March 31, 2014

Company announcements: ABFMY1, MAYBANK, JTINTER, HAPSENG, PANTECH, BIMB, FREIGHT, MJPERAK

ABFMY1 - NET ASSET VALUE / INDICATIVE OPTIMUM PORTFOLIO VALUE

Announcement Type: General Announcement
Company NameABF MALAYSIA BOND INDEX FUND  
Stock Name ABFMY1  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryGeneral Announcement
Reference NoAM-140331-9276D

TypeAnnouncement
SubjectNET ASSET VALUE / INDICATIVE OPTIMUM PORTFOLIO VALUE
DescriptionABF Malaysia Bond Index Fund - Valuation Point as at 28-03-2014

Fund: ABF Malaysia Bond Index Fund

NAV per unit (RM): 1.0664
Units in circulation (units): 647,421,800
Manager's Fee (% p.a.): 0.10
Trustee's Fee (% p.a.): 0.07
License Fee (% p.a.): 0.018
iBoxx ABF Malaysia Index: 1.4484
Issue Price (RM): 1.07
(rounded to nearest Sen)



MAYBANK - Changes in Sub. S-hldr's Int. (29B) - EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND BOARD

Announcement Type: Changes in Substantial Shareholder's Interest Pursuant to Form 29B of the Companies Act. 1965
Company NameMALAYAN BANKING BERHAD  
Stock Name MAYBANK  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryChanges in Substantial Shareholder's Interest Pursuant to Form 29B of the Companies Act. 1965
Reference NoMB-140331-41803

Particulars of substantial Securities Holder

NameEMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND BOARD
AddressTINGKAT 19, BANGUNAN KWSP
JALAN RAJA LAUT
50350 KUALA LUMPUR
NRIC/Passport No/Company No.EPF ACT 1991
Nationality/Country of incorporationMALAYSIAN
Descriptions (Class & nominal value)ORDINARY
Name & address of registered holder1) EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND BOARD
TINGKAT 19 BANGUNAN KWSP
JALAN RAJA LAUT
50350 KUALA LUMPUR

2) CITIGROUP NOMINEES (TEMPATAN) SDN BHD
LEVEL 42 MENARA CITIBANK
165 JALAN AMPANG
50450 KUALA LUMPUR

Details of changes

Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)

Type of transactionDate of change
No of securities
Price Transacted (RM)
Disposed26/03/2014
3,036,900
 

Circumstances by reason of which change has occurredSALE OF SHARES
Nature of interestDIRECT
Direct (units) 
Direct (%) 
Indirect/deemed interest (units) 
Indirect/deemed interest (%) 
Total no of securities after change1,247,343,737
Date of notice27/03/2014

Remarks :
1) The notice was receive by Maybank Berhad on 31 March 2014.


JTINTER - TAKE-OVERS & MERGERS (CHAPTER 11 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS)

Announcement Type: General Announcement
Company NameJT INTERNATIONAL BERHAD  
Stock Name JTINTER  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryGeneral Announcement
Reference NoCC-140331-39808

TypeAnnouncement
SubjectTAKE-OVERS & MERGERS (CHAPTER 11 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS)
DescriptionJT INTERNATIONAL BERHAD (“JTI MALAYSIA” OR “COMPANY”)
– RECEIPT OF NOTICE OF CONDITIONAL TAKE-OVER OFFER

The Board of Directors of JTI Malaysia (“Board”) wishes to announce that the Company has today, 31 March 2014, received a Notice of Conditional Take-Over Offer (“Notice”) from CIMB Investment Bank Berhad, on behalf of JT International Holding B.V. (“Offeror”), to acquire all the remaining ordinary shares of RM0.25 each (collectively, “Shares” and each a “Share”) in JTI Malaysia that are not already held by the Offeror (collectively, “Offer Shares” and each an “Offer Share”) for a cash offer price of RM7.80 for each Offer Share (“Offer”).

The Board (save for Robert John Stanworth, Brian Conor Hannon and Pierre Henri Emeric Binetter who are persons nominated to the Board of JTI Malaysia by the Offeror) has deliberated on the Notice and does not intend to seek another person to make a take-over offer for the Offer Shares.

In accordance with the Malaysian Code on Take-overs and Mergers, 2010, the Board will appoint an independent adviser to advise the non-interested directors and the holders of the Offer Shares in relation to the Offer. The appointment of independent adviser will be announced in due course.

