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<ul><li>Update on changes to and revisions of analysts' Best Ideas and Conviction Calls, as well as Model Portfolio compositions</li></ul>

Update on changes to and revisions of analysts' Best Ideas and Conviction Calls, as well as Model Portfolio compositions

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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.

Equity Capital Markets

Auckland Intl Airport / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Auckland City Council plans to sell 7% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/auckland-intl-airport-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:597:1" rel="noopener">Auckland Intl Airport (AIA NZ)</a>  to fund its budget requirements for 2023-24.</li>
<li>Auckland City Mayor has been talking about selling the stake since at least Dec 2022 and hence, the deal is already very well flagged.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the possible placement and other deal dynamics.</li>
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Auckland City Council plans to sell 7% of Auckland Intl Airport (AIA NZ)  to fund its budget requirements for 2023-24.
Auckland City Mayor has been talking about selling the stake since at least Dec 2022 and hence, the deal is already very well flagged.
In this note, we will talk about the possible placement and other deal dynamics.


Auckland Airport Possible Placement - Will Be Very Well Flagged US$540m Block

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

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<li>Auckland Council is looking to raise NZ$1.3bn (US$772m) from selling its entire stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/auckland-intl-airport-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:597:1" rel="noopener">Auckland Intl Airport (AIA NZ)</a>.</li>
<li>Overall, the selldown will be a large one for the stock to digest at 10% of shares outstanding and 62 days of three month ADV.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Auckland Council is looking to raise NZ$1.3bn (US$772m) from selling its entire stake in Auckland Intl Airport (AIA NZ).
Overall, the selldown will be a large one for the stock to digest at 10% of shares outstanding and 62 days of three month ADV.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Auckland Airport Placement - NZ$1.3bn (US$770m) Cleanup Sale Will Remove the Overhang

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>Auckland City Council is looking to sell 163.23m shares of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/auckland-intl-airport-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:597:1" rel="noopener">Auckland Intl Airport (AIA NZ)</a> in a clean-up trade. This is big at NZ$1.3bn and 64 days of ADV.</li>
<li>The placement was expected by the market and the stock has run up despite that. The stock is in a trading halt and should open lower.</li>
<li>There will be passive buying at the time of settlement of the placement shares and that will mop up around 15% of the offering.</li>
</ul>


Auckland City Council is looking to sell 163.23m shares of Auckland Intl Airport (AIA NZ) in a clean-up trade. This is big at NZ$1.3bn and 64 days of ADV.
The placement was expected by the market and the stock has run up despite that. The stock is in a trading halt and should open lower.
There will be passive buying at the time of settlement of the placement shares and that will mop up around 15% of the offering.


Auckland Airport (AIA NZ) Placement: Potential Index Flows

Event-Driven

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/auckland-intl-airport-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:597:1" rel="noopener">Auckland Intl Airport (AIA NZ)</a> has announced an underwritten placement of NZ$1.2bn and a non-underwritten retail offer to raise NZ$200m.</li>
<li>The stock is trading near the low end of its range over the last few years and the 7% discount from the last close should attract investor interest.</li>
<li>We estimate passive trackers will need to buy around 13.5% of the placement shares coinciding with the settlement date on 20 September.</li>
</ul>



Auckland Intl Airport (AIA NZ) has announced an underwritten placement of NZ$1.2bn and a non-underwritten retail offer to raise NZ$200m.
The stock is trading near the low end of its range over the last few years and the 7% discount from the last close should attract investor interest.
We estimate passive trackers will need to buy around 13.5% of the placement shares coinciding with the settlement date on 20 September.


Auckland Airport (AIA NZ) Placement: Index Impact

New Zealand

Auckland International Airport Limited owns and operates the Auckland International Airport.  The Airport includes a single runway, an international terminal and two domestic terminals.  The Airport also has commercial facilities which includes airfreight operations, car rental services, commercial banking center and office buildings.

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Update on changes to and revisions of analysts' Best Ideas and Conviction Calls, as well as Model Portfolio compositions

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Auckland Airport Possible Placement - Will Be Very Well Flagged US$540m Block

Auckland Airport just reported its full year results, this in effect frees its largest shareholder, Auckland City Council to progress with its...

Sumeet Singh

Auckland Airport Placement - NZ$1.3bn (US$770m) Cleanup Sale Will Remove the Overhang

Auckland Council is looking to raise NZ$1.3bn (US$772m) from selling its entire stake in Auckland Intl Airport (AIA NZ). In this note, we will...

Clarence Chu

Auckland Airport (AIA NZ) Placement: Potential Index Flows

Auckland Council is looking to sell its entire 9.71% holding of Auckland Intl Airport. It is a big deal and there should be a decent discount...

Brian Freitas

Auckland Airport (AIA NZ) Placement: Index Impact

Auckland Intl Airport has announced an underwritten placement of NZ$1.2bn and a non-underwritten retail offer to raise NZ$200m. We estimate passive...

Brian Freitas

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