Jenburkt Pharmaceuticals Ltd. – Tender Offer

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SUMMARY
POTENTIAL BUYBACK ANNOUNCEMENT
On September 5, 2017, Jenburkt Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (BSE:524731) announced that it intends to initiate an equity buyback on September 9, 2017. The Company’s Board of Directors will consider a share repurchase program under which, the company will buyback its own shares.

Share Price = INR 472.95

At the time of potential buyback announcement, the terms of buyback i.e. mode of buyback (tender offer vs. open market repurchase), buyback price and size of buyback are unknown.

TENDER OFFER ANNOUNCEMENT
On September 9, 2017, Jenburkt Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (BSE:524731) announced a tender offer to buyback 0.21 million shares at a buyback price of INR 576.00 per share. This represents a spread of 20.9% over the market price of INR 476.55 per share, as of the announcement date. The proposed buyback shares represents 4.48% of the total outstanding shares of 4.65 million. Given SEBI’s rule of preference to small shareholders who own less than INR 2 lakh worth of shares of the Company, approximately 0.03 million shares are reserved for small shareholders, which represents 15% of the proposed buyback.

Features – Tender Offer – Fixed Price
Share Price = INR 476.55
Buyback Price = INR 576.00
Spread = 20.9%
Buyback Size = 4.5% or 0.21 million shares

RECORD DATE ANNOUNCEMENT
The Company has fixed the record date of November 10, 2017 for the purpose of determining the entitlement and the names of equity shareholders who are eligible to participate in the buyback.

BUYBACK DATES ANNOUNCEMENT
The Company has announced the buyback open and close dates to participate in this tender offer. The buyback window for putting instructions opens on December 6, 2017 and closes on December 19, 2017.

RISK-REWARD ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS AS OF TENDER OFFER ANNOUNCEMENT DATE
Share Price = INR 476.55

Based on our research and analysis, the acceptance rate of this tender offer for small shareholders is expected to fall in the 10%-35% range. At the current price level, this represents an expected return between 2.1% and 7.3%. If the share price drops by 5%, the expected return would be between -2.4% and 4.1%. If the share price increases by 5%, the expected return would be between 6.6% and 10.6%. At 100% acceptance rate, the maximum return would be around 20.9%.
Based on the above risk-reward ratio analysis, Jenburkt Pharmaceuticals Ltd. tender offer appears to be an attractive low-risk arbitrage opportunity for small shareholders.

CONCLUSION = INVEST

ANALYSIS AS OF 3 DAYS PRIOR TO RECORD DATE
Share Price = INR 494.30

At the current price level and above mentioned acceptance rates, an expected return is between 1.7% and 5.8%. If the share price drops by 5%, the expected return would be between -2.8% and 2.5%. If the share price increases by 5%, the expected return would be between 6.2% and 9.0%. At 100% acceptance rate, the maximum return would be around 16.5%.
Based on the above risk-reward ratio analysis, Jenburkt Pharmaceuticals Ltd. tender offer continue to appear to be an attractive low-risk arbitrage opportunity for small shareholders.

CONCLUSION = STAY INVESTED

ANALYSIS AS OF BUYBACK OPEN DATE
Share Price = INR 532.65

At the current price level and above mentioned acceptance rates, an expected return is between 0.8% and 2.8%. If the share price drops by 5%, the expected return would be between -3.7% and -0.4%. If the share price increases by 5%, the expected return would be between 5.3% and 6.1%.
Based on the above risk-reward ratio analysis, Jenburkt Pharmaceuticals Ltd. tender offer continue to appear to be an attractive low-risk arbitrage opportunity for small shareholders.

CONCLUSION = PARTICIPATE

POST-BUYBACK ANNOUNCEMENT & RESULT
On December 19, 2017, Jenburkt Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (BSE:524731) announced the final results of the buyback. A total of 0.03 million shares were tendered by small shareholders, out of which 0.03 million shares were accepted. Therefore, the actual acceptance rate for small shareholders turned out to be approximately 96%. The share price increased by 31.0% since the tender offer announcement, which includes 1.9% decrease between the tender offer announcement and record date, and 32.9% increase between the record date and closing date.

Share Price = INR 624.40

Given we decided to INVEST at the time of tender offer announcement, decided to STAY INVESTED at the time of record date and decided to PARTICIPATE at the time of buyback open date, the net realized return was 21.3% over a span of 101 days, which is equivalent to an annualized return of 101.0%.

RESULT = PROFIT
RETURN = 21.3%
DURATION = 101 days
ANNUALIZED IRR = 101.0%

REFERENCE LINKS/FILINGS

Tender Offer Announcement
Record Date Announcement
Buyback Dates Announcement
Post Buyback Announcement

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