Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>On 10 March, Young Poong (000670 KS) announced that it plans to cancel all of its treasury shares and conduct a 10-to-1 stock split.</li>
<li>Driven by the treasury shares cancellation and stock split, Young Poong's share price rose 8.9% to 489,000 won today (10 March 2025). </li>
<li>Our updated NAV of Young Poong suggests NAV per share of 834,064 per share, representing a 71% upside from current levels.</li>
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On 10 March, Young Poong (000670 KS) announced that it plans to cancel all of its treasury shares and conduct a 10-to-1 stock split.
Driven by the treasury shares cancellation and stock split, Young Poong's share price rose 8.9% to 489,000 won today (10 March 2025). 
Our updated NAV of Young Poong suggests NAV per share of 834,064 per share, representing a 71% upside from current levels.


Young Poong: Announces Cancellation of Entire Treasury Shares and 10:1 Stock Split

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<li>The proxy battle at the EGM for the control of Korea Zinc (010130 KS) is scheduled for 23 January.</li>
<li>One day prior to the EGM, Korea Zinc's Chairman Choi is trying to capitalize on the "cross-shareholding limitation system" in order to retain control of the company.</li>
<li>In our view, it appears that the legal case regarding the cross shareholding limitation system is in favor of MBK/Young Poong alliance.</li>
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The proxy battle at the EGM for the control of Korea Zinc (010130 KS) is scheduled for 23 January.
One day prior to the EGM, Korea Zinc's Chairman Choi is trying to capitalize on the "cross-shareholding limitation system" in order to retain control of the company.
In our view, it appears that the legal case regarding the cross shareholding limitation system is in favor of MBK/Young Poong alliance.


Korea Zinc: Cross Shareholding Limitation System Loophole

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Index Rebalance

Miwon Specialty Chemical / Index Rebalance

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<li>KOSPI 200 is a Korean blue-chip index that tracks the 200 largest and most-liquid names listed in the KOSPI section of the Korea Exchange (KRX).</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the names leading the race to become ADDs and DELs during the upcoming semiannual review in June 2025.</li>
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We expect six ADDs and six DELs for the KOSPI 200 index during the June 2025 index rebal event based on the latest available data.</li>
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KOSPI 200 is a Korean blue-chip index that tracks the 200 largest and most-liquid names listed in the KOSPI section of the Korea Exchange (KRX).
In this insight, we take a look at the names leading the race to become ADDs and DELs during the upcoming semiannual review in June 2025.

We expect six ADDs and six DELs for the KOSPI 200 index during the June 2025 index rebal event based on the latest available data.


[Quiddity Index Feb25] KOSPI 200 Leaderboard Jun25: We See 6 Changes Possible

David Blennerhassett

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<li>You could label <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kyocera-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:753:1" rel="noopener">Kyocera Corp (6971 JP)</a>"BULLISH" because the stock goes up rather than down; but you could easily label this BEARISH because the prospects aren't exciting.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wh-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13200:1" rel="noopener">WH Group (288 HK)</a>spins off <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/smithfield-foods-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44251:1" rel="noopener">Smithfield Foods (SFD US)</a> - below the prior expected price range.  Pricing looks full here.</li>
<li>As <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-national-building-ma-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:184:1" rel="noopener">China National Building Material (3323 HK)</a>'s Partial Offer heads towards the pointy end, do you buy, and/or borrow, and tender; short outright; or short tender?</li>
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You could label Kyocera Corp (6971 JP)"BULLISH" because the stock goes up rather than down; but you could easily label this BEARISH because the prospects aren't exciting.

WH Group (288 HK)spins off Smithfield Foods (SFD US) - below the prior expected price range.  Pricing looks full here.
As China National Building Material (3323 HK)'s Partial Offer heads towards the pointy end, do you buy, and/or borrow, and tender; short outright; or short tender?


Last Week in Event SPACE: Kyocera, WH Group/Smithfield, CNBM, Japan Eyewear, Core Concept Tech

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<li>Must Asset Management, a 3% shareholder of Young Poong (000670 KS), started to go activist on the company on 5 February.</li>
<li>Based on current market cap, this would represent a P/B of 0.2x using the consolidated controlling interest equity of 3.9 trillion won!</li>
<li>There is some speculation that Must Asset Mgmt may form an alliance with Chairman Choi’s family as it proposed to Young Poong to recommend outside directors.</li>
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Must Asset Management, a 3% shareholder of Young Poong (000670 KS), started to go activist on the company on 5 February.
Based on current market cap, this would represent a P/B of 0.2x using the consolidated controlling interest equity of 3.9 trillion won!
There is some speculation that Must Asset Mgmt may form an alliance with Chairman Choi’s family as it proposed to Young Poong to recommend outside directors.


Must Asset Mgmt Goes Activist on Young Poong

South Korea

Young Poong Corporation produces and markets non-ferrous metals, such as zinc ingots, sulfate, and cadmium.  The Company also generates income from leasing buildings.

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Young Poong (000670 KS)

Young Poong: Announces Cancellation of Entire Treasury Shares and 10:1 Stock Split

On 10 March, Young Poong (000670 KS) announced that it plans to cancel all of its treasury shares and conduct a 10-to-1 stock split.

Douglas Kim

Korea Zinc: Cross Shareholding Limitation System Loophole

Seoul Central District Court ruled today that it will allow introduction of cumulative voting system for Korea Zinc. Now, MBK will have difficulty...

Douglas Kim

[Quiddity Index Feb25] KOSPI 200 Leaderboard Jun25: We See 6 Changes Possible

We see 6 changes for the KOSPI 200 in June 2025. We still have a short while to go until these changes are cemented but, some have significant...

Travis Lundy

Last Week in Event SPACE: Kyocera, WH Group/Smithfield, CNBM, Japan Eyewear, Core Concept Tech

It’s Sunday! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed during the...

David Blennerhassett

Must Asset Mgmt Goes Activist on Young Poong

Must Asset Management, a 3% shareholder of Young Poong (000670 KS), started to go activist on the company on 5 February.

Douglas Kim

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