Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Market Signals — Full Company Workup (market_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-04-23T04:46:25.794Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/market
Resolved company: HPSP (entity #19, no ticker on file)
Ingest result: 7 events, 6 governance, 1 regulatory, 1 revenue, 1 connections, 15 sources — signal detection skipped (no ticker on file)
{ "target_company": { "name": "HPSP", "ticker": "403870.KQ" }, "corporate_events": [ { "summary": "HPSP was founded in 2017, spun off from Poongsan Microtec (PSMC), a semiconductor equipment subsidiary of Poongsan Group.", "event_date": "2017-01-01", "signal_type": "leadership_change", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://char.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=article_view&num=395777" }, { "summary": "Crescendo Equity Partners acquired a 51% stake in HPSP for approximately 10 billion won, taking management control.", "event_date": "2017-01-01", "signal_type": "insider_activity", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10429368" }, { "summary": "HPSP was listed on the KOSDAQ stock market.", "event_date": "2022-07-15", "signal_type": "earnings_report", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://uanalyze.com.tw/articles/120150835" }, { "summary": "Crescendo Equity Partners initiated the sale of its 40.9% stake in HPSP, distributing a teaser letter and attracting interest from PE giants including KKR, Blackstone, Carlyle, Bain Capital, and MBK Partners.", "event_date": "2024-11-05", "signal_type": "insider_activity", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=228689" }, { "summary": "Crescendo Equity Partners postponed the sale of HPSP due to macroeconomic uncertainties and tariff risks from the United States.", "event_date": "2025-05-12", "signal_type": "insider_activity", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=242080" }, { "summary": "Crescendo Equity Partners sold a 10% stake in HPSP via a block deal valued at approximately 300 billion won, with a per-share price of 35,350 won (a 9.7% discount). Following the news, HPSP shares dropped more than 10%.", "event_date": "2026-01-07", "signal_type": "insider_activity", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=98698" }, { "summary": "HPSP began supplying its high-pressure hydrogen annealing (HPA) equipment to a top-tier North American memory semiconductor company for next-generation DRAM manufacturing, used in HBM4.", "event_date": "2026-04-20", "signal_type": "contract_award", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.thebell.co.kr/front/newsview.asp?click=F&key=202604201341513040109265" } ], "governance_signals": [ { "fact_text": "HPSP is a South Korean semiconductor equipment company, also known as High Pressure Solution Provider, that specializes in high-pressure annealing (HPA) technology.", "date_occurred": null, "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.scientech.com.tw/en/Representative/HPSP", "entity_link": null, "relationship_type": null }, { "fact_text": "HPSP's key executive and board members include Yong-Wun Kim (CEO & Director), Gidu Ikebin (Non-Executive Director), Pil-Jae Park (CFO & Senior Managing Director), Keun-Young Kim (Non-Executive Director), Si-Hyung Lee (CTO & Managing Director), and Tae-Young Kim (Non-Executive Director).", "date_occurred": null, "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.barrons.com/market-data/stocks/403870/company-people?countrycode=kr", "entity_link": null, "relationship_type": null }, { "fact_text": "HPSP has no reported lobbying of the U.S. federal government, as it is a South Korean company not registered with the SEC.", "date_occurred": null, "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html", "entity_link": null, "relationship_type": null }, { "fact_text": "Crescendo Equity Partners is the majority shareholder of HPSP, holding a 40.9% stake through its special purpose entity, Presto No. 6 Private Investment Limited Partnership.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://char.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=article_view&num=395777", "entity_link": "Crescendo Equity Partners", "relationship_type": "owner" }, { "fact_text": "CEO Yong-Wun Kim holds 275,240 shares of HPSP, representing 0.33% of the company.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://char.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=article_view&num=395777", "entity_link": null, "relationship_type": null }, { "fact_text": "Mirae Asset TIGER Fn Semiconductor TOP 10 ETF is the largest institutional shareholder of HPSP, holding 4.3 million shares (5.17% of outstanding shares).", "date_occurred": "2026-02-26", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.barrons.com/market-data/stocks/403870?countrycode=kr", "entity_link": null, "relationship_type": null } ], "regulatory_exposure": [ { "fact_text": "HPSP won a patent invalidation trial filed by YEST, a domestic semiconductor equipment company, concerning the 'chamber opening and closing device for semiconductor substrate processing,' thereby solidifying its intellectual property protection.", "date_occurred": "2024-11-06", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=228689" } ], "revenue_concentration": [ { "fact_text": "HPSP has a highly concentrated customer base, with key clients including Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Intel, and TSMC for its high-pressure hydrogen annealing (HPA) and high-pressure oxidation process (HPO) equipment.", "fiscal_period": null, "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://char.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=article_view&num=395777" } ] }