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<a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/olam-group">Olam Group</a> is undergoing a significant strategic reorganization, separating into three distinct operating units: ofi (Olam Food Ingredients), Olam Agri, and the Remaining <a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/olam-group">Olam Group</a>. This move is designed to unlock shareholder value through focused strategies and potential capital market activities, including IPOs and divestments.</li>
 <li>A key milestone in this reorganization is the announced sale of its entire stake in Olam Agri to the Saudi Agricultural &amp; Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), which is expected to significantly deleverage the Group's balance sheet and fund strategic investments into ofi.</li>
 <li>Despite strong top-line revenue growth historically, the company has demonstrated a troubling trend of deteriorating profitability and negative cash flow, with significant declines in net income, EPS, and free cash flow over the past decade, posing risks to dividend sustainability and shareholder returns.</li>
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Olam Group is undergoing a significant strategic reorganization, separating into three distinct operating units: ofi (Olam Food Ingredients), Olam Agri, and the Remaining Olam Group. This move is designed to unlock shareholder value through focused strategies and potential capital market activities, including IPOs and divestments.
  A key milestone in this reorganization is the announced sale of its entire stake in Olam Agri to the Saudi Agricultural &amp; Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), which is expected to significantly deleverage the Group's balance sheet and fund strategic investments into ofi.
  Despite strong top-line revenue growth historically, the company has demonstrated a troubling trend of deteriorating profitability and negative cash flow, with significant declines in net income, EPS, and free cash flow over the past decade, posing risks to dividend sustainability and shareholder returns.
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SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

<ul><li>The STI generated a 6.5% total return for 2025 to June 6, with an annualised return of 8.5%.</li><li>SIA Engineering and Singapore Land Group achieved highest gains among non-STI stocks with market capitalisation above S$3 billion.</li><li>Sheng Siong Group reported a 15% total return for 2025 to June 6, with increased revenue and net profit.</li></ul>

The STI generated a 6.5% total return for 2025 to June 6, with an annualised return of 8.5%.SIA Engineering and Singapore Land Group achieved highest gains among non-STI stocks with market capitalisation above S$3 billion.Sheng Siong Group reported a 15% total return for 2025 to June 6, with increased revenue and net profit.

The Broader Beat: Market Movers Beyond the Benchmark

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/olam-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:765:1" rel="noopener">Olam Group (OLG SP)</a> has despatched the EGM circular to get shareholder approval for the next step in the restructuring exercise to unlock value - Olam Agri IPO.</li>
<li>The Olam Agri IPO through a dual primary listing (SGX ST and Saudi Arabia) involves a primary (IPO shares are 20% of enlarged shares) and secondary (25% vendor sale) offering. </li>
<li>The EGM marks a key step in the strategy to unlock value. Our SoTP valuation is S$2.13 per share, which is a 28% upside to the last close price.</li>
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Olam Group (OLG SP) has despatched the EGM circular to get shareholder approval for the next step in the restructuring exercise to unlock value - Olam Agri IPO.
The Olam Agri IPO through a dual primary listing (SGX ST and Saudi Arabia) involves a primary (IPO shares are 20% of enlarged shares) and secondary (25% vendor sale) offering. 
The EGM marks a key step in the strategy to unlock value. Our SoTP valuation is S$2.13 per share, which is a 28% upside to the last close price.


Olam Group (OLG SP): EGM on 29 March Another Step to Realize Value

Research from Asian Century Stocks, Asian Century Stocks

Michael Fritzell

Research from Asian Century Stocks

Providing financial journalism in the Asia-Pacific

Asian Century Stocks

Asian Century Stocks is a newsletter providing financial journalism for companies and stocks in the Asia-Pacific. 
The Asian Century Stocks logotype “百” stands for “one hundred” or a “century”. The economic centre of gravity is moving towards Asia. Yet most global investors are missing out.

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In the past year, cocoa prices have spiked to elevated levels.
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The culprit has been heavy rainfall in West Africa, leading to poor cocoa crops.
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There’s nothing suggesting that the tightness in the cocoa market will end anytime soon. 
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In the past year, cocoa prices have spiked to elevated levels.


The culprit has been heavy rainfall in West Africa, leading to poor cocoa crops.


There’s nothing suggesting that the tightness in the cocoa market will end anytime soon. 



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<ul><li>In 2025, 76 primary-listed companies in Singapore executed share buybacks totaling S$1.65 billion, an 80% increase from 2024.</li><li>UOB, DBS, and OCBC led buybacks with a combined S$1.28 billion, driven by capital management initiatives and dividends.</li><li>Secondary-listed Hongkong Land repurchased US$176 million shares, while City Developments completed an off-market buyback of preference shares.</li></ul>

In 2025, 76 primary-listed companies in Singapore executed share buybacks totaling S$1.65 billion, an 80% increase from 2024.UOB, DBS, and OCBC led buybacks with a combined S$1.28 billion, driven by capital management initiatives and dividends.Secondary-listed Hongkong Land repurchased US$176 million shares, while City Developments completed an off-market buyback of preference shares.

Buyback Consideration Surges 80% in 2025 to S$1.65B

Singapore

Olam Group Ltd operates as a food and agri-business company. The Company supplies food ingredients, feed, fibre, and edible oil. Olam Group serves customers worldwide.

Through our purpose to ‘Re-imagine Global Agriculture and Food Systems’, Olam aims to address the many challenges involved in meeting the needs of a growing global population, while achieving positive impact for farming communities, our planet and all our stakeholders. 

Headquartered and listed in Singapore, Olam currently ranks among the top 30 largest primary listed companies in terms of market capitalisation on SGX-ST.

More information on Olam can be found at www.olamgroup.com. 
	 	 
Olam is located at 7 Straits View, Marina One East Tower #20-01, Singapore 018936. Telephone: +65 63394100, Facsimile: +65 63399755.

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Olam Group (OLG SP)

Primer: Olam Group (OLG SP) - Sep 2025

Olam Group is undergoing a significant strategic reorganization, separating into three distinct operating units: ofi (Olam Food Ingredients),...

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The Broader Beat: Market Movers Beyond the Benchmark

The STI generated a 6.5% total return for 2025 to June 6, with an annualised return of 8.5%. SIA Engineering and Singapore Land Group achieved...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Olam Group (OLG SP): EGM on 29 March Another Step to Realize Value

The EGM marks a key step in the strategy to unlock value. Our SoTP valuation is S$2.13 per share, which is a 28% upside to the last close price.

Arun George

The cocoa question

In the past year, cocoa prices have spiked to elevated levels. The culprit has been heavy rainfall in West Africa, leading to poor cocoa crops.

Asian Century Stocks

Buyback Consideration Surges 80% in 2025 to S$1.65B

In 2025, 76 primary-listed companies in Singapore executed share buybacks totaling S$1.65 billion, an 80% increase from 2024. UOB, DBS, and OCBC...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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