AOT AOT says plans to invest Bt120bn in second airports for Chiang Mai and Phuket. It expects to get board approval on May 25. On April 25, the AOT board approved a decision to accept a contract to manage four more airports (Udon Thani, Sakon Nakorn, Tak, and Chumporn) for the Department of Airports. This […]

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ABM ABM closed at Bt2.52, 40 %above IPO price on the first day of trade .The company will spend Bt135mn to expand its palm kernel warehouse, build wood pallets )for biomass power plant (and expand the sawmill . Management said lots of orders will underwrite 2Q18 sales growth of 30 %to 22,000 tons/month and it […]

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CPF/CPALL Twice this past week, CPF let the market know that part of its exchangeable bonds issue in 2016 were exercised and converted into CPALL shares. Background: USD 300 mn exchange bonds issued in Sept 2016, bondholders can exchange 90,100 CPALL shares for every USD 200,000 of the bond principal (THB 77.34 per CPALL share […]

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The Ministry of Commerce said 6,728 companies registered in March, -1%YoY. In 1Q18, total new companies are above 20,000, +7%. This is expected to be better due to economic recovery. TOR of Bongkoyt-Erawan gas auction to be sent to the EPPO for approval. It will add special points if more than 80% of employees are […]

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AP AP plans to launch new 3three projects worth Bt3.1bn. It expects mid-to-high end property market will be strong. (Khao Hoon, 27/4/18) BAY BAY said it has no M&A plan. Fee war is expected to affect its own NII around 2-3%, but it says it has other ways to make this up. (Thun Hoon, 27/4/18) […]

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PTT PTT’s board approved buying TOR documents for the high-speed rail lines connecting three airports, saying this offers future potential growth. It has not decided whether or not it will do a JV. (Khao Hoon, 26/4/18) Comment: Will be the ex-PTT ministers in the government push things PTT’s way? SUPER SUPER shareholders approve Bt36bn bond […]

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CPN CPN to invest Bt5bn to launch Central Village, expected to open in 3Q19. It will book revenue from new department stores. In 2H18, it will open two new stores. (Khao Hoon, 25/4/18) Comment: Management has publicly come out to say that this is to target tourists in Thailand, although they put the % at […]

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BM BM is preparing for government infrastructure auctions worth billions of baht. It plans to revise up revenue growth to over 20%, driven by many orders. It has backlog of Bt300-400mn. (Khao Hoon, 24/4/18) DNA DNA to cooperate with a big bitcoin mine in China to manage efficiency there with revenue sharing from “digging” coins […]

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