Equity Analyst, Event-driven, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Equity Analyst, Event-driven

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Event-Driven

After market-close yesterday, Japan-based business system package software maker <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/obic-business-consultants" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17383:1" rel="noopener">Obic Business Consultants (4733 JP)</a> ("OBIC BC") announced a <a href="https://www.obc.co.jp/hubfs/obc/ir_english/Notification%20Regarding%20Secondary%20Offering%20of%20Shares.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Secondary Offering of Shares</a> for a total quantity of 9,714,000 shares which, at the current trading price, translates to a total offering size of ~¥52bn (US$470mn). In this announcement, the company mentioned that they had received a notification from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on 9th July 2021 stating that their "Tradable Shares" ratio did not satisfy the criteria for maintaining a listing on the “Prime Market". The Company is currently listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and they intend to transition to the “Prime Market”. In order to do so, the company must be able to improve their "Tradable Shares" ratio above 35%. This deal is an attempt to rectify the situation.

After market-close yesterday, Japan-based business system package software maker Obic Business Consultants (4733 JP) ("OBIC BC") announced a Secondary Offering of Shares for a total quantity of 9,714,000 shares which, at the current trading price, translates to a total offering size of ~¥52bn (US$470mn). In this announcement, the company mentioned that they had received a notification from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on 9th July 2021 stating that their "Tradable Shares" ratio did not satisfy the criteria for maintaining a listing on the “Prime Market". The Company is currently listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and they intend to transition to the “Prime Market”. In order to do so, the company must be able to improve their "Tradable Shares" ratio above 35%. This deal is an attempt to rectify the situation.

Obic Business Consultants (4733 JP): Trying to Avoid TOPIX Deletion

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

Obic Business Consultants / Equity Capital Markets

A group of OBIC Business Consultant’s (4733 JP, OBC) shareholders plan to raise around US$447m (JPY48bn) by selling 12.87% of the company. The stated purpose of the selldown is to ensure that OBC qualifies for prime market on the TSE.In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.

A group of OBIC Business Consultant’s (4733 JP, OBC) shareholders plan to raise around US$447m (JPY48bn) by selling 12.87% of the company. The stated purpose of the selldown is to ensure that OBC qualifies for prime market on the TSE.In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.

OBIC Business Consultants Placement - Large Deal Needs a Large Correction - Remains in Transition

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy, Urbem (HK) Limited

Steven Chen

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Last week, Japanese ERP and digital consulting firm oRo reported its Q3 results demonstrating weakness across both business segments;</li>
<li>The market sold off upon the "bad" news;</li>
<li>At the same time, long-term investors may want to figure out whether there is a secular deterioration of business fundamentals or just a temporary glitch.</li>
</ul>


Last week, Japanese ERP and digital consulting firm oRo reported its Q3 results demonstrating weakness across both business segments;
The market sold off upon the "bad" news;
At the same time, long-term investors may want to figure out whether there is a secular deterioration of business fundamentals or just a temporary glitch.


Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/freee-kk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28424:1" rel="noopener">freee (4478 JP)</a>  provides cloud-based accounting software for small businesses and individuals.  Freee serves over 220,000 clients with an annualized recurring revenue of around $80m.  In the year ended June, revenue grew 53% YoY. There is a huge opportunity to grow in the nascent cloud accounting market in Japan. With a strong and well-incentivised management team, Freee is well placed to build a strong moat around its business. At 68x TTM revenue, the valuation is way up in the clouds.  <section class="figure"><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/165/623/original/Annual-Recurring-Revenue-ARR_chartbuilder.png?1602902386" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="165623"></figure></section></section>

freee (4478 JP)  provides cloud-based accounting software for small businesses and individuals.  Freee serves over 220,000 clients with an annualized recurring revenue of around $80m.  In the year ended June, revenue grew 53% YoY. There is a huge opportunity to grow in the nascent cloud accounting market in Japan. With a strong and well-incentivised management team, Freee is well placed to build a strong moat around its business. At 68x TTM revenue, the valuation is way up in the clouds.  

Small Cap Growth: Freee (4478) - Counting Clouds

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<li>We view Warren Buffett's move to invest in Japan's largest trading companies as being indicative of the lack of reasonably-valued opportunities in the US as well as the size disadvantage of Berkshire Hathaway;</li>
<li>While being in no place to judge the superinvestor's investment decision, we find better investment targets to "participate in the future of Japan," especially for those who manage a smaller AUM than Berkshire;</li>
<li>In this article, we list one superior-quality business that serves the backbone of Japan's economy (i.e., the SMEs);</li>
<li>Our investment strategy concentrates on quality from a business perspective and seeks long-term opportunities with a 10%-15% hurdle rate.</li>
</ul>


We view Warren Buffett's move to invest in Japan's largest trading companies as being indicative of the lack of reasonably-valued opportunities in the US as well as the size disadvantage of Berkshire Hathaway;
While being in no place to judge the superinvestor's investment decision, we find better investment targets to "participate in the future of Japan," especially for those who manage a smaller AUM than Berkshire;
In this article, we list one superior-quality business that serves the backbone of Japan's economy (i.e., the SMEs);
Our investment strategy concentrates on quality from a business perspective and seeks long-term opportunities with a 10%-15% hurdle rate.


One "Better" Quality Pick to Consider to Participate in the Future of Japan

Japan

OBIC Business Consultants Co.,Ltd. develops and markets business solution packaged software. The Company's products include software for accounting, banking, wage calculation, sales management, inventory control, and tax calculation. OBIC Business Consultants Co Ltd. also provides support and training services.

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