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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, said on Thursday it would convert from a partnership to a corporation, in a bid to get more investors into its stock. Blackstone is hoping the move, which will take effect July 1, will boost its share price, which has traded at a discount to traditional asset managers such as BlackRock Inc for more than a decade. Under the so-called C-Corp structure, Blackstone will pay corporate taxes on all its revenue, in exchange for enabling investors such as mutual funds and index trackers to buy the stock.
The additional tax burden has become less severe after the headline U.S, corporate tax rate was lowered effective last year to 21 percent from 35 percent, Two other private equity firms, KKR & Co Inc and Ares Management Corp, announced last year they would also make the switch, Passive investors such as mutual funds, which are becoming more important as they manage more money, are restricted by their mandates from acquiring the stock of publicly listed partnerships, los angeles kings game used puck edge cufflinks Private equity firms pay corporate taxes under the partnership structure on the management fees charged to investors, but are mostly shielded from paying these taxes on performance fees..
Blackstone said the expanded investor base was worth what it called a “modest” tax hit. “We believe the decision to convert will make it significantly easier for both domestic and international investors to own our stock and should drive greater value for all of our shareholders over time,” Blackstone Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman said in a statement. Blackstone also announced first-quarter earnings on Thursday, reporting distributable earnings - the actual cash available for paying dividends - of $538 million in the first quarter, up from $502 million a year earlier.
This translated to distributable earnings per share of 41 cents, lower than the 51 cents analysts had los angeles kings game used puck edge cufflinks predicted on average based on Refinitiv data, Nevertheless, the announcement of the switch to a corporation sent Blackstone shares surging about 10 percent in premarket trading to $39.20, “We believe this will unlock value, as the partnership structure made it too difficult for many of our long-only clients, and major indexes, to own,” Credit Suisse analysts wrote in a research note..
(Reuters) - Honeywell International Inc on Thursday reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit and raised its full-year financial forecast as a boom in air travel drove demand for its aircraft parts used in the airline industry. The company said adjusted sales rose across all its businesses in the first quarter, led by a 10 percent growth in its aerospace unit, Honeywell’s biggest business by revenue. Higher demand for air travel is driving increased sales of parts such as avionics, braking systems and offerings for high speed internet connectivity in flights, the company said.
Honeywell is also seeing “robust demand environment” for business jets, Chief Financial Officer Greg Lewis told Reuters, “United States has really been the strong point for us in that regard.”, los angeles kings game used puck edge cufflinks The company supplies engines, cockpit avionics and other aircraft parts to business jets made by Bombardier Inc and Textron Inc, The company has also taken advantage of a boom in e-commerce as it sees rising sales of warehouse automation equipment and software to customers such as Amazon.com Inc..
Sales in safety and productivity solutions unit, which houses the business, rose 9 percent on a reported basis to $1.58 billion in the quarter. Honeywell expects 2019 sales of $36.5 billion to $37.2 billion, up from $36.0 billion to $36.9 billion estimated previously. Earnings are expected to range between $7.90 and $8.15 per share, compared with its previous forecast of between $7.80 and $8.10 per share. Honeywell said it had $14 billion in cash available to be deployed in 2019. “M&A clearly is our first preference in terms of deploying the capital that we do have,” Lewis said.
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