APCO Raising growth target again — APCO is raising its earnings target again to growth of 70-75% YoY. The company expects 4Q13s to be outstanding as it is the high season. (Khao Hoon, 11/10/13) Comment: Never heard of this company before, no idea what it is CPALL Cutting MAKRO holding — CPALL is planning to […]
Read More →CPALL Expects 13-15% sales growth — CPALL is confident that sales will grow by 13-15%, and insists that it will continue to expand despite the domestic consumption slowdown. (Khao Hoon, 03/10/13) Comment: The key story here is on how they are re financing their debts from the MAKRO takeover DTAC 3mn 3G customers — DTAC […]
Read More →AAV Joint venture with AirAsia X — AirAsia X says it has set up a joint venture company with Air Asia Thailand and the advisor to the prime minister called Thai AirAsia X. This is the first time that AirAsia has entered into a foreign partnership. (Khao Hoon, 20/09/13) BEC Ad slots full — BEC […]
Read More →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 […]
Read More →Amata: Still confident of EIA backing. Amata Corporation is confident the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for its 3,500-rai expansion at Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate will be approved this year, ending a long dispute with communities. The company maintains the land sales target of 3,000 rai in 2013, up from 2,800 rai last year. (Source: Bangkok […]
Read More →CPALL CPALL greenlights Siam Makro takeover — CPALL shareholders approved the Bt189bn acquisition of Siam Makro in the country’s biggest ever takeover. Some 87% of shareholders who attended the meeting yesterday voted for the proposal, more than the 75% required. (Bangkok Post, 13/06/13) Comment: No surprise here, great for CPALL as they need to Makro’s […]
Read More →CPALL CP outlines Bt2.5bn expansion — CP All, the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores, intends to invest Bt2.5bn to build four distribution centers across the country to support its future expansion in which the number of stores would reach 10,000 by 2017. The first center, which is under construction at a cost of Bt1bn in […]
Read More →So the essentials of the deal are as follows: CPALL agreed with MAKRO’s major shareholder, SHV Nederland B.V., to acquire its 64.35% (154.4m shares) in Makro @ THB 787/share. Funding is 90% debt financing, 10% internal CF, no equity capital call. Purchase price of MAKRO is @ 42.9x of 2013F (as per analyst’s estimates) Debt […]
Read More →BGH BGH plans hospital in Chinatown — Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Plc (BGH), Thailand’s largest hospital group, is to invest 700-750 million baht to set up a new hospital in Bangkok’s Chinatown aiming to tap into affluent ethnic Chinese and Indian residents. The investment includes 30-year rental and renovation costs for two old buildings, one […]
Read More →BBL BBL gets into auto lending with specific loans for first car buyers — Even though Bangkok Bank is not ready to enter the hire-purchase (lease-to-own) business, it has developed a product called Bualuang Poonphol for First Car to help it become more familiar with the car-loan market. “We are learning about the auto-loan market […]
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