Iran Crisis and Korean Investors - When Geopolitical Risks Affect CB Structures

Major shareholders sell their shares.

The fact is usually found out after the announcement is made.

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And by then it is already too late.

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Why are changes in major shareholders’ shares important?

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The major shareholder is the person who knows the inside of the company best.

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Increasing shares → a sign that the future of the company is viewed positively

- Reduce stake → Signs you must check

In particular, the risk rises sharply when the following patterns overlap:

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① Major shareholders’ shares fall to less than 30%

→ Governance structure becomes unstable, management rights become difficult to defend

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② The timing of CB issuance and share sale overlap.

→ Funding through CB issuance → Sale of shares → Execution of actual exit strategy

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③ Reduction in stake by more than 10% in a short period of time (within 6 months)

→ Structural departure signal

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④ Simultaneous sale of majority shareholders’ shares and replacement of executives

→ Internal reorganization of the company = Reorganization of the relationship network = Increased risk

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Heo Seo-young (2025) Empirical data

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In companies where majority shareholders' shares decreased within the three months prior to the CB conversion event, minority shareholders' losses were statistically significantly greater.

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In other words, major shareholders exit before the conversion volume pours in.

Individual investors find out after receiving the quantity.

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How to check

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DART Disclosure → “Report on ownership status of executives, major shareholders, specific securities, etc.”

2. Track changes in major shareholders’ shareholding ratio for more than 6 months

3. Comparison of change time and CB issuance/conversion time

RaymondsRisk analyzes changes in major shareholders' shares of 3,109 companies in real time with its CB underwriter network.

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key message

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When major shareholders start selling, individual investors are buying.

That timing difference is a loss.

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■ Reference materials

Heo Seo-young (2025): An empirical study on CB conversion events and minority shareholder losses.

- Yang (2017): Demonstration of majority shareholder tunneling mechanism

- Kim et al. (2021): Expropriation structure and rising cost of capital

- RaymondsRisk White Paper: https://www.konnect-ai.net/whitepaper

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