Dusti, I will see how the reclamation and development progress. At this moment, everything goes well. Strategic partner secured. I think more plots will be sold to other developers. E&O will not develope the whole area by itself. They will sell some plots and let other developers join force to speed up the development of the whole area.
And interestingly, beside Persada Menteri Sdn Bhd, there is another company formed- Junjung Angkasa Sdn Bhd, will it be another special purpose vehicle for 2nd partner?
At the same time, TPD has also entered into a conditional joint-venture agreement with KWAP to develop the entire STP2A development land via a special purpose vehicle — Persada Mentari Sdn Bhd, which will be 80%-owned by TPD and 20% by KWAP.
PETALING JAYA: Eastern & Oriental Bhd’s (E&O) subsidiary Tanjung Pinang Development Sdn Bhd has acquired 100% equity interest in two shelf companies, namely, Persada Mentari Sdn Bhd and Junjung Angkasa Sdn Bhd. Both companies were incorporated as private limited companies under the Companies Act 2016 with an issued and paid-up share capital of RM1 comprising one ordinary share.
Disposing Straits Quay Mall? Media reported that Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) is believed to be in talks to disposing Straits Quay Mall with a convention centre for RM230m. The mall is located in Straits Quay Marina of Seri Tanjung Pinang. The mall is having net lettable area of 270,000 sq ft with occupancy rate of 80%. Meanwhile, the built-up of the convention centre is at 25,300 sq ft. The reported selling price of RM230m for the asset is close to its net book value of RM233m.
Slightly positive if the deal materializes. We are not entirely surprised by the news as E&O had previously guided they may dispose assets to pare down its borrowings. Nevertheless, we are slightly positive if the deal materializes as it would further improve the balance sheet of E&O. Assuming the proceed of disposal to be utilized to pare down borrowings, we estimate net gearing of E&O to reduce to 0.44x from 0.57x (after taken into consideration of placement proceeds and deposit for STP2A stake sales from KWAP).
Minimal impact on E&O earnings. The mall and convention centre are parked under E&O Trading Sdn Bhd and we gather that the division is not making profit. Hence, we expect the reported disposal to have minimal impact on E&O earnings (if it materializes).
Maintain BUY with unchanged TP of RM2.68. We maintain our BUY call on E&O as we are positive on the long-term prospect of E&O following the entry of KWAP as strategic investor of STP2A. The entry of KWAP as a strategic investor helps to unlock the value of STP2 project and further ensure the execution of STP2A which is an all-important project to E&O.
i am collecting this counter even more. good fa stock with low price. iwcity, malton and almost properties stocks perform really well. this year and next year will be the year for e&o.
Dusti, everything that I have said earlier remained valid. E&O is a good long term investment counter. Recently, the management intends to sell off some development land and properties in Malaysia and London. This proposed sales is positive news for E&O. It is better to monetise some less strategic properties to fund the massive STP2 reclamation. Once the land is reclaimed, the company is actually making profit as the value of the land has increased (market value - cost of reclamation and land title fees). Some ppl like KYY does not see this as profit but I do not agree.
enid888 thanks for your feedback. Agree with your treating value addition as profit. Have been a shareholder for the longest time, took profit many times, accept losses too, but continue to have faith. Always hoped that there is someone out there with pockets deep enough to take over the whole company. Then value addition will show nice numbers. Cheers.
We are yet to see how much the new MD, Mr. TC Kok can bring to the company. Hopefully he can lead the company to the right direction and focus on the right things. The previous deputy MD, Eric Chan was too weak and caused few years delay to the reclamation of STP2. Should he been doing his job well, STP Phase 2A should have been completed by now and the share price should be more than RM3.00 at this time.
Once more and more deals are announced more and more people can see the VALUE in E&O. By the time it is too late to buy the shares. Share price would be way above RM3
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Hi enid888. The above comments are addressed to you.