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Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP BIP

Alternate Symbol(s):  T.BIP.PR.A | T.BIP.PR.B | T.BIP.UN | T.BIP.PR.E | T.BIP.PR.F | BRIPF | BIP.PR.B

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. is a global infrastructure company. The Company owns and operates long-life assets in the utilities, transport, midstream and data sectors across the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. The Company’s segments include Utilities, Transport, Midstream and Data. The Utilities segment consists of regulated transmission (natural gas and electricity) and commercial and residential distribution (electricity, natural gas, and water connections) operations. The Transport segment comprises infrastructure assets that provide transportation, storage and handling services for merchandise goods, commodities and passengers. The Transport segment consists of diversified terminals, rail and toll roads. The Midstream segment comprises systems that provide natural gas transmission, gathering and processing, and storage services. The Data segment comprises critical infrastructure that provide telecommunication, fiber and data storage services.


NYSE:BIP - Post by User

Post by Bookendson Mar 31, 2020 11:58pm
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Post# 30867014

Unit split

Unit split

Not sure why they go and call it a "unit split"... Should a lot more to be like a "spin off". It's not like shareholders of 10 BIP.UN shares are now holders of 9 BIP.UN + 1 BIPC. They keep their shares in BIP.UN entirely and have been spinned out 0.11 shares of BIPC.

I've been trying to get into BIP as a new long position in result of this market crash.

But comparing apples to apples is a little difficult now with this split.

1- Bassically, my understanding is that 9 shares of BIP.UN got you 1 share of BIPC if you were a shareholder of record on March 20th.

Today's close on BIP.UN = 51.1$ while it was at 47.1$ on March 20th.

However, March 20th shareholders were also owners of 1/9 shares of BIPC... While today's shareholders aren't. 

So the value of shares today, in order to be ajusted to March 20th value would have to be ajusted by 1/9th of a share of BIPC.

Since BIPC closed at 49.27$:

51.1 + 0.11x49.29 = 56.52$

Am I wrong here?? I'm having a hard time following.  

2-Also, as one member was pointing there should have been a big drop due to the split at the end of trading on March 18-19 or 20, but the chart shows nothing like that. 

3-And concerning the Arb situation, it's because BIP.UN and BIPC should have equal value in the end, and the discrepency is a result in BIPC's lower liquidity?

Thanks to anyone who can validate what I'm saying or point me to where I don't understand.
 

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