IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/111-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27412:1" rel="noopener">111 Inc (YI US)</a>, the largest virtual pharmacy network in China, disclosed a privatisation proposal from a co-founder-led consortium at US$3.66 per ADS, a 20.0% premium to the undisturbed price. </li>
<li>For privatisation to succeed, shareholders representing two-thirds of shares present and voting need to approve the deal. The co-founders represent 92.04% of the total voting power.</li>
<li>The offer price is unattractive but this is a done deal. At the last close, the gross and annualised spread for a January 2023 completion is 11.6% and 33.4%, respectively. </li>
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111 Inc (YI US), the largest virtual pharmacy network in China, disclosed a privatisation proposal from a co-founder-led consortium at US$3.66 per ADS, a 20.0% premium to the undisturbed price. 
For privatisation to succeed, shareholders representing two-thirds of shares present and voting need to approve the deal. The co-founders represent 92.04% of the total voting power.
The offer price is unattractive but this is a done deal. At the last close, the gross and annualised spread for a January 2023 completion is 11.6% and 33.4%, respectively. 


111’s Opportunistic US$3.66 Bid from the Co-Founders

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jmdc-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28673:1" rel="noopener">JMDC Inc (4483 JP)</a> aims to raise around US$235m, US$150m coming via an international offering and the rest via issuing shares to its largest shareholder, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/omron-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15904:1" rel="noopener">Omron Corp (6645 JP)</a> . </li>
<li>The company plans to use the proceeds to repay some of its debt that was taken on earlier to acquire other companies.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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JMDC Inc (4483 JP) aims to raise around US$235m, US$150m coming via an international offering and the rest via issuing shares to its largest shareholder, Omron Corp (6645 JP) . 
The company plans to use the proceeds to repay some of its debt that was taken on earlier to acquire other companies.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


JMDC Placement - Lots to like but past Deals Have Been Mixed and It Is Expensive

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>The September rebalance of the HSI, HSCEI and HSTECH indices will use today's closing prices to cap the index constituents at 8%. This will lead to large flows.</li>
<li>The largest inflows will be on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/baidu-inc-a55ca720-5968-48f0-8194-ac94390d065c" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32212:1" rel="noopener">Baidu (9888 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sensetime-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34319:1" rel="noopener">SenseTime Group (20 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-shenhua-energy-co-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:382:1" rel="noopener">China Shenhua Energy (1088 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-kuaishou-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29725:1" rel="noopener">Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anta-sports-products-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10261:1" rel="noopener">Anta Sports (2020 HK)</a>.</li>
<li>The largest outflows will be on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan-dianping" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aia-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14895:1" rel="noopener">AIA Group (1299 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunny-optical-tech" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13363:1" rel="noopener">Sunny Optical (2382 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/semiconductor-manufacturing-international-corp-smic" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14231:1" rel="noopener">SMIC (981 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-pacific-insurance-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6177:1" rel="noopener">China Pacific Insurance (2601 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-construction-bank-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45:1" rel="noopener">China Construction Bank (939)</a>.</li>
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The September rebalance of the HSI, HSCEI and HSTECH indices will use today's closing prices to cap the index constituents at 8%. This will lead to large flows.
The largest inflows will be on Baidu (9888 HK), SenseTime Group (20 HK), China Shenhua Energy (1088 HK), Tencent (700 HK), Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK) and Anta Sports (2020 HK).
The largest outflows will be on Meituan (3690 HK), AIA Group (1299 HK), Sunny Optical (2382 HK), SMIC (981 HK), China Pacific Insurance (2601 HK) and China Construction Bank (939).


HSI, HSCEI, HSTECH: September Rebalance Flows Post Capping

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

JD Health International  / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>JD Health bucked the trend and grew in 2022H1. The Company has turned a profit first in front of its competitors Alibaba Health and Ping An Good Doctor.</li>
<li>The performance of the second growth point would determine whether JD Health can maintain good momentum under the challenges of policy risks and possible future bottlenecks of products revenue growth. </li>
<li>Hopefully, the smart healthcare solutions and digital health business or the pet healthcare business can achieve breakthroughs. Then, there’re more certainty in long-term performance and valuation growth of JD Health.</li>
</ul>


JD Health bucked the trend and grew in 2022H1. The Company has turned a profit first in front of its competitors Alibaba Health and Ping An Good Doctor.
The performance of the second growth point would determine whether JD Health can maintain good momentum under the challenges of policy risks and possible future bottlenecks of products revenue growth. 
Hopefully, the smart healthcare solutions and digital health business or the pet healthcare business can achieve breakthroughs. Then, there’re more certainty in long-term performance and valuation growth of JD Health.


JD Health (6618.HK) 2022H1 - A Second Growth Point Is Needed to Reassure Investment Logic

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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<li>Tencent invested in Samsung Insurance China Co. Ltd. and is the second largest shareholder.</li>
<li>JD Health’s revenue increased by 48% YoY, but the stock plunged.</li>
<li>KE revenue shrank by 45% YoY due to the weak property market.</li>
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Tencent invested in Samsung Insurance China Co. Ltd. and is the second largest shareholder.
JD Health’s revenue increased by 48% YoY, but the stock plunged.
KE revenue shrank by 45% YoY due to the weak property market.


China Internet Weekly (29Aug2022): Tencent, JD, JD Health, KE, Dada, Kanzhun

China

JD Health International Inc. operates drug stores. The Company retails Chinese and Western medicines, nutrition products, health care products, and other products. JD Health International markets its products throughout China.

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JD Health International (6618 HK)

111’s Opportunistic US$3.66 Bid from the Co-Founders

The offer price is unattractive, but this is a done deal as the co-founders control 92.0% of the voting power. At the last close, the annualised...

Arun George

JMDC Placement - Lots to like but past Deals Have Been Mixed and It Is Expensive

JMDC Inc (4483 JP) aims to raise around US$235m, US$150m coming via an international offering and the rest via issuing shares to its largest...

Sumeet Singh

HSI, HSCEI, HSTECH: September Rebalance Flows Post Capping

The September rebalance of the HSI, HSCEI, HSTECH indices will use todays close prices for capping. The one-way trade across all stocks across the...

Brian Freitas

JD Health (6618.HK) 2022H1 - A Second Growth Point Is Needed to Reassure Investment Logic

JD Health has turned a profit in 22H1, but it needs a second growth point to "hedge" policy risk and future bottleneck of products revenue growth...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Internet Weekly (29Aug2022): Tencent, JD, JD Health, KE, Dada, Kanzhun

Tencent invested in Samsung Insurance China Co. Ltd. JD Health’s revenue increased by 48% YoY, but the stock plunged. KE revenue shrank by 45% YoY...

Ming Lu

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