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Indo Tambangraya Megah / Equity Bottom-Up

PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk operates as a coal exploration and mining company that provides energy and electricity support. The Company operates in Indonesia and supplies coal to the world energy market.

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Impending 10% Share Buyback: A significant near-term catalyst is the planned 10% share buyback, strongly supported by a robust balance sheet where cash reserves constitute approximately 67% of the company's market capitalization.</li>
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Superior Shareholder Returns vs. Cyclical Headwinds: ITMG has a strong track record of returning value to shareholders via high dividend yields. However, the company's financial performance is currently impacted by a cyclical downturn in coal prices, which has compressed margins and reduced profitability from the peak levels of 2022.</li>
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Strategic Transition Amidst ESG Pressure: As a pure-play coal miner, ITMG faces significant long-term risks from the global energy transition. The company has initiated a transformation by investing in renewable energy, but its earnings remain overwhelmingly dependent on the thermal coal market.</li>
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Impending 10% Share Buyback: A significant near-term catalyst is the planned 10% share buyback, strongly supported by a robust balance sheet where cash reserves constitute approximately 67% of the company's market capitalization.
  
Superior Shareholder Returns vs. Cyclical Headwinds: ITMG has a strong track record of returning value to shareholders via high dividend yields. However, the company's financial performance is currently impacted by a cyclical downturn in coal prices, which has compressed margins and reduced profitability from the peak levels of 2022.
  
Strategic Transition Amidst ESG Pressure: As a pure-play coal miner, ITMG faces significant long-term risks from the global energy transition. The company has initiated a transformation by investing in renewable energy, but its earnings remain overwhelmingly dependent on the thermal coal market.
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Primer: Indo Tambangraya Megah (ITMG IJ) - Dec 2025

Leading International Investment Research, Edison Investment Research

Edison Investment Research

Leading International Investment Research

Edison is an investment research and advisory company, with offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East and AsiaPac. The heart of Edison is our world renowned equity research platform and deep multi-sector expertise. At Edison Investment Research, our research is widely read by international investors, advisors and stakeholders. Edison Advisors leverages our core research platform to provide differentiated services including investor relations and strategic consulting.

Partners Group Private Equity / Equity Bottom-Up

Partners Group Private Equity Ltd is a closed-ended fund incorporated in Guernsey. The Fund aims to provide shareholders with long-term capital growth and an attractive dividend yield. The Fund invests in diversified portfolio of private equity direct investments

Partners Group Private Equity Limited (PEY) continues its strong exit activity with €65.4m in distributions in the first nine months of 2025 (9M25) and a further 22% of its end-September 2025 NAV in agreed sales processes. Another 11% of NAV is in listed holdings, which gradually will be sold off. Overall, PEY’s manager expects c €200m in proceeds in both FY25 and FY26, which would bring its exit activity closer to the historical average of 21% of opening NAV per year and which bodes well for its share buybacks. PEY posted a 2.1% NAV total return (TR) in Q325 (supported by a 2.6pp impact from changes in portfolio value), which partly offset the (largely fx-driven) 5.7% NAV TR decline in H125. On a constant currency basis, PEY’s portfolio value was up 10.6% in the 12 months to end-Q325, with two of its three holdings that floated last year (Vishal Mega Mart and Galderma) being important drivers. EBITDA growth and higher multiples contributed 7.0pp and 3.0pp, respectively, to this increase, partly offset by a 4.5pp impact of higher net debt (amid refinancing in late 2024 and early 2025 on improved terms to drive growth).

Partners Group Private Equity Limited (PEY) continues its strong exit activity with €65.4m in distributions in the first nine months of 2025 (9M25) and a further 22% of its end-September 2025 NAV in agreed sales processes. Another 11% of NAV is in listed holdings, which gradually will be sold off. Overall, PEY’s manager expects c €200m in proceeds in both FY25 and FY26, which would bring its exit activity closer to the historical average of 21% of opening NAV per year and which bodes well for its share buybacks. PEY posted a 2.1% NAV total return (TR) in Q325 (supported by a 2.6pp impact from changes in portfolio value), which partly offset the (largely fx-driven) 5.7% NAV TR decline in H125. On a constant currency basis, PEY’s portfolio value was up 10.6% in the 12 months to end-Q325, with two of its three holdings that floated last year (Vishal Mega Mart and Galderma) being important drivers. EBITDA growth and higher multiples contributed 7.0pp and 3.0pp, respectively, to this increase, partly offset by a 4.5pp impact of higher net debt (amid refinancing in late 2024 and early 2025 on improved terms to drive growth).

Partners Group Private Equity — Strong exits may trigger sizeable buybacks

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

TSURUHA HOLDINGS INC. is a holding company which manages subsidiaries that operate drug stores in Hokkaido and the Tohoku area.  The Company's product line includes drugs, cosmetics, and household utensils.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tsuruha-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9536:1" rel="noopener">Tsuruha Holdings (3391 JP)</a> had been planning to release a Medium Term Management Plan this month BUT stock prices are higher, goodwill effects changed, so they announced a "<a href="https://files.microcms-assets.io/assets/9cc6c4957a514b11b1d7cdc6bd2fec67/a6dd20c2f33441b4b5e595bb5e9f6293/20251201_vision_en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vision</a>" instead. </li>
<li>Today post-close, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aeon-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3:1" rel="noopener">Aeon Co Ltd (8267 JP)</a> announced its Partial Tender Offer on TSURUHA (<a href="https://www.aeon.info/wp-content/uploads/news/pdf/2025/12/251202R_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Japanese</a>) at ¥2,900/share. Slightly lower than hoped. Much better than before. </li>
<li>AEON obviously really did not want to bump, but they did, considering synergies and the desire to consummate the deal. The Tender Offer shrinks so minimum pro-ration is lower. </li>
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Tsuruha Holdings (3391 JP) had been planning to release a Medium Term Management Plan this month BUT stock prices are higher, goodwill effects changed, so they announced a "Vision" instead. 
Today post-close, Aeon Co Ltd (8267 JP) announced its Partial Tender Offer on TSURUHA (Japanese) at ¥2,900/share. Slightly lower than hoped. Much better than before. 
AEON obviously really did not want to bump, but they did, considering synergies and the desire to consummate the deal. The Tender Offer shrinks so minimum pro-ration is lower. 


