Friday, January 28, 2011

FBMKLCI 1526.96 DJ+4.39 CRUDE OIL 85.29 RM 3.02

Taliworks Corp Bhd will seek a new partner for a RM374.7mil waste-water treatment project in Yinchuan City, China, after its original partner allegedly defaulted on its obligation. Taliworks said it had, on Tuesday, received a letter from the Yinchuan City Waste Water Treatment Co Committee indicating that both Taliworks and Beijing Puresino-Boda Environmental Engineering Co Ltd (BODA) had yet to formalise the joint-venture (JV) company, in which Taliworks would have a 70% stake, to undertake the project.

Integrax Bhd and its unit Pelabuhan Lumut Sdn Bhd (plaintiffs) have filed a legal suit against Integrax executive director Amin Halim Rasip, alleging that he had breached his fiduciary duties and demanding that he pay for damages arising from the alleged breach. The port operator told Bursa Malaysia yesterday it was also seeking an order that Amin be restrained and an injunction be granted, restraining him from acting or in any way whatsoever holding himself out as director and/or co-chief executive officer of the plaintiffs. The company is also seeking an order that Amin be restrained and an injunction be granted, restraining him from interfering in any way whatsoever in the management of Integrax and Pelabuhan Lumut.

oil and gas players after Petronas, for the first time ever, announced its decision to  develop marginal oilfields to boost Malaysia's oil production. The development of the initial four clusters will be via service contracts and not the normal production sharing contracts (PSCs). The Edge FinancialDaily reports interest in oil and gas stocks may spill over to the sector’s laggards which have yet to catch up with the rally in the broader industry and which observers say could somehow benefit when the flow of investments accelerates in the sector.
 
Benalec is acquiring two handysize bulkcarriers for US$6.8 million (RM20.75 million) to expand its fleet to transport sand for land reclamation activities. It said the acquisitions are to facilitate the expansion of Benalec group’s fleet of vessels, in particular vessels for transporting of sand for land reclamation activities.

Perisai has proposed to acquire a 51% stake in Intan Offshore Sdn Bhd for RM45.23 million via new shares. With the acquisition, Perisai Group will enhance its ability to compete in the vessel supply and chartering business while gaining access to new revenue streams around the region.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

FBMKLCI 1520.00 DJ+8.25 CRUDE OIL 87.55 RM3.02

Kencana Petroleum Bhd's private placement of 166.7 million shares of 10 sen each via its book-building exercise has been completed. The issue price that has been fixed at RM2.38 each would result in gross proceeds of about RM397.6mil. The issue price represented about 1.65% discount to the closing price of Kencana shares on Jan 25 of RM2.42. It is believed that the shares were oversubscribed by 3.5 times.

Infrastructure builders Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd in consortium with Perunding Ranhill Worley Sdn Bhd has been awarded a RM1.07bil contract by Petronas Gas Bhd for works under its LNG regasification project. Muhibbah told Bursa Malaysia yesterday that the consortium received the contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning alliance for the LNG regasification unit, island berth and subsea pipeline of the LNG regasification project.

SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd, an integrated oil and gas service provider, said its wholly-owned unit received a letter of award for works valued at US$31.5mil from Petronas' subsidiary PC Myanmar (Hong Kong) Ltd.
The company told Bursa Malaysia yesterday that its unit TL Offshore Sdn Bhd received an award letter dated Jan 19 for the provision of transportation and installation of offshore facilities for PC Myanmar's Yetagun Phase 4 development at the Andaman Sea.

C.I. Holdings Bhd net profit for the second quarter ended Dec 31, 2010 rose 43% to RM11.27mil from a year ago mainly due to further economies of scale and prudent cost management.

Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd's (F&N) foray into property development paid off well when it recently sold the second phase of Fraser Business Park in Pudu for RM63 million, which netted the group a gain of RM29.6 million.

The Edge FinancialDaily also reports the recent sharp rise in cocoa prices has brought a windfall for GUAN CHONG BHD [], which had earlier stocked up on the soft commodity at substantially lower prices. The company's profit margin has already widened substantially to 6.7 pct for the nine-month period ended Sept 30, 2010, from 1.8 pct in the previous corresponding period.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

FBMKLCI 1526.43 DJ-3.33 CRUDE OIL 86.44 RM 3.03

THE stock market's main benchmark suffered its second double-digit drop in four trading days, wiping out all of its gains so far this year. The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI fell 16.54 points to 1526.43 points. Yesterday's close was 0.46 per cent lower than the new year's first day close of 1533.42 points. The benchmark index closed at a record of 1574.49 points last Monday. Maybank Investment Bank Bhd's head of retail research Lee Cheng Hooi said the blue chip index could fall to as low as 1525 points. "The market is sluggish, and some funds are getting out a bit," said Lee, adding traditionally buying interest will come back after the Chinese New Year (CNY) holidays. The market will still have to breach the 1576 level to sustain a rise. Lee said the research house has a year end 1710 target.

Ann Joo Resources Bhd has entered into a share sale agreement to acquire a 38% stake in Anshin Steel Processor Sdn Bhd, at a cash consideration of RM2.10 per share worth RM11.970mil.

Berjaya Food Bhd’s admission to the stock exchange has been approved by Bursa Securities in the “trading/services” sector of the Main Market. A filing by AmInvestment Bank Bhd on behalf of Berjaya Corp Bhd’s board said the stock exchange regulator had, vide a letter dated Jan 24, approved the admission of Berjaya Food together with the listing of and quotation for the entire enlarged issued and paid-up share capital of the company of RM70.67mil comprising 141.34 million 50 sen shares.

South Korea’s Honam Petrochemical Corp has invoked Section 222 of the Capital Markets & Services Act, 2007 (CMSA) to compulsorily acquire all the remaining 7,185,762 shares of Titan Chemicals Corp Bhd for which acceptances have not been received. “To this end, a notice pursuant to Section 222(1) of the CMSA in relation to the compulsory acquisition has been sent by Honam to all the holders of the remaining offer shares,” Titan said in a note to Bursa yesterday.

Public Bank Bhd has reported a record net profit of RM846.19mil, or 24.16 sen per share, for its fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2010.
Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua), which has been adamant against merging with rival Proton Holdings Bhd, would have let off a sigh of relief after news broke that the Government will not force the two national car companies to merge. Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said yesterday the Government will not force through a merger of both car companies and any solution or proposal needs to be agreed to by both stakeholders. “We cannot force them to make a decision as there is a long spectrum. At one end is loose cooperation and at the other, a merger, which has yet to be decided,”

Oilcorp Bhd, via its 51%-owned indirect subsidiary Oilfab Sdn Bhd, has accepted an offer from Ramunia Holdings Bhd to acquire the Pulau Indah Integrated Fabrication Yard for RM83.8mil.

Major shareholders of port operator Integrax Bhd have called for the removal of the company’s executive director Harun Halim Rasip and director Datuk Onn Hamzah.

MALAYSIAN PACIFIC INDUSTRIES Bhd (MPI) posted marginally lower earnings of RM25.29 million in the second quarter ended Dec 31, 2010 when compared with RM25.71 million a year ago. Its revenue increased 6% to RM367.59 million versus RM345.57 million.  Its earnings per share were 13.05 sen compared with 13.19 sen a year ago. MPI said the pretax profit of RM34.84 million against RM33.06 million a year ago, despite the higher revenue was mainly due to the strengthening ringgit against the US dollar.