RE: Ok, stupid question4 Feb 2022 10:24
hi JT, i'll try to answer some of your points:
1. it is $ 500m not £ 500m; (i am going to assume $ 500m = £ 375m here)
2. the tender offer will be at (i assume) the price that CNE set post GoI refund, and needs to be SP + x% to get people to tender their shares;
3. if the company asks for say 150m shares to be tendered at say a price of £ 2.50 each ~ £ 375/$ 500m, then it is up to SH's to tender their shares and if sufficient shares tendered, then they all get accepted. if more shares tendered, normally %age of each SH's shares tendered are accepted.
i seem to remember back in the bad old days, that companies used to set different SP tender levels. ie, if the SP was say £ 2.50 in the market but you wanted £ 2.75 and the company was tendering say £ 375m worth, you could say how many shares you wanted to tender at different SP levels and the company would then accept say the lowest SP's to complete their £ 375 allotment. a bit complicated but not beyond an accountant to be able to do that !