Good vs Bad offer
posted on
Mar 14, 2011 07:25PM
Good offer:
-- The merger consideration provides a significant premium to
market with a cash component NO
-- The superior trading liquidity of merged co. stock NO
-- Balance sheet strength WEAK
-- Opportunity for operating synergies MAYBE
-- Strong management team with operating track record ???
-- Visibility as a Mid-Tier producer TBD
Bad Offer:
-- WTG does not have enough cash and will need to raise additional
cash to complete their objectives of becoming 1M oz producer by 2016 . This will be dilutive to stockholders.
-- White Tiger stock is illiquid.
-- The risk and potential for delay as the White Tiger offer is
contingent on a number of conditions being met, including the approval
of Deutch Bank
-- $13.5M penalty for consideration of better/superior offers (even though same entity is in control of BOTH companies)
-- Since there is no cash component to the White Tiger offer, this may
require that CMM's taxable US investors sell WTG shares to cover tax
liabilities arising out of a WTG/CMM merger.