Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Last Week in Event SPACE: Singapore Press, Tabcorp, Invesco Office, Justbon, IHH Healthcare, JD.com


For the month of April, nine new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$36bn.


Clicking on the company name in the table below will take you to the entity page where you can read the initial insight(s) written by Smartkarma contributors on these new deals and follow-up discussions, or simply click on the insight link(s) below the name.






New Deals


Industry


Size (US$bn)


Type


Premium




Australia




Galaxy Resources (GXY AU) / Oroco Resource Corp (OCO CN) 
Lithium mining
3.0
Merger
N/A



Orocobre - Galaxy: Merger of Equals
Orocobre/Galaxy Resources: On A Charge



Primewest Group Ltd (PWG AU) 
Real estate
0.5
Merger
N/A


Primewest (PWG AU): Centuria's Off-Market Takeover Bid Could Trigger ASX/S&amp;P 200 Index Inclusion


 



Hong Kong



Zhejiang Cangnan Instrument (1743 HK) 
Gas Meters
0.1
Cash Offer
15.2%


Zhejiang Cangnan (1743 HK): H-Share Buyback


 



India



Mphasis Ltd (MPHL IN) 
 IT Services
1.1
Partial Offer
26.0%


Blackstone Sells Mphasis Stake To.... Blackstone and Investors Get a CHEAP Option 


 



Japan



Fuji Kosan Company (5009 JP) 
Petroleum-related
0.1
Tender Offer
12.5%


Aslead Capital Hostile Offer for Fuji Kosan (5009)


Hitachi Metals (5486 JP) 
Advanced metals
4.0
Tender Offer
15.1%



Hitachi Metals – Limited Upside Despite Bain Capital News But Let’s Find the Offshoot Ideas
Bain Bids Up BIG For Hitachi Metals (5486) - Now We Wait



Invesco Office J Reit (3298 JP) 
REIT
1.5
Tender Offer
13.3%



Starwood Hostile REIT Tender Launched
Invesco Office J-REIT Responds to Starwood's Hostile Offer
Starwood Rejection of Extension Means Full Hostile Tender



Toshiba Corp (6502 JP) 
Conglomerate
20.0





Toshiba – CVC Capital Partners Bid Highlights Value
Toshiba - The CEO Gets His MBO Bidder and Toshiba Will Get Interestinger
Gaming Out a CVC Bid for Toshiba - The Right Noises, The Wrong Price, and Toast
Toshiba - The King Is Dead, Long Live the King
How Much of Toshiba Is Owned By "Activists"?
CVC Suspending Its Bid Is Just That - The Cat Is Still Out Of the Bag
Toshiba – CVC Turns Tail but You Shouldn’t




 




Thailand



Intouch Holdings (INTUCH TB) 
Telco
5.4
VTO
11%


Intouch Holdings: Gulf's Inexplicable Offer


Source: Smartkarma Insights





Arguably, there is no firm Offer for Toshiba Corp (6502 JP).
The average premium for the new deals announced (or first discussed) in April was ~16%, with a year-to-date average of ~30% (66 deals). This compares to the average premium for all deals in 2020 (158 deals) and 2019 (145 deals) of 31% and 31.5% respectively. 




Summary of News in April of Arb Situations On Smartkarma's Radar



(Again, click on the company names to take to you to the insights and/or discussion posts for a more comprehensive read-through on each situation)






Australia


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




3P Learning (3PL AU) 

19-Apr: Merger docs despatched




Asaleo Care Ltd (AHY AU) 

24-Apr: Asaleo Care Ltd (AHY AU)'s Scheme Doc has been released. The Scheme Meeting will be held on the 1 June. IFA says fair &amp; reasonable. 




Bingo Industries (BIN AU) 

23-Apr: Bingo Industries (BIN AU) says CPE Capital and MIRA's due diligence has completed, but arrangements remain to be finalised.  27-Apr: Bingo Industries (BIN AU): Macquarie Cleans Up




Coca Cola Amatil (CCL AU) 

6-Apr: Coca Cola Amatil (CCL AU): This Is It 16-Apr: Coca Cola Amatil (CCL AU)'s independent shareholder approved the Scheme. 81.55% of independent shareholders we in attendance, of which 99.03% approved the Scheme Resolution.




Crown Resorts (CWN AU) 

19-Apr: Crown Resorts (CWN AU) has announced that it has received an "unsolicited, preliminary, non-binding and indicative proposal from a company on behalf of funds managed and advised by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., to provide a funding commitment of up to ~A$3.0bn to Crown via a structured instrument with the proceeds to be used by Crown to buy-back some or all of the Crown shares which are held by Consolidated Press Holdings Pty Limited (“CPH”) on a selective basis. CPH currently has a shareholding of ~37% in Crown." Crown has not yet formed an opinion on the proposal. That stake is worth almost exactly A$3bn at the current price.




