Business briefing

Published Fri, Apr 25, 2014 · 10:00 PM

King Wan allotted 3% of KTIS shares in its IPO

KING WAN Corporation has been allotted 1.16 billion baht (S$45 million) worth of shares in the initial public offer (IPO) of Kaset Thai International Sugar Corporation Public Company, based on an earlier agreement signed in April 2012. At 10 baht per share, King Wan will receive 116.31 million KTIS shares, representing 3.01 per cent of KTIS after the IPO. KTIS is the third largest sugar producer in Thailand. Trading on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is slated for April 28.

Frasers Centrepoint unit acquires Spain's Teycotel BCN

FRASERS Centrepoint subsidiary FCL Ltd has fully acquired Spanish company Teycotel BCN for 948,000 euros (S$1.642 million). Teycotel BCN is the owner of Hotel Porta Marina in Barcelona, Spain. Teycotel BCN also holds all the shares in Teycotel Gestio Hotels, the hotel's operator. The purchase price took into account the net tangible asset value of Teycotel BCN as at March 31, 2014 of about 877,000 euros, and is payable in cash and funded from internal sources. The acquisition is not expected to have a material effect on the net tangible assets per share or earnings per share of the group for the current financial year.

GuocoLand back in black for Q3 with net profit of $21.5m

GUOCOLAND returned to the black for its fiscal third quarter, posting a net profit of $21.5 million, or 1.72 cents per share, for the three months to March. The property developer recovered from a year-ago loss of $13.3 million as higher recognition for Goodwood Residence and Sophia Residence in Singapore and Seasons Park in China helped revenue to almost treble. Nine-month net profit was $118.1 million, or 9.98 cents per share, compared with a year-ago profit of $8.3 million. No dividend was declared.

GMG Global Q1 net profit falls 79.9% on rubber prices

RUBBER producer GMG Global posted a 79.9 per cent decline in first-quarter net profit to $2.6 million, or 0.03 cent per share, as rubber prices fell from January to March. The company expects rubber prices to remain range-bound at current levels in the second quarter.