6.406% bonds due Feb 16/21. What impact will a takeover by Glencore have on these? Feels that at the end of the day this will be negative for bondholders and positive for stockholders. Glencore is not guaranteeing Viterra’s debt. Also, they are planning on selling about $2.6 billion of Viterra’s assets, which is a negative for the bonds.
Thinks this is a done deal. Glencore has taken it over. There are parts of business that AGU had taken over and sold to CF industries. A week to 3 weeks and this should be wrapped up.
Nothing is going to happen to the company. It is dead money for now. No prospect for another bid so not prospect for upside. Hopefully you can find something better to do with the money.
Subject to a takeover with a bunch of people looking at different chunks of the company. Likelihood of further gains on a potential takeover is pretty limited.
Thinks most people will opt to take the money and run with it. He took profits at $14 because he thought it was fully valued. Is glad he did because if the bid were thwarted, it would go back where it was. He thinks it will ultimately close.
About to be taken over by a conglomerate. Have had a kind of struggled relationship wit the market. It ran up and ran back down. They are very large. But the issue is how well managed are they. The parts are worth more than they are worth. The market is skeptical on all sorts of levels. A lot of the stock has moved into the hands of the owners. They mute the trading and wait for the deal. The best companies in Agri are private. Still holds some. He is overweight the energy sector, but not gas.
People are looking at their numbers and it is almost a foregone conclusion that someone will get them. There are lots of people that could find parts of CY very attractive.
It tells him that he wants to be involved in the agricultural space. At this price it is too expensive. If it pulls back he would buy it in a heartbeat. People need to get exposure to agriculture.
6.406% bonds due Feb 16/21. What impact will a takeover by Glencore have on these? Feels that at the end of the day this will be negative for bondholders and positive for stockholders. Glencore is not guaranteeing Viterra’s debt. Also, they are planning on selling about $2.6 billion of Viterra’s assets, which is a negative for the bonds.