Daily Brief Industrials: Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings, Daifuku Co Ltd, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), Delhi International Airport Limited, Innodata , Aecon Group Inc, Odyssey Marine Exploration and more

• In late March, AZ-Com Maruwa Holdings (9090 JP) made an unsolicited (“hostile”) bid for Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings (9099 JP) at a near 50% premium at ¥3,000/share.
• It traded through, then C&F ran a bid solicitation process, got four bids. Since the day AFTER that announcement, the stock is up 56%. We approach Alps Logistics multiples.
• This deal doesn’t get the split price benefit that HTS and Alps Logistics did. And it is a fundamentally different logistics business. And target management dynamics are different.

• Daifuku released FY3/24 results on 10 May. Since then the share price has declined by 15%, giving investors an attractive entry point.
• Daifuku is a key beneficiary of warehouse automation, which is forecast to grow at a CAGR of over 6%, with industry spend projected to reach $37 billion by 2030
• We expect the market to price in an order recovery in the core electronics segment and believe that the MTP is yet to be factored into the current share price.

• Making EV itself doesn’t make money, which is why independents like Nio and XPeng are thinking alternative ways to breakeven;
• Tesla envisioned to make money through scale, of which BYD bettered. Tesla also envisioned to make money from autonomous driving (ADS);
• Nio plans to sell its battery swapping service while XPeng is selling ADS to Volkswagen. Both are experiments aiming at breakeven. Both also have new models to launch.

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• INOD is benefiting from the movement to incorporate artificial intelligence (“A.I.”) into many applications
• INOD provides the datasets required for training A.I. and it has quickly become a leading provider of such service
• The Company is now on pace to grow at a faster pace than expected and should lead to higher earnings and free cash flow in coming quarters

• Aecon Group Inc. is a Canadian construction and infrastructure development company facing challenges from project write-downs caused by Covid-related delays and cost inflation
• Despite current challenges, Aecon’s earnings are expected to significantly increase in 2024 as impacted projects near completion, revealing the true profitability of the business
• With a de-risked balance sheet and potential for a doubling in backlog, Aecon is estimated to be worth $35.00 per share, offering 150% upside potential, with two segments providing a range of services in infrastructure development and operations.

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• Catching up with financial filings. Last Friday, OMEX released its delayed 10-K report for 2023, bringing it back in compliance with SEC filing requirements, and followed it up with Monday’s release of its 10-Q report for 1Q24.
• The delayed filings were necessitated by the decision to restate certain balance sheet items, such as OMEX’s litigation financing, which has been reclassified as a derivative liability under GAAP, as well as other balance sheet adjustments that had no adverse effect on its business or financial position.

• Cash balance improves and should suffice through 3Q24. OMEX finished 2023 with $4MM in cash, a $2.6MM improvement from 2022, as it strengthened its balance sheet by settling previous debt and warrant obligations and issuance of new debt with attached warrants.