There will be no distribution of cash to warrants holders. The cash in the trust account is only meant for shareholders.
I think the warrants will still be listed until their maturity. However, they can only convert upon sona's acquisition of QA. Deadline for QA is July 2016.
Basically the warrants would not be worth anything if the QA is rejected in the upcoming EGM.
"Each Warrant shall entitle the holder to subscribe for one (1) new ordinary share of RM0.01 each in Sona Petroleum at the exercise price of RM0.35 per Warrant, at any time during the period commencing from and inclusive of the date of completion of the qualifying acquisition up to and including the maturity date"
But you have to be careful. The issue with the QA is that most of the investor in particular Credit Suisse and Pacific Aliance are yield type investor. If i am not mistaken they hold a combine of 25% shares in Sona.
They go to Europe for example and borrow money at a rate of below 1%. Then use this money to buy Sona shares at 45 sens knowing that the cash trust amount to be distributed to shareholders is around 48sens (if QA is rejected) . This translate to a profit yield of more than 6.6% which is ok for them since its not their money anyway in the first place. Basically this is an arbitrage opportunity for them.
In order for the QA to pass, they will need at least 75% vote (not inclusive of management votes).
That's why people are anticipating that the QA would not pass thus making the Sona Warrant a very risky investment at the moment.
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Posted by cricketlast > 2016-04-05 12:33 | Report Abuse
Hi mamajeru,
There will be no distribution of cash to warrants holders. The cash in the trust account is only meant for shareholders.
I think the warrants will still be listed until their maturity. However, they can only convert upon sona's acquisition of QA. Deadline for QA is July 2016.
Basically the warrants would not be worth anything if the QA is rejected in the upcoming EGM.