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

NEC Network (1973 JP) Tender Offer - The Landscape Has Fully Changed

NEC Parent Tender Offer for NEC Network & SysInt (1973 JP) - Long Expected, Low Premium (¥3250)

Nec Networks & System Integr (1973 JP): 1H FY03/25 flash update

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Nec Networks & System Integr / Event-Driven

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<li>On 29 October 2024, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nec-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17084:1" rel="noopener">NEC Corp (6701 JP)</a> announced a tender offer for subsidiary <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nec-networks-system-integr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16396:1" rel="noopener">Nec Networks &amp; System Integr (1973 JP)</a>. They own 51% already. The price was too low. </li>
<li>They need 15.3% and with crossholders, I expect they have another 4.7-5.7% of shares "in the bag." </li>
<li>But a large sometimes activist owned 2% and bought another 4% on Day 1. That changes the calculus. Details matter. </li>
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On 29 October 2024, NEC Corp (6701 JP) announced a tender offer for subsidiary Nec Networks &amp; System Integr (1973 JP). They own 51% already. The price was too low. 
They need 15.3% and with crossholders, I expect they have another 4.7-5.7% of shares "in the bag." 
But a large sometimes activist owned 2% and bought another 4% on Day 1. That changes the calculus. Details matter. 


NEC Network & System Integration (1973) Gets More Interesting - The Landscape Has Changed