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DealMakers
Weekly corporate finance activity by SA exchange-listed companies
Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Brimstone | British American Tobacco | Hyprop | Sappi | Stor-Age | Vodacom)
Hyprop's bookbuild was a huge success and now Stor-Age is jumping on that bandwagon. Vodacom is taking control of Safaricom. Sappi is trying to improve its situation in European graphic paper. British American Tobacco is selling down ITC Hotels, while Brimstone is reducing its Oceana stake.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Accelerate Property Fund | Alexforbes | Equites Property Fund | Fairvest | Hyprop | Lighthouse Properties | Nutun | Remgro | Standard...
A very busy day of property news saw updates from Accelerate, Equites, Fairvest, Hyprop and Lighthouse, with tailwinds visible across the sector. Alexforbes and Standard Bank gave important financial sector updates. Remgro wants to increase its exposure to Mediclinic SA. Tharisa's SARS victory saved their numbers. Nutun desperately needs to swing to profitability.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Anglo American | BHP | Deneb | Dipula | Harmony Gold)
A busy day for mining saw results come in for BHP, along with the news of Anglo American laughing off the stealmaking coal disposal to Peabody and Harmony Gold getting approval for the copper deal in Australia. Dipula is buying Protea Gardens Mall and several other properties. Deneb is offloading a property.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (FirstRand | Gold Fields | Impala Platinum | MAS | Mpact | MultiChoice | Weaver Fintech)
MAS shareholders have a Prime Kapital offer to chew on. Gold Fields' HEPS more than tripled, but Impala Platinum's earnings dropped. Mpact needs a big second half. Weaver Fintech is flying. FirstRand's share price overhang seems to be gone. MultiChoice is restructuring Phuthuma Nathi's stake.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (AngloGold | Deneb | eMedia – Remgro | MTN Ghana | Novus – Mustek)
AngloGold Ashanti continues to shine. MTN Ghana adds to the African telco party. eMedia released the Venfin (Remgro) circular. There's another twist in the Novus - Mustek saga. Deneb offloads a property.
DealMakers
Who’s doing what this week in the South African M&A space?
Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies.
Ghost Bites
GHOST BITES (Capitec | Gemfields | Nampak | Spar | Truworths)
Capitec keeps on pumping. Truworths released awful local numbers. Nampak achieved another turnaround milestone. Spar has gotten rid of Poland at last. Gemfields desperately needs things to improve.
