Jan 3 (Reuters) – Shares of Shaw Communications Inc (SJRb.TO) fell on Tuesday after a Federal Courtroom put a keep on the telecom firm's C$20 billion merger with Rogers Communications Inc (RCIb.TO) following a request from Canada's Competitors Bureau.
The company had requested a keep on Canada's antitrust tribunal's choice from final week to approve the deal that will create the nation's second-largest telecom agency.
Not less than two analysts downgraded Shaw Communications' shares after the court docket's keep order, citing worries that the deal wouldn't shut on its slated Jan. 31 date.
Canada's Competitors Bureau mentioned the keep on the tribunal's choice will stay till its “software for a keep and an injunction could be heard.”
“It's unsure if the attraction shall be heard. Whether it is heard, then the end result of the Rogers/Shaw transaction could possibly be months away,” mentioned David McFadgen, analyst at Cormark Securities.
Canada's Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne mentioned he would give a separate choice solely after there's “readability on the continued authorized course of.”
Shares of Shaw have been buying and selling almost 2% decrease at C$38.4, under Rogers' supply worth of C$40.50 made in March 2021.
“At present ranges, we'll search for funding alternatives elsewhere inside the Canadian telecom sector,” RBC analyst Drew McReynolds mentioned. He downgraded the inventory to ‘sector carry out' from ‘outperform'.
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Reporting by Tiyashi Datta and Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Shinjini Ganguli
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