Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>In the next several days, it is likely that the Doosan Group is likely to cancel its restructuring plan involving Doosan Enerbility, Doosan Bobcat, and Doosan Robotics.</li>
<li>As a result of the sharp decline in share prices of major Doosan Group companies, the cost of appraisal rights may be too much for the Doosan Group.</li>
<li>Despite the negative impact of recent political events in Korea, a cancellation of  Doosan Group restructuring plan could have a near-term positive impact on all the major Doosan Group companies.</li>
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In the next several days, it is likely that the Doosan Group is likely to cancel its restructuring plan involving Doosan Enerbility, Doosan Bobcat, and Doosan Robotics.
As a result of the sharp decline in share prices of major Doosan Group companies, the cost of appraisal rights may be too much for the Doosan Group.
Despite the negative impact of recent political events in Korea, a cancellation of  Doosan Group restructuring plan could have a near-term positive impact on all the major Doosan Group companies.


Doosan Group Is Likely To Cancel Its Restructuring Plans

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<li>In the process of transferring Doosan Bobcat shares held by Doosan Enerbility to Doosan Robotics, there are increasing concerns about negatively impacting minority shareholders of Doosan Enerbility. </li>
<li>This current restructuring structure could potentially benefit the Park family/relatives which is the largest shareholder group of Doosan Corp but could negatively impact minority shareholders of Doosan Enerbility. </li>
<li>On 25 September, Doosan Enerbility announced that 10 October will be the shareholder confirmation date (shareholder register closing date) for the spin-off NEWCO merger agreement with Doosan Robotics.</li>
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In the process of transferring Doosan Bobcat shares held by Doosan Enerbility to Doosan Robotics, there are increasing concerns about negatively impacting minority shareholders of Doosan Enerbility. 
This current restructuring structure could potentially benefit the Park family/relatives which is the largest shareholder group of Doosan Corp but could negatively impact minority shareholders of Doosan Enerbility. 
On 25 September, Doosan Enerbility announced that 10 October will be the shareholder confirmation date (shareholder register closing date) for the spin-off NEWCO merger agreement with Doosan Robotics.


Concerns About Transferring Doosan Bobcat Shares Held by Doosan Enerbility to Doosan Robotics

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The Czech Republic government is in the final stages of selecting companies to build four nuclear power plants which could cost nearly US$30 billion.</li>
<li>A Korean consortium including KHNP, Doosan Enerbility, KEPCO E&amp;C, and Daewoo E&amp;C is competing mainly against EDF, a French government owned electric utility company. </li>
<li>If the KHNP consortium is able to win this new order, Doosan Enerbility will be a key beneficiary as it will supply the nuclear reactors and steam generators.</li>
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The Czech Republic government is in the final stages of selecting companies to build four nuclear power plants which could cost nearly US$30 billion.
A Korean consortium including KHNP, Doosan Enerbility, KEPCO E&amp;C, and Daewoo E&amp;C is competing mainly against EDF, a French government owned electric utility company. 
If the KHNP consortium is able to win this new order, Doosan Enerbility will be a key beneficiary as it will supply the nuclear reactors and steam generators.


Doosan Enerbility: A Key Beneficiary of Potential Nuclear Power Projects Win in the Czech Republic

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

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The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI 200 / Event-Driven

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<li>Korea banned all short selling in March 2020 and resumed short selling only on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">KOSPI 200</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ 150</a> index constituents in May 2021.</li>
<li>News reports indicate that there could be another short sell ban as soon as the coming week. Indications are that the ban could last 6 months.</li>
<li>There are many implications of a total short sell ban including futures backwardation, market manipulation, and no emerging to developed market promotion.</li>
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Korea banned all short selling in March 2020 and resumed short selling only on KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 index constituents in May 2021.
News reports indicate that there could be another short sell ban as soon as the coming week. Indications are that the ban could last 6 months.
There are many implications of a total short sell ban including futures backwardation, market manipulation, and no emerging to developed market promotion.


Korea Short Sell Ban: Background, Manipulation, Holdings, Flows, Short Interest, Implications

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC 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.

Equity Capital Markets

Doosan Robotics  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/doosan-robotics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36816:1" rel="noopener">Doosan Robotics (DOOSANROBO KS)</a> is looking to raise up to US$314m in its Korean IPO. </li>
<li>Doosan Robotics (DR) manufactures and sells collaborative robots (Cobots). The firm’s product portfolio primarily includes different series of robot arms as well as its coffee module. </li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and undertook a peer comparison. In this note, we talk about valuation.</li>
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Doosan Robotics (DOOSANROBO KS) is looking to raise up to US$314m in its Korean IPO. 
Doosan Robotics (DR) manufactures and sells collaborative robots (Cobots). The firm’s product portfolio primarily includes different series of robot arms as well as its coffee module. 
In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and undertook a peer comparison. In this note, we talk about valuation.


Doosan Robotics IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - A Punt at Best, a Crash at Worst

South Korea

Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd. manufactures and distributes construction machines. The Company produces gas turbines, engines, turbine generators, boilers, power plant equipment, and other related products. Doosan Enerbility also offers energy solutions for thermal power, nuclear power, and renewable energy.

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Doosan Enerbility (034020 KS)

Doosan Group Is Likely To Cancel Its Restructuring Plans

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Douglas Kim

Concerns About Transferring Doosan Bobcat Shares Held by Doosan Enerbility to Doosan Robotics

In this insight, we discuss the continued controversy on the ongoing restructuring of the Doosan Group companies, specifically involving Doosan...

Douglas Kim

Doosan Enerbility: A Key Beneficiary of Potential Nuclear Power Projects Win in the Czech Republic

On 17 July, the Czech government announced that it picked South Korea consortium to build two new nuclear power units with the possibility of more,...

Douglas Kim

Korea Short Sell Ban: Background, Manipulation, Holdings, Flows, Short Interest, Implications

Media reports indicate that there could be a temporary short sell ban in Korea. This could lead to futures backwardation, market manipulation and a...

Brian Freitas

Doosan Robotics IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - A Punt at Best, a Crash at Worst

Doosan Robotics (DOOSANROBO KS) is looking to raise up to US$314m in its Korean IPO. comparison. In this note, we talk about valuation.

Ethan Aw

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