Takko - 80 million Euros, positioning.
Please find our updated analysis on Takko here.
Tracing exactly where all the money went - or suddenly came from - has complicated business. Much easier then and perhaps more to the point is the question: How
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Steinhoff - Quantifying the damage from the SA ruling
What does the ruling mean for the various loans, in particular the SFHG A1s? On Friday the Western Cape High Court ruled that the SIHPL CPU underpinning the SFHG A1s is void and the company will likely take through the end of this week to give us an update.
The judgement:
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Aston Martin - Idea Recall
Please find an updated version of our analysis of Aston Martin here.
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Credit Committee Candour
We are very excited about this!
We have begun recording our credit committee meetings when discussing a new name. The videos of our real-time discussion of a name should help us convey much more of the knowledge and thought process that we build up at Sarria.
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Aston Martin Lagonda - Positioning
We are initiating on Aston Martin. Please find our analysis here, and NEW a video recording of our Credit Committee discussion.
Having survived its liquidity challenges in 2019 and
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Takko - hedging by half a lockdown
Please refer to our unchanged analysis here.
Volume assumptions have been spot on, but apparently, there was less aggressive discounting required to achieve it. Stock, therefore,
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Modulaire Group – Bond wrap
Please find our unchanged analysis here.
After months of speculation and a review the fate of the Modulaire Group has now been decided with TDR selling it to Brookfield for US$5bn. This represents
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Intralot - Implications for the 24s
Please refer to our unchanged analysis here.
As previously mentioned, the core 2021 holders always had the option of upsizing their bond to pass the necessary 90% threshold required to
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OHL – Delivering the goods.
Please refer to our unchanged analysis here.
Given the previous announcement from OHL, the sale of the War Office stake was expected, but it still represents further
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Douglas - Cosmetic Complexity
Please find our all-new analysis here.
Douglas has been a fantastic trade for us into the refinancing. So it is hard to try to chase the same story now (refinancing behind us, but
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INTU SGS Duration versus IRR
Please find our updated analysis here.
Despite CAPEX assumptions released by SGS management in the recent update to market, the thesis of the investment remains the same - stabilising the
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Steinhoff - Stay on the leader!
Please refer to our almost unchanged analysis here.
Ahead of tomorrow’s H1 update, Pepco’s Q2 results were somewhat behind our expectations, beginning with a slightly slower
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Boparan - About that Like for Like Pro-Forma Adjusted Run-Rate EBITDA
Please refer to our shelved analysis here.
When we exited Boparan last year, we pointed to rising feed prices likely eating up much of Boparan’s “Like for Like Pro-Forma Adjusted Run-Rate EBITDA” as well as to
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Europcar - Better late than never
Please find our unchanged analysis of Europcar here.
The upside of VW re-integrating the Rental company has been making a lot of sense to us and we were surprised the OEM did not come forward to buy the business on the cheap in 2020. Over a year after we
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Codere - So what have we achieved?
Please find our unchanged analysis here.
The announcement this morning from Codere begs the question - what is it achieving? Put simply, Codere have engineered
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KME – Rolling up the carpet.
Please find our unchanged analysis here.
Conclusion:
KME’s method of acquiring a rolled copper products business co-located at its Brescia plant demonstrates on the one hand its constrained
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KCA Deutag - rising oil price lift all rigs?
Please find our updated analysis here.
Amazing what a difference 6 months makes. Listening to the last conference call on KCA Deutag, with talks of consolidation, funding acquisitions and
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Carlson Travel Inc (CWT) – Short vs Medium Term
Please refer to our unchanged analysis here.
Relative to our model, the latest US business travel data and comments lend themselves to only a minor improvement of our forecast, extending
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Steinhoff: On Tekkie and Hamilton
Please find our unchanged analysis here.
While disputes with Mr. Tekkie and class actions managed by Hamilton are making headlines, we remain confident that the
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Tullow - AGM, Reflection of past year and update to future
Please find our unchanged analysis here.
As a consequence of current times, Tullow’s AGM will be held today virtually. The Company released the AGM statement this morning outlining the progress of the Company over the last year. As we have previously
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