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Daily Brief South Korea: Fadu , Lutronic Corp and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Fadu IPO Preview
  • (Mostly) Asia M&A, June 2023:  DDH1, Dali Foods, NWS Holdings, JSR Corp, Lutronic, Chindata


Fadu IPO Preview

By Douglas Kim

  • Fadu is getting ready to complete its IPO in Korea in August. Fadu is one of the most highly anticipated IPOs in Korea in 2023. 
  • The expected market cap at the top end of the IPO price range is 1.6 trillion won. The IPO price range is from 26,000 won to 31,000 won.
  • Fadu is a system semiconductor fabless company specializing in data centers.

(Mostly) Asia M&A, June 2023:  DDH1, Dali Foods, NWS Holdings, JSR Corp, Lutronic, Chindata

By David Blennerhassett

  • For the month of June, 13 new deals (firm and non-binding) were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$9bn.
  • The average premium for the new deals announced (or first discussed) in June was 42%.
  • This compares to the average premium for all deals in 2022 (106 deals), 2021 (165 deals), 2020 (158 deals), and 2019 (145 deals) of 41%, 33%, 31%, and 31% respectively.

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