Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. ("BIA" or "BIAL")

BACKGROUND
I have 20+yrs experience in Asia doing alternative strategies (i.e. non-delta1 non long-only) in fixed income, equity derivatives, and activist/catalyst/event-driven and long-short equity strategies with most of that time spent managing money. 

4 years in fixed income macro, 8 years running internal hedge fund and 4yrs investment banking at Citi in Japan, 3 years running an Asia multi-strat portfolio at a hedge fund, 4+yrs as an independent special situations analyst.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Capitaland (CAPL SP) Restructuring Is Big But Still Vague. Lots of Fine Print to Read.

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Three plus months ago I wrote about <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/capitaland-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:55:1" rel="noopener">Capitaland (CAPL SP)</a>'s proposed restructuring Scheme in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/capitaland-capl-sp-restructuring-is-big-but-still-vague-lots-of-fine-print-to-read" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:49463" rel="noopener">Capitaland (CAPL SP) Restructuring Is Big But Still Vague. Lots of Fine Print to Read.</a>The proposed construct was complicated, and difficult to value, and required reading a lot of fine print, only some of which we had available. Little did I know how much fine print there would be. Late Friday night Capitaland <a href="https://investor.capitaland.com/newsroom/20210716_203319_C31_W6Z3Q02B78EAPQP3.1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it had received SGX-ST approval to list <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/capitaland-investment-management" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33774:1" rel="noopener">Capitaland Investment Management (CAPINVEST SP)</a>. Saturday night, Capitaland released its <a href="https://investor.capitaland.com/misc/20210717_1143_SchemeDocument.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scheme Document</a>. It is 922 pages of fine print. There is an <a href="https://links.sgx.com/FileOpen/SCR21050093AmazonIntroDoc.ashx?App=Announcement&amp;FileID=675106" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Introductory Document</a> which is shorter. It is 744 pages. There is also a brief 8-page <a href="https://links.sgx.com/FileOpen/17072021CapitaLand%20to%20seek%20Shareholders%20approval%20of%20proposed%20restructuring.ashx?App=Announcement&amp;FileID=675108" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> and an <a href="https://links.sgx.com/FileOpen/CL_Despatch_Notices_Announcement.ashx?App=Announcement&amp;FileID=675107" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Announcement of the Scheme Meeting</a>.The deal as announced at the time is the same now. We have more timing details. The restructuring involves the controlling holder of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/capitaland-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:55:1" rel="noopener">Capitaland (CAPL SP)</a> (CLA Real Estate Holdings - ultimately that is Temasek) buying out the real estate development business of Capitaland in return for S$0.951/share of cash and 0.155* units/share of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/capitaland-integrated-commercial-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:105:1" rel="noopener">Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT SP)</a> where the parent's stake will fall. <div class="content-remarks">* the CICT distribution is actually 0.1546727 shares of CICT per share of Capitaland, but fractional entitlements will be disregarded so using 0.155 is probably fine</div>Investors who own CAPL, assuming that the 10 August EGM approves the deal, will get shares in Capitaland Investment ("CLI") which is a kind of SpinCo, the cash, and the CICT units. The Value of that consideration as per the Scheme Document is S$4.102/share with the idea that the CLI portion itself will have a per-share Value of 1.0x NAV which will be S$2.823/share. Importantly, that is a pro-forma NAV as per 31 December 2020. The Scheme Document itself contains an Independent Financial Advisor letter to the Independent Directors which comes to the conclusion that the Assessed Value of the Consideration was S$4.56-4.99/share, which was well above the S$4.102/share in the document, coming to the conclusion that it is "fair and reasonable". Given that the value of the 0.155 shares of is S$0.3248 per Capitaland share (though assessed value is slightly higher), and the cash is unchanging at S$0.951/share, that means the major difference between S$4.102/share and S$4.56-4.99/share is the idea that CLI is worth S$3.19-S$3.62/share rather than S$2.823/share (the difference here is the FY20 dividend).That's where the rubber hits the road. So we take a closer look below the fold.

Three plus months ago I wrote about Capitaland (CAPL SP)'s proposed restructuring Scheme in Capitaland (CAPL SP) Restructuring Is Big But Still Vague. Lots of Fine Print to Read.The proposed construct was complicated, and difficult to value, and required reading a lot of fine print, only some of which we had available. Little did I know how much fine print there would be. Late Friday night Capitaland announced it had received SGX-ST approval to list Capitaland Investment Management (CAPINVEST SP). Saturday night, Capitaland released its Scheme Document. It is 922 pages of fine print. There is an Introductory Document which is shorter. It is 744 pages. There is also a brief 8-page press release and an Announcement of the Scheme Meeting.The deal as announced at the time is the same now. We have more timing details. The restructuring involves the controlling holder of Capitaland (CAPL SP) (CLA Real Estate Holdings - ultimately that is Temasek) buying out the real estate development business of Capitaland in return for S$0.951/share of cash and 0.155* units/share of Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT SP) where the parent's stake will fall. * the CICT distribution is actually 0.1546727 shares of CICT per share of Capitaland, but fractional entitlements will be disregarded so using 0.155 is probably fineInvestors who own CAPL, assuming that the 10 August EGM approves the deal, will get shares in Capitaland Investment ("CLI") which is a kind of SpinCo, the cash, and the CICT units. The Value of that consideration as per the Scheme Document is S$4.102/share with the idea that the CLI portion itself will have a per-share Value of 1.0x NAV which will be S$2.823/share. Importantly, that is a pro-forma NAV as per 31 December 2020. The Scheme Document itself contains an Independent Financial Advisor letter to the Independent Directors which comes to the conclusion that the Assessed Value of the Consideration was S$4.56-4.99/share, which was well above the S$4.102/share in the document, coming to the conclusion that it is "fair and reasonable". Given that the value of the 0.155 shares of is S$0.3248 per Capitaland share (though assessed value is slightly higher), and the cash is unchanging at S$0.951/share, that means the major difference between S$4.102/share and S$4.56-4.99/share is the idea that CLI is worth S$3.19-S$3.62/share rather than S$2.823/share (the difference here is the FY20 dividend).That's where the rubber hits the road. So we take a closer look below the fold. 

Capitaland Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT SP)

Capitaland Restructuring - Be Careful Not to Price In the NEXT Restructuring Too Soon