A copy of the Notice, which is attached herewith, will be posted to the holders of the Offer Shares within seven (7) days of its receipt.

This announcement is dated 31 March 2014.

Attachments

Notice of Takeover Offer.pdf
2863 KB



HAPSENG - Additional Listing Announcement

Announcement Type: Additional Listing Announcement (ALA)
Company NameHAP SENG CONSOLIDATED BERHAD  
Stock Name HAPSENG  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryAdditional Listing Announcement (ALA)
Reference NoHS-140331-80E31

1. Details of Corporate Proposal

Whether the corporate proposal involves the issuance of new type
and new class of securities?
No
Types of corporate proposalOthers
Details of corporate proposalExercise of Warrants
No. of shares issued under this corporate proposal781,000
Issue price per share ($$)MYR 1.650
Par Value ($$)MYR 1.000
Latest issued and paid up share capital after the above corporate proposal in the following
Units2,169,701,139
CurrencyMYR 2,169,701,139.000
Listing Date01/04/2014


PANTECH - Additional Listing Announcement

Announcement Type: Additional Listing Announcement (ALA)
Company NamePANTECH GROUP HOLDINGS BERHAD  
Stock Name PANTECH  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryAdditional Listing Announcement (ALA)
Reference NoCC-140327-61EDB

1. Details of Corporate Proposal

Whether the corporate proposal involves the issuance of new type
and new class of securities?
No
Types of corporate proposalESOS
Details of corporate proposalEMPLOYEES' SHARE OPTION SCHEME
No. of shares issued under this corporate proposal5,000
Issue price per share ($$)MYR 0.670
Par Value ($$)MYR 0.200
Latest issued and paid up share capital after the above corporate proposal in the following
Units570,562,731
CurrencyMYR 114,112,546.200
Listing Date01/04/2014


BIMB - OTHERS PROPOSED FINAL SINGLE-TIER DIVIDEND OF 8.50% ON 1,493,505,854 ORDINARY SHARES OF RM1.00 EACH IN BIMB HOLDINGS BERHAD ("BHB") FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013

Announcement Type: General Announcement
Company NameBIMB HOLDINGS BERHAD  
Stock Name BIMB  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryGeneral Announcement
Reference NoBH-140326-60076

TypeAnnouncement
SubjectOTHERS
DescriptionPROPOSED FINAL SINGLE-TIER DIVIDEND OF 8.50% ON 1,493,505,854 ORDINARY SHARES OF RM1.00 EACH IN BIMB HOLDINGS BERHAD ("BHB") FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013

The Board of Directors of BHB is pleased to recommend a final single-tier dividend of 8.50% on 1,493,505,854 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each in BHB for the financial year ended 31 December 2013 to be tabled for approval by the shareholders at the forthcoming 17th Annual General Meeting of BHB.

This announcement is dated 31 March 2014.



BIMB - Annual Audited Accounts - 31 December 2013

Announcement Type: PDF Submission
Company NameBIMB HOLDINGS BERHAD  
Stock Name BIMB  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryPDF Submission
Reference NoBH-140331-34221

SubjectAnnual Audited Accounts - 31 December 2013


BIMB - BIMB-Trading Halt

Announcement Type: Listing Circular
Company NameBIMB HOLDINGS BERHAD  
Stock Name BIMB  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryListing Circular
Reference NoNE-140331-40039

LISTING'S CIRCULAR NO. L/Q : 70192 OF 2014

Kindly be advised that trading in the above Company's securities was halted with effect from 11.10 a.m., Monday, 31 March 2014.

Trading in the securities will resume with effect from 2.30 p.m., Monday, 31 March 2014.

Your attention is drawn to the Company's announcement dated 31 March 2014.


FREIGHT - Additional Listing Announcement

Announcement Type: Additional Listing Announcement (ALA)
Company NameFREIGHT MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS BERHAD  
Stock Name FREIGHT  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryAdditional Listing Announcement (ALA)
Reference NoCK-140326-6AE6E

1. Details of Corporate Proposal

Whether the corporate proposal involves the issuance of new type
and new class of securities?
No
Types of corporate proposalOthers
Details of corporate proposalConversion of Warrants-A into Ordinary Shares
No. of shares issued under this corporate proposal3,000
Issue price per share ($$)MYR 0.970
Par Value ($$)MYR 0.500
Latest issued and paid up share capital after the above corporate proposal in the following
Units170,695,946
CurrencyMYR 85,347,973.000
Listing Date01/04/2014


