rjstc Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsad Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Hi Rjstc, Need to elaborate on the post, or I'll have to delete it. Kind of want the original posts to have at least a thesis or reason why something is a good investment in this section. Otherwise it belongs in the General Discussion area. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjstc Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Hi Rjstc, Need to elaborate on the post, or I'll have to delete it. Kind of want the original posts to have at least a thesis or reason why something is a good investment in this section. Otherwise it belongs in the General Discussion area. Thanks! Sorry; I got this idea from another site. The writer was mentioning that per their latest annual meeting Longleaf Partners "Believe HRT could be their most exciting Investment ever". I had listened to the discussion and had missed this one. Upon further investigation based on this writers story I found that Longleaf International Partners had a pretty good bit of assets in HRT. They said 1) They are partnering with one of the best geologists in the world (Their words) Marcio Mello. He apparently was with Petrobras. I am further investigating this however I have piggybacked Southeastern before such as some years ago when they were buying Pioneer Natl. Resources for $5-6.00 share. Maybe some on this site have some knowledge about this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzled Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I think he was referring to some notes I wrote about from the Longleaf call here: http://www.gurufocus.com/news/135838/longleaf-partners-believe-hrt-could-be-their-most-exciting-investment-ever Could be a big winner, but how do you ever handicap odds of success on something that is 100% exploration ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjstc Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 I think he was referring to some notes I wrote about from the Longleaf call here: http://www.gurufocus.com/news/135838/longleaf-partners-believe-hrt-could-be-their-most-exciting-investment-ever Could be a big winner, but how do you ever handicap odds of success on something that is 100% exploration ? Yes, this is it exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEast Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 It has been a year since the first post and the stock has been cut more than half since then. I guess they have had a few drill results that were disappointing. Not that there was not any hydrocarbons present, just low porosity as I understand it which drives up the costs for extraction. What do our Canadian E&P board members think as I stretching my circle of competence on the E&P sector? I am interested because of the balance sheet. Cheers JEast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEast Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 After a little more DD, the balance sheet with no adjustments on my part for the 1st quarter stood at R$12. Most of the assets are in cash ($1B USD receivable from selling a 45% share in their Brazilian concessions) and the rest mostly in the property intangibles. The stock is trading in the R$5.75 range and down from R$40. Of course they will burn thru some cash drilling, be they really have not even started drilling their African concessions yet. Side note: Goldman Sachs recently up their position to 5.3%. Cheers JEast Disclosure: small toehold position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEast Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Thread Bump John Templeton always liked stocks/markets that had fallen over 85%. Here is one for you. A combination of a several dry holes and the emerging market sell off starting back in May on taper talk, this guy is down the magic number. Without any adjustments, the balance sheet book value is R$7.50 and is selling for R$0.70 (not a typo). Fortunately sold the small toe-hold position back in May, no position presently. Longleaf also punted in the 3rd quarter even after their activist effort in getting their preferred CEO. Cheers JEast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 bit dated...from 9/24 but interesting nonetheless http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-24/zero-for-14-bust-sinks-hrt-below-asset-value-corporate-brazil.html Zero-for-14 Bust Sinks HRT Below Asset Value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 owners of the stock from Bloomberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth465 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Im already hurting with Oil and Gas companies who have oil. No way I am touching something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 WSJ profile on Discovery Capital's founder. Looks like this guy is a stud in EM trades. WSJ_Discovery_Capital.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packer16 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 If you add together YE cash plus the purchase price for the offshore asset you come up with a NAV value of about $225 million a nice premium over the current equity value of $80 million. This does not include the 49% of the Rosneft gas JV they also hold. Packer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary17 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 interesting this also trades in canada under HRP.v right now it's 0.14cad /share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogermunibond Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=92060633 This guy from the investorhub board has been posting his estimate of cash per share. Hasn't factored 169 million BRL in debt (about $71 million). But still trading for at a substantial discount to NAV. Is this trading at all on the OTC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary17 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 yes on OTC as HRTPY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfp Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I think the US OTC version is 2:1. .71 Brazilian Reals is around 30 US cents and at a 2:1 ratio you get .14-.15 market price for the OTC shares. https://www.adr.com/DRDetails/Overview?cusip=404275109 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary17 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Yes you are right I just confirmed with