Link Administration Holdings (LNK AU) 

26-Apr:  Link Admin (LNK AU): PEXA Bidding




Mainstream Group Holdings Ltd (MAI AU) 

15-Apr: Mainstream (MAI AU): Massive Overbid by SS&amp;C, Now Vistra Has to Respond 27-Apr: Mainstream (MAI AU): More Competition Forces SS&amp;C to Bump  29-Apr: Mainstream (MAI AU): Three-In-A-Row! Bullseye!




McPherson's Ltd (MCP AU) 

29-Apr: McPherson (MCP AU): Arrotex Derails Kin's Offer




Mortgage Choice (MOC AU) 

No April Update




Think Childcare (TNK AU) 

6-Apr: Think Childcare (TNK AU): Busy Bees Delivers a Knock-Out Bid:




Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (VTH AU) 

7-Apr: Roc bumps Offer for Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (VTH AU) to A$1.16.  MAFM now has until the 14 April to match.
16-Apr: Roc bumps its Offer for Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (VTH AU) to A$1.18/unit. MAFM has matching rights until the 22 April.  23-Apr: Vitalharvest (VTH AU): Bumpity Bumpity Berry Bidding




Vocus Communications (VOC AU) 

No April Update




WPP AUNZ (WPP AU) 

21-Apr: WPP AUNZ (WPP AU) shareholders approved the Scheme. 87.5% of minorities turned up at the meeting, and 96.45% approved the Scheme resolution. Shares to be suspended at the close on the 26 April. Implementation to occur on 18 May. The special dividend has been approved.










Hong Kong


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




Beijing Digital Telecom (6188 HK) 

12-Apr: Beijing Digital (6188 HK): Zhuhai SASAC's MGO On Track
18-Apr: Beijing Digital Telecom (6188 HK)'s Composite has been delayed again until 30 April - on or before. 




China Machinery Engineering (1829 HK) 

2-Apr: PRC approval, a pre-condition, to the Offer remains outstanding in a monthly update from China Machinery Engineering (1829 HK).




China Youzan Limited (8083 HK) 

19-Apr: The Scheme Doc is out for China Youzan Limited (8083 HK) - the SGM will be held on the 6 May. IFA says fair &amp; reasonable.




HKC Holdings (190 HK) 

27-Apr: HKC Holdings (190 HK): Quorum Quibbles




I.T Ltd (999 HK) 

16-Apr: Independent shareholders of I.T Ltd (999 HK) overwhelmingly approved the scheme resolution. Cheques are expected to be despatched on the 7 May. Last day of trading is the 29 April.




Kerry Logistics Network (636 HK) 

9-Apr: Kerry Logistics Network (636 HK) has announced that the antitrust approval has been received from the State Administration for Market Regulation with respect to the Partial Offer.




New Century REIT (1275 HK) 

12-Apr: Shareholder approval received




Polytec Asset Holdings (208 HK) 

16-Apr: The Scheme Document together with the respective notices of the Court Meeting and the EGM to be held on Monday, 10 May 2021 and the relevant proxy forms will be despatched to the Polytec Asset Holdings (208 HK)'s shareholders on 16 April. I don't see it on HKEx though.




Rivera Holdings (281 HK) 

No April update




Sichuan Languang Justbon Service Group (2606 HK) 

2-Apr: The Sichuan Languang Justbon Service Group (2606 HK) / Country Garden Services Holdings (6098 HK) transaction is understood to be under SAMR simple case review. 
16-Apr: Sichuan Languang Justbon Service Group (2606 HK)'s Composite Doc has been delayed until the 3 May, on or before. This was wholly expected - I have the 5 May in my timetable above. 
16-Apr: Country Garden Services Holdings (6098 HK) completed the second tranche - the first tranche of 750k domestic shares was completed the day before -and now holds 65.04% of Sichuan Languang Justbon Service Group (2606 HK). 
19-Apr: The % held by Country Garden Services Holdings (6098 HK) in Sichuan Languang Justbon Service Group (2606 HK) is now 71.17%.




China Traditional Chinese Medicine (570 HK) 

10-Apr: In its monthly update regarding a potential, China Traditional Chinese Medicine (570 HK) says there is no update.




Zhejiang New Century Hotel Management Group (1158 HK) 

16-Apr: Offer unconditional in all respects. closes on the 14 May.




Zhuhai Holdings Investment (908 HK) 

21-Apr: Zhuhai Holdings (908 HK): SGM On The 18 May










India


Comments (with links to insights)




Vedanta Ltd (VEDL IN) 

5-Apr:  Vedanta (VEDL) Offer Coming To A Close: Watch For Antics 7-Apr: Final result appears to be 374.229mm shares confirmed and 3.291mm shares not yet confirmed for 377.52mm shares tendered in across 6,106 orders. This is a pro-ration of 100%. It tells you a LOT of people did not tender their Vedanta Ltd (VEDL IN) shares.










