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 26 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 20 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

Kingboard (1888 HK) Vs Kingboard (148 HK) Tactical Outlook: The Subsidiary Premium Is Unwinding

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>In <a href="https://skr.ma/5nrLc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">StubWorld: Big Moves In "Kings"</a>, I mused, given 66.62%-held <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kingboard-laminates-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10276:1" rel="noopener">Kingboard Laminates (1888 HK)</a>'s meteoric price gain, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kingboard-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8122:1" rel="noopener">Kingboard (148 HK)</a> may seek another placement. And so it has. </li>
<li>Kingboard is placing out 155mn shares in Laminates, or 4.92% of shares out, at HK$76/share, a 11.5% discount to last close, raising HK$11.8bn. This placement reduces Kingboard's stake to 61.7%.</li>
<li>This is Kingboard's second placement in 2026 after it sold 130mn shares (4.15% of shares out) in Laminates back on the 18th March 2026, pocketing HK$2.72n</li>
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In StubWorld: Big Moves In "Kings", I mused, given 66.62%-held Kingboard Laminates (1888 HK)'s meteoric price gain, Kingboard (148 HK) may seek another placement. And so it has. 
Kingboard is placing out 155mn shares in Laminates, or 4.92% of shares out, at HK$76/share, a 11.5% discount to last close, raising HK$11.8bn. This placement reduces Kingboard's stake to 61.7%.
This is Kingboard's second placement in 2026 after it sold 130mn shares (4.15% of shares out) in Laminates back on the 18th March 2026, pocketing HK$2.72n


MKH Oil Palm (East Kalimantan) (MKHOP MK)

Kingboard (148 HK) Places Out More Shares In Kingboard Laminates (1888 HK)