Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Integrated Design & Engineering Holdings / Event-Driven

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<li>In 2023, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/integrated-design-engineering-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44096:1" rel="noopener">Integrated Design &amp; Engineering Holdings (9161 JP)</a> was created as a technical listing, succeeding <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-koei-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1549:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Koei (1954 JP)</a>. It has been listed for decades. </li>
<li>On Tuesday 19 November, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tokio-marine-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7591:1" rel="noopener">Tokio Marine Holdings (8766 JP)</a> announced an agreed/supported deal to buy out <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/integrated-design-engineering-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44096:1" rel="noopener">Integrated Design &amp; Engineering Holdings (9161 JP)</a>. The register is open. Should be easy. </li>
<li>It's a nice high price for a boring stock, but it is cheap. They are NOT overpaying, but I don't see who would want to run interference on this.</li>
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In 2023, Integrated Design &amp; Engineering Holdings (9161 JP) was created as a technical listing, succeeding Nippon Koei (1954 JP). It has been listed for decades. 
On Tuesday 19 November, Tokio Marine Holdings (8766 JP) announced an agreed/supported deal to buy out Integrated Design &amp; Engineering Holdings (9161 JP). The register is open. Should be easy. 
It's a nice high price for a boring stock, but it is cheap. They are NOT overpaying, but I don't see who would want to run interference on this.


I D & E Holdings (9161 JP) Gets a TOB Offer from Tokio Marine at +63% (¥6,500) - Probably Done

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When Japanese companies make a bid for US firms, lights start flashing on merger arb desks, because Japanese firms are usually the most reliable counterparty in the merger arb game. First off, they are never known to have made an outright hostile bid for a US firm. An unwritten law of international M&amp;A policing is if your companies make hostile international M&amp;A, your companies are vulnerable in return. By not engaging in hostile M&amp;A, Japanese firms have created a national poison pill, something…

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Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. provides construction consulting and engineering services to the public and private sectors.  The Company operates in the hydroelectric, irrigation, and power transmission fields.  Nippon Koei also operates its own construction division.

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I D & E Holdings (9161 JP) Gets a TOB Offer from Tokio Marine at +63% (¥6,500) - Probably Done

Tokio Marine Holdings has announced a takeover of construction/infra/energyinfra engineering consultant ID&E. Very nice premium, not much...

Travis Lundy

When Merger Arb Plays Big: Hutchinson Technology & TDK

When Japanese companies make a bid for US firms, lights start flashing on merger arb desks, because Japanese firms are usually the most reliable...

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