Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

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Power Grid Corporation Of India / Equity Capital Markets

POWERGRID Infrastructure Investment Trust (PGIT) aims to raise around US$1bn in its India IPO. PGIT is an investment trust setup to own transmission assets of its sponsor Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL). PGCIL is a central public sector enterprise which has been listed since 2007. PGIT will initially own five assets with a total network of 11 power transmission lines of approximately 3,698.59 ckm and three substations having 6,630 Megavolt amperes (MVA) of aggregate transformation capacity, as of Sep 2020, across five states in India. The total valuation of the assets was INR105bn (US$1.4bn) as of Sep 2020. These assets were awarded to PGCIL on a  build-own-operate-maintain (BOOM) basis. Therefore, the assets are operated under a long 35 years service agreement with largely pre-fixed revenue based on availability. In that sense, they will provide stable returns. However, its revenue terms are structured in such a way that its yield will continue to decline, while its sponsor’s government ownership will mean that it's unlikely to diversify away from transmission assets with declining yield.

POWERGRID Infrastructure Investment Trust (PGIT) aims to raise around US$1bn in its India IPO. PGIT is an investment trust setup to own transmission assets of its sponsor Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL). PGCIL is a central public sector enterprise which has been listed since 2007. PGIT will initially own five assets with a total network of 11 power transmission lines of approximately 3,698.59 ckm and three substations having 6,630 Megavolt amperes (MVA) of aggregate transformation capacity, as of Sep 2020, across five states in India. The total valuation of the assets was INR105bn (US$1.4bn) as of Sep 2020. These assets were awarded to PGCIL on a  build-own-operate-maintain (BOOM) basis. Therefore, the assets are operated under a long 35 years service agreement with largely pre-fixed revenue based on availability. In that sense, they will provide stable returns. However, its revenue terms are structured in such a way that its yield will continue to decline, while its sponsor’s government ownership will mean that it's unlikely to diversify away from transmission assets with declining yield.

POWERGRID InvIT Pre-IPO - Always Going to Be Tricky with a Declining Yield

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Last Week in Event SPACE: Capitaland, Languang Justbon, Fast Retailing, Crown Resorts, Adani Power

Travis Lundy

On 29 May 2020, the promoters of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/adani-power-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:247:1" rel="noopener">Adani Power Ltd (ADANI IN)</a> announced a proposed Delisting Offer. It was duly put to the board, approved, then put to shareholders, and shareholders approved the move to allow progress on the Delisting Offer and concomitant Reverse Book Build auction. 
The deadline for the company to apply to the Stock Exchange for In-Principle Approval of Delisting is one year from the shareholder approval (23 July 2020). That leaves plenty of time. 
The Indicative Price for the Delisting Offer was Rs. 33.85/share. Yesterday, the stock fell by the limit and closed at nearly three times that price at Rs. 99.15/share. 
There isn't much coverage, but there doesn't need to be. It is not really going up because of fundamentals as far as I can tell. 
The shareholder movement in calendar Q4 last year was instructive.

On 29 May 2020, the promoters of Adani Power Ltd (ADANI IN) announced a proposed Delisting Offer. It was duly put to the board, approved, then put to shareholders, and shareholders approved the move to allow progress on the Delisting Offer and concomitant Reverse Book Build auction. 
The deadline for the company to apply to the Stock Exchange for In-Principle Approval of Delisting is one year from the shareholder approval (23 July 2020). That leaves plenty of time. 
The Indicative Price for the Delisting Offer was Rs. 33.85/share. Yesterday, the stock fell by the limit and closed at nearly three times that price at Rs. 99.15/share. 
There isn't much coverage, but there doesn't need to be. It is not really going up because of fundamentals as far as I can tell. 
The shareholder movement in calendar Q4 last year was instructive. 

