Expert warns Cannon-Brookes’ share tactics could derail his AGL play

Expert warns Cannon-Brookes’ share tactics could derail his AGL play

A leading governance group has raised concerns about the tech billionaire’s use of complex derivatives in his bid to block AGL’s shareholder vote.

  • bySarah Danckert

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Cannon-Brookes warns ‘rebel alliance’ is building against AGL’s board

Cannon-Brookes warns ‘rebel alliance’ is building against AGL’s board

Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes says an investor revolt is slowly building at power giant AGL amid deepening frustration with the board.

  • byNick Toscano
Billionaire Cannon-Brookes warns investors on AGL’s coal split risks

Billionaire Cannon-Brookes warns investors on AGL’s coal split risks

Mike Cannon-Brookes will step up a push to block the planned break-up of AGL this week,pointing to huge risks he says will destroy shareholder value.

  • byNick Toscano
Power struggle:The fight for the soul of Australia’s largest polluter

Power struggle:The fight for the soul of Australia’s largest polluter

Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ intervention has added to significant questions about AGL’s role in the clean-energy transition and its blueprint for the future.

  • byNick Toscano
AGL blasts billionaire’s ‘false claims’ on demerger,says coal exit open to review

AGL blasts billionaire’s ‘false claims’ on demerger,says coal exit open to review

AGL says it will consider earlier closures of its coal-fired power plants if the grid can handle their withdrawal as it seeks to fend off Mike Cannon-Brookes’ campaign to scuttle its demerger.

  • byNick Toscano
‘Not a plan’:Cannon-Brookes,AGL chief clash over future of Australian energy giant

‘Not a plan’:Cannon-Brookes,AGL chief clash over future of Australian energy giant

Mike Cannon-Brookes and AGL’s CEO have clashed over their competing visions for the energy giant,as a major investor expressed doubts about the company’s planned break-up.

  • byNick Toscano
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Cannon-Brookes puts his money where his mouth is to try to derail AGL’s grand plan

Cannon-Brookes puts his money where his mouth is to try to derail AGL’s grand plan

The tech billionaire has spent $654 million and plans a media blitz as he leaves nothing to chance in his bid to thwart AGL’s demerger plan. He has a good chance of succeeding.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
‘Globally irresponsible’:Billionaire Cannon-Brookes to fight AGL coal split

‘Globally irresponsible’:Billionaire Cannon-Brookes to fight AGL coal split

Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has become power giant AGL’s biggest shareholder and declared he will use his stake to vote against the company’s plans for the future.

  • byNick Toscano
AGL strikes deal to buy biogas firm in low-carbon energy shift

AGL strikes deal to buy biogas firm in low-carbon energy shift

Australia’s top power supplier has struck a deal to buy a biogas firm in its latest move to diversify away from fossil fuels.

  • byNick Toscano
Two of Victoria’s biggest coal-fired power stations hit with faults
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Two of Victoria’s biggest coal-fired power stations hit with faults

AGL says an outage at Loy Yang A could last until August,while technical issues have also taken two units at Yallourn Power Station offline.

  • byJackson Graham
AGL gets green light for big battery at Liddell coal site
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AGL gets green light for big battery at Liddell coal site

AGL has won planning approval to build a big battery that it hopes will transform the site of its Liddell coal-fired power station into a low-carbon ‘energy hub’.

  • byNick Toscano