RE: Completion Date10 Sep 2020 14:35
8p might seem an ok offer based on WJA share price performance, but you have to remember, this was formely Eservglobal (LSE:ESG) which was basically a shell company for this holding. Share price for ESG in the last 5 years has been between 2 and 40p. WJA itself has seen highs of 7.6p alone, so make no bones about it, this is a low ball offer and certainly does not appear to be in the interest of the shareholders. WJA would have been at 8p soon anyway, I'm sure of it.
As SCSW put it, this should have been a bumper bid from Mastercard, as WJA were effectively going to pocket 1/3rd of profit now growth has started to really snowball. Long term holders have been done over.