Showing posts with label Rights Issue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rights Issue. Show all posts

Thursday, January 14, 2010

So Many Cash Calls In OuR Market!

Ever wonder how many cash calls are being proposed in our local stock market?

Ever wonder if our market is really rich enough to absorb all these cash calls?

Let me highlight 'some' news clips (yeah, I know I will be missing 'some' names and if you think I have left them out, do let me know... please. :D ) and as usual they are all in random order.

The godzilla!


  • Saturday January 9, 2010

    MISC proposes RM5.2b rights issue

    PETALING JAYA: MISC Bhd has proposed a renounceable rights issue of 743.96 million new shares on the basis of one rights share for every five existing shares, at an issue price of RM7 per rights share.

    The exercise was expected to raise about RM5.2bil, it said in a stock exchange filing.

    The ex-date and entitlement dates are on Jan 20 and Jan 22 respectively...

  • UEM Land proposes rights issue to raise RM970m
    Written by Joseph Chin
    Monday, 11 January 2010 19:48

    KUALA LUMPUR: UEM LAND HOLDINGS BHD [] has proposed to undertake a rights issue to raise up to RM970 million of which the bulk would be used to repay the UEM Group term loan of RM633 million and RM266.2 million for property development.

    UEM Land said on Monday, Jan 11 the rights issue, while enabling it to repay the loan, would enable it to achieve a more robust capital structure.

  • Pelikan to raise RM188m

    Published: 2009/10/22

    PELIKAN International Corp Bhd, a stationery maker, plans to raise up to RM188.7 million from a rights issue to fund working capital.

    It proposed to offer 171.58 million new shares to investors at RM1.10 apiece on the basis of one rights share for every two existing shares, it told Bursa Malaysia.

  • Gamuda makes cash call; 1Q net profit up 14.5%
    Written by Chong Jin Hun
    Tuesday, 22 December 2009 23:24

    KUALA LUMPUR: GAMUDA BHD [] is seeking fresh capital from its shareholders via a renounceable rights issue of up to 267.7 million warrants.

    The exercise, on the basis of one warrant for every eight existing shares held, may raise up to RM714.8 million for the infrastructure builder and property developer.

  • Kencana plans to raise RM185m from rights issue

    Published: 2009/11/12

    OIL and gas company Kencana Petroleum Bhd (5122) plans to raise up to RM185 million through a rights issue.

    The group plans to use the money for capital expenditure, investment opportunities, business expansion and repayment of bank borrowings and defray expenses for the rights issue. The rights issue is expected to cost about RM4.5 million.

  • IOI Corp to raise RM1.22b via rights issue
    Written by Nadia S Hassan
    Friday, 24 July 2009 09:44

    KUALA LUMPUR: IOI Corporation Bhd is looking to raise some RM1.22 billion via a renounceable rights issue of up to 420.99 million new shares to fund future capital expenditure and investment opportunities.

  • mTouche plans rights issue

    Published: 2009/12/05

    MTOUCHE Technology Bhd will undertake a renounceable 1-for-1 rights issue estimated to raise some RM18.2 million which it wants to use as working capital.

  • Rights issue seen diluting MAS' earnings

    By Jeeva Arulampalam Published: 2009/12/24

    Malaysia Airlines' (MAS) (3786) plan to raise some RM2.67 billion from a rights issue will dilute earnings by as much as 29 per cent in the future, say analysts.

    Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) said the rights offer will dilute MAS' earnings by 29 per cent in 2011 and has cut its call from "buy" to "hold"...

  • REDtone International proposes rights issue of ICULS
    Written by The Edge Financial Daily
    Monday, 12 October 2009 21:38

    KUALA LUMPUR: REDTONE INTERNATIONAL BHD [] has proposed rights issue of irredeemable convertible unsecured loan stocks (ICULS) to raise RM41.5 million for capital expenditure.

