Daily BriefsJapan

Daily Brief Japan: Toshiba Corp, Socionext and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Merger Arb Mondays (03 Apr) – Toshiba, Toyo, AAG, Origin, United Malt, Liontown, Mincor, Healius
  • Socionext Lock-Up – Up 2.67x Since IPO. US$930m Worth of Shares to Be Unlocked

Merger Arb Mondays (03 Apr) – Toshiba, Toyo, AAG, Origin, United Malt, Liontown, Mincor, Healius

By Arun George


Socionext Lock-Up – Up 2.67x Since IPO. US$930m Worth of Shares to Be Unlocked

By Clarence Chu

  • Socionext (6526 JP) was listed on 12th Oct 2022, when it raised US$457m in its upsized Japan IPO. Its six-month lockup will expire on 9th Apr 2023.
  • Socionext is a fabless semiconductor provider which commenced operations after integrating the system on a chip (SoC) businesses of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited and Panasonic Holding Corporation in 2015.
  • Coming up for six-month lockup expiry are the Development Bank of Japan, Fujitsu and Panasonic, the trio had each trimmed their respective stakes in the IPO.

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