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/la-francaise-des-jeux" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28427:1" rel="noopener">La Francaise des Jeux (FDJ FP)</a> seeks scale in online gaming and betting through a recommended SEK 130 all-cash offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kindred-group-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35677:1" rel="noopener">Kindred Group (KINDSDB SS)</a>, 24% premium, SEK 27,951 million implied equity value.</li>
<li>Minimum  acceptance condition is &gt;90%, which considering irrevocables, requires acceptances from 86.1% of the float. At 8.1x EV/Fwd NTM EBITDA, the offer looks slightly cheap vs. the median of comparables. </li>
<li>Gross spread is 6.2%, partly due to 10+ months before settlement. Spread should tighten after the Kindred EGM. This deal appears to be a solid bet. <strong>Long</strong> Kindred.</li>
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La Francaise des Jeux (FDJ FP) seeks scale in online gaming and betting through a recommended SEK 130 all-cash offer for Kindred Group (KINDSDB SS), 24% premium, SEK 27,951 million implied equity value.
Minimum  acceptance condition is &gt;90%, which considering irrevocables, requires acceptances from 86.1% of the float. At 8.1x EV/Fwd NTM EBITDA, the offer looks slightly cheap vs. the median of comparables. 
Gross spread is 6.2%, partly due to 10+ months before settlement. Spread should tighten after the Kindred EGM. This deal appears to be a solid bet. Long Kindred.


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