Japan


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




BeNEXT Group (2154 JP) 
6-Apr: Just for kicks, Travis checked the Bloomberg download of TOPIX constituents and weights and noted that the number of shares of BeNEXT Group (2154 JP) is now 40.8119463mm shares against the level of 19.317465mm shares as of mid-March. That told him the TSE included the shares at month-end despite the index team telling us (Janaghan communicated on this but Travis was CCed) they would not make the share change at delisting if the notice was so short.Turns out they did. 



Cocokara Fine (3098 JP) 
28 April: The two companies (including Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co., Ltd. (3088 JP) announced all the corporate reorganisation measures which would be voted upon at the AGMs



Dynac Holdings Corporation (2675 JP) 
15 April: The tender offer is completed. Suntory reaches 93.51%.  23 April: Suntory executes Demand for Share Cash-Out and announces delisting for 28 May. 



Honshu Chemical Industry (4115 JP) 

No April update




IGNIS Ltd (3689 JP) 

20-Apr: It may have been too light but in the end, people sold their shares of IGNIS Ltd (3689 JP) to Bain.  This is now done and the combination of Bain and the principals own two-thirds or more. This will get delisted and minorities will be squeezed out.




Japan Asia (3751 JP) 

Throughout the month:  JAG and CIE joust in court, eventually the court sides with Murakami-san and the rights offer is cancelled.  27-Apr: City Index Eleventh OFFICIALLY Launches Next Japan Asia Group (3751) Hostile Tender Offer




Maeda Road Construction Co (1883 JP) 

14-Apr: Maeda Road Construction Co (1883 JP) shareholders, as expected, approved the Special Dividend of JPY 650/share (record date March 6th). This is on top of the 100 yen/share of regular plus special commemorative dividend which went ex- on March 30th. 




Shoko Co Ltd (8090 JP) 

16-Apr: The Shoko Co Ltd (8090 JP) deal had a minimum hurdle of 5.663mm shares.  It got 6.069mm shares, which is very low "clearance" vs the minimum. Lots of people obviously did not like this one. Combined with Showa Denko K.K. (4004 JP)'s remaining 14.97%, that gets them to about 70.4% of shares out. This is enough to push a squeezeout, but it may also be enough outstanding to be worthwhile thinking about an Appraisal Rights case. 




Takeei Corp (2151 JP) 

2-Apr: Takeei Corp (2151 JP) today announced it had bought back 19,600 shares for 23.5mm yen during the month of March. The company bought back 153,600 shares or about 0.7% of shares out in the program meant to buy back as much as 2.1% of shares out. The program is now ended










New Zealand


Comments (with links to insights)




Tilt Renewables Ltd (TLT NZ) 

19-Apr: Tilt Renewables: Mercury/PowAR's Bump Heads Off Third-Party Bidders









Philippines


Comments (with links to announcements)




2GO Group Inc (2GO PM) 

15-Apr: Tender Offer Report. The closing date is the 5 May.











Singapore


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




CEI Limited (CEI SP) 

26-Apr: Offer closes




Jardine Strategic Holdings (JS SP) 

12-Apr: At the Jardine Strategic Holdings (JS SP) Special General Meeting today, 92% of shares were voted in favour of the acquisition by Jardine Matheson Holdings (JM SP). The SGX announced is here, and a Jardines infographic is here. Jardine Matheson: Strategic Buyout Done
29-Apr: Jardine Matheson: Lessons in Dissent




Penguin International (PBS SP) 

21 April: final level of acceptances take the Controlling Shareholder to 80.05%




Procurri Corporation (PROC SP) 

Throughout April, there have been a number of letters from shareholders who hold non-negligible quantities that they intend to vote against the Partial Offer. Link here.




Singapore Reinsurance (SRE SP) 

21 April: Offer declared unconditional.








Taiwan


Comments (with links to insights)




Jih Sun Financial (5820 TT) 

5-Apr: The Squeezeout of the Remaining 46% of Jih Sun Financial








Thailand


Comments




Vinythai Public Co (VNT TB) 

No April update






Last Week in Event SPACE: Naspers/Tencent, Toshiba, Coca-Cola Amatil, Invesco J-REIT, Tabcorp


For the month of March, 16 new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$21bn.


Clicking on the company name in the table below will take you to the entity page where you can read the initial insight(s) written by Smartkarma contributors on these new deals and follow-up discussions, or simply click on the insight link(s) below the name.





