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>Permira and Blackstone announced a NOK 115.0/share offer, two months after their approach was unveiled. 3-month VWAP premium is 52.6%. The offer represents 18.3x EV/NTM Fwd EBITDA (vs. 14.6x comparables)</li>
<li>The three largest shareholders (c.72.3%) communicated at the outset their support, so it's a done deal. 90% condition can be waived. Board says price "financially fair", but cannot recommend it.</li>
<li>I set my TP at NOK 115. The consortium could achieve an IRR of 17.8% by year 8. Spread is 3.3%/6.65% (gross/annualised, assuming settlement by 31 May). Long.</li>
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Permira and Blackstone announced a NOK 115.0/share offer, two months after their approach was unveiled. 3-month VWAP premium is 52.6%. The offer represents 18.3x EV/NTM Fwd EBITDA (vs. 14.6x comparables)
The three largest shareholders (c.72.3%) communicated at the outset their support, so it's a done deal. 90% condition can be waived. Board says price "financially fair", but cannot recommend it.
I set my TP at NOK 115. The consortium could achieve an IRR of 17.8% by year 8. Spread is 3.3%/6.65% (gross/annualised, assuming settlement by 31 May). Long.


Adevinta ASA

Blackstone&Permira/Adevinta: Firm Offer