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Biggest European IPO In Two Years Cancelled After Major Valuation Disconnect
Farewell IPO window. European construction company Hochtief was forced
to cancel the IPO of its concessions business once investors became
unwilling to pay more than €20 for the new shares, with the bottom of
the range at €24 previously. Furthermore, according to market participants, the
company was able to only fill half a book, after management disclosed
during a roadshow lunch that the Dubai jitters made finding investors
complicated. Watch for some material downside to the stock when it
opens in Europe tomorrow.
Some observations from Reuters:
FRANKFURT/LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Plans for Germany's biggest IPO
in two years still hung in the balance as builder Hochtief tried to lure investors to its concessions unit with less than an hour to go before it shuts the order book.
Sources close to the transaction said there was no final decision
on whether to go ahead with the deal. Traders and bankers pointed to a
muted response from investors.
Hochtief plans to raise 882 million euros to 1.005 billion euros
($1.33-$1.52 billion) in gross proceeds from the listing and related
steps.
Investors were subscribing to shares early on Thursday at 24-25
euros per share, near the low end of the 24-29 euro range set by parent
Hochtief, sources close to the IPO said. [Zero Hedge has learned this number subsequently dropped to €20/share].
"I think that gaining the confidence of investors for their highly
complicated business has been a hard task for (Hochtief) management,"
said Arne Menzel, analyst at LBBW.
He said making the matter more difficult was the fact that most of
Concessions' holdings were minority stakes, many in companies whose
results have been volatile.
A Frankfurt-based analyst who did not want to be named said the
group's stake in the Budapest airport was one of the holdings most
difficult to evaluate.
"There aren't any good forecasts for the airport, projected traffic
figures and the like...The future of the airport will depend on the
growth outlook for eastern Europe, which looks muted at the moment,"
the analyst said.
In addition to a 37.25 percent stake in the Budapest airport, the
unit also hold stakes in several construction projects and smaller real
estate management operations.
Credit Suise analysts Ur-cheng Leong and Robert Crimes pointed out in a
note to clients that the few quoted infrastructure peers who publish
NAVs -- including Macquarie Infrastructure Group, MAp Airport, Australia Infrastructure Fund (AIX) and Cintra -- trade at a much heftier 28-47 percent discount to their NAV.
"Investors are price sensitive, no question about that," the person added.
The IPO's bookrunners -- which include Goldman Sachs, Citigroup,
Deutsche Bank and Barclays -- would not comment on the book coverage.
Hochtief plans to close the book and price the deal late on Thursday as planned, people close to the IPO said.
NO FLEXIBILITY ON PRICE
A Hochtief spokesman said on Wednesday the company was not
considering lowering the price for its IPO, pointing to comments from
CEO Herbert Luetkestratkoetter over the weekend that the company
reserves the right to put the listing on hold.
After the Hochtief stock plunges shortly, it may be time for Oleg Deripaska to raise a few hundred billion from underwriter Goldman (courtesy of an oil futures collateralized convertible DIP financing and Goldman's very bullish outlook on commodities yet again, as we presented earlier), and go chase the company which he has had a hard on for so long (except those times in late 2008 when he was bankrupt, of course).
h/t ramo
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"Investors are price sensitive, no question about that," the person added
They should have approached the New York Fed, which just accepted equity stakes in 2 life insurance units AIG couldn't find a buyer for in exchange for forgiving $25 billion in debt.
Did we talk about that deal on ZH? Maybe I missed that post, must look it up.
That deal was completely outrageous, I think some 3rd world governments have toppled for less.
On Bloomberg and CNBC they hailed this as a good thing, as in : "See! See! AIG is paying back! The taxpayer is safe! Hurray for Timmay!"
What the hell is the NYFR going to do with those 2 units? Is the NYFR buying any other shit these days? You think they'll buy Chrysler so Cerebrus can get it's money back and call it a good investment?
European markets about to kick off their resumption of the bear market that the Nikkei resumed at the end of August. Let the currency crisis kick into the next gear! Euro zone = EPIC FAIL.
achtung! das ist nicht gut!
"highly complicated business"
Three hots and a cot, and an old tent under the bridge.
The new infrastructure.
Show me a company making portables sunshades and UNHCR portable dorimitories, and I will pounce I tell ya.
Unfortunately,that is how one can destroy capitalism. So now,even a company on the level of MSFT back in the eighties will have tough time raising capital. Why?because most of the remaining capital after the greatest heist in history,has been sucked into the recent rally and recapitalization of either bankrupt,or half bankrupt companies,or highly speculative ventures ranging from cofee brewrs(how many types of cofee one needs?)to host of other failed business models. I don't know what this company is about,and whether it is a good or bad company,but that is not the issue. The issue is,by indiscremently supporting many companies that are basically worthless,the good ones will have a long time to be able to raise capital and expand.
The Somali Pirates got no such problems!
http://www.reuters.com/article/wtUSInvestingNews/idUSTRE5B01Z920091201?s...
Somali Pirates got no such problems!
http://www.reuters.com/article/wtUSInvestingNews/idUSTRE5B01Z920091201?s...
Somali Pirates got no such problems!
http://www.reuters.com/article/wtUSInvestingNews/idUSTRE5B01Z920091201?s...