In today’s briefing:
- Gunma Bank (8334) And DHFG (7327) In Integration Talks – ‘Guess The Ratio’ Is ‘Efficiency Vs Value’
- (Mostly) Asia-Pac M&A: Seven & I, ESR Group, Japfa, Soundwill Holdings, Tenma, Naigai Trans Line
- Last Week in Event SPACE: Rio Tinto, Proto, CK Hutch, Silk Logistics, HKBN
- Tenma Corp (7958 JP): MBO Tender Offer at JPY3,580
Gunma Bank (8334) And DHFG (7327) In Integration Talks – ‘Guess The Ratio’ Is ‘Efficiency Vs Value’
- Nikkei Business reported Friday 14 March that Gunma Bank (8334 JP) and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group (7327 JP) (“DHFG”) were in talks to integrate to create a Super-Regional Bank
- Gunma and Daishi-Hokuetsu are part of the same multiple-regional bank alliances, including the Gunma-Daishi Hokuetsu Alliance since 2021, in order to collaborate regionally, build scale, and lower service provision cost.
- As Gunma and Daishi Hokuetsu serve adjacent jurisdictions, and they are already exploring sharing branches, this makes sense. The World with Interest (rates above zero) may cause more integration talk.
(Mostly) Asia-Pac M&A: Seven & I, ESR Group, Japfa, Soundwill Holdings, Tenma, Naigai Trans Line
- I tally 58 – mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac – transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma.
- Three news new deals discussed this week: Soundwill Holdings (878 HK), Tenma Corp (7958 JP), and Naigai Trans Line (9384 JP).
- Key updates/news took place on: Seven & I Holdings (3382 JP), Silk Logistics (SLH AU), ESR Group (1821 HK), Proto Corp (4298 JP), and Japfa Ltd (JAP SP).
Last Week in Event SPACE: Rio Tinto, Proto, CK Hutch, Silk Logistics, HKBN
- An independent appraisal repot supports Rio Tinto Ltd (RIO AU) unifying its dual-listed structure. Shareholders will get their say on the 3rd April.
- Proto Corp (4298 JP)‘s MBO is the wrong price. The solution here is a really bump or a broken deal if investors keep the share price above the TOB price.
- CK Hutchison Holdings (1 HK)gives back some of the recent gains as pro-Beijing media said CK Hutch “should think twice about which side it wants to stand with”.
Tenma Corp (7958 JP): MBO Tender Offer at JPY3,580
- Tenma Corp (7958 JP) has recommended an MBO tender offer at JPY3,580 per share, a 37.1% premium to the last close of JPY2,611.
- Despite implying a P/B multiple of 0.89x, the offer is attractive compared to historical trading ranges and peer multiples and represents an all-time high.
- An irrevocable from Dalton, the largest shareholder, lowers the risk of activist agitation. Given that the offer is reasonable, the required minority acceptance rate of 28.5% is attainable.
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