Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. 

I'm a highly experienced sell-side analyst with in excess of 22 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 19 years immersed in event strategies encompassing M&A risk arbitrage, directional long/short, stub trades and restructuring.  

My background also includes accountancy (liquidation/bankruptcy/receivership) earlier in my career and as a chief financial officer of a global commodity company based in the US and Mexico.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

MMC Corp (MMC MK): The Vote Gets Up. Now For Court Sanctioning

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

MMC Corp (MMC MK): Privatisation Offer From Syed Mokhtar

MMC Corp (MMC MK): Let's Talk About Timing

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<p>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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<div>On the 4 August 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.</div>
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<p>The circular was <a href="https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3190946" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dispatched</a> on the 8 September with the EGM scheduled for the 30 September. Payment under the offer is expected towards the end of December.</p>
<p>The independent adviser, Alliance Investment Bank, deemed the Offer not fair, but reasonable.</p>
<p>This still looks done. But this is trading wide, with a largish downward move on decent volume earlier this week. The key risk is how PNB will vote.</p>
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<p>More below the fold.</p>
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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. 

On the 4 August RHB announced, on behalf MMC's board, the SCR will be tabled to shareholders at a forthcoming EGM.


The circular was dispatched on the 8 September with the EGM scheduled for the 30 September. Payment under the offer is expected towards the end of December.
The independent adviser, Alliance Investment Bank, deemed the Offer not fair, but reasonable.
This still looks done. But this is trading wide, with a largish downward move on decent volume earlier this week. The key risk is how PNB will vote.


More below the fold.


MMC Corp Bhd

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