In today’s briefing:
- JSR (4185 JP) – Activist Murakami-San Goes to 5+%! Bumpitrage? Appraisal Rights? A Technicality?
- JSR Corporation (4185 JP): Murakami Becomes a Substantial Shareholder
- TOPIX Inclusions: Who Is Ready (Apr 2024)
JSR (4185 JP) – Activist Murakami-San Goes to 5+%! Bumpitrage? Appraisal Rights? A Technicality?
- In what is a surprising move to me, Murakami-san has gone substantial on JSR Corp (4185 JP) with the vast majority of his stake purchased at a spread of <0.05%.
- As suggested in JIC Launches a NOT-¥1trln Tender Offer for JSR (4185). Welcome? Yes. Overwhelming? Meh, the deal price was not overwhelming. It got less so as the market rose.
- But this is an odd target. High float. No competition. Would take a lot to block or force the bumpitrage, which suggests appraisal rights or a “technicality.”
JSR Corporation (4185 JP): Murakami Becomes a Substantial Shareholder
- Murakami’s City Index Eleventh entity reported a 5.11% position in JSR Corp (4185 JP). The share purchases started on 19 March, the day of the tender start.
- Murakami’s average buy-in price of JPY4,346.22 per share is broadly in line with the JPY4,350 tender offer.
- Murakami’s disclosure suggests two possibilities: starting an activist campaign for a bump or pursuing the appraisal process to determine a fair value. We think the latter is likely.
TOPIX Inclusions: Who Is Ready (Apr 2024)
- Quiddity’s “Who is Ready” series of insights aims to objectively identify names listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that are potential additions to the TOPIX Index in future.
- There were no Section Transfers announced in the last 3 months so currently there are no live TOPIX Inclusion events at present.
- There are currently 79 names capable of satisfying all the key section transfer requirements. Our long-term pre-event candidate CELSYS (3663 JP) is one of them.
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