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

Leapmotor IPO Lock-Up - US$3.3bn Lockup Expiry, Everyone in the Money, CCASS Movement to Boot

Leapmotor IPO Lock-Up - A Precursor to a Larger Release Later in the Year

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologie / Event-Driven

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<li>Stellantis, a merger between France's PSA with <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fiat-chrysler-automobiles-nv-a93eafd5-cb8b-446b-b575-9caeb7edc8fc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24699:1" rel="noopener">Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCAM BQ)</a></strong>, is buying a 17% stake (14.53% fully diluted) in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhejiang-leapmotor-technologie" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35968:1" rel="noopener"><strong>Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologie (9863 HK)</strong></a>. </li>
<li>Leapmotor will issue 194mn H shares at HK$43.8/share, a 19% premium to last close, in a HK$8.51bn transaction. Stellantis will also hold a 51% stake in newly formed JV. </li>
<li>Stellantis is paying a chunky 3.64x market cap-trailing-revenue; but ~2.25x forward revs, which compares to the average for key peers of 1.9x.</li>
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Stellantis, a merger between France's PSA with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCAM BQ), is buying a 17% stake (14.53% fully diluted) in Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologie (9863 HK). 
Leapmotor will issue 194mn H shares at HK$43.8/share, a 19% premium to last close, in a HK$8.51bn transaction. Stellantis will also hold a 51% stake in newly formed JV. 
Stellantis is paying a chunky 3.64x market cap-trailing-revenue; but ~2.25x forward revs, which compares to the average for key peers of 1.9x.


Leapmotor (9863 HK): Stellantis' Stake Doesn't Come Cheap