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.

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<li>The target volume is 24,718,099 ordinary shares (13.2%) and 159,835 preferred shares (9.8%). That is, C&amp;T will cancel all of its treasury shares in the next five years.</li>
<li>C&amp;T's decision to cancel treasury shares clearly indicates that the family's fundraising strategy is focused on stake sales rather than dividend increases.</li>
<li>The number of shares inherited will be the volume Lee Seo-hyun will sell in the short term as this is within the range that minimizes the tax liability through LIFO.</li>
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The target volume is 24,718,099 ordinary shares (13.2%) and 159,835 preferred shares (9.8%). That is, C&amp;T will cancel all of its treasury shares in the next five years.
C&amp;T's decision to cancel treasury shares clearly indicates that the family's fundraising strategy is focused on stake sales rather than dividend increases.
The number of shares inherited will be the volume Lee Seo-hyun will sell in the short term as this is within the range that minimizes the tax liability through LIFO.


Samsung C&T Shareholder Return: Directly Related to Lee Family's Inheritax Tax Issue

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<li>The family devoted all their efforts to maintaining 33.4% of voting shares in Samsung C&amp;T, a level that can block a special resolution at the general shareholders' meeting.</li>
<li>The most likely scenario being speculated by the market at this point is to touch both Samsung C&amp;T and Samsung SDS. However, the C&amp;T stake sale is to be minimized. </li>
<li>The possibility currently circulating in the local market is that she has 0.40% (Hana Sec) and 0.62% (Hana Bank), which currently have the highest interest burden, on the table.</li>
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The family devoted all their efforts to maintaining 33.4% of voting shares in Samsung C&amp;T, a level that can block a special resolution at the general shareholders' meeting.
The most likely scenario being speculated by the market at this point is to touch both Samsung C&amp;T and Samsung SDS. However, the C&amp;T stake sale is to be minimized. 
The possibility currently circulating in the local market is that she has 0.40% (Hana Sec) and 0.62% (Hana Bank), which currently have the highest interest burden, on the table.


Both C&T & SDS Are Still on the Table for Block Deals by Lee Seo-Hyun, Here's Why

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>The term of Lee's trust contract with Hana Bank is from February 2nd to April 28th, and the volume is 1.95% of SO, the total remaining quantity owned by Lee.</li>
<li>The price movement on the day the previous block deals by the Lee family were executed was substantial. Of particular note is that SDS showed the most significant price impact.</li>
<li>We should focus on the possibility that a block deal will come to the market much earlier, as SDS is in short-term overbought territory from a valuation perspective.</li>
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The term of Lee's trust contract with Hana Bank is from February 2nd to April 28th, and the volume is 1.95% of SO, the total remaining quantity owned by Lee.
The price movement on the day the previous block deals by the Lee family were executed was substantial. Of particular note is that SDS showed the most significant price impact.
We should focus on the possibility that a block deal will come to the market much earlier, as SDS is in short-term overbought territory from a valuation perspective.


Discussing the Timing of the Samsung SDS Block Deal by Lee Seo-Hyun

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<li>KDB recently initiated the process of selecting an advisory firm to sell its stake in HMM, which will likely be the first to implement the mandatory offer rule.</li>
<li>Potential bidders include Hyundai Glovis, LX Holdings, and Samsung SDS. As for POSCO Holdings, it recently said that it is not considering acquiring HMM.</li>
<li>Given that HMM is the only national shipping company, there is a good chance that multiple bidders will appear, which will lead to a premium to the market price.</li>
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KDB recently initiated the process of selecting an advisory firm to sell its stake in HMM, which will likely be the first to implement the mandatory offer rule.
Potential bidders include Hyundai Glovis, LX Holdings, and Samsung SDS. As for POSCO Holdings, it recently said that it is not considering acquiring HMM.
Given that HMM is the only national shipping company, there is a good chance that multiple bidders will appear, which will lead to a premium to the market price.


HMM Is Likely the First to Be Subject to the Mandatory Offer that Comes into Force

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>In this insight, we discuss a list of 60 stocks in Korea where NPS recently added or reduced 1% or more stake (27 adds and 33 reduce). </li>
<li>Among the stocks NPS increased its stake, many of them are clear beneficiaries of the end of zero COVID policies in China including Hotel Shilla, Amorepacific Corp, and GKL. </li>
<li>Among the top market cap stocks where the NPS decreased its stake by 1% or more, they include Lg Innotek, Hyundai E&amp;C, Hyundai Mipo, and Posco International. </li>
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In this insight, we discuss a list of 60 stocks in Korea where NPS recently added or reduced 1% or more stake (27 adds and 33 reduce). 
Among the stocks NPS increased its stake, many of them are clear beneficiaries of the end of zero COVID policies in China including Hotel Shilla, Amorepacific Corp, and GKL. 
Among the top market cap stocks where the NPS decreased its stake by 1% or more, they include Lg Innotek, Hyundai E&amp;C, Hyundai Mipo, and Posco International. 


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Samsung SDS Co., Ltd. provides information technology services, such as consulting and technical services. The Company also offers outsourcing services including application outsourcing, IT infrastructure outsourcing, and cloud computing.

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