SPACs remain important for capital market

June 5, 2016

This sounds like a pump and dump sell. Wikipedia has something on SPACs. And this seems like a reasonable writeup.

Dateline 2016-04-30, NST:

Special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), also known as development stage companies, remain relevant in Malaysia as they are a viable capital market offering.

This is despite their mixed performance currently, according to industry observers.

They said SPAC was an instrument that enabled entrepreneurs to raise funds to build their businesses, allowing the market to have more liquidity and offering an option for investors with no risk of losing their money.

They said it was unfortunate that the first few SPACs in the oil and gas (O&G) industry were listed on Bursa Malaysia at a time when the sector and overall economy were experiencing one of the most volatile periods.

“Further, because of the SPACs’ ‘newness’, the grasp of the concept is still low, not only among investors but also regulators and certain financial industry players,” an industry specialist told Business Times.

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SC okays Sona Petroleum’s oilfield buy, notes ‘unfair’ price

April 3, 2016

You gotta read the full article, you shareholders, to figure out ‘unfair’ to who?

Dateline 2016-02-12, The Star:

Sona Petroleum Bhd has received the Securities Commission’s (SC) conditional approval to acquire the Stag Oilfield offshore Western Australia although the regulator also noted that the purchase price of US$50mil (RM207.8mil) was deemed “not fair” by an independent expert.

The special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) told Bursa Malaysia that the SC had noted that technical and asset valuation expert Gaffney, Cline and Associates (Consultants) Pte Ltd (GCA), in its valuation report dated Jan 20, considered the purchase price “not fair”.
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Challenges in SPAC land

August 14, 2014

Dateline 2014-06-14, The Star:

HOW much control should Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) exert over the assets they acquire? This is a question that is increasingly becoming a moot point with listed SPACs.

Here’s one indication of this: According to sources, Reach Energy Bhd, the oil and gas SPAC seeking a listing on Bursa Malaysia, has tweaked one the clauses in its prospectus relating to control over the assets it hopes to buy. It has now stipulated that it will seek to secure majority control over the assets it buys into.

Apparently this was done to ensure there was no confusion in this area going forward.
SPAC guidelines from the start, had a very strict view on this matter. The rules initially required SPACs to secure both majority ownership and management control over the assets they buy. Subsequently, the rules were loosened after taking into consideration the dynamics of certain industries such as the minerals and resources industry that includes oil and gas.

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Reach Energy plans Malaysia’s largest shell company listing

July 3, 2014

Have you ever read the definition of a shell company?

Dateline 2014-05-12, Reuters:

Malaysia’s Reach Energy Bhd, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) with no existing assets, plans to list shares on the local bourse in a deal to fetch 750 million ringgit ($232 million), according to a draft prospectus published on Monday.

The deal, which is expected in July this year, could mark Malaysia’s largest listing by a shell company with no assets. A SPAC is set up with the intention of buying firms that will be later folded into the business.

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Hibiscus, Ho Hup take the LIMELIGHT

November 24, 2013

Oldie but goldie.

Dateline 2013-10-14, Malaysia Chronicle:

Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd and Ho Hup Construction Co Bhd seem to be getting more than their fair share of interest from the stock-buying public.

Hibiscus, which counts billionaires Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan and Tan Sri A.P. Arumugam as its shareholders, is seen to be slowly moving away from operating as a special purpose acquisition
company (SPAC).

Hibiscus was the country’s first SPAC to be listed on the stock exchange, but ironically some of its recent moves seem to suggest the company plans to aquire quantifiable assets to back up its resume.

This can be seen from its move to acquire Newfield Exploration Co’s oil and gas assets in Malaysia and China.

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Hibiscus shortlisted in bid for Newfield assets

October 10, 2013

From SPAC to PSC in one fell swoop? This is how you break into the O&G big bucks.

Dateline 2013-08-21:

Malaysia’s first special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), has been short-listed for the second round of bidding for Newfield Exploration Co’s Malaysian and Chinese oil and gas fields valued at about US$1.2 billion (RM3.94 billion).

“It was only a handful of companies that made it to the second round from the 65 companies initially expressed interest, and we are one of them,” said Hibiscus MD Dr Kenneth Pereira.

Newfield, the fourth-largest oil producer in Malaysia, has an interest in about 3.3 million net acres offshore Malaysia and about 290,000 net acres offshore China but intends to sell these assets to focus on its North American operations.

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Shahul plans O&G SPAC

August 23, 2013

Dateline 2013-07-20:

Shahul Hamid Mohd Ismail, who is currently a director in the Daya group of companies, is in the midst of planning an oil and gas SPAC. Notably, if successful, this would make it the country’s fourth oil and gas SPAC after the first three that were approved.

Having more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry working in senior roles for ExxonMobil, Shell and other companies in the exploration and production sector (E&P), he was also formerly the managing director of Shell Refining Co Bhd.

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