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>The Japanese Financial Services Agency has asked the general insurers to reduce/eliminate their cross-shareholdings.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ms-ad-insurance-group-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:631:1" rel="noopener">MS&amp;AD Insurance (8725 JP)</a> had a stake over US$100m in at least 29 listed Japanese stocks, amounting to a total of US$17.4bn.</li>
<li>In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.</li>
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The Japanese Financial Services Agency has asked the general insurers to reduce/eliminate their cross-shareholdings.

MS&amp;AD Insurance (8725 JP) had a stake over US$100m in at least 29 listed Japanese stocks, amounting to a total of US$17.4bn.
In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.


MS&AD Cross-Shareholding - At Least US$20bn of Cross-Shareholding to Sell

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/modec-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2840:1" rel="noopener">Modec Inc (6269 JP)</a> has announced a secondary offering of up to 25.2 million shares (including overallotment). The largest shareholder, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitsui-e-s-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2402:1" rel="noopener">Mitsui E&amp;S Holdings (7003 JP)</a>, is the seller.</li>
<li>MODEC's goal with the secondary offering is to reconfigure its shareholder mix to have a diverse base of shareholders who support its long-term strategies and a better tradable share ratio.</li>
<li>Looking at recent large Japanese placements is instructive for understanding the potential offer price. The pricing date will likely fall between 22 and 28 May (likely 22 May).</li>
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Modec Inc (6269 JP) has announced a secondary offering of up to 25.2 million shares (including overallotment). The largest shareholder, Mitsui E&amp;S Holdings (7003 JP), is the seller.
MODEC's goal with the secondary offering is to reconfigure its shareholder mix to have a diverse base of shareholders who support its long-term strategies and a better tradable share ratio.
Looking at recent large Japanese placements is instructive for understanding the potential offer price. The pricing date will likely fall between 22 and 28 May (likely 22 May).


MODEC (6296 JP): A US$535 Million Secondary Offering

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>In March, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/modec-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2840:1" rel="noopener">Modec Inc (6269 JP)</a> announced the TSE had said Modec at 29.3% (end-Dec-23) was below the required 35% tradable shares level required for continued listing on TSE Prime. </li>
<li>It <a href="https://www.modec.com/news/assets/pdf/20240315_ir_prime_en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a "Basic Plan" to comply with the criteria which involved convincing one of the three major corporate holders to sell some. They needed to sell about 6%.</li>
<li>Mitsui E&amp;S has announced it will sell 32%, and 37% including greenshoe. This is overdoing it in a huge way. Mitsui E&amp;S is getting out. This is a re-IPO.</li>
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In March, Modec Inc (6269 JP) announced the TSE had said Modec at 29.3% (end-Dec-23) was below the required 35% tradable shares level required for continued listing on TSE Prime. 
It announced a "Basic Plan" to comply with the criteria which involved convincing one of the three major corporate holders to sell some. They needed to sell about 6%.
Mitsui E&amp;S has announced it will sell 32%, and 37% including greenshoe. This is overdoing it in a huge way. Mitsui E&amp;S is getting out. This is a re-IPO.


YUUUGE Modec (6269) Offering To Stay Listed in TSE Prime - Effectively a Re-IPO

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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> today announced earnings. Ocean Network Express earnings were out earlier and beyond that, Consolidated Revs beat, OP faltered, but NP was spot on guidance.</li>
<li>Guidance for the year to March 2025 is well ahead of consensus on revenue, slightly ahead on OP, and just a wee bit ahead on NP. </li>
<li>But the company raised its 5yr MTMP Shareholder Return from ¥500bn to ¥700bn and set a new ¥100bn (5.5%) buyback to be executed in the next 3 months.</li>
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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP) today announced earnings. Ocean Network Express earnings were out earlier and beyond that, Consolidated Revs beat, OP faltered, but NP was spot on guidance.
Guidance for the year to March 2025 is well ahead of consensus on revenue, slightly ahead on OP, and just a wee bit ahead on NP. 
But the company raised its 5yr MTMP Shareholder Return from ¥500bn to ¥700bn and set a new ¥100bn (5.5%) buyback to be executed in the next 3 months.


KLINE (9107) - More Profit, More Shareholder Return 3mo Buyback Inbound

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<li>The TOPIX October Free Float Weight Review details are out. This is the biggest FFW review of the year. This year, it's $11.3bn a side. </li>
<li>As discussed in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/japan-post-bank-7182-the-october-topix-ffw-adjustment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:110290" rel="noopener">Japan Post Bank (7182) - The October TOPIX FFW Adjustment</a>, JPB is the big buy. $2bn/23d of ADV. There is $2bn to buy of trading cos too.</li>
<li>There are lots of large names to trade in both directions. If you have interests to sell the buys and vice versa, it is good to know the flows.</li>
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The TOPIX October Free Float Weight Review details are out. This is the biggest FFW review of the year. This year, it's $11.3bn a side. 
As discussed in Japan Post Bank (7182) - The October TOPIX FFW Adjustment, JPB is the big buy. $2bn/23d of ADV. There is $2bn to buy of trading cos too.
There are lots of large names to trade in both directions. If you have interests to sell the buys and vice versa, it is good to know the flows.


October 2023 TOPIX Free Float Review - $22.6bn to Trade and JPB (7182) The Biggie

Japan

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. provides marine transportation, warehousing, and cargo handling services.  The Company operates container ship, specialized carrier, oil tankers, and ferry.  Items transported include coal, iron ore, grain, logs, aluminum, cement, industrial salt, copper ore, wood chips, paper products, chemical products, gasoline and other petroleum products, LPG, and other cargoes.

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (9104 JP)

MS&AD Cross-Shareholding - At Least US$20bn of Cross-Shareholding to Sell

Along with its results announcement today, MS&AD announced that it will accelerate its cross-shareholding unwind and is targeting a sale of around...

Sumeet Singh

MODEC (6296 JP): A US$535 Million Secondary Offering

Looking at recent large Japanese placements is instructive for understanding the potential offer price. The pricing date will likely fall between...

Arun George

YUUUGE Modec (6269) Offering To Stay Listed in TSE Prime - Effectively a Re-IPO

Modec raised capital last year, and tradable shares went below 35pct. That meant someone had to sell by end-2025. Mitsui E and S is selling most of...

Travis Lundy

KLINE (9107) - More Profit, More Shareholder Return 3mo Buyback Inbound

KLINE beat earnings by a bit. Guidance beats Street expectations by a little. But ROE is still a bit low. A big buyback is accretive, and could get...

Travis Lundy

October 2023 TOPIX Free Float Review - $22.6bn to Trade and JPB (7182) The Biggie

The TOPIX FFW trade approaches. 4+ trading days left. So far the Top 40 Buys vs Sells are +1+% since I wrote two weeks ago. Shin-Etsu/Ibiden is...

Travis Lundy

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