New Deals


Industry


Size (US$bn)


Type


Premium




Australia




Crown Resorts (CWN AU) 
Casino
6.3
Non-binding Scheme
36.8%


Crown Resorts (CWN AU): Blackstone Rolls the Dice



McPherson's Ltd (MCP AU) 
Cosmetics
0.1
On-Market
6.9%


McPherson (MCP AU): Unconditional On-Market Offer



Mainstream Group Holdings Ltd (MAI AU) 
Admin provider
0.2
Scheme
8.6%


Mainstream Group (MAI AU): Go-Shop Provision Makes It Interesting



Mortgage Choice (MOC AU) 
Mortgage broker
0.2
Scheme
66%



Mortgage Choice (MOC AU): REA's Scheme Offer









Hong Kong




China Youzan Limited (8083 HK) 
e-Commerce
4.3
Scheme
(30.2%)


China Youzan (8083 HK): Proposal Towards Relisting Youzan Tech








Japan




Funai Electric (6839 JP) 
Electronics
0.2
Tender Offer
25.2%


Funai Electric (6839 JP): Tender Offer Price Seems Light



IGNIS Ltd (3689 JP) 
Software
0.2
Tender Offer
52.12%


IGNIS (3689) MBO +63% Is Probably Too Light



Shoko Co Ltd (8090 JP) 
Trading co
0.1
Tender Offer
10.6%



Shoko (8090 JP) Tender Offer - Showa Denko Sells Too Cheap. Looks Bumpity Shoko (8090 JP) TOB:  Still Looks Bumpity




Takeei Corp (2151 JP)/ Rever Holdings Corp (5690 JP)

Staffing cos
0.5
Merger



Takeei (2151 JP) - Rever (5690 JP) Merger: TOPIX Event to Be Triggered








New Zealand




Tilt Renewables Ltd (TLT NZ) 
Energy
2.1
Scheme
99%


Tilt Renewables: Mercury/PowAr's Big Blow








Singapore




Global Cord Blood (CO US) 
Cord Blood
0.2
Pre-con proposal
65.4%


Global Cord Blood: Haitong Raids The Bank



Jardine Strategic Holdings (JS SP) 
Conglomerate
5.5
Amalgamation
20.2%



Jardine Matheson: Collapsing The Circularity
Jardine Strategic: What's Yours Is Mine
Jardine Strategic: SGM On The 12 April




Procurri Corporation (PROC SP) 
IT Hardware
0.1
Partial
32.7%


Procurri Corporation (PROC SP): Partial Tender Offers Scant Opportunity. Read more: https://skr.ma/FTYAh








Singapore Reinsurance (SRE SP) 
Reinsurance
0.2
Vol. Offer
17.8%


Singapore Reinsurance (SRE SP): Tender Offer Trading Tight








Thailand




Vinythai Public Co (VNT TB) 
Chemicals
0.3
Delisting Offer
57.8%


Vinythai (VNT TH): Delisting Offer From PTTGC








Philippines




2GO Group Inc (2GO PM) 
Logistics
0.2
MTO
30.49%


2GO Group (2GO PH): SMIC's MGO






Source: Smartkarma Insights





The average premium for the new deals announced (or first discussed) in March was ~33%, with a year-to-date average of ~32% (58 deals). This compares to the average premium for all deals in 2020 (158 deals) and 2019 (145 deals) of 31% and 31.5% respectively. 



Summary of News in March of Arb Situations On Smartkarma's Radar



(Again, click on the company names to take to you to the insights and/or discussion posts for a more comprehensive read-through on each situation)






Australia


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




3P Learning (3PL AU) 

No March Update




Asaleo Care Ltd (AHY AU) 

No March Update




Bingo Industries (BIN AU) 

No March Update




Coca Cola Amatil (CCL AU) 

12-Mar: The Scheme booklet for Coca Cola Amatil (CCL AU) has been registered with ASIC. The Scheme Meeting will be held on the 16 April. 




Think Childcare (TNK AU) 

4-Mar: Think Childcare (TNK AU): Trading Through Terms. Should You Fold Now?




Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (VTH AU) 

11-Mar: Vitalharvest (VTH AU): Macquarie Ups Its Offer
18-Mar:Vitalharvest (VTH AU): Roc Blinks, And Bumps




Vocus Communications (VOC AU) 

10-Mar: Vocus Comms (VOC AU): MIRA/Aware's Done Deal




WPP AUNZ (WPP AU) 

18-Mar: WPP AUNZ (WPP AU)'s Scheme booklet registered with the ASIC. Scheme Meeting to be held on the 21 April. 










Hong Kong


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




Beijing Digital Telecom (6188 HK) 

No March update




Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy (579 HK) 

1-Mar: Beijing Jingneng (579 HK): And That's a Fail




China Logistics Property Holdings (1589 HK) 

No March update




China Machinery Engineering (1829 HK) 

3-Mar: PRC approval, a pre-condition, to the Offer remains outstanding in a monthly update from China Machinery Engineering (1829 HK).




