Temasek has learnt its lesson well
Diving into the details of the latest Merrill Lynch cash call, it is definitely a 'sweet' deal for Temasek. Temasek has learnt its lesson well since their Barclays intervention.
However, couple of things to note:
a. The 'reset' clause will no longer allow going forward; ie if there are further cash calls, Temasek will no longer be able to exercise the right to purchase more stocks at the new issued price
b. There may be more cash calls for ML going forward, looking at their current risky debt holdings
Hopefully, this will buy more time for ML to unload their risky debt at a better price.
