Lexar Bid Is Inadequate
Posted by | Posted in Trading | Posted on 27-07-2010
On Friday, flash media maker Lexar Media (LEXR) received a higher revised takeover bid from Micron Technology (MU). The revised bid locations the all-stock exchange offer you at all-around $10 a share, up marginally from the original bid.
But major shareholders such as billionaire investor Carl Icahn along with hedge funds and portfolio managers have deemed the initial bid being inappropriate. Elliott Associates believes the original bid “significantly undervalues Lexar,” and feels Lexar is worth between $1.five billion and $2.4 billion. The estimate is well above the revised takeover bid of about $827 million.
I must concur and say the revised takeover bid is way as well reduced and requirements being rejected by shareholders. Micron wants to pay close to 1.10x sales for Lexar although the marketplace leader SanDisk (SNDK) is trading at 4.35x sales. Lexar also features a $400 million patent infringement lawsuit against Toshiba that it had previously won but is now subject to an appeal by Toshiba.
Think about it this way, a productive $400 million settlement in favor of Lexar would equate to close to $4.83 per share in additional cash to add towards the current $0.54 in totally free money following debt that Lexar has. This signifies Micron would pay less than $5 a share for Lexar’s assets, which is reduced.
There is also speculation that SanDisk is seriously thinking about taking a run at acquiring Lexar. This would make sense because SanDisk would solidify its leadership position.
Moreover, SanDisk has a close working relationship with Toshiba, which could see SanDisk drop or decrease the settlement if it managed to acquire Lexar.
Stay tune. A unique shareholder meeting to review the takeover bid has been moved to June 16. In my view, the $10 bid undervalues Lexar. Question is will a white knight surface?
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