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Bloomberg - Mergers 12 3 2013
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BRIEF
M&a Watch
Mergers
NEwS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY
By WIll ROBINSON, AlICIA lOONEy ANd JOHN E. MORRIS
12.03.12
Monday
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DEALS. Search engine giant Google acquired BufferBox, a service for delivering e-commerce goods. Page 3. IN PLAY. ADM raised its offer for GrainCorp to A$12.20 per share and said it now holds 19.9 percent of the Australian grainhandler. Singapore Airlines confirmed it is in talks to sell its 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic and people familiar with the matter said that Delta Air Lines is discussing buying shares. Bahrains Batelco agreed to buy Cable & Wirelesss Monaco and Islands unit for $680 million. Japans Accordia Golf has approached Goldman Sachs and others for help countering PGMs hostile takeover bid, three people with knowledge said. Page 3. MARKET CALLS. Analysts welcomed Singapore Airlines decision to seek a buyer for its Virgin stake. Page 3. M&A CHARTBOOK. A deeper look at the data underlying our page 1 story about companies getting a share price lift from acquisitions. Page 4. REAL M&A. For Carl Icahns pursuit of Greenbrier, the second time could be the charm after the railcar maker fell to its lowest valuation in six years. Page 5. DEAL ARBITRAGE. Page 6.
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more than 50 percent of the time buyers stocks climbed one day after they announced takeovers, the data show. Where there were upward movements, they were large enough that the average increase was 1.7 percent for deals worth more than $500 million, according to the data. That level has been reached in only two prior years: 2005 and 2010. When you announce good strategic deals these days both stock prices go up, not just the targets stock price, and that may persuade more companies to pursue transactions, Bank of America Corp.s head of M&A Steven Baronoff said at the Bloomberg dealmakers Summit in New york on Oct. 25. Explanations vary for investors more benign view of acquisitions. Companies are using cash to do deals or they are borrowing money at historically low interest costs and that means deals have a better chance of boosting buyers earnings per share, Profusek said. Investors may believe that targets are undervalued in the current slow dealmaking environment, according to Murillo Campello, a professor at Cornell Universitys Johnson Graduate School of Management. With the special circumstances today, there are indeed good targets, undervalued targets out there, he said. One possible explanation is that companies that announced deals this year, when M&A levels were low, may have gained a first-mover advantage by picking up the best targets, according to Mike Stegemoller, a professor at Baylor Universitys Hankamer School of Business. Another factor may be that companies are making acquisitions close to their
existing businesses to grow sales or cut costs rather than pursuing more complex objectives through deals, according to Sachin Shah, a special situations and merger arbitrage strategist with Tullett Prebon Plc. Goals like cost-cutting tend to produce short-term stock gains, he said. Theres a reason why you see more buyers go up on announcement, because the value creation thesis is quite strong, said Neely, who advises consumer products companies on mergers. ConAgra, for example, will be able to add new brands and reduce Ralcorps costs, he said. Historically all-cash deals have been received more favorably, and they have been on the rise, making up about 70 percent of the 2012 data set. At the same time, the reaction to mergers paid for partly with stock has improved and they are now on average producing a gain in the buyers share price. The stock price changes are the mean percentage difference between the acquirers stock price three days before the deals announcement and the share price one day later. The time span was chosen to account for announcements late on Friday and those made in time zones other than that of the buyers primary stock listing. North American deals exclude Mexico. Geographic classification is based on the acquirers primary stock listing. Only deals worth at least $500 million were sampled. The 2012 figures are based on announcements through Nov. 14.
Alicia Looney is a private equity analyst with Bloombergs MA database team
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Singapore Air May Sell Virgin Stake; Delta Said Interested
Singapore Airlines Ltd. said it is in talks about selling its 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic and people familiar with the matter said that Delta Air Lines Inc. is discussing buying shares. The U.K. carrier, founded by billionaire Richard Branson, has failed to break International Consolidated Airlines Group SA unit British Airways dominance at londons Heathrow, undermining Singapore Airs strategy of using the partnership to offer trans-Atlantic routes. Since taking office in 2011, Singapore Air Chief Executive Officer Goh Choon Phong has also reoriented the carrier more toward Asia routes by ordering smaller planes to compete with low-cost airlines. Singapore Air, which has written off much of its Virgin stake, is holding negotiations with interested parties, it said in a statement today. delta is discussing buying part or all of the shareholding, said the people who asked not to be identified. deltas partner Air-France KLM might also invest, they said.
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Analysts welcomed Singapore Airlines Ltd.s decision to seek a buyer for its 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic. Theyve had this stake for 13 years and its just been a drain, said Peter Harbison, executive chairman of CAPA Centre for Aviation. Its one of the bigger mistakes that theyve made. Whats most valuable about Virgin Atlantic is the slots its got at Heathrow, said Paul Yong, director of research at Singapore-based DBS Vickers Securities. Any airline thats got significant operations into Europe would be interested. Deutsche Lufthansa AG, other U.S. airlines, and Gulf carriers such as Etihad Airways PJSC and Emirates could look at Virgin, especially if Virgin chief Richard Branson offers some of his stake, yong said. Singapore Airlines is a lame duck minority shareholder in Virgin, said Timothy Ross, a Credit Suisse Group AG analyst. The relationship has contributed little in terms of cash flow or synergies. The airline also doesnt need the extra access at Heathrow because it flies Airbus SAS A380 superjumbos to the airport, said Arnaud Bouchet, an analyst for BNP Paribas SA.
