On Friday, Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm will learn the fate of the miner’s efforts to buy out minority investors in Turquoise Hill. Success would give Rio’s growth strategy a real boost; failure could mean senior heads roll, write gfhay and KarenKKwok
Stausholm looks somewhat foolish, but he is not in a hopeless position. Arguably, the minority shareholders will have to accept the C$43. If they don’t, the shares could fall back to C$25. Considering that pure-play mining stocks such as First Quantum Minerals
exceeding $3.6 billion. Regardless of what happens at the ballot box, Stausholm will need money to get the project back on track. One way to do so is with a rights issue, which gives Stausholm the chance to kill two birds with one stone. Given the buyout mess, Stausholm may regret not opting for a rights issue at the onset. It was always apparent Pentwater might have Rio over a barrel. The battle has damaged Rio’s board. With minimal net debt, the miner had enough cash to buy more Turquoise Hill equity.
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