Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>This morning, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fuji-media-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3191:1" rel="noopener">Fuji Media Holdings (4676 JP)</a> bought back 61,213,800 shares (29.86% of TSO) in a ToSTNeT-3 buyback at ¥3,839 which was a tiny discount to end-Dec25 book value. </li>
<li>79mm shares were offered. Murakami+Dalton - the two major activists - owned 59mm shares. Another 20mm shares were offered in. That is an oddly large excess. Pro-ration ~76-77%.</li>
<li>That <em>may</em> leave activists with 10% of the new shares out. There's a lot of odd and interesting math to think about here. </li>
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This morning, Fuji Media Holdings (4676 JP) bought back 61,213,800 shares (29.86% of TSO) in a ToSTNeT-3 buyback at ¥3,839 which was a tiny discount to end-Dec25 book value. 
79mm shares were offered. Murakami+Dalton - the two major activists - owned 59mm shares. Another 20mm shares were offered in. That is an oddly large excess. Pro-ration ~76-77%.
That may leave activists with 10% of the new shares out. There's a lot of odd and interesting math to think about here. 


[Japan Activism?] Fuji Media (4676 JP) Buyback/Accretion Done, Now It's All About the Real Estate

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Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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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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Nippon Building Fund / Equity Capital Markets

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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> is looking to raise around US$122m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of Frontier Musashikosugi N Building and S Building.</li>
<li>Unusually for Japan, the acquisition was announced at the end of last month, while the raising has only been announced today.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) is looking to raise around US$122m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of Frontier Musashikosugi N Building and S Building.
Unusually for Japan, the acquisition was announced at the end of last month, while the raising has only been announced today.
In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Nippon Building Fund Placement - Small Deal but Lacks Accretion

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<li>A group of shareholders aims to raise around US$380m via selling around 4% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/isuzu-motors-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14726:1" rel="noopener">Isuzu Motors (7202 JP).</a>
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<li>Being another cross-shareholding unwind in Japan, it shouldn’t carry much negative connotations, in our view.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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A group of shareholders aims to raise around US$380m via selling around 4% of Isuzu Motors (7202 JP).

Being another cross-shareholding unwind in Japan, it shouldn’t carry much negative connotations, in our view.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Isuzu Motors Placement - Relatively Small Deal Along with Buyback

Asia Real Estate News Tracker, Asia Real Estate Tracker

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Tracking developments across Asia's regional real estate markets

<ul><li>Lone Star acquires Yokohama apartment block from Mapletree for hotel project, expanding their investment portfolio in the real estate sector.</li><li>Former executives from BlackRock and CapitaLand, including Simon Treacy, are taking on leadership roles in the energy startup PolarBlue.</li><li>It is important to stay positive and keep moving forward in the face of challenges, as success is attainable with perseverance and determination.</li></ul>

Lone Star acquires Yokohama apartment block from Mapletree for hotel project, expanding their investment portfolio in the real estate sector.Former executives from BlackRock and CapitaLand, including Simon Treacy, are taking on leadership roles in the energy startup PolarBlue.It is important to stay positive and keep moving forward in the face of challenges, as success is attainable with perseverance and determination.

Asia Real Estate Tracker (24-Apr-2025): Lone Star buys Yokohama block for hotel project.

<ul><li>KKR has sold Seiyu to Trial Holdings for $2.5 billion, marking a significant deal in the retail industry.</li><li>Real estate firm Savills has appointed Mitsui Fudosan veteran Eiichiro Onozawa to head its Japan business.</li><li>70% of Senior Directors express confidence in data centres, despite concerns over a worsening talent shortage in the sector.</li></ul>

KKR has sold Seiyu to Trial Holdings for $2.5 billion, marking a significant deal in the retail industry.Real estate firm Savills has appointed Mitsui Fudosan veteran Eiichiro Onozawa to head its Japan business.70% of Senior Directors express confidence in data centres, despite concerns over a worsening talent shortage in the sector.

Asia Real Estate Tracker (07-Mar-2025): KKR sells Seiyu to Trial Holdings for $2.5B.

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Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. provides overall real estate services such as leasing, subdivision, construction, sales, and maintenance of office buildings and residential houses.  The Company also manufactures building materials, operates commercial facilities including hotels and golf places, and provides financial services such as securitization of real estate properties.

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Mitsui Fudosan (8801 JP)

[Japan Activism?] Fuji Media (4676 JP) Buyback/Accretion Done, Now It's All About the Real Estate

Fuji Media HD did a bigly buyback this AM - 30% of TSO. Now it is about selling the real estate and cross-holdings and fixing media. It's cheap...

Travis Lundy

Nippon Building Fund Placement - Small Deal but Lacks Accretion

Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) is looking to raise around US$122m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of Frontier Musashikosugi N...

Sumeet Singh

Isuzu Motors Placement - Relatively Small Deal Along with Buyback

A group of shareholders aims to raise around US$380m via selling around 4% of Isuzu Motors (7202 JP). In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Asia Real Estate Tracker (24-Apr-2025): Lone Star buys Yokohama block for hotel project.

Lone Star acquires Yokohama property for hotel, Simon Treacy takes chair at PolarBlue. Keep moving forward!

Asia Real Estate Tracker

Asia Real Estate Tracker (07-Mar-2025): KKR sells Seiyu to Trial Holdings for $2.5B.

KKR sells Seiyu, Savills hires Eiichiro Onozawa, data centre confidence high but talent shortage a concern.

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