Drill and Deal

News / 2018

· Deals, Gold

Barrick and Randgold agree an all-share merger

Randgold holders were offered 6.128 Barrick shares for each share, giving them about 33.4% of the combined group. The ratio carried no premium to recent trading.

The Hemlo gold mine in northern Ontario, owned by Barrick at the time of the merger
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 4.0

Why it matters. A zero-premium, all-share deal: value comes from management and portfolio, not from a price paid.

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Barrick
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Module 9: The M&A process