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Posted at 28/6/2012 07:41 by waldron International Power's shares suspended By Benjamin Chiou Thu 28 Jun 2012 IPR - International Power Latest Prices Name Price % International Power 417.50p 0.00% FTSE 100 5,524 0.00% FTSE 350 2,928 0.00% FTSE All-Share 2,863 0.00% Gas, Water & Multiutilities 5,080 0.00% LONDON (SHARECAST) - Shares of energy giant International Power (IPR) were suspended from trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Thursday morning as its takeover by parent company GDF SUEZ faced delays. On April 16th, the companies announced that they had reached agreement on terms of a recommended cash offer for the remaining shares of IPR. This is to be effected by means of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement. "Pursuant to the terms of the Scheme and Listing Rules 5.1 and 5.3, IPR announces that the listing of the IPR Shares on the Official List and trading of the IPR Shares on the London Stock Exchange has been suspended, effective from 07.00 today," the company said in a statement. The court hearing to sanction the scheme and confirm the associated capital reduction was scheduled for yesterday and was expected to become effective today. However, the cancellation of the listing of the IPR shares on the official list in London and admission to trading of the IPR shares on the LSE did not take place and is now expected to take place by no later than 08:00 on July 2nd. |
Posted at 23/5/2012 11:02 by jeffian I wish it was 6.6p!"the final dividend of 6.6 euro cents per ordinary share will be paid on 29 June 2012 to shareholders on the register on 25 May 2012" |
Posted at 16/4/2012 17:55 by waldron 3rdUPDATE:GDF Suez,International Power Settle Over Higher Price Share this article PrintAlert Gdf Suez (EU:GSZ) Intraday Stock Chart Today : Monday 16 April 2012 PARIS (Dow Jones) -- GDF Suez SA (GSZ.FR) and the independent directors of International Power PLC (IPR.LN) said Monday they settled on a cash offer at 418 pence for each International Power share the French utility doesn't own, well above the 390 pence GDF Suez initially indicated it would be willing to pay, putting an end to a three-week standoff and sealing the second biggest M&A transaction of the year. The cash offer values the U.K.-based power distributor--of which GDF Suez bought 70% in February, 2011--at GBP22.8 billion, up from around GBP19.9 billion at the previous indicative price. Taking full control of International Power is at the heart of the French utility's strategy of increasing its exposure to booming emerging markets. By doing so, it will help to offset its slower performance in more mature markets such as France and the rest of Europe, where GDF Suez faces economic headwinds from the euro zone's sovereign-debt crisis and political risk stemming from the French government's strong involvement in the energy sector. The deal's impact on GDF Suez's net debt is EUR 8.4 billion, as GDF Suez will pay EUR7.7 billion in cash and take on a bit more than EUR600 million of International Power debt. As the group will get also some IPR convertible bonds, and pay them in cash, it could have to pay an additional EUR1.8 billion, the group's Chief Financial officer Isabelle Kocher said during a press conference. International Power shareholders will still be able to receive the group's 2011 final dividend of 6.6 euro cents per share. ""The acquisition of the minority stake in International Power, based on a strict financial discipline, constitutes a major step in the development of the group. It will allow the Group to fully capture growth in fast growing markets," GDF Suez's Chairman and Chief Executive Gerard Mestrallet said, noting that the deal is the second biggest M&A transaction after this year commodities trader Glencore PLC's (GLEN.LN) $37 billion takeover of miner Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN). The move puts an end to a three-week standoff, after some International Power shareholders rejected the initial non-binding approach from GDF Suez, which they considered to be "undervaluing" International Power. GDF Suez at one point even threatened to simply drop any tentative approach. GDF Suez and International Power agreed last year that if GDF Suez would seek to buy minorities out before Aug. 3, 2012, the approval of the independent directors would be mandatory. The recommendation is the first step and makes the offer a formal one, whereas the previously mentioned price was only indicative. The official scheme document will be sent to shareholders before May 14, and the offer will be put to shareholders by June during a general shareholders' meeting. The deal is expected to be finalized by mid-July. The initial reaction from IPR's minority shareholders has been quite positive, Kocher said, echoing comments by an advising