Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>Retail investors hold the majority of shares at 60%, and they may be interested in participating in the second tender offer based on their accumulated learning effect.</li>
<li>Based on the observed behavior of Hahn &amp; Co, it's unlikely that they will walk away from the delisting plan.</li>
<li>We need to consider going long on the potential upward adjustment of the second tendering price. This play can be viewed as a call option with a floor at ₩36,700.</li>
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Retail investors hold the majority of shares at 60%, and they may be interested in participating in the second tender offer based on their accumulated learning effect.
Based on the observed behavior of Hahn &amp; Co, it's unlikely that they will walk away from the delisting plan.
We need to consider going long on the potential upward adjustment of the second tendering price. This play can be viewed as a call option with a floor at ₩36,700.


Trading Plays for the Unexpected Tender Offer to Lutronic Corp Shareholders

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>In this insight, we provide the details of Medtronic's M&amp;A and tender offer for Eoflow. </li>
<li>Currently, Eoflow is trading at 28,050 won which is 6.5% lower than the tender offer price of 30,000 won.</li>
<li>Eoflow's share price is currently comfortably below 30,000 won and we believe this deal has 95-98%+ probability of getting completed within the current M&amp;A framework.</li>
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In this insight, we provide the details of Medtronic's M&amp;A and tender offer for Eoflow. 
Currently, Eoflow is trading at 28,050 won which is 6.5% lower than the tender offer price of 30,000 won.
Eoflow's share price is currently comfortably below 30,000 won and we believe this deal has 95-98%+ probability of getting completed within the current M&amp;A framework.


Medtronic's M&A, Tender Offer, and Taking Private of Eoflow

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>There are 44 - mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac - transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal.</li>
<li>Three new deal was discussed on Smartkarma this past week: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/albemarle-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7678:1" rel="noopener">Albemarle (ALB US)</a>'s <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/liontown-resources-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20488:1" rel="noopener">Liontown Resources (LTR AU)</a> tilt; Malteries Soufflet's <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/united-malt-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29116:1" rel="noopener">United Malt (UMG AU)</a> Offer; Bain Capital's <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/estia-health-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:77:1" rel="noopener">Estia (EHE AU)</a> Offer. </li>
<li>Key updates took place for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aag-energy-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:501:1" rel="noopener">Aag Energy Holdings (2686 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyo-construction-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1176:1" rel="noopener">Toyo Construction (1890 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toshiba-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:637:1" rel="noopener">Toshiba Corp (6502 JP)</a>, and<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/united-fiber-system-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20826:1" rel="noopener">Golden Energy &amp; Resources (GER SP)</a>.</li>
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There are 44 - mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac - transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal.
Three new deal was discussed on Smartkarma this past week: Albemarle (ALB US)'s Liontown Resources (LTR AU) tilt; Malteries Soufflet's United Malt (UMG AU) Offer; Bain Capital's Estia (EHE AU) Offer. 
Key updates took place for Aag Energy Holdings (2686 HK), Toyo Construction (1890 JP), Toshiba Corp (6502 JP), andGolden Energy &amp; Resources (GER SP).


(Mostly) Asia-Pac Weekly Risk Arb Wrap: Liontown, United Malt, Estia, Mincor, Origin, Toyo, Toshiba

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toshiba-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:637:1" rel="noopener">Toshiba Corp (6502 JP)</a>'s Board is clearly giving this to shareholders and saying "We did our job. Now it's up to you."</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-industries-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4500:1" rel="noopener">Toyota Industries (6201 JP)</a> admits to falsifying some engine emission tests. But the market dinging the company ~20% is excessive. </li>
<li>US$16bn of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan-dianping" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a> shares from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> got delivered on 24 March 2023. That's a lot.</li>
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Toshiba Corp (6502 JP)'s Board is clearly giving this to shareholders and saying "We did our job. Now it's up to you."

Toyota Industries (6201 JP) admits to falsifying some engine emission tests. But the market dinging the company ~20% is excessive. 
US$16bn of Meituan (3690 HK) shares from Tencent (700 HK) got delivered on 24 March 2023. That's a lot.


Last Week in Event SPACE: Toshiba, Toyota Industries, Meituan, Kingsoft, Rakuten Bank

Travis Lundy

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<li>As discussed in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/mbk-unison-capital-korea-do-a-deal-for-osstem-implant-048260-ks-thwarting-activist-kcgi" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:94339" rel="noopener">MBK/Unison Capital Korea Do a Deal for Osstem Implant (048260 KS) Thwarting Activist KCGI</a>, at end-Jan, they launched a deal to get a minimum of 15.4%.</li>
<li>They ended up getting 61.16%. That left 10.6% of shares out in unaffiliated hands. </li>
<li>Now they have <a href="https://dart.fss.or.kr/dsaf001/main.do?rcpNo=20230322000012" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched</a> another tender offer to buy the remaining at the same KRW 190k price. There is no minimum. Straight simple risk arb.</li>
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As discussed in MBK/Unison Capital Korea Do a Deal for Osstem Implant (048260 KS) Thwarting Activist KCGI, at end-Jan, they launched a deal to get a minimum of 15.4%.
They ended up getting 61.16%. That left 10.6% of shares out in unaffiliated hands. 
Now they have launched another tender offer to buy the remaining at the same KRW 190k price. There is no minimum. Straight simple risk arb.


MBK/Unison Launch ANOTHER Tender on Osstem Implant (048260 KS) To Squeeze Out Minorities

South Korea

Osstem Implant Co., Ltd. manufactures dental implant system. The Company also markets dental management software. Osstem Implant provides products for dental surgery and exports abroad.

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Trading Plays for the Unexpected Tender Offer to Lutronic Corp Shareholders

This post examines potential trading plays for the unexpected tendering offer to the Lutronic Corp shareholders announced this morning by Hahn & Co.

Sanghyun Park

Medtronic's M&A, Tender Offer, and Taking Private of Eoflow

Eoflow's share price is currently comfortably below 30,000 won and we believe this deal has 95-98%+ probability of getting completed within the...

Douglas Kim

(Mostly) Asia-Pac Weekly Risk Arb Wrap: Liontown, United Malt, Estia, Mincor, Origin, Toyo, Toshiba

This insight provides a summary of gross/annualised spreads (on deals discussed on Smartkarma) across Asia-Pacific as at the last trading date, and...

David Blennerhassett

Last Week in Event SPACE: Toshiba, Toyota Industries, Meituan, Kingsoft, Rakuten Bank

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed...

David Blennerhassett

MBK/Unison Launch ANOTHER Tender on Osstem Implant (048260 KS) To Squeeze Out Minorities

MBK/Unison Capital have announced another, quite short-dated, Tender Offer aimed at buying the stakes of minority shareholders who were uncertain...

Travis Lundy

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