Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<p>Back on the 3 June, Seaport Terminal (Johore) Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned entity of Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary, <a href="https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3163886" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> an Offer for port operator and utility play <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mmc-corp-bhd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9776:1" rel="noopener">MMC Corp Bhd (MMC MK)</a>  at RM2.00/share, a 70.94% premium to last close. Seaport Terminal owns 51.76% of MMC.  The Offer is being done via a selective capital reduction and repayment (SCR) exercise. </p>
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<p>The deal looked - and looks - clean. It was just a question of timing, and SCRs often average around six months to complete.</p>
<p>Apart from an announcement on the <a href="https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3175290" target="_blank" rel="noopener">14 July</a> extending the date in which the board intends to respond to Seaport proposal, there was no further development.</p>
<p>Late yesterday, RHB <a href="https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3181001" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a>, on behalf MMC's board, the SCR will be tabled to shareholders at a forthcoming EGM.</p>
<p>This gets the ball rolling, with an indicative completion date in the 4Q21.</p>
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<p>More below the fold.</p>
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Back on the 3 June, Seaport Terminal (Johore) Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned entity of Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary, announced an Offer for port operator and utility play MMC Corp Bhd (MMC MK)  at RM2.00/share, a 70.94% premium to last close. Seaport Terminal owns 51.76% of MMC.  The Offer is being done via a selective capital reduction and repayment (SCR) exercise. 


The deal looked - and looks - clean. It was just a question of timing, and SCRs often average around six months to complete.
Apart from an announcement on the 14 July extending the date in which the board intends to respond to Seaport proposal, there was no further development.
Late yesterday, RHB announced, on behalf MMC's board, the SCR will be tabled to shareholders at a forthcoming EGM.
This gets the ball rolling, with an indicative completion date in the 4Q21.


More below the fold.


MMC Corp (MMC MK): Board Support, At Last

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mmc-corp-bhd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9776:1" rel="noopener">MMC Corp Bhd (MMC MK)</a> has <a href="https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3163886" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Seaport Terminal (Johore) Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned entity of  Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary, has made an Offer for all shares not owned at RM2.00/share, a premium to last close of 70.94%. </p>
<p>The Offer is being done via a selective capital reduction and repayment (SCR) exercise.</p>
<p>Seaport Terminal owns 51.76% of MMC.  </p>
<p>MMC primarily operates a number of ports in Malaysia, plus holds equity stakes in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/malakoff-corp-bhd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:404:1" rel="noopener">Malakoff Corp (MLK MK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gas-malaysia-bhd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14078:1" rel="noopener">Gas Malaysia (GMB MK)</a>.</p>
<p>The offer is valid until the 15 July, should MMC wish to proceed.</p>
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MMC Corp Bhd (MMC MK) has announced Seaport Terminal (Johore) Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned entity of  Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary, has made an Offer for all shares not owned at RM2.00/share, a premium to last close of 70.94%. 
The Offer is being done via a selective capital reduction and repayment (SCR) exercise.
Seaport Terminal owns 51.76% of MMC.  
MMC primarily operates a number of ports in Malaysia, plus holds equity stakes in Malakoff Corp (MLK MK) and Gas Malaysia (GMB MK).
The offer is valid until the 15 July, should MMC wish to proceed.
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MMC Corp (MMC MK): Privatisation Offer From Syed Mokhtar

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Westports finds solace in gateway cargoes: Transhipment throughput losses continued to play out in the 3Q17 report card of Westports. Revenue contracted 6.4% y/y from MYR 449.9m to MYR 421.2m as volumes declined 14.1% y/y to 2.14 mteu in the quarter, largely driven by a 23.7% y/y tumble in transhipment boxes to 1.42 mteu. Westports’ shareholders are not mourning the transhipment volumes that moved to Singapore port as the quarterly profit due to them dinged just 0.1% from the year-ago results…

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§  The SGX Maritime &amp; Offshore Services (MOE) Index, a benchmark for the MOE Sector, has rebounded 19.7% from its trough on 1 Sep 2016 in tandem with the recovery of crude oil prices, which may be an indication that the sector could be bottoming out.
 
§  Despite the rally, the 18 constituents within the SGX MOE Index are trading at an average current price-to-book (PB) ratio of 0.7x, with 10 of them trading below their book values.
 
§  Consensus estimates are expecting oil prices to stabilise and…



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MMC Corporation Berhad is an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries and associated company, operates a container port, provides power generation, distributes natural gas, and provides engineering and construction services.

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Trading at a gross/annualised spread of 10.5%/31.2%. I would expect the circular to be dispatched within a month. I'd get involved here

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I think this is a done deal and would expect shares to trade tight to terms. Assuming a mid-October completion, this may well trade up to ~RM1.94...

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