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

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Yesterday after the close, 500+ store home centre operator <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kohnan-shoji-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5662:1" rel="noopener">Kohnan Shoji (7516 JP)</a> announced full-year earnings (revs -0.2%, OP -16.6%, NP -16.4%yoy) and a buyback. </li>
<li>The buyback is for up to 1.2mm shares and up to ¥4bn to spend from here to end Sep 2022.</li>
<li>The shareholder register is interesting, diverse, and makes one wonder whether the buyback is to soften the blow of lower income, defence against an activist, or something else.</li>
</ul>


Yesterday after the close, 500+ store home centre operator Kohnan Shoji (7516 JP) announced full-year earnings (revs -0.2%, OP -16.6%, NP -16.4%yoy) and a buyback. 
The buyback is for up to 1.2mm shares and up to ¥4bn to spend from here to end Sep 2022.
The shareholder register is interesting, diverse, and makes one wonder whether the buyback is to soften the blow of lower income, defence against an activist, or something else.


Kohnan Shoji (7516) Buyback - Shareholder Return? Activist Defense? Future MBO? All of the Above?