Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Event-Driven

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<li>In the past 24 hours, there have been many news flow about numerous US airports that have been cyber attacked by suspects from Russia. </li>
<li>The increasing media attention on cyberattack threat could result in greater concerns about cybersecurity inducing higher global spending on software and other services that help to protect against cyber attacks. </li>
<li>Global cybersecurity stocks that could benefit from greater media attention on cyberattacks include Palo Alto Networks (PANW US)  Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (CRWD US)  CloudFlare (NET US).  </li>
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In the past 24 hours, there have been many news flow about numerous US airports that have been cyber attacked by suspects from Russia. 
The increasing media attention on cyberattack threat could result in greater concerns about cybersecurity inducing higher global spending on software and other services that help to protect against cyber attacks. 
Global cybersecurity stocks that could benefit from greater media attention on cyberattacks include Palo Alto Networks (PANW US)  Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (CRWD US)  CloudFlare (NET US).  


Cyberattacks at Numerous US Airports by Suspects from Russia

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Norton LifeLock’s business has been adversely affected by the volatile forex environment and various macroeconomic pressures.</li><li>The customer unit retention stays stable, and it continues to drive improvements to main cohorts with the inclusion of its newer customers.</li><li>It has made inroads from its latest Norton Identity Advisory Plus launch in the UK market.</li></ul>

Norton LifeLock’s business has been adversely affected by the volatile forex environment and various macroeconomic pressures.The customer unit retention stays stable, and it continues to drive improvements to main cohorts with the inclusion of its newer customers.It has made inroads from its latest Norton Identity Advisory Plus launch in the UK market.

Norton LifeLock Inc: Evolution of Norton 360

European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

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<li>British competition regulator surprises by provisionally approving the acquisition of Avast by NortonLifeLock; Avast's share price reacted by increasing by 43%. Now the deal will complete.</li>
<li>If the planned procedures are fulfilled, the purchase of Avast would become effective on 12 September. The Majority cash option should be preferred vs. the majority stock option.</li>
<li>The spread on the majority cash option is 0.87% (tightened from 43.7% prior to the CMA announcement), with a 6.3% estimated annual return.</li>
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British competition regulator surprises by provisionally approving the acquisition of Avast by NortonLifeLock; Avast's share price reacted by increasing by 43%. Now the deal will complete.
If the planned procedures are fulfilled, the purchase of Avast would become effective on 12 September. The Majority cash option should be preferred vs. the majority stock option.
The spread on the majority cash option is 0.87% (tightened from 43.7% prior to the CMA announcement), with a 6.3% estimated annual return.


NortonLifeLock/​Avast: CMA Announces Provisional Clearance

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<li>The British competition regulator questions the acquisition of cybersecurity company <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avast-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33815:1" rel="noopener">Avast PLC (AVST LN)</a> by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nortonlifelock-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18211:1" rel="noopener">NortonLifeLock (NLOK US)</a>. and refers the transaction for an in-depth phase 2 investigation.</li>
<li>The combination would not hold more than c.31% of the UK antivirus market and probably less than 30% in malware protection. The CMA investigation should take 20-24 weeks.</li>
<li>Deal closing could happen during Q4 2022. Spread on the majority cash option is 11.9%, spread on the majority stock option is 3.9%.</li>
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The British competition regulator questions the acquisition of cybersecurity company Avast PLC (AVST LN) by NortonLifeLock (NLOK US). and refers the transaction for an in-depth phase 2 investigation.
The combination would not hold more than c.31% of the UK antivirus market and probably less than 30% in malware protection. The CMA investigation should take 20-24 weeks.
Deal closing could happen during Q4 2022. Spread on the majority cash option is 11.9%, spread on the majority stock option is 3.9%.


NortonLifeLock/Avast: CMA In-Depth Investigation, Spread

Credit

<ul><li>NortonLifeLock has had a strong financial performance for the trailing twelve-month period and is benefitting from a strong macro for consumer cybersecurity particularly after the increased use of personal PCs as a result of the pandemic.</li><li>NortonLifeLock demonstrated a broad-based growth profile that reflected diversification across their product portfolio, channels, and geographies.</li><li>Based on our credit analysis, the company merits a Credit Evaluation Score of BBβ with a stable outlook and as per our Financial Strength Indicator, its performance is 3.90/ 5.</li></ul>

NortonLifeLock has had a strong financial performance for the trailing twelve-month period and is benefitting from a strong macro for consumer cybersecurity particularly after the increased use of personal PCs as a result of the pandemic.NortonLifeLock demonstrated a broad-based growth profile that reflected diversification across their product portfolio, channels, and geographies.Based on our credit analysis, the company merits a Credit Evaluation Score of BBβ with a stable outlook and as per our Financial Strength Indicator, its performance is 3.90/ 5.

NortonLifeLock Inc.: Detailed Credit Analysis & Financial Strength Evaluation Report

United States

NortonLifeLock Inc. provides consumer cyber security solutions. The Company offers solutions which enables consumers to protect their devices, online privacy, identity, and home networks. NortonLifeLock serves customers worldwide.

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