UK: GUS Investors Criticise Burberry IPO – Report
Retail and financial information group GUS Plc has been blasted by institutional shareholders for its decision to pursue an IPO for 25 per cent of its luxury goods brand, Burberry, it was reported on Sunday. According to the Sunday Business, investors are furious GUS is pressing ahead with an IPO next month instead of demerging the firm through a one-for-one share distribution, which they claim costs a lot less.