Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Back on the 26 June, Chow Tai Fook (CTFE) made a pre-conditional voluntary Offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/new-world-development" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7037:1" rel="noopener">New World (17 HK)</a>'s 60.88%-held <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nws-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3350:1" rel="noopener">NWS (659 HK)</a> at HK$9.15/share, a 22.2% premium to undisturbed.</li>
<li>The Cheng-family-backed CTFE and connected parties held 45.24% of NWD, therefore the parent was effectively injecting ~US$2.75bn of cash into NWD for its NWS stake.</li>
<li>The pre-cons are now done, with a 13 October despatch date for the Composite Document. Technically, this could be wrapped up before NWS' final dividend ex-date. That's worth exploring further.</li>
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Back on the 26 June, Chow Tai Fook (CTFE) made a pre-conditional voluntary Offer for New World (17 HK)'s 60.88%-held NWS (659 HK) at HK$9.15/share, a 22.2% premium to undisturbed.
The Cheng-family-backed CTFE and connected parties held 45.24% of NWD, therefore the parent was effectively injecting ~US$2.75bn of cash into NWD for its NWS stake.
The pre-cons are now done, with a 13 October despatch date for the Composite Document. Technically, this could be wrapped up before NWS' final dividend ex-date. That's worth exploring further.


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