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

SNT Group - Formalizes a Hostile Takeover of SMEC

Primer: Smec Co Ltd (099440 KS) - Nov 2025

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-t-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16022:1" rel="noopener">SNT Holdings (036530 KS)</a> has lifted its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/smec-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1649:1" rel="noopener">SMEC (099440 KS)</a>, South Korea's second-largest machine tool manufacturer, to 13.65% from 8.19%. SNT's chairman also holds 6.55%, or 20.2% all-in.</li>
<li>Concurrent with the stake increase, SNT formally declared its equity holding in SMEC to  “management participation” from "simple investment". </li>
<li>The move could simply be one of SNT aligning its interests with SMEC's management. But more likely, it's a precursor to a potential hostile takeover. SMEC is now up ~40%.</li>
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SNT Holdings (036530 KS) has lifted its stake in SMEC (099440 KS), South Korea's second-largest machine tool manufacturer, to 13.65% from 8.19%. SNT's chairman also holds 6.55%, or 20.2% all-in.
Concurrent with the stake increase, SNT formally declared its equity holding in SMEC to  “management participation” from "simple investment". 
The move could simply be one of SNT aligning its interests with SMEC's management. But more likely, it's a precursor to a potential hostile takeover. SMEC is now up ~40%.


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