IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Event-Driven

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<li>A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, India and Chinese ADRs.</li>
<li>ECM developments: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kioxia-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29243:1" rel="noopener">Kioxia Holdings (285A JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/finetoday-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44092:1" rel="noopener">FineToday Holdings Co Ltd (289A JP)</a> IPOs, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hulic-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:388:1" rel="noopener">Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sanrio-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16476:1" rel="noopener">Sanrio (8136 JP)</a> placements.</li>
<li>Event-Driven developments: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/seven-i-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1041:1" rel="noopener">Seven &amp; I Holdings (3382 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wealthnavi-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31058:1" rel="noopener">WealthNavi (7342 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/esr-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27983:1" rel="noopener">ESR Group (1821 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shandong-hi-speed-new-energy-g" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6927:1" rel="noopener">Shandong Hi-Speed New Energy G (1250 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vitasoy-intl-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2807:1" rel="noopener">Vitasoy Intl Holdings (345 HK)</a>.       </li>
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A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, India and Chinese ADRs.
ECM developments: Kioxia Holdings (285A JP) and FineToday Holdings Co Ltd (289A JP) IPOs, Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP) and Sanrio (8136 JP) placements.
Event-Driven developments: Seven &amp; I Holdings (3382 JP), WealthNavi (7342 JP), ESR Group (1821 HK), Shandong Hi-Speed New Energy G (1250 HK), Vitasoy Intl Holdings (345 HK).       


Weekly Deals Digest (01 Dec) - Seven & I, WealthNavi, ESR, SDHS New Energy, Vitasoy, Kioxia, Hulic

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.

Equity Capital Markets

Kioxia Holdings  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kioxia-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29243:1" rel="noopener">Kioxia Holdings (6600 JP)</a> is aiming to raise around US$700m (including over-allocation) from its Japan IPO.</li>
<li>It was the world’s largest pure-play NAND flash memory supplier, in terms of both revenue and unit shipments in 2023, according to TechInsights.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company's past performance in our earlier notes. In this note we undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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Kioxia Holdings (6600 JP) is aiming to raise around US$700m (including over-allocation) from its Japan IPO.
It was the world’s largest pure-play NAND flash memory supplier, in terms of both revenue and unit shipments in 2023, according to TechInsights.
We have looked at the company's past performance in our earlier notes. In this note we undertake a peer comparison.


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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

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>Overnight, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hulic-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:388:1" rel="noopener">Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP)</a> announced a placement of 85.37m shares to unwind crossholdings and improve corporate value. There is an overallotment option for another 12.8m shares.</li>
<li>There will be limited passive buying in the short-term and the number of shares offered is a very large percentage of real float of the stock.</li>
<li>A price drop of 20% or more puts <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hulic-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:388:1" rel="noopener">Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP)</a> at risk of deletion from a global index and could lead to a further price drop.</li>
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Overnight, Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP) announced a placement of 85.37m shares to unwind crossholdings and improve corporate value. There is an overallotment option for another 12.8m shares.
There will be limited passive buying in the short-term and the number of shares offered is a very large percentage of real float of the stock.
A price drop of 20% or more puts Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP) at risk of deletion from a global index and could lead to a further price drop.


Hulic Co (3003 JP) Placement: One Big Price Drop Could Lead to Another

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

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<li>A group of domestic financial institutions are looking to raise US$775m from trimming their stakes in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hulic-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:388:1" rel="noopener">Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP)</a>.</li>
<li>The deal will be a large one to digest at 48 days of the stock’s three month ADV, representing 11% of its shares outstanding.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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A group of domestic financial institutions are looking to raise US$775m from trimming their stakes in Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP).
The deal will be a large one to digest at 48 days of the stock’s three month ADV, representing 11% of its shares outstanding.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Hulic Co Placement - US$780m Cross-Shareholding Unwind Is a Large One for the Stock to Digest

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>Today, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hulic-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:388:1" rel="noopener">Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP)</a> announced a large secondary offering where about a quarter of the crossholdings will sell down holdings. Some exit entirely. Some partially. </li>
<li>After this selldown, there is a fair bit more to go later, but more of that will be corporate. It's a BIG offering: 55d of ADV and 55% of MRWF. </li>
<li>It is "only" about $800mm and retail gets 80% of it. The high div yield will be a selling point but there is a lot of debt.</li>
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Today, Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP) announced a large secondary offering where about a quarter of the crossholdings will sell down holdings. Some exit entirely. Some partially. 
After this selldown, there is a fair bit more to go later, but more of that will be corporate. It's a BIG offering: 55d of ADV and 55% of MRWF. 
It is "only" about $800mm and retail gets 80% of it. The high div yield will be a selling point but there is a lot of debt.


HULIC (3003 JP) - Crossholders Show Up with a BIG (Relative) Secondary Offering

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Hulic Company, Limited. operates real estate business and marketable securities investment business.  The Company also conducts environment related businesses.

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Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP)

Weekly Deals Digest (01 Dec) - Seven & I, WealthNavi, ESR, SDHS New Energy, Vitasoy, Kioxia, Hulic

Last week, notable developments occurred in Event-Driven (Seven & I, WealthNavi, ESR, SDHS New Energy, Vitasoy, Capitol, AVJennings, SG Fleet) and...

Arun George

Kioxia Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison

Kioxia Holdings (6600 JP) is aiming to raise around US$700m (including over-allocation) from its Japan IPO. In this note, we undertake a peer...

Sumeet Singh

Hulic Co (3003 JP) Placement: One Big Price Drop Could Lead to Another

The secondary offering in Hulic is US$793m and represents 43x ADV and 37% of real float. A large price drops raises risk of deletion from a global...

Brian Freitas

Hulic Co Placement - US$780m Cross-Shareholding Unwind Is a Large One for the Stock to Digest

A group of domestic financial institutions are looking to raise US$775m from trimming their stakes in Hulic Co Ltd (3003 JP).

Clarence Chu

HULIC (3003 JP) - Crossholders Show Up with a BIG (Relative) Secondary Offering

Hulic is seeing crossholders sell down. Given all active holders together only own about 25% of the stock, a 13% offering means underwriters have...

Travis Lundy

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