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.

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Event-Driven

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<li>BBVA has updated its hostile takeover offer to Banco Sabadell shareholders, proposing a cash payment of €0.29 and modifying the exchange ratio to 1 BBVA SM x 5.0196 SAB SM.</li>
<li>The adjustment aims to account for the dividends paid by both banks, as outlined in the initial announcement from May 2024. Current gross spread (ex-dividend) is -2.99%.</li>
<li>I believe this adjustment (merely optical) will be insufficient to convince Sabadell’s retail shareholders, many of whom are also clients and have an emotional attachment to the bank.</li>
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BBVA has updated its hostile takeover offer to Banco Sabadell shareholders, proposing a cash payment of €0.29 and modifying the exchange ratio to 1 BBVA SM x 5.0196 SAB SM.
The adjustment aims to account for the dividends paid by both banks, as outlined in the initial announcement from May 2024. Current gross spread (ex-dividend) is -2.99%.
I believe this adjustment (merely optical) will be insufficient to convince Sabadell’s retail shareholders, many of whom are also clients and have an emotional attachment to the bank.


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BBVA/Sabadell: Adjustment of Exchange Equation