Investors are being warned of a fresh round of "shocker" low-ball share offers from companies linked to trader Bernard Whimp.
TrustPower and DNZ Property Fund are warning shareholders off yesterday's unsolicited offers, which are being investigated by the Securities Commission.
In two-page letters, TrustPower and DNZ shareholders are being offered above-market prices for their shares but in the fine print are told they will be paid off over 10 years. They miss out on dividends that would be paid out over that time.
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Carrington Securities LP - which bought 2.2 million shares off DNZ shareholders below market price last August, is targeting TrustPower shareholders this time. Energy Securities LP targeted seven large companies shortly after Christmas and is now writing to DNZ shareholders.
TrustPower spokesman Graeme Purches said the offer was a "shocker".
"The worst case scenario is he purchases shares worth $7.17 for $9.40, pays the first instalment of 92c, and then Carrington gets wound up leaving the sellers with the loss of $6.25 per share and no future income from those shares," he said.
I will be blunt.
Bernard Whimp is NOT a leech.
Bernard Whimp is a lamprey eel.
