Daily Brief Australia: Arcadium Lithium , Kina Securities Ltd, Kinatico and more

• Rio Tinto Ltd (RIO AU) has reached an agreement to buy Arcadium Lithium (LTM AU)/(ALTM US) for US$5.85/share (~A$8.70/share), a ~90% premium to the October 4th closing price of $US3.08/share.
• Terms remain below where Arcadium was trading back in January of this year. But it is perhaps disingenuous to call the Offer Price opportunistic. More a counter-cyclical move.
• The Scheme Offer is subject to a 75% shareholder vote and minimal regulatory approvals. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2025. The long stop is the 9th October 2025.

For our next Corporate Webinar, we are glad to welcome Kina Bank’s executive management to Smartkarma. In the upcoming webinar, they will share a short company presentation after which, they will engage in a fireside chat with Smartkarma Insight Provider, Daniel Tabbush. The Corporate Webinar will include a live Q&A session.

The Corporate Webinar will be hosted on Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 17:00 SGT.

About Kina Bank

Kina Securities Limited (Kina Bank) was established in 1985 and is now Papua New Guinea’s second largest bank and financial services company.  It offers customers end-to-end financial solutions – from savings accounts to business loans, investments to mortgages, financial advice and investment management. It is also the largest wealth management business in PNG, with more than PGK8 billion funds under management. As the country’s largest fund administrator, it administers accounts on behalf of more than 850,000 beneficiaries whose funds total almost PGK14 billion. Kina Bank is also the leading stockbroking company in PNG. 

• RaaS has published an update report on Know Your People’ regtech company, Kinatico (ASX:KYP) following its Q1 revenue announcement in which it reported that total revenue had grown 10% on the pcp to a record $8m and SaaS revenue jumped 50% on the pcp to $3m.
• We see the Q1 result as a positive start for FY25.
• On an annualised basis, SaaS revenue is running at $12.1m, with current momentum indicating that it could end the year higher.