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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/iberdrola-sa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21276:1" rel="noopener">Iberdrola SA (IBE SM)</a> launches a $34.25/share cash offer to acquire the minorities (18.4%) in its US subsidiary <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avangrid-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26503:1" rel="noopener">Avangrid (AGR US)</a>. Premium is 6.8%, and the cost c. $2.5 billion.</li>
<li>The market was awaiting this move since the cancellation of the PNM deal, which explains the recent rise in the share price of Avangrid.</li>
<li>Gross spread is 4.5%. It seems investors are buying in the hope of an offer sweetening, knowing that Iberdrola has some cash available to spend from the profitable Mexico exit.</li>
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Iberdrola SA (IBE SM) launches a $34.25/share cash offer to acquire the minorities (18.4%) in its US subsidiary Avangrid (AGR US). Premium is 6.8%, and the cost c. $2.5 billion.
The market was awaiting this move since the cancellation of the PNM deal, which explains the recent rise in the share price of Avangrid.
Gross spread is 4.5%. It seems investors are buying in the hope of an offer sweetening, knowing that Iberdrola has some cash available to spend from the profitable Mexico exit.


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