Updated 15/1/2010

  • MK Land plans RM150m rights issue

    Published: 2010/01/15

    PROPERTY developer MK Land Holdings Bhd plans to raise some RM150 million from a rights issue of equity-linked instruments.

    Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd told Bursa Malaysia that the proceeds will be used to partly repay bank borrowings and for working capital.

    A detailed announcement is expected to be made once the terms of the rights issue have been finalised.

Updated 19/1/2010. Left out MRCB! :P

  • MRCB's rights issue to go ex on Jan 28
    Written by Joseph Chin
    Monday, 18 January 2010 19:54

    KUALA LUMPUR: MALAYSIAN RESOURCES CORP [] Bhd's renounceable rights issue of up to 482.27 million new shares will go ex on Jan 28.

    Its submitting merchant bank, Maybank Investment Bank Bhd, said on Jan 18 the entitlement date for the rights shares is Feb 2.

    The corporate exercise involved the rights issue on the basis of one rights share for every two shares held on Feb 2 at 5pm at an issue price of Rm1.12 per rights share.

    The rights issue is to raise gross proceeds of up to RM566 million

Updated 21/1/2010

  • Mudajaya plans up to RM184m share sale
    Written by Reuters
    Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:36

    KUALA LUMPUR: CONSTRUCTION [] firm MUDAJAYA GROUP BHD [] plans to raise up to RM184 million in a share sale, according to a term sheet obtained by Reuters today.

    Mudajaya plans to sell 37.2 million new shares at between RM4.75 and RM4.95 a share, the term sheet showed. CIMB Investment Bank is the bookrunner. Mudajaya ended today down six sen at RM4.90. The stock rose over 300% in 2009. — Reuters

  • KYM plans to raise RM6m from share sale

    Published: 2010/01/21

    KYM Holdings Bhd, a paper bag manufacturer and property developer, plans to raise RM6.1 million from a share sale to fund working capital.

    It plans to place out 8.11 million new shares, or about a tenth of the company, priced at 75 sen apiece in a private placement.

    It also plans to issue new stock options to staff and directors.

    Stocks under the employee share option scheme (Esos) will account for 15 per cent of KYM’s existing shares, it told Bursa Malaysia.

    Shareholders have approved the placement in KYM’s previous annual general meeting but they will have to vote on the Esos at another meeting.

Updated 22/1/2010

  • Focus Dynamics to raise RM2m
    Written by The Edge Financial Daily
    Friday, 22 January 2010 00:41

    KUALA LUMPUR: FOCUS DYNAMICS TECHNOLOGIES [] Bhd will raise RM2.01 million from the second tranche of its private placement exercise which accounts for 13.5% of its share base.

Updated: 15/1/2010.

On the Edge Financial Daily, the news paper talks about the other fund raising by selling of placement shares: More companies propose fund raising

  • More companies propose fund raising
    Written by Financial Daily
    Friday, 15 January 2010 12:15

    KUALA LUMPUR: With improving market and economic sentiment as well as share prices advancing since the start of the year, more companies are taking the opportunity to raise funds via placements or cash calls from shareholders.

    Yesterday, three companies — AE Multi Holdings Bhd (AEM), Cocoaland Holdings Bhd and KSL Holdings Bhd — proposed to raise funds for additional working capital and strengthen their balance sheets via private placement of up to 10% of their existing paid-up capital, while MK Land Holdings Bhd is undertaking a rights issue.

    In a statement yesterday, MK Land Holdings Bhd announced that its board had decided to undertake a rights issue of equity-linked instruments to raise gross proceeds of at least RM150 million for partial repayment of bank borrowings and for working capital.

    It said a detailed announcement would be made at a later date after the terms of the rights issue had been finalised. MK Land rose 0.5 sen to 43 sen yesterday, with over six million shares done. Its 52-week high of 47.5 sen was posted on June 15, 2009.

