IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/o2micro-international-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36418:1" rel="noopener">O2Micro International (OIIM US)</a>'s US$5.00 per ADS privatisation offer from FNOF Precious Honour Limited was overwhelmingly approved by shareholders.</li>
<li>The key remaining condition precedent is obtaining the required regulatory approvals related to the listing rules of NASDAQ and the Cayman Islands. There are no Chinese regulatory approvals required.</li>
<li>The conditions precedent should be satisfied shortly. At the current price and for an end-March close, the gross and annualised spread to the offer is 6.4% and 45.6%, respectively. </li>
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O2Micro International (OIIM US)'s US$5.00 per ADS privatisation offer from FNOF Precious Honour Limited was overwhelmingly approved by shareholders.
The key remaining condition precedent is obtaining the required regulatory approvals related to the listing rules of NASDAQ and the Cayman Islands. There are no Chinese regulatory approvals required.
The conditions precedent should be satisfied shortly. At the current price and for an end-March close, the gross and annualised spread to the offer is 6.4% and 45.6%, respectively. 


O2Micro (OIIM US): US$5 Privatisation Approved, Spread Remains Wide

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/o2micro-international-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36418:1" rel="noopener">O2Micro International (OIIM US)</a>’s EGM to vote on the US$5.00 per ADS privatisation offer from FNOF Precious Honour Limited is on 31 January 2023.</li>
<li>Shareholders representing two-thirds of shares need to approve the deal. As rollover shareholders represent 16.92% of voting rights, 59.88% of disinterested shareholders must vote YES to meet the two-thirds threshold.</li>
<li>While peers have re-rated, the offer is attractive and there are no competing bids. At the last close, the gross spread to the offer is 11.6%.   </li>
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O2Micro International (OIIM US)’s EGM to vote on the US$5.00 per ADS privatisation offer from FNOF Precious Honour Limited is on 31 January 2023.
Shareholders representing two-thirds of shares need to approve the deal. As rollover shareholders represent 16.92% of voting rights, 59.88% of disinterested shareholders must vote YES to meet the two-thirds threshold.
While peers have re-rated, the offer is attractive and there are no competing bids. At the last close, the gross spread to the offer is 11.6%.   


O2Micro (OIIM US) Privatisation Vote on 31 January

Global Emerging Market Equities, Propitious Research

Wium Malan, CFA

Global Emerging Market Equities

Independent, Fundamental Quantitative Research

Propitious Research

Fully independent, fundamental and quantitative equity research, focused on companies in the Telecommunication, Media, Technology, Internet and Healthcare sectors in the Global Emerging Markets. Idea generation focused on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

Equity Bottom-Up

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/parade-technologies-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6987:1" rel="noopener">Parade Technologies (4966 TT)</a> is a high-speed mixed-signal fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and sells next-generation high-speed interface, display and touch solutions for computing, consumer, and handset markets. 
This is a high-quality tech company, with significant revenue growth and earnings momentum, generating returns well above its cost of capital, a net cash balance sheet, and an attractive sustainable 2%+ dividend yield. 
Although current valuation levels are above historical average levels, and fair at best, further revenue growth expectation upgrades coupled with fair gross margin expansion forecasts, and a management team confident of having secured sufficient manufacturing capacity to address exceptionally strong end-product demand, makes the continuation of the earnings upgrade cycle seem probable, which in turn should continue to be a positive share price catalyst. Parade Technologies is also expected to see large passive inflows during November 2021 following the MSCI November 2021 Semi-Annual Index Review.

Parade Technologies (4966 TT) is a high-speed mixed-signal fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and sells next-generation high-speed interface, display and touch solutions for computing, consumer, and handset markets. 
This is a high-quality tech company, with significant revenue growth and earnings momentum, generating returns well above its cost of capital, a net cash balance sheet, and an attractive sustainable 2%+ dividend yield. 
Although current valuation levels are above historical average levels, and fair at best, further revenue growth expectation upgrades coupled with fair gross margin expansion forecasts, and a management team confident of having secured sufficient manufacturing capacity to address exceptionally strong end-product demand, makes the continuation of the earnings upgrade cycle seem probable, which in turn should continue to be a positive share price catalyst. Parade Technologies is also expected to see large passive inflows during November 2021 following the MSCI November 2021 Semi-Annual Index Review.

Parade Technologies: Further Revenue Growth Upgrades, and Dividends, Should Support Valuation

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

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Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

As we head into Q4 earnings season we remain bullish on the broad market. Our bullish outlook is supported by the themes highlighted in this report.  In addition, we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Discretionary and Technology: Casinos &amp; Gaming, Large-Cap, Semiconductors, Mid-Cap, Semiconductors, Small-Cap, Software, Design Solutions.

As we head into Q4 earnings season we remain bullish on the broad market. Our bullish outlook is supported by the themes highlighted in this report.  In addition, we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Discretionary and Technology: Casinos &amp; Gaming, Large-Cap, Semiconductors, Mid-Cap, Semiconductors, Small-Cap, Software, Design Solutions.

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Asia and Global Semiconductor and Tech Research

Andrew Lu

Advanced Micro Devices / Equity Bottom-Up

<h2>Summary of finding the beneficiaries</h2>After our recent discussions with two cloud data center experts, we conclude a rising requirement on faster and more NVME (Non-Volatile Memory Express) SSD flash storages, networking I/O cards, and AI used GPU/FPGA/TPU cards (please see Table 3 in our earlier report "<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/fiat-chrysler-is-leaving-waymo-to-join-bmw-intel-autonomous-platform-negative-positive-to" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:12899">Fiat Chrysler Is Leaving Waymo to Join BMW-Intel Autonomous Platform; Negative/Positive To?</a> " dated 17 August 2017) are driving a big demand on PCI Express lanes or PCI Express switch if using …

Summary of finding the beneficiariesAfter our recent discussions with two cloud data center experts, we conclude a rising requirement on faster and more NVME (Non-Volatile Memory Express) SSD flash storages, networking I/O cards, and AI used GPU/FPGA/TPU cards (please see Table 3 in our earlier report "Fiat Chrysler Is Leaving Waymo to Join BMW-Intel Autonomous Platform; Negative/Positive To? " dated 17 August 2017) are driving a big demand on PCI Express lanes or PCI Express switch if using …

Andrew on Tech: Finding the Four Beneficiaries from Rising PCI Express Lanes for Data Center

United States

Diodes Incorporated manufactures and supplies discrete, logic, and analog semiconductor devices to consumers in the electronics, computing, industrial, communications, and automotive markets. The Company's products include diodes, transistors, MOSFETs, single gate logic, LED drivers, and USB switches.

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