RE: Sell rumour. Buy fact20 Jan 2021 20:57
Thanks miles. Great post, and I agree, a fine is likely. One thing I’d add - it may not be a one off fine that requires immediate payment, but paid back over a number of years, so they don’t necessarily need all the liquidity up front to pay it off. This was the experience with Indivior and the DoJ - pay back over 7 years. Key recovery driver for Indivior prior to settlement was the appearance of specialist litigation funds which hoovered up stock at the lows. May or may not happen here, but I think a base case penalty of $300-400m is more than priced in - not to say sentiment can’t take it lower.