    KSL Holdings Bhd is proposing a placement of up to 35.54 million new shares of 50 sen each to yet-to-be identified investors by RHB Investment Bank as the placement agent.

    The discount too will be not more than 10% of the volume weighted average market (VWAM) price or lower than its par value. It said the indicative issue price would be RM1.09 based on a discount of about 10% to the five-day VWAM price up to Jan 11, 2010 of RM1.21. On the indicative price,
    it would raise about RM38.74 million.

    KSL expects to complete the exercise by the first quarter of the year. Although its share price has risen over the past few trading days, it is still off its 52-week high of RM1.37 on Oct 27, 2009. It closed one sen higher at RM1.25 yesterday, with 130,300 shares done.

    AEM said its proposed placement of up to 8.45 million shares of 50 sen each would be priced at 50.5 sen, representing a discount of about 9.8% to the five-day VWAM price from Jan 7 to 13, 2010 of about 56 sen.

    The exercise, which could be completed by the first quarter, will raise up to 4.27 million. MIMB Investment Bank Bhd is the adviser and placement agent. AEM said net gearing was expected to decline to 1.08 times from 1.24 times, assuming the entire proposed issue of new shares was placed out.

    AEM also rose to its 52-week high at the close to RM1.06, up 30 sen, with more than 24 million shares traded.

    Cocoaland’s proposed placement of 12 million shares of 50 sen each to yet-to-be-identified third-party investors has yet to be priced, but it would not be at more than 10% discount to the five-day VWAM price and not lower than its share par value.

    Assuming a discount of 10% to the VWAM price from Jan 7 to 13, 2004 of RM1.404, the issue price would be RM1.264 per share, raising gross proceeds of about RM15.2 million. Its gearing will be maintained at 0.01 times after the exercise, which is expected to be completed within the second quarter.

    TA Securities Holdings Bhd is the adviser and placement agent.

    The stock rose to its 52-week intra-day high of RM1.52 yesterday. It gained seven sen to close at RM1.51, with over two million shares done.


    This article appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, January 15, 2010.


Should I add in JCY mega IPO blockbuster in this? After all JCY is also raising money from the stock market.

  • JCY hopes to raise US$350m from listing on Bursa

    Published: 2010/01/22

    Singapore: Malaysia's disk-drive component maker JCY International plans to raise US$350 million (RM1.1 8 billion) in an initial public offering, sources said, in the country's second biggest listing in six years.

    The share sale comes after Malaysia's top mobile phone operator Maxis Bhd's US$3.3 billion (RM11.12 billion) initial public offering in November last year was ranked as Southeast Asia's largest ever.














Friday, July 31, 2009

So Why Is IOI Corp Raising RM 1.2 Billion?

Posted this morning: IOI Corp: If Investors Are Not Happy

Saw some extra comments made on the Financial Edge Daily's version: IOI’s Lee: Dividend payouts not in jeopardy

  • On the use of the RM1.2 billion proceeds, Lee said, “The funds will be kept for investment opportunities.”

    On whether any investment targets had been identified, he said: “Not yet. When we have, we’ll let you know.”

Huh?

Raise fund so that they can have extra cash?????

Holy cow!

What if they do another Menara Citibank fiasco and lose rm 73 million???

Not possible????

Is such corporate practise even acceptable?

Can they do a corporate fund raiser without knowing their investment targets???

Sigh!

Why can't they decide their investment target and let their minority shareholders know first????

Yeah, and if IOI investors are not happy.....

I wonder what award they got last night!

Sigh!

Where is MSWG?

Sigh!

You know, when you were small, not too long ago, and you wanted some extra pocket money for that new ______ , you would ask your parent yes?

And would our parent just hand us the moolah, without asking why?

And if our parents asked us why... can we turn around and tell our parents "Well Dad, if you are not happy........ "

Can you ever imagine this happening?

