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Kakao Bank's bookbuilding results are out. As already leaked to the market earlier today, the offering price got finalized at ₩39,000, the upper end of the indicative price band, implying a market cap of ₩18.6T. There is no change in the offering volume.







Indicative price band
Low
High (Final)


Price
₩33,000
₩39,000


Base deal size
₩2,159.9B
₩2,552.6B


- Institutional allotment
₩1,187.9B
₩1,403.9B


Implied market cap
₩15,766.5B
₩18,633.1B


- Discount
31.33%
18.85%


Equity, including capital inflow from IPO
₩5,009.4B
₩5,402.1B


Capital inflow from IPO
₩2,159.9B
₩2,552.6B

Source: DART

The institutional subscription competition rate is 1,733 to 1, only slightly below the record holder SKIET's 1,883 to 1.









Name
Ticker
IPO date
Offering size
Institutional subscription competition rate


Kakao Bank
323410
2021. 08. 05
₩2,552.6B
1,732.83 to 1


SD Biosensor
361610
2021. 07. 16
₩776.4B
1,143.76 to 1


SK IE Technology
361610
2021. 05. 11
₩2,246.0B
1,882.88 to 1


SK Bioscience Co Ltd
302440
2021. 03. 18
₩1,491.8B
1,274.50 to 1


HYBE Co Ltd
352820
2020. 10. 15
₩962.6B
1,117.00 to 1


Kakao Games Corp
293490
2020. 09. 10
₩384.0B
1,478.50 to 1


SK Biopharmaceuticals Co Ltd
326030
2020. 07. 02
₩959.3B
835.00 to 1

Source: DART


₩2.433 quadrillion (thousand trillion) worth of subscription orders were poured into the bookbuilding. How large is this? Well, Kakao Bank's total value of subscription orders surpassed SKIET's ₩2.417 quad, which was the largest amount in history for an IPO in Korea.
Compared to SD Biosensor, which was an IPO just before this listing, the participation of local institutional investors (local investment advisories and hedge funds) who are active in short-term trading was higher in this listing. It can be inferred that many investors believe that the short-term share price of Kakao Bank is more likely to rise immediately after listing.










By investor type
Institution
%
Demand
%


Local publicly raised funds
581
34.85%
25,201,600,000
40.40%


Local brokerages/investment advisories
258
15.48%
11,597,306,000
18.59%


Local pensions, funds managing proprietary assets, banks, and insurance companies
243
14.58%
9,949,064,000
15.95%


Local others (mostly discretionary investment companies - local hedge funds)
205
12.30%
8,444,119,000
13.54%


Foreign (foreign IPO funds &amp; hedge funds)
194
11.64%
1,364,938,000
2.19%


Foreign others (mostly local hot money)
186
11.16%
5,820,409,000
9.33%


Total
1,667
100.00%
62,377,436,000
100.00%


Subscription rate
1,732.83

Source: DART


The "Unspecified" category usually indicates that they want the shares above the high end. With that in mind, more than half must have priced Kakao Bank at the upper end or above. The remaining 46.01% went for a 75-100% of the upper end, so it isn't that far either.










By price
Institution
%
Demand
%


Above high end
640
38.39%
26,259,108,000
42.10%


75-100% of high end
767
46.01%
32,312,440,000
51.80%


50-75% of high end
0
0.00%
0
0.00%


25-50% of high end
0
0.00%
0
0.00%


0-25% of high end
0
0.00%
0
0.00%


Median
0
0.00%
0
0.00%


75-100% of median
0
0.00%
0
0.00%


50-75% of median
0
0.00%
0
0.00%


25-50% of median
0
0.00%
0
0.00%


0-25% of median
0
0.00%
0
0.00%


Low end or below
0
0.00%
0
0.00%


Unspecified
260
15.60%
3,805,888,000
6.10%


Total
1,667
100.00%
62,377,436,000
100.00%

Source: DART




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