Stock Spotlight: THG founder gives up golden share as takeover questions loom

Stock price fallen 89.4% since peak

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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THG, formerly known as the Hut Group, has seen its stock price shoot up amid rumours of a buyout and founder Matt Moulding’s revoking of his ‘golden share’, which allowed him to block any attempt to takeover the company

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