Singapore Paincare

Sias calls on Singapore Paincare to clarify actions after failed privatisation bid

Move is in light of the impact the collapsed deal has on minority shareholders

Shareholders of companies that delist have to be provided with exit offers that are “fair and reasonable” – which often results in the work of IFAs being closely scrutinised by investors.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

IFAs should hew to thinking of the market

Excessively discounting plainly visible value within a target company, and making spurious comparisons, may erode confidence in their independence and objectivity

David Gerald, president of Sias, which is advising the minority shareholders of Singapore Paincare to hold off selling their stakes before the report by the independent financial adviser  is released.
HOT STOCK

Singapore Paincare up 12.1% as Sias urges shareholders to await IFA report

The activist for good corporate governance and investor rights says the company could be worth up to S$0.37 a share, more than twice its S$0.16 offer price

David Gerald, founder, president and chief executive of Sias, recommends that shareholders wait for the independent financial adviser report before making any moves.

Sias calls for Singapore Paincare shareholders to await IFA opinion on privatisation offer

It notes that the group could be worth more as ‘well-managed healthcare companies generally trade at premiums to their net asset value’

Singapore Paincare CEO Dr Bernard Lee (above) and COO Dr Jeffrey Loo are looking to take the company private at S$0.16 per share.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

The privatisation offer for this small Catalist company could cause SGX some discomfort

The proposal to take Singapore Paincare private comes a mere five years after IPO, and highlights the local bourse’s chronic lack of liquidity

The acquisition bid values the company at US$25.7 million and represents a premium of 27% over Singapore Paincare’s last-traded price of S$0.126 on Monday (May 26).

Singapore Paincare receives privatisation offer at S$0.16 per share

It is agreeing to the proposed acquisition to give its shareholders an opportunity to exit their investment at a premium