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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/monde-nissin-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32188:1" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin Corp (0191881D PM)</a> is a leading food manufacturer in the Philippines with flagship brands such as <em>Lucky Me!</em> for instant noodles and <em>Quorn</em> for meat alternative products. Monde Nissin ranked first in retail sales value in the Philippines with its instant noodles, biscuits, oyster sauce and yoghurt drinks in 2020, according to Nielsen.</p>
<p>Monde Nissin shares will begin trading on the PSE on 1 June and will be the largest listing on the PSE. The IPO received strong investor demand which included a high profile line-up of cornerstone investors. The cornerstone shares represent 67.1% of the offer shares. The eleven cornerstone investors are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aia-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14895:1" rel="noopener">AIA Group Ltd (1299 HK)</a>, Stichting Depositary APG Emerging Markets Equity Pool (Dutch pension funds), Avanda Investment Management, Capital Group, Eastspring Investments, FIL Investment, GIC, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/goldman-sachs-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:785:1" rel="noopener">Goldman Sachs Group (GS US)</a>, M&amp;G Investment Management, NS Partners and RWC Asset Management.</p>
</div><div><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/monde-nissin-ipo-initiation-instant-karma" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:49745" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin IPO Initiation: Instant Karma</a>, we opined that Monde Nissin’s financial track record shows it has been able to combine modest top-line growth with improving margins and cash generation. We concluded that Monde Nissin’s fundamentals are attractive. In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/monde-nissin-ipo-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:51224" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin IPO: Valuation Insights</a>, we noted that the IPO price range is fair.</p></div><div>
<div class="content-highlight"><p>Our base-case DCF derived price target is PHP13.72 per share and our DCF sensitivity shows potential upside to the IPO price. Notably, our SoTP valuation of PHP15.90 is 13% above our previous SoTP valuation largely due to the significant re-rating of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beyond-meat-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28065:1" rel="noopener">Beyond Meat (BYND US)</a>. Since the announcement of the final IPO price on 5 May, Beyond Meat's shares have re-rated +22%.</p></div>
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Monde Nissin Corp (0191881D PM) is a leading food manufacturer in the Philippines with flagship brands such as Lucky Me! for instant noodles and Quorn for meat alternative products. Monde Nissin ranked first in retail sales value in the Philippines with its instant noodles, biscuits, oyster sauce and yoghurt drinks in 2020, according to Nielsen.
Monde Nissin shares will begin trading on the PSE on 1 June and will be the largest listing on the PSE. The IPO received strong investor demand which included a high profile line-up of cornerstone investors. The cornerstone shares represent 67.1% of the offer shares. The eleven cornerstone investors are AIA Group Ltd (1299 HK), Stichting Depositary APG Emerging Markets Equity Pool (Dutch pension funds), Avanda Investment Management, Capital Group, Eastspring Investments, FIL Investment, GIC, Goldman Sachs Group (GS US), M&amp;G Investment Management, NS Partners and RWC Asset Management.
In Monde Nissin IPO Initiation: Instant Karma, we opined that Monde Nissin’s financial track record shows it has been able to combine modest top-line growth with improving margins and cash generation. We concluded that Monde Nissin’s fundamentals are attractive. In Monde Nissin IPO: Valuation Insights, we noted that the IPO price range is fair.
Our base-case DCF derived price target is PHP13.72 per share and our DCF sensitivity shows potential upside to the IPO price. Notably, our SoTP valuation of PHP15.90 is 13% above our previous SoTP valuation largely due to the significant re-rating of Beyond Meat (BYND US). Since the announcement of the final IPO price on 5 May, Beyond Meat's shares have re-rated +22%.



Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

<div><p>Monde Nissin (MNC), a food manufacturer in the Philippines, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Philippines IPO.</p></div><div><p>It has two main businesses: Asia-Pacific Branded Food and Beverage Business (BFB), which sells instant noodles, biscuits and other products, and meat alternative (MA) business which includes Quorn and Cauldron meat alternatives brands.</p></div><div><p>MNC has a high market share in the Philippines in the instant noodles and biscuits segment along with a few other categories as well. Quorn as well has a strong lead over its next largest peers in the Chicken alternative meat segment in the grocery channel. </p></div><div>
<p>In our previous notes, </p>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/monde-nissin-pre-ipo-the-positives-high-market-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - The Positives - High Market Share</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/monde-nissin-pre-ipo-the-negatives-high-debt-div-payments-floundering-ma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - The Negatives - High Debt, Div Payments, Floundering MA</a> we spoke about the company background and its past performance.</li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/monde-nissin-pre-ipo-peer-comparison-for-food-business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison for Food Business</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/monde-nissin-pre-ipo-peer-comparison-for-meat-alternative-business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison for Meat Alternative Business</a> we compared the two business with their regional and global peers.</li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/monde-nissin-pre-ipo-thoughts-on-valuation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/monde-nissin-pre-ipo-not-cheap-but-sensible" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - Not Cheap but Sensible</a> we discussed our thoughts on valuation. </li>
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</div><div><p>In this note, we’ll talk about the final pricing and other dynamics.</p></div>

Monde Nissin (MNC), a food manufacturer in the Philippines, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Philippines IPO.It has two main businesses: Asia-Pacific Branded Food and Beverage Business (BFB), which sells instant noodles, biscuits and other products, and meat alternative (MA) business which includes Quorn and Cauldron meat alternatives brands.MNC has a high market share in the Philippines in the instant noodles and biscuits segment along with a few other categories as well. Quorn as well has a strong lead over its next largest peers in the Chicken alternative meat segment in the grocery channel. 
In our previous notes, 


Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - The Positives - High Market Share, and Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - The Negatives - High Debt, Div Payments, Floundering MA we spoke about the company background and its past performance.
In Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison for Food Business and Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison for Meat Alternative Business we compared the two business with their regional and global peers.
In Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation and Monde Nissin Pre-IPO - Not Cheap but Sensible we discussed our thoughts on valuation. 

In this note, we’ll talk about the final pricing and other dynamics.

Monde Nissin IPO - Might Not Be a High Flyer but Worth the Ride, Quorn Tastes Good

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/monde-nissin-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32188:1" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin Corp (0191881D PM)</a> is a leading food manufacturer in the Philippines with flagship brands such as Lucky Me! for instant noodles and Quorn for meat alternative products. Monde Nissin ranked first in retail sales value in the Philippines with its instant noodles, biscuits, oyster sauce and yoghurt drinks in 2020, according to Nielsen.</p></div><div><p>Monde Nissin has announced its final IPO price of PHP13.50 to raise gross proceeds of $1 billion. It has previously carried out a price discovery using a maximum IPO price of PHP17.50 as guidance. Bookbuilding will commence on 11 May and the offer period runs from 24 May to 28 May. The shares will begin trading on the PSE on 7 June. </p></div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/monde-nissin-ipo-initiation-instant-karma" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:49745" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin IPO Initiation: Instant Karma</a>, we opined that Monde Nissin’s financial track record shows it has been able to combine modest top-line growth with improving margins and cash generation. We concluded that Monde Nissin’s fundamentals are attractive. Our valuation analysis suggests that the IPO price is fair. </p></div></div></div>

Monde Nissin Corp (0191881D PM) is a leading food manufacturer in the Philippines with flagship brands such as Lucky Me! for instant noodles and Quorn for meat alternative products. Monde Nissin ranked first in retail sales value in the Philippines with its instant noodles, biscuits, oyster sauce and yoghurt drinks in 2020, according to Nielsen.Monde Nissin has announced its final IPO price of PHP13.50 to raise gross proceeds of $1 billion. It has previously carried out a price discovery using a maximum IPO price of PHP17.50 as guidance. Bookbuilding will commence on 11 May and the offer period runs from 24 May to 28 May. The shares will begin trading on the PSE on 7 June. In Monde Nissin IPO Initiation: Instant Karma, we opined that Monde Nissin’s financial track record shows it has been able to combine modest top-line growth with improving margins and cash generation. We concluded that Monde Nissin’s fundamentals are attractive. Our valuation analysis suggests that the IPO price is fair. 

