Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/26912" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26912:1">Wonik IPS (240810 KS)</a> / Wonik Tera Semicon (123100 KS) merger got shareholder approval yesterday. Spread now stands at 4.28%. Spread peaked at 5.12% on Dec 12. Dividend-adjusted spread is 4.17%.</li>
<li>Tera Semicon is a bit of a concern. Its stock purchase price is 1.38% higher than current price. Worst case would be half of the minority shareholders claiming rights. Even if so, this would be less than ₩60bil. The company is liquid enough to absorb it.</li>
<li>Local institutional arb traders have been seen doing this trade, at least partly. I'd make this trade when spread widens to 5~6%. I expect it to get to this level very soon. </li>
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Wonik IPS (240810 KS) / Wonik Tera Semicon (123100 KS) merger got shareholder approval yesterday. Spread now stands at 4.28%. Spread peaked at 5.12% on Dec 12. Dividend-adjusted spread is 4.17%.
Tera Semicon is a bit of a concern. Its stock purchase price is 1.38% higher than current price. Worst case would be half of the minority shareholders claiming rights. Even if so, this would be less than ₩60bil. The company is liquid enough to absorb it.
Local institutional arb traders have been seen doing this trade, at least partly. I'd make this trade when spread widens to 5~6%. I expect it to get to this level very soon. 


Wonik Merger Swap: Div-Adjusted Yield Is Now at 4.17% - Cancellation Risk Is Slim

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/26912" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26912:1">Wonik IPS (240810 KS)</a> announced on Oct 29 that it would merge with Wonik Tera Semicon (123100 KS) at a swap ratio of 0.7394724. Ceiling for stock purchase is set at ₩50bil for IPS and ₩30bil for Tera Semicon.</li>
<li>Currently, arb spread isn't really at a glamorous level. At the Nov 5 closing prices, arb spread is at 3.24%. As for stock purchase spread, IPS is currently giving a decent 6.88% while Tera Semicon is at 3.49%.</li>
<li>Wonik already attempted this merger in 2016, but they couldn't get an approval from Tera Semicon shareholders. This dynamic may lead to an interesting situation where we may have spread openings to attract arb traders who can help reduce the number of stock purchase rights exercised.</li>
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Wonik IPS (240810 KS) announced on Oct 29 that it would merge with Wonik Tera Semicon (123100 KS) at a swap ratio of 0.7394724. Ceiling for stock purchase is set at ₩50bil for IPS and ₩30bil for Tera Semicon.
Currently, arb spread isn't really at a glamorous level. At the Nov 5 closing prices, arb spread is at 3.24%. As for stock purchase spread, IPS is currently giving a decent 6.88% while Tera Semicon is at 3.49%.
Wonik already attempted this merger in 2016, but they couldn't get an approval from Tera Semicon shareholders. This dynamic may lead to an interesting situation where we may have spread openings to attract arb traders who can help reduce the number of stock purchase rights exercised.


Wonik Merger Stock Swap: Summary & Trading Opportunities

South Korea

Wonik Cube Corp imports and sells petrochemical and chemical products. The Company also wholesales and retails construction materials.

Wonik Cube Corp (014190 KS)

Wonik Merger Swap: Div-Adjusted Yield Is Now at 4.17% - Cancellation Risk Is Slim

Wonik IPS (240810 KS) / Wonik Tera Semicon (123100 KS) merger got shareholder approval yesterday. Spread now stands at 4.28%. Spread peaked at...

Sanghyun Park

Wonik Merger Stock Swap: Summary & Trading Opportunities

Wonik IPS (240810 KS) announced on Oct 29 that it would merge with Wonik Tera Semicon (123100 KS) at a swap ratio of 0.7394724. Ceiling for stock...

Sanghyun Park