In today’s briefing:
- Merger Arb Mondays (18 Jul) – Link Admin, AOF, DTAC/True, Ramsay Health, ResApp, Infomedia
- ANZ to Acquire Suncorp Bank: Equity Raise & Regulatory Approvals
- Weekly Deals Digest (17 Jul): WCP, BYD, Link, Genting Singapore, DTAC/True, AOF, ResApp
- S&P/ASX200: West African Resources (WAF) Replaces Uniti (UWL) At 21 July Close
- GSK Spinoff Haleon (HLN UK) Is Biggest New Euro Listing In 10yrs – Index Implications and Overhang
Merger Arb Mondays (18 Jul) – Link Admin, AOF, DTAC/True, Ramsay Health, ResApp, Infomedia
- We summarise the latest spreads and newsflow of merger arb situations covered by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Chinese ADRs.
- The highest spreads are 21Vianet Group (VNET US), Alliance Aviation Services (AQZ AU), Ramsay Health Care (RHC AU), Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF AU), Link Administration (LNK AU).
- The lowest gross spreads are Hwa Hong Corp (HWAH SP), Uniti Group Ltd (UWL AU), Excelpoint Technology (EXLP SP), Giordano International (709 HK), Dongzheng Automotive Finance (2718 HK).
ANZ to Acquire Suncorp Bank: Equity Raise & Regulatory Approvals
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) (ANZ AU) has announced that it is acquiring Suncorp Bank from Suncorp (SUN AU) for an all cash consideration of A$4.9bn.
- ANZ will fund the Suncorp Bank acquisition by a fully underwritten 1:15 pro rata accelerated renounceable entitlement offer to raise A$3.5bn at A$18.9/share, a 12% discount to TERP.
- A small increase in the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) for the mortgage lending market will make it difficult for ACCC to deny approval for the acquisition.
Weekly Deals Digest (17 Jul): WCP, BYD, Link, Genting Singapore, DTAC/True, AOF, ResApp
- A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea and Chinese ADRs.
- On the ECM front, Tianqi Lithium (9696 HK) listed its H Shares, WCP (WCP KS) plans to launch a KRW900 billion (US$692 million) IPO in August.
- Event-Driven developments at Link Administration (LNK AU), DTAC/True, BYD (1211 HK), Genting Singapore (GENS SP), Tassal (TGR AU), Resapp Health (RAP AU), Dongzheng Automotive Finance (2718 HK).
S&P/ASX200: West African Resources (WAF) Replaces Uniti (UWL) At 21 July Close
- The Uniti Group Ltd (UWL AU) Scheme Meeting was held Friday, approving both General Scheme Resolution and Rollover Shares Scheme unanimously. The MBD Bidco deal is done.
- Friday after the close, the S&P DJI Global Index team announced that Uniti would be deleted from the ASX200 21 July at the close.
- Gold miner West African Resources (WAF AU) was chosen as the replacement. It’s a decent-sized inclusion and should have been well-flagged last week but may have been ignored.
GSK Spinoff Haleon (HLN UK) Is Biggest New Euro Listing In 10yrs – Index Implications and Overhang
- GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK LN) shareholders on 6 July overwhelmingly approved the long-awaited demerger of its GSK Consumer Healthcare unit newly-named Haleon (HLN LN) earlier this month.
- While not originally universally-desired (Elliott wanted a sale), it was overwhelmingly approved. Haleon lists Monday 18 July with a £40+bn valuation resulting in FTSE 100 and Stoxx Europe 600 changes.
- GSK investors get 1 share of Haleon for every share of GSK held. Post-demerger, the public owns 55%, Pfizer ~32%, GSK ~13%. Lockup ends 10 November. There will be overhang.
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