Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

I investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

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Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>This is a cash offer. So, there is no stock swap arbitrage here. To participate in this tender, we must buy SK Chemicals shares by the 19th.</li>
<li>We have proration risk. Discovery will buy on a pro-rata basis if exceeding the target volume. So, we could be at a loss.</li>
<li>This is an over-the-counter transaction. So both STT and CGT apply. The STT rate is 0.43% of the tendered amount and we have a 22% CGT rate for the profit.</li>
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This is a cash offer. So, there is no stock swap arbitrage here. To participate in this tender, we must buy SK Chemicals shares by the 19th.
We have proration risk. Discovery will buy on a pro-rata basis if exceeding the target volume. So, we could be at a loss.
This is an over-the-counter transaction. So both STT and CGT apply. The STT rate is 0.43% of the tendered amount and we have a 22% CGT rate for the profit.


SK Chemicals Cash Offer: Complete Details