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

Thoughts on Amazon –What Does Its Valuation Tells Us?

Netflix & Amazon Expand in Korea – Not a Coincidence

Okja: The Fight Between Netflix Vs. CJ CGV

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

This morning 18 October, 2021, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/homeco-daily-needs-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33526:1" rel="noopener">HomeCo Daily Needs REIT (HDN AU)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aventus-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25897:1" rel="noopener">Aventus Group (AVN AU)</a> announced they had entered into a Binding Scheme Implementation Deed for HDS to acquire AVN through a Scheme of Arrangement. This will create a combined portfolio of A$4.1bn and a combined market cap of A$3.2bn on a pro-forma basis. Terms are that AVN security-holders will receive 2.2 HDN securities AND either A$0.285/unit of cash or 0.038 HMC securities (either or, not a combination). HDN is contributing 93% of the total consideration paid to AVN holders. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/home-consortium-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29082:1" rel="noopener">Home Consortium Ltd (HMC AU)</a> is contributing the other 7%, which will lower HMC's ownership of HDN post-merger. The consideration results in a premium of 15.3% from the Friday close, a 16.4% premium to one-month VWAP, and a 41.9% premium to 30 June 2021. There is ~4% accretion involved for security-holders of both sides assuming the cash option is take-up.Both HDN and AVN boards unanimously recommend/support the deal (AVN in the absence of a superior proposal) and AVN shareholders and directors representing 29.3% of AVN voting rights (22.6% by BBRC Retail and 6.7% by the AVN Board) have agreed to vote for the Scheme. Separately, HMC has done a deal to buy a 6% stake in AVN directly from BBRC at a cash amount equal to the Offer Price. That will leave the HMC holding at 13.5% post-merger.HDN is the smaller of the two and existing AVN shareholders will end up with nearly 57% of the total NEWCO HDN shares out after the deal (AVN minorities will have 47.1% while after selling 6% to HMC, BBRC will have 10.1%). HMC will have 13.5% of the post-merger business. Importantly, the entire management team of AVN is expected to join HMC, and the CEO and CFO of AVN will become CEO and CFO, respectively, of HDN MergeCo.The Scheme Booklet will be out in about two months, the Scheme meeting executed in late January 2022, and implementation will be mid-February under the proposed schedule. This looks like a decent deal, and a done deal.

This morning 18 October, 2021, HomeCo Daily Needs REIT (HDN AU) and Aventus Group (AVN AU) announced they had entered into a Binding Scheme Implementation Deed for HDS to acquire AVN through a Scheme of Arrangement. This will create a combined portfolio of A$4.1bn and a combined market cap of A$3.2bn on a pro-forma basis. Terms are that AVN security-holders will receive 2.2 HDN securities AND either A$0.285/unit of cash or 0.038 HMC securities (either or, not a combination). HDN is contributing 93% of the total consideration paid to AVN holders. Home Consortium Ltd (HMC AU) is contributing the other 7%, which will lower HMC's ownership of HDN post-merger. The consideration results in a premium of 15.3% from the Friday close, a 16.4% premium to one-month VWAP, and a 41.9% premium to 30 June 2021. There is ~4% accretion involved for security-holders of both sides assuming the cash option is take-up.Both HDN and AVN boards unanimously recommend/support the deal (AVN in the absence of a superior proposal) and AVN shareholders and directors representing 29.3% of AVN voting rights (22.6% by BBRC Retail and 6.7% by the AVN Board) have agreed to vote for the Scheme. Separately, HMC has done a deal to buy a 6% stake in AVN directly from BBRC at a cash amount equal to the Offer Price. That will leave the HMC holding at 13.5% post-merger.HDN is the smaller of the two and existing AVN shareholders will end up with nearly 57% of the total NEWCO HDN shares out after the deal (AVN minorities will have 47.1% while after selling 6% to HMC, BBRC will have 10.1%). HMC will have 13.5% of the post-merger business. Importantly, the entire management team of AVN is expected to join HMC, and the CEO and CFO of AVN will become CEO and CFO, respectively, of HDN MergeCo.The Scheme Booklet will be out in about two months, the Scheme meeting executed in late January 2022, and implementation will be mid-February under the proposed schedule. This looks like a decent deal, and a done deal. 

HomeCo Daily Needs REIT (HDN AU) To Merge with Aventus (AVN AU) In Self-Takeunder