Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jasmine-international-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:949:1" rel="noopener">Jasmine International (JAS TB)</a> is looking to sell its 99.8% interest in Triple T Broadband (TTTBB), and 19% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jasmine-broadband-internet-infrastructure-fund" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:86:1" rel="noopener">Jasmine Broadband  (JASIF TB)</a> to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/advanced-info-service-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:947:1" rel="noopener">Advanced Info Service (ADVANC TB)</a>.</li>
<li>The sale required JASIF shareholder approval, but not all resolutions were approved at an EGM this week.</li>
<li>This is a setback. However, the transaction remains on track.</li>
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Jasmine International (JAS TB) is looking to sell its 99.8% interest in Triple T Broadband (TTTBB), and 19% stake in Jasmine Broadband  (JASIF TB) to Advanced Info Service (ADVANC TB).
The sale required JASIF shareholder approval, but not all resolutions were approved at an EGM this week.
This is a setback. However, the transaction remains on track.


Jasmine International: Last Minute Wrinkle To Broadband Sale

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jasmine-international-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:949:1" rel="noopener">Jasmine International (JAS TB)</a>  is in the home straight to sell its 99.8% interest in Triple T Broadband (TTTBB), and 19% stake in  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jasmine-broadband-internet-infrastructure-fund" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:86:1" rel="noopener">Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund (JASIF TB)</a>.</li>
<li>With Bt 32.4bn in proceeds coming through the door, JAS would have net cash of ~Bt 24.8bn against a current market cap of ~Bt 24bn.</li>
<li>This sounds like a situation worth a second look. So I look.</li>
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Jasmine International (JAS TB)  is in the home straight to sell its 99.8% interest in Triple T Broadband (TTTBB), and 19% stake in  Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund (JASIF TB).
With Bt 32.4bn in proceeds coming through the door, JAS would have net cash of ~Bt 24.8bn against a current market cap of ~Bt 24bn.
This sounds like a situation worth a second look. So I look.


Soon-To-Be Cashed-Up Jasmine After Broadband Sale

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/advanced-info-service-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:947:1" rel="noopener">Advanced Info Service (ADVANC TB)</a> intends to acquire <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jasmine-international-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:949:1" rel="noopener">Jasmine International PCL (JAS TB)</a> broadband ops (TTTBB) plus a 19% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jasmine-broadband-internet-infrastructure-fund" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:86:1" rel="noopener">Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund (JASIF TB)</a> from JAS.</li>
<li>AIS will pay Bt 19.5bn for TTTBB and Bt 12.9bn for 19% of JASIF, or Bt 32.4bn (US$908mn) all in. The acquisition will be funded by debt.</li>
<li>The transactions, which are subject to NBTC approval, follow the ongoing regulatory process for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/true-corp-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8:1" rel="noopener">True (TRUE TB)</a> / <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/total-access-communication" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:948:1" rel="noopener">Total Access Communication (DTAC TB)</a>'s merger.  True is Thailand's largest broadband player. </li>
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Advanced Info Service (ADVANC TB) intends to acquire Jasmine International PCL (JAS TB) broadband ops (TTTBB) plus a 19% stake in Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund (JASIF TB) from JAS.
AIS will pay Bt 19.5bn for TTTBB and Bt 12.9bn for 19% of JASIF, or Bt 32.4bn (US$908mn) all in. The acquisition will be funded by debt.
The transactions, which are subject to NBTC approval, follow the ongoing regulatory process for True (TRUE TB) / Total Access Communication (DTAC TB)'s merger.  True is Thailand's largest broadband player. 


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Athaporn Arayasantiparb, CFA

Asean (Thailand) Focused Independent Research

M Corp Review

M Corp is led by Athaporn Arayasantiparb who served as Head of Research for UOB and ANZ in Thailand and was an award-winning telecoms analyst at UBS in 2010 (AsiaMoney Thailand category) and Regional Strategist for DMG in Singapore. Prior to that, he also served as Kasikornbank credit analyst and scholar. He has a total work experience of 17 years, of which 14 were in research and 4 in research management roles. He started his career as an engineer for PTT and currently manages family investments. He holds an MBA from Stern (NYU) and CFA Charter since 2006. Apart from IPO Radar, which focuses on future listings, MCorp Review also provides six on-going thematic series ranked by frequency in descending order, namely: 1) Silicon Stories (technology) 2) Sathorn Series (financial services) 3) Thai-Coons (billionaire origin stories) 4) Reality Check (data-driven, investigative) 5) Thai Media Spotlight; and 6) Thai Macro Watch (global market drivers).

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Last year, ICN turned out to be one of the best performing IPOs in Thailand =&gt; <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/ipo-radar-icn-nokia-siemens-best-buddy" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:12628">IPO Radar: ICN, Nokia Siemens' Best Buddy</a>. They are simply one of many in this segment. In this review, we highlight one of Thailand's most volatile (and in some cases, most expensive) sectors. In fact, the word contractor, when applied to the local players, is a bit misleading, since most of them are subcontractorsto foreign technology leaders, and their work is labor-oriented in full-scale network deployment…

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Equity Bottom-Up

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We met up with two companies last week. They couldn’t have less in common apart from the lack of revenue growth yo. Having said that, a lot of things could change to make them look more interesting in the future since the valuations are not expensive relative to where the market trades at the moment (roughly 14x). One is an Indian petrochem manufacturer listed in Thailand called Polyplex, while the other is a local network contractor we may have discussed in passing called AIT (Advanced…

Thailand

Jasmine Telecom Systems PCL provides a wide range of telecommunications services and equipment. The Company leases submarine fiber optic cable network and provides satellite telecommunications,  Internet and satellite-based mobile communications services. Jasmine also supplies, designs, and installs telecommunication and computer networks, including other peripheral equipment.

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