-trade liquidation of its remaining 4.7% equity stake overnight, following the definitive rejection of his unsolicited €56 billion (about $64 billion) privatization bid last week.
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