Stock price when the opinion was issued
Fascinating display of a lack of IPL corporate governance. IPL has done everything they can to not engage with Brookfield, but happy to risk 350M of shareholder money in break fees as a bait to get PPL to bid for them. He doesn't understand it. Wouldn't invest in a company that won't negotiate a bona fide offer. Missed expectations in last couple of years.
Will be acquired by Brookfield or Pembina. Final decision mid-June. If you own shares, hold on. An attractive asset for PPL, which she owns, as it expands their footprint.
Looks better to him than it has in the past. He has always wanted to like this company because it’s a good solid pipeline, but has found it to be quite overpriced in the past. In the last 2 years it hasn’t done that well on the market, it’s still a strong company but now it looks like it's priced better. Regarding the new petrochemical business they are getting into, there are some uncertainty, but there are some companies in this sector that are actually doing quite well. He doesn’t know the details of what they are getting into but he wouldn’t despair because it’s not a bad business in general.