We are working on a feature that will allow us to reflect mergers and allocating shares. Currently, I am not able to provide an ETA of when the feature will be implemented hence, the eligible holders will receive the cash equivalent of the new shares.
There is a difference between a merger and an acquisition. A merger occurs when two independent companies create a new one. An acquisition happens when one company take over another e.g Golden Nugget Online Gaming by Landcadia Holdings.
The eligible holders will receive the cash equivalent of the new shares after the effective date of the merger and further information will be disclosed before the event.
The price of the new shares will be the one on the day of the merger, 30.06. The exact price will be disclosed on the day of the execution of the event.
Аfter an additional check, we can confirm that the eligible clients will receive the cash equivalent of the proceeds from the sale at the achieved market price today, the effective date of the completion of the event. You will receive a platform notification with additional information within few days.
It would have been helpful when recently buying more Aphria to have had a notification stating I was buying a stock that t212 currently doesn’t have the feature to merger the shares I own. Then I would have been alerted. As far as I was aware my stocks would have been transferred. Nothing online alerted me to the contrary.
So currently my Aphria shares are sat at a loss as of 30/04.
Just seems a bit sloppy the way this has been handled.
Should I have emailed t212 in advance to find out what was happening with the Aphria merger?
Feel disappointed that my position will simply be closed (at a loss to myself) because t212 hasn’t set up a feature that seems integral to the run up of this merger (and future mergers)
Why can’t the shares sit there until you work out the feature to merger them?
We understand your disappointment as we have always strived to provide an experience that is over and beyond expectations.
The feature is currently under development and will be available as soon as it is operational.
In this regard, it is the clients’ responsibility to get informed about the specifics of the execution of corporate events by the respective broker they hold their shares with prior to the execution of the event. As a broker, we have the right to pay the cash equivalent of the new shares when it is not possible to convert them as a result of corporate events, as is the case with Aphria/Tilray. Distributed Tilray (TLRY) shares, as per the deal terms, will be sold at the market today and the proceeds will be allocated to clients’ accounts until the end of day tomorrow.