Hi Paul,
A fascinating bidding war looks set to unfold between GQG Partners (GQG) and Regal Partners (RPL) for Pacific Current Group (PAC) – the latter has seen its market cap jump by over 45% since late July to above $570mn on Friday afternoon.
The story is an interesting tale with GQG whose now valued above $5bn was initially backed by PAC after listing in 2021, ironically RPL’s bid is in the form of 2.2 GQG shares and $7.50 cash illustrating the respective cross ownerships at play.
- the GQG component to the bid is because PAC still owns 1.5% of GQG.
- RPL currently owns 12.1% of PAC while Perpetual (PPT) owns a 14.3% stake.
At this stage we’ve heard no specific terms from GQG but more water appears likely to go under this particular bridge, the game is afoot!