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

Azure Min (AZS AU): Trading Wide Ahead Of 8th April Vote

Azure Min's (AZS AU)'s "Boost" As Gina Ups Stake in Lynas

Gina Can't "Liontown" SQM's Bid For Azure

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>This makes life a lot simpler. Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting will now team up with Chile’s <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sociedad-quimica-y-minera-de-chile-sa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27977:1" rel="noopener">SQM</a> to take control of lithium play <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/azure-minerals-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16538:1" rel="noopener">Azure Minerals (AZS AU)</a>.</li>
<li>In a<a href="https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02755714-6A1187098" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> binding Offer</a>, by way of a Scheme, the joint bidders (collectively holding ~37.79%) are offering A$3.70/share, a 5.1% bump in terms to SQM's prior Scheme Offer. </li>
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An off-market takeover at A$3.65/share unfolds IF this Scheme were to fail. If both fail/lapse,  SQM will, "in certain circumstances", be required to proceed with its off-market transaction of A$3.50/share.</li>
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This makes life a lot simpler. Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting will now team up with Chile’s SQM to take control of lithium play Azure Minerals (AZS AU).
In a binding Offer, by way of a Scheme, the joint bidders (collectively holding ~37.79%) are offering A$3.70/share, a 5.1% bump in terms to SQM's prior Scheme Offer. 

An off-market takeover at A$3.65/share unfolds IF this Scheme were to fail. If both fail/lapse,  SQM will, "in certain circumstances", be required to proceed with its off-market transaction of A$3.50/share.


Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM US)

Azure Minerals

Gina Joins SQM In Bid For Azure (AZS AU)