In today’s briefing:
- Allkem/Livent (AKE AU | LTHM US) Merger Update: MUCH More Than Meets The Eye
- (Mostly) Asia-Pac Weekly Risk Arb Wrap: Newcrest Mining, Haitong Int’l, Liontown, NWS, IMAX China
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Allkem/Livent (AKE AU | LTHM US) Merger Update: MUCH More Than Meets The Eye
- The Allkem/Livent “merger of equals” discussed in Allkem/Livent (AKE AU | LTHM US) Merger Of Lithium Equals Has Index Surprises and Allkem/Livent: Enlarged Charging Unit is on track.
- As of the end of last month, all approvals are received or are expected to be received. The Scheme Booklet is expected next month. Deal is expected to close end-CY2023.
- The deal STILL has interesting side issues with index. Even more interesting than Newcrest/Newmont. This is an update with more detail as we probably have 8-10 weeks left.
(Mostly) Asia-Pac Weekly Risk Arb Wrap: Newcrest Mining, Haitong Int’l, Liontown, NWS, IMAX China
- I tally 45 – mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac – transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal.
- One new deal was discussed on Smartkarma this week: Haitong Securities Co Ltd (A) (600837 CH)‘s Offer for Haitong International Securities Group (665 HK).
- Key updates took place for: Origin Energy (ORG AU), Estia Health (EHE AU), Newcrest Mining (NCM AU), Liontown Resources (LTR AU), NWS (659 HK),IMAX China (1970 HK), and Eoflow (294090 KS).