banker. "People from International Power would have probably liked a higher price while (GDF Suez Chairman and Chief Executive Gerard) Mestrallet would have of course liked to pay a little less," the banker said, under conditions of anonymity. The new price "is high but it is not extravagant," he added and all parties are confident that the transaction will proceed smoothly. The price represents a 20.8% premium since Feb.29, "the last business day before press and market speculation intensified that GDF Suez would make an offer for International Power," GDF Suez and International Power's independent directors said. By mid-afternoon, shares in GDF Suez were trading around 3% higher at EUR18.48 while the CAC-40 benchmark index was up 0.6%. Shares in International Power were up about 3x%, or 12.9 pence, at 416.8 pence, while the FTSE 100 was down around 0.4%. "This deal is broadly value neutral for GDF Suez, but strategically positive for the group," Canaccord Genuity analysts said. "For GDF Suez, we also believe this deal is consistent with the company retaining its 'A' credit rating and with it continuing to be able to maintain its EUR1.5 per share dividend." They rate GDF Suez at buy. GDF Suez now expects its net recurring profit group share for 2012 to be around EUR3.7 billion to EUR4.2 billion, up from an initial objective of EUR3.5 billion to EUR4 billion, . The French utility will finance a third of the cash offer from its own equity, as it offered to pay part of the 2011 and the 2012 dividends in GDF Suez shares instead of cash. It has also increased its divestiture program and now plans to sell an additional EUR3 billion worth of assets, from an initial objective of EUR10 billion in disposals. Most of the assets to be sold will be in mature markets, such as the U.S., Kocher said. Yet the group won't sell assets in France and Belgium, its historical markets. It intends to retain its controlling share of more than 35% in waste and water utility Suez Environnement Sa (SEV.FR), she also said. As the integration of International Power is to increase the group's exposure to emerging markets, GDF Suez intends to also increase its planned capital expenditures in those areas in the medium term, so that they represent 40% to 50% of its total capex, from an initial target of 30%, Mestrallet said. - By Geraldine Amiel, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 40171767; geraldine.amiel@dowj |
Posted at 16/4/2012 08:17 by waldron GDF Suez Agrees offer For International Power At 418P Cash/Share Share this article PrintAlert Gdf Suez (EU:GSZ) Intraday Stock Chart Today : Monday 16 April 2012 GDF Suez SA (GSZ.FR), a French natural gas and electricity supplier, Monday said its unit Electrabel SA has reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer with International Power PLC (IPR.LN) pursuant to which Electrabel will acquire International Power for GBP22.8 billion, assuming full conversion of International Power's convertible bonds and exercise of share options. MAIN FACTS: -Offer is to be effected by means of a Court-sanctioned scheme -Under the terms of the offer, International Power shareholders will be entitled to receive 418 pence in cash for each share held. -International Power shareholders will retain the right to receive the final dividend of 6.6 Euro cents per share for the year ended Dec. 31 -GDF SUEZ has committed to the Independent International Power directors to vote in favor of the final dividend at the International Power annual general meeting on May 15. -Independent International Power directors to vote in favor of the offer. -Electrabel currently has an interest in 70% of International Power's existing issued share capital. -Offer will be funded from a combination of the GDF SUEZ Group's existing bank facilities and cash resources. -GDF Suez revises 2012 Net Recurring Income Group Share target by EUR200 million, in the range of EUR3.7 billion to EUR4.2 billion versus EUR3.5 billion to EUR4.0 billion announced on Feb. 9. -Target revised due to the full integration of International Power in the second half of 2012. -For the full year 2013, the increase will amount to EUR400 million, before additional disposals. -Shares of International Power on Friday closed at GBP4.04. -By Tapan Panchal, Dow Jones Newswires. Tel +44(0)207-842 9448, tapan.panchal@dowjon |
Posted at 04/4/2012 08:54 by waldron GDF Suez Calls International Power Offer Of 390p/Share 'Attractive' Share this article PrintAlert Gdf Suez (EU:GSZ) Intraday Stock Chart Today : Wednesday 4 April 2012 French utility company GDF Suez SA (GSZ.FR) Wednesday said its indicative offer for 30% of U.K.-based International Power PLC (IPR.LN) at 390 pence a share is "attractive for the minority shareholders" and it will now consider different options after IPR rejected the bid. GDF Suez's options include withdrawing its offer for the stake, the French company said in a statement. IPR had said earlier Wednesday it is unable to accept the GDF Suez offer as it undervalues the company. Shares of the U.K. power company closed Tuesday at 403 pence. -By Inti Landauro, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 4017 1740; inti.landauro@dowjon |