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Batelco to Buy Cable & Wireless Monaco Unit for $680 Mln
Bahrain Telecommunications Co., the state-controlled company known as Batelco, agreed to buy Cable & Wireless Communications Plcs Monaco and Islands unit for $680 million. Batelco will acquire CWCs businesses in Maldives, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, Seychelles, South Atlantic and diego Garcia as well as 25 percent of Cie Monagesque de Communications SAM, the company said in a statement. Compagnie Monagesque de Communications holds CWCs 55 percent stake in Monaco Telecom. Batelco and CWC also entered into put and call arrangements to buy CWCs remaining 75 percent stake in Compagnie Monagesque de Communications, allowing Batelco to acquire a controlling interest in Monaco Telecom for $345 million. The company has appointed Citigroup Inc. and BNP Paribas SA to arrange the financing.
Shaji Mathew
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While quarterly averages show a less consistent pattern than the annual figures in the chart on page 1, the overall movement has been upward.
Even some acquisitions that were large in proportion to the buyer were well received. (Chinese video web sites Tudou Holdings and youku Tudou are classified as American because their shares are listed in the U.S.)
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Paying with stock no longer has the stigma it once had in investors eyes. The average change in a buyers share price after it announces a stockfor-stock, or stock-and-cash deal has moved into positive territory.
With corporate balance sheets swollen with cash and interest rates at historic lows, all-cash deals have accounted for a higher proportion of all deals.
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Icahn sees second-Time charm as Greenbrier Value Falls
By TARA lACHAPEllE ANd BROOKE SUTHERlANd
For Carl Icahns pursuit of Greenbrier Cos., the second time could be the charm after the railcar maker fell to its lowest valuation in six years. Icahn disclosed a 9.99 percent stake in Greenbrier last month and sought to discuss options with management four years after dropping an attempt to link up the company with American Railcar Industries Inc. The activist investor resurfaced after a more than 40 percent drop in the shares left Greenbrier at its cheapest price relative to earnings since 2006, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The undervalued stock is luring Icahn back to Greenbrier at the same time that railcar demand picks up from customers such as energy companies, according to Stephens Inc. A combination of Greenbrier and American Railcar, in which Icahn has a controlling stake, would overtake Trinity Industries Inc. as the industry leader with more than a third of the market and allow the merged company to cut overhead expenses, said Susquehanna International Group LLP. Icahn does have a better case now than in 2008, given the stock drop, said Patrick Nolan, an analyst at Penn Capital Management Co. A merger would be good for the industry on a pricing level, and then it would also be good for the two companies because you put a better management team with American Rail at the helm of Greenbrier and run it more efficiently. Greenbrier, with a market capitalization of $519 million and sales of $1.8 billion in the fiscal year ended in August, makes railcars and equipment as well as freight barges. The company also provides leasing and other services, such as repairs and maintenance. On Nov. 13, Icahn disclosed in a regulatory filing that he took a 9.99 percent stake in Greenbrier, saying the shares are undervalued, and that he sought discussions with management possibly relating to strategic opportunities. Greenbrier said Icahn contacted Chief Executive Officer Bill Furman about the investment, without suggesting any specific proposals or timetable for future talks. The company said it remains committed to enhancing
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shareholder value and to maintaining an open dialogue with its shareholders. The billionaire investor took a similar stake in Greenbrier in February 2008, suggesting then that the company and American Railcar, in which he held a majority stake, hold merger talks. The discussions broke off in June that year due to certain unresolved issues, Icahn said at the time, and he later cut his stake in the company. Icahn built up his latest position in Greenbrier as the stock slumped after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings that missed its own expectations and new railcar deliveries were forecast to fall in fiscal 2013. On Nov. 5, Greenbrier shares fell to $13.40, giving the company an enterprise value that was 5.39 times Ebitda in the previous 12 months. That was the cheapest since August 2006, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Even after surging on news of Icahns investment, the shares ended last week at $19.11, still 21 percent lower than at the start of the year. Greenbriers undervalued shares have reignited an opportunity for Icahn to pursue a merger of Greenbrier and American Railcar, said Brad Delco, a Stephens analyst. While the railcar makers couldnt expand output fast enough in the past year to keep up with demand to haul sand used by oil and gas producers to extract fuel from shale rock, the manufacturers are still in the beginning stages of a
recovery, he said. A tie-up would also help diversify the companies, which dont have a lot of overlap, delco said. American Railcar, with a market value of $656 million, focuses on tank cars, which transport everything from vegetable oil to crude and chemicals, and hoppers for handling bulk items such as sand and grain. Greenbrier makes intermodal railcars, which move containers often carrying consumer goods that can travel by a combination of train, truck and ship. It also builds partition cars for hauling lumber as well as tank cars. Together, Greenbrier and American Railcar would have a 36 percent share of the railcar market, vaulting past the current leader, Trinity Industries at 31 percent, said Bascome Majors, an analyst for Susquehanna. The business could also cut overhead costs by letting go of some of the management team, Majors said. The challenge to a deal would be obtaining regulatory clearance because competitive concerns could cause regulators to scrutinize the combination, Majors said. Still, railroad rivals have combined in the past without running into regulatory roadblocks. Trinity Industries acquired closely held Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. in 2001, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Combining Greenbrier with American Railcar may be the next logical step for an industry thats already consolidating, said Nolan of Penn Capital.
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deal arBITraGe
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