APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Nicholas Tan

APAC 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/gmo-internet-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13631:1" rel="noopener">GMO Internet Group (9449 JP)</a> is looking to sell its 33.4% stake in its subsidiary <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gmo-internet-inc-919fd60b-ad2a-4c5f-b333-167a849b67b0" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9029:1" rel="noopener">GMO Internet (4784 JP)</a> to meet free-float requirements.</li>
<li>As the current free-float is tiny, the deal is more like a quasi-IPO rather than a placement, in our view.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics as well as updates on the company’s financial performance.</li>
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GMO Internet Group (9449 JP) is looking to sell its 33.4% stake in its subsidiary GMO Internet (4784 JP) to meet free-float requirements.
As the current free-float is tiny, the deal is more like a quasi-IPO rather than a placement, in our view.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics as well as updates on the company’s financial performance.


GMO Internet Placement: Secondary Sell-Down (Quasi IPO) To Meet Prime Listing Requirements

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>Last year, GMO injected its internet business into <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gmo-internet-inc-919fd60b-ad2a-4c5f-b333-167a849b67b0" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9029:1" rel="noopener">GMO Internet (4784 JP)</a> and took shares as consideration. Somehow, GMO Internet got a TOPIX inclusion earlier this year. </li>
<li>The company has 1.24% float of 3.4mm shares. GMO Internet Group - the parent - will now offload 91.7mm shares in an equity offering to meet TSE Continued Listing Requirements.</li>
<li>That is about ¥279bn at current price against float of ¥10bn. Full market cap is ¥850bn. That's 170x Dec25e Net Income. I expect the price will fall. You were warned. </li>
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Last year, GMO injected its internet business into GMO Internet (4784 JP) and took shares as consideration. Somehow, GMO Internet got a TOPIX inclusion earlier this year. 
The company has 1.24% float of 3.4mm shares. GMO Internet Group - the parent - will now offload 91.7mm shares in an equity offering to meet TSE Continued Listing Requirements.
That is about ¥279bn at current price against float of ¥10bn. Full market cap is ¥850bn. That's 170x Dec25e Net Income. I expect the price will fall. You were warned. 


GMO Internet (4784) Offering - This Is a GINORMOUS Re-IPO - AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE

David Blennerhassett

Event-Driven

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<li>Negligible float, highly manipulatable, 150x+ forward earnings - yes, investors can afford NOT to have <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gmo-internet-inc-919fd60b-ad2a-4c5f-b333-167a849b67b0" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9029:1" rel="noopener">GMO Internet (4784 JP)</a> in their portfolio.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hongkong-land-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15465:1" rel="noopener">Hongkong Land (HKL SP)</a> stamps its "recycling capital" motto and sells nine floors of One Exchange Square to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-exchanges-clearing" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:490:1" rel="noopener">HKEX (388 HK)</a> for HK$6.3bn (US$810mn).</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shibaura-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12704:1" rel="noopener">Shibaura Electronics (6957 JP)</a>asks <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/minebea-mitsumi-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5032:1" rel="noopener">Minebea Mitsumi (6479 JP)</a> whether they intend to change the consideration terms. Minebea says it is "proceeding with its consideration". </li>
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Negligible float, highly manipulatable, 150x+ forward earnings - yes, investors can afford NOT to have GMO Internet (4784 JP) in their portfolio.

Hongkong Land (HKL SP) stamps its "recycling capital" motto and sells nine floors of One Exchange Square to HKEX (388 HK) for HK$6.3bn (US$810mn).

Shibaura Electronics (6957 JP)asks Minebea Mitsumi (6479 JP) whether they intend to change the consideration terms. Minebea says it is "proceeding with its consideration". 


Last Week in Event SPACE: GMO Internet, Hongkong Land, Shibaura Electronics, Millennium & Copthorne

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<li>Negligible float, 150x+ forward earnings - yes, investors can afford NOT to have <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gmo-internet-inc-919fd60b-ad2a-4c5f-b333-167a849b67b0" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9029:1" rel="noopener">GMO Internet (4784 JP)</a> in their portfolio.</li>
<li>Preceding my comments on the GMO group are the current setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.</li>
<li>These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.</li>
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Negligible float, 150x+ forward earnings - yes, investors can afford NOT to have GMO Internet (4784 JP) in their portfolio.
Preceding my comments on the GMO group are the current setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.
These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.


StubWorld: GMO Internet (4784) Will Be Squeezy. Until It's Not.

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Index Rebalance

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<li>In the TOPIX Index, some "low liquidity" names carry a liquidity factor of 0.75x resulting in their actual index weights being smaller than their default weights.</li>
<li>These names are reviewed every April and if the liquidity factor of a stock gets removed, the stock will see index inflows from passive trackers of TOPIX.</li>
<li>The results for April 2025 liquidity factor removal have been confirmed and we achieved very high hit rates for our High and Medium conviction baskets.</li>
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In the TOPIX Index, some "low liquidity" names carry a liquidity factor of 0.75x resulting in their actual index weights being smaller than their default weights.
These names are reviewed every April and if the liquidity factor of a stock gets removed, the stock will see index inflows from passive trackers of TOPIX.
The results for April 2025 liquidity factor removal have been confirmed and we achieved very high hit rates for our High and Medium conviction baskets.


TOPIX Index Upweights: Great Hit Rate; Strong Trade Performance; A Rare Win!

Japan

GMO Internet, Inc. offers marketing services. The Company offers internet advertising, mobile advertising, search engine marketing, and other services to medium sized advertising agencies. GMO Internet conducts businesses throughout Japan.

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GMO Internet (4784 JP)

GMO Internet Placement: Secondary Sell-Down (Quasi IPO) To Meet Prime Listing Requirements

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Nicholas Tan

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Travis Lundy

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David Blennerhassett

StubWorld: GMO Internet (4784) Will Be Squeezy. Until It's Not.

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David Blennerhassett

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Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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