European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Jesús is an Insight Provider (Event-driven) on the Smartkarma network, where he looks across sectors at opportunities arising from securities mispricing (both credit and equity), share classes, bid announcements, prospective bids, and special situations. He has served as Economic and Business Advisor at the Spanish Congress in Madrid. Prior to that, he has worked in the City of London: as a Credit Analyst at Bloomberg; Event-driven associate at former boutique European Research; and doubled as Special Situations and Equity-linked VP (convertible bonds) at Merrill Lynch. Jesús has an MBA from the London Business School, a BA (Hons.) degree in Economics from the Complutense University in Madrid, and a BA (Hons.) in Law from U.N.E.D., also in Madrid.

Antin/Opdenergy: Spanish Renewables in Focus

Start of Acceptance Period with Guaranteed Success

EQT/Solarpack: Friendly Take-Private Deal

Event-Driven

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<li>With acceptances from 99.6%, settlement of the offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/opdenergy-holdings-sa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39849:1" rel="noopener">Opdenergy Holdings (OPDE SM)</a>  will happen on 26 March and squeeze-out on 15 April.</li>
<li>A done deal since outset, at a fair price. The agreement of Anti with the top shareholders left minorities with virtually no capacity to ask for a sweetening. </li>
<li>Readacross: Ecoener, Grenergy, Audax, Solaria could all be the object of takeover bids (either from private equity or minority buyouts), with Grenergy preferred. See comparables table in the insight.</li>
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With acceptances from 99.6%, settlement of the offer for Opdenergy Holdings (OPDE SM)  will happen on 26 March and squeeze-out on 15 April.
A done deal since outset, at a fair price. The agreement of Anti with the top shareholders left minorities with virtually no capacity to ask for a sweetening. 
Readacross: Ecoener, Grenergy, Audax, Solaria could all be the object of takeover bids (either from private equity or minority buyouts), with Grenergy preferred. See comparables table in the insight.


Antin/Opdenergy: Squeeze-Out. Who'll Be Next?