No, no no say it ain't so!
As a PGW shareholder I am feeling doubly shafted at selling the PGG Finance loans to Heartland at book value, then having to buy at 10% stake in Heartland at a big premium to market value.
You guys can speculate all you like about fair value for the Heartland-Not-Bank. PGW Chairman Sir John Anderson told we PGW shareholders that 'fair value' is 'book value' for non-bank financiers these days, if you are lucky. And the more cheap Heartland shares are sold, the lower the overall per share book value for PGW shareholders. Overall I have a schizoid reaction to what is going on.
From an industry observer perspective, we need Heartland to succeed. I wish all shareholders good luck.. You Heartland investors are heros, pushing back from the financial sector collapse to create a base for a new golden dawn of finance funding. This will see the true heartland of New Zealand captaining the economic recovery going forwards.
From a PGW shareholder perspective, I hope Heartland goes down. If that were to happen, PGW could unload $50m in loans for the Heartland receivers to deal with, the contractual defacto fall back position of the debt sales agreement. You existing Heartland shareholders are leeches on the financial fabric of New Zealand, frightening sound businesses to sell their loan books to you, even as you cream the stolen profits. I would like nothing better for today to be seen as a false dawn in the finance sector, with the heavy trampling boot of back banking debt facilities weighing on you before crushing you into the ground. You parasites! I hope you all do your dough.
SNOOPY