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This company has had some incredible growth in the last 2 years. It seems to be meeting a little bit of resistance at the current sp. Anyone else following this?
The key dates for the Entitlement Offer are:
Entitlement Offer announced Monday, 16 April 2012
Ex date and rights trading commences Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Record date for Entitlement Offer 7pm on Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Dispatch of Offer Booklet to Eligible Shareholders Friday, 27 April 2012
Rights trading ends 4pm on Friday, 4 May 2012
Entitlement Offer closes 5pm Friday, 11 May 2012
M2 notifies ASX of under subscriptions Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Issue of New Shares under the Entitlement Offer Monday, 21 May 2012
Dispatch of holding statements Monday, 21 May 2012
Trading of New Shares issued under the Entitlement Offer
expected to commence on ASX
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Does anyone have any view on the Primus acquisition?
I've been looking to purchase MTU for a few years and never pulled the trigger, today I am happy that I never purchased.
I haven't looked into the figures to judge whether they paid a fair price for Primus. Strategically the acquisition made sense.
However - the $82.1 Million entitlement offer makes it a dud deal IMO.
Just over 31 Million new shares (approx 25%) - this instantly dilutes your holding... not only that, the offer the entitlement at a 23% discount to its Friday share price! Current holders should grab a hold of there ankles and brace for impact. Management should have aimed for at least the share price at close not a share price that has a good discount on it.
EPS has had a descent run over the last few years
2008 - $0.07
2009 - $0.09
2010 - $0.14
2011 - $0.22
Now I am concerned how this will tract over the next five years…. Time will tell whether I am right or wrong, but if Warren Buffett struggles to find value in acquisitions through issuing shares I don’t think MTU can find the value in it either.
On a side note - I've only been watching this company since 2008 - if this acqusition strategy has been used in the past I would like to know how successful it was - partciularly if the acquisition was made 5+ years ago
It’s a renounceable rights offer. It is not diluting anybody. It is forcing shareholders to stump up or alternatively sell their entitlements if they are happy to dilute themselves.
Whether the acquisition makes sense is the big question.
Some of the current selling could be people freeing funds to take up entitlement.
Could you please explain this? (Genuine question from a newbie)
Are there ASF members who have decided whether or not to take up this entitlement or not?
I hold MTU, was away today and only just saw this announcement.
Does anybody know what the latest is in regard to determining the CGT base if selling your entitlement?
I am tending towards selling my rights. Not entily sure that I want to be adding at $2.66 plus entitlement price.
What's the entitlement price? And how much is it?
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