Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

EXEDY Corporation manufactures drivetrain products for automobiles, industrial vehicles, and construction machinery.  The Company's products include manual clutches, torque converters, power shift transmissions, and hydraulic clutches. Exedy has its subsidiaries in South Korea, Australia, the US and the UK.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/exedy-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6516:1" rel="noopener">Exedy Corp (7278 JP)</a> announced a big buyback. Murakami-san did not sell the first pop. The shares fell. Exedy started buying back and the shares went up. Now Murakami's selling.</li>
<li>Today after the close, Murakami Group companies announced that City Index Elevens had started selling. They sold 1.25% of shares out in 6 trading days to 16 December. </li>
<li>I expect they sold another 2% in the past week through today. Shares tanked today. This is not a good signal. And it comes earlier than I expected. </li>
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Exedy Corp (7278 JP) announced a big buyback. Murakami-san did not sell the first pop. The shares fell. Exedy started buying back and the shares went up. Now Murakami's selling.
Today after the close, Murakami Group companies announced that City Index Elevens had started selling. They sold 1.25% of shares out in 6 trading days to 16 December. 
I expect they sold another 2% in the past week through today. Shares tanked today. This is not a good signal. And it comes earlier than I expected. 


[Japan Activism] Exedy (7278) - Murakami-San Selling into the Buyback

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, and distributes motorcycles, automobiles, and power products such as generators and farm machinery. The Company also operates a financial credit business. Honda Motor has manufacturing facilities in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, India, and Thailand.

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<li>Today, along with the announcement of Memorandum of Understanding between <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/honda-motor-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:154:1" rel="noopener">Honda Motor (7267 JP)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nissan-motor-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:72:1" rel="noopener">Nissan Motor (7201 JP)</a> to work towards negotiating a Joint Holding Company by June 2025... </li>
<li>Honda cancelled their existing ¥100bn buyback, and initiated a truly mammoth NEW Buyback - up to 1.1 billion shares (23.7% of TSO), spending up to ¥1.1trln on market through Dec-2025.</li>
<li>Assuming the stock pops, it is probably "only" worth 15-18%, but that's still a LOT. At that rate it boosts BVPS by 8+% on its own, and EPS by 17%.</li>
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Today, along with the announcement of Memorandum of Understanding between Honda Motor (7267 JP), and Nissan Motor (7201 JP) to work towards negotiating a Joint Holding Company by June 2025... 
Honda cancelled their existing ¥100bn buyback, and initiated a truly mammoth NEW Buyback - up to 1.1 billion shares (23.7% of TSO), spending up to ¥1.1trln on market through Dec-2025.
Assuming the stock pops, it is probably "only" worth 15-18%, but that's still a LOT. At that rate it boosts BVPS by 8+% on its own, and EPS by 17%.


Honda (7267 JP) - MAMMOTH New ¥1.1Trln Stock Buyback

Nec Networks & System Integr / Event-Driven

NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation designs, constructs, and maintains communication systems.  The Company's services include system integration services for digital switching, local area network (LAN), and mobile communication systems.  NEC Networks & System Integration also constructs information infrastructure and intelligent building facilities.

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<li>On Friday, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nec-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17084:1" rel="noopener">NEC Corp (6701 JP)</a> raised the price for its Tender Offer on <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> from ¥3,250 to ¥3,300. </li>
<li>It also lowered the minimum to 10.153mm shares (6.82%). It had proposed to do so earlier but NESIC demanded a bump, and NEC didn't want to. </li>
<li>Now it's bumped. That's the "final price." But it still does not include <em>"a fair allocation of a portion of the value that cannot be realised without an acquisition."</em>
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On Friday, NEC Corp (6701 JP) raised the price for its Tender Offer on Nec Networks &amp; System Integr (1973 JP) from ¥3,250 to ¥3,300. 
It also lowered the minimum to 10.153mm shares (6.82%). It had proposed to do so earlier but NESIC demanded a bump, and NEC didn't want to. 
Now it's bumped. That's the "final price." But it still does not include "a fair allocation of a portion of the value that cannot be realised without an acquisition."



NEC Networks (1973 JP) Next To Last Showdown - NEC Lowers Minimum, Bumps Tiny, Ignores Synergies

Great Wall Motor Company Limited, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells pick-up trucks and sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) in China under branded names. The Company also researches and develops, and manufactures principal automotive parts and components for use in the assembly of pick-up trucks and SUVs.

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<li>AH Premia are all over the place this week. Despite that, pairwise intracorrelation is.... up? Yup. Average Pairwise Volatility is up even more.</li>
<li>Some of this may be stocks being bullied by large SOUTHBOUND flows in a quieter end-of-year market. </li>
<li>Finance is seeing big net SOUTHBOUND buying but that is not showing up in A/H premia. I expect things stay noisy through year-end.</li>
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AH Premia are all over the place this week. Despite that, pairwise intracorrelation is.... up? Yup. Average Pairwise Volatility is up even more.
Some of this may be stocks being bullied by large SOUTHBOUND flows in a quieter end-of-year market. 
Finance is seeing big net SOUTHBOUND buying but that is not showing up in A/H premia. I expect things stay noisy through year-end.


A/H Premium Tracker (To 20 Dec 2024): Pairwise Intracorrelation and Vol Even Higher

Tencent Holdings Limited operates as an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides Internet and mobile value-added services (VAS), online advertising, and e-commerce transactions. Tencent Holdings offers services to users worldwide.

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<li>SOUTHBOUND gross trading activity fell 20% week-on-week this week. Net buying was a little stronger. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd-d7b798e2-202d-4e01-9a1e-799e2ae8f0c7" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK)</a> was a net SOUTHBOUND sell this week for the first weekly sell since it became Southbound-eligible. Friday was the largest one-day sell in that period.</li>
<li>Tech is still on the sell side and financials are still being bought very bigly.</li>
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SOUTHBOUND gross trading activity fell 20% week-on-week this week. Net buying was a little stronger. 

Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK) was a net SOUTHBOUND sell this week for the first weekly sell since it became Southbound-eligible. Friday was the largest one-day sell in that period.
Tech is still on the sell side and financials are still being bought very bigly.


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 20 Dec 2024); Financials and Telecoms Still Tops

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.

Travis Lundy
Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events
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