Spinoff spotlight: Teck Resources

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TECK RESOURCES LTD. $58 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 515.0 million; Market cap: $29.9 billion; Dividend yield: 0.9%; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; www.teck.com) recently cancelled a controversial plan to spin off its metallurgical coal business, as winning shareholder approval would have been difficult. The remaining firm would have retained the copper and zinc mines. Teck has now received several takeover offers for its coal operations. Those include a bid from Switzerland-based mining firm Glencore plc (Over-the-counter Pink Sheets symbol GLCNF) reportedly worth $8.2 billion U.S. It’s also possible that Glencore could try to buy the entire company—in April 2023, Teck rejected its unsolicited offer of roughly $23 billion U.S. Meantime, Teck’s shareholders recently approved a plan to phase out its dual-class share structure. Under the plan, the class A shares (100 votes per share) and class B shares (1 vote per share) will convert to regular common shares within six years. The shift will make it harder for insiders…