Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>Must Asset Management, a 3% shareholder of Young Poong (000670 KS), started to go activist on the company on 5 February.</li>
<li>Based on current market cap, this would represent a P/B of 0.2x using the consolidated controlling interest equity of 3.9 trillion won!</li>
<li>There is some speculation that Must Asset Mgmt may form an alliance with Chairman Choi’s family as it proposed to Young Poong to recommend outside directors.</li>
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Must Asset Management, a 3% shareholder of Young Poong (000670 KS), started to go activist on the company on 5 February.
Based on current market cap, this would represent a P/B of 0.2x using the consolidated controlling interest equity of 3.9 trillion won!
There is some speculation that Must Asset Mgmt may form an alliance with Chairman Choi’s family as it proposed to Young Poong to recommend outside directors.


Must Asset Mgmt Goes Activist on Young Poong

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<li>There is likely to be a proxy fight for the control of Korea Zinc (010130 KS) between MBK/Young Poong alliance and Chairman Choi/Bain Capital alliance in January 2025. </li>
<li>Young Poong Precision announced that it will acquire 39,254 shares of Korea Zinc. Post this purchase, Young Poong Precision will own a 2.11% stake in Korea Zinc (up from 1.92%).</li>
<li>FSS Governor Lee Bok-Hyun mentioned that the FSS is seriously reviewing a potential accounting issue related to environmental pollution at Young Poong.</li>
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There is likely to be a proxy fight for the control of Korea Zinc (010130 KS) between MBK/Young Poong alliance and Chairman Choi/Bain Capital alliance in January 2025. 
Young Poong Precision announced that it will acquire 39,254 shares of Korea Zinc. Post this purchase, Young Poong Precision will own a 2.11% stake in Korea Zinc (up from 1.92%).
FSS Governor Lee Bok-Hyun mentioned that the FSS is seriously reviewing a potential accounting issue related to environmental pollution at Young Poong.


A Proxy Fight for Korea Zinc in January 2025

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<li>Korea Zinc announced a massive rights offering worth 2.5 trillion won. The expected rights offering price is 670,000 won (57% lower than the closing price on 29 October).</li>
<li>The company plans to use 2.3 trillion won in debt repayment and 135 billion won for working capital as well as help to alleviate the risk of delisting. </li>
<li>This rights offering symbolizes a display of "Korea Discount" at its worst and likely to put continued negative pressure on Korea Zinc's share price in the coming weeks. </li>
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Korea Zinc announced a massive rights offering worth 2.5 trillion won. The expected rights offering price is 670,000 won (57% lower than the closing price on 29 October).
The company plans to use 2.3 trillion won in debt repayment and 135 billion won for working capital as well as help to alleviate the risk of delisting. 
This rights offering symbolizes a display of "Korea Discount" at its worst and likely to put continued negative pressure on Korea Zinc's share price in the coming weeks. 


Korea Zinc - Rights Offering of 2.5 Trillion Won Is a Display Of "Korea Discount" At Its Worst

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>The bigger question for investors is whether <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/denso-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18703:1" rel="noopener">Denso Corp (6902 JP)</a> will keep up with global auto market needs or will they suffer as Toyota may suffer?</li>
<li>The FSS may put the breaks on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-zinc-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17944:1" rel="noopener">Korea Zinc (010130 KS)</a>'s massive capital raise. </li>
<li>Murakami-San has won <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/exedy-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6516:1" rel="noopener">Exedy Corp (7278 JP)</a>. The company has decided to up its dividend payout and future dividend payout ratio and buy back a boatload of shares. </li>
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The bigger question for investors is whether Denso Corp (6902 JP) will keep up with global auto market needs or will they suffer as Toyota may suffer?
The FSS may put the breaks on Korea Zinc (010130 KS)'s massive capital raise. 
Murakami-San has won Exedy Corp (7278 JP). The company has decided to up its dividend payout and future dividend payout ratio and buy back a boatload of shares. 


Last Week in Event SPACE: Denso/Toyota, Korea Zinc, Exedy, Good Drinks, Shinsegae

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<li>For the month of October 2024, 10 new transactions (firm and non-binding) were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$9bn.</li>
<li>The average premium for the new transactions announced (or first discussed) in October was ~26%. The average premium YTD is ~42%.</li>
<li>This compares to the average premium for transactions in 2023 (117 transactions), 2022 (106), 2021 (165), 2020 (158), and 2019 (145 ) of 39%, 41%, 33%, 31%, and 31% respectively.</li>
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For the month of October 2024, 10 new transactions (firm and non-binding) were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$9bn.
The average premium for the new transactions announced (or first discussed) in October was ~26%. The average premium YTD is ~42%.
This compares to the average premium for transactions in 2023 (117 transactions), 2022 (106), 2021 (165), 2020 (158), and 2019 (145 ) of 39%, 41%, 33%, 31%, and 31% respectively.


(Mostly) Asia M&A, Oct 2024: Arcadium, T Gaia, Elematec, NEC Network, MPHB, Sigma Health, Fuji Soft

South Korea

Young Poong Precision Corporation manufactures centrifugal pumps, valves, and anti-corrosion equipment.  The Company also manufactures mold products, and retails various machine parts and motors.

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Young Poong Precision (036560 KS)

Must Asset Mgmt Goes Activist on Young Poong

Must Asset Management, a 3% shareholder of Young Poong (000670 KS), started to go activist on the company on 5 February.

Douglas Kim

A Proxy Fight for Korea Zinc in January 2025

MBK mentioned that Korea Zinc should conduct a stock split instead of a capital increase to increase shares trading liquidity. MBK stated that if...

Douglas Kim

Korea Zinc - Rights Offering of 2.5 Trillion Won Is a Display Of "Korea Discount" At Its Worst

MBK Partners Chairman Kim Byung-Joo revealed for the first time on why he is pushing to acquire Korea Zinc. According to MBK Chairman, he mentioned...

Douglas Kim

Last Week in Event SPACE: Denso/Toyota, Korea Zinc, Exedy, Good Drinks, Shinsegae

It’s Sunday! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed during the...

David Blennerhassett

(Mostly) Asia M&A, Oct 2024: Arcadium, T Gaia, Elematec, NEC Network, MPHB, Sigma Health, Fuji Soft

For the month of Oct, 10 new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall deal size of just ~US$9bn. The average premium for the new deals...

David Blennerhassett

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