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

Northern Star’s A$5bn Tilt for De Grey (DEG AU)

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Aussie gold miners <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/red-5-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7940:1" rel="noopener">Red 5 Ltd (RED AU)</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/silver-lake-resources-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6529:1" rel="noopener">Silver Lake Resources (SLR AU)</a></strong> have <a href="https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02769196-6A1192661" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a "merger of equals" via a Scheme of Arrangement.</li>
<li>Red is offering 3.434 new shares for every SLR share, and will hold ~51.7% of the merged entity, with SLR shareholders holding the remaining 48.3%.</li>
<li>This has the unanimous backing of both boards. Yet SLR appears to be given short shrift on the merger ratio. Plus SLR holds ~11.9% of shares out in Red.</li>
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Aussie gold miners Red 5 Ltd (RED AU) and Silver Lake Resources (SLR AU) have announced a "merger of equals" via a Scheme of Arrangement.
Red is offering 3.434 new shares for every SLR share, and will hold ~51.7% of the merged entity, with SLR shareholders holding the remaining 48.3%.
This has the unanimous backing of both boards. Yet SLR appears to be given short shrift on the merger ratio. Plus SLR holds ~11.9% of shares out in Red.


Red 5/Silver Lake: US$1.5bn Aussie Gold Merger