Bitfarms采用「毒丸」计划抵御Riot收购,减半后矿企或面临整合潮

Odaily星球日报Published on 2024-06-12Last updated on 2024-06-12

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比特币矿企 Bitfarms 在 6 月 10 日发布声明宣布已批准采用股东权利计划(Shareholder Rights Plan)又称“毒丸”计划,以防止同行和竞争对手 Riot Platforms 的收购。

原文作者:Chloe,PANews

比特币矿企 Bitfarms 在 6 月 10 日发布声明宣布已批准采用股东权利计划(Shareholder Rights Plan)又称“毒丸”计划,以防止同行和竞争对手 Riot Platforms 的收购。根据该声明透露,这项股权摊薄反收购举措,是公司针对主动收购的防御措施,旨在降低公司的吸引力或稀释收购者对收购目标的所有权。

Bitfarms 表示,该计划已获得董事会批准,“旨在关键的战略评估期间,防止公司被廉价恶意收购,以维护评估流程本身和广大股东的根本利益。”

Bitfarm 的这项“毒丸”计划指出,如果一家实体机构(收购人)或是其关联方在 6 月 20 日后至 9 月 10 日期间积累了超过 15% 的 Bitfarms 股份,该公司将发行新股,稀释该实体的股份。而在 9 月 10 日之后,如果任何收购尝试满足一定条件,门槛将放宽至 20% 。

也就是说,Bitfarms 的这项权利计划设置了随时间变化的持股比例门槛。在关键的战略评估期,门槛较高以加强防御;而在评估完成后,只要收购方满足合规要求,门槛就会放宽到 20% ,表明董事会更愿意考虑善意的收购提议。这安排主要在保护公司和股东利益,又为友善的合并收购留出空间。

Riot 成为该公司最大股东,还请求增加独立董事到 Bitfarms 的董事会

而促使 Bitfarms 采用“毒丸”计划的关键时间点是 Riot Platforms 在 5 月 28 日收购了 Bitfarms 9.25% 的股份,进而成为该公司最大股东。 接着 Riot 又于 6 月 5 日购买了 150 万股,将持股比例提高至约 12% 。

Riot 还表示,他们要计划请求召开特别股东会议,以增加独立董事到 Bitfarms 的董事会,理由是对其公司治理表示担忧。

外界揣测 Riot 是为了促进其收购计划削弱 Bitfarms 董事会的反收购立场。表明了 Bitfarms 董事会和 Riot 间,关于是否应该接受收购以及如何保护股东利益存在着明显的分歧和斗争。

将时间拉回至此前 4 月 22 日,当时 Riot 持有 Bitfarms 3.61% 股份,曾向 Bitfarms 董事会提出收购要约,希望收购该公司全部流通股。Riot 认为,Bitfarms 董事会没有为股东谋求最大利益。对此 Bitfarms 董事会则成立了特别委员会,对 Riot 的收购要约进行评估。经过慎重考虑,特别委员会得出结论,认为 Riot 的出价严重低估了公司价值,并拒绝近 10 亿美元的收购提议。

紧接着才有了 Riot 一连串的刻意收购举措,以及 Bitfarms"毒丸"策略的应变措施。

解雇首席执行官是收购案的导火索?

不过针对 Riot 打算召开股东大会并增加独立董事到 Bitfarms 董事会,其实背后堆动一大因素是 Bitfarms 在 5 月 13 日宣布解雇首席执行官 Geoffrey Morphy。

根据 Riot CEO Jason Les 的回应,Bitfarms 解雇首席执行官的决定在 Riot 提出收购建议中起到了一定作用。 Jason Les 表示,他认为 Bitfarms 董事会中的创始人 Nicolas Bonta 和 Emiliano Grodzki 可能没有为所有 Bitfarms 股东谋求最佳利益。

在 Bitfarms 和整个行业处于关键执行期的情况下,Bitfarms 董事会突然解雇首席执行官,却没有制定过渡计划。引发了 Les 对 Bitfarms 公司治理的质疑。

此外,被解雇的前 CEO Geoffrey Morphy 已经对 Bitfarms 提出了一项 2700 万美元的诉讼,指控该公司违反合同、不当解雇等。如果这些指控属实,也会进一步凸显 Bitfarms 董事会内部涵盖着某部分的问题。

基于以上原因,Les 才认为有必要召开股东特别会议,让股东有机会对 Bitfarms 董事会进行必要的改组,修复 Bitfarms 公司治理问题并为所有股东创造最大价值作为首要任务。

因此,Bitfarms 解雇 CEO 的决定在一定程度上促使 Riot 提出收购要约并质疑现有董事会的能力和动机。不过很明显地 Riot 也希望利用这一事件,获得更多股东支持,推动对 Bitfarms 董事会的改组,进而完成其收购计划。

Riot 不是唯一,还有其他矿企也计划参与收购

若 Riot 和 Bitfarms 合并将成为全球规模最大的比特币矿业公司之一。根据 Riot ,合併后公司将拥有 1 吉瓦(GW,十亿瓦特)的发电能力和每秒 19.6 exahash (EH/s) 的自挖矿能力。

两家矿商在美国、加拿大、巴拉圭和阿根廷总共有 15 个矿场,完全开发后总发电容量将高达 2.2 吉瓦。 BlocksBridge Consulting 创办人 Nishant Sharma 指出,这两家公司 4 月总共挖了 676 个 BTC,仅次于 Marathon Digital、Core Scientific 和 CleanSpark。 “因为比特币减半后竞争加剧和环境日益严峻,矿业确实正在经历整合,”Sharma 对 Blockworks 说道。

且似乎 Riot 并不是唯一有机会收购 Bitfarms 的公司。 Bitfarms 指出,它已经收到了许多公司的收购意向。Compass Point Research and Trading 的分析师 Joe Flynn 在上周的研究报告中指出,Marathon Digital 和 CleanSpark 等大型矿企也在会在这波的潜在收购竞争。

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