Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

On 6 June 2021, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wh-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13200:1" rel="noopener">WH Group (288 HK)</a> announced a proposal for a Voluntary Buyback Offer. The company decided it had enough cash and excess capital given its investment requirements and decided to return the excess to shareholders by buying up to 13% of shares outstanding. The Controlling Group would not tender, so they would see their stake increase and the minimum pro-ration would reach nearly 20%. The shares popped, then fell. Then they kept on falling. Yesterday and today they hit the level which has been a low point in the oscillator cycle for the last few years at HK$6.00/share.<section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/221/069/original/Screenshot+2021-07-29+at+9.16.53+PM.png?1627564718" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="221069"></figure></section>I wrote about the situation that very day in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/wh-group-buyback-offer-announced-strong-accretion-creates-accretion-risk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:52613" rel="noopener">WH Group Buyback Offer Announced - Strong Accretion Creates Accretion Risk</a>. I wrote that based on then-current pricing, expectations, and the trading levels of its peers, it would not be considered expensive at prices higher than the previous close (which had, to be fair, seen a nice pop on news). But markets gonna market. The peers fell. DRAMATICALLY. The 7 names in a HK- or China-listed basket of peers have fallen 23% as live hog prices have fallen and the hog/feed ratio has also fallen, indicating hog producers are making even less than before (or, according to the NDRC, losing more than before).<section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/221/072/original/Screenshot+2021-07-29+at+10.16.15+PM.png?1627568193" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="221072"></figure></section><hr><h2>The NEW News - The Offer Doc is Out</h2>Last night, late-ish, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wh-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13200:1" rel="noopener">WH Group (288 HK)</a> released its <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2021/0729/2021072901515.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Offer Document</a> whereby it launches the Conditional Voluntary Cash Offer for 13% of its own shares at HK$7.80/share. <ul>
<li>This will need to be approved by Shareholders - both the Offer and the Whitewash Waiver (the Executive has indicated its intention to approve the WW subject to 50+% of Independent Shareholder votes cast supporting the Offer and 75% of Independent Shareholder votes). </li>
<li>The Record Date for the EGM is 19 August 2021, the EGM is 16 August, and if approved, the Offer will become Unconditional on 16 August and will close on 30 August.</li>
<li>Cheques will be sent no later than 8 Sep. Shares not bought back will be returned no later than 9 Sep. </li>
<li>Minimum pro-ration is 19.7%. </li>
</ul><div class="content-highlight">
There are things to do here for hedge funds and arbitrageurs.
There are things to do here for long-only funds who love the stock. 
</div>This remains an interesting situation. Read on below.

On 6 June 2021, WH Group (288 HK) announced a proposal for a Voluntary Buyback Offer. The company decided it had enough cash and excess capital given its investment requirements and decided to return the excess to shareholders by buying up to 13% of shares outstanding. The Controlling Group would not tender, so they would see their stake increase and the minimum pro-ration would reach nearly 20%. The shares popped, then fell. Then they kept on falling. Yesterday and today they hit the level which has been a low point in the oscillator cycle for the last few years at HK$6.00/share.I wrote about the situation that very day in WH Group Buyback Offer Announced - Strong Accretion Creates Accretion Risk. I wrote that based on then-current pricing, expectations, and the trading levels of its peers, it would not be considered expensive at prices higher than the previous close (which had, to be fair, seen a nice pop on news). But markets gonna market. The peers fell. DRAMATICALLY. The 7 names in a HK- or China-listed basket of peers have fallen 23% as live hog prices have fallen and the hog/feed ratio has also fallen, indicating hog producers are making even less than before (or, according to the NDRC, losing more than before).The NEW News - The Offer Doc is OutLast night, late-ish, WH Group (288 HK) released its Offer Document whereby it launches the Conditional Voluntary Cash Offer for 13% of its own shares at HK$7.80/share. 
This will need to be approved by Shareholders - both the Offer and the Whitewash Waiver (the Executive has indicated its intention to approve the WW subject to 50+% of Independent Shareholder votes cast supporting the Offer and 75% of Independent Shareholder votes). 
The Record Date for the EGM is 19 August 2021, the EGM is 16 August, and if approved, the Offer will become Unconditional on 16 August and will close on 30 August.
Cheques will be sent no later than 8 Sep. Shares not bought back will be returned no later than 9 Sep. 
Minimum pro-ration is 19.7%. 

