New Zealand Professional Investment Services Firm, Forsyth Barr

Forsyth Barr

New Zealand Professional Investment Services Firm

We are proud to be a New Zealand owned firm, with 21 offices throughout the country and over 300 employees. We assist personal, institutional and corporate clients providing a full range of investment services.

Forsyth Barr is a foundation New Zealand Exchange firm (NZX) and accredited market participant. We have been confirmed by the Financial Markets Authority as a Qualifying Financial Entity (QFE).

Research is the cornerstone of our advice. We have one of New Zealand's leading teams of analysts. Our global affiliations ensure comprehensive research coverage of all major investment markets.

Equity Bottom-Up

Vista Group International / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We initiate coverage on Vista Group (VGL) with an OUTPERFORM rating and a 12-month target price of NZ$3.80.</li><li>VGL is a global leader in cinema management software and film distribution technology.</li><li>We see significant opportunity for VGL as it transitions enterprise clients from its on-premise cinema management solution to its SaaS platform, Vista Cloud. </li></ul>

We initiate coverage on Vista Group (VGL) with an OUTPERFORM rating and a 12-month target price of NZ$3.80.VGL is a global leader in cinema management software and film distribution technology.We see significant opportunity for VGL as it transitions enterprise clients from its on-premise cinema management solution to its SaaS platform, Vista Cloud. 

Vista Group - The Picture Is Clear — A Cinematic Powerhouse

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The Forsyth Barr Technology Digest provides a snapshot of recent information relevant to the listed technology industries across New Zealand and around the globe.</li><li>We focus on three industry segments: Software &amp; Services, Technology hardware, and Semiconductors and equipment.</li><li>We aim to showcase what NZ technology is doing, provide updates on recent news at a company and technology level, present stock performance, and show relevant ratios.</li></ul>

The Forsyth Barr Technology Digest provides a snapshot of recent information relevant to the listed technology industries across New Zealand and around the globe.We focus on three industry segments: Software &amp; Services, Technology hardware, and Semiconductors and equipment.We aim to showcase what NZ technology is doing, provide updates on recent news at a company and technology level, present stock performance, and show relevant ratios.

Forsyth Barr Technology Digest - Edition 5 — Layoffs Resume

<ul><li>The Forsyth Barr Technology Digest provides a snapshot of recent information relevant to the listed technology industries across New Zealand and around the globe.</li><li>We focus on three industry segments: Software &amp; Services, Technology hardware and Semiconductors and equipment.</li><li>We aim to showcase what NZ technology is doing, provide updates on recent news at a company and technology level, present stock performance and show relevant ratios.</li></ul>

The Forsyth Barr Technology Digest provides a snapshot of recent information relevant to the listed technology industries across New Zealand and around the globe.We focus on three industry segments: Software &amp; Services, Technology hardware and Semiconductors and equipment.We aim to showcase what NZ technology is doing, provide updates on recent news at a company and technology level, present stock performance and show relevant ratios.

Forsyth Barr Technology Digest Edition 4 — Geo-Political Tensions Intensify

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pushpay-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13737:1" rel="noopener">Pushpay Holdings (PPH NZ)</a> entered a scheme implementation deed (SID) with Sixth Street/BGH at NZ$1.34 per share, a 30.1% premium to the undisturbed price (12.6% premium to the last close).</li>
<li>The key conditions are shareholder and regulatory (OIO &amp; US antitrust) approvals. The scheme meeting is in 1Q23. </li>
<li>The offer is light. A concentrated shareholder register and signs of retail opposition are risks. A 75% deal probability, implies buying up to NZ$1.27 per share.</li>
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Pushpay Holdings (PPH NZ) entered a scheme implementation deed (SID) with Sixth Street/BGH at NZ$1.34 per share, a 30.1% premium to the undisturbed price (12.6% premium to the last close).
The key conditions are shareholder and regulatory (OIO &amp; US antitrust) approvals. The scheme meeting is in 1Q23. 
The offer is light. A concentrated shareholder register and signs of retail opposition are risks. A 75% deal probability, implies buying up to NZ$1.27 per share.


Pushpay Enters a SID with Sixth Street/BGH at NZ$1.34

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pushpay-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13737:1" rel="noopener">Pushpay Holdings (PPH NZ)</a> confirmed that it had received a "<em>revised</em>" indicative non-binding proposal from a shareholder consortium, believed to be Sixth Street/BGH, which has a 20.3% stake.</li>
<li>The proposal is “<em>to acquire the Company at a premium to Friday’s closing share price.</em>” Due to the sell-off, Sixth Street/BGH will likely offer a lower premium than initially intended.</li>
<li>Our best guess is that Sixth Street/BGH’s offer is around A$1.30 per share. While not a knockout offer, it is a good starting point in the current grim market conditions.</li>
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Pushpay Holdings (PPH NZ) confirmed that it had received a "revised" indicative non-binding proposal from a shareholder consortium, believed to be Sixth Street/BGH, which has a 20.3% stake.
The proposal is “to acquire the Company at a premium to Friday’s closing share price.” Due to the sell-off, Sixth Street/BGH will likely offer a lower premium than initially intended.
Our best guess is that Sixth Street/BGH’s offer is around A$1.30 per share. While not a knockout offer, it is a good starting point in the current grim market conditions.


Pushpay Draws Another Sixth Street/BGH Offer

New Zealand

Vista Group International Limited provides film industry software. The Company offers cinema, distribution and data analytical software to the global film industry.

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Vista Group International (VGL NZ)

Vista Group - The Picture Is Clear — A Cinematic Powerhouse

VGL's 12-month forward EV/EBITDA multiple of ~24x appears undemanding, considering: (1) the long-term opportunity, and (2) clear medium-term upside...

Forsyth Barr

Forsyth Barr Technology Digest - Edition 5 — Layoffs Resume

The Forsyth Barr Technology Digest provides a snapshot of recent information relevant to the listed technology industries across New Zealand and...

Forsyth Barr

Forsyth Barr Technology Digest Edition 4 — Geo-Political Tensions Intensify

The Forsyth Barr Technology Digest provides a snapshot of recent information relevant to the listed technology industries across New Zealand and...

Forsyth Barr

Pushpay Enters a SID with Sixth Street/BGH at NZ$1.34

The offer is light. A concentrated shareholder register and signs of retail opposition are risks. A 75% deal probability, implies buying up to...

Arun George

Pushpay Draws Another Sixth Street/BGH Offer

Sixth Street/BGH are showing that they are determined suitors despite poor market conditions. Buy the shares as discussions will at least lead to...

Arun George

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