UK’s Hammerson share price set to soar on JSE, after French rival increases bid
The UK shopping mall owner’s share price could leap as much as 22% when the JSE opens after Klépierre raised its offer by more than 3%
UK shopping mall owner Hammerson’s share price could jump about 22% to nearly R109 when the JSE opens on Wednesday, after the group announced that French rival Klépierre had raised its bid. Klépierre raised its bid by 3.25% to £6.35, from the £6.15 announced on March 19. At Wednesday morning’s exchange rate of R17.12 to the pound, the offer equates to R108.69 for Hammerson’s JSE investors. Hammerson’s closing price on Tuesday was R89.32. The hostile bid from Klépierre caused Hammerson’s share price to jump 26% to R92 from R72.75 on March 19. The offer from the French shopping mall owner is half in cash and half in shares. Klépierre’s share price closed 0.15% down at €32.96 in Paris on Tuesday. Hammerson’s board urged shareholders not to accept Klépierre’s raised bid in Wednesday’s statement. “The revised proposal represents only a marginal increase to Klépierre’s unsolicited proposal of £6.15, which Hammerson’s board unanimously rejected on the basis that it very significantly under...
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