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.

Event-Driven

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<li>A group of shareholders raised around US$530m in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mankind-pharma-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36389:1" rel="noopener">Mankind Pharma</a>(MP) IPO in May 2023. The pre-IPO shareholders will be released from their lockup soon.</li>
<li>MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.</li>
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A group of shareholders raised around US$530m in Mankind Pharma(MP) IPO in May 2023. The pre-IPO shareholders will be released from their lockup soon.
MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.


Mankind Pharma Lock-Up - A US$1.1bn+ Lockup Release

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<li>In Aug 2022, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zomato-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28820:1" rel="noopener">Zomato (ZOMATO IN)</a> completed the acquisition of 91% of Blinkit’s outstanding shares via issuing its own shares. These shares were released from their lockup in Aug 2023.</li>
<li>Leading to a selldown by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-group-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1" rel="noopener">Softbank Group (9984 JP)</a> in the same month, followed by another selldown in Oct 2023. Softbank will once again be released from its lockup soon.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.</li>
</ul>


In Aug 2022, Zomato (ZOMATO IN) completed the acquisition of 91% of Blinkit’s outstanding shares via issuing its own shares. These shares were released from their lockup in Aug 2023.
Leading to a selldown by Softbank Group (9984 JP) in the same month, followed by another selldown in Oct 2023. Softbank will once again be released from its lockup soon.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.


Zomato Lock-Up - Last of the Softbank Selldown

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<li>In Jun 2023, CPPIB raised around US$750m via selling a 1.6% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kotak-mahindra-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:126:1" rel="noopener">Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB IN)</a>. Prior to that it had sold a similar amount in Mar 2022.</li>
<li>CPPIB will be released from its placement linked lockup early next month.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and past deals performance.</li>
</ul>


In Jun 2023, CPPIB raised around US$750m via selling a 1.6% stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB IN). Prior to that it had sold a similar amount in Mar 2022.
CPPIB will be released from its placement linked lockup early next month.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and past deals performance.


Kotak Mahindra Bank - US$1.2 Billion Lockup Release

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<li>Adani Enterprises is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering (FPO). Bookbuild will begin tomorrow (27th Jan 23) and last till the end of the month.</li>
<li>Adani Enterprises is the flagship company of the Adani Group. The group’s entities' stock performance over the past few years has made the founder one of the richest persons globally.</li>
<li>We have covered most aspects of the deal in our earlier note published. In this note, we talk about the recent updates and the deal pricing and structure.</li>
</ul>


Adani Enterprises is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering (FPO). Bookbuild will begin tomorrow (27th Jan 23) and last till the end of the month.
Adani Enterprises is the flagship company of the Adani Group. The group’s entities' stock performance over the past few years has made the founder one of the richest persons globally.
We have covered most aspects of the deal in our earlier note published. In this note, we talk about the recent updates and the deal pricing and structure.


Adani Enterprises US$2.4bn FPO - Updates, Pricing, Structure, Anchor and Some More

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/infosys-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:267:1" rel="noopener">Infosys Ltd (INFO IN)</a> (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/infosys-ltd-sp-adr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:268:1" rel="noopener">Infosys Ltd Sp Adr (INFY US)</a>) on 5-6 December <a href="https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachLive/757B8EEA-EB83-41B2-BC39-5380D9BE2EFB-175849.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> an on-market buyback of more than US$1.1bn. </li>
<li>The company has done buybacks before, and it is worthwhile looking at the details.</li>
<li>The buy-back looks small, and may be impactful near-term in near-space. </li>
</ul>



Infosys Ltd (INFO IN) (Infosys Ltd Sp Adr (INFY US)) on 5-6 December announced an on-market buyback of more than US$1.1bn. 
The company has done buybacks before, and it is worthwhile looking at the details.
The buy-back looks small, and may be impactful near-term in near-space. 


India

Infosys Limited provides IT consulting and software services, including e-business, program management and supply chain solutions. The Group's services include application development, product co-development, and system implementation and system engineering. Infosys targets businesses specializing in the insurance, banking, telecommunication and manufacturing sectors.

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Mankind Pharma Lock-Up - A US$1.1bn+ Lockup Release

The two pre-IPO investors have launched a block to sell around US$591m worth of Mankind Pharma shares. Since the lockup on the shares expired not...

Sumeet Singh

Zomato Lock-Up - Last of the Softbank Selldown

In Aug 2022, Zomato completed the acquisition of 91% of Blinkit’s outstanding shares via issuing its own shares. This has led to two earlier...

Sumeet Singh

Kotak Mahindra Bank - US$1.2 Billion Lockup Release

In Jun 2023, CPPIB raised around US$750m via selling a 1.6% stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB IN). Prior to that it had sold a similar amount in...

Sumeet Singh

Adani Enterprises US$2.4bn FPO - Updates, Pricing, Structure, Anchor and Some More

Adani Enterprises is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering (FPO). We have covered most of the details in our prior...

Sumeet Singh

Infosys (INFY)'s US$1.1bn Buyback

Infosys has started a US$1bn buyback. This is small at 1.2-1.4% of shares out but it is a larger portion of Real World Float and so far is a VERY...

Travis Lundy

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