Posted at 04/4/2012 07:36 by waldron International Power Rejects Indicative Proposal From GDF Suez - Quick Facts(RTTNews.com) - International Power Plc (IPR.L) Wednesday responded to the indicative proposal received from GDF Suez S.A by stating that the indicative proposal from the latter has been rejected by the company. The company, which had constituted an Independent Committee of the Board to study the proposal, had concluded that the indicative proposal from GDF Suez to offer 390 pence per share grossly undervalues the company. The Independent Committee, therefore, replied that the indicative proposal could not be accepted for consideration. Following the response to its indicative proposal, GDF Suez and its affiliates are generally restricted from making a takeover offer for all or any of the outstanding IPR ordinary shares for the period until 3 August 2012, the company further added. For comments and feedback: contact editorial@rttnews.co |
Posted at 02/4/2012 21:44 by waldron Statement re dividend Share this article PrintAlert TIDMIPR RNS Number : 6590A GDF Suez SA 02 April 2012 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF THAT JURISDICTION THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A FIRM INTENTION TO MAKE AN OFFER UNDER RULE 2.7 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE "CODE") AND THERE CAN BE NO CERTAINTY THAT AN OFFER WILL BE MADE Press Release The Board of Directors of GDF SUEZ met on Monday 2 April 2012 under the chairmanship of Gerard Mestrallet and unanimously confirmed its support to the possible offer of 390 pence per share for the remaining International Power shares not already held by GDF SUEZ. The Board of Directors decided to offer to the shareholders the possibility to receive the final dividend for 2011 (EUR0.67) in GDF SUEZ shares. The conditions for setting the value of the dividend in shares will include a 10% discount to the average share price over the twenty trading days immediately preceding the Annual General Meeting. To enable the implementation of this option, the payment of the final dividend for 2011 is postponed from 30 April to 24 May 2012, the ex-date remaining on 25 April 2012 as originally announced. The Board decided to offer the same option, for any interim dividend for the fiscal year 2012 that may be decided by the Board of Directors, subject to the success of the potential offer for the remaining shares of International Power it does not own. In this context, the French State and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL) expressed to GDF SUEZ their intention to take up the option of receiving GDF SUEZ shares in respect of their share of the dividends. This resolution is intended to supplement the financing of the proposed offer for the remaining International Power shares not already held by GDF SUEZ in complement to the upwards revision of the disposal plans previously announced. |
Posted at 19/2/2012 12:32 by jacks13 From what I can recall the initial approach from GDF in January 2010 involved a cobbling together of IPR's then assets with some of GDF's assets in exchange for GDF Suez acquiring a majority stake in the enlarged group.GDF had lots of cash but were unwilling to stump that up at the time. They were presumably very risk averse and the bid was complicated by some political considerations, the French state owning about a third of the shares of GDF Suez. The offer was very opaque, to us on the outside at least, and it failed because agreement presumably couldn't be reached on the respective valuations of the IPR and GDF Suez assets that were to be pooled. It was a cashless/shareless offer and was probably opportunistic on the part of GDF Suez. Anyway they came back as we now know with a cash sweetener of 92p/sh and IPR shareholders did get to keep their diluted shareholdings in the enlarged group. A takeout price in the region of 450p was being mooted by analysts at the time on the basis of a conventional 100% cash offer, so all else being equal (which they're not) the current take-out share price would be 360p. I'm not saying that that is a sensible way to value the new company but it might be a ruse deployed by GDF Suez advisers in any potential offer for the minority shares, after all no one else will be joining in the bidding. There was chatter amongst analysts during the 2010 merger that GDF Suez would be back within two to three years and as I understand it the two year anniversary is triggered on 17 July 2012, that being the end of the two year closed period. There is bound to be speculation, verbal and financial, in the coming months but as it is not in the interests of the majority holder to see the share price bid up I don't expect either GDF Suez or the management of IPR to be putting any fuel on the fire. |
