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Investor activism may be key to reviving market

Forget about independent financial advisers and independent directors – a dose of aggressive shareholder activism might be the answer to lowball offers

Acra said it will be proposing amendments to the Companies Act that address concerns raised about the compulsory acquisition framework.

Lessons from the voluntary cash offer for TTJ

THE lowball privatisation offer for construction engineering company TTJ Holdings was declared unconditional earlier this month, as the level of acceptances pushed the offeror’s stake past the 90 per ...

The trajectory of TTJ's SGX-listed shares could determine whether the company's controlling shareholder hikes the offer price.
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TTJ offer: IFA, directors unexpectedly adopt pro-minority stance; regulators should too

MINORITY shareholders of TTJ Holdings might have been surprised to learn last week that the company’s board is recommending they reject the cash offer of S$0.23 per share from THC Venture, a privately...

The update comes after 4 directors of TTJ recommended that shareholders reject the offer.

No increase in S$0.23 offer price for TTJ

THC Venture, which has made a bid to privatise structural steel specialist TTJ Holdings, does not intend to raise its offer price of S$0.23 per share, it said in a Wednesday (Jun 29) bourse filing.

Asian Corporate Advisors, acting on behalf of THC Venture, said on Friday that the offer was declared unconditional in all respects, as the offeror and its concert parties now hold more than 90 per cent of the voting rights attributable to all the shares in issue.

TTJ Holdings privatisation offer by executive chairman turns unconditional 

THE voluntary conditional cash offer to privatise TTJ Holdings from THC Venture – an investment holding company held solely by TTJ’s executive chairman Teo Hock Chwee – has turned unconditional, the c...

THC Venture garnered 88.7 per cent of shares in favour of the privatisation bid as at Jul 7, 6pm.

TTJ Holdings privatisation offer closing date extended to Jul 22

THC Venture announced in a bourse filing on Thursday (Jul 7) that it has extended the closing date of its privatisation offer for TTJ Holdings from Jul 8 to Jul 22.

The offer price is lower than Zico Capital’s estimated value range of between S$0.37 and S$0.46. 

TTJ directors recommend shareholders reject offer, after IFA deems it ‘not fair, not reasonable’

IN A surprising move, 4 directors of structural steel specialist TTJ Holdings are recommending that shareholders reject the recent privatisation offer of S$0.23 in cash per share made by THC Venture, ...

What can investors do about lowball offers which a well-known loophole allows major shareholders?

BT Mark to Market: The compulsory acquisition loophole (Ep 20)

Major shareholders utilise a well-known loophole to take their companies private more easily, lowballing minor investors. Ben Paul explains what investors should do.

Acra will be proposing amendments to the compulsory acquisition framework.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Review of compulsory acquisition requirements underway

WE REFER to the letters, “Takeover loophole disadvantages minority shareholders of TTJ Holdings” by Mano Sabnani published on May 25, “TTJ privatisation offer ‘unfair’” by Patrick Wright published on ...

The CAWG set up by ACRA in 2018 to review several areas of the Companies Act has made recommendations to address the compulsory acquisition loophole.
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Compulsory acquisition loophole back in spotlight as TTJ minorities get lowball offer

While amendments to the Companies Act have been recommended, regulators have not challenged a market practice that’s clearly not in keeping with the spirit of the law