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

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/honda-motor-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:154:1" rel="noopener">Honda Motor (7267 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samvardhana-motherson-international-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10662:1" rel="noopener">Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd (MOTHERSO IN)</a> have arranged to buy Honda's 69.7%-owned subsidiary <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yutaka-giken-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4033:1" rel="noopener">Yutaka Giken (7229 JP)</a> in a Tender Offer. </li>
<li>The transaction structure means Motherson buys Yutaka for less than net cash but even assuming Motherson pay minority TOB price for everything, TOB ex-net cash = 0.05x PBR, &lt;1x EBITDA.</li>
<li>But they are paying less. They are paying ¥12.4bn less than net cash, and getting the other ¥58bn of net assets (¥23bn inventory, the rest in hard assets) for free.</li>
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Honda Motor (7267 JP) and Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd (MOTHERSO IN) have arranged to buy Honda's 69.7%-owned subsidiary Yutaka Giken (7229 JP) in a Tender Offer. 
The transaction structure means Motherson buys Yutaka for less than net cash but even assuming Motherson pay minority TOB price for everything, TOB ex-net cash = 0.05x PBR, &lt;1x EBITDA.
But they are paying less. They are paying ¥12.4bn less than net cash, and getting the other ¥58bn of net assets (¥23bn inventory, the rest in hard assets) for free.


Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd (MOTHERSO IN)

【日本M&amp;A】ユタカ技研工業（7229 JP）のTOB - おそらく私が今まで見た中で最も攻撃的な低価格のTOB価格

Yutaka Giken

【日本M&amp;A】ユタカ技研工業（7229 JP）のTOB - おそらく私が今まで見た中で最も攻撃的な低価格のTOB価格

【日本M&A】ユタカ技研工業（7229 JP）のTOB - おそらく私が今まで見た中で最も攻撃的な低価格のTOB価格