Saizen REIT is suddenly getting a lot of attention. This is certainly a far cry from the time when I first blogged about it in 2009.
Now, with a price of $1.10 a unit, many are wondering if they could benefit from arbitrage.
Buy at $1.10, get one round of income distribution and get to receive $1.17 sometime middle of next year.
In a comment I made last evening in my last blog post on Saizen REIT, I said that we might not get $1.17 a unit next year because the buyer will only pay 95% of the consideration with the balance 5% to be retained in an escrow account.
Basically, if the buyer should identify some engineering work required for the assets being acquired, they have the right to draw upon the money in the escrow account for remedial work. They will have 28 days to do this.
We can ......