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<li>The <a href="https://www.afr.com/street-talk/tyro-payments-suitor-potentia-capital-ups-bid-to-1-60-a-share-20221211-p5c5ek" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AFR reports</a> that Potentia has increased its offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tyro-payments-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28393:1" rel="noopener">Tyro Payments (TYR AU)</a> by 26.0% from A$1.27 to A$1.60 per share, a 62.4% premium to the undisturbed price.</li>
<li>The revised offer remains light and likely to be rejected again by the Board. Grok’s get-out clause with Potentia now sets the floor price of a competing bid at A$1.85.</li>
<li>Potentia’s revised bid is the catalyst for the other rumoured suitors (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/westpac-banking-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:444:1" rel="noopener">Westpac Banking (WBC AU)</a> and Moneris) to get their act together. A competing offer of around A$2.00 is possible. </li>
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The AFR reports that Potentia has increased its offer for Tyro Payments (TYR AU) by 26.0% from A$1.27 to A$1.60 per share, a 62.4% premium to the undisturbed price.
The revised offer remains light and likely to be rejected again by the Board. Grok’s get-out clause with Potentia now sets the floor price of a competing bid at A$1.85.
Potentia’s revised bid is the catalyst for the other rumoured suitors (Westpac Banking (WBC AU) and Moneris) to get their act together. A competing offer of around A$2.00 is possible. 


Tyro Payments (TYR AU): Potentia Returns with a A$1.60 Offer

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tyro-payments-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28393:1" rel="noopener">Tyro Payments (TYR AU)</a> confirmed that it has “<em>received approaches from several parties expressing interest in a potential change of control transaction, including <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/westpac-banking-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:444:1" rel="noopener">Westpac Banking (WBC AU)</a>.</em>”</li>
<li>Tyro previously rejected a A$1.27 offer from the Potentia consortium. Grok's get-out clause with Potentia sets the floor price of a competing bid at A$1.52 per share.</li>
<li>The last close of A$1.59 is higher than the floor price. Triangulating the value of a rival bid across several data points suggests a competing offer of around A$2.</li>
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Tyro Payments (TYR AU) confirmed that it has “received approaches from several parties expressing interest in a potential change of control transaction, including Westpac Banking (WBC AU).”
Tyro previously rejected a A$1.27 offer from the Potentia consortium. Grok's get-out clause with Potentia sets the floor price of a competing bid at A$1.52 per share.
The last close of A$1.59 is higher than the floor price. Triangulating the value of a rival bid across several data points suggests a competing offer of around A$2.


Tyro Confirms Westpac as One of the Interested Suitors

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tyro-payments-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28393:1" rel="noopener">Tyro Payments (TYR AU)</a> rejected an indicative proposal from the Potentia consortium at A$1.27 per share as it was highly conditional and materially undervalued the business.</li>
<li>Grok, the largest shareholder will vote for a Potentia scheme unless there is a rival scheme which is A$0.25 per share higher than the value of the Potentia proposal.</li>
<li>Potentia's move puts Tyro in play, and Grok’s involvement will force the Board to get an improved offer and/or flush out a competing bidder. There is another round to go.</li>
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Tyro Payments (TYR AU) rejected an indicative proposal from the Potentia consortium at A$1.27 per share as it was highly conditional and materially undervalued the business.
Grok, the largest shareholder will vote for a Potentia scheme unless there is a rival scheme which is A$0.25 per share higher than the value of the Potentia proposal.
Potentia's move puts Tyro in play, and Grok’s involvement will force the Board to get an improved offer and/or flush out a competing bidder. There is another round to go.


Tyro in Play as It Rejects Potentia’s A$1.27 Offer

Equity Capital Markets

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yeahka-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28436:1" rel="noopener">Yeahka Limited (9923 HK)</a> is a leading payment-based technology platform in China. Yeahka will commence trading on Monday, 1 June. Yeahka priced its IPO at HK$16.64, at the top-end of the indicative price range of HK$12.64-16.64 per share. Yeahka raised net proceeds of HK$1,528.1 million ($197 million).</p></div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/yeahka-ipo-initiation-cashing-in" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our initiation note</a>, we stated that peeling back the benefit of market growth, Yeahka’s fundamentals offer more positives than negatives. In light of Yeahka's attractive fundamentals and the improving sentiment towards global payment peers (based on the multiple expansion), we think that the IPO price is attractive. </p></div></div></div>

Yeahka Limited (9923 HK) is a leading payment-based technology platform in China. Yeahka will commence trading on Monday, 1 June. Yeahka priced its IPO at HK$16.64, at the top-end of the indicative price range of HK$12.64-16.64 per share. Yeahka raised net proceeds of HK$1,528.1 million ($197 million).In our initiation note, we stated that peeling back the benefit of market growth, Yeahka’s fundamentals offer more positives than negatives. In light of Yeahka's attractive fundamentals and the improving sentiment towards global payment peers (based on the multiple expansion), we think that the IPO price is attractive. 

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tyro-payments" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28393:1" rel="noopener">Tyro Payments (TYRO AU)</a> is a provider of payment infrastructure and services to Australian SMEs. Tyro has launched its IPO with an indicative price range of A$2.50-2.75 per share to raise gross proceeds of A$291.1-302.7 million. The final price will be announced on 5 December. </p><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tyro-payments-ipo-initiation-the-penny-drops" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our initiation note</a>, we noted that Tyro’s fundamentals are mixed, giving ammunition to both bulls and bears. Our valuation analysis suggests that at the low-end of the IPO price range, Tyro trades at a fair value for the forecasted revenue growth it delivers. Consequently, we would participate most at the low-end of the proposed IPO price range.  </p></div>

Tyro Payments (TYRO AU) is a provider of payment infrastructure and services to Australian SMEs. Tyro has launched its IPO with an indicative price range of A$2.50-2.75 per share to raise gross proceeds of A$291.1-302.7 million. The final price will be announced on 5 December. In our initiation note, we noted that Tyro’s fundamentals are mixed, giving ammunition to both bulls and bears. Our valuation analysis suggests that at the low-end of the IPO price range, Tyro trades at a fair value for the forecasted revenue growth it delivers. Consequently, we would participate most at the low-end of the proposed IPO price range.  

United Kingdom

PayPoint Plc is the national network for collecting payments 'over the counter'. The Company owns PayPoint outlets located in newsagents, convenience stores, supermarkets, and forecourts across the UK, and a wide range of payments can be made such as electricity, gas, water, local taxes, and cable bills.

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