He also assisted the client in the sale of its minority stake and
issuance of new shares in a Thai holding company to a private equity fund.
Samba advised Savola Group on its acquisition of a 10 % equity stake in Savola Foods and an 18.6 % stake in Azizia Panda United in exchange
for issuance of new shares to Al - Muhaidib Group last year.
With
the issuance of new shares to Soon - Shiong, Ferro's stake in Tribune Publishing is reduced to 14.4 percent.
In practice, however,
the issuance of new shares can destroy shareholder value.
Furthermore, in practice
the issuance of new shares can increase shareholder value, if the cash - rich version of the company is more valuable than the total of the cash - poor version of the company plus the cash.
Stock dilution is legal because, in theory,
the issuance of new shares shouldn't affect actual shareholder value.
A less common case might be as follows: In the case of a large company,
the issuance of new shares can have a positive effect on liquidity.
Inclusion in the S&P 500 carries certain liquidity requirements and
the issuance of new shares may provide a boost to liquidity enabling the company to be added to the S&P 500.
As provided for in the subscription agreement, LATAM Airlines Group will hold an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting no later than September 2nd, 2016 to propose a capital increase in the amount of US$ 613 million through
the issuance of new shares at a price of US$ 10 per share.
The latter option would not entail hiring banks to underwrite
the issuance of new shares, but instead list Spotify's existing equity on a public exchange.