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To: architect* who wrote (30)2/8/2001 7:13:51 AM
From: opalapril  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 98
 
Given a ratio of 1(AGR):3.5(LU) or even 1:4, is it to be expected that hedge funds will play their favorite game and short the subsidiary aggressively after the IPO and before distribution?

"but there is an increasingly high level of investor disapproval of spin-offs, or carve outs, of divisions of existing companies," said David Menlow, president of IPOfinancial.com based in Millburn, N.J."
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