Thank you bumskins - it confirms my thinking - well, am 95% sure...

Thank you bumskins - it confirms my thinking - well, am 95% sure . Below is a graphic from the article (red highlight is me).
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I guess what it comes down to is that some people think they are getting 50% of the Vodafone Hutchison bar (the blue and the black) ... I think they are just going to get the 50% of the black portion (circled in RED). $4B+ is not a rounding difference for a $15B+ organisation. They are likely not to see a flow through of dividend from TPG2 for the forseeable future ... it will be used to service the debt (blue bar).

Also, for the people thinking the volume of trade of HTA is relevant and meaningful, this merger is worth 15B+ with a B, the volume of HTA was $1m on Fri, $100M+ of TPG. I do not think the major players really care about a few million dollars of shares being traded of HTA - they have spent more on lawyers.

Have never had such a response on HotCopper before and have never been accused of "$hitting" myself. A lot of people "liking" posts with "buy" sentiment but not throwing up a lot of facts.

Have always come here just to discuss info ... ultimately everyone votes with their wallets so each to their own.