Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. 

I'm a highly experienced sell-side analyst with in excess of 22 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 19 years immersed in event strategies encompassing M&A risk arbitrage, directional long/short, stub trades and restructuring.  

My background also includes accountancy (liquidation/bankruptcy/receivership) earlier in my career and as a chief financial officer of a global commodity company based in the US and Mexico.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Eureka Group (EGH AU): Aspen's Sweetened Offer

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>On the 23 January, <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aspen-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20680:1" rel="noopener">Aspen (APZ AU)</a></strong> improved its scrip terms to<a href="https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20240123/pdf/05zngm8r3lkrrw.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 0.26 Aspen</a> shares per <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eureka-group-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20321:1" rel="noopener">Eureka (EGH AU)</a></strong> share, up from 0.225 Aspen shares on the<a href="https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02648987-2A1440407" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 2 March 2023</a>.</li>
<li>Two weeks later, Eureka said they still had not received a formal Offer. Aspen has now released its <a href="https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20240308/pdf/06198jktm69v50.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bidder's Statement</a>. Its Offer has a 50.1% acceptance condition.</li>
<li>Complicating the Offer was the recent disclosures from FDC Group that it held a 12.89% stake, preventing Aspen compulsory acquiring shares.</li>
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On the 23 January, Aspen (APZ AU) improved its scrip terms to 0.26 Aspen shares per Eureka (EGH AU) share, up from 0.225 Aspen shares on the 2 March 2023.
Two weeks later, Eureka said they still had not received a formal Offer. Aspen has now released its Bidder's Statement. Its Offer has a 50.1% acceptance condition.
Complicating the Offer was the recent disclosures from FDC Group that it held a 12.89% stake, preventing Aspen compulsory acquiring shares.


Eureka Group (EGH AU): Aspen's Offer Is A Non-Starter

Eureka Group Holdings

Eureka Group (EGH AU): Aspen's Offer Is A Non-Starter