HKC Holdings (190 HK) 

No March update. Despatch of Scheme Doc pushed out to 30 April 




I.T Ltd (999 HK) 

22-Mar: I.T. (999 HK): Scheme Meeting 16 April. IFA Says Fair




Kerry Logistics Network (636 HK) 

18-Mar: Kerry Properties (683 HK) said it would: "declare a special dividend to distribute approximately 25% to 30% of such net proceeds" from the sake of shares in Kerry Logistics Network (636 HK).




New Century REIT (1275 HK) 

18-Mar: Circular despatched. EGM on the 12 April




Polytec Asset Holdings (208 HK) 

No March update. Polytec Asset Holdings (208 HK)extended the despatch of the Scheme Doc to 16 April.




Rivera Holdings (281 HK) 

No March update. Scheme Doc pushed way out to 7 June 




Sichuan Languang Justbon Service Group (2606 HK) 

11-Mar: There are some subtle changes to the MOU terms announced by Sichuan Languang Justbon Service Group (2606 HK) last night.  
Share to be acquired include 115,090,200 H shares AND 750,000 domestic shares or 65.04% of shares out, up from 64.62% in the initial announcement.  
 The price per H shares will be RMB42.8546/share , up from RMB42.1105.
23-Mar: Languang Justbon (2606 HK): Be Wary Of Chasing The Delisting Bump




China Traditional Chinese Medicine (570 HK) 

1-Mar: An update to say there is no update.




Zhejiang New Century Hotel Management Group (1158 HK) 

No March update




Zhuhai Holdings Investment (908 HK) 

No March update. The despatch of the Scheme Doc for Zhuhai Holdings Investment (908 HK) has been pushed back to the 21 April.










India


Comments (with links to insights)




Engineers India (ENGR IN) 

No March update




INEOS Styrolution India Limited (INEOS IN) 

No March update




National Aluminium (NACL IN) 

No March update




Vedanta Ltd (VEDL IN) 

13-Mar: Vedanta (VEDL) Awaits Open Offer Revision. Now Less Event-y More Commodity-y
17-Mar: Vedanta (VEDL) Open Offer Raised in Price and Size!










Japan


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




Being Co Ltd (4734 JP) 
25-Mar: The Tender Offer for Being Co Ltd (4734 JP) was successful. The bidder now has 88+%.



BeNEXT Group (2154 JP) 
25-Mar: BeNEXT - Yumeshin Merger: FTSE Upweight Is a Positive Surprise




Cocokara Fine (3098 JP) 
10-Mar: Matsukiyo-Cocokara Situation Gets Its Activist Noise Started 1-Mar:MatsuKiyoCocokara Merger and Implied Forward Forecasts which followed MatsukiyoCocokara &amp; Co - The Merger




Dynac Holdings Corporation (2675 JP) 
No March update



Honshu Chemical Industry (4115 JP) 

No March update




Japan Asia (3751 JP) 

1-Mar: Japan Asia Group (3751) : Defense Against Hostile TOB Is Bad News
18-Mar: Murakami-San Launches New JAG (3751) Tender Offer




Maeda Road Construction Co (1883 JP) 

13-Mar: Maeda Corp (1824 JP) has bought 21.8113mm shares of Maeda Road Construction Co (1883 JP).The pro-ration is 60.2913754%




N Field Co Ltd (6077 JP) 

No March update




Sakai Ovex (3408 JP) 

8-Mar: Savai Ovex MBO - A Very Weak Bump
28-Mar: Sakai Ovex Tender Offer Fails But The Stock Gains an Activist




Sanken Electric (6707 JP) 

9-Mar: Effissimo, Sanken, and Allegro - Thinking About the Future
25-Mar: Effissimo Capital Management held 24.05mm shares prior to launching its tender offer and it appears it managed to buy 24.04mm shares in the Tender Offer. That gets them to 19.93%, up from 9.97%. 




Tokyo Rope Mfg (5981 JP) 

9-Mar: After all was said and done, the Tender Offer was completed, with Nippon Steel Corporation (5401 JP) getting to 19.9% after buying 1.625mm shares at JPY 1500/share. Pro-ration was quite high at 75.86%. 




Tsukui Corp (2398 JP) 

25-Mar: The Tsukui Corp (2398 JP) Tender Offer/MBO was completed successfully. The minimum hurdle was 29.316mm shares. The actual shares received in the Tender was 45.719mm or 64.07% of shares out. This will get squeezed out in the EGM as the non-tendering parties join with MBK and they have close to 90% together.




Unimat Retirement Community (9707 JP) 

26-Mar: the Unimat Retirement Community (9707 JP) Tender Offer was successful. The bidder got to 80.53%. An EGM will follow along with a squeezeout/delisting. The cowbell has not been very loud.










