Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:872:1" rel="noopener">Link REIT (823 HK)</a> rights offering caused some upset amongst investors. They got dilution where they did not need it, and de-leveraging from a REIT wanting to invest.</li>
<li>The units fell in price, then fell some more. Then the rights started trading.</li>
<li>Last week in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/link-reit-823-nil-paid-rights-start-trading-tomorrow-the-trades" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:97326" rel="noopener">Link REIT (823) - Nil Paid Rights Start Trading Tomorrow - The Trades</a> I said strategy was to be long by Tuesday or Wednesday. It's Wednesday.</li>
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The Link REIT (823 HK) rights offering caused some upset amongst investors. They got dilution where they did not need it, and de-leveraging from a REIT wanting to invest.
The units fell in price, then fell some more. Then the rights started trading.
Last week in Link REIT (823) - Nil Paid Rights Start Trading Tomorrow - The Trades I said strategy was to be long by Tuesday or Wednesday. It's Wednesday.


Link REIT (823) - Anchors Aweigh! Fair Weather Sailing Ahead

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<li>After being halted this morning before the start of trade, post-close, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:872:1" rel="noopener">Link REIT (823 HK)</a> announced a fully-underwritten <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2023/0210/2023021000480.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rights Offering</a>. </li>
<li>The Rights Offering intends to raise HK$18.8bn issuing 1 Right for every 5 Shares held, at a subscription price of HK$44.20, a 26% discount to TERP. </li>
<li>This will take an already under-levered REIT and add more capital to it. And there is going to be selling pressure at some point.</li>
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After being halted this morning before the start of trade, post-close, Link REIT (823 HK) announced a fully-underwritten Rights Offering. 
The Rights Offering intends to raise HK$18.8bn issuing 1 Right for every 5 Shares held, at a subscription price of HK$44.20, a 26% discount to TERP. 
This will take an already under-levered REIT and add more capital to it. And there is going to be selling pressure at some point.


Greater China property focus, KT Capital Group

Jacob Cheng

Greater China property focus

KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We conducted fundamental analysis on Link REIT, the largest REIT In Asia, who owns and operates retail assets, office buildings and logistics in the APAC region</li>
<li>Link REIT has strong track record for capital management, we expect that to continue.  In the LT, Link REIT is on the path to grow its fund management business</li>
<li>Link REIT is currently trading at 0.64x P/B and 6% dividend yield, which is attractive from a historical perspective</li>
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We conducted fundamental analysis on Link REIT, the largest REIT In Asia, who owns and operates retail assets, office buildings and logistics in the APAC region
Link REIT has strong track record for capital management, we expect that to continue.  In the LT, Link REIT is on the path to grow its fund management business
Link REIT is currently trading at 0.64x P/B and 6% dividend yield, which is attractive from a historical perspective


LINK REIT – the Largest REIT in Asia, Firmly on a Post-Covid Recovery with Attractive Valuation

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<li>In early February, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:872:1" rel="noopener">Link REIT (823 HK)</a> announced it would do a 1 for 5 rights offering, with the Exercise Price well below TERP.</li>
<li>The REIT units dropped in price as the already unlevered REIT was not seen to be needing further deleverage and early debt repayment in a rising rate environment.</li>
<li>Units went ex-Rights on 24 February. The rights start trading tomorrow. That means flows. Of multiple kinds. Worth thinking about.</li>
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In early February, Link REIT (823 HK) announced it would do a 1 for 5 rights offering, with the Exercise Price well below TERP.
The REIT units dropped in price as the already unlevered REIT was not seen to be needing further deleverage and early debt repayment in a rising rate environment.
Units went ex-Rights on 24 February. The rights start trading tomorrow. That means flows. Of multiple kinds. Worth thinking about.


Link REIT (823) - Nil Paid Rights Start Trading Tomorrow - The Trades

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.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:872:1" rel="noopener">Link REIT (823 HK)</a> (LREIT) aims to undertake a 1 for 5 rights issue at a subscription price of HK$44.20/unit, to raise around US$2.4bn.</li>
<li>After announcing a S$2.2bn acquisition in late Dec 2022, the company explicitly mentioned that it didn’t need to raise any new capital. Thus, the rights issue marks an abrupt turnaround.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the right issue, its previous acquisition and the overall implications.</li>
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Link REIT (823 HK) (LREIT) aims to undertake a 1 for 5 rights issue at a subscription price of HK$44.20/unit, to raise around US$2.4bn.
After announcing a S$2.2bn acquisition in late Dec 2022, the company explicitly mentioned that it didn’t need to raise any new capital. Thus, the rights issue marks an abrupt turnaround.
In this note, we talk about the right issue, its previous acquisition and the overall implications.


Link REIT US$2.4bn Rights Issue - Mistimed but Yield at the Rights Price Might Be the Saving Grace

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Link REIT is a real estate investment trust in Hong Kong. The Trust owns and operates shopping centers, parking space facilities and real estate retail space.

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