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Liontrust boss issues plea to GAM shareholders to back £96m takeover

'The clock is now at one minute to midnight for the future of GAM,' Liontrust boss John Ions tells shareholders

£96m offer is the only one on the table, investors told
£96m offer is the only one on the table, investors told Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

The chief executive of Liontrust has written to GAM shareholders urging them to back its offer to acquire the business, telling them it is “the only one on the table” that can return the Swiss asset manager to profitability.

The letter from John Ions comes as GAM shareholders have just over a week left to tender their shares in support of the £96m deal put forward in May.

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