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Rinker are looking quite cheerful of late. The NYSE ADS's trade at US$73.34, close to a high point, since the bid was announced. Trading on the ASX at $18.90.
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Rinker hit $20.00 at the opening and trade at $19.52, up 77 cents, in heavy trading, as rumours abound.
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Cemex have been reported to have unloaded US$750 million in Bonds. This is in addition to the increase in the companies borrowing facility of US$1 billion.
This could increase the US$13 per share bid to US$16 or ADS$80. Equivalent to A$20.50.
This could increase the US$13 per share bid to US$16 or ADS$80. Equivalent to A$20.50.
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vulcan have bid for one of rinkers major competitors at around 11.2 ebit.This would equate to a bid of around 21.50 for rinker at the same times ratio.I still don't think we will see anything further from cemex until they get clearance at the end of march.
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Whoever is acquiring the stock today has deep deep pockets........
Quite literally every time any significant volume is left on the seller side, it is getting whipped up at any cost.....
There's more left here IMO......
Cheers
Quite literally every time any significant volume is left on the seller side, it is getting whipped up at any cost.....
There's more left here IMO......
Cheers
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Rinker closed at a 9 month high on the NYSE at ADS$76.19, up 9 cents. Opening on the ASX, up 10 cents at A$19.35. Will be interesting to see if the heavy trading continues today.
Barclays Global Investors have built up a holding of 5.04% in Rinker Group. Chances are increasing now of getting the maximum price out of Cemex - maybe looking for $23.00.
Barclays Global Investors have built up a holding of 5.04% in Rinker Group. Chances are increasing now of getting the maximum price out of Cemex - maybe looking for $23.00.
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Rinker again closed at a 9 month high on the NYSE at ADS$76.64, up 45 cents. Not that far away from the Rinker Group all-time high of ADS$83.46. Could a further bid top the all-time high?
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Further talk on the comments made last November by ABN Amro, that Rinker may seek a partnership with Hanson. After the reported Hanson 12% profit increase and share price run-up of 25% in the last 6 months; This puts Hansons' Market Cap at US$6 billion. Rinker Market Cap stands at US$13.8 billion.
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Sold out, as there may not be that much to go for now. Patience may eventually reward.
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Now looking at Rinker Group again as news in the housing sector looks grim in the States and the stock price declines. RIN are probably better placed than most as supplying the housing sector is less important. Nearing the Cemex 31st March 07 decision day, on the bid, as this takeover bid drags on.
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The quarries they purchased in QLD will complement the business well and are well poised to take advantage of the state of the Australian economy which is doing amazingly well. Maybe they will export the rock + cement overseas as well to places like China.
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Rinker are picking up well this morning as yesterdays article, on Cemex not being interested in raising the bid, is seen as no more than a diversion.
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Rinker held up quite well overnight on NYSE ( US$72.80 for the ADS, down 28 cents ) as investors recognise how the company has distanced itself from the house building sector.
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This, my third venture into Rinker Group, is struggling a bit. Managed to get back to just under $18 yesterday on marginally better news on a Fed report, Bernanke and Co.
Investors are looking for up to A$5 extra once approval of Cemex's bid is given. The downside is not limited and may be equal to the upside. Probably the ASX 20's most risky stock.
Investors are looking for up to A$5 extra once approval of Cemex's bid is given. The downside is not limited and may be equal to the upside. Probably the ASX 20's most risky stock.
Definatly could go either way. Was hoping to be out of this one by this stage. Am waiting for cemex to get clearance and will make a judgement call from there. The upside is huge, but so is the downside. A game of patience.
Copy of the article for those interested (Noirua) 
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Cemex Gets U.S. Backing for $11.7 Billion Rinker Bid (Update2)
By Thomas Black and Miriam Steffens
April 4 (Bloomberg) -- Cemex SA, the world's third-largest cement producer, received clearance from U.S. antitrust regulators for its $11.7 billion hostile offer for Australia's Rinker Group Ltd.
The Justice Department said Cemex agreed to sell 39 facilities, including eight Cemex plants, in Florida and Arizona to preserve price competition for large transportation projects in the two states. Sydney-based Rinker, a building materials maker, gets about 80 percent of its sales in the U.S.
Cemex, based in Monterrey, Mexico, needed U.S. regulatory permission to move forward with the offer. It still must convince major shareholders of Rinker, who say the offer is too low. Cemex may increase its Oct. 27 bid of $13 per share, said such investors as Tony Trzcinka at Pax World Management Corp. in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
``There's definitely a feeling Cemex will have to raise the price for Rinker,'' Trzcinka, who helps manage $2.3 billion, including Cemex shares, said in a March 28 interview. ``If they have to come up 15 percent to 20 percent and it's still accretive to earnings, then we like the deal.''
