Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Elliott Management was noted several weeks ago to have bought near 5% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dai-nippon-printing-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19388:1" rel="noopener">Dai Nippon Printing (7912 JP)</a>. The stock popped when people found out.  </li>
<li>Then the stock popped when the company said they'd announce the outline for their new Mid-Term Management Plan on 9 March, and that would include more capital allocation measures.</li>
<li>Today we got the Outline. There are more capital allocation measures. The numbers look big. Nuance is required to understand the impacts over time.</li>
</ul>


Elliott Management was noted several weeks ago to have bought near 5% of Dai Nippon Printing (7912 JP). The stock popped when people found out.  
Then the stock popped when the company said they'd announce the outline for their new Mid-Term Management Plan on 9 March, and that would include more capital allocation measures.
Today we got the Outline. There are more capital allocation measures. The numbers look big. Nuance is required to understand the impacts over time.


Dai Nippon Printing (7912) - Whoop There It Is! ¥100bn Buyback in a Year, ¥300bn in 3yrs

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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Japan Post Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, there were two deals launched this week.</li>
<li>For placements, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-bank-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:838:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)</a>'s planned selldown by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:359:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP)</a> came earlier than expected.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPO front, there were two deals launched this week.
For placements, Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)'s planned selldown by Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP) came earlier than expected.


ECM Weekly (5th Mar 2023) - Japan Post Bank, Kansai, Vanke, Otsuka, SBI Sumishin, Lu DaoPei, NST, JF

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

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<li>Otsuka Estate is looking to raise US$389m via trimming its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/otsuka-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12292:1" rel="noopener">Otsuka Holdings (4578 JP)</a>.</li>
<li>The deal is a relatively large one on an ADV basis, at 14.6 days of three month ADV. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the firm’s track record and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


Otsuka Estate is looking to raise US$389m via trimming its stake in Otsuka Holdings (4578 JP).
The deal is a relatively large one on an ADV basis, at 14.6 days of three month ADV. 
In this note, we will talk about the firm’s track record and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Otsuka Holdings Placement - While Enticing Discount, Management Selling Will Raise Eyebrows

Ethan Aw

<ul>
<li>Kansai Paint's shareholders aim to raise around US$291m via a secondary follow-on offering. This is a large deal to digest, at 34 days of three month ADV.  </li>
<li>The firm has also mentioned that it will conduct a share buyback of up to 8.2m shares worth approximately 3.5% of TSO or US$87.6m (JPY12bn). This will begin after settlement. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


Kansai Paint's shareholders aim to raise around US$291m via a secondary follow-on offering. This is a large deal to digest, at 34 days of three month ADV.  
The firm has also mentioned that it will conduct a share buyback of up to 8.2m shares worth approximately 3.5% of TSO or US$87.6m (JPY12bn). This will begin after settlement. 
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Kansai Paint Placement - Hardly an Outstanding First Offering Since Listing

<ul>
<li>Today after the close, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kansai-paint-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13340:1" rel="noopener">Kansai Paint (4613 JP)</a> announced a passel of crossholders would sell 26.2mm shares in a Secondary Offer. They also announced a buyback. </li>
<li>The buyback, spending up to ¥12bn to buy back up to 8.2mm shares, starts after the Offering is delivered, and extends until 15 March 2024.</li>
<li>This offering reduces cross-holder "strategic holdings" by a third. This will impact FFW. Complicated index impacts will occur over time.</li>
</ul>


Today after the close, Kansai Paint (4613 JP) announced a passel of crossholders would sell 26.2mm shares in a Secondary Offer. They also announced a buyback. 
The buyback, spending up to ¥12bn to buy back up to 8.2mm shares, starts after the Offering is delivered, and extends until 15 March 2024.
This offering reduces cross-holder "strategic holdings" by a third. This will impact FFW. Complicated index impacts will occur over time.


Kansai Paint (4613 JP) Secondary Offering & Buyback and All the Subsequent Flows

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Zhejiang Weixing New Bldg Mtls (002372 CH)

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