In today’s briefing:
- Chilled & Frozen Logistics (9099 JP): Irrational Exuberance Takes Hold
- Hoshino Resorts REIT Placement – Another Raising to Fund an Accretive Acquisition
- ECM Weekly (27th May 2024) – Renesas, AUB, Modec, Tata Tech, MUFG, Shift Up, Novelis, Shulan
- Many Companies Still Consider Engagement with Investors to Be Someone Else’s Business
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Chilled & Frozen Logistics (9099 JP): Irrational Exuberance Takes Hold
- Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings (9099 JP) shares are trading 85.7% above AZ-Com Maruwa Holdings (9090 JP) JPY3,000 offer due to the disclosure of four counterbidders.
- The white knight “winning” bidder can secure the Board’s recommendation if it is the highest offer (likely well below the last close) and does not result in AZ-COM Maruwa-type dis-synergies.
- AZ-COM Maruwa would face the dilemma of bumping, particularly if the white knight bidder secures irrevocables and the Board presents a compelling case to support the white knight bidder.
Hoshino Resorts REIT Placement – Another Raising to Fund an Accretive Acquisition
- Hoshino Resorts Reit (3287 JP) is looking to raise US$125m from a primary follow-on. Proceeds will be used to acquire the OMO7 Osaka asset.
- The REIT has been active on the acquisition front, undertaking a number of capital raisings in recent years.
- In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.
ECM Weekly (27th May 2024) – Renesas, AUB, Modec, Tata Tech, MUFG, Shift Up, Novelis, Shulan
- Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
- On the IPO front, Go Digit managed to do well despite somewhat tepid subscription rates, while Shift Up (462870 KS) was looking to be the next hot listing in Korea.
- On the placement front, Renesas Electronics (6723 JP) mega-block kept the cross-shareholding unwind going.
Many Companies Still Consider Engagement with Investors to Be Someone Else’s Business
- Although it’s possible to move AGM forward given the timing of financial reporting, 70% of companies will hold their AGM during the 3 days of the last week of June.
- As long as the concentration of AGM dates continues, the start of electronic provision of AGM documents should at least be accelerated to allow time to review the agenda.
- Only slightly less than 30% of prime market listed companies provide English translations of all convocation notices, including business reports and financial statements.