IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

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<li>The Connect consortium will offer A$5.00 cash per share, an 11.1% premium to the Morrison &amp; Co indicative offer of A$4.50.</li>
<li>Brookfield has joined Morrison &amp; Co as joint bidders. This development suggests another round of bids for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/uniti-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29042:1" rel="noopener">Uniti Group Ltd (UWL AU)</a>.</li>
<li>The A$5m fee to break the Morrison/Brookfield exclusivity pales in comparison to Connect consortium’s A$340m premium to the Morrison/Brookfield offer. Expect Connect consortium to secure due diligence access. </li>
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The Connect consortium will offer A$5.00 cash per share, an 11.1% premium to the Morrison &amp; Co indicative offer of A$4.50.
Brookfield has joined Morrison &amp; Co as joint bidders. This development suggests another round of bids for Uniti Group Ltd (UWL AU).
The A$5m fee to break the Morrison/Brookfield exclusivity pales in comparison to Connect consortium’s A$340m premium to the Morrison/Brookfield offer. Expect Connect consortium to secure due diligence access. 


Uniti’s Indicative Bid from Connect Consortium to Set off a Bidding War?

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<li>Morrison &amp; Co will offer A$4.50 cash per share, a 42.9% premium to the unaffected price of A$3.15 (on 13 March).</li>
<li>We think that the Morrison offer is attractive in the context of historical multiples and share prices. At last close, the gross spread is 12.2%.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/uniti-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29042:1" rel="noopener">Uniti Group Ltd (UWL AU)</a> flagged in January that it had received takeover approaches from more than one party. Consequently, the Morrison offer could force out other bidders. </li>
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Morrison &amp; Co will offer A$4.50 cash per share, a 42.9% premium to the unaffected price of A$3.15 (on 13 March).
We think that the Morrison offer is attractive in the context of historical multiples and share prices. At last close, the gross spread is 12.2%.

Uniti Group Ltd (UWL AU) flagged in January that it had received takeover approaches from more than one party. Consequently, the Morrison offer could force out other bidders. 


Uniti’s A$4.50 Indicative Bid from Morrison & Co

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Over the Wire Holdings Ltd / Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/over-the-wire-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30653:1" rel="noopener"><strong>Over the Wire Holdings Ltd (OTW AU)</strong></a>'s Scheme Booklet is now out. The Scheme Meeting will be held on the 24 February.  </li>
<li>The Independent Expert has concluded the Offer is fair and reasonable and in the best interest of OTW shareholders.</li>
<li>The value of the all-cash consideration option of $5.75, represents an acquisition multiple of ~11.8x EV/FY22E EBITDA. The Offer Consideration is at a life-time high.</li>
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Over the Wire Holdings Ltd (OTW AU)'s Scheme Booklet is now out. The Scheme Meeting will be held on the 24 February.  
The Independent Expert has concluded the Offer is fair and reasonable and in the best interest of OTW shareholders.
The value of the all-cash consideration option of $5.75, represents an acquisition multiple of ~11.8x EV/FY22E EBITDA. The Offer Consideration is at a life-time high.


