Goodman Fielder has denounced as «opportunistic» an initial 65
cents a share offer from Wilmar, which owns CSR's former sugar assets, and First Pacific, which controls 50 per cent of Indonesia's largest food group, IndoFoods.
Not exact matches
Nonetheless, on November 8, 1993, Seventh Generation
offered 1.2 million
shares of stock to the public, at $ 5 a
share, and 1.2 million warrants, at 10
cents a piece.
Marine - focused engineering business VEEM has enjoyed a solid debut on the ASX today, with
shares closing 20 per
cent higher on its initial public
offering price.
Neon Energy has backed out of a merger agreement with MEO Australia after Evoworld Corporation agreed to make a revised off - market takeover
offer for 50 per
cent of the
shares it doesn't already own in the oil and gas producer.
Nedlands - based explorer Bullabulling Gold has advised its shareholders to reject Norton Gold Fields» increased takeover
offer of 8
cents per
share to obtain a 30 per
cent interest in the company.
The family that holds a majority interest in Diploma Group has formally launched a takeover
offer for all
shares it doesn't own in the business, at a bargain basement price of 1.5
cents per
share.
Though the fund company objected to the initial transaction price, it sold after the Phelans upped their
offer by 35
cents to $ 8 per
share.
Norton Gold Fields is poised to succeed in its Bullabulling Gold takeover bid after the Perth explorer begrudgingly accepted the increased takeover
offer of 8
cents per
share.
Resonance Health intends to raise up to $ 5.1 million with a placement and entitlement
offer, pitched at 5
cents per
share.
If Verizon knocked $ 1 billion off its billion
offer, that would be an impact of 62
cents a
share after taxes, Helfstein said, far below the $ 2.03 per
share that Yahoo fell by Thursday afternoon.
Based on Thursday closing prices, the
offer was worth about 57
cents per
share and values True Gold at about $ 240 million.
In its recently released prospectus, GPS Online
offered 10 million
shares at a price of 40
cents per
share to investors, with a free option attaching to each
share acquired, to raise a total of $ 4 million.
Novo has
offered up to 30.50 euros per
share for Ablynx, which represents a 60 per
cent premium to the Belgian company's Dec. 6
share price, before its first approach.
The Canadian grocery and pharmacy giant is
offering $ 3.10 cash per
share of QHR Corp. of Kelowna, B.C. (TSXV: QHR)-- 22 per
cent above the stock's closing price Friday on the TSX Venture Exchange.
The
offer is also 39 per
cent above the 30 - day average
share price as of Dec. 16, prior to media reports.
Shares in oil and gas group AWE have jumped more than 20 per
cent following a $ 430 million indicative takeover
offer from a Chinese state - owned energy corporation.
AusGem International Ltd looks well placed to achieve its aim of raising $ 6 million by
offering twenty - four million
shares at 25
cents per
share in its float and listing.
While the $ 2.36 per
share offer only implies a «small» 15 per
cent takeover premium to Deutsche's $ 2.05 price target, the research team points to «recent operational risks in the hospital portfolio, the execution risks of the Northern Beaches greenfield project and our lower revenue growth outlook for the private hospital industry.»
«We calculate a $ 2.36 /
share offer price could generate an IRR of 12.3 per
cent, based on our forecasts, a debt / equity structure of 30 per
cent / 70 per
cent, an interest expense rate of 4.5 per
cent, a shareholder loan of half the equity value and an EBITDA exit multiple of 12 times,» the analysts wrote.
[112] The company began to
offer a dividend on January 16, 2003, starting at eight
cents per
share for the fiscal year followed by a dividend of sixteen
cents per
share the subsequent year, switching from yearly to quarterly dividends in 2005 with eight
cents a
share per quarter and a special one - time payout of three dollars per
share for the second quarter of the fiscal year.
The market is still betting approvals won't be forthcoming, with Santos
shares closing at $ 5.88 on Friday, up 3
cents but still 9.5 per
cent off the proposed
offer price.
QBE
shares jumped by more than 5 per
cent in early trade on reports from German newspaper Handelsblatt that Allianz chief executive Oliver Baete met with QBE's chief John Neal before Christmas and suggested an
offer of $ 15 per
share, which would value the company at $ 20 billion.
The original bidder, China Energy Reserve and Chemical Group, has still kept its hand in the game by lodging a bidder's statement last week, even though its 73
cents a
share takeover
offer is well out of the game.
His bidding vehicle, Arcade Finance, is
offering 32
cents a
share in an all - cash, off - market takeover bid.