New Zealand


Comments (with links announcements)




Infratil Ltd (IFT NZ) 

No March update











Philippines


Comments (with links announcements)




Lopez Holdings (LPZ PM) 

19-Mar: The Tender Offer for Lopez Holdings (LPZ PM) closed on the 8 March. The accepted Tender Offer Shares were intended to be crossed through the PSE eight business days after the close of the Tender Offer Period or on 18 March. That has now taken place. The public float now stands at 29.32%. 











Singapore


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




CEI Limited (CEI SP) 

19-Mar: Offer declared unconditonal




GL Ltd (GLL SP) 

1-Mar: SIAS Questions GL Limited's Offer: More Bark Than Bite 15-Mar:  GL Limited: Guoco Bumps &amp; Declares Offer Unconditional 18-Mar: Guoco Group Ltd (53 HK) gets &gt;90% and will now move to compulsory acquire shares in GL Ltd (GLL SP).




Penguin International (PBS SP) 

24-Mar: Penguin International (PBS SP): Offer Extended, No Bump, Time to Unwind
26-Mar: 75% threshold surpassed: As at 6.00 p.m. (Singapore time) on 25 March 2021, the Offeror has gained control of 167,789,621 shares, representing approximately 76.21% of the total number of shares in the Company. 




Soilbuild Business Space REIT (SBREIT SP) 

11-Mar: Phew - that was close. 89.32% voted FOR but the headcount scrapped in at 56.56%.  Last day of trading in Soilbuild Business Space REIT (SBREIT SP) was the 26 March.










Taiwan


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




Jih Sun Financial (5820 TT) 

20-Mar: Jih Sun Financial Deal Down To The Wire
23-Mar: Jih Sun Tender Offer Successful - Now the Squeezeout







For the month of February, 20 new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$31bn.


Clicking on the company name in the table below will take you to the entity page where you can read the initial insight(s) written by Smartkarma contributors on these new deals and follow-up discussions, or simply click on the insight link(s) below the name.






New Deals


Industry


Size (US$bn)


Type


Premium




Australia




Vocus Communications (VOC AU) 
Telcos
2.6
Scheme
25.6%


Vocus Back In Focus As MIRA Takes A Turn








Hong Kong




Beijing Digital Telecom (6188 HK) 
Mobile devices
0.2
Possible MGO
7.0%


Beijing Digital (6188 HK): Possible Offer From Zhuhai SASAC



Kerry Logistics Network (636 HK) 
Logistics
2.2
Partial
11.22%


Kerry Logistics (636 HK): SF Holdings' Pre-Conditional Partial Offer



Sichuan Languang Justbon (2606 HK) 
Property services
0.7
MOU/Poss Offer
30%


Languang Justbon (2606 HK): Potential General Offer From Country Gardens






India








National Aluminium (NACL IN) 
Aluminium
0.1
Buyback Tender
30%


NALCO India Buyback Tender Offer: A Small Arb








Japan




Being Co Ltd (4734 JP) 
Software
0.1
Tender Offer
34.7%


MBO for Being Co (4734 JP): Tender Offer Is a Done Deal



Dynac Holdings Corporation (2675 JP) 
Restaurants
0.1
Tender Offer
11.5%


Dynac Corp (2675 JP) Tender Offer: Looks like a Done Deal



Japan Asia (3751 JP) 
Infrastructure
0.3
Tender Offer
1%


Japan Asia Group MBO Fails, Now JAG Against Murakami's Higher Bid 



Maeda Corp (1824 JP) &amp; Maeda Road Construction Co (1883 JP) &amp; Maeda Seisakusho (6281 JP) 
Construction
4.0
Merger
14% for Maeda Road


Maeda Corp/Road/Seisakusho - 3-Way Merger 1 Year After Hostile Takeover 



N Field Co Ltd (6077 JP) 
Nursing care
0.2
Tender Offer
42.2%


N Field (6077) Take-Private by Unison Capital - Fast Growth Long Runway Asset Going Not So Rich



Sakai Ovex (3408 JP) 
Textiles
0.2
Tender Offer
31.7%


Sakai Ovex MBO - Wrong Price (And the Bidder Knows It)



Sanken Electric (6707 JP) 
Semis
0.2
Partial Tender
17.1%


Effissimo Launches Unsolicited/Hostile Partial Tender On Sanken Electric



Tsukui Corp (2398 JP) 
Nursing care
0.5
Tender Offer
51.7%


Tsukui Holdings (2398) - Another CHEAP Japan Nursing Care Take-Private Deal



Unimat Retirement Community (9707 JP) 

Nursing care
0.1
Tender Offer
28.4%


MBO for Unimat (9707 JP): Deserves a Bump!


