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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amara-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2692:1" rel="noopener">Amara Holdings (AMA SP)</a> has disclosed a voluntary unconditional offer from Dymon Asia and the Albert Teo Family at S$0.60 per share, a 30.4% premium to the last close price. </li>
<li>On 17 June, Amara received a written notification from Mr Albert Teo Hock Chuan (CEO) and Ms Susan Teo Geok Tin (Company Secretary) that they are mulling an offer. </li>
<li>The offer price is final. The offer is attractive and marginally below the ten-year high. Hitting the 90% compulsory acquisition threshold implies a minority acceptance rate of 79.3%.</li>
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Amara Holdings (AMA SP) has disclosed a voluntary unconditional offer from Dymon Asia and the Albert Teo Family at S$0.60 per share, a 30.4% premium to the last close price. 
On 17 June, Amara received a written notification from Mr Albert Teo Hock Chuan (CEO) and Ms Susan Teo Geok Tin (Company Secretary) that they are mulling an offer. 
The offer price is final. The offer is attractive and marginally below the ten-year high. Hitting the 90% compulsory acquisition threshold implies a minority acceptance rate of 79.3%.


Amara Holdings (AMA SP): Albert Teo Family/Dymon Asia’s Unconditional S$0.60 Offer

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amara-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2692:1" rel="noopener">Amara Holdings (AMA SP)</a> received a written notification from Mr Albert Teo Hock Chuan (CEO) and Ms Susan Teo Geok Tin (Company Secretary) that they mulling an offer. </li>
<li>The shares entered a trading halt on 16 June as the share price increased 23.9% from S$0.355 on 14 June to S$0.440 per share on 16 June.</li>
<li>Recent SGX privatisation proposals have shown that offerors tend to be miserly with their premiums. The sharp share price rally makes it challenging to launch an offer.</li>
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Amara Holdings (AMA SP) received a written notification from Mr Albert Teo Hock Chuan (CEO) and Ms Susan Teo Geok Tin (Company Secretary) that they mulling an offer. 
The shares entered a trading halt on 16 June as the share price increased 23.9% from S$0.355 on 14 June to S$0.440 per share on 16 June.
Recent SGX privatisation proposals have shown that offerors tend to be miserly with their premiums. The sharp share price rally makes it challenging to launch an offer.


Amara Holdings (AMA SP): Key Shareholders Ponder an Offer

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lian-beng-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17636:1" rel="noopener">Lian Beng (LBG SP)</a>/LBG disclosed a revised final voluntary unconditional offer from the Ong family at S$0.68 per share, a 9.7% premium to the previous offer of S$0.62 per share. </li>
<li>The final offer price remains unattractive in comparison to peer multiples and precedent transactions. The offer is open and closes on 26 May.</li>
<li>The Ong Family aims to privatise LBG. Hitting the 90% compulsory acquisition threshold implies a minority acceptance rate of around 64%, which could prove to be a challenge.</li>
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Lian Beng (LBG SP)/LBG disclosed a revised final voluntary unconditional offer from the Ong family at S$0.68 per share, a 9.7% premium to the previous offer of S$0.62 per share. 
The final offer price remains unattractive in comparison to peer multiples and precedent transactions. The offer is open and closes on 26 May.
The Ong Family aims to privatise LBG. Hitting the 90% compulsory acquisition threshold implies a minority acceptance rate of around 64%, which could prove to be a challenge.


Lian Beng (LBG SP): Ong Family’s Final, Unconditional and Derisory S$0.68 Offer

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lian-beng-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17636:1" rel="noopener">Lian Beng (LBG SP)</a>/LBG has disclosed a voluntary unconditional offer from the Ong family at S$0.62 per share, an 8.8% premium to the undisturbed price (6 April).</li>
<li>The offer price is unattractive in comparison to peer multiples and precedent transactions. The price is not final. As the family aims to privatise LBG, a bump is likely. </li>
<li>The offer will likely follow the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/boustead-projects-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26785:1" rel="noopener">Boustead Projects (BOCJ SP)</a> playbook, where <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/boustead-singapore-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14843:1" rel="noopener">Boustead Singapore Limited (BOCS SP)</a> tabled a take-it-or-leave-it derisory 5.6% bump to its low-balled offer.   </li>
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Lian Beng (LBG SP)/LBG has disclosed a voluntary unconditional offer from the Ong family at S$0.62 per share, an 8.8% premium to the undisturbed price (6 April).
The offer price is unattractive in comparison to peer multiples and precedent transactions. The price is not final. As the family aims to privatise LBG, a bump is likely. 
The offer will likely follow the Boustead Projects (BOCJ SP) playbook, where Boustead Singapore Limited (BOCS SP) tabled a take-it-or-leave-it derisory 5.6% bump to its low-balled offer.   


Lian Beng (LBG SP): Ong Family’s Derisory Unconditional Offer at S$0.62

Singapore and emerging market real estate

Royston Foo

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<p>Singapore construction company – <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/17636" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17636:1">Lian Beng Group Ltd (LBG SP)</a>  announced that it was awarded a contract worth S$136.8 mil to construct a condominium development at Potong Pasir Avenue 1. This site was the former Raintree Gardens site, a former HUDC estate that was acquired by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/142" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:142:1">Uol Group Ltd (UOL SP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/12891" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12891:1">United Industrial Corp Ltd (UIC SP)</a> for S$334.2 mil in October 2016.</p><p>This may seem like a normal award of a contract by a developer to a construction company, but we think that the timing of the…</p>

Singapore construction company – Lian Beng Group Ltd (LBG SP)  announced that it was awarded a contract worth S$136.8 mil to construct a condominium development at Potong Pasir Avenue 1. This site was the former Raintree Gardens site, a former HUDC estate that was acquired by Uol Group Ltd (UOL SP) and United Industrial Corp Ltd (UIC SP) for S$334.2 mil in October 2016.This may seem like a normal award of a contract by a developer to a construction company, but we think that the timing of the…

When Actions Speak Louder Than Words – UOL and UIC's Optimism on Singapore Residential

Singapore

Keong Hong Holdings Ltd. offers construction services.  The Company builds residential, commercial, industrial and institutional construction services.  Keong Hong offers construction services in Singapore and the Maldives and develops property in Singapore.

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Amara Holdings (AMA SP): Albert Teo Family/Dymon Asia’s Unconditional S$0.60 Offer

The offer price is final. The offer is attractive and marginally below the ten-year high. At the last close, the gross spread was 30.4%.

Arun George

Amara Holdings (AMA SP): Key Shareholders Ponder an Offer

Recent SGX privatisation proposals have shown that offerors tend to be miserly with their premiums. The sharp share price rally makes it...

Arun George

Lian Beng (LBG SP): Ong Family’s Final, Unconditional and Derisory S$0.68 Offer

The token bump is unlikely to appeal to minorities. Hitting the 90% compulsory acquisition threshold implies a minority acceptance rate of around...

Arun George

Lian Beng (LBG SP): Ong Family’s Derisory Unconditional Offer at S$0.62

The offer price is unattractive in comparison to peer multiples and precedent transactions. The price is not final. As the family aims to privatise...

Arun George

When Actions Speak Louder Than Words – UOL and UIC's Optimism on Singapore Residential

Singapore construction company – Lian Beng Group Ltd (LBG SP) announced that it was awarded a contract worth S$136.8 mil to construct a...

Royston Foo

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