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On 31 May I wrote about the proposal from the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/adani-power-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:247:1" rel="noopener">Adani Power Ltd (ADANI IN)</a> promoter group to take the Company private through a Delisting Offer, a measure that obtained shareholder approval, as expected, on 25 June.While the eventually unsuccessful delisting offer of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vedanta-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:514:1" rel="noopener">Vedanta Ltd (VEDL IN)</a> and the eventually successful delisting offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hexaware-technologies-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7882:1" rel="noopener">Hexaware Technologies (HEXW IN)</a> took the spotlight, Adani Power effectively languished for months. I had, interestingly enough, been talking about this to people who would listen. It has been something of a no-brainer to me because...<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>As it was trading in the INR 35-36 area in July and August, then again in September to early November, it was trading VERY cheap on an option basis. With such a very high debt/EBITDA ratio, buying the company at a premium to then-current EV/EBITDA multiple required a large jump in price. </li>
<li>There was no premium being applied despite improvements in the positioning of IPPs in India. </li>
</ol>When <a href="https://www.adanipower.com/newsroom/media-releases/Adani-Power-announces-Q2-FY21-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Q2 Results</a> came out on 5 November (<a href="https://www1.nseindia.com/corporate/ADANIPOWER_06112020195030_Intimation06112020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Q2 presentation 6 Nov</a>) much better than the market expected (revenues +29%yoy, consolidated EBITDA +126%yoy, PBT up 18-fold), the stock got a pop.  But it did not last long. The one-off nature of the regulatory (Appellate Tribunal Of Electricity (APTEL)) approvals of Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd’s claims for coal shortfall compensation and carrying costs meant the company's Q2 profits were less than exciting on their own, despite signs of stronger Average Plant Load Factor levels ahead. On a media call early Thursday 6 November, the MD and CEO of Adani Transmission and the MD of Thermal Power at Adani Power said that the delisting process "is in process", saying they have approval from six lenders, and other lenders would also like to approve. But the stock did not move much.<h3>Then Things Changed</h3>Things have been somewhat quiet since then, but this past week, things got exciting. The company won a short-term contract to supply 6,100MW of electricity to the Punjab Govt.<div class="content-highlight">And....   Adani Power shares rose 54.8% this past week (in four trading days), in fabulous volumes.</div><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/176/665/original/Screenshot%202020-12-06%20at%2012.33.14%20PM.png?1607229262" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="176665"></figure></section><div class="content-highlight">
That leaves us with questions about the Delisting Offer Reverse Book Build to come.
And given the shareholder structure, the questions are understandable. 
</div>More discussion below.

On 31 May I wrote about the proposal from the Adani Power Ltd (ADANI IN) promoter group to take the Company private through a Delisting Offer, a measure that obtained shareholder approval, as expected, on 25 June.While the eventually unsuccessful delisting offer of Vedanta Ltd (VEDL IN) and the eventually successful delisting offer for Hexaware Technologies (HEXW IN) took the spotlight, Adani Power effectively languished for months. I had, interestingly enough, been talking about this to people who would listen. It has been something of a no-brainer to me because...
As it was trading in the INR 35-36 area in July and August, then again in September to early November, it was trading VERY cheap on an option basis. With such a very high debt/EBITDA ratio, buying the company at a premium to then-current EV/EBITDA multiple required a large jump in price. 
There was no premium being applied despite improvements in the positioning of IPPs in India. 
When Q2 Results came out on 5 November (Q2 presentation 6 Nov) much better than the market expected (revenues +29%yoy, consolidated EBITDA +126%yoy, PBT up 18-fold), the stock got a pop.  But it did not last long. The one-off nature of the regulatory (Appellate Tribunal Of Electricity (APTEL)) approvals of Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd’s claims for coal shortfall compensation and carrying costs meant the company's Q2 profits were less than exciting on their own, despite signs of stronger Average Plant Load Factor levels ahead. On a media call early Thursday 6 November, the MD and CEO of Adani Transmission and the MD of Thermal Power at Adani Power said that the delisting process "is in process", saying they have approval from six lenders, and other lenders would also like to approve. But the stock did not move much.Then Things ChangedThings have been somewhat quiet since then, but this past week, things got exciting. The company won a short-term contract to supply 6,100MW of electricity to the Punjab Govt.And....   Adani Power shares rose 54.8% this past week (in four trading days), in fabulous volumes.
That leaves us with questions about the Delisting Offer Reverse Book Build to come.
And given the shareholder structure, the questions are understandable. 
More discussion below.

ADANI POWER On the Move - Fundamentals Better and Delisting Offer Imminent But... There Are RISKS...

India

NTPC Ltd. owns and operates power generation plants that supply power to state electricity boards throughout India.  The Company is a public sector undertaking of the Government of India and it also undertakes turnkey consulting projects to set up power plants.

JSW Energy Limited generates power by using Corex gas and coal. The Company, through its subsidiary, also operates lignite thermal power plant in Rajasthan and has a capacity to produce 3,140 megawatts of electricity. JSW is also present in the power trading and transmission businesses.