Posted at 01/2/2011 09:18 by jacks13 The prospectus says the 92p is a dividend. The dividend is not being funded from the existing company's (IPR) balance sheet but by the GDF Suez Group.To the best of my knowledge tax avoidance is legal. LETTER FROM SIR NEVILLE SIMMS, CHAIRMAN OF INTERNATIONAL POWER PLC - 19 November 2010 (Included in Prospectus published in December - page 5) 4. Special Dividend Shareholders will receive a cash payment of 92 pence per Ordinary Share following Closing by way of the Special Dividend. The Special Dividend will be paid by reference to a record date which will be set for as soon as is reasonably practicable following Closing and in accordance with the London Stock Exchange's applicable dividend procedure timetable. The Special Dividend will be paid to Shareholders (other than members of the Wider GDF SUEZ Group) within a period of 14 calendar days of the record date. .................... ......... Further information regarding the UK taxation treatment of the Special Dividend is set out in paragraph 15 entitled ''United Kingdom taxation treatment of Special Dividend'' of Part 9 (Additional Information) of this Circular. (page 313) 15. United Kingdom taxation treatment of Special Dividend Individuals An individual Shareholder who is ordinarily resident and domiciled in the UK for tax purposes and who receives a dividend from International Power will be entitled to a tax credit which may be set off against his total income tax liability on the dividend. Such an individual Shareholder's liability to income tax is calculated on the aggregate of the dividend and the tax credit (the ''gross dividend'') which will be regarded as the top slice of the individual's income. The tax credit will be equal to 10 per cent. of the gross dividend (i.e. the tax credit will be one-ninth of the amount of the cash dividend received). Note: the dividend is declared in euros and will be converted to sterling at the going rate so it may not be 92p. |
Posted at 10/8/2010 14:04 by shauney2 From Barclays Wealth.International Power- Reverse takeover: better terms than expected Event: Following last month's announcement that discussions were taking place, International Power (IPR) and GDF Suez announced they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to combine IPR with the International assets of GDF Suez. This is effectively a reverse takeover of IPR, whereby IPR shareholders will receive a special dividend from GDF of 92p in cash and GDF Suez international assets will be transferred to IPR, along with some debt. Shareholders on IPR's register just prior to close (expected at the end of this year/ beginning of next) will be eligible to receive the dividend. Ownership of the new entity will be split 70/30 for GDF/IPR and the combined group will continue to be listed. The companies expect £165 million of synergies per year 5% of the combined EBITDA, of which 75% should be achieved from year 2. The CEO of the combined group will be IPR's CEO Philip Cox, the chairman Dirk Beeussart, vice-president in charge of GDF's international arm. The dividend policy will be same as IPR's, i.e. a 40% payout. IPR s board will be recommending the deal, which will be submitted to a shareholders vote. BW View: The terms are generally better than market expectations: the 92p dividend, which is effectively the control premium, implies a 25% yield and is at the top end of expectations. The synergies also seem to be higher and to come through faster than what most brokers had although there is still very little detail at this stage. There was no surprise in terms of management. We think this deal makes a lot of sense from a strategic point of view. The two sets of assets show a good geographic overlap, with a good balance in terms of fuel mix and solid growth pipeline. Also IPR would get access to a better balance sheet and lower cost of debt and GDF Suez should benefit from a better visibility on the value of its international portfolio. We do not expect any counterbid and IPR's main shareholder Invesco has already said they are supporting the deal. There are still few details provided but first "back of the envelope" calculations would suggest a price for the new IPR of around 400p (including the special dividend). As the shares had already rallied over the past few weeks, this is only 9% above yesterday's closing share price, hence some profit taking this morning. A conference call is taking place this morning. We will be reviewing our recommendation after we get more data. |
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