Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: Millie’s Library, KT Corp and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Millie’s Library IPO Preview
  • KOSPI 200 Index Review: Names Subject to Float Rate Adjustment

Millie’s Library IPO Preview

By Douglas Kim

  • Millie’s Library is getting ready to complete its IPO on the KOSDAQ exchange in November. The IPO price range is from 21,500 won to 25,000 won per share.
  • Millie’s Library is the largest platform for e-books subscription in Korea. The major shareholder of Millie’s Library is Genie Music Corp (an affiliate of KT Group) with a 38.63% stake. 
  • The company started to generate positive operating margin in 1H 2022 when it had sales of 21.1 billion won (up 66.1% YoY) and operating margin of 5%.

KOSPI 200 Index Review: Names Subject to Float Rate Adjustment

By Sanghyun Park

  • We have seven constituents of KOSPI 200, which are subject to a float rate adjustment due to major shareholder stake sales and lockup release in the upcoming rebalancing in December
  • In terms of passive impact x ADTV, LG Energy Solution, KT Corp, and Shinhan Financial are expected to receive the most attention from flow traders.
  • The preemptive setups of flow traders will likely be more inclined toward these float rate changes since this December rebalance will have the lowest number of constituent changes ever.

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