Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/suzuken-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14996:1" rel="noopener">Suzuken Co Ltd (9987 JP)</a> last Friday announced earnings which beat expectations and raised forecasts well above consensus. But Implied H2 did not change, suggesting full-year is lowballed.</li>
<li>The company announced a buyback over 5 months, but today (Tuesday) announced a ToSTNeT-3 buyback for the full size (6% or so) that morning. </li>
<li>It looks like insider selling, which in addition to being accretive would be bullish on a governance basis.</li>
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Suzuken Co Ltd (9987 JP) last Friday announced earnings which beat expectations and raised forecasts well above consensus. But Implied H2 did not change, suggesting full-year is lowballed.
The company announced a buyback over 5 months, but today (Tuesday) announced a ToSTNeT-3 buyback for the full size (6% or so) that morning. 
It looks like insider selling, which in addition to being accretive would be bullish on a governance basis.


Suzuken Buyback (9987 JP) - The Best News In Years

David Blennerhassett

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tata-motors-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:216:1" rel="noopener">Tata Motors Ltd (TTMT IN)</a> will eliminate its ADS program. This is another potentially juicy trade. </li>
<li>Canada's Brookfield, along with EIG look to take over <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/origin-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:797:1" rel="noopener">Origin Energy (ORG AU)</a>, one of Australia's largest energy companies.</li>
<li>This <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oz-minerals-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1138:1" rel="noopener">OZ Minerals Ltd (OZL AU)</a> trade is fundamentally a bit short gamma on copper. If copper takes another dive, then it may no longer be interesting to be long. </li>
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Tata Motors Ltd (TTMT IN) will eliminate its ADS program. This is another potentially juicy trade. 
Canada's Brookfield, along with EIG look to take over Origin Energy (ORG AU), one of Australia's largest energy companies.
This OZ Minerals Ltd (OZL AU) trade is fundamentally a bit short gamma on copper. If copper takes another dive, then it may no longer be interesting to be long. 


Last Week in Event SPACE: Tata Motors, Origin Energy, OZ Minerals, Toshiba

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kawasaki-kisen-kaisha-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3548:1" rel="noopener">Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP)</a> had a shareholder return program in place in May. Earnings forecasts on 3 Nov were slightly disappointing so the stock sold off but...</li>
<li>The large buyback allowed investors to try to game the situation. Some may have, but this morning on the execution, VERY few Real World Float holders sold. </li>
<li>That leaves the stock squeezy going into a buyback to repurchase 20% of the Max Real World Float (including short-created longs). </li>
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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP) had a shareholder return program in place in May. Earnings forecasts on 3 Nov were slightly disappointing so the stock sold off but...
The large buyback allowed investors to try to game the situation. Some may have, but this morning on the execution, VERY few Real World Float holders sold. 
That leaves the stock squeezy going into a buyback to repurchase 20% of the Max Real World Float (including short-created longs). 


KLine (9107) Buyback Redux-Squared - Post-Buyback Could Get Squeezy

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<li>On Thursday, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kawasaki-kisen-kaisha-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3548:1" rel="noopener">Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP)</a> announced earnings, lower-than-consensus guidance and a ¥100bn buyback via ToSTNeT-3 this week, and on market if not filled via ToSTNeT-3.</li>
<li>The stock fell 5+%. I wrote I thought it was a buy and that the buyback was "game-able." It rose 10+% from then til now. </li>
<li>That was the fun. Now we get the games. Positioning strategy matters. </li>
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On Thursday, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP) announced earnings, lower-than-consensus guidance and a ¥100bn buyback via ToSTNeT-3 this week, and on market if not filled via ToSTNeT-3.
The stock fell 5+%. I wrote I thought it was a buy and that the buyback was "game-able." It rose 10+% from then til now. 
That was the fun. Now we get the games. Positioning strategy matters. 


KLine (Kawasaki Kisen (9107)) - ToSTNeT-3 For All The Marbles

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<li>There is potentially a premium of about 20-25% being assessed for the possibility of a deal for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toshiba-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:637:1" rel="noopener">Toshiba Corp (6502 JP)</a>, but there is also fundamental risk beyond this.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/perpetual-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:599:1" rel="noopener">Perpetual Ltd (PPT AU)</a> rejects EQT/BPEA/Regal's Offer, a proposal that is contingent on PPT ceasing its Scheme with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pendal-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15795:1" rel="noopener">Pendal Group (PDL AU)</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/news-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26926:1" rel="noopener">News Corp (NWS AU)</a> is trading rich. The net EV/EBITDA for the stub ops trades closely matches to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fox-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36135:1" rel="noopener">Fox (FOXA US)</a>. And Fox is preferable over NWS' print media business. </li>
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There is potentially a premium of about 20-25% being assessed for the possibility of a deal for Toshiba Corp (6502 JP), but there is also fundamental risk beyond this.

Perpetual Ltd (PPT AU) rejects EQT/BPEA/Regal's Offer, a proposal that is contingent on PPT ceasing its Scheme with Pendal Group (PDL AU) 

News Corp (NWS AU) is trading rich. The net EV/EBITDA for the stub ops trades closely matches to Fox (FOXA US). And Fox is preferable over NWS' print media business. 


Last Week in Event SPACE: Toshiba, Perpetual/Pendal, News Corp/Fox Corp

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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. operates marine cargo and passenger transportation around the world.  The Company provides ocean liner, bulk carrier, car carrier, unscheduled specialized carrier, and energy transportation services. The Company also offers insurance, warehousing, and land transportation services.  Items transported include automobile, grain, petroleum, coal, iron ore, and wood chip.

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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP)

Suzuken Buyback (9987 JP) - The Best News In Years

Suzuken' earnings were good. Forecasts only reflect the past. H2 implieds were unch'd. Buyback announced = ToSTNeT-3 tomorrow should finish....

Travis Lundy

Last Week in Event SPACE: Tata Motors, Origin Energy, OZ Minerals, Toshiba

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

KLine (9107) Buyback Redux-Squared - Post-Buyback Could Get Squeezy

The buyback was large, but only Effissimo, and Mizuho, and 2mm shares more sold into it. That leaves ~19mm shares to buy in 16wks. That is 20-35%...

Travis Lundy

KLine (Kawasaki Kisen (9107)) - ToSTNeT-3 For All The Marbles

The KLine (9107) buyback is here. We've seen +11% in a day and a half since the knee-jerk response to results. Now we have a buyback of up to 35...

Travis Lundy

Last Week in Event SPACE: Toshiba, Perpetual/Pendal, News Corp/Fox Corp

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

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