APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

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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.

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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

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Quiddity Advisors

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<p>Japan's largest Office REIT <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> ("NBF") announced a ¥140bn (~US$1.3bn) <a href="https://www.nbf-m.com/nbf_e/release/files/20201009_Notice%20Concerning%20Issue%20of%20New%20Investment%20Units%20and%20Secondry%20Offering%20on%20Investments%20Units.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">follow-on equity offering</a> on 9th October 2020 and I provided a brief introduction to the background of the REIT and its offerings history in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nippon-building-fund-8951-jp-reit-offering-take-it" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:44090" rel="noopener">Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) REIT Offering: Take It</a>. As mentioned in that insight, the pricing date was expected to be between 20th and 22nd of October 2020 (pricing is normally on the first day in the pricing period).</p><p>Today, after market close, NBF <a href="https://www.nbf-m.com/nbf_e/release/files/%E6%9D%A1%E4%BB%B6%E6%B1%BA%E5%AE%9A%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9_E.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the Issue Price to be ¥527,240/unit.</p><p>Below is a brief recap of the Deal details (including confirmation of key dates) and a closer look at the attractiveness of this pricing. </p>

Japan's largest Office REIT Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) ("NBF") announced a ¥140bn (~US$1.3bn) follow-on equity offering on 9th October 2020 and I provided a brief introduction to the background of the REIT and its offerings history in Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) REIT Offering: Take It. As mentioned in that insight, the pricing date was expected to be between 20th and 22nd of October 2020 (pricing is normally on the first day in the pricing period).Today, after market close, NBF announced the Issue Price to be ¥527,240/unit.Below is a brief recap of the Deal details (including confirmation of key dates) and a closer look at the attractiveness of this pricing. 

NBF (8951 JP) REIT Offering: Pricing Announced. Wide Discount to Undisturbed.

<p>Japan's largest Office REIT <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> ("NBF") announced a ¥140bn (~US$1.3bn) <a href="https://www.nbf-m.com/nbf_e/release/files/20201009_Notice%20Concerning%20Issue%20of%20New%20Investment%20Units%20and%20Secondry%20Offering%20on%20Investments%20Units.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">follow-on equity offering</a> on 9th October 2020 to fund their recent acquisition of Shinjuku Mitsui Building and Gran Tokyo South Tower. </p>
<p>This is the biggest REIT offering in Japan this year so far, is large historically, and is the first offering by NBF, the largest Office REIT by Market Cap since 2014.</p>
<p>NBF plans to offer 171,000 units in the Domestic Primary Offering and 58,000 units in the International Offering (mainly in the U.S., Europe and Asia). However, final allocation can be different depending on demand conditions. The over-allotment quantity will be 11,500 units. </p>
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<p><em>As always, there is more below the fold. </em></p>

Japan's largest Office REIT Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) ("NBF") announced a ¥140bn (~US$1.3bn) follow-on equity offering on 9th October 2020 to fund their recent acquisition of Shinjuku Mitsui Building and Gran Tokyo South Tower. 
This is the biggest REIT offering in Japan this year so far, is large historically, and is the first offering by NBF, the largest Office REIT by Market Cap since 2014.
NBF plans to offer 171,000 units in the Domestic Primary Offering and 58,000 units in the International Offering (mainly in the U.S., Europe and Asia). However, final allocation can be different depending on demand conditions. The over-allotment quantity will be 11,500 units. 


Source: Quiddity, Capital IQ (Data)

As always, there is more below the fold. 

Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) REIT Offering: Take It

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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KDX Realty Investment / Equity Capital Markets

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/16263" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16263:1">Kenedix Office Investment Co (8972 JP)</a> (KDO) plans to raise around US$140m to part fund its purchase of an office tower in Tokyo. Unlike the other regular market visitors among JREITs, this will be the first issuance for KDO since Nov-2014. While the acquisition NOI yield doesn't seem generous, it does appear that the impact of the acquisition, the sell-off of the properties and the issuance will be mildly DPU positive/neutral. Overall, the deal scores well on our framework given the company's…</p>

Kenedix Office Investment Co (8972 JP) (KDO) plans to raise around US$140m to part fund its purchase of an office tower in Tokyo. Unlike the other regular market visitors among JREITs, this will be the first issuance for KDO since Nov-2014. While the acquisition NOI yield doesn't seem generous, it does appear that the impact of the acquisition, the sell-off of the properties and the issuance will be mildly DPU positive/neutral. Overall, the deal scores well on our framework given the company's…

Kenedix Office REIT Placement - Past Deals Have Done Well

Mori Hills REIT Investment Corporation / Equity Capital Markets

Mori Hills REIT Investment Corporation (3234 JP)

<p>Mori Hills plans to raise US$223m through its global offering in order to fund its purchase of three additional floors in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower from its parent.</p><p>The deal scores a marginally positive score on our framework. The REIT already owns a few floors in the building and has been progressively buying more, hence, this remain a safe acquisition of a familiar asset. </p><h2>Placement specifics</h2><ul>
<li>Company Name: Mori Hills REIT Investment Corp (MHR)</li>
<li>Ticker: 3234 JP Equity</li>
<li>Primary placement -Global follow…</li>
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Mori Hills plans to raise US$223m through its global offering in order to fund its purchase of three additional floors in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower from its parent.The deal scores a marginally positive score on our framework. The REIT already owns a few floors in the building and has been progressively buying more, hence, this remain a safe acquisition of a familiar asset. Placement specifics
Company Name: Mori Hills REIT Investment Corp (MHR)
Ticker: 3234 JP Equity
Primary placement -Global follow…


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KDX Realty Investment Corporation operates a real estate investment trust company. The Company invests in office and residential buildings. KDX Realty Investment provides its services throughout Japan.

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Sumeet Singh

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Mori Hills plans to raise US$223m through its global offering in order to fund its purchase of three additional floors in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower...

Sumeet Singh

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