There are things to do here for hedge funds and arbitrageurs.
There are things to do here for long-only funds who love the stock. 
This remains an interesting situation. Read on below.

WH Group Offer Doc Out - This Little Piggy Went To Market

Equity Bottom-Up

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wh-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13200:1" rel="noopener">WH Group (288 HK)</a> is currently in the pre-event stage of a proposed Buyback Tender Offer as discussed 6 June in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/wh-group-buyback-offer-announced-strong-accretion-creates-accretion-risk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:52613" rel="noopener">WH Group Buyback Offer Announced - Strong Accretion Creates Accretion Risk</a>.Two weeks later on 20 June, I wrote about the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wh-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13200:1" rel="noopener">WH Group (288 HK)</a> arb bullishly in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/wh-group-vs-peers-too-many-piggies-going-to-market" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:53217" rel="noopener">WH Group Vs Peers - Too Many Piggies Going to Market?</a>, noting that live hog prices had fallen sharply and if live hog prices rebounded as futures indicated they might, you'd want to be prepared to think about getting in as the HK-listed and CH-listed peer group rebounded. The Peer Baskets hit their lows on the 21st of January, and the CH/HK-listed Peer Basket of 7 names rebounded 8.7% in the next five days. During that period, WH Group's price hit an intraday price implying 90% shareholder participation in the tender. That was relatively cheap. A little less than a week ago, I wrote <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/wh-group-trading-opportunities-abound" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:54016" rel="noopener">WH Group - Trading Opportunities Abound</a> when WH Group hit a price implying 50% participation in the proposed Buyback Tender. That was too expensive.Four trading days later and we are at 80% implied participation against a Global Basket and high 70% implied participation rate against the HK-CH-listed Comp Basket. There is a way to think about Partial Offers. This one has the added quirk of being a buyback which affects the back end. <div class="content-highlight">
Both short-term and long-term investors should take special care to understand the options available to them. Those options are worth money.
 To both arbitrageurs and long-term investors. 
</div>

WH Group (288 HK) is currently in the pre-event stage of a proposed Buyback Tender Offer as discussed 6 June in WH Group Buyback Offer Announced - Strong Accretion Creates Accretion Risk.Two weeks later on 20 June, I wrote about the WH Group (288 HK) arb bullishly in WH Group Vs Peers - Too Many Piggies Going to Market?, noting that live hog prices had fallen sharply and if live hog prices rebounded as futures indicated they might, you'd want to be prepared to think about getting in as the HK-listed and CH-listed peer group rebounded. The Peer Baskets hit their lows on the 21st of January, and the CH/HK-listed Peer Basket of 7 names rebounded 8.7% in the next five days. During that period, WH Group's price hit an intraday price implying 90% shareholder participation in the tender. That was relatively cheap. A little less than a week ago, I wrote WH Group - Trading Opportunities Abound when WH Group hit a price implying 50% participation in the proposed Buyback Tender. That was too expensive.Four trading days later and we are at 80% implied participation against a Global Basket and high 70% implied participation rate against the HK-CH-listed Comp Basket. There is a way to think about Partial Offers. This one has the added quirk of being a buyback which affects the back end. 
Both short-term and long-term investors should take special care to understand the options available to them. Those options are worth money.
 To both arbitrageurs and long-term investors. 


WH Group - Long-Only Fundamental Investors Can Take Advantage Too

When <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wh-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13200:1" rel="noopener">WH Group (288 HK)</a> announced its intention to conduct a Partial Offer Buyback to buy back up to 13% of its shares outstanding, the shares popped, but not nearly as far as accretion would have dictated. The level of accretion and what it would mean for investors was discussed in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/wh-group-buyback-offer-announced-strong-accretion-creates-accretion-risk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:52613" rel="noopener">WH Group Buyback Offer Announced - Strong Accretion Creates Accretion Risk</a>.Then the shares fell. This was "not supposed to happen" but was actually utterly normal, as I discussed in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/wh-group-vs-peers-too-many-piggies-going-to-market" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:53217" rel="noopener">WH Group Vs Peers - Too Many Piggies Going to Market?</a> It is important to recognise that partial tender trades are de-levered to the back-end. Early on one trades them slightly differently than later on.

