Hong Kong

Brief Hong Kong: HK Connect Discovery – February Snapshot (Tencent, COFCO Meat) and more

In this briefing:

  1. HK Connect Discovery – February Snapshot (Tencent, COFCO Meat)
  2. Hopewell Holdings (54 HK): A Reasonable but Not Great Exit for Shareholders

1. HK Connect Discovery – February Snapshot (Tencent, COFCO Meat)

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This is a monthly version of our HK Connect Weekly note, in which I highlight Hong Kong-listed companies leading the southbound flow weekly. Over the past month, we have seen the outflow continue from January. In February, we have seen Chinese investors were selling Tencent in February after buying Tencent in January. Chinese investors were also buying domestic automotive manufacturers and Macau gaming sectors.

Our February Coverage of Hong Kong Connect southbound flow

2. Hopewell Holdings (54 HK): A Reasonable but Not Great Exit for Shareholders

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Hopewell Holdings (54 HK), an infrastructure and property developer, is subject to a privatisation proposal from its Chairman, Sir Gordon Wu. The privatisation price of HK$38.80 cash per share is a 46.7% premium over the closing price on 30 November 2018, the day before the announcement of the privatisation proposal.

While predicting the success of Hong Kong privatisations is a challenge due to the high threshold of shareholder approval, we believe that the Hopewell privatisation proposal has a good chance of success as it offers a reasonable (but not great) exit for shareholders.

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