IR The TSX-V HRP shares are $0.14/share or $R 0.31 / share And since the ratio is 2:1 this means that two of these shares will get 1 ordinary share or $ R0.6 -- a slight discount to the Brazil shares Thank you for your e-mail and interest in our Company. The securities issued by HRTP are the Common Shares listed and traded under the ticker “HRTP3” at BM&FBOVESPA and the Canadian Global Depositary Shares (GDSs) listed and traded under the ticker “HRP” at TSX-V. Deutsche Bank is the Depositary Agent for the GDSs. The ratio between the Common Shares and the Canadian GDSs is 1 Common Share is equivalent to 2 GDSs. Therefore, for each new GDS that is bought in TSX-V (HRP), there will be 0.5 corresponding common shares (HRTP3). In Brazil, the Transfer Agent for the shares is Banco do Brasil. If you buy Brazilian shares you can choose to have your stocks held either with Banco do Brasil or CBLC, which is the Clearing and Settlement agent for the operations in BM&FBOVESPA. If you’d like to have more information please visit the website: http://www.bmfbovespa.com.br/en-us/services/post-trade-services/clearing-and-settlement/clearing-and-settlement.aspx?Idioma=en-us HRT currently has 297,466,746 outstanding ordinary shares, including the number of GDSs converted to ordinary shares. As per the enclosed News Release available at our website > www.hrt.com.br/ir > Releases and Minutes > News Release and Announcements, as of December 2nd, 2013 the number of HRT’s Global Depositary Shares currently outstanding was 117,294,100 (each representing 1/2 of an interest in a common share of HRT). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogermunibond Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 This one has moved up quite a bit on the latest news of the Polvo 30% interest sale to BW Offshore and the news that Discovery Capital has moved up to 17% share ownership. There's speculation that in January HRT shareholders will vote to lift the 20% poison pill limit to allow Discovery to boost their holdings past 20%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogermunibond Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1287121/material-fact-hrt-starts-its-activities-on-polvo-field-today-and-becomes-the-fifth-largest-oil-operator-in-brazil Polvo deal is done. ADRs have traded up more than 30% from back in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogermunibond Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 He's nearly doubled his stake in HRT from back in December. This is getting quite interesting as Discovery Capital and Nelson Tanure both seem to be increasing their stakes. NEWS RELEASE ACQUISITION OF MATERIAL EQUITY INTEREST Rio de Janeiro, January 16th, 2014 - HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. (the "Company" or "HRT") (BM&FBOVESPA: HRTP3, TSX-V: HRP), in compliance with the provisions of Article 53 of the Company's By-laws and with the provisions of Article 12 of CVM Instruction 358/02, announces that it has received, on January 15th, a letter from JG Petrochem Participações Ltda ("JG Petrochem"), informing that, on January 10th 2014, the total amount of shares held by it has reached 16,013,100 common shares issued by HRT, which represents approximately 5.38% of the total capital stock of the Company, representing an increase of 7,852,000 common shares compared to the previous holding informed by JG Petrochem, equivalent to 2.74% of the total capital stock of the Company, disclosed on the News Release of 12/26/2013. According to the information provided in the referred letter: JG Petrochem informs that: (i) it does not have the purpose of changing the management structure of the Company; (ii) it does not hold any other rights over convertible debentures issued by the Company; and (iii) it does not take part of any agreement or contract which regulates the exercise of voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by HRT Read more at http://www.stockhouse.com/companies/bullboard/v.hrp/hrt-participacoes-em-petroleo-sa#kQJE34ekvWH2kkh6.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogermunibond Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 JG Petrochem up to 9.62% of the company - hard to keep up. NEWS RELEASE ACQUISITION OF MATERIAL EQUITY INTEREST Rio de Janeiro, January 17th, 2014 - HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. (Rio de Janeiro, January 17th, 2014 - HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. (the "Company" or "HRT") (BM&FBOVESPA: HRTP3, TSX-V: HRP), in compliance with the provisions of Article 53 of the Company's By-laws and with the provisions of Article 12 of CVM Instruction 358/02, announces that it has received today a letter from JG Petrochem Participações Ltda ("JG Petrochem"), informing that, on January 15th 2014, the total amount of shares held by it has reached 28,603,113 common shares issued by HRT, which represents approximately 9.62% of the total capital stock of the Company, representing an increase of 12,590,013 common shares compared to the previous holding informed by JG Petrochem, equivalent to 4.23% of the total capital stock of the Company, disclosed on the News Release of 01/16/2014. According to the information provided in the referred letter: JG Petrochem informs that: (i) it currently does not have the intention of changing the control composition of the Company; (ii) it does not hold any other rights over convertible debentures issued by the Company; and (iii) it does not take part of any agreement or contract which regulates the exercise of voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 It looks like JG Petrochem has increased their stake further. Does anybody know the specifics of the 20% poison pill limit and whether that limit has been changed? Thanks NEWS RELEASE ACQUISITION OF MATERIAL EQUITY INTEREST Rio de Janeiro, January 22th, 2014 - HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. (the "Company" or "HRT") (BM&FBOVESPA: HRTP3, TSX-V: HRP), in compliance with the provisions of Article 53 of the Company's By-laws and with the provisions of Article 12 of CVM Instruction 358/02, announces that it has received, on January 21st, a letter from JG Petrochem Participações Ltda ("JG Petrochem"), informing that, on this date, the total amount of shares held by it has reached 35,997,913 common shares issued by HRT, which represents approximately 12.10% of the total capital stock