Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>On 16 September, Hyundai Dept Store and Hyundai Greenfood announced that they will complete equity spin-offs to create holding companies structures.</li>
<li>It appears that the real reason these companies are trying to set up these structures maybe to raise the control by the major shareholders including Ji-Seon Chung and Kyo-Seon Chung.</li>
<li>The spin-off ratio between the two companies is 23.24% for Hyundai Department Store Holdings and 76.76% for Hyundai Department Store. </li>
</ul>


On 16 September, Hyundai Dept Store and Hyundai Greenfood announced that they will complete equity spin-offs to create holding companies structures.
It appears that the real reason these companies are trying to set up these structures maybe to raise the control by the major shareholders including Ji-Seon Chung and Kyo-Seon Chung.
The spin-off ratio between the two companies is 23.24% for Hyundai Department Store Holdings and 76.76% for Hyundai Department Store. 


Hyundai Department Store & Hyundai Greenfood To Conduct Equity Spin-Offs to Create Holdcos & Opcos

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Apr 19th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD6.6bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We estimate the short interests to be USD 6.6bn and highlight short interest changes in Samsung Electronics.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Apr 19th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD6.6bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We estimate the short interests to be USD 6.6bn and highlight short interest changes in Samsung Electronics.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Apr 19th): Samsung Electronics

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Hyundai Home Shopping Network / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Yesterday, the 3rd April, <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-g-f-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19560:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai G.F. Holdings (005440 KS)</a> </strong><a href="https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/030/0003194952" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it would conduct a Tender Offer for 3mn shares, or 25% of <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-home-shopping-network-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2357:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai Home Shopping Network (057050 KS)</a></strong> (HHSN).</li>
<li>A successful Tender would lift Holdings stake to 50% from 25% currently, satisfying the <a href="https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=55003" target="_blank" rel="noopener">30% holding company threshold</a> introduced in 2022.</li>
<li>Minimum proration is 33%. Shares popped 13.8% on the news. That looks a bit too aggressive. </li>
</ul>


Yesterday, the 3rd April, Hyundai G.F. Holdings (005440 KS) announced it would conduct a Tender Offer for 3mn shares, or 25% of Hyundai Home Shopping Network (057050 KS) (HHSN).
A successful Tender would lift Holdings stake to 50% from 25% currently, satisfying the 30% holding company threshold introduced in 2022.
Minimum proration is 33%. Shares popped 13.8% on the news. That looks a bit too aggressive. 


Hyundai Home Shopping (057050 KS)'s Partial Offer

<ul>
<li>On 3 April, it was reported that Hyundai G.F. Holdings will be conducting a tender offer of 3 million shares of Hyundai Home Shopping (25% of outstanding shares). </li>
<li>The tender offer price is 64,200 won. The main reason for this tender offer is to meet the regulatory requirement of a holding company by 2025. </li>
<li>We are positive on the tender offer of a 25% stake in Hyundai Home Shopping by Hyundai G.F. Holdings.</li>
</ul>


On 3 April, it was reported that Hyundai G.F. Holdings will be conducting a tender offer of 3 million shares of Hyundai Home Shopping (25% of outstanding shares). 
The tender offer price is 64,200 won. The main reason for this tender offer is to meet the regulatory requirement of a holding company by 2025. 
We are positive on the tender offer of a 25% stake in Hyundai Home Shopping by Hyundai G.F. Holdings.


Tender Offer of 25% of Hyundai Home Shopping Shares by Hyundai GF Holdings

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

<ul>
<li>The Korean government has introduced policies ahead of April's elections, with a recent notable announcement addressing the "Korea Discount" by enhancing low PBR stock valuations.</li>
<li>A leading proposal involves creating an index of low PBR companies. There are hints of listing ETFs tracking this index, with potential directives compelling pension funds to invest.</li>
<li>Identifying early inclusions is vital. High-likelihood candidates are low PBR large caps with maintained earnings, dividends/share buyback potential, including Hyundai Dept, E-Mart, Hyundai Steel, IBK, Korean Re, &amp; DL E&amp;C.</li>
</ul>


The Korean government has introduced policies ahead of April's elections, with a recent notable announcement addressing the "Korea Discount" by enhancing low PBR stock valuations.
A leading proposal involves creating an index of low PBR companies. There are hints of listing ETFs tracking this index, with potential directives compelling pension funds to invest.
Identifying early inclusions is vital. High-likelihood candidates are low PBR large caps with maintained earnings, dividends/share buyback potential, including Hyundai Dept, E-Mart, Hyundai Steel, IBK, Korean Re, &amp; DL E&amp;C.


Identifying Specific Implementation Plans for Korea's Low-PBR Improvement Policy

South Korea

Hyundai Department Store Co., Ltd. operates department stores under the name of Hyundai Department over nationwide.  The Company also produces home shopping programs for cable channels and sells merchandise through home shopping programs.

Hyundai Dept Store Co (069960 KS)

Hyundai Department Store & Hyundai Greenfood To Conduct Equity Spin-Offs to Create Holdcos & Opcos

Last week, Hyundai Dept Store Group announced that it will establish a single holding company structure with Hyundai G.F. Holdings controlling all...

Douglas Kim

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Apr 19th): Samsung Electronics

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week. We estimate the short interests to be USD 6.6bn and highlighted short interest changes in...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hyundai Home Shopping (057050 KS)'s Partial Offer

HHSN is not particularly liquid, trading ~US$1mn/day. Unless you believe pro-ration to be materially higher than 65%, I'd be disinclined to enter...

David Blennerhassett

Tender Offer of 25% of Hyundai Home Shopping Shares by Hyundai GF Holdings

We are positive on the tender offer of a 25% stake in Hyundai Home Shopping by Hyundai G.F. Holdings. Hyundai Home Shopping is trading at only 0.3x...

Douglas Kim

Identifying Specific Implementation Plans for Korea's Low-PBR Improvement Policy

You'll find the Excel file with targeted names related to low PBR attached below in the DISCUSSION Section. I screened based on estimated consensus...

Sanghyun Park