Hi all,
I have been following the Sirius (SIRI) and Liberty Media (LSXMK, LSXMA) stocks for a bit. I had read about the plans to combine into a new public company (https://www.libertymedia.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/522/liberty-media-and-siriusxm-announce-transaction-to-simplify).
My understanding here is that shareholders of Liberty media stocks would receive 8.4 shares of the new Sirius stock for every share currently held. SIRI is currently trading at around $3.60 a share, whereas the Liberty media stocks are at $22.95 a share. Would this mean that if you own 100 shares of Liberty media currently, you get 840 shares of Sirius? This would mean a currently $2295 investment in Liberty would convert to a $3024 investment in Sirius with the current stock prices – about a 32% premium.
Obviously prices of both stocks will fluctuate and these numbers will (and already have) change, but I wanted to make sure I was thinking of this right and not missing any important considerations. Previously Liberty was trading at about a 10% premium, but with SIRI stock price recently (and Liberty remaining about flat) this has increased quite a bit.
Any insight on the approach here and/or what to expect as we go into the 3rd quarter and closer to the time this expected transaction will occur? Thanks in advance for any insights here.
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