 



Europe








Aggreko PLC (AGK LN) 
Energy
3.2
Offer
39%


Aggreko: £2bn Potential Bid from PE Consortium



Arrow Global (ARW LN) 
Debt purchaser
0.8
Offer
36.2%


Arrow Global - TDR Capital: Preliminary Conditional Proposal



ASTM SpA (AT IM) 
Infrastructure
4.0
Offer
28.8%


ASTM SpA - Nuova Argo Finanziaria Takeout Offer, Trading Tight



Dialog Semiconductor (DLG GR) 
Semi
6.0
Offer
20.3%


Dialog Semiconductor - Renesas Electronics Recommended Cash Offer



Signature Aviation (SIG LN) 
Aviation services
4.7
Scheme
53%


Signature Aviation - PE Consortium Agreed Offer








US




Hollysys Automation Technolo (HOLI US) 
Automation
1.0
Offer
36.7%


Hollysys (HOLI US): Machine Earning


Source: Smartkarma Insights





The above does not include the possible deal for Brilliance China Automotive (1114 HK) (Brilliance China (1114 HK): Grilling Kidneys). 

The average premium for the new deals announced (or first discussed) in February was ~27.5%, with a year-to-date average of ~31%. This compares to the average premium for all deals in 2020 and 2019 of 31% and 31.5% respectively. 




Summary of News in February of Arb Situations On Smartkarma's Radar



(Again, click on the company names to take to you to the insights and/or discussion posts for a more comprehensive read-through on each situation. Where a new insight was written on these names in July, I've included a link, in bold, to that insight in italics.)






Australia


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




3P Learning (3PL AU) 

22-Feb: 1H21 results




amaysim Australia (AYS AU) 

1-Feb: WAM Capital Ltd (WAM AU) Offer for amaysim Australia (AYS AU) is free of all defeating conditions. Here is the Bidder's Statement. Offer closes on the 30 March - unless extended. 




Asaleo Care Ltd (AHY AU) 

18-Feb: Asaleo (ASX: AHY): Essity's Revised Offer




Bingo Industries (BIN AU) 

22-Feb: 1H21 results




Coca Cola Amatil (CCL AU) 

16-Feb: Coca Cola Amatil: CCEP's Best &amp; Final Offer
17-Feb: Coca-Cola Amatil Takeover Offer Raised 5.9%, Seems Like a Done Deal




Think Childcare (TNK AU) 

20-Jan: Think Childcare (TNK AU): Bigger Bid by Busy Bees




Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (VTH AU) 

26-Feb: Non-binding Offer from ROC of A$1.08/share by way of a Scheme.




WPP AUNZ (WPP AU) 

25-Feb: FY20 results










Hong Kong


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy (579 HK) 

22-Feb: Beijing Jingneng (579 HK): Low Voter Turn-Out Sees Spread Widening




Car Inc (699 HK) 

18-Feb: Car Inc (699 HK)'s Offer unconditional in all respects. Offeror (MBK) holds 52.11%. Offer closes on the 4 March.




China Logistics Property Holdings (1589 HK) 

No February update




China Machinery Engineering (1829 HK) 

3-Feb: Despatch of Composite Doc pushed out to 20 Jan 2022.




HKC Holdings (190 HK) 

5-Feb: Despatch of Scheme Doc pushed out to 30 April this year.




Huifu Payment Limited (1806 HK) 

19-Feb: Shareholders approved the Scheme at Huifu Payment Limited (1806 HK)'s Scheme Meeting. Cheques to be despatched on or before 8 April.




I.T Ltd (999 HK) 

19-Feb: Court to convene a meeting on the 4 March.




New Century REIT (1275 HK) 

17-Feb: Circular for New Century REIT (1275 HK) has been delayed until the 19 March - on or before. 




Polytec Asset Holdings (208 HK) 

11-Feb: As expected, Polytec Asset Holdings (208 HK) has extended the despatch of the Scheme Doc to 16 April.




Rivera Holdings (281 HK) 

5-Feb: Rivera Holdings (281 HK) Scheme Doc pushed way out to 7 June as the High Court has directed that the hearing of the originating summons for an order to issue its directions for convening the Court Meeting will only be held on 28 May 2021




SHK Hong Kong Industries (666 HK) 

11-Feb: SHK (666 HK): Scheme Doc Out, IFA Says Fair




China Traditional Chinese Medicine (570 HK) 

No February update




Zhejiang New Century Hotel Management Group (1158 HK) 

5-Feb: The pre-conditions for Zhejiang New Century Hotel Management Group (1158 HK) have been satisfied. Composite Doc to be despatched on ore before the 31 March, about a week earlier than my prior estimate. 




Zhuhai Holdings Investment (908 HK) 

11-Feb: As expected, the despatch of the Scheme Doc for Zhuhai Holdings Investment (908 HK) has been pushed back to the 21 April.










