Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Hitachi Construction Machinery / Event-Driven

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<li>On Thursday we saw news of a Hitachi sale of half its stake in HCM. Friday the stock traded down hard. Friday night saw news that underwhelmed further. </li>
<li>The deal is big, but it is basically a deal to get Hitachi out as parent. There is no Capital Alliance and there is no Strategic Alliance yet. </li>
<li>There simply is not much there, there yet. And the stock is less liquid than it looks, and that won't get better any time soon.</li>
</ul>


On Thursday we saw news of a Hitachi sale of half its stake in HCM. Friday the stock traded down hard. Friday night saw news that underwhelmed further. 
The deal is big, but it is basically a deal to get Hitachi out as parent. There is no Capital Alliance and there is no Strategic Alliance yet. 
There simply is not much there, there yet. And the stock is less liquid than it looks, and that won't get better any time soon.


Hitachi Construction Machinery Deal To Change "Parent" - There's Not Much There There

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<li>An NHK report today post-close said <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hitachi-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7797:1" rel="noopener">Hitachi Ltd (6501 JP)</a> would sell "about half" its stake in sub <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hitachi-construction-machinery" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19433:1" rel="noopener">Hitachi Construction Machinery (6305 JP)</a> to Itochu and Japan Industrial Partners.</li>
<li>That is quite similar to the announcement 15 months ago in the Nikkei which precipitated a large drop. While unconfirmed, it smells like there is fire behind the smoke.</li>
<li>The big question is What Next? and What Impact for shareholders? That's a tough couple of questions. </li>
</ul>


An NHK report today post-close said Hitachi Ltd (6501 JP) would sell "about half" its stake in sub Hitachi Construction Machinery (6305 JP) to Itochu and Japan Industrial Partners.
That is quite similar to the announcement 15 months ago in the Nikkei which precipitated a large drop. While unconfirmed, it smells like there is fire behind the smoke.
The big question is What Next? and What Impact for shareholders? That's a tough couple of questions. 


Hitachi Finally Bailing on Hitachi Construction (6305); Too Early To Buy

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Mio Kato

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<li>NHK reports that Hitachi will be selling roughly half of its 51% stake in HCM to Itochu and Japan Industrial Partners. </li>
<li>HCM has outperformed Komatsu over the last year and it is possible that some investors were expecting a buyout. </li>
<li>If so, and if there is a negative reaction to this news we would be looking to buy.</li>
</ul>


NHK reports that Hitachi will be selling roughly half of its 51% stake in HCM to Itochu and Japan Industrial Partners. 
HCM has outperformed Komatsu over the last year and it is possible that some investors were expecting a buyout. 
If so, and if there is a negative reaction to this news we would be looking to buy.


HCM – Hitachi Partial Stake Sale to Itochu

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In my previous articles, "Parent-Subsidiary Listing and ENEOS Holdings, Toho Titanium, Hitachi Construction Machinery Update" and "Parent-Subsidiary Listing Dissolution and ROIC," I discussed the options for Hitachi Construction Machinery (6305), a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (6501) for dissolving the parent-subsidiary listing, including making the company a wholly owned subsidiary, selling shares, and going private. I attended Hitachi Construction Machinery's analyst meeting on Tuesday, October 26 and small meeting on Friday, October 29, as well as Hitachi, Ltd.'s analyst meeting on Wednesday, October 27, and would like to update my views on this matter.

In my previous articles, "Parent-Subsidiary Listing and ENEOS Holdings, Toho Titanium, Hitachi Construction Machinery Update" and "Parent-Subsidiary Listing Dissolution and ROIC," I discussed the options for Hitachi Construction Machinery (6305), a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (6501) for dissolving the parent-subsidiary listing, including making the company a wholly owned subsidiary, selling shares, and going private. I attended Hitachi Construction Machinery's analyst meeting on Tuesday, October 26 and small meeting on Friday, October 29, as well as Hitachi, Ltd.'s analyst meeting on Wednesday, October 27, and would like to update my views on this matter.

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On Friday we warned that Fanuc might come through with a surprise downgrade as a result of weakness in its Robomachine division. We said that FA and Robot sales were likely flattish QoQ (-0.8% QoQ and +6.1% QoQ respectively) but that the Robomachine division could see sales collapse to about ¥28bn from ¥53.2bn in the last quarter. They did, falling to ¥27.8bn. What remains to be seen is how far ahead of the clueless and oblivious sellside (which projected a 1.6% QoQ rise in sales) the market was. For now though…

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Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, sells, and repairs construction machinery. The Company's products include hydraulic excavators, crawler cranes, wheel loaders, shield machines, and bulldozers. Hitachi Construction Machinery, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., markets its products worldwide through sales offices overseas.

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