European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Event-Driven

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<li>Spreads have generally widened across our liquid universe in line with the recent market turmoil.</li>
<li>Recommendations Long ords / short prefs: Fuchs Petrolub, Henkel, Handelsbanken.</li>
<li>Recommendations Long prefs / short ords: Atalas Copco, Grifols, Investor AB, SSAB, Telecom Italia (takeover interest), Volkswagen, is Schroders near the bottom?</li>
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Spreads have generally widened across our liquid universe in line with the recent market turmoil.
Recommendations Long ords / short prefs: Fuchs Petrolub, Henkel, Handelsbanken.
Recommendations Long prefs / short ords: Atalas Copco, Grifols, Investor AB, SSAB, Telecom Italia (takeover interest), Volkswagen, is Schroders near the bottom?


Liquid Universe of European Ordinary and Preferred Shares: March '22 Report

Porsche Automobil Holding  / Event-Driven

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<li>I would value Porsche on 18.9x €5.3 billion 22eEBIT, i.e. €100bn; Ferrari, which has moderately higher EBIT margins (25% vs. 16%), trades on 31.2x EV/22e EBIT (Capital IQ consensus).</li>
<li>The current discount of VW prefs to ords is 23.2%. A Porsche IPO without major changes on VW share structure, would be positive for the preference shares. Long prefs/short ords.</li>
<li>An IPO of Porsche would be beneficial for the Porsche SE shares and the current discount to NAV should tighten even more, in my view. Long 1 PAH3 GR/short 0.5136 VOW GR.</li>
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I would value Porsche on 18.9x €5.3 billion 22eEBIT, i.e. €100bn; Ferrari, which has moderately higher EBIT margins (25% vs. 16%), trades on 31.2x EV/22e EBIT (Capital IQ consensus).
The current discount of VW prefs to ords is 23.2%. A Porsche IPO without major changes on VW share structure, would be positive for the preference shares. Long prefs/short ords.
An IPO of Porsche would be beneficial for the Porsche SE shares and the current discount to NAV should tighten even more, in my view. Long 1 PAH3 GR/short 0.5136 VOW GR.


Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hochtief-ag" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21652:1" rel="noopener">Hochtief AG (HOT GR)</a> has finally launched an unconditional offer for the rest of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cimic-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20030:1" rel="noopener">CIMIC Group Ltd (CIM AU)</a> (where it already owns 78.58%).</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-square-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35264:1" rel="noopener">SK Square (402340 KS)</a> was inexpensive after its November listing. Now it's even cheaper. </li>
<li>Canada-Based asset manager <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/brookfield-asset-manage-cl-a-0483cfb5-71a5-4931-af80-901e5f30aace" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23741:1" rel="noopener">Brookfield Asset Management (BAM US)</a> and Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes have combined to purchase all of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/agl-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:554:1" rel="noopener">AGL Energy Ltd (AGL AU)</a> at A$7.50/share</li>
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Hochtief AG (HOT GR) has finally launched an unconditional offer for the rest of CIMIC Group Ltd (CIM AU) (where it already owns 78.58%).

SK Square (402340 KS) was inexpensive after its November listing. Now it's even cheaper. 
Canada-Based asset manager Brookfield Asset Management (BAM US) and Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes have combined to purchase all of AGL Energy Ltd (AGL AU) at A$7.50/share


Last Week in Event SPACE: CIMIC, SK Square, AGL Energy, Mapletree, Z Energy, VW/Porsche

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/volkswagen-ag" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21738:1" rel="noopener">Volkswagen (VOW GR)</a> said it was in advanced talks with its controlling shareholder, the Porsche-Piëch family, over IPOing the iconic Porsche car brand.</li>
<li>VW gained as much as 10.2%, lagging <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/porsche-automobil-holding-se" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21691:1" rel="noopener">Porsche Automobil Holding Se (PAH3 GR)</a>'s intra-day-high of 15.2%.</li>
<li>Proceeds from a potential IPO would ostensibly support VW's electric vehicle roll-out. But expect the founding families to be also looking to fill their boots. </li>
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Volkswagen (VOW GR) said it was in advanced talks with its controlling shareholder, the Porsche-Piëch family, over IPOing the iconic Porsche car brand.
VW gained as much as 10.2%, lagging Porsche Automobil Holding Se (PAH3 GR)'s intra-day-high of 15.2%.
Proceeds from a potential IPO would ostensibly support VW's electric vehicle roll-out. But expect the founding families to be also looking to fill their boots. 


VW Gains On Potential Porsche IPO. PAH3 Gains Even More

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<li>Spreads have generally tightened across our liquid universe, 410 bps in the case of Volkswagen. Spreads in Sixt (45.7%) and Schroders (37%) are worth mentioning.</li>
<li>Recommendations Long ords / short prefs: Fuchs Petrolub, Henkel, Handelsbanken.</li>
<li>Recommendations Long prefs / short ords: BMW, Grifols, Roche, Telecom Italia (takeover interest), Volkswagen.</li>
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Spreads have generally tightened across our liquid universe, 410 bps in the case of Volkswagen. Spreads in Sixt (45.7%) and Schroders (37%) are worth mentioning.
Recommendations Long ords / short prefs: Fuchs Petrolub, Henkel, Handelsbanken.
Recommendations Long prefs / short ords: BMW, Grifols, Roche, Telecom Italia (takeover interest), Volkswagen.


Liquid Universe of European Ordinary and Preferred Shares: February ‘22 Report

Germany

Volkswagen AG manufactures and sells vehicles. The Company offers economy and luxury automobiles, sports cars, trucks, and commercial vehicles. Volkswagen serves customers worldwide.

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Liquid Universe of European Ordinary and Preferred Shares: March '22 Report

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Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

PAR3/VOW3/Potential Porsche IPO

The valuation of Porsche OpCo could reach €100 billion, vs. a market capitalization of c. €109.4 billion of VW. This is a feasible range...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Last Week in Event SPACE: CIMIC, SK Square, AGL Energy, Mapletree, Z Energy, VW/Porsche

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David Blennerhassett

VW Gains On Potential Porsche IPO. PAH3 Gains Even More

VW's ords are now trading at a forward PER of 8.9x compared to 5.1x for the prefs. Separately, PAH3 is trading rich and is potentially an unwind...

David Blennerhassett

Liquid Universe of European Ordinary and Preferred Shares: February ‘22 Report

Spreads have generally tightened across our liquid universe, 410 bps in the case of Volkswagen. Spreads in Sixt (45.7%) and Schroders (37%) are...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

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