Jardine Strategic: What's Yours Is Mine

Since Jardine Matheson Holdings (JM SP)‘s surprise announcement earlier this week to acquire the 15.11% in Jardine Strategic Holdings (JS SP) it does not own, I’ve fielded numerous questions concerning:

• Who is entitled to vote at the forthcoming shareholder meeting for Strategic?

• What rights do minorities have if they object to the Offer?

• Why is there not a shareholder meeting for Matheson shareholders to vote on the acquisition of Strategic?

• What is an effective economic interest in a cross-holding?

This insight answers these questions, among others.

Shareholders may feel aggrieved - and Matheson is getting Strategic for a bargain if simply eye-balling the long-term price chart.

But the risk to holding Strategic has been present ever since the Jardine’s group moved the primary listings of their companies to the UK’s Standard Board in 2014 from the Primary Board.

For a more detailed run-through of the transaction itself, please refer to Jardine Matheson: Collapsing The Circularity.

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