Mitsui beat rival bidders Mineral Resources and China Energy Reserve and Chemical Group to win the recommendation of AWE's board for its all - cash
offer of 95
cents a
share.
Mr Boon said the Tabcorp
offer — which
offered shareholders a 21 per
cent premium on the
share price before the bid was revealed last week, and a 58 per
cent stake in the combined company — was too good to refuse.
The
shares are being
offered at a fixed price of $ 1.92, a 1.3 per
cent discount to the last close.
Treasury
shares slipped a bit on Wednesday by 6
cents to $ 5.11, well shy of the $ 5.20
offer.
WCB
shares closed 2 per
cent higher at $ 9.23 on Monday, indicating the market is holding out some hope of an increased
offer from one of the suitors.
Also, if acceptances exceed 75 per
cent the
offer must rise to $ 9.40 a
share.
Should KKR / Rhone be successful with its $ 5.20 per
share offer, which is at a 40.9 per
cent premium to the $ 3.69 per
share price at which Treasury was trading when KKR made its first buyout proposal, it will mean the Penfolds brand will have its seventh corporate owner since 1976.
Bega, which already has an 18 per
cent stake in the company, is
offering 1.2 of its own
shares plus $ 2 cash for every Warrnambool Cheese & Butter
share it does not already own.
Saputo declared its $ 9 a
share cash
offer, plus a 20
cents sweetener if it gets control of WCB, unconditional on Monday and had mopped up 9.6 per
cent of WCB by Friday.
Bega
shares rose 30
cents to $ 4.75 on Friday, valuing its 1.5
share and $ 2 cash bid at $ 9.13, more than the $ 9 cash per
share on
offer by the nation's biggest processor, Murray Goulburn.
Aldi has made a serious dent in profit margins of the other three players with a predominantly private label
offering and now has a national market
share which Morgan Stanley estimates at close to 8 per
cent.
Fonterra's 6 per
cent stake came through an after - market raid on Thursday, as revealed by AFR.com, where it had broker Goldman Sachs canvassing Bega Cheese shareholders with a $ 4.95 a
share offer.
One option Murray Goulburn is considering to stop this domino scenario playing out is to raise its takeover bid by 50
cents to $ 10 a
share to try and halt the momentum Saputo may gain by putting a firm close date on its
offer.
Under the Saputo
offer, WCB shareholders receive an additional 20
cents a
share at each hurdle for a total of $ 9.60 a
share at 90 per
cent.
Moore said Fonterra was
offering 11.8 - times EBITDA for Bega Cheese
shares, excluding the takeover value of Bega's 18.35 per
cent stake in Warrnambool.
However, 13.35 per
cent of those
shares remain subject to withdrawal rights, with investors who accepted Saputo's
offer before December 17 allowed to withdraw their acceptance before January 3.
To get momentum behind the
offer, Saputo has put an additional 20
cents a
share on the table conditional on Saputo getting 50 per
cent of WCB.
Its
offer will be as high as $ 9.60 a
share if it achieves 90 per
cent acceptances.
Brokers say Metcash's IGA retailers have lost market
share to the major chains, which have been
offering targeted petrol discounts as high as 45
cents a litre and cutting the price of groceries.
Saputo on Friday increased its cash per
share offer to $ 9 from $ 8, and dropped a requirement to secure 50.1 per
cent of WCB's stock before its
offer could proceed.
Saputo on Monday declared its $ 9 a
share cash takeover bid for WCB unconditional and
offered a 20
cents sweetener if it gets control.
Last Thursday, two days before the
offer was made, Goodman
shares jumped 2.5
cents to 55
cents on abnormally high volumes, suggesting that some traders had become aware of the proposal.
The 20
cents sweetener replaces a confusing
offer of two franked special dividends worth a combined $ 1.31 WCB proposed to pay shareholders under the previous $ 9 a
share offer agreed with Saputo.
The market clearly believes Saputo will win more than 75 per
cent of the target because at that price the Canadians will
offer $ 9.40 a
share.
Murray Goulburn had
offered $ 9.50 cash per
share, or $ 533 million, but that hinged on acquiring at least 50 per
cent of WCB and gaining approval from the Australian Competition Tribunal, which is set to make a decision by February 28.
Saputo is now
offering $ 9 a
share in cash, rising to $ 9.20 if it gets 50 per
cent of WCB and rising to $ 9.40 if it gets 75 per
cent of WCB with a final hurdle of $ 9.60 if it gets to 90 per
cent of WCB,