Keppel Corp launches bid to take Keppel Land private
Keppel Corp, the world's largest maker of offshore oil rigs, currently owns 54.6 per cent of Kepland, a major Singapore property developer.
SINGAPORE: Keppel Corporation on Friday (Jan 23) launched a voluntary unconditional cash offer for all the remaining shares of subsidiary Keppel Land in a deal that values its property arm at S$7.1 billion.
Keppel Corp, the world's largest maker of offshore oil rigs, currently owns 54.6 per cent of Kepland, a major Singapore property developer.
Keppel Corp said it is offering a base offer price of S$4.38 for each Keppel Land share. A higher offer price of S$4.60 per share will be paid if Keppel Corp is entitled to exercise its rights of compulsory acquisition.
Explaining the rationale for the offer, Keppel Corp CEO Loh Chin Hua said Keppel Corp wants to be a strong conglomerate with sizeable contributions from its three core businesses. "This is a sound and well-timed investment in a business which has been integral to Keppel Corp and is in core markets like Singapore, China, Indonesia and Vietnam - where we hold a long-term positive view," he added.
Kepland shares were last traded at S$3.65.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Keppel T&T confirms plans for data centre REIT
Keppel T&T confirms plans for data centre REIT
This follows earlier reports that Keppel T&T is set to start pre-marketing for the IPO next week for a REIT of its data centres. The REIT is estimated at between US$200 million and US$400 million.
SINGAPORE: Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation (Keppel T&T) has confirmed that it is planning an initial public offering and that efforts to list a data centre real estate investment trust on the mainboard of the SGX are currently ongoing.
The statement came in a stock exchange filing on Thursday evening (Oct 30). It follows earlier reports that Keppel T&T is set to start pre-marketing for the IPO next week for a REIT of its data centres. The REIT is estimated at between US$200 million and US$400 million (between S$255 million and S$511 million).
In its statement on Thursday, Keppel T&T said that it has submitted applications for the IPO to the SGX and the Monetary Authority of Singapore. However, it also added that the details of the terms of the IPO are still being finalised and that the proposed listing will be subject to, among other things, market conditions and relevant regulatory approvals being obtained.
A successful listing will make this the first data centre trust in Asia.
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This follows earlier reports that Keppel T&T is set to start pre-marketing for the IPO next week for a REIT of its data centres. The REIT is estimated at between US$200 million and US$400 million.
SINGAPORE: Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation (Keppel T&T) has confirmed that it is planning an initial public offering and that efforts to list a data centre real estate investment trust on the mainboard of the SGX are currently ongoing.
The statement came in a stock exchange filing on Thursday evening (Oct 30). It follows earlier reports that Keppel T&T is set to start pre-marketing for the IPO next week for a REIT of its data centres. The REIT is estimated at between US$200 million and US$400 million (between S$255 million and S$511 million).
In its statement on Thursday, Keppel T&T said that it has submitted applications for the IPO to the SGX and the Monetary Authority of Singapore. However, it also added that the details of the terms of the IPO are still being finalised and that the proposed listing will be subject to, among other things, market conditions and relevant regulatory approvals being obtained.
A successful listing will make this the first data centre trust in Asia.
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- wong chee tat :)
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Keppel Land adopts "wait-and-see" approach after property cooling measures
Keppel Land adopts "wait-and-see" approach after property cooling measures
By Lynda Hong | Posted: 23 January 2013 2323 hrs
SINGAPORE: Property group Keppel Land expects new home sales in Singapore to "come down quite a bit" this year, after new private home sales hit a record 22,000 units in 2012.
The developer of Reflections at Keppel Bay is not going to rush into launching new projects in the coming months. Instead, Keppel Land is adopting a wait-and-see approach, before making its next move. This after the seventh round of property cooling measures were introduced by the government earlier this month.
Already, some developers, like Qbay, have announced discounts to move sales.
Ang Wee Gee, CEO of Keppel Land, said: "We see prices perhaps consolidating. But we don't see a major correction. But neither do we see the price spiking further because the government will introduce further measures to dampen it. So I suppose where the situation, where the upside possibility is not high, but the downside risk may not be that high as well."
Keppel Land has a huge cash position of S$1.6 billion. This gives it holding power from launching new projects till markets improve. But the company reports net profit in Q4 2012 halved from a year earlier to S$527.3 million. Full year net profit was 39 per cent lower at S$838.37 million.
Still, Keppel Land's earnings beat analysts expectations.
Wilson Liew, an analyst at Maybank-Kim Eng, said: "We are looking at how China sales performed this year as they have shown in FY 2012 that sales rebounded somewhat, and we hope to see the sales momentum to be carried into 2013.
"We also would look out for the potential divestment of Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3, sometime this year. In Singapore, we are likely to see a slowdown in sales for the next three months on the back of the cooling measures.
"But we still think that the long-term fundamentals are still attractive, particularly for the residential sector and we will lookout how well Keppel Land does in their launches, such as the ones in Tanah Merah."
Key contributors to last year's total sales of 2,350 homes, Singapore and China will continue to be Keppel Land's core market. The property giant said the stringent cooling measures introduced in the two countries will prevent asset bubbles from forming, supporting a healthy development of these markets. So far, half of Keppel Land's assets are in Singapore, while 35 per cent are in China.
Keppel Land also proposed a final dividend of 12 cents per share.
