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

[Japan M&A] Shibaura in Limbo - "Neutral" On Minebea And "Reserves Opinion" On YAGEO Bid, Waiting...

Minebea Mitsumi Overbids Yageo for Shibaura Electronics (6957)

Yageo Bigly Overbids Minebea (+20%) For Shibaura Elec (6957) At ¥5400

Shibaura Elec (6957) - Minebea Overbids Yageo's Overbid of Minebea's Overbid of Yageo - ¥5,500

YAGEO and Shibaura Still Fighting, Minebea Likely to Bid Up, The Question Is Another YAGEO Overbid

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yageo-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13212:1" rel="noopener">Yageo Corporation (2327 TT)</a> has now strongly overbid Minebea's weak overbid of Yageo's strong overbid of Minebea's weak overbid of Yageo's initial hostile offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shibaura-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12704:1" rel="noopener">Shibaura Electronics (6957 JP)</a>. </li>
<li>We are now 40% higher than the initial bid and the best bid is approaching the top end of Valuation Agent's top-of-DCF-range prices. There may be a bit more. Maybe.</li>
<li>The question now is only whether Minebea responds. If it does, there is a little juice left, but if not, that's it. It should get done.</li>
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Yageo Corporation (2327 TT) has now strongly overbid Minebea's weak overbid of Yageo's strong overbid of Minebea's weak overbid of Yageo's initial hostile offer for Shibaura Electronics (6957 JP). 
We are now 40% higher than the initial bid and the best bid is approaching the top end of Valuation Agent's top-of-DCF-range prices. There may be a bit more. Maybe.
The question now is only whether Minebea responds. If it does, there is a little juice left, but if not, that's it. It should get done.


[Japan M&A] YAGEO Overbids Minebea's Overbid of YAGEO's Overbid of Minebea's Overbid - The Endgame