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
- 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
- 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.