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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<li>GQG Partners (GQG) raised US$868m in its Australia IPO in Oct 2021. Its IPO linked lockup is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>GQG is a global investment boutique with a focus on managing active equity portfolios.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
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GQG Partners (GQG) raised US$868m in its Australia IPO in Oct 2021. Its IPO linked lockup is set to expire soon.
GQG is a global investment boutique with a focus on managing active equity portfolios.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


GQG Partners IPO Lock-Up - Tightly Held by Founders, PAC Could Exit

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Early 8 August, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oz-minerals-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1138:1" rel="noopener">OZ Minerals Ltd (OZL AU)</a> announced it had rejected <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bhp-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:147:1" rel="noopener">BHP Group Ltd (BHP AU)</a>'s  indicative acquisition proposal at A$25.00/share, after BHP had bought less than 5%.</li>
<li>The Board took a quick look over the weekend and decided "the Indicative Proposal significantly undervalues OZ Minerals" and rejected it out of hand. </li>
<li>It has been an obvious deal for years. This may not be BHP's last go, but they will probably need to pay more like A$30/share to get it. </li>
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Early 8 August, OZ Minerals Ltd (OZL AU) announced it had rejected BHP Group Ltd (BHP AU)'s  indicative acquisition proposal at A$25.00/share, after BHP had bought less than 5%.
The Board took a quick look over the weekend and decided "the Indicative Proposal significantly undervalues OZ Minerals" and rejected it out of hand. 
It has been an obvious deal for years. This may not be BHP's last go, but they will probably need to pay more like A$30/share to get it. 


Oz Minerals Rejects BHP's Opportunistic Foray - Expect More

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>Placements continued to take center stage this week, beginning with Uber’s clean-up sale of Zomato.</li>
<li>Socar launched its one-day bookbuild earlier in the week. We continued looking at the upcoming deals in our pipeline. </li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
Placements continued to take center stage this week, beginning with Uber’s clean-up sale of Zomato.
Socar launched its one-day bookbuild earlier in the week. We continued looking at the upcoming deals in our pipeline. 


ECM Weekly (7th Aug 2022) - Zomato, Orica, China Tourism, Hongjiu Fruit, Giant Biogene, Socar

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/orica-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:895:1" rel="noopener">Orica Ltd (ORI AU)</a> is launching an institutional offering of shares today to fund the purchase of Axis Mining Technology to expand the Digital [Mining] Solutions offering.</li>
<li>Orica has launched an equity offering of &gt;2x the size of the takeover (adds A$280mm of working capital). Both acquisition and placement are expected to be accretive in Year1.</li>
<li>There will be a separate SPP on the follow. Expect this to be well-received and expect "fast money" to be rebuffed. There is significant passive buying to do.</li>
</ul>



Orica Ltd (ORI AU) is launching an institutional offering of shares today to fund the purchase of Axis Mining Technology to expand the Digital [Mining] Solutions offering.
Orica has launched an equity offering of &gt;2x the size of the takeover (adds A$280mm of working capital). Both acquisition and placement are expected to be accretive in Year1.
There will be a separate SPP on the follow. Expect this to be well-received and expect "fast money" to be rebuffed. There is significant passive buying to do.


Orica Offering - Concentrated Active Holder Base Means Over-Raise Should Be OK - Index Implications

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/orica-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:895:1" rel="noopener">Orica Ltd (ORI AU)</a> is looking to raise US$450m (~A$650m) from issuing 40.6m primary shares at a 7% fixed discount to its last close.</li>
<li>The proceeds will be used to fund the acquisition of Axis Mining Technology and the firm’s working capital needs.</li>
<li>The deal is relatively large one to process, representing 22.3 days of three month ADV and 9.2% of current mcap.</li>
</ul>



Orica Ltd (ORI AU) is looking to raise US$450m (~A$650m) from issuing 40.6m primary shares at a 7% fixed discount to its last close.
The proceeds will be used to fund the acquisition of Axis Mining Technology and the firm’s working capital needs.
The deal is relatively large one to process, representing 22.3 days of three month ADV and 9.2% of current mcap.


Orica Limited Placement - Accretive Acquisition Coupled with Strong Momentum

Australia

Orica Limited is a diversified manufacturing company.  The Company produces industrial and specialty chemicals, polyethylene, surface coatings for vehicles, food and beverage flavoring and fragrances, packaging and appliances. The Company also supplies explosive and blasting services to the mining, quarrying and construction industries.

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Sumeet Singh

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Travis Lundy

ECM Weekly (7th Aug 2022) - Zomato, Orica, China Tourism, Hongjiu Fruit, Giant Biogene, Socar

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Clarence Chu

Orica Offering - Concentrated Active Holder Base Means Over-Raise Should Be OK - Index Implications

Orica is raising more than it needs to buy privately-held Axis Mining but it will be accretive in Year 1. There is an equity raise of A$650mm...

Travis Lundy

Orica Limited Placement - Accretive Acquisition Coupled with Strong Momentum

Orica Ltd (ORI AU) is looking to raise US$450m (~A$650m) from issuing 40.6m primary shares at a 7% fixed discount to its last close.

Clarence Chu

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