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.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/glp-j-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11009:1" rel="noopener">GLP J-REIT (3281 JP)</a> is looking to raise  around US$220m in its placement to acquire five assets, and increase its stake in a sixth one.</li>
<li>We have covered a number of past deals by the company, almost all of which have done well.</li>
<li>In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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GLP J-REIT (3281 JP) is looking to raise  around US$220m in its placement to acquire five assets, and increase its stake in a sixth one.
We have covered a number of past deals by the company, almost all of which have done well.
In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


GLP J-REIT Placement - Most of the past Deals Have Done Well, This One Could Be Tricky

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

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Equity Capital Markets

Aeon Reit Investment / Equity Capital Markets

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aeon-reit-investment-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11010:1" rel="noopener">Aeon REIT Investment (3292 JP)</a> announced a <a href="https://www.aeon-jreit.co.jp/file/en-news-c4afa1361917d34d9433bbfa718f7d6ad5e1b5a6.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">follow-on equity offering</a> after the close on 2nd August 2021 to fund part of their recent property acquisition.   </p><p>The primary offer quantity is 163,000 units. In addition, there will also be an over-allotment quantity of 8,150 units. The total size of this offering could be roughly ¥26bn (~US$230mn) which is slightly larger than some of the recent offerings by other JREITs. </p><div><p>The Offer Price will be determined between 11th August 2021 and 17th August 2021 (typically it has been the first day of this window for most JREIT offerings) and the day following the Offer Price Determination Day ("Pricing Date") will be the Application Date. </p></div><div>
<p><em>More below the fold.</em></p>
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<p><em>For a primer on J-REIT Offerings, their history, their patterns, etc, please refer to <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/j-reit-offering-primer-get-ready-for-offering-season-2021" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:46416" rel="noopener">J-REIT Offering Primer: Get Ready for Offering Season 2021</a>.</strong></em></p>
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Aeon REIT Investment (3292 JP) announced a follow-on equity offering after the close on 2nd August 2021 to fund part of their recent property acquisition.   The primary offer quantity is 163,000 units. In addition, there will also be an over-allotment quantity of 8,150 units. The total size of this offering could be roughly ¥26bn (~US$230mn) which is slightly larger than some of the recent offerings by other JREITs. The Offer Price will be determined between 11th August 2021 and 17th August 2021 (typically it has been the first day of this window for most JREIT offerings) and the day following the Offer Price Determination Day ("Pricing Date") will be the Application Date. 
More below the fold.

For a primer on J-REIT Offerings, their history, their patterns, etc, please refer to J-REIT Offering Primer: Get Ready for Offering Season 2021.


JREIT Offering: Aeon REIT (3292 JP) - Take It Vs Comps

ESCON Japan REIT Investment / Equity Capital Markets

<p>Last Friday after market-close, Small-cap Retail JREIT <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/escon-japan-reit-investment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28278:1" rel="noopener">Escon Japan Reit Investment (2971 JP)</a> launched a follow-on equity offering (<a href="https://www.escon-reit.jp/file/news-2bc2805fa9a725adcb1adeb58f551bf37b84f21e.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J-only</a>) to fund part of their recent property acquisition.</p><p>The primary offer quantity is 65,700 units and there is an over-allotment quantity of 3,285 units. The total size of the offering could be approximately ¥10bn (~US$94mn). </p><div><p>The Offer Price will be determined between 19th July and 27th July 2021 (typically it has been the first day of this window for most JREIT offerings) and the two business days following the offer price determination day ("Pricing Date") will be the Application Period. </p></div><div><p><em>More below the fold.</em></p></div>

Last Friday after market-close, Small-cap Retail JREIT Escon Japan Reit Investment (2971 JP) launched a follow-on equity offering (J-only) to fund part of their recent property acquisition.The primary offer quantity is 65,700 units and there is an over-allotment quantity of 3,285 units. The total size of the offering could be approximately ¥10bn (~US$94mn). The Offer Price will be determined between 19th July and 27th July 2021 (typically it has been the first day of this window for most JREIT offerings) and the two business days following the offer price determination day ("Pricing Date") will be the Application Period. More below the fold.

JREIT Offering: Escon Japan REIT (2971 JP)

Frontier Real Estate Invest / Equity Capital Markets

<p>Today after market-close, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/frontier-real-estate-invest" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13526:1" rel="noopener">Frontier Real Estate Invest (8964 JP)</a> ("FRI") launched a follow-on equity offering (<a href="https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/8964/tdnet/1990785/00.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J-only</a>) to fund part of their recent property acquisition. </p><p>The primary offer quantity is 28,792 units and the over-allotment quantity is 1,440 units. The total size of the offering could be approximately ¥13.6bn (~US$124mn). </p><div><p>The Offer Price will be determined between 24th and 25th June (typically it has been the first day of this window for most JREIT offerings) and the day following the offer price determination day (pricing date) will be the application date. </p></div><div><p><em>More below the fold.</em></p></div>

Today after market-close, Frontier Real Estate Invest (8964 JP) ("FRI") launched a follow-on equity offering (J-only) to fund part of their recent property acquisition. The primary offer quantity is 28,792 units and the over-allotment quantity is 1,440 units. The total size of the offering could be approximately ¥13.6bn (~US$124mn). The Offer Price will be determined between 24th and 25th June (typically it has been the first day of this window for most JREIT offerings) and the day following the offer price determination day (pricing date) will be the application date. More below the fold.

JREIT Offering: Frontier Real Estate Invest (8964 JP)

Japan

ESCON JAPAN REIT Investment Corporation provides real estate investment services. The Company offers real estate leasing, real estate investment, and other services. ESCON JAPAN REIT Investment serves customers in Japan.

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ESCON Japan REIT Investment (2971 JP)

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Sumeet Singh

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Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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