Rinker would be the largest acquisition by Cemex, which paid $5.8 billion in cash and debt for the U.K.'s RMC Group Plc in March 2005. It marks Chief Executive Officer Lorenzo Zambrano's first attempt at a hostile bid since he began acquiring companies two decades ago.
Annual Sales
The purchase would boost Cemex's annual sales to almost $24 billion from $18.2 billion last year and widen its lead in the U.S. cement market. More than 60 percent of Rinker's sales of concrete, gravel, asphalt, concrete blocks and other building materials come from Florida, Arizona, Nevada and Texas.
Under the Justice Department settlement, Cemex would sell 32 ready-mix concrete and concrete block plants in Florida and seven ready-mix concrete and gravel facilities in Arizona.
The facilities would be sold to a single buyer in the areas designated by the department, which must approve any transactions. The U.S. District Court in Washington has to accept the settlement, the department said.
``The department's action will ensure that these customers will continue to receive the benefits of competition,'' said Thomas O. Barnett, assistant attorney general for the antitrust unit, in a statement.
`Opportunistic' Offer
Cemex said in December its offer was `full and fair.''
Rinker management has called the bid ``far too low'' and ``opportunistic'' because it followed a six-month, 38 percent slide in its stock. On Rinker's Web site, large white letters on a scarlet background spell out ``reject,'' and invite investors to read why they shouldn't tender shares.
Rinker Chairman John Morschel said on Nov. 29 that Grant Samuel & Associates Pty. valued the company at as much as A$23.04 a share, 36 percent more than Cemex's original offer of A$17. That offer, made in U.S. dollars, has since declined to A$16 because of a stronger Australian currency.
Rinker investors such as Rob Patterson at Argo Investments Ltd. in Adelaide, Australia, are holding out for a higher bid.
Fourth-Largest Investor
``At this stage we wouldn't be accepting the offer,'' said Patterson, who helps manage $3.2 billion at Argo. He holds 3.2 million Rinker shares, the company's fourth-largest investor.
Perpetual Investments, the biggest shareholder with a stake large enough to block the bid, has repeatedly said the bid was too low considering the value of Rinker's assets.
Investors are confident about Rinker's future even with a U.S. housing slump that has struck particularly hard in Florida, its largest market, Argo's Patterson said in a March 28 interview.
``Housing statistics are not favorable at the moment, but that's a short-term issue,'' he said. ``Rinker has a strong market position in the more growth-oriented states.''
`Attractive Premium'
Rinker shares closed at A$18.07 yesterday in Sydney. The stock has dropped 7 percent since reaching a high of A$19.48 on Feb. 20 after U.S. housing data cast doubt on Rinker's forecast that demand will start to recover by May.
Rinker's American depositary shares, which represent five shares, fell 9 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $73.69. Cemex shares trading in New York fell 59 cents, or 1.8 percent, to $32.65.
U.S. new-home sales fell to the lowest level in almost seven years in February, the Commerce Department said on March 26, dimming prospects for a quick recovery.
With a U.S. housing downturn and no rival suitor, Cemex may not need to raise its bid, said Gonzalo Fernandez, an analyst with Santander Central Hispano Investment in Mexico City. Rinker shareholders risk having shares decline to levels before the offer if Cemex withdraws, he said.
``Cemex is offering an attractive premium,'' Fernandez said in an April 2 interview. ``For some investors, it will be compelling to take this premium now for a value that could take some time to reach.''
Analysts at Macquarie Bank Ltd. in Sydney said Vulcan Materials Co.'s $4.6 billion acquisition of competitor Florida Rock Industries Inc. in February was further proof Cemex's offer is too low. Birmingham, Alabama-based Vulcan valued Florida Rock, which sells products similar to Rinker, at 11.2 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Cemex's bid values Rinker at 9.2 times earnings before tax.
``This will put huge pressure on the Cemex bid and suggests that the offer is far too low,'' the Macquarie analysts said in a Feb. 21 note to clients.
Cemex is being advised by Citigroup Inc. Rinker has hired UBS AG.
To contact the reporters on this story: Thomas Black in Monterrey at tblack@bloomberg.net and Miriam Steffens in Sydney at msteffens1@bloomberg.net
, Cemex Gets U.S. Backing for $11.7 Billion Rinker Bid (Update2)
By Thomas Black and Miriam Steffens
April 4 (Bloomberg) -- Cemex SA, the world's third-largest cement producer, received clearance from U.S. antitrust regulators for its $11.7 billion hostile offer for Australia's Rinker Group Ltd.
The Justice Department said Cemex agreed to sell 39 facilities, including eight Cemex plants, in Florida and Arizona to preserve price competition for large transportation projects in the two states. Sydney-based Rinker, a building materials maker, gets about 80 percent of its sales in the U.S.
