RE: FT Albemarle Lionstown article?5 Oct 2023 08:20
taken from oilprice.com:
in a move designed to thwart a takeover bid by american lithium giant albemarle corp (nyse:alb), australia’s richest woman, gina rinehart, has once again boosted her position in liontown resources ltd, bloomberg reports.
this is the fourth time in recent weeks that rinehart, through han**** prospecting pty, has added to her liontown resources stake, which now sits at 14.67%, just shy of the 15% needed to potentially block albemarle’s ~$4.2-billion takeover bid for the australian lithium miner. in mid-september, rinehart owned a stake of under 8%, according to bloomberg.
han**** has described the stake as “strategic”, though it has not disclosed the intention of the sudden large increase in ownership of liontown.
“han**** maintains a long-term approach to its investments and commodity markets. in line with that long-term approach, han**** can provide liontown with the opportunity to manage its project execution and operations ramp-up risk,’’ the company said in a sept. 25 statement.
last month, liontown accepted albemarle's improved a$3.00/share offer, while han**** said it may seek a position on liontown's board and could help the company bring its lithium resources to production. so far, han**** has paid no more than a$3.00/share for the four tranches of shares of liontown it has purchased.