[Japan Partial Tender] AEON (8267) Partial Offer for TSURUHA (3391) Announced at ¥2,900/Share

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Lincotrade & Associates Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

Lincotrade & Associates Holdings Limited operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, offers an integrated interior fitting-out solutions in commercial and residential premises, as well as showflats and sales galleries. Lincotrade & Associates Holdings serves customers in Singapore.

Lincotrade & Associates Holdings (LINASC SP)

<ul><li>Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks from Nov 21 to Nov 27, with a S$552 million outflow.</li><li>Engro Corporation Chairman Tan Cheng Gay increased his interest to 25.01% by acquiring 11,870,000 shares at S$0.725 each.</li><li>Sanli Environmental proposed a placement of up to 38,492,404 shares at S$0.260 each, raising up to S$10,008,025.</li></ul>

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks from Nov 21 to Nov 27, with a S$552 million outflow.Engro Corporation Chairman Tan Cheng Gay increased his interest to 25.01% by acquiring 11,870,000 shares at S$0.725 each.Sanli Environmental proposed a placement of up to 38,492,404 shares at S$0.260 each, raising up to S$10,008,025.

Singtel Tops Buybacks; Soon Hock & Engro Chairs Boost Stakes; Sanli Eyes Growth with Placement

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<li>Today, post-close of its first day of trading as MergeCo, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tsuruha-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9536:1" rel="noopener">Tsuruha Holdings (3391 JP)</a> announced 12 different investors who had voted against the deal <a href="https://contents.xj-storage.jp/xcontents/AS70521/6d292fee/db4e/4ae0/8c87/a9cfe14bbd50/140120251201512689.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed for dissenting shareholder share repurchase</a>.</li>
<li>This covers 27.154mm shares - a bit more than what Orbis owned when they last filed (25.5mm shs) and is just over half the AGM dissension.</li>
<li>This creates some weirdness. A 5+% buyback is strong accretion, but "fair price" is a question, and it could mean smaller tender offer quantity and larger eventual index selldowns.</li>
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Today, post-close of its first day of trading as MergeCo, Tsuruha Holdings (3391 JP) announced 12 different investors who had voted against the deal filed for dissenting shareholder share repurchase.
This covers 27.154mm shares - a bit more than what Orbis owned when they last filed (25.5mm shs) and is just over half the AGM dissension.
This creates some weirdness. A 5+% buyback is strong accretion, but "fair price" is a question, and it could mean smaller tender offer quantity and larger eventual index selldowns.


[Japan M&A] Possible Partial TSURUHA (3391 JP) Tender Changes - More Accretion! Smaller Tender?

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Primer: Indo Tambangraya Megah (ITMG IJ) - Dec 2025

Impending 10% Share Buyback: A significant near-term catalyst is the planned 10% share buyback, strongly supported by a robust balance sheet...

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Partners Group Private Equity — Strong exits may trigger sizeable buybacks

Partners Group Private Equity Limited (PEY) continues its strong exit activity with €65.4m in distributions in the first nine months of 2025 (9M25)...

Edison Investment Research

Singtel Tops Buybacks; Soon Hock & Engro Chairs Boost Stakes; Sanli Eyes Growth with Placement

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks from Nov 21 to Nov 27, with a S$552 million outflow. Engro Corporation Chairman Tan Cheng Gay...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

[Japan M&A] Possible Partial TSURUHA (3391 JP) Tender Changes - More Accretion! Smaller Tender?

Tsuruha announced 5+% of shares asked for appraisal rights. That means a 5+% buyback at price TBD. It might be at the Tender Price. Technicals are...

Travis Lundy

Primer: Indo Tambangraya Megah (ITMG IJ) - Dec 2025

Impending 10% Share Buyback: A significant near-term catalyst is the planned 10% share buyback, strongly supported by a robust balance sheet...

αSK

Partners Group Private Equity — Strong exits may trigger sizeable buybacks

Partners Group Private Equity Limited (PEY) continues its strong exit activity with €65.4m in distributions in the first nine months of 2025 (9M25)...

Edison Investment Research

[Japan Partial Tender] AEON (8267) Partial Offer for TSURUHA (3391) Announced at ¥2,900/Share

AEON announced the TSURUHA Tender Offer at a revised price of ¥2,900. They really did not want to bump but that was childish. Smaller Tender but 6%...

Travis Lundy

Singtel Tops Buybacks; Soon Hock & Engro Chairs Boost Stakes; Sanli Eyes Growth with Placement

Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks from Nov 21 to Nov 27, with a S$552 million outflow. Engro Corporation Chairman Tan Cheng Gay...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

[Japan M&A] Possible Partial TSURUHA (3391 JP) Tender Changes - More Accretion! Smaller Tender?

Tsuruha announced 5+% of shares asked for appraisal rights. That means a 5+% buyback at price TBD. It might be at the Tender Price. Technicals are...

Travis Lundy