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/monde-nissin-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32188:1" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin Corp (0191881D PM)</a> is a leading food manufacturer in the Philippines with flagship brands such as Lucky Me! for instant noodles and Quorn for meat alternative products. Monde Nissin ranked first in retail sales value in the Philippines with its instant noodles, biscuits, oyster sauce and yoghurt drinks in 2020, according to Nielsen.</p>
<p>Monde Nissin has received PSE listing approval for an IPO to raise up to PHP63 billion ($1.3 billion) at the maximum IPO price of PHP17.50. The IPO price range, which is generally lower than the maximum IPO price, will be set during the book building process. The pricing date is 18 May and the offer period runs from 24 May to 28 May. </p>
</div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/monde-nissin-ipo-initiation-instant-karma" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:49745" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin IPO Initiation: Instant Karma</a>, we opined that Monde Nissin’s financial track record shows it has been able to combine modest top-line growth with improving margins and cash generation. We concluded that Monde Nissin’s fundamentals are attractive. In this note, we present our forecasts and take the first look at Monde Nissin's potential valuation. </p></div></div></div>


Monde Nissin Corp (0191881D PM) is a leading food manufacturer in the Philippines with flagship brands such as Lucky Me! for instant noodles and Quorn for meat alternative products. Monde Nissin ranked first in retail sales value in the Philippines with its instant noodles, biscuits, oyster sauce and yoghurt drinks in 2020, according to Nielsen.
Monde Nissin has received PSE listing approval for an IPO to raise up to PHP63 billion ($1.3 billion) at the maximum IPO price of PHP17.50. The IPO price range, which is generally lower than the maximum IPO price, will be set during the book building process. The pricing date is 18 May and the offer period runs from 24 May to 28 May. 
In Monde Nissin IPO Initiation: Instant Karma, we opined that Monde Nissin’s financial track record shows it has been able to combine modest top-line growth with improving margins and cash generation. We concluded that Monde Nissin’s fundamentals are attractive. In this note, we present our forecasts and take the first look at Monde Nissin's potential valuation. 

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/monde-nissin-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32188:1" rel="noopener">Monde Nissin Corp (0191881D PM)</a> is a leading food manufacturer in the Philippines with flagship brands such as <em>Lucky Me!</em> for instant noodles and <em>Quorn</em> for meat alternative products. Monde Nissin ranked first in retail sales value in the Philippines with its instant noodles, biscuits, oyster sauce and yoghurt drinks in 2020, according to Nielsen. Monde Nissin will launch pre-marketing for an IPO to raise up to PHP63 billion ($1.3 billion) in April, according to press reports. </p><div class="content-highlight"><p>Monde Nissin is a play on the growing demand for consumer staples in the Philippines and Thailand and the healthy food category on a global scale. Monde Nissin’s financial track record shows it has been able to combine modest top-line growth with improving margins and cash generation. Overall, we believe that Monde Nissin’s fundamentals are attractive.</p></div>

Monde Nissin Corp (0191881D PM) is a leading food manufacturer in the Philippines with flagship brands such as Lucky Me! for instant noodles and Quorn for meat alternative products. Monde Nissin ranked first in retail sales value in the Philippines with its instant noodles, biscuits, oyster sauce and yoghurt drinks in 2020, according to Nielsen. Monde Nissin will launch pre-marketing for an IPO to raise up to PHP63 billion ($1.3 billion) in April, according to press reports. Monde Nissin is a play on the growing demand for consumer staples in the Philippines and Thailand and the healthy food category on a global scale. Monde Nissin’s financial track record shows it has been able to combine modest top-line growth with improving margins and cash generation. Overall, we believe that Monde Nissin’s fundamentals are attractive.

Monde Nissin IPO Initiation: Instant Karma

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