India


Comments (with links to insights)




Allcargo Logistics (AGLL IN) 

No February update




Engineers India (ENGR IN) 

No February update




INEOS Styrolution India Limited (INEOS IN) 

No February update




Vedanta Ltd (VEDL IN) 

19-Feb: Vedanta Soars Beyond Indicative Open Offer Level. Not Expensive










Japan


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




Cocokara Fine (3098 JP) 
2-Feb: Cocokara/​MatsuKiyo Deal Finally Coming?




Honshu Chemical Industry (4115 JP) 

14-Feb: Honshu Chemical - What WAS the Wrong Price Gets Wronger




Japan Asia (3751 JP) 

4-Feb: Overbid: JAG Special Committee Plays Stupid so Murakami Plays Hardball
20-Feb: Japan Asia Group MBO Fails, Now JAG Against Murakami's Higher Bid




Joban Kaihatsu (1782 JP) 

Tender Offer was successful.




Toa Oil Co Ltd (5008 JP) 

12-Feb: Toa Oil (5008) Tender - Has the Dog Caught the Car?
17-Feb: Toa Oil (5008) - The Dog Has Caught the Car, But Beware Mangalores 25 Feb: Toa Oil (5008) - Idemitsu Looking To The Next Attempt?




Tokyo Rope Mfg (5981 JP) 

3-Feb: Nippon Steel Corporation (5401 JP) replied to questions posed to it by Tokyo Rope Mfg (5981 JP) in the latter's Opinion Statement regarding NSC's tender offer.  It is quite clear, and quite non-combative, relatively speaking. 











Malaysia


Comments (with links to announcements)




Batu Kawan Bhd (BAK MK) 

5-Feb: Compulsory acquisition notice sent out




FGV Holdings Bhd (FGV MK) 

16-Feb: Offer extended until the 2 March 25-Feb: Offer extended until the 15 March












New Zealand


Comments (with links announcements)




Infratil Ltd (IFT NZ) 

4-Feb: Lots of interest in Tilt Renewables Ltd (TLT NZ) 












Philippines


Comments (with links announcements)




Lopez Holdings (LPZ PM) 

17-Feb:  There's been an amendment to the partial offer for Lopez Holdings (LPZ PM). The maximum to be acquired will now be 1.43bn shares or 31.5%.   
"the reduction is intended to address concerns and the risk that LPZ may still fall below the public ownership requirement despite the initial reduced maximum number of shares to be acquired."  The Tender Offer price remains at P3.85 per share. The Tender Offer period will be extended from February 19, 2021, to March 8, 2021.











Singapore


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




CEI Limited (CEI SP) 

15-Feb: Pre-cons met. Offer doc to be sent 14-21 from this date.
15-Feb: AEM's Privatization Deal for CEI Limited (CEI SP): Pre-Condition Satisfied




GL Ltd (GLL SP) 

4-Feb: Offer Doc for GL Ltd (GLL SP) is out. The Circular, which will include an IFA opinion, is expected to be despatched on or before the 18 Feb. 
18-Feb: The Circular is out for GL Ltd (GLL SP). The IFA says the Offer is not fair but reasonable.




Penguin International (PBS SP) 

24-Feb: Penguin International (PBS SP)'s Circular is out - independent directors and IFA recommend shareholders accept Emet Grace offer.




Soilbuild Business Space REIT (SBREIT SP) 

18-Feb: Soilbuild REIT: Scheme Doc Out. EGM Convened










Taiwan


Comments (with links to announcements &amp; insights)




Jih Sun Financial (5820 TT) 

24-Feb: The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission has "approved" the takeover of Jih Sun Financial (5820 TT) by Fubon Financial Holding Co (2881 TT). This is a little earlier than expected. Fubon Financial Deal for Jih Sun Gets TFTC Signoff





















North America


Comments (with links to announcements and insights)





51 Job Inc Adr (JOBS US) 

No February update




China Biologic Products (CBPO US) 

China Biologic calls EGM on 1 March to consider proposed take-private



HUYA Inc (HUYA US)
No February update



PNM Resources (PNM US) 
12-Feb: PNM Resources shareholders supported the integration with Avangrid, Iberdrola's US subsidiary. The approval represents another milestone in the integration process between the New Mexico and Texas power company and the Iberdrola group company.
The operation, which already has the approval of the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) and Hart Scott Rodino Clearance (HSR), expects to obtain all the necessary approvals at both the state and federal levels throughout 2021.




Sina Corp (Class A) (SINA US) 

22-Feb: What's Going On With Sina Corp?




Sogou Inc (SOGO US) 
4-Feb: FY20 results




Wanda Sports Group (WSG US) 
1-Feb: Offer to expire on the 26 Feb.






































Hong Kong

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