Falcon Energy to launch takeover offer for CH Offshore: source
SINGAPORE (Dec 11): Falcon Energy Group ( Financial Dashboard), the biggest shareholder in CH Offshore (Financial Dashboard), will launch a takeover offer for the rest of the company it doesn’t already own, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
“It’s a general offer. Falcon wants to buy out the rest of the company,” the person told theedgemarkets.com.
Falcon Energy, which provides offshore support vessels and logistics services, owns 29.1% of CH Offshore, an operator of anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels.
Shares of Falcon Energy, CH Offshore and Chuan Hup Holdings ( Financial Dashboard), which owns 23.8% of CH Offshore, are halted from trading.
“The offer price is a single-digit percentage premium over the latest share price,” the person said, declining to reveal additional details.
Falcon Energy bought its 29.1% stake in CH Offshore from Malaysia-listed Scomi Marine ( Financial Dashboard) in 2010.
Scomi Marine acquired the CH Offshore stake in 2005 from Chuan Hup.
CH Offshore operates 15 AHTS vessels, nine of which are wholly owned, according to its website.
For the quarter ended Sept 30, the company earned US$5.6 million, down from US$7.4 million a year earlier despite a 15% rise in revenue. The results in the previous quarter were boosted by a write-back of provisions.
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