Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Event-Driven

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<li>On 5 February, SK Innovation (096770 KS) announced a large-scale shares cancellation of 4.92 million shares, representing 4.9% of outstanding shares. </li>
<li>This is the first ever large scale shares cancellation for SK Innovation since it was first established in 2011.</li>
<li>All in all, despite the company's disappointing results in 2023, the large scale share cancellation should help to support SK Innovation's share price in the coming weeks. </li>
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On 5 February, SK Innovation (096770 KS) announced a large-scale shares cancellation of 4.92 million shares, representing 4.9% of outstanding shares. 
This is the first ever large scale shares cancellation for SK Innovation since it was first established in 2011.
All in all, despite the company's disappointing results in 2023, the large scale share cancellation should help to support SK Innovation's share price in the coming weeks. 


SK Innovation: Announces Share Cancellation of Nearly 4.92 Million Shares

Douglas Research Advisory

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<li>This insight is a book review of 주주 권리가 없는 나라 (A Country Without Shareholder Rights), which is one of the best books on the corporate governance in Korea.</li>
<li>There are so much wisdom that are included in this book. The author really goes into details about numerous corporate governance problems in Korea and ways to fix them.</li>
<li>This book was published in January 2024 and it was written by a famous Korean retail investor called Park Young-Ok.</li>
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This insight is a book review of 주주 권리가 없는 나라 (A Country Without Shareholder Rights), which is one of the best books on the corporate governance in Korea.
There are so much wisdom that are included in this book. The author really goes into details about numerous corporate governance problems in Korea and ways to fix them.
This book was published in January 2024 and it was written by a famous Korean retail investor called Park Young-Ok.


A Country Without Shareholder Rights (주주 권리가 없는 나라) - A Book Review

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<li>On 13 September, SK Innovation announced that the subscription rate for the rights offering allocated to ESOA and existing shareholders was 87.66%.</li>
<li>The rights offering price is 139,600 won, which is 12.7% lower than current price of 159,900 won. </li>
<li>There is likely to be a strong demand for the subscription of rights offering forfeited shares for the general investors scheduled to take place on 14 to 15 September.</li>
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On 13 September, SK Innovation announced that the subscription rate for the rights offering allocated to ESOA and existing shareholders was 87.66%.
The rights offering price is 139,600 won, which is 12.7% lower than current price of 159,900 won. 
There is likely to be a strong demand for the subscription of rights offering forfeited shares for the general investors scheduled to take place on 14 to 15 September.


SK Innovation: Update on Its Rights Offering Subscription Allocation

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Ken S. Kim

Founder/CEO of ROK Advisory

ROK Advisory LLC

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Has SK Innovation raised enough money for its longer term ambitions? </li>
<li>What is the stock pricing in that is not apparent on the balance sheet? </li>
<li>It seems really given their capex outlet, dilutive cap raising is the only solution</li>
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Has SK Innovation raised enough money for its longer term ambitions? 
What is the stock pricing in that is not apparent on the balance sheet? 
It seems really given their capex outlet, dilutive cap raising is the only solution


Equity Capital Markets

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<li>After the market close on 23 June, SK Innovation (096770 KS) announced that the company will conduct a rights offering worth 1.2 trillion won. </li>
<li>We have a positive view on SK Innovation's rights offering of 1.2 trillion won. The expected rights offering price is 143,800 won which is 21% discount to current price. </li>
<li>Although we have a positive view of SK Innovation over the next 12 months, its share price could face some weakness in the near term due to this capital increase. </li>
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After the market close on 23 June, SK Innovation (096770 KS) announced that the company will conduct a rights offering worth 1.2 trillion won. 
We have a positive view on SK Innovation's rights offering of 1.2 trillion won. The expected rights offering price is 143,800 won which is 21% discount to current price. 
Although we have a positive view of SK Innovation over the next 12 months, its share price could face some weakness in the near term due to this capital increase. 


SK Innovation: Rights Offering of 1.2 Trillion Won at a 21% Discount to Current Price

South Korea

SK Innovation Co., Ltd. refines, markets, and distributes oil.  The Company produces a variety of petroleum products, such as gasoline, kerosene, liquefied petroleumgas (LPG), and diesel oil.  SK Energy also manufactures petrochemical p roducts, including paraxylene, synthetic resins, styrene monomer, and ethylene.

SK Innovation (096770 KS)

A Country Without Shareholder Rights (주주 권리가 없는 나라) - A Book Review

This insight is a book review of 주주 권리가 없는 나라 (A Country Without Shareholder Rights), which is one of the best books on the corporate governance in...

Douglas Kim

SK Innovation: Update on Its Rights Offering Subscription Allocation

SK Innovation is in the spotlight as one of the key companies that could benefit in Korea from higher refining margins in the coming months as it...

Douglas Kim

SK Innovation - Why It Hasn't Worked

Can SK Innovation turn from underperformer to outperformer? It seems difficult with what's being expected and the limitations due to its balance...

Ken S. Kim

SK Innovation: Rights Offering of 1.2 Trillion Won at a 21% Discount to Current Price

On 2 August, SK Innovation announced that its rights offering amount will be raised to 1.3 trillion won (higher than the original expected amount...

Douglas Kim