Symphony House, Ranhill Energy ink deal for reverse takeover
KUALA LUMPUR: Symphony House Bhd has signed an agreement for a reverse takeover of the company by Ranhill Energy And Resources Bhd enroute to listing, confirming a StarBiz report.
Both companies had on Wednesday signed a heads of agreement for the corporate exercise where Symphony would acquire all of Ranhill Group Sdn Bhd and all or substantially all of its subsidiaries for a purchase consideration to be determined.
The acquisition would be satisfied by the issuance of new RM1 shares in Symphony after a proposed share consolidation at an issue price of RM1.50 per Symphony share.
However, before the acquisition, Symphony would consolidate its existing 10 shares of 10 sen each into one share of RM1 each.
"The proposed acquisition aims to provide existing shareholders of Symphony with an opportunity to benefit from Ranhill group of companies' growth potential in the water, power and oil and gas businesses.
"Symphony's shareholders are expected to benefit from Ranhill group of companies' experience in the energy and environment sectors, and its reliable cashflow from its contracts and concessions," it said.
Ranhill Energy, its shareholders and its persons acting in concert intend to seek an exemption from the obligation to undertake a mandatory take-over offer for all the remaining Symphony shares not already owned by them upon completion of the proposed acquisition. The exemption is to ensure the successful implementation of the proposed acquisition.
Symphony proposes to undertake a public offering of new Symphony shares and a renounceable rights issue on the basis of one new Symphony share for every existing one Symphony share held.
Funds raised from the proposed offering are intended to be used for, among others, paring down debts, business expansion, working capital as well as to disburse expenses related to the proposal.
They said there would be an offer for sale of Symphony shares by certain shareholders of Ranhill Energy.
Also Symphony's current acting chairman & group CEO Tan Sri Mohamed Azman Yahya and Abdul Hamid Sheikh Mohamed will undertake a management buyout of all the equity interest in Symphony's existing group of companies for a RM60mil cash consideration.
Upon completion of the proposal, Symphony will continue to be listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities.
lmseng ...can you go f3 .... this share will be flying tomolo ... who cares they r losing money or high gearing ... oh please .......... i know you have cut lost of this share before. .. dont sour grape over hear .... wahahhahaha
this proposal will take 6 months minimum, dont be silly, issuance at RM1.50 post consolidation, meaning IPO price at 15cents, how much can it go? remember as well, they have huge debts to pay off, so are raising rights issue from shareholders, some existing shareholders want to sell their shares somemore
Ranhill was supposed to list on Bursa on July 31, with about 70% of its RM753mil IPO proceeds to be utilised for the repayment of borrowings. The SC had instructed the company to postpone its IPO indefinitely on July 25 in view of the non-disclosure issue. most of the used for repay loan...
Ranhill’s IPO plans were put on hold last year after it emerged there had been a disclosure breach related to the suspension of the licences of its affiliate company, Perunding Ranhill Worley Sdn Bhd, by Petroliam Nasional Bhd for an indefinite period.
Subsequently, the Securities Commission (SC) imposed a fine of RM200,000 on the company, while its substantial shareholder Tan Sri Hamdan Mohamad was reprimanded and fined RM300,000 for the failure to disclose the licensing issue.
Ranhill was supposed to list on Bursa on July 31, with about 70% of its RM753mil IPO proceeds to be utilised for the repayment of borrowings. The SC had instructed the company to postpone its IPO indefinitely on July 25 in view of the non-disclosure issue.
The following day, Ranhill announced that it had terminated its IPO.
According to the company’s prospectus, it had debts of RM1.93bil and a gearing of 1.61 times as at end December 2012.
Symphony recorded a net loss of RM40.84mil for its fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2013, compared with a net loss of RM37.66mil in the corresponding period, which was mainly attributed to an impairment made in respect of its BPO business of RM40.6mil.
Its revenue during the quarter rose to RM14.66mil from RM12.77mil previously. Its total cash and cash equivalents stood at RM22.80mil as at Dec 31, 2013.
In its notes accompanying its fourth quarter earnings, Symphony said it expected to complete the sale of Symphony BPO Solutions Sdn Bhd by the first quarter of 2014.
“Upon completion of this sale, the group still has the remaining international BPO business for payroll solutions, which will focus on completing the implementation of secured projects in Japan and Europe.
“On the domestic outsourcing business which remains in the group’s core continuing business, we expect the stock market to be in a positive bias for the remaining period of 2014, which will provide moderate growth for these businesses,” it said.
----WAY too much debt here.... maybe that why this isn't performing like Barakah
hahahaha ....quoted from some1 ... "ruslimz take over price at 15 sen only...." ... this is the biggest joke i ever heard ..... thanks for showing your ignorance
On the domestic outsourcing business which remains in the group’s core continuing business, we expect the stock market to be in a positive bias for the remaining period of 2014, which will provide moderate growth for these businesses
How to calculate? The one for one thing. Does it mean last closing price 13.5 so should be double (27 sen). Is that the reason why ppl chase it up to 27.5sen?
according to AT understanding. RANHILL WORLEY buy this counter then tukar nama right? .. now 0.220-0.215 .. after tukar nama to RANHIL WORLY or whatever names he wants.. boom to 1.00? I saw the word Rm1.00 somewhere in this posting.. in this case AT already buy at 0.215 <-- is that price ok? not ok already bought loh.. wahahahahahh
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Posted by dosn > 2014-03-25 17:47 | Report Abuse
tomorrow open double the price