Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. ("BIA" or "BIAL")

BACKGROUND
I have 20+yrs experience in Asia doing alternative strategies (i.e. non-delta1 non long-only) in fixed income, equity derivatives, and activist/catalyst/event-driven and long-short equity strategies with most of that time spent managing money. 

4 years in fixed income macro, 8 years running internal hedge fund and 4yrs investment banking at Citi in Japan, 3 years running an Asia multi-strat portfolio at a hedge fund, 4+yrs as an independent special situations analyst.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Today partway through the day, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/daiwa-house-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:237:1" rel="noopener">Daiwa House Industry (1925 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sumitomo-electric-industries" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10496:1" rel="noopener">Sumitomo Electric Industries (5802 JP)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sumitomo-densetsu-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1530:1" rel="noopener">Sumitomo Densetsu (1949 JP)</a> announced Daiwa House would buy out Sumitomo Densetsu for ¥9,760/share. </li>
<li>Sumitomo Electric will sell its stake to the company ¥6,877/share. Minorities get 11.9x Mar26 EBITDA. The Bidder is buying at 9.9x. </li>
<li>At an ATH, and a nice premium, and 3x book, this looks like a pretty good takeout price. Daiwa House has plans for it.</li>
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Today partway through the day, Daiwa House Industry (1925 JP), Sumitomo Electric Industries (5802 JP), and Sumitomo Densetsu (1949 JP) announced Daiwa House would buy out Sumitomo Densetsu for ¥9,760/share. 
Sumitomo Electric will sell its stake to the company ¥6,877/share. Minorities get 11.9x Mar26 EBITDA. The Bidder is buying at 9.9x. 
At an ATH, and a nice premium, and 3x book, this looks like a pretty good takeout price. Daiwa House has plans for it.


[Japan M&A] Daiwa House Buyout of Sumitomo Densetsu (1949 JP) At ¥9,760 - A Good Exit