Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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A$0.77/Share. That's Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC)'s revised unconditional bid. Plus it now holds 47.66% after Samuel Terry Asset Management, Namoi's largest shareholder, tendered into the revised term.</li>
<li>Expect <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/namoi-cotton-co-operative" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10711:1" rel="noopener"></a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/namoi-cotton-co-operative" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10711:1" rel="noopener">Namoi Cotton Co Operative (NAM AU)</a>'s board to shortly back LDC's Offer. LDC's Offer is $0.02/share above Olam Agri's conditional bid.</li>
<li>After LDC first approached Namoi in November last year, this is now done. Expect Olam to tender its stake, and fold its tent. </li>
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A$0.77/Share. That's Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC)'s revised unconditional bid. Plus it now holds 47.66% after Samuel Terry Asset Management, Namoi's largest shareholder, tendered into the revised term.
Expect Namoi Cotton Co Operative (NAM AU)'s board to shortly back LDC's Offer. LDC's Offer is $0.02/share above Olam Agri's conditional bid.
After LDC first approached Namoi in November last year, this is now done. Expect Olam to tender its stake, and fold its tent. 


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<li>Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/olam-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:765:1" rel="noopener">Olam (OLG SP)</a>'s Olam Agri have been going toe-to-toe over <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/namoi-cotton-co-operative" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10711:1" rel="noopener">Namoi Cotton (NAM AU)</a> since the 1st February. LDC has now declared its Offer unconditional. </li>
<li>It's an interesting move. Namoi is trading through LDC's A$0.67/share Offer terms. But unlike Olam's Offer, LDC now has FIRB and ACCC under its belt.</li>
<li>Currently trading at Olam's A$0.70/share terms. All eyes are on ACCC giving Olam the green light. Or not.</li>
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Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) and Olam (OLG SP)'s Olam Agri have been going toe-to-toe over Namoi Cotton (NAM AU) since the 1st February. LDC has now declared its Offer unconditional. 
It's an interesting move. Namoi is trading through LDC's A$0.67/share Offer terms. But unlike Olam's Offer, LDC now has FIRB and ACCC under its belt.
Currently trading at Olam's A$0.70/share terms. All eyes are on ACCC giving Olam the green light. Or not.


Namoi Cotton (NAM AU): Louis Dreyfus Declares Offer Unconditional

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<li>Since Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) first announced a A$0.51/share Offer, by way of a Scheme, on the 28 November 2023, and Olam Agri countered, there have been significant developments. </li>
<li>Both suitors have now tabled off-market Offers (A$0.67/share from LDC, and A$0.70/share from Olam Agri). Both Offers are open for tendering. Both have extended their closing dates numerous times.</li>
<li>And both suitors have also faced ACCC scrutiny. As of today, only LDC, currently holding a 20.2% stake in Namoi, is in the clear.</li>
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Since Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) first announced a A$0.51/share Offer, by way of a Scheme, on the 28 November 2023, and Olam Agri countered, there have been significant developments. 
Both suitors have now tabled off-market Offers (A$0.67/share from LDC, and A$0.70/share from Olam Agri). Both Offers are open for tendering. Both have extended their closing dates numerous times.
And both suitors have also faced ACCC scrutiny. As of today, only LDC, currently holding a 20.2% stake in Namoi, is in the clear.


Namoi Cotton (NAM AU): Louis Dreyfus Has This Stitched Up

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<li>Singapore's Olam Agri and global commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) are duking it out for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/namoi-cotton-co-operative" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10711:1" rel="noopener">Namoi Cotton Co Operative (NAM AU)</a>, Australia’s largest cotton producer.</li>
<li>After both initially lobbed competing Schemes, both have now tabled off-market Offers - A$0.67/share from LDC, A$0.66/share from Olam - each contingent on a 50.1% acceptance hurdle, FIRB, and ACCC. </li>
<li>LDC, currently holding 17%, announced it will reject Olam Agri’s Offer. Top shareholder Samuel Terry Asset Management, with 24.5%, is expected to support the winning (or superior) bid.  </li>
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Singapore's Olam Agri and global commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) are duking it out for Namoi Cotton Co Operative (NAM AU), Australia’s largest cotton producer.
After both initially lobbed competing Schemes, both have now tabled off-market Offers - A$0.67/share from LDC, A$0.66/share from Olam - each contingent on a 50.1% acceptance hurdle, FIRB, and ACCC. 
LDC, currently holding 17%, announced it will reject Olam Agri’s Offer. Top shareholder Samuel Terry Asset Management, with 24.5%, is expected to support the winning (or superior) bid.  


Namoi Cotton (NAM AU): Bloom Times As Louis Dreyfus & Olam Agri Tangle

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<li>I tally 50 - mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac - transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal.</li>
<li>Three new deals discussed this week: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fancl-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15862:1" rel="noopener">Fancl (4921 JP)</a>'s Tender offer, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/a8-new-media-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3444:1" rel="noopener">A8 New Media (800 HK)</a>'s Scheme, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jeisys-medical-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36766:1" rel="noopener">Jeisys Medical (287410 KS)</a>'s delisting offer. Bain also approached <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bapcor-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8433:1" rel="noopener">Bapcor (BAP AU)</a>.</li>
<li>Key updates took place on: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sigma-healthcare-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15966:1" rel="noopener">Sigma Healthcare (SIG AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alumina-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:939:1" rel="noopener">Alumina (AWC AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/greatview-aseptic-packaging" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10802:1" rel="noopener">Greatview Aseptic Packaging (468 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/helios-techno-holding-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13934:1" rel="noopener">Helios Techno (6927 JP)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tatsuta-electric-wire-cable-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12509:1" rel="noopener">Tatsuta Electric Wire &amp; Cable (5809 JP)</a>.</li>
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I tally 50 - mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac - transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal.
Three new deals discussed this week: Fancl (4921 JP)'s Tender offer, A8 New Media (800 HK)'s Scheme, and Jeisys Medical (287410 KS)'s delisting offer. Bain also approached Bapcor (BAP AU).
Key updates took place on: Sigma Healthcare (SIG AU), Alumina (AWC AU), Greatview Aseptic Packaging (468 HK), Helios Techno (6927 JP), and Tatsuta Electric Wire &amp; Cable (5809 JP).


(Mostly) Asia-Pac M&A: Fancl, Jeisys Medical, A8 New Media, Bapcor, Helios Techno,Tatsuta Electric

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Namoi Cotton Co-operative Limited provides cotton ginning and marketing services to Australian cotton growers.  The Company operates gin facilities in New South Wales and Queensland along with warehousing and distribution facilities.  The Company markets and distributes its cotton domestically and internationally.

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