IOI Corp: If Investors Are Not Happy

Posted a few days ago: Comments On IOI's Right Issue: Version II

Now from an investor point of view, we all knew that IOI said it made huge profits the last year. More precisely from quarterly earnings ended 31/12/2007 to quarterly earnings ended recently on 31/3/2009, IOI said it made some 2.276 Billion in net earnings.

And yet the company said it wants to raise some 1.2 billion in a new rights issue.

Surely, it's not logical and neither is it any comforting for its shareholders.

Why the rights issue? What happened to all the big money made?

And then there was the Menara Citibank fiasco.
Article entitled: IOI Corp wins bid for Menara Citibank? A rm586 million to buy an office building. And it ended up in a horror story. Yup, it lost some rm73 million when IOI abruptly decided NOT to proceed with the deal. Yes, the press was not impressed at all. IOI Corp should better explain why it’s losing its RM73mil deposit.

The following comments were raised in that article.

  • So, why is that changed in three months? Was there an exodus of tenants from Menara Citibank? Did the rental income drop? Was there a collapse in office space prices? Why is the acquisition not strategic anymore?

    Why could not IOI Corp have foreseen these problems earlier? After all, the subprime crisis was already upon us. Why did it pay the deposit which it now has most likely lost if it had felt there could be problems?

    IOI Corp’s explanation is poor at best and we really don’t know what it is at worst. Investors certainly expect a lot more from this company, once the darling of the stock market. And so should regulators. Minority shareholders certainly have a right to be seriously upset.

    Coming so soon after its recent debacle where it reported foreign exchange losses of over RM312mil for the quarter to end-September, the latest episode will put another dent in its reputation, largely unsullied until the forex episode.
And needless to say there wasn't any clear explanation till this very day.

And on Business Times
IOI Corp chief says rights plan won't affect dividend payout
  • IOI Corp Bhd does not expect its proposed rights issue to affect its ability to pay dividends in the short term and says its major shareholder is ready to pick up shares that are not taken up.

    "Not really. Well, if they (investors) are not happy, then we (Progressive Holdings Sdn Bhd) can take it up," IOI Corp (1961) executive chairman Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng said yesterday.

Did not like what I read at all.

Sorry... just me.

This rights issue is not about it affecting its ability to pay dividends.

It's all about IOI Corp being transparent on why such a huge rights issue coming on the back of a period where IOI made a lot, lot of money. Where did the money go? Why does IOI need the rights issue?

And to say.. if investors are not happy, they will take up the rights issue ... is simply lacking in taste.

How can he say like this? I mean this is rather arrogant, yes?

So if investors are not happy, should they sell their shares?

Monday, July 27, 2009

More On IOI Corp

Posted yesterday. Comments On IOI's Right Issue: Version II

In that posting I highlighted one simple issue.

From Feb 2008 quarterly earnings (for period ended 31/12/2007) to Feb 2009 quarterly earnings (31/12/2008), IOI announced it made some 2.2 Billion in earnings. And despite making so much money, rm2.276 Billion in this period, IOI's net debt actually increased by 1.918 billion.

My inquisitive mind, asked where did the money go.

Got the following comment.

  • jitseng said...
    The money to stock buys back.The used about 1.6b

Now if I search Bursa website, I would find this announcement dated 22/6/2009. Notice of Shares Buy Back - Immediate Announcement

In it, it states that the cumulative shares bought back was 291,244,500.

Now I give it a benefit of a doubt, and make a simple goofy assumption that all the shares bought back was during this period and I would also assume what jitseng is saying is correct.

So assuming IOI spend some 1.6 billion in share buybacks.

Now I am more dumbfounded because I would look at it in an even more simplistic manner.

This company made some 2.2 Billion in profits and then it spends some 1.6 billion in share buybacks.

Errr..... wazzap doc?

Does this sound like a good business economics at all?

Does such a corporate exercise makes business sense at all?

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Comments On IOI's Right Issue: Version II

Posted Comments On IOI's Rights Issue yesterday.

