Hi Campbell,
Paine Schwartz reduced its bid for CGC by 30c to $3.20 on Monday following two months of due diligence and taking into account CGC’s weaker profit outlook, including a $30 million hit from adverse weather conditions – with El Nino (a brutal hot summer) now forecast, we question if this will improve.
Following board approval by CGC the stock is now trading -3.5% below the “best & final” offer, which, even after their lower bid, represents a price close to the stock’s 2-year high. Our view post the announcement hasn’t changed:
- We believe the bid will go ahead with a clearly keen buyer and an engaged seller.