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>Samsung Biologics is spinning off Samsung Bio Holdings, transferring full Samsung Bioepis shares; shareholders keep stakes in both, with an expected 70:30 split favoring Biologics.</li>
<li>Post-Split, major shareholders keep stakes; they’ll transfer Biologics shares to Bio Holdings, which becomes parent owning 74.34% Biologics and 100% Bioepis, meeting holding company rules.</li>
<li>Samsung C&amp;T’s restructuring carves out Biologics into a holdco, lowering valuation to avoid forced holding company conversion and enabling future Samsung Electronics share acquisition.</li>
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Samsung Biologics is spinning off Samsung Bio Holdings, transferring full Samsung Bioepis shares; shareholders keep stakes in both, with an expected 70:30 split favoring Biologics.
Post-Split, major shareholders keep stakes; they’ll transfer Biologics shares to Bio Holdings, which becomes parent owning 74.34% Biologics and 100% Bioepis, meeting holding company rules.
Samsung C&amp;T’s restructuring carves out Biologics into a holdco, lowering valuation to avoid forced holding company conversion and enabling future Samsung Electronics share acquisition.


Intel Summary on Samsung Biologics Split and Samsung C&T’s Acquisition of Samsung Electronics Shares

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>On 20 May, Samsung C&amp;T (028260 KS) made an important announcement that it started research and development on a space project that includes a rocket launch facility construction.</li>
<li>This is a signal that the Samsung Group may be interested in expanding in the global defense/aerospace industry once again. </li>
<li>The recent news flow on Samsung's expansion into aerospace business including Samsung C&amp;T's development of rocket launch facility is likely to positively impact Samsung C&amp;T's share price. </li>
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On 20 May, Samsung C&amp;T (028260 KS) made an important announcement that it started research and development on a space project that includes a rocket launch facility construction.
This is a signal that the Samsung Group may be interested in expanding in the global defense/aerospace industry once again. 
The recent news flow on Samsung's expansion into aerospace business including Samsung C&amp;T's development of rocket launch facility is likely to positively impact Samsung C&amp;T's share price. 


Samsung C&T: Entrance into the Global Aerospace Industry [Watch What They Do, Not What They Say]

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of May 16th. The aggregated short interest was USD6.5bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Hanmi Semicon, Celltrion, Alteogen, Hanjinkal, Lg Energy Solution, SK Hynix, Posco Future M, Samsung Electronics, Hanwha Vision.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of May 16th. The aggregated short interest was USD6.5bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Hanmi Semicon, Celltrion, Alteogen, Hanjinkal, Lg Energy Solution, SK Hynix, Posco Future M, Samsung Electronics, Hanwha Vision.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (May 16th): Hanmi Semicon, Celltrion, Alteogen, Hanjinkal

Samsung Electronics Pref Shares / Event-Driven

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<li>If ₩500B comes from common shares, about 40M shares retire, raising Samsung Life and Fire stakes to 10.07%, requiring a ₩0.23T block sale to trim excess.</li>
<li>Slightly smaller than last time but still notable, the insurers acted fast in February. Expect a ~0.07% block trade soon, though price impact was mild previously.</li>
<li>Watch for preferred share outperformance as phase two buyback hits 0.66% common vs. 0.81% preferred (effective buyback assuming cancellation); similar dynamics may repeat in the larger ₩4T phase three buyback.</li>
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If ₩500B comes from common shares, about 40M shares retire, raising Samsung Life and Fire stakes to 10.07%, requiring a ₩0.23T block sale to trim excess.
Slightly smaller than last time but still notable, the insurers acted fast in February. Expect a ~0.07% block trade soon, though price impact was mild previously.
Watch for preferred share outperformance as phase two buyback hits 0.66% common vs. 0.81% preferred (effective buyback assuming cancellation); similar dynamics may repeat in the larger ₩4T phase three buyback.


Samsung Electronics’ Phase 2 Buyback Disposal Plan Virtually Finalized: Two Key Trading Implications

Technology / Semiconductor / Internet Research

Nicolas Baratte

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<li>There’s been an avalanche of biased or disingenuous comments along the lines of “Samsung, TSMC won’t use High N.A. EUV” or “too expensive, too difficult”. </li>
<li>Samsung will use High NA in 4F² DRAM by 2028; TSMC in some but not all A14 processes by 2028. </li>
<li>We should really think about High NA as optionality value for ASML (share price), rather than a catalyst.</li>
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There’s been an avalanche of biased or disingenuous comments along the lines of “Samsung, TSMC won’t use High N.A. EUV” or “too expensive, too difficult”. 
Samsung will use High NA in 4F² DRAM by 2028; TSMC in some but not all A14 processes by 2028. 
We should really think about High NA as optionality value for ASML (share price), rather than a catalyst.


No More High N.A. EUV (ASML Next Gen)? Not Accurate. High N.A. Will Come, but Slowly: 2028-29

South Korea

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. manufactures a wide range of consumer and industrial electronic equipment and products such as semiconductors, personal computers, peripherals, monitors, televisions, and home appliances including air conditioners and microwave ovens. The Company also produces Internet access network systems and telecommunications equipment including mobile phones.

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Intel Summary on Samsung Biologics Split and Samsung C&T’s Acquisition of Samsung Electronics Shares

This post breaks down the latest intel on Samsung Biologics’ split and Samsung C&T’s move to snap up Samsung Electronics shares.

Sanghyun Park

Samsung C&T: Entrance into the Global Aerospace Industry [Watch What They Do, Not What They Say]

The recent news flow on Samsung's expansion into aerospace business including Samsung C&T's development of rocket launch facility is likely to...

Douglas Kim

KRX Short Interest Weekly (May 16th): Hanmi Semicon, Celltrion, Alteogen, Hanjinkal

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Hanmi Semicon (042700 KS), Celltrion (068270 KS),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Samsung Electronics’ Phase 2 Buyback Disposal Plan Virtually Finalized: Two Key Trading Implications

This post covers the virtual finalization of Samsung Electronics’ Phase 2 buyback disposal plan and highlights two key trading implications.

Sanghyun Park

No More High N.A. EUV (ASML Next Gen)? Not Accurate. High N.A. Will Come, but Slowly: 2028-29

Comments about Samsung and TSMC not using High NA EUV are misleading; both companies plan to implement it by 2028. High NA should be seen as...

Nicolas Baratte

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