Cemex, based in Monterrey, Mexico, needed U.S. regulatory permission to move forward with the offer. It still must convince major shareholders of Rinker, who say the offer is too low. Cemex may increase its Oct. 27 bid of $13 per share, said such investors as Tony Trzcinka at Pax World Management Corp. in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
``There's definitely a feeling Cemex will have to raise the price for Rinker,'' Trzcinka, who helps manage $2.3 billion, including Cemex shares, said in a March 28 interview. ``If they have to come up 15 percent to 20 percent and it's still accretive to earnings, then we like the deal.''
Rinker would be the largest acquisition by Cemex, which paid $5.8 billion in cash and debt for the U.K.'s RMC Group Plc in March 2005. It marks Chief Executive Officer Lorenzo Zambrano's first attempt at a hostile bid since he began acquiring companies two decades ago.
Annual Sales
The purchase would boost Cemex's annual sales to almost $24 billion from $18.2 billion last year and widen its lead in the U.S. cement market. More than 60 percent of Rinker's sales of concrete, gravel, asphalt, concrete blocks and other building materials come from Florida, Arizona, Nevada and Texas.
Under the Justice Department settlement, Cemex would sell 32 ready-mix concrete and concrete block plants in Florida and seven ready-mix concrete and gravel facilities in Arizona.
The facilities would be sold to a single buyer in the areas designated by the department, which must approve any transactions. The U.S. District Court in Washington has to accept the settlement, the department said.
``The department's action will ensure that these customers will continue to receive the benefits of competition,'' said Thomas O. Barnett, assistant attorney general for the antitrust unit, in a statement.
`Opportunistic' Offer
Cemex said in December its offer was `full and fair.''
Rinker management has called the bid ``far too low'' and ``opportunistic'' because it followed a six-month, 38 percent slide in its stock. On Rinker's Web site, large white letters on a scarlet background spell out ``reject,'' and invite investors to read why they shouldn't tender shares.
Rinker Chairman John Morschel said on Nov. 29 that Grant Samuel & Associates Pty. valued the company at as much as A$23.04 a share, 36 percent more than Cemex's original offer of A$17. That offer, made in U.S. dollars, has since declined to A$16 because of a stronger Australian currency.
Rinker investors such as Rob Patterson at Argo Investments Ltd. in Adelaide, Australia, are holding out for a higher bid.
Fourth-Largest Investor
``At this stage we wouldn't be accepting the offer,'' said Patterson, who helps manage $3.2 billion at Argo. He holds 3.2 million Rinker shares, the company's fourth-largest investor.
Perpetual Investments, the biggest shareholder with a stake large enough to block the bid, has repeatedly said the bid was too low considering the value of Rinker's assets.
Investors are confident about Rinker's future even with a U.S. housing slump that has struck particularly hard in Florida, its largest market, Argo's Patterson said in a March 28 interview.
``Housing statistics are not favorable at the moment, but that's a short-term issue,'' he said. ``Rinker has a strong market position in the more growth-oriented states.''
`Attractive Premium'
Rinker shares closed at A$18.07 yesterday in Sydney. The stock has dropped 7 percent since reaching a high of A$19.48 on Feb. 20 after U.S. housing data cast doubt on Rinker's forecast that demand will start to recover by May.
Rinker's American depositary shares, which represent five shares, fell 9 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $73.69. Cemex shares trading in New York fell 59 cents, or 1.8 percent, to $32.65.
U.S. new-home sales fell to the lowest level in almost seven years in February, the Commerce Department said on March 26, dimming prospects for a quick recovery.
With a U.S. housing downturn and no rival suitor, Cemex may not need to raise its bid, said Gonzalo Fernandez, an analyst with Santander Central Hispano Investment in Mexico City. Rinker shareholders risk having shares decline to levels before the offer if Cemex withdraws, he said.
``Cemex is offering an attractive premium,'' Fernandez said in an April 2 interview. ``For some investors, it will be compelling to take this premium now for a value that could take some time to reach.''
Analysts at Macquarie Bank Ltd. in Sydney said Vulcan Materials Co.'s $4.6 billion acquisition of competitor Florida Rock Industries Inc. in February was further proof Cemex's offer is too low. Birmingham, Alabama-based Vulcan valued Florida Rock, which sells products similar to Rinker, at 11.2 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Cemex's bid values Rinker at 9.2 times earnings before tax.
``This will put huge pressure on the Cemex bid and suggests that the offer is far too low,'' the Macquarie analysts said in a Feb. 21 note to clients.
Cemex is being advised by Citigroup Inc. Rinker has hired UBS AG.
To contact the reporters on this story: Thomas Black in Monterrey at tblack@bloomberg.net and Miriam Steffens in Sydney at msteffens1@bloomberg.net
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Big jump today to A$18.51 ( US$15.15 approx), up 44 cents at the opening.
Thanks for the information, the barry.
Thanks for the information, the barry.
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Trading halt this morning. Some action at last on the take over.
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