Accounting for Soul Patts/Brickworks' Feedback Loop
On the 2 June, Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co. Ltd (SOL AU) (Soul Patts) and Brickworks Ltd (BKW AU), announced that, via inter-conditional Schemes, they would collapse their circularity.
A new ASX-listed company (TopCo) would acquire all of the shares in Soul Patts and Brickworks, via the issuance of TopCo shares; 1:1 for Sout Patts, and 0.82:1 for Brickworks.
Given the cross-holding, an interesting exercise is understanding the underlying values for both Soul Patts and Brickworks.
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