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Douglas Kim

Nearly 30 years of experience in the Korean/Asian equity research. Major sectors coverage include the following:
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Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

SD Biosensor Offering Price/Size Adjustment & Valuation Re-Review

SD Biosensor IPO: Offering Detail, Valuation Issue, & Index Fast Entry Possibilities

Equity Capital Markets

<div class="content-highlight"><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sd-biosensor-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33333:1" rel="noopener">SD Biosensor (SDBIOZ KS)</a> is getting ready for an IPO in Korea next month. SD Biosensor will be one of the largest IPOs in Korea in 2021. The IPO price range is from 66,000 won to 85,000 won. At the high end of the IPO price range, the company will raise 1.3 trillion won. The bookbuilding for the institutional investors starts on 10 June. According to the bankers' valuation, at the high end of the IPO price range, the company would be valued at 8.9 trillion won ($7.9 billion). The lead underwriters of this IPO include NH Investment &amp; Securities and Korea Investment &amp; Securities. </p></div><p>Established in 2010, SD Biosensor is a bio-diagnostic company that provides in vitro diagnostic products. This is one of the biggest companies in Korea in the field of in-vitro diagnostic products. According to the company, it exported <a href="https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=03634246629015792&amp;mediaCodeNo=257&amp;OutLnkChk=Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">400 million COVID-19 diagnostic kit</a> related products from 2020 to January 2021.</p><p>The company's sales surged from 73 billion won in 2019 to 1,686.2 billion won in 2020. Operating profit also jumped from 1.5 billion won in 2019 to 738.3 billion won in 2020.</p><table class="table table-striped">
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<td style="width: 212pt;">Deal Specifics of the SD Bioscience IPO:</td>
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<td>Lead underwriters of the IPO: </td>
<td style="width: 409pt;">NH Investment &amp; Securities, Korea Investment &amp; Securities</td>
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<td>Expected IPO price per share: </td>
<td style="width: 409pt;">66,000 won (low)/85,000 won (high)</td>
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<td>Number of Shares for IPO:</td>
<td style="width: 409pt;">15.55m shares (10.37m new shares; 5.18m old shares)</td>
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<td>IPO base deal size: </td>
<td style="width: 409pt;">US$908m (low);  US$1,170m (high)</td>
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<td>Expected common shares outstanding, fully diluted (post-IPO):  </td>
<td style="width: 409pt;">104.89m shares</td>
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<td>Expected market cap after IPO:</td>
<td style="width: 409pt;">6,923 billion won (low)/8,916 billion won (high)</td>
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<td>Book open: </td>
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<td>Book closed:</td>
<td style="text-align: left; width: 409pt;">11-Jun-21</td>
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<td>Listing date: </td>
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<td>Source: Company data</td>
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SD Biosensor (SDBIOZ KS) is getting ready for an IPO in Korea next month. SD Biosensor will be one of the largest IPOs in Korea in 2021. The IPO price range is from 66,000 won to 85,000 won. At the high end of the IPO price range, the company will raise 1.3 trillion won. The bookbuilding for the institutional investors starts on 10 June. According to the bankers' valuation, at the high end of the IPO price range, the company would be valued at 8.9 trillion won ($7.9 billion). The lead underwriters of this IPO include NH Investment &amp; Securities and Korea Investment &amp; Securities. Established in 2010, SD Biosensor is a bio-diagnostic company that provides in vitro diagnostic products. This is one of the biggest companies in Korea in the field of in-vitro diagnostic products. According to the company, it exported 400 million COVID-19 diagnostic kit related products from 2020 to January 2021.The company's sales surged from 73 billion won in 2019 to 1,686.2 billion won in 2020. Operating profit also jumped from 1.5 billion won in 2019 to 738.3 billion won in 2020.






Deal Specifics of the SD Bioscience IPO:
 


Lead underwriters of the IPO: 
NH Investment &amp; Securities, Korea Investment &amp; Securities


Expected IPO price per share: 
66,000 won (low)/85,000 won (high)


Number of Shares for IPO:
15.55m shares (10.37m new shares; 5.18m old shares)


IPO base deal size: 
US$908m (low);  US$1,170m (high)


Expected common shares outstanding, fully diluted (post-IPO):  
104.89m shares


Expected market cap after IPO:
6,923 billion won (low)/8,916 billion won (high)


Book open: 
10-Jun-21


Book closed:
11-Jun-21


Listing date: 
TBD


Source: Company data
 




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