QL associate Boilermech to raise RM11.5m from ACE listing
Tags: Boilermerch Holdings Bhd | QL Resources Bhd
Written by Daniel Khoo
Friday, 15 April 2011 11:31
KUALA LUMPUR: Boilermech Holdings Bhd will raise RM11.52 million from its listing on Bursa Malaysia’s ACE Market, which is scheduled for May 5.
The company, an associate of food and agriculture group QL Resources Bhd, is a manufacturer of biomass boilers mainly for the palm oil milling industry.
It also serves other industries such as sugar milling, rubber-based manufacturers, food processing and palm oil refineries. QL will see its stake dilute to 35.03% after the listing.
The IPO will see Boilermech conducting both a public issuance and an offer for sale.
Under the public issuance, Boilermech will issue 34.9 million new shares of 33 sen each worth RM11.52 million, of which 19.25 million shares will be allocated for application by private placement to identified bumiputera investors, eight million shares for the public and 7.65 million shares for application by eligible directors and employees.
The IPO will also see an offer for sale of 13.5 million shares each totalling RM4.46 million by its major shareholders of which nine million shares will be privately placed out to bumiputera investors approved by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and another 4.5 million shares by private placement to identified investors.
Of the proceeds raised for Boilermech, the company will use RM4 million for business expansion plans, RM2.5 million for repayment of its term loan, RM3.32 million for working capital and RM1.7 million to defray listing expenses.
(From left) OSK Investment Bank director/head of equity capital market Gan Kim Khoon, Boilermech Holdings Bhd chairman Dr Chia Song Kun, OSK Investment Bank director of corporate finance Tan Meng Kim and Leong at the launch of Boilermech’s prospectus yesterday.
“The group also intends to utilise RM500,000 of the proceeds towards intensifying its sales and marketing efforts in palm producing and agricultural-based processing countries in Southeast Asia, the African continent and the Central and South American region,” Boilermech said in a statement yesterday.
Directors who are offering for sale of a part of their stakes include Leong Yew Cheong who will see his stake diluted to 15.69% from 20.83% prior to the listing, as well as Wong Wee Voo, whose stake will be diluted to 10.67% from 14.13%. Chia Lik Khai, who is both a director at QL Green Resources Bhd and an executive director at Boilermech, said the investment which was done by QL just before Boilermech decided to list is synergistic and will see long-term benefits for both companies.
In its prospectus, the company highlights its main risk as the dependence on the palm oil industry, which in a downturn could mean lower palm oil production activities, fewer palm oil mills being built, lack of growth in plantation acreage and shrinking demand for its repairs and maintenance services.
Analysts note that with crude palm oil prices at above RM3,000 per tonne and production costs of RM1,200-RM1,400 per tonne, the outlook for the plantation sector remains buoyant. However, they note that labour and land cost issues could limit the sector’s expansion in Malaysia.
This article appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, April 15, 2011.
Tags: Boilermerch Holdings Bhd | QL Resources Bhd
Written by Daniel Khoo
Friday, 15 April 2011 11:31
KUALA LUMPUR: Boilermech Holdings Bhd will raise RM11.52 million from its listing on Bursa Malaysia’s ACE Market, which is scheduled for May 5.
The company, an associate of food and agriculture group QL Resources Bhd, is a manufacturer of biomass boilers mainly for the palm oil milling industry.
It also serves other industries such as sugar milling, rubber-based manufacturers, food processing and palm oil refineries. QL will see its stake dilute to 35.03% after the listing.
The IPO will see Boilermech conducting both a public issuance and an offer for sale.
Under the public issuance, Boilermech will issue 34.9 million new shares of 33 sen each worth RM11.52 million, of which 19.25 million shares will be allocated for application by private placement to identified bumiputera investors, eight million shares for the public and 7.65 million shares for application by eligible directors and employees.
The IPO will also see an offer for sale of 13.5 million shares each totalling RM4.46 million by its major shareholders of which nine million shares will be privately placed out to bumiputera investors approved by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and another 4.5 million shares by private placement to identified investors.
Of the proceeds raised for Boilermech, the company will use RM4 million for business expansion plans, RM2.5 million for repayment of its term loan, RM3.32 million for working capital and RM1.7 million to defray listing expenses.
(From left) OSK Investment Bank director/head of equity capital market Gan Kim Khoon, Boilermech Holdings Bhd chairman Dr Chia Song Kun, OSK Investment Bank director of corporate finance Tan Meng Kim and Leong at the launch of Boilermech’s prospectus yesterday.
“The group also intends to utilise RM500,000 of the proceeds towards intensifying its sales and marketing efforts in palm producing and agricultural-based processing countries in Southeast Asia, the African continent and the Central and South American region,” Boilermech said in a statement yesterday.
Directors who are offering for sale of a part of their stakes include Leong Yew Cheong who will see his stake diluted to 15.69% from 20.83% prior to the listing, as well as Wong Wee Voo, whose stake will be diluted to 10.67% from 14.13%. Chia Lik Khai, who is both a director at QL Green Resources Bhd and an executive director at Boilermech, said the investment which was done by QL just before Boilermech decided to list is synergistic and will see long-term benefits for both companies.
In its prospectus, the company highlights its main risk as the dependence on the palm oil industry, which in a downturn could mean lower palm oil production activities, fewer palm oil mills being built, lack of growth in plantation acreage and shrinking demand for its repairs and maintenance services.
Analysts note that with crude palm oil prices at above RM3,000 per tonne and production costs of RM1,200-RM1,400 per tonne, the outlook for the plantation sector remains buoyant. However, they note that labour and land cost issues could limit the sector’s expansion in Malaysia.
This article appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, April 15, 2011.
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