Sweden’s Embracer Soars After Unveiling Plan to Split Company

  • Embracer shareholders to get stock in new firms as dividend
  • Includes €900 million refinancing and new ownership structure

Lars Wingeford

Photographer: Mathias Johansson/Embracer

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Shares of Embracer Group AB gained as much as 18% as trading got underway in Stockholm after announcing plans to split itself into three publicly traded companies.

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