When WH Group (288 HK) announced its intention to conduct a Partial Offer Buyback to buy back up to 13% of its shares outstanding, the shares popped, but not nearly as far as accretion would have dictated. The level of accretion and what it would mean for investors was discussed in WH Group Buyback Offer Announced - Strong Accretion Creates Accretion Risk.Then the shares fell. This was "not supposed to happen" but was actually utterly normal, as I discussed in WH Group Vs Peers - Too Many Piggies Going to Market? It is important to recognise that partial tender trades are de-levered to the back-end. Early on one trades them slightly differently than later on.

On 6 June, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wh-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13200:1" rel="noopener">WH Group (288 HK)</a> announced a proposal for a Voluntary Buyback Offer. The shares popped, then fell. Then kept on falling. <section class="figure"><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/213/993/original/Screenshot+2021-06-19+at+5.37.52+PM.png?1624095490" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="213993"></figure></section></section>When the announcement was made, I wrote in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/wh-group-buyback-offer-announced-strong-accretion-creates-accretion-risk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:52613" rel="noopener">WH Group Buyback Offer Announced - Strong Accretion Creates Accretion Risk</a> that the shares would not be considered expensive at a price which was higher than the previous close. Since then, the shares have fallen to the low HK$7.00s and then, on Friday morning, below that level. WHAT IS GOING ON???That's easy. And it is part and parcel of this kind of situation. But there is another element. Too many piggies going to market.

On 6 June, WH Group (288 HK) announced a proposal for a Voluntary Buyback Offer. The shares popped, then fell. Then kept on falling. When the announcement was made, I wrote in WH Group Buyback Offer Announced - Strong Accretion Creates Accretion Risk that the shares would not be considered expensive at a price which was higher than the previous close. Since then, the shares have fallen to the low HK$7.00s and then, on Friday morning, below that level. WHAT IS GOING ON???That's easy. And it is part and parcel of this kind of situation. But there is another element. Too many piggies going to market. 

WH Group Vs Peers - Too Many Piggies Going to Market?

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Capital Markets

In this edition of the Smartkarma North Asia Weekly, it summarizes some of the top insights on Smartkarma in the past week covering Japan, HK/China, and the Korean stock markets. The top topics are below:1) POTUS Executive Order: Updated List of Chinese Stocks to Be Deleted by Major Indices2) Kanzhun IPO3) Angelalign IPO 4) China: Allows Families to Have Three Children5) HYBE Rights Offering6) China Infrastructure REITs7) Aihuishou IPO8) Full Truck Alliance IPO9) Enjin IPO10) Xpeng: Positive Momentum Back11) Tesla China Losing Market Share12) CStone Pharma (2616.HK) - Time for a Revaluation13) JD Health Lock-Up Expiration14) Passive Money Tracking KOSPI15) SK IE Tech KOSPI 200 Fast-Entry16) DL Holdings with Recent Tender’s Increased Shares: Index Treatment 17) WH Group (288 HK)

In this edition of the Smartkarma North Asia Weekly, it summarizes some of the top insights on Smartkarma in the past week covering Japan, HK/China, and the Korean stock markets. The top topics are below:1) POTUS Executive Order: Updated List of Chinese Stocks to Be Deleted by Major Indices2) Kanzhun IPO3) Angelalign IPO 4) China: Allows Families to Have Three Children5) HYBE Rights Offering6) China Infrastructure REITs7) Aihuishou IPO8) Full Truck Alliance IPO9) Enjin IPO10) Xpeng: Positive Momentum Back11) Tesla China Losing Market Share12) CStone Pharma (2616.HK) - Time for a Revaluation13) JD Health Lock-Up Expiration14) Passive Money Tracking KOSPI15) SK IE Tech KOSPI 200 Fast-Entry16) DL Holdings with Recent Tender’s Increased Shares: Index Treatment 17) WH Group (288 HK)

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WH Group Limited operates as a holdings company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides meat processing services, supplies chilled meat, meat products, and other related products.

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