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Mark Chadwick

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Sony launches Soneium, a blockchain platform developed with Startale Labs, as a Layer 2 Ethereum solution to enhance transaction speed and scalability.</li>
<li>Soneium aims to bridge Web2 and Web3, leveraging Sony's vast intellectual property in entertainment and technology for broad consumer adoption.</li>
<li>Backed by Sony's resources, Soneium focuses on user-friendly blockchain technology, offering financial and technical support through its Soneium Spark incubation program.</li>
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Sony launches Soneium, a blockchain platform developed with Startale Labs, as a Layer 2 Ethereum solution to enhance transaction speed and scalability.
Soneium aims to bridge Web2 and Web3, leveraging Sony's vast intellectual property in entertainment and technology for broad consumer adoption.
Backed by Sony's resources, Soneium focuses on user-friendly blockchain technology, offering financial and technical support through its Soneium Spark incubation program.


Sony's (6758) Bold Move into Web3: What Is Soneium?

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.

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Hamamatsu Photonics Kk / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1" rel="noopener">Toyota Motor (7203 JP)</a> aims to raise around US$190m via selling over a 4% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hamamatsu-photonics-kk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14074:1" rel="noopener">Hamamatsu Photonics Kk (6965 JP)</a>.</li>
<li>This is another cross-shareholding unwind and hence, won’t be a huge surprise. Although given the recent share price weakness, the timing appears peculiar.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Toyota Motor (7203 JP) aims to raise around US$190m via selling over a 4% stake in Hamamatsu Photonics Kk (6965 JP).
This is another cross-shareholding unwind and hence, won’t be a huge surprise. Although given the recent share price weakness, the timing appears peculiar.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Hamamatsu Photonics Placement - Peculiar Timing

Event-Driven

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/midea-group-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16185:1" rel="noopener">Midea Group Co Ltd A (000333 CH)</a> one of the world’s largest home appliance producers, aims to raise up to US$3bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>Midea Group is one of the world’s largest home appliance manufacturing companies with a presence in over 200 countries. Its A-shares have been listed since 2013.</li>
<li>We have covered the company and deal background in our previous notes. In this note, we talk about the updates since then.</li>
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Midea Group Co Ltd A (000333 CH) one of the world’s largest home appliance producers, aims to raise up to US$3bn in its H-share listing.
Midea Group is one of the world’s largest home appliance manufacturing companies with a presence in over 200 countries. Its A-shares have been listed since 2013.
We have covered the company and deal background in our previous notes. In this note, we talk about the updates since then.


Midea A/H Listing - Getting Closer to the US$3bn+ Raising, Has a Narrow Window

Tracking developments across tech supply chains, Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tracking developments across tech supply chains

<ul><li>AI advancements driving demand for MLCCs, leading to growth in passive component industry and shaping future technology trends.</li><li>Super Micro Computer faces delay in annual report filing amid allegations of accounting manipulation, raising concerns in the tech market.</li><li>Industry predictions for Semicon India 2024 and updates from Intel and Sony on upgrades in car cockpits and price increase on PS5 due to rising component costs. Taiwan drone market facing potential delay due to China's dominance in crucial modules.</li></ul>

AI advancements driving demand for MLCCs, leading to growth in passive component industry and shaping future technology trends.Super Micro Computer faces delay in annual report filing amid allegations of accounting manipulation, raising concerns in the tech market.Industry predictions for Semicon India 2024 and updates from Intel and Sony on upgrades in car cockpits and price increase on PS5 due to rising component costs. Taiwan drone market facing potential delay due to China's dominance in crucial modules.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (30-Aug-2024): AI boosts MLCC demand, industry set to grow.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Zee and Sony Amicably Settle Disputes Over Failed Merger, Withdraw Claims</li>
<li>NSE Files for SEBI NOC to Gain Approval for Long-Awaited IPO Listing</li>
<li>ReNew and Microsoft Forge 437.6 MW Green Energy Pact to Advance Carbon-Negative Goals</li>
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Zee and Sony Amicably Settle Disputes Over Failed Merger, Withdraw Claims
NSE Files for SEBI NOC to Gain Approval for Long-Awaited IPO Listing
ReNew and Microsoft Forge 437.6 MW Green Energy Pact to Advance Carbon-Negative Goals


# 51 India Insight: Zee-Sony Settle Dispute, NSE Files for IPO, HUL INR 962 Crores GST Notice

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Sony's (6758) Bold Move into Web3: What Is Soneium?

Sony launches Soneium, a user-friendly blockchain platform bridging Web2 and Web3 to enhance transaction speed and scalability, with a focus on...

Mark Chadwick

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Toyota Motor (7203 JP) aims to raise around US$190m via selling over a 4% stake in Hamamatsu Photonics Kk (6965 JP). The timing of the selldown...

Sumeet Singh

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The company has now filed its PHIP and is said to be looking to pre-market its IPO over the coming week, with an aim for launching the IPO later in...

Sumeet Singh

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (30-Aug-2024): AI boosts MLCC demand, industry set to grow.

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Tech Supply Chain Tracker

# 51 India Insight: Zee-Sony Settle Dispute, NSE Files for IPO, HUL INR 962 Crores GST Notice

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Sony's (6758) Bold Move into Web3: What Is Soneium?

​Sony launches Soneium, a user-friendly blockchain platform bridging Web2 and Web3 to enhance transaction speed and scalability, with a focus on...

Mark Chadwick

Hamamatsu Photonics Placement - Peculiar Timing

Toyota Motor (7203 JP) aims to raise around US$190m via selling over a 4% stake in Hamamatsu Photonics Kk (6965 JP). The timing of the selldown...

Sumeet Singh

Midea A/H Listing - Getting Closer to the US$3bn+ Raising, Has a Narrow Window

The company has now filed its PHIP and is said to be looking to pre-market its IPO over the coming week, with an aim for launching the IPO later in...

Sumeet Singh

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (30-Aug-2024): AI boosts MLCC demand, industry set to grow.

AI drives MLCC demand in passive components, Super Micro Computer delays filing due to accounting issues, Semicon India predicts semiconductor...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

# 51 India Insight: Zee-Sony Settle Dispute, NSE Files for IPO, HUL INR 962 Crores GST Notice

​Zee and Sony resolve merger disputes, NSE seeks SEBI approval for IPO, ReNew and Microsoft partner for green energy pact to reduce carbon footprint.

Sudarshan Bhandari

Sony launches Soneium, a user-friendly blockchain platform bridging Web2 and Web3 to enhance transaction speed and scalability, with a focus on...

Zee and Sony resolve merger disputes, NSE seeks SEBI approval for IPO, ReNew and Microsoft partner for green energy pact to reduce carbon footprint.