Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. 

I'm a highly experienced sell-side analyst with in excess of 22 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 19 years immersed in event strategies encompassing M&A risk arbitrage, directional long/short, stub trades and restructuring.  

My background also includes accountancy (liquidation/bankruptcy/receivership) earlier in my career and as a chief financial officer of a global commodity company based in the US and Mexico.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Dongfeng (489 HK): Questioning The EV Listing Valuation

Dongfeng (489 HK): On VOYAH's Updated Financials

Dongfeng (489 HK): Revisiting VOYAH's Spin-Off Valuation

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>On the 22nd August 2025, SOE-backed <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dongfeng-motor-group-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:910:1" rel="noopener">Dongfeng Motor (489 HK)</a></strong> announced a privatisation; together with a concurrent listing of its EV arm, VOYAH. </li>
<li>The two proposals are inter-conditional. Key PRC reg pre-approvals (Mofcom/NDRC/SAFE) are now all satisfied. A Composite Doc has been dispatched with an<strong> EGM (Scheme-like) vote on the 9th March</strong>.</li>
<li>A basket of VOYAH peers are down 26% since the dual proposals were announced. And the peer average P/S &amp; EV/S have dipped to 1.8x from 2.2x since the Offer.</li>
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On the 22nd August 2025, SOE-backed Dongfeng Motor (489 HK) announced a privatisation; together with a concurrent listing of its EV arm, VOYAH. 
The two proposals are inter-conditional. Key PRC reg pre-approvals (Mofcom/NDRC/SAFE) are now all satisfied. A Composite Doc has been dispatched with an EGM (Scheme-like) vote on the 9th March.
A basket of VOYAH peers are down 26% since the dual proposals were announced. And the peer average P/S &amp; EV/S have dipped to 1.8x from 2.2x since the Offer.


BAIC BluePark New Energy Techn (600733 CH)

Chongqing Changan Automobile C (000625 CH)

Dongfeng (489 HK): On VOYAH's Imminent Spin-Off