BAT the single-largest shareholder in ITC, will hold 15.3% stake in the hotel company after the de-merger. This will make BAT the second largest shareholder in the hospitality company after the ITC holding of 40%..
#Cameo4, thanks for sharing, I had it down as a 10% holding but BAT own more shares than I thought.. :o), still likely to be divested on completion by the look of it as it is non core, but we will have to wait and see how it pans out.. |
A bit more info on ITC hotels demerger.
hxxps://www.fortuneindia.com/investing/itc-hotels-demerger-itc-share-price-discovered-at-45560-on-nse/119839
www.etnownews.com/markets/itc-demerger-how-bat-will-bat-after-itc-hotels-demerger-record-date-article-116729146 |
Yeah the RSI is turning up and I think another crack at a break and hold of 3000 is on the cards too next week.
Good luck all 👍🏻 |
IMB closed through 2600, and our turn for another run at 3000 here next week.. :o) |
Bit of a roller coaster! |
Going back to the Canadian fines being ring fenced as payable out of the Canadian business whether their cash on hand - I guess that has been built up over the years since the original judgement and not remitted to the centre - or out of future cash flows , this should absolutely be separate to the holding company.
That is the point of having limited companies.
Also the statement of ensuring that the fine is payable over time to stop the businesses from going into liquidation is of course more of the same. If they make the cost of continuing in business too high - i.e. greater than the sum of future cash flows - you just let it go bust and do not pay the fines.... |
In cash flow terms you would expect the USD debt to be paid out of USD earnings leaving the balance to be remitted to £'s as earnings.
Also no reason to accelerate the repayment of USD debt just because the translation increases its balance sheet value.
So on the whole I think the £ falling should come out as positive. |
Not necessarily good at 1.24 as their large debt is in dollars -good for earnings translation though |
Also the GBp/USd is down to 1.24 now |
A New Year,investors repositioning their portfolios to try and make them recession-proof as much as posiible as the global economic data isn't improving? Defensives with good free cash flow to keep paying divis helps that aim? Who knows....but i'm not complaining. |
Nice UP day today. I don't see any reason for it either? |
On the ITC hotels demerger..
ITC will retain 40% of the shares in the new hotel business, and holders of ITC parent stock will receive 1 new hotel share for every 10 shares they hold in ITC..
So BATS will still own 25% of 40% (10%) indirectly plus the value of our 1:10 newly issued shares which they could keep or sell on if they are non core to interests..?
The hotels business has a steep growth pipeline already in place building the rooms volume out 3 fold, so it could be a strong asset to keep and yield the dividend income from it..? |
I can't seem to paste an article dated 26/12/24 from ndtvprofit.com which says a little bit more of the expected demerger on Jan 6th |
58.88p in the bag, ex div probably come off a bit more. |
Yeah if we go through another wave like we saw recently then so be it.
I suspect a higher low and then a new higher high will play out which is just fine with me. Being out makes no sense as the yield is so juicy and you never know when it may spike up.
Good luck all 👍🏻 |
No luck with breaking 3000 pence before XD tomorrow, but see how the share price rebuilds going forward, 25% of the ITC hotels business is a very nice chunk of the de-merger cash/shares to consider for use in 2025 and most likely de-leveraging with buybacks for 26/27.. |
In which case Canada is more like 5-6% of BATs business, surprised it is that high. The loss of profit and cash flow will make quite a dent coupled with lower contribution from trimming the India investment. Taking the shine off BAT outlook which was already dulled by a disappointing debt report blamed on adverse exchange rate movements. Does that reduce the scope for buybacks? Thaddeus needs some good news.
Major investors continuing to build powerful stakes in BAT and IMB signalling a future merger which would presumably be constructed on a no cash basis so no bonanza for private investors just a stronger investment proposition. Would save us having to wrestle with which one to back, IMB appears to have the edge for now. |
ITC Ltd on Tuesday said that the company has fixed January 1, 2025, as the effective date for demerger of its hotel business after receiving an approval order from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). ITC share price gained over a percent to ₹475.00 apiece on the BSE after the announcement. |
In line with IFRS 10 (Consolidated Financial Statements), ITCAN is consolidated in the Group's results. For ease of reference and to assist the users of this interim announcement, in the six months ended June 2024, ITCAN's contribution to the financial performance of the Group was:
- Revenue: £409 million;
- Profit from operations: £228 million;
- Adjusted profit from operations: £230 million;
- Net interest income: £66 million and
- Adjusted EBITDA: £235 million.
At 30 June 2024, restricted cash in ITCAN was £1,972 million and restricted investments held at fair value are £445 million, with goodwill recognised on the balance of the Group at £2,320 million. |
I studied the decision when the industry indicated it was acceptable and I agree with gb conclusion. The liability is ringfenced to the Canadian subsidiaries, which will pay a lump sum with local cash where something like CAD$1B was ordered to be lodged by the courts back in 2019, followed by quite a high annual levy on future profits. The consequence to BAT is therefore the impairment of its Canadian subsidiary asset and the reduction in future contributions to group profit. I can't find it now but at the time I remember seeing an estimate that Canada represents 1-2% of BAT business. |
Note nelly the rest of the sentence:
"and the cash generated from the future sale of tobacco products in Canada while at the same time maximizing recovery for the creditors."
NB Solely the responsibility of the Canadian arm. |
No i don't think so. Read between the lines....
"The plan resolves all Canadian tobacco litigation and provides a full and comprehensive release to Imperial, BAT and all related entities for all tobacco claims. This settlement will be funded by the cash on hand and the cash generated from the future sale of tobacco products in Canada while at the same time maximizing recovery for the creditors. It also allows the Canadian tobacco companies to continue operating as a going concern for the benefit of all stakeholders.
The settlement will be funded with cash on hand...
As for the liability split it looks like bats will have to stump up the largest amount at around C$ 17 billion or around £9.4 billion. |
#nellynell, if you read the text for the initial ruling, the penalty is ring fenced and to be paid for from future earnings from ITCAN, the parent BATS is not liable, but this offer has yet to be agreed AFAIR, along with the liability split % with the other majors involved..
After an appeal, a Quebec court in 2019 upheld the 2015 decision that awarded smokers in the Canadian province around CD15BN, forcing the Canadian subsidiaries of all the three cigarette makers to seek bankruptcy protection.
The subsidiaries have been under a court-supervised mediation process negotiating a possible settlement since then.
The allocation of the aggregate settlement amount between the tobacco giants remains unresolved
We will have to wait for the final agreement to be certain.. |
You can kiss a special dividend goodbye whilst they have the Canadian judgement to pay for lol |
#nellynell, when the ITC hotels demerger goes through, the proceeds coming back in here will make a good dent in the debt and there is plenty of room for a special too.. :o)
25.07.2024 - We completed the monetisation of a portion of our ITC stake lowering our holding from 29.02% (31.12.2023) to 25.49% at (30.06.2024), partial monetisation of ITC stake enabled the initiation of a sustainable share buy-back programme, with GBP700M in 2024 and 900M coming in 2025.. |
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