Got the following comments...

  • 棕油网 said...
    moola, please refer to three items into one,

    there are short term fund 1,905,639
    short term deposit 268,556
    cash and bank 341,407

    just look back to Humeind, their piggy cash slump after exchange with Evergreen Fibreboard, but later the director gave a clue to the cash position.

Yeah, I goofed up. :p2

I missed out the short term fund and my attempt in the corrections looks so freakingly messy.

Hence this posting.

Let me start over again.

Feb 2008, Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/12/2007

Total cash should be 427.109 + 531.574 + 692.897 = 1651.580 million (or 1.65 Billion)

Short term + long term borrowings = 205.697 + 3363.589 = 3569.186 million (3.569 Billion!)

Which means from a cash/debt position, IOI's is in a net debt position of 3.569 - 1.651 = 1.918 Billion.

Now let's look at the money earned during this period

1. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/12/2007
Net earnings: _______________ 581.191 million

2. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/3/2008
Net earnings: _______________ 601.639 million

3. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 30/6/2008
Net earnings: _______________ 597.284 million

4. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 30/9/2008
Net earnings: _______________ 290.500 million

5. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/12/2008
Net earnings: _______________ 168.586 million

6. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/3/2009
Net earnings: _______________ 37.362 million

Adding it all up (did you note the drastic decline in earnings?), I got 2276.562 million (or 2.276 Billion) (hope I did not goofed up again. )

So during this period, IOI made 2.276 Billion.

However, as per IOI's last reported quarterly earnings was on 15th May 2009, Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/3/2009, it showed that IOI cash balances were 268.556 + 341.407 + 1905.639 = 2515.602 million (or 2.515 Billion)

Short term + long term borrowings = 37.771 + 5682.610 = 5721.381 million (5.721 Billion!)

Which meant, from a cash/debt position, IOI's net debt = 5721.381 - 2515.602 = 3205.779 million (or 3.205 Billion!).

Compare to 31/12,2007, IOI was in a net debt of 1.918 billion.

Which means despite earning 2.276 Billion in this period, IOI's net debt increased by 1.918 billion.

Where did the money go?

Yes, I am aware that during a major acquisition or in IOI's case, the privatisation of IOI Properties, cash position does weaken.

Would this be the case?

Now IOI Properties privatisation was completed in April 2009. Now I would use Feb 2009 earnings as a reference point (would I be goofing up here?). Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/12/2008

Total cash = 1005.374 + 397.354 + 445.530 = 1848.258 million or 1.848 Billion.

Short term + Long term borrowings = 73.453 + 3816.098 = 3889.551 million or 3.889 Billion.

Net debt = 3.889 - 1.848 = 2.041 billion.

Ahh...

Which meant that IOI's cash/debt position did not deteriorate as suggested.

However, if we minus the May's earnings, IOI still made a lot of money.

How much? Try 2276.562 - 37.362 = 2.239 Billion.

Yet again... despite making sooooooooooo much money, IOI's balance sheet did NOT reflect the richness gained from the CPO bull run.

Another issue, as seen in May 2009 earnings, IOI was in a net debt of 3205.779 million. In Feb 2009, it was 2.041 billion.

Which meant IOI net debt increased by some 1.164 Billion.

And all this from IOI's Privatisation. (Would I be a goofer to say this?)

Now isn't it ironic that IOI's proposed rights issue amounts to some 1.2 billion?

Would I be goofy to suggest that this rights issue is paying for the privatisation of IOI Property?

How?

Would you be happy?

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Comments On IOI's Rights Issue

On Star Business. in the article, Report: New IOI debt sign of ‘more subdued outlook’, several research houses gave their opinions.

I was not impressed with the last few passages.





  • ........... A local brokerage said while the rights issue might not be ideal, it was probably the easiest and fastest way to raise the required funds in the current tight capital market.