of the Company, representing an increase of 7,394,800 common shares compared to the previous holding informed by JG Petrochem, disclosed on the News Release of 01/17/2014. According to the information provided in the referred letter: JG Petrochem informs that: (i) it currently does not have the intention of changing the control composition of the Company; (ii) it does not hold any other rights over convertible debentures issued by the Company; and (iii) it does not take part of any agreement or contract which regulates the exercise of voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by HRT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogermunibond Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Shareholder mtg was rescheduled for March 19 and so the poison pill vote is postponed till then. Meanwhile it appears that Discovery Capital and JG Petrochem (Nelson Tanure) are going to be vying for control of the company. Article below is an translation from Valor Economica, a Brazilian business publication. ************ Marcio Rocha Mello is tired of fighting . Founder of HRT and now shareholder with 1.7 % of the company , Marcio Rocha Mello is tired of fighting . Say you want to stay out of the company and denies that it is associated with JG Petrochem Holdings , owned by Nelson Tanure , which already has 9.62 % of the oil . " I've only been with Tanure twice, the first at the request of Milton Franke ," Mello Valor said, referring to the president of HRT . Mello is a member of the board , but that will change when a new election is held, scheduled for March 19. The plate proposed by the board does not bring his name, but brings two executives linked to the new shareholder Tanure : Ronaldo Carvalho , who worked with him at the docks Investments , and Peter Grossi , former director of the " Jornal do Brazil " , acquired by Tanure . The council now consists of four members, including Mello and people allied to it , recommends that shareholders vote in the seven names of the plate , according to minutes released . This shows that the nominees by Tanure have the support of Mello , despite the businessman denied association with JG . Among the nominees are also Haroldo Lima , former director general of the National Petroleum Agency ( ANP ) and Hélio Costa, who was Minister of Communications from 2005 to 2010 . When explaining why it wants to stay out of the company he founded , Mello says he wants to " make room " for new investors and shareholders . "I decided to leave to leave the company to have new people , have oxygen . 'll Always work for HRT to be a major oil company , but I'll be off the board for new drivers and shareholders to take the company in freedom ," he said . Among the welcome shareholders is not the American Discovery Fund since the beginning of 2013 substantial shareholder of HRT . The fund elected in April last year, three directors and since then disharmony reigns in the oil , which should have closed 2013 with U.S. $ 200 million in cash and recently started to be entitled to 60 % of oil production in the Polvo field acquired from BP. The new directors have forced a reduction in costs that resulted in layoffs and asset sales. Mello states that buy stocks again once you finish your period impediment as a counselor . The apex of shareholder disagreement occurred in December when , in a council meeting hastily convened , the group of four directors Mello decided to suspend two of the members appointed by the Discovery and the entire Supervisory Board . The reason: conflict of interest because they have not disclosed to shareholders who worked on competitors HRT at the time of election. The measure was considered arbitrary by other directors and six of them resigned. The meeting decided to postpone the shareholders' meeting of January 15 , rescheduled for March 19. In this case , came out of the agenda the proposal to withdraw the status of HRT a ' poison pill , "which provides that any shareholder who achieve 20 % of the company must launch a bid for the entire company , plus a premium . It was also not included in the agenda to review a compensation package paid to Mello and other executives , whose terms were not clearly disclosed to shareholders . The inclusion of this issue for discussion at the meeting had been requested by tax advisers , days later , were removed . Marcio Mello filed for arbitration to decide if he has to return part of the U.S. $ 9 million it received. It was in late 2013 that the market knew that the JG , the Tanure , was also among the corporate actors in this dispute. On December 27 , she stated that 2.7 % of HRT , but the share has risen to 9.62 % . Ten days ago , the JG notified the Discovery stating that the fund has 17.7 % saying the company but has already exceeded 20 % stake , which forces you to make a bid for the whole company . To support this information, JG cites information bulletin "Restricted Report " that in November reported that Discovery would have 35 % of HRT . JG brings no other evidence or information, but assesses that in addition to direct participation , Discovery has papers of the company through " options , warrants and / or swaps ." Discovery did not interview. JG also accuses the fund have bought HRT shares erratically , based on insider information transmitted by electing two councilors , Oscar Prieto and François Moreau . Prieto did not interview. Moreau said Mello made ??a similar complaint to the Securities Commission ( CVM ) , in which he spoke that counselors were in cahoots to certain shareholders take control of HRT . In response CVM , Moreau repudiated any collusion. " What in reality is a perception of counselors , investors and shareholders that the excesses of the claimant [ Marcio Mello ] and those who still control the management of the company are incessantly destroying their market value. Nothing beyond this reality , unvarnished , "he said . Wanted by Value , Tanure did not interview. Through note said " HRT is a Brazilian oil and gas company with huge potential ." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh4580 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 HRT is currently a 10% position for me. Making it a 20% position this week. I dont see much downside risk at this point. Upside is 5-10 bagger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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