The other side of the fence5 Jul 2024 19:59
To me, evidently, and given half the chance, Bridgemere would buy RGL for 10p (hence the underwriting). We can probably all agree that Bridgemere has a better management than RGL, has done calculations such as those below, and with a 10p offer they are at the lower / lowest end of the latter. The dim consciousness of the RGL board could have been able to see that such a tender offer would run into shareholder resistance, not least from the insiders. Net, as a retail shareholder, 'picking up pennies from in front of bulldozers', getting RGL at 10p is a fair bet. Admittedly, Bridgemere did not have the unhappy requirement to buy RGL in the past in order to qualify for the 10p deal; but there's nothing that can be done about that. Exercising in full maintains the equity position, and the dividend received (in pounds and pence, remembering it is still a REIT) at the cost of a further investment of 10p per share. That is (2.125 x 10p) x your share holding). Your personal cost basis must then be factored. Right now, if you sold up in favour of re-buying at 10p, you cannot fully exercise. For example, 10,000 x 14p = 140000p = 14,000 new shares at 10p, whereas you could have bought (15/7) x 10,000 = 21,428 new shares x 10 p for £2142.80; it is a 1/3 dilution and a 1/3 loss of dividend.