    IOI was likely to use the proceeds to refinance some of its convertible bond issues, of which one is due in 2011 and another in 2013, it said.

    A bank-backed research house, meanwhile, believed IOI was building its war chest for major acquisitions given that it was in a healthy financial position.

    IOI’s free cashflow for FY10 is estimated at about RM1.5bil versus capex needs of RM500mil. As at May 8, unutilised proceeds from the third exchangeable bonds totalled RM732mil.

    Regional plantation companies also seemed to be on a fund-raising spree, the research house said, noting that Wilmar International Ltd was listing its China operations in Hong Kong while Indofood Agri-Resources was mulling a 1 trillion rupiah bond issue.

Not too impressed with this un-named bank-backed research house.

Which research house is this?

Why give such comments and chose to be an unknown?

How accurate is the healthy financial position mentioned by this unknown bank-backed research house?

Me?

I would question the healthy financial position.

Let me prove what I am saying.

Earlier this year, I wrote the following posting. IOI Earnings Results And Flashback On What Has IOI Done The Past One Year

Let me re-cycle some stuff.

Here's the objectivity of this simple exercise. Since 2008, the CPO had the mother of all bull runs. All planters made insane profit. Money were like falling from the sky. Yes?

So a comparison from a quarterly reports then and compare to present day, and see how healthy is IOI's financial position.

Would this not be logical?

Anyway, from that posting... , I want to use the quarterly earnings reported on Feb 2008.

:: ..... I start with looking at what was on IOI's books back exactly a year ago, Feb 2008, Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/12/2007

Short term funds+cash and bank balances = 427.109 + 531.574 = 958.683 million.

*** Errata !!! ***.

Missed out the short term funds. Looks like my eyes are short! :p2

Total cash should be 958.683 + 692.897 = 1651.560 million.

Short term + long term borrowings = 205.697 + 3363.589 = 3569.186 million (3.569 Billion!) ( you can verify this on this screenshot here )

Net debt position = 3569.186 - 1651.560 = 1917.626 million

IOI's last reported quarterly earnings was on 15th May 2009. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/3/2009

Short term funds+cash and bank balances = 268.556 + 341.407 = 609.963 million.

*** Erata !!! ***

Total cash should be 609.963 + 1905.639 = 2515.602 million

Short term + long term borrowings = 37.771 + 5682.610 = 5721.381 million (5.721 Billion!)


Net debt = 5721.381 - 2515.602 = 3205.779 million

How?

*** Errata ***

Cash balances of 958.683 million had diminished to 609.963 million!
Loans ballooned from 3.569 Billion to 5.721 Billion!!

IOI as at 31/12/2007 was in a net debt of 1917.626 million. IOI latest earnings as at 31/3/2009 saw IOI having net debt of 3205.779 million.

I do not know but would this be the definition of a healthy financial position when cash had diminished and loans ballooned? when during a period when IOI saw CPO crude prices hit record highs, their net cash position actually deteriorated?

Now consider this also.

Anyone want to count the 'money' made by IOI during this period?

1. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/12/2007
Net earnings: _______________

2. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/3/2008
Net earnings: _______________

3. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 30/6/2008
Net earnings: _______________

4. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 30/9/2008
Net earnings: _______________

5. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/12/2008
Net earnings: _______________

6. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/3/2009
Net earnings: _______________

So where all the money go when IOI was making big money?

Dividends? Maybe IOI paid out a lot of dividends?

Second interim dividend
Interim Dividend
Interim Dividend
Interim Dividend

And then there was the privatisation of their listed subsidiary, IOI Properties. ( see Big Ouch For IOI Properties! )

How?

If you are an IOI Corp shareholder, how would you evaluate your investment?

Don't you find it incredible that after the biggest ever bull run in the CPO prices that IOI Corp want to raise some 1.22 billion in a rights issue?

How my dearest?

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Many thanks to 棕油网 for pointing out that I had made some error. :D