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By Lynda Hong | Posted: 23 January 2013 2323 hrs
SINGAPORE: Property group Keppel Land expects new home sales in Singapore to "come down quite a bit" this year, after new private home sales hit a record 22,000 units in 2012.
The developer of Reflections at Keppel Bay is not going to rush into launching new projects in the coming months. Instead, Keppel Land is adopting a wait-and-see approach, before making its next move. This after the seventh round of property cooling measures were introduced by the government earlier this month.
Already, some developers, like Qbay, have announced discounts to move sales.
Ang Wee Gee, CEO of Keppel Land, said: "We see prices perhaps consolidating. But we don't see a major correction. But neither do we see the price spiking further because the government will introduce further measures to dampen it. So I suppose where the situation, where the upside possibility is not high, but the downside risk may not be that high as well."
Keppel Land has a huge cash position of S$1.6 billion. This gives it holding power from launching new projects till markets improve. But the company reports net profit in Q4 2012 halved from a year earlier to S$527.3 million. Full year net profit was 39 per cent lower at S$838.37 million.
Still, Keppel Land's earnings beat analysts expectations.
Wilson Liew, an analyst at Maybank-Kim Eng, said: "We are looking at how China sales performed this year as they have shown in FY 2012 that sales rebounded somewhat, and we hope to see the sales momentum to be carried into 2013.
"We also would look out for the potential divestment of Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3, sometime this year. In Singapore, we are likely to see a slowdown in sales for the next three months on the back of the cooling measures.
"But we still think that the long-term fundamentals are still attractive, particularly for the residential sector and we will lookout how well Keppel Land does in their launches, such as the ones in Tanah Merah."
Key contributors to last year's total sales of 2,350 homes, Singapore and China will continue to be Keppel Land's core market. The property giant said the stringent cooling measures introduced in the two countries will prevent asset bubbles from forming, supporting a healthy development of these markets. So far, half of Keppel Land's assets are in Singapore, while 35 per cent are in China.
Keppel Land also proposed a final dividend of 12 cents per share.
-CNA/ac
- wong chee tat :)
Monday, January 14, 2013
S'pore property shares tumble after cooling measures
S'pore property shares tumble after cooling measures
Posted: 14 January 2013 1408 hrs
SINGAPORE: Shares of major property developers in Singapore were battered Monday after the government introduced new measures to cool the real estate market at the weekend.
By midday, shares of top developers listed on the Singapore Exchange had sunk more than four per cent as investors spooked by the measures dumped the stocks.
CapitaLand shed 4.11 per cent to S$3.73, City Developments fell 6.11 per cent to S$11.83 and Keppel Land slumped 6.31 per cent to S$4.01.
"We're seeing a knee-jerk reaction to the cooling measures," said Jason Hughes, head of premium client management for IG Markets Singapore.
The new measures, which came into force Saturday, included sharply higher duties on property purchases by foreigners.
Singaporeans' minimum cash downpayments for second or subsequent homes were raised from 10 to 25 per cent of a property's value.
But Hughes predicted property stocks would be able to ride out the storm thanks to their overseas portfolios.
"We do have to consider that a number of these guys are regionally focused," he said, adding that the effects would have been more severe if they were "purely local developers."
HSBC Global Research said in a report that Singapore may institute more cooling measures because property demand is expected to remain robust.
"Low interest rates and an expected economic recovery this year will support demand. Further steps can, therefore, not be ruled out," the report stated.
The new property measures were imposed after home prices continued to rise even as the city-state suffered an economic slowdown.
Singapore narrowly avoided a technical recession in the last quarter of 2012.
The economy grew just 1.2 per cent in 2012, from 4.9 per cent in 2011, with 2013 expansion forecast at 1.0-3.0 per cent.
- AFP/ck
- wong chee tat :)
Posted: 14 January 2013 1408 hrs
SINGAPORE: Shares of major property developers in Singapore were battered Monday after the government introduced new measures to cool the real estate market at the weekend.
By midday, shares of top developers listed on the Singapore Exchange had sunk more than four per cent as investors spooked by the measures dumped the stocks.
CapitaLand shed 4.11 per cent to S$3.73, City Developments fell 6.11 per cent to S$11.83 and Keppel Land slumped 6.31 per cent to S$4.01.
"We're seeing a knee-jerk reaction to the cooling measures," said Jason Hughes, head of premium client management for IG Markets Singapore.
The new measures, which came into force Saturday, included sharply higher duties on property purchases by foreigners.
Singaporeans' minimum cash downpayments for second or subsequent homes were raised from 10 to 25 per cent of a property's value.
But Hughes predicted property stocks would be able to ride out the storm thanks to their overseas portfolios.
"We do have to consider that a number of these guys are regionally focused," he said, adding that the effects would have been more severe if they were "purely local developers."
HSBC Global Research said in a report that Singapore may institute more cooling measures because property demand is expected to remain robust.
"Low interest rates and an expected economic recovery this year will support demand. Further steps can, therefore, not be ruled out," the report stated.
The new property measures were imposed after home prices continued to rise even as the city-state suffered an economic slowdown.
Singapore narrowly avoided a technical recession in the last quarter of 2012.
The economy grew just 1.2 per cent in 2012, from 4.9 per cent in 2011, with 2013 expansion forecast at 1.0-3.0 per cent.
- AFP/ck
- wong chee tat :)
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