{"id":578516,"date":"2023-01-03T03:41:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T03:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/01\/03\/gb-auto-agrees-to-sell-45-of-its-leasing-business-to-chimera-investments\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T03:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T03:41:32","slug":"gb-auto-agrees-to-sell-45-of-its-leasing-business-to-chimera-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/01\/03\/gb-auto-agrees-to-sell-45-of-its-leasing-business-to-chimera-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"GB Auto agrees to sell 45% of its leasing business to Chimera Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"tldr-story-01\" class=\"content-anchor\"><\/a> <strong>GB Auto approves GB Lease stake sale: <\/strong>GB Auto\u2019s board has approved plans to sell a 45% stake in GB Lease to our friends at Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Chimera Investments for EGP 855 mn, after approving the results of a <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/1\/GB-Auto-Fair-value-study.pdf\">fair value study (pdf)<\/a>, the company said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/1\/GB-Auto-board-MA-02-01-2022.pdf\">EGX disclosure (pdf)<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>REMEMBER-<\/strong> GB Auto unit GB Capital <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/148c0cd3-7e12-4e7a-86bf-24b8540f2621\">last month greenlit the transaction<\/a>, which will see it retain the remaining 55% stake in the company. We were expecting the acquisition to wrap up before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chimera's offer is generous<\/strong>, as you\u2019d expect it to be in seeking a stake of that size in a large, high-margin business, with Baker Tilly\u2019s fair value study suggesting Chimera\u2019s offer is at a double-digit premium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not their first rodeo: GB and Chimera are already partners <\/strong>after GB Auto <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/62633330-583e-48e5-aa0e-388dfee91e7d\">sold<\/a> a 7.5% stake in MNT Investments to Chimera in November as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/c95034ed-0327-4eef-8d94-7329f3f97e13\">larger agreement<\/a> that will see Chimera acquire a 21.7% stake in the Netherlands-based payments company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BACKGROUND- <\/strong>Chimera <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/3d95db4f-30ad-4c19-be74-c430dc796d97\">has been in talks<\/a> with GB Auto to acquire the shares since September. 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