BAY BAY to issue 1.14bn shares to BTMU — BAY will issue 1.14bn shares at Bt39 each via private placement to the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) under a conditional branch purchase agreement, according to BAY’s filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand. (The Nation, 19/09/13) Comment: Will need to read more into this, however […]

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ANAN Treasury program spurs price — Price of ANAN rocketed to hit a one month high after the company announced plans to repurchase 333.30mn shares (10% of total shares). The total value of the repurchase scheme is estimated to be Bt500mn. Management is confident that earnings will exceed market expectations, and promised dividend will start […]

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Donald Rumsfeld referred to Europe as “Old Europe” years ago in a speech and its something that has stuck in the back of my mind ever since. Population demographics of a country is tremendously important for the growth of a country and this is why SE Asia is still a fantastic place to be investment […]

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LH 3Q12 presales over Bt20bn — LH says that 3Q13 presales will be more than Bt20bn. Management expects the company to achieve its target Bt30bn as it expects to book rental revenue from its apartment in California in 4Q13, pushing its revenues for the year to more than Bt25bn. (Khao Hoon, 17/09/13) Comment: This property […]

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JUTHA Board approves capital increase — JUTHA’s board has approved a capital increase of 49mn shares, priced at Bt4.50/share; 22.45mn will be privately placed (PP). (Khao Hoon, 16/09/13) Comment: Looking to buy more ships?  LPN GFP raises LPN holding — The Government Pension Fund (GPF) has increased its holding in LPN by 10mn shares to […]

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During the week BTS released their monthly ridership numbers and my goodness just simply look at this chart, and given that now its still only about 600,000 daily riders (in dec ’12 the avg daily ridership was 533k), the extensions for BTS lines are continuing to come and with more and more people using the […]

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BEAUTY 2013 revenue growth of 30% plus — BEAUTY is confident that revenues will grow by more than 30% and profits to grow by 20% as the company pushes to open new branches and launch new products and promotional campaigns to boost sales. (Khao Hoon, 13/09/13) Comment: I do wonder if this will be a […]

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AJP Moved to mai — AJP was moved to the mai market yesterday. The company’s share price surged an astonishing Bt17.57 to close at Bt17.80, a rise of 7,639.13%. In 2010, shares were trading at only Bt1.10/share. In yesterday’s trading, shares were trading the highest and lowest at Bt17.80 and Bt9.85/share, respectively, with a high […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 1.1 bn EARTH – Huge purchase of THB 237 mn by the Chairman & CEO GFM – Family transactions IVL – Heinecke, a board member, purchases THB 22mn KKP – A whole bunch of purchases by directors/management NBC – The President buys THB 231 mn PACE – Hmm no comment, purchase […]

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