(22-09-2021, 08:58 AM)dydx Wrote: So much wayang by following the Rules! Did Temasek expect to have to do a MGO? Probably not. Wasted fees to be paid to Morgan Stanley and other professionals (IFA, lawyers on both sides, etc.), who are having a field day doing work that doesn't add real value to the underlying business..
Hi dydx,
I don't understand why they did not seek a waiver to this MGO for this rights issue, just like they did the last year when they did the rights issue at 20cts per share. Temasek didn't expect this MGO? I don't think so. They are advised by external parties and also they have an experience of seeking a wavier for the rights issue they did last year.
Now, they have been put into this situation to do this MGO at 8cts, with minimum acceptance condition of 50%. Since the shares are trading in the market at above the MGO offer price currently, I don't think they could even achieve 50% acceptance, rendering this exercise almost a waste of time.
Shareholders should be mindful that if Temasek did not secure 50% to reach unconditional acceptance level, this MGO will lapse and those shares you tendered for acceptance will be returned back to you.
And the MGO offer price at 8cts is
final. There will not be any revision to the offer price. There will also be
no extension to the closing date of the offer, even if the offer turns unconditional before or on the closing date.
The above have shown that the offeror has
no intention of even hitting 50% acceptance rate, let alone 90%. Previous suggestions by fellow buddies here is that Temasek might be using this MGO to mop up as many shares as possible in order to privatise Sembcorp Marine or merge with Keppel O&M. Looking at the actions of Temasek with regards to this MGO, I don't think their intention is to secure as many shares as possible. In fact, my guess is that their intention is not to secure any shares beyond what they have currently. And with the MGO offer price at a discount from 1 month, 3 month and 6 month VWAP and below NTA, it will most likely to attract a "not fair and not reasonable" opinion from the IFA.