Over The Wire (OTW AU): Scheme Booklet Out. Meeting on 24 February

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<p>There have been numerous take-private transactions for listed-Aussie IT service companies in recent years, some of which have been discussed on Smartkarma. These include...</p>
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<li>the November 2015 <a href="https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20151125/pdf/4338cczfxtqgs3.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scheme</a> for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/uxc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:965:1" rel="noopener">UXC Ltd (UXC AU)</a>;</li>
<li>the September 2016 <a href="https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20161102/pdf/43clwcp6rxzv35.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scheme</a> for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/asg-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7590:1" rel="noopener">ASG Group Ltd (ASZ AU)</a>;</li>
<li>the October 2019 <a href="https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20191218/pdf/44cpl5rwnq34zq.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scheme</a> for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/csg-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12317:1" rel="noopener">CSG Ltd (CSV AU)</a>;</li>
<li>the <a href="https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20201030/pdf/44pcdfqrs4wzm0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 2020</a> Scheme for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dws-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10622:1" rel="noopener">DWS Ltd (DWS AU)</a>, discussed by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/janaghan-jeyakumar-cfa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:3173" rel="noopener">Janaghan Jeyakumar</a> in <a href="https://skr.ma/kJomK" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <em>HCL-DWS(DWS AU): Cash Deal Trading Wide</em></a>;</li>
<li>the September 2020 <a href="https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20201030/pdf/44pc22zh1mh1f4.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scheme</a> for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/citadel-group-ltd-the" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14087:1" rel="noopener">Citadel Group (CGL AU)</a>, discussed in <em><a href="https://skr.ma/i6V5x" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Citadel Group: Private Equity Partners' Offer</a></em>;</li>
<li>Capgemini's November 2020 <a href="https://assets-global.website-files.com/5eb3a33204ebab1ecd0b72c9/60176e3f9a311b7f4cb909f6_Scheme%20Booklet%20-%20RXP%20Group%20ASX.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scheme</a> for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rxp-services-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15047:1" rel="noopener">RXP Services (RXP AU)</a>, and its follow up Scheme in July this year for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/empired-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9406:1" rel="noopener">Empired Ltd (EPD AU)</a> (<em><a href="https://skr.ma/YWsn3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Empired (EPD AU): Capgemini's Full Offer</a></em>)); and</li>
<li>Norway's Crayon Group Holdings' July 2021 <a href="https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02418756-3A575319?access_token=83ff96335c2d45a094df02a206a39ff4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scheme</a> for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rhipe-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19128:1" rel="noopener">rhipe Ltd (RHP AU)</a> - see <em><a href="https://skr.ma/9ysNF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rhipe (RHP AU): Done Deal As Scheme Booklet Dispatched</a></em>.    </li>
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<p>When <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bulletproof-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3324:1" rel="noopener">Bulletproof (BPF AU)</a>, an IT play, was taken private in 2018, the independent expert cited <a href="https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20180410/pdf/43t32h54tfrk38.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10 peers</a> (page 28). Five of those peers have been taken private.</p>
<p>Now we have a proposal for the sixth. </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aussie-broadband-pty-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30812:1" rel="noopener">Aussie Broadband Pty Ltd (ABB AU)</a> has <a href="https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02439848-2A1332945?access_token=83ff96335c2d45a094df02a206a39ff4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered</a> to acquire Brisbane-based telecommunications and IT solutions provider <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/over-the-wire-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30653:1" rel="noopener">Over the Wire Holdings Ltd (OTW AU)</a> by way of a Scheme at $5.75/share.</p>
<p>This is an unsolicited and non-binding proposal. Via a process deed filed on 16 October, OTW said it has granted Aussie Broadband to undertake due diligence and negotiate transaction documentation. That process period ends on the 30 November.</p>
<p>More below the fold.</p>
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There have been numerous take-private transactions for listed-Aussie IT service companies in recent years, some of which have been discussed on Smartkarma. These include...

the November 2015 Scheme for UXC Ltd (UXC AU);
the September 2016 Scheme for ASG Group Ltd (ASZ AU);
the October 2019 Scheme for CSG Ltd (CSV AU);
the September 2020 Scheme for DWS Ltd (DWS AU), discussed by Janaghan Jeyakumar in  HCL-DWS(DWS AU): Cash Deal Trading Wide;
the September 2020 Scheme for Citadel Group (CGL AU), discussed in Citadel Group: Private Equity Partners' Offer;
Capgemini's November 2020 Scheme for RXP Services (RXP AU), and its follow up Scheme in July this year for Empired Ltd (EPD AU) (Empired (EPD AU): Capgemini's Full Offer)); and
Norway's Crayon Group Holdings' July 2021 Scheme for rhipe Ltd (RHP AU) - see Rhipe (RHP AU): Done Deal As Scheme Booklet Dispatched.    


When Bulletproof (BPF AU), an IT play, was taken private in 2018, the independent expert cited 10 peers (page 28). Five of those peers have been taken private.
Now we have a proposal for the sixth. 

Aussie Broadband Pty Ltd (ABB AU) has offered to acquire Brisbane-based telecommunications and IT solutions provider Over the Wire Holdings Ltd (OTW AU) by way of a Scheme at $5.75/share.
This is an unsolicited and non-binding proposal. Via a process deed filed on 16 October, OTW said it has granted Aussie Broadband to undertake due diligence and negotiate transaction documentation. That process period ends on the 30 November.
More below the fold.










Over The Wire (OTW AU): The Latest Aussie IT Play

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Australia

Over the Wire Holdings Limited operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides telecommunication services such as data center colocation, Internet, backups, hosting, and information technology support services. Over the Wire Holdings conducts its business in Australia.

Over the Wire Holdings Ltd (OTW AU)

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