RE: TMTA potentially a significantly cheaper way into BELL7 Oct 2023 10:59
These are what look to be three BELL-TMTA arbitrage trades on Thursday:-
Belluscura (BELL)
Date Time Trade Prc Volume Buy/Sell Bid Ask Value
05-Oct-23 12:31:16 32.7501 7,500 Sell* 32.00 38.00 2,456 O
05-Oct-23 10:39:32 32.722 7,377 Sell* 32.00 38.00 2,414 O
05-Oct-23 10:38:50 33.00 30,000 Sell* 32.00 38.00 9,900 O
TMT Acquisition (TMTA)
Date Time Trade Prc Volume Buy/Sell Bid Ask Value
05-Oct-23 12:31:55 20.40 12,000 Buy* 19.00 21.00 2,448 O
05-Oct-23 10:40:31 19.80 50,198 Unknown* 19.00 20.00 9,939 O
05-Oct-23 10:41:02 19.80 11,464 Buy* 19.00 20.00 2,270 O
The seller of the 30,000 BELL trade looks to have bought 50,198 TMTA with the proceeds.
On the basis that TMTA shareholders will receive 15 BELL shares for every 22 TMTA shares, this trader should receive 34,225 BELL shares for these 50,198 TMTA shares.
I.e. a likely free 4,225 BELL shares: worth £1,394 at the current BELL mid price of 33p.
And if Jonathan Satchell 40-bags BELL, as he did with Learning Technologies Group (LTG), 4,225 BELL shares could be worth over £50K.
Which wouldn't be a bad return for what looks to have been an essentially a risk-free arbitrage trade!
The BELL-TMTA arbitrage benefit has now narrowed, but the window of opportunity is still open.
Logically though you would expect it to narrow further and close, due to further arbitrage trading, & investors buying TMTA as a likely discounted route into BELL.