image

Authoritative Independent Monthly Share Selections Using Technical & Fundamental Analysis

Latest issue now available

Elementis

November 2018

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

  • Epic Code:
  • ELM
  • Price:
  • 243p
After being forced by a shareholder rebellion to renegotiate what would be the largest acquisition in its history, Elementis has successfully reduced the price for the acquisition of Mondo Minerals, a producer of industrial talc additives. Elementis had originally proposed to pay US$600m but this has now been reduced to an initial US$500m, with a further potential earn-out of US$53m up to 2020. The lower initial consideration equates to 10.4x EBITDA for the seven months to July 2018 (annualised) compared with 12.5x on the original offer. It will be part funded by a 1-for-4 rights issue at 152p to raise US$230m with the rest paid by more debt. On completion, leverage is expected to peak at 2.5x EBITDA, reducing to less than 2.0x by Decemb ...

To access our archive of articles and to receive current issues you need to subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber? Login

With small companies there is an above average degree of risk compared to buying blue chips. Please be aware that we have not assessed the suitability of any of these investments for you. The newsletter simply states a personal view and diarises the editor’s investment decisions. Please speak to your stockbroker or other qualified individual to ascertain whether any of these companies mentioned would form useful additions to your own portfolios. Past performance is no indication of future success.

All material on this website is protected by copyright. You may use Information retrieved from the www.scsw.co.uk website for your own personal non-commercial use which means that you may not sell or copy this information to any third party without prior written consent. ISSN 1358-183X