RE:RE:RE:Perpetual Energy To Vend Clearwater Assets Into New Firm To BobTheKnob2 wrote:
alkhor wrote: Does anyone understand the reasoning of consolidating the Perpetual shares at a ration of somewhere between 500 and 1000 to one and then undoing this at the same ratio? Has to be tax related but I don't see how.
Sounds like it is a way to shake out the small retail shareholder that has odd lots from years ago. This way they get cashed out and the company saves money on administration costs for theyr AGM. I have seen a few of these recently.
Not sure if that is what is going on here or not, but seems like a reasonable assumption.
It appears that I was correct. I was talking on the phone when I posted this last, and hadn't read the release. (shhh!! do't tell my friend!! ) Here is the critical part from the press release, that talks about this part of the arrangement:
In addition, in connection with the Plan of Arrangement, Perpetual will consolidate its shares at a number between 500 and 1,000 to 1 ("the Ratio") and subsequently will split its shares at the same Ratio. The Ratio will be determined and press released prior to the meeting of Shareholders currently expected to be in late August. Shareholders of Perpetual who own a number of shares less than the Ratio will have their shares acquired by Perpetual for cash, based on the volume weighted average trading price of the Perpetual common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") for the 20-day period prior to the effective date of the Plan of Arrangement. Perpetual has a large number of shareholders owning less than the Ratio and this odd lot consolidation provides those shareholders with the opportunity for liquidity they would otherwise not have on a cost-efficient basis.