NHPC Ltd is a hydro-power development company based in India. The Company has constructed approximately 11 hydro-power projects in India and abroad with a total installed capacity of 2554.35 MW.

Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited generates and distributes power, mines and processes lignite, manufactures fertilizers & chemicals and processes and sells clay of all kinds. The Company's other activities include the briquetting and carbonization of lignite and its main products include electric power, lignite, nekolin, pulverized nekolin, urea, coke fines and leco.

Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd. generates electricity.  The Company operates a private sector hydroelectric power plant.

RattanIndia Infrastructure Limited, through a subsidiary, develops electricity generating plants.  The Company is building a coal-fired plant in Nandgaonpeth in the Amravati District of Maharashtra State, and a coal-fired plant in Sinnar in the Nasik District of Maharashtra State.

Reliance Power Limited develops, constructs, and operates power projects both domestically and internationally.

RattanIndia Power Limited develops, constructs and operates power projects domestically and internationally. The Company is participating in various Coal based Thermal,Hydro and Renewable Energy projects as well as is actively pursuing various coal mining opportunities.

PTC India Ltd buys and sells electricity.

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited has been established by the Government of India as the central transmission utility of India. The mandate for the corporation is establishment and operation of EHV. AC & HVDC transmission lines, sub-stations, load dispatch centers and communications facilities throughout India.

Power Grid Corporation Of India (PWGR IN)

RWE Aktiengesellschaft is a globally active energy company. The Company generates and trades electricity. RWE has a capacity of about 10 gigawatts based on renewable sources, as well as gas fleet and an internationally active energy trading business. RWE serves clients in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the United States.

China National Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. is a nuclear energy power producer. The Company invests in, constructs, manages and operates nuclear power plants throughout China.

China National Nuclear Power C (601985 CH)

Uniper SE operates as an international energy company. The Company owns and manages a portfolio of power plants located across Europe and Russia, as well as focuses on commodity trading business, such as power, emission certificates, natural gas, liquefied natural gas, coal, and freight. Uniper also operates power and gas storage facilities.

Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Inc. provides hydropower generation services. The Company offers electricity transmission, electricity distribution, power transformation, and other related services. Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower also provides clean energy development services.

Huaneng Lancang River Hydropow (600025 CH)

Vistra Corp. provides utility services. The Company generates energy. Vistra Corp serves customers worldwide.

Huaneng Power International, Inc. develops, constructs, owns and operates coal-fired power plants throughout China. It also builds gas-fired, hydroelectric and wind power generation in China and owns Tuas Power which controls power generation facilities in Singapore.

CGN Power Co., Ltd. operates and manages nuclear power generating stations. The Company sells all of the electricity from its stations, manages, oversees the construction of nuclear power stations, and provides technical research plus develops support services. CGN Power has stations in Guangdong, Fujian and Liaoning, and is a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corporation.

SDIC Power Holdings Co Ltd . generates thermal electric and hydroelectric power. The electric power generated by the Company are supplied to Gansu area.

Sichuan Chuantou Energy Co., Ltd. invests in electric power projects through its subsidiaries, the Company also develops and manufactures cable, railroad control systems and other automation equipment.

Adani Power Ltd is a power project development company. The Company develops, operates and maintains power projects in India.

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Adani Power (ADANI IN)

POWERGRID InvIT Pre-IPO - Always Going to Be Tricky with a Declining Yield

POWERGRID Infrastructure Invt Trust aims to raise around US$1bn in its India IPO. PGIT is an investment trust setup to own transmission assets of...

Sumeet Singh

Last Week in Event SPACE: Capitaland, Languang Justbon, Fast Retailing, Crown Resorts, Adani Power

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed...

David Blennerhassett

Adani Power: How Much Is Too Much?

Adani Power is +99%ytd after spiking nearly 60% in early Dec20 and falling back 20%. Volumes are much higher than share ownership changes. There is...

Travis Lundy

Last Week in Event SPACE: Haier, Tokyo Dome, Cowell, Infratil, Link Admin, Sapporo/Asahi, Mcdonald's

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed...

David Blennerhassett

ADANI POWER On the Move - Fundamentals Better and Delisting Offer Imminent But... There Are RISKS...

The ADANI POWER Delisting Offer process is set to end soon. The CFO suggested the RBB might be announced by year-end. The big price jump last week...

Travis Lundy

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