And so he’s called off the tender offer and LH’s board has called off the EGM. Reminder: Initially he planned to make a voluntary tender for 10% of LH’s paid-up shares. This was notified to the board on 21 June 2018. The value was a maximum of THB 1.195 bn at THB 11.80/share This was […]
Read More →Fun times at SCB First the media notes that “The report said the central bank played a role in recommending Mr Boontuck to sit on the board and probe the bank’s heavy lending to three companies: Sahaviriya Steel Industries Plc, Pace Development Corporation… “ Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1480809/boontuck-joins-scb-board SCB has retorted that “Recent media reports have suggested that […]
Read More →AOT The cabinet gave the green light to AOT to solve the problem regarding the food supply for the airlines to have at least two operators. AOT are allowed to use the Suvarnabhumi airport as the hub and then distribute to other airports. AOT will share 12% of its revenue per month. (Kao Hoon, 6/6/18) […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC expects the strong earnings momentum to carry into 2Q18 driven by the ongoing popularity of the Internet on both mobile and fixed broadband. The firm also plans to delist CSL within July. For the whole year, the firm sticks with its revenue growth guidance of 7-8%. The investment in 4G network will be […]
Read More →Banks SCB, KBANK and BBL will reverse provisions, which will raise profit, if IFRS 9 is postponed to 2022. SCB has made provisions of Bt26bn, KBANK Bt34bn and BBL Bt20bn. KTB has set aside Bt40bn provisions and it will book a profit if AQ can liquidate its land and repay debt. (Kao Hoon, 9/5/18) Comment: So […]
Read More →Oil Stocks: So we all know that oil pries have recovered in the past 2 years from a low of ~25 to ~70 today. But when we look at the European index for oil stocks versus just PTTEP we scratch our heads…how is is that PTTEP has outperformed? Bongkot/Erawan is just a replacement/continuation, oil pries […]
Read More →ABM ABM said 2Q18 earnings are expected to be strong, driven by a lot of orders. It expects sales in the quarter to surge 30%, reaching Bt22bn/month from 1.4-1.5 Million tons/month. (Khao Hoon, 20/4/18) BIZ BIZ’s shareholders approve dividend of Bt0.08/share. The payment date is May 9. It has current backlog of Bt1.46bn, with recognition […]
Read More →With the news in the past 2 weeks that the major Thai banks are going to be removing transaction fees (finally!) for all digital (i..e internet and mobile) transactions their stock prices have taken a plunge with TMB being the worst hit, despite it not being one of these banks announcing the waiver in fees. […]
Read More →AJD AJD and partners set up two subsidiaries and is taking a stake of over 50%. It expects this to provide growth as well as lower risk from core business. (Thun Hoon, 25/01/17) AOT AOT expects passenger pass-through to reach 3.87mn with 23,000 flights on Chinese New Year. It says tourists from China dropped to […]
Read More →ANAN ANAN will hold a roadshow in Singapore. It targets 2016 revenue of Bt15.6bn thanks to high demand. It plans to launch Bt18.7bn in new projects, raising its backlog from Bt38.5bn and covering revenue through 2017. (Thun Hoon, 07/06/16) Comment: Perhaps the hardest hit name post the draft bill re property BCH BCH expects […]
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