Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust / Event-Driven

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MPACT SP)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-mobile-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27:1" rel="noopener">China Mobile (941 HK)</a> announced it would start executing on its buyback mandate (10% of H-shares out (2.047bn shares). This is potentially enormous. And absolutely praise-worthy.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mapletree-commercial-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:106:1" rel="noopener">Mapletree Commercial Trust (MCT SP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mapletree-north-asia-commercial-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5127:1" rel="noopener">Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (MAGIC SP)</a> prospective merger means a lot of flow. Lots and lots of flow. </li>
<li>The market was assigning ₩18bn (₩232,000/share) less for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-chem-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3583:1" rel="noopener">LG Chem (051910 KS)</a> stub ops since December 2020, when the battery business division (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)</a>) was carved out.</li>
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China Mobile (941 HK) announced it would start executing on its buyback mandate (10% of H-shares out (2.047bn shares). This is potentially enormous. And absolutely praise-worthy.
The Mapletree Commercial Trust (MCT SP) and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (MAGIC SP) prospective merger means a lot of flow. Lots and lots of flow. 
The market was assigning ₩18bn (₩232,000/share) less for LG Chem (051910 KS) stub ops since December 2020, when the battery business division (LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)) was carved out.


Last Week in Event SPACE: Mapletree Merger, China Mobile, LG Chem, China Logistics

Travis Lundy

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-building-fund-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1900:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP)</a> announced a smallish primary offering to assist in funding a portion of its Asset Replacement Campaign involving sales and purchases and an uplift in DPU.</li>
<li>That is an occasion to look at how much of float is held by passive trackers. </li>
<li>A test was done on the top 10 J-REITs on a holder-by-holder basis to see what one could expect at a minimum. The result may surprise some.</li>
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Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) announced a smallish primary offering to assist in funding a portion of its Asset Replacement Campaign involving sales and purchases and an uplift in DPU.
That is an occasion to look at how much of float is held by passive trackers. 
A test was done on the top 10 J-REITs on a holder-by-holder basis to see what one could expect at a minimum. The result may surprise some.


Nippon Building Fund (8951) - Calculating Passive Tracking of J-REITs and Index Events Around Offers

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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.

Equity Capital Markets

Japan Prime Realty Investmen / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-prime-realty-investmen" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:495:1" rel="noopener">Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP)</a> aims to raise around US$130m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of  the Tokyo Tatemono Higashi Shibuya Building and repay borrowings.</li>
<li>The deal is somewhat anticipated, given that the REIT’s asset replacement strategy has been in the works for a couple of months now. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP) aims to raise around US$130m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of  the Tokyo Tatemono Higashi Shibuya Building and repay borrowings.
The deal is somewhat anticipated, given that the REIT’s asset replacement strategy has been in the works for a couple of months now. 
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Japan Prime Realty Placement - Expected Deal, Has Corrected in the past Month

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Japan Prime Realty Investmen / Event-Driven

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<li>Today after the close, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-prime-realty-investmen" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:495:1" rel="noopener">Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP)</a> ("JPR") announced a follow-on equity offering to fund part of their recently announced property acquisition. </li>
<li>The primary offer quantity is 38,100 units. In addition, there will also be an over-allotment quantity of 1,900 units. The total size of this offering could be roughly ¥16bn (~US$135mn). </li>
<li>Below, we take a look at the attractiveness of JPR's latest offering with greater emphasis on the potential for strong post-offering secondary market performance.</li>
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Today after the close, Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP) ("JPR") announced a follow-on equity offering to fund part of their recently announced property acquisition. 
The primary offer quantity is 38,100 units. In addition, there will also be an over-allotment quantity of 1,900 units. The total size of this offering could be roughly ¥16bn (~US$135mn). 
Below, we take a look at the attractiveness of JPR's latest offering with greater emphasis on the potential for strong post-offering secondary market performance.


Japan Prime Realty REIT (8955 JP): Offering Could Trigger Outperformance Vs TSEREIT Index

<div>On average, J-REITs have historically outperformed the TSEREIT Index in the wake of follow-on equity offerings, with win rates exceeding 80%.</div><div>While the offerings are mostly of interest to primary market investors, we also see such offerings as catalysts for strong secondary market performance making these events worth tracking for secondary market investors too. We have previously discussed the historical pre- and post-offering performance of JREITs in <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>. In this insight, we evaluate the attractiveness of the latest candidate to launch such a follow-on equity offering - <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/activia-properties-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9498:1" rel="noopener">Activia Properties (3279 JP)</a> ("API")- with greater emphasis on the potential for strong post-offering secondary market performance. </div><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/activia-properties-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9498:1" rel="noopener">Activia Properties (3279 JP)</a> announced a follow-on equity offering today after market-close to fund part of their recent property acquisition. The primary offer quantity is 49,030 units. In addition, there will also be an over-allotment quantity of 2,500 units. The total size of this offering could be roughly ¥23bn (~US$210mn). More below the fold.

On average, J-REITs have historically outperformed the TSEREIT Index in the wake of follow-on equity offerings, with win rates exceeding 80%.While the offerings are mostly of interest to primary market investors, we also see such offerings as catalysts for strong secondary market performance making these events worth tracking for secondary market investors too. We have previously discussed the historical pre- and post-offering performance of JREITs in J-REIT Offering Primer: Get Ready for Offering Season 2021. In this insight, we evaluate the attractiveness of the latest candidate to launch such a follow-on equity offering - Activia Properties (3279 JP) ("API")- with greater emphasis on the potential for strong post-offering secondary market performance. Activia Properties (3279 JP) announced a follow-on equity offering today after market-close to fund part of their recent property acquisition. The primary offer quantity is 49,030 units. In addition, there will also be an over-allotment quantity of 2,500 units. The total size of this offering could be roughly ¥23bn (~US$210mn). More below the fold. 

Activia Properties (3279 JP): Offering Could Trigger Outperformance Vs TSEREIT Index

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Japan Prime Realty Investment Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which mainly invests in office buildings and commercial-use facilities nationwide.

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Japan Prime Realty Investmen (8955 JP)

Last Week in Event SPACE: Mapletree Merger, China Mobile, LG Chem, China Logistics

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed...

David Blennerhassett

Nippon Building Fund (8951) - Calculating Passive Tracking of J-REITs and Index Events Around Offers

Nippon Building Fund (8951) - Japan's oldest and largest REIT - announced a small secondary offering. That provides an occasion to look at J-REIT...

Travis Lundy

Japan Prime Realty Placement - Expected Deal, Has Corrected in the past Month

Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP) aims to raise around US$130m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of the Tokyo Tatemono...

Clarence Chu

Japan Prime Realty REIT (8955 JP): Offering Could Trigger Outperformance Vs TSEREIT Index

Large-cap diversified JREIT JPR announced a ~US$135mn follow-on public equity offering to fund their recent property acquisition. This might act as...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Activia Properties (3279 JP): Offering Could Trigger Outperformance Vs TSEREIT Index

Large cap diversified JREIT Activia Properties has launched a JPY23bn (US$210mn) follow-on equity offering which could trigger outperformance...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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