MJPERAK - MJPERAK-CONVERSION OF IRREDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERENCE SHARES 2006/2016 ("CONVERSION")

Announcement Type: Listing Circular
Company NameMAJUPERAK HOLDINGS BERHAD  
Stock Name MJPERAK  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryListing Circular
Reference NoNE-140328-33019

LISTING'S CIRCULAR NO. L/Q : 70199 OF 2014

Contents * :
Kindly be advised that the abovementioned Company’s additional 14,000 new ordinary shares of RM0.50 each arising from the aforesaid Conversion will be granted listing and quotation with effect from 9.00 a.m., Tuesday, 1 April 2014.


Company announcements: ARMADA, TAKAFUL

ARMADA - OTHERS BUMI ARMADA BERHAD - SYNDICATED BRIDGE LOAN FACILITY OF USD750 MILLION

Announcement Type: General Announcement
Company NameBUMI ARMADA BERHAD  
Stock Name ARMADA  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryGeneral Announcement
Reference NoBA-140328-70339

TypeAnnouncement
SubjectOTHERS
DescriptionBUMI ARMADA BERHAD
- SYNDICATED BRIDGE LOAN FACILITY OF USD750 MILLION

1. INTRODUCTION

Bumi Armada Berhad ("Bumi Armada") wishes to announce that its subsidiary, Armada Kraken Pte. Ltd. ("Armada Kraken") had on 31 March 2014 secured a syndicated bridge loan facility of USD750 million ("Facility").

The lenders of the Facility are Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, Maybank International Labuan Branch, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Singapore Branch, United Overseas Bank Limited, Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad and Korea Development Bank, Singapore Branch.

2. INFORMATION ON ARMADA KRAKEN

Armada Kraken is a private limited company incorporated in Singapore. Armada Kraken is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bumi Armada Offshore Holdings Limited, which is in turn a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bumi Armada.

The principal activities of Armada Kraken are ship owners, charterers, managers of ships and vessels, marine support and other services to offshore oil and gas companies.

Armada Kraken had on 20 December 2013 entered into a Bareboat Charter Contract with EnQuest Heather Limited, EnQuest ENS Limited, First Oil and Gas Limited, Nautical Petroleum Limited and Nautical Petroleum AG (as charterers), for the bareboat charter of a floating production, storage and offloading vessel ("FPSO") to be deployed at the Kraken Field located in the United Kingdom Sector of the North Sea ("Bareboat Charter").

3. INFORMATION ON THE FACILITY

3.1 The Facility is intended for Armada Kraken to, inter alia, part-finance and reimburse all costs and expenses in relation to the acquisition, conversion, refurbishment, mobilization, transport, hook-up and mooring and installation of the FPSO together with all ancillary and related works required under the Bareboat Charter.

3.2 Armada Kraken’s payment obligations under the Facility are guaranteed by Bumi Armada.

3.3 The Facility is intended to be refinanced by long term project financing in due course.

4. EFFECTS OF THE FACILITY

4.1 Issued and Paid-up Share Capital and Substantial Shareholdings

The Facility is not expected to have any effect on the issued and paid-up share capital of Bumi Armada and the substantial shareholders' shareholdings in Bumi Armada.

4.2 Net Assets ("NA"), Earnings and Gearing Ratio

The Facility is presently expected to have an impact on the NA, earnings and gearing ratio of the Bumi Armada group for the financial year ending 31 December 2014 and the subsequent financial periods.

5. DIRECTORS' RECOMMENDATION

The Board of Directors of Bumi Armada is of the opinion that the Facility is in the best interest of the Company.

6. DIRECTORS' AND MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS' INTERESTS

None of the Directors and/or major shareholders of the Company or persons connected with them have any interest, direct or indirect, in the said Facility.

This announcement is dated 31 March 2014.

 



ARMADA - OTHERS LETTER OF INTENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE CHARTERING, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A FLOATING PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND OFFLOADING VESSEL (“FPSO”)

Announcement Type: General Announcement
Company NameBUMI ARMADA BERHAD  
Stock Name ARMADA  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryGeneral Announcement
Reference NoBA-140325-53962

TypeAnnouncement
SubjectOTHERS
DescriptionLETTER OF INTENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE CHARTERING, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A FLOATING PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND OFFLOADING VESSEL (“FPSO”)

Bumi Armada Berhad (“Bumi Armada” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that eni Angola S.p.A. (“eni Angola”) has via a Letter of Intent (“LOI”), confirmed their intention to award a contract for the chartering, operation and maintenance of a FPSO tanker facility complete with Mooring System to the Consortium of Bumi Armada Offshore Holdings Limited (“BAOHL”) and Angoil Bumi JV Lda (“ABJL”) (collectively referred as the “Contractor”) at Block 15/06, East Hub located in deep water offshore Angola (the “Contract”) at an indicative value of USD2.9 billion (equivalent to approximately RM9.5 billion).

