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Adrian Atkins

APA Receives Attractive Takeover Proposal From CKI; We Lift Our FVE to AUD 9.50

Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure, and its affiliated companies, are back on the hunt in Australia, lobbing an all-cash AUD 11 per security indicative, nonbinding takeover offer at narrow-moat-rated APA Group. The offer price represents an enterprise value for APA of AUD 23 billion, and comes just a year after CKI wrapped up its AUD 7 billion acquisition of Duet Group. The offer appears attractive, representing a 33% premium to the last close and a 37% premium to our underlying DCF-base...
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APA Group

APA Group's principal activities are the ownership and operation of energy infrastructure assets and businesses, including energy infrastructure, primarily gas transmission businesses located across Australia; asset management and operations services for the majority of Co.'s energy investments and for third parties; and energy investments in listed and unlisted entities. Co. comprises the following reportable segments: Energy Infrastructure, Asset Management, and Energy Investments.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Adrian Atkins

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