Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Today, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dai-ichi-life-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1109:1" rel="noopener">Dai Ichi Life Insurance (8750 JP)</a> announced a TOB for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/benefit-one-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14502:1" rel="noopener">Benefit One Inc (2412 JP)</a> having agreed a deal with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pasona-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15778:1" rel="noopener">Pasona Group (2168 JP)</a> to sell into a buyback.</li>
<li>Pasona will get ¥1,526/share, and having agreed, it <a href="https://www.pasonagroup.co.jp/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=o93EYocia9U%3d&amp;tabid=100&amp;mid=460" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the expected special profit to be booked in the FY to 31 May 2024.</li>
<li>At ¥113.6bn on a consolidated basis (¥122.3bn on parent), less ¥1.165bn of associated costs, that's ¥112.4bn at the lower end. That's ¥2,870/share. Then there's the rest of the business.</li>
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Today, Dai Ichi Life Insurance (8750 JP) announced a TOB for Benefit One Inc (2412 JP) having agreed a deal with Pasona Group (2168 JP) to sell into a buyback.
Pasona will get ¥1,526/share, and having agreed, it announced the expected special profit to be booked in the FY to 31 May 2024.
At ¥113.6bn on a consolidated basis (¥122.3bn on parent), less ¥1.165bn of associated costs, that's ¥112.4bn at the lower end. That's ¥2,870/share. Then there's the rest of the business.


Pasona (2168) - Less Wrong Than Before But How Wrong Still Depends on Nambu-San

Japan

WORLD HOLDINGS CO., LTD provides outsourcing services in the manufacturing field . The Companyalso offers personnel staffing services for engineering and short-t erm positions.

World Holdings (2429 JP)

Pasona (2168) - Less Wrong Than Before But How Wrong Still Depends on Nambu-San

Pasona will get its bundle of cash selling Benefit One. That will leave ~¥135bn of net cash against a ¥60bn match-off of prepays vs A/R vs a ¥107bn...

Travis Lundy