The LOI is construed as an interim agreement under which BAOHL and ABJL are to proceed to commence performance of the work related to the Contract under the LOI ahead of the final award and is subject to successful negotiations of the commercial terms and execution of the Contract expected within 120 calendar days after the effective date of the LOI of 28 March 2014 (“LOI period”). If eni Angola terminates the LOI during the LOI period, the Contractor will be compensated on the basis of documented costs up to an agreed maximum amount.

BAOHL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bumi Armada, was incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act 1990 as a Marshall Islands Corporation on 17 June 2010 and is principally involved in the business of owning, chartering, managing of ships and vessels, provision of marine support and other services to the offshore oil and gas companies.

ABJL is an Angolan joint venture company of BAOHL, Angoil Exploracao Petrolifera S.A. and Cosmarg Limitada.

eni Angola is a wholly-owned subsidiary of eni S.p.A., an Italy-based multinational oil and gas company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Block 15/06 is operated by eni Angola (35%) with other partners of the joint venture, SSI Fifteen Limited (25%), Sonangol P&P (30%), Falcon Oil Holdings Angola SA (5%) and Statoil Angola Block 15/06 (5%).

The Contract, subject to execution, is expected to contribute positively to the revenue and earnings of the Bumi Armada Group for the financial year ending 31 December 2014.

None of the Directors and/or major shareholders of the Company or persons connected to them have any interest, direct or indirect, in the Contract.

This announcement is dated 31 March 2014.



ARMADA - ARMADA- TRADING HALT & RESUMPTION OF TRADING

Announcement Type: Listing Circular
Company NameBUMI ARMADA BERHAD  
Stock Name ARMADA  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryListing Circular
Reference NoCY-140331-31849

LISTING'S CIRCULAR NO. L/Q : 70188 OF 2014

Kindly be advised that trading in the above Company's securities will be halted with effect from 9.00 a.m., Monday, 31 March 2014 and will resume with effect from 10.00 a.m., Monday, 31 March 2014.

Your attention is drawn to the Company's announcement dated 31 March 2014.


TAKAFUL - Circular/Notice to Shareholders

Announcement Type: PDF Submission
Company NameSYARIKAT TAKAFUL MALAYSIA BERHAD  
Stock Name TAKAFUL  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryPDF Submission
Reference NoST-140313-49930

SubjectCircular to Shareholders in relation to Proposed Shareholders’ Mandate for Recurrent Related Party Transactions of a Revenue or Trading Nature

Attachments

STMB_Circular 2013.pdf
171 KB






Company announcements: MPCORP

MPCORP - MATERIAL LITIGATION

Announcement Type: General Announcement
Company NameMALAYSIA PACIFIC CORPORATION BERHAD  
Stock Name MPCORP  
Date Announced31 Mar 2014  
CategoryGeneral Announcement
Reference NoCC-140331-57367

TypeAnnouncement
SubjectMATERIAL LITIGATION
DescriptionKuala Lumpur High Court Civil Suit No. S-22-347-2010 - Wong Seng Huat & Safe Deposit Box Sdn Bhd (hereinafter referred to as the “Respondent”) vs Malaysia Pacific Corporation Berhad (“MPCORP” or the “Company”) & MPC Properties Sdn Bhd (“MPC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MPCORP (hereinafter referred to as the “Petitioners”)

We refer to the announcements dated 5 December 2013, 12 December 2013, 24 December 2013, 20 January 2014, 12 March 2014 and 24 March 2014 on the above matter. The terms herein shall bear the same meaning as defined in the said announcements.

The Board of Directors of MPCORP wishes to announce that the Petitioners had on 6 March 2014 served a Bankruptcy Petition to Wong Seng Huat.

The High Court, Kuala Lumpur has fixed the hearing of Bankruptcy Petition on 6 May 2014.

Further announcement will be made of any material development and changes as and when appropriate.

This announcement is dated 31 March 2014.