Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>It was announced that a tender offer to purchase a 17.54% stake in Hanwha Galleria has been launched by Kim Dong-Sun (Vice President at Hanwha Galleria).</li>
<li>Tender offer price is 1,600 won per share, which is 22.8% higher than the closing price on 22 August. Tender offer amount is 54.4 billion won. </li>
<li>On 23 August, Hanwha Galleria's share price is likely to rise close to the tender offer price as many investors believe the tender offer is likely to be successful. </li>
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It was announced that a tender offer to purchase a 17.54% stake in Hanwha Galleria has been launched by Kim Dong-Sun (Vice President at Hanwha Galleria).
Tender offer price is 1,600 won per share, which is 22.8% higher than the closing price on 22 August. Tender offer amount is 54.4 billion won. 
On 23 August, Hanwha Galleria's share price is likely to rise close to the tender offer price as many investors believe the tender offer is likely to be successful. 


A Tender Offer to Purchase a 17.5% Stake in Hanwha Galleria by Kim Dong-Sun

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>With <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hanwha-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10619:1" rel="noopener">Hanwha Corporation (000880 KS)</a></strong> trading around a one-year low NAV discount, the Hanwha Group has made a Tender Offer for 8% of shares outstanding at ₩30,000/share.</li>
<li>Preceding my comments on Hanwha 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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With Hanwha Corporation (000880 KS) trading around a one-year low NAV discount, the Hanwha Group has made a Tender Offer for 8% of shares outstanding at ₩30,000/share.
Preceding my comments on Hanwha 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: Hanwha Corp's Steep Discount & Tender Offer

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<li>We provide a list of four companies including Fila Holdings, Kolmar BNH, KG Mobility, and Hanwha Galleria where the insiders have been buying shares of their own companies. </li>
<li>These four stocks are up on average 5.6% in the past one month, outperforming KOSPI which is down 1.6% in the same period.</li>
<li>Insiders at Fila Holdings are probably increasing their stakes to capitalize on the price discrepancy as Fila Holdings' 51% stake in Acushnet is 39% more than its current market cap. </li>
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We provide a list of four companies including Fila Holdings, Kolmar BNH, KG Mobility, and Hanwha Galleria where the insiders have been buying shares of their own companies. 
These four stocks are up on average 5.6% in the past one month, outperforming KOSPI which is down 1.6% in the same period.
Insiders at Fila Holdings are probably increasing their stakes to capitalize on the price discrepancy as Fila Holdings' 51% stake in Acushnet is 39% more than its current market cap. 


Insiders Are Buying Shares In These Korean Companies in January 2024

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

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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

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<li>The review period for the September rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices started 1 June and will end 31 August. The changes will be implemented at the close 7 September.</li>
<li>We see 7 migrations from MidCap to LargeCap, 6 migrations from LargeCap to MidCap, 7 new adds to MidCap, and 17 migrations from SmallCap to MidCap.</li>
<li>Historically, stocks migrating from SmallCap to MidCap have outperformed stocks that are migrating between other categories.</li>
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The review period for the September rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices started 1 June and will end 31 August. The changes will be implemented at the close 7 September.
We see 7 migrations from MidCap to LargeCap, 6 migrations from LargeCap to MidCap, 7 new adds to MidCap, and 17 migrations from SmallCap to MidCap.
Historically, stocks migrating from SmallCap to MidCap have outperformed stocks that are migrating between other categories.


KOSPI Size Indices - Plenty of Migrations to Attract Active Flows

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Hanwha Galleria (452260 KS) is the 23rd company in our Korea Small Cap Gems series. </li>
<li>Hanwha Galleria is a spun-off company from Hanwha Solution. Hanwha Galleria's shares have declined 39% since being relisted on 31 May 2023. </li>
<li>Hanwha Galleria is a deep value stock with undervalued real estate assets. Chairman's son is also buying aggressively and there is a big catalyst for Five Guys launch in Korea. </li>
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Hanwha Galleria (452260 KS) is the 23rd company in our Korea Small Cap Gems series. 
Hanwha Galleria is a spun-off company from Hanwha Solution. Hanwha Galleria's shares have declined 39% since being relisted on 31 May 2023. 
Hanwha Galleria is a deep value stock with undervalued real estate assets. Chairman's son is also buying aggressively and there is a big catalyst for Five Guys launch in Korea. 


Korea Small Cap Gem #23: Hanwha Galleria (Deep Value + Five Guys + Chairman's Son Buying)

South Korea

Hanwha Galleria Co., Ltd. operates department stores. The Company retails clothing, cosmetics, shoes, household goods, foods, and other related goods. Hanwha Galleria also offers services worldwide.

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Hanwha Galleria (452260 KS)

A Tender Offer to Purchase a 17.5% Stake in Hanwha Galleria by Kim Dong-Sun

After the market close on 22 August, it was announced that a tender offer to purchase a 17.54% stake in Hanwha Galleria has been launched by Kim...

Douglas Kim

StubWorld: Hanwha Corp's Steep Discount & Tender Offer

HC is trading cheap. The family thinks so also and seeking majority control. There is also the pro-ration angle attached to the Tender Offer. I'd...

David Blennerhassett

Insiders Are Buying Shares In These Korean Companies in January 2024

We provide a list of four companies including Fila Holdings, Kolmar BNH, KG Mobility, and Hanwha Galleria where the insiders have been buying...

Douglas Kim

KOSPI Size Indices - Plenty of Migrations to Attract Active Flows

We currently forecast 53 migrations for the KOSPI Size Indices. There are stocks that are potential KOSPI200 adds in December and others that will...

Brian Freitas

Korea Small Cap Gem #23: Hanwha Galleria (Deep Value + Five Guys + Chairman's Son Buying)

Hanwha Galleria is a deep value stock with undervalued real estate assets. Chairman's son is also buying aggressively and there is a big catalyst...

Douglas Kim

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