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.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/astrazeneca-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21824:1" rel="noopener">AstraZeneca PLC (AZN LN)</a> bid to acquire <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fusion-pharmaceuticals-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:37391:1" rel="noopener">Fusion Pharmaceuticals (FUSN US)</a> for $21/share (~$2 billion; 97% premium) plus a non-transferrable CRV of $3/share, for up to $2.4 billion.</li>
<li>The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2024, which I expect to proceed given AZN’s lack of radiopharma R&amp;D is not likely to raise anti-trust concerns.</li>
<li>I set my PT to $21. CVR offers 13.6% potential gain, 2.4% annualised (likely small considering the time it might take to materialise). The market may be pricing interloper risk.</li>
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AstraZeneca PLC (AZN LN) bid to acquire Fusion Pharmaceuticals (FUSN US) for $21/share (~$2 billion; 97% premium) plus a non-transferrable CRV of $3/share, for up to $2.4 billion.
The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2024, which I expect to proceed given AZN’s lack of radiopharma R&amp;D is not likely to raise anti-trust concerns.
I set my PT to $21. CVR offers 13.6% potential gain, 2.4% annualised (likely small considering the time it might take to materialise). The market may be pricing interloper risk.


AstraZeneca/Fusion Pharma: Small Contingent Value