Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>MBK is raising its tender offer for Young Poong Precision to ₩30,000 per share, matching Choi’s offer and extending the deadline to October 14. Filing expected tomorrow before market open.</li>
<li>MBK targets 6.84 million shares, surpassing Choi's 3.94 million cap. No hard floor, no cancellation risk, but MBK holds an edge in proration.</li>
<li>The buzz is whether MBK will raise its Korea Zinc bid beyond 900,000 KRW, as Choi prepped with a 950,000 KRW offer. A bid hike and extension seem likely.</li>
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MBK is raising its tender offer for Young Poong Precision to ₩30,000 per share, matching Choi’s offer and extending the deadline to October 14. Filing expected tomorrow before market open.
MBK targets 6.84 million shares, surpassing Choi's 3.94 million cap. No hard floor, no cancellation risk, but MBK holds an edge in proration.
The buzz is whether MBK will raise its Korea Zinc bid beyond 900,000 KRW, as Choi prepped with a 950,000 KRW offer. A bid hike and extension seem likely.


MBK Hikes Youngpoong Precision Tender Price to ₩30,000: Tender Deadline Extended to the 14th

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>Never a dull moment for <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> (KZ).  After MBK/Young Poong’s injunction to block KZ’s buyback was denied, KZ, together with Bain Capital, tabled a punchy Offer.</li>
<li>KZ has launched a 3.21mn share buyback (15.5% of shares out) at ₩830,000/share. Bain will also buy 2.5%. KZ's buyback is to be funded by short-term loans and corporate bonds.</li>
<li>MBK/Young Poong have filed another injunction against this buyback. Its case has merit. And that legal overhang ostensibly accounts for KZ trading ~14% below the buyback terms. </li>
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Never a dull moment for Korea Zinc (010130 KS) (KZ).  After MBK/Young Poong’s injunction to block KZ’s buyback was denied, KZ, together with Bain Capital, tabled a punchy Offer.
KZ has launched a 3.21mn share buyback (15.5% of shares out) at ₩830,000/share. Bain will also buy 2.5%. KZ's buyback is to be funded by short-term loans and corporate bonds.
MBK/Young Poong have filed another injunction against this buyback. Its case has merit. And that legal overhang ostensibly accounts for KZ trading ~14% below the buyback terms. 


Korea Zinc (010130 KS)'s ₩830,000/Share Offer. Mmm ...

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<li>The Choi family have launched a Tender Offer to acquire 3.937mn shares (25%) of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/young-poong-precision-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16188:1" rel="noopener">Young Poong Precision (036560 KS)</a> (YPP) at ₩30,000/share,  20% above MBK/<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/young-poong-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11740:1" rel="noopener">Young Poong (000670 KS)</a>'s revised terms.</li>
<li>YPP's key attraction is its 1.85% stake in <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>, which is the ultimate prize in this tussle between the Choi and Jang families. </li>
<li>Choi's Offer runs from today (2nd October) to 21 October. There is no minimum acceptance threshold. If successful, the Choi's stake increases to 60.45% from 35.45% currently.  </li>
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The Choi family have launched a Tender Offer to acquire 3.937mn shares (25%) of Young Poong Precision (036560 KS) (YPP) at ₩30,000/share,  20% above MBK/Young Poong (000670 KS)'s revised terms.
YPP's key attraction is its 1.85% stake in Korea Zinc (010130 KS), which is the ultimate prize in this tussle between the Choi and Jang families. 
Choi's Offer runs from today (2nd October) to 21 October. There is no minimum acceptance threshold. If successful, the Choi's stake increases to 60.45% from 35.45% currently.  


Young Poong Precision (036560 KS): Choi's Opening Salvo

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

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<li>Choi family has launched a counter tender offer for Young Poong Precision at the tender offer price of 30,000 won (20% higher than MBK's 25,000 won tender offer price). </li>
<li>The tender offer involves a plan to acquire 3,837,500 shares (24.36% of outstanding shares) of Young Poong Precision.</li>
<li>All eyes are on the court’s decision on the injunction application for ‘prohibition of acquisition of treasury stocks by Korea Zinc’, which is expected to be announced on 2 October.</li>
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Choi family has launched a counter tender offer for Young Poong Precision at the tender offer price of 30,000 won (20% higher than MBK's 25,000 won tender offer price). 
The tender offer involves a plan to acquire 3,837,500 shares (24.36% of outstanding shares) of Young Poong Precision.
All eyes are on the court’s decision on the injunction application for ‘prohibition of acquisition of treasury stocks by Korea Zinc’, which is expected to be announced on 2 October.


Choi Family Launches a Counter Tender Offer for Young Poong Precision

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<li>Choi aims to acquire 3.84 million shares (24.36%) of Young Poong Precision at ₩30,000 each, with a tender period from October 2 to November 1, managed by Hana Securities.</li>
<li>Seoul Economic Daily may not be as prominent, but they reliably scoop this type of news, making it likely Choi will announce their counter-tender for Young Poong Precision tomorrow.</li>
<li>MBK targets the full 49.14% stake, while the Choi family seeks about half, creating proration risk, which may still make MBK's lower offer more appealing to shareholders.</li>
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Choi aims to acquire 3.84 million shares (24.36%) of Young Poong Precision at ₩30,000 each, with a tender period from October 2 to November 1, managed by Hana Securities.
Seoul Economic Daily may not be as prominent, but they reliably scoop this type of news, making it likely Choi will announce their counter-tender for Young Poong Precision tomorrow.
MBK targets the full 49.14% stake, while the Choi family seeks about half, creating proration risk, which may still make MBK's lower offer more appealing to shareholders.


Choi Drops a Counter-Tender for Young Poong Precision at ₩30,000 Before the Market Bell Tomorrow

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)

MBK Hikes Youngpoong Precision Tender Price to ₩30,000: Tender Deadline Extended to the 14th

MBK Partners just bumped up their tender offer price for Korea Zinc to 830K won. That’s a solid jump from the original 750K they were running with,...

Sanghyun Park