Intraco, Jadason Enterprises etc to be placed on SGX’s watch-list after losses in the last three financial years
The companies say it will be business as usual for the company and that trading in their shares will also continue as per usual.
A total of 10 companies were placed on the watch-list of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST). They are: Amos Group 49B
, Beng Kuang Marine BEZ
, British and Malayan Holdings CJN
, CH Offshore C13
, Datapulse Technology BKW
, Intraco Limited I06
, IPC Corporation AZA
, Jadason Enterprises J03
, Jasper Investments FQ7
and Trek 2000 International 5AB
.
Except Trek 2000 International which was on the list with effect from June 5, the rest of the companies were placed effectively on June 6.
Following this, there will be a total of 34 securities placed on the SGX-ST's watch list. As at end-March, the SGX-ST had a total of 646 securities and a total of 645 securities as at the end of April in 2023.
For a company to be placed on SGX-ST's watch-list, it would have to have suffered from three straight years of financial losses.
After being put on the watch-list, the companies must now take steps to exit the list within 36 months from June 5 and 6 respectively. They will be able to apply to be removed from the list if they record consolidated pre-tax profits for their latest financial years. They should each also have an average daily market capitalisation of $40 million or more over the past six months. Should the companies fail to exit the list within the stipulated period, they would either be delisted or the trading of their shares would be suspended.
As required by rule 1313(2), the companies will have to provide quarterly updates on their efforts and progress made in meeting the list’s exit criteria. Any material developments that occur between the quarterly updates will also have to be announced.
In their respective statements, the companies said that it will be business as usual for the company and that trading in their securities will also continue as per usual. They add that they will endeavour to comply with the financial exit criteria within 36 months from their date of entry.
These are the market capitalisations of all 10 companies as at June 5:
Amos Group - $24.8 million at 11.9 cents per share
Beng Kuang Marine - $16.5 million at 8.3 cents per share
British and Malayan Holdings - $25.9 million at $2.96 per share
CH Offshore - $38.8 million at 5.5 cents per share
Datapulse Technology - $21.9 million at 10 cents per share
Intraco Limited - $24.7 million at 22 cents per share
IPC Corporation - $8.5 million at 10 cents per share
Jadason Enterprises - $11.6 million at 1.6 cents per share
Jasper Investments - $13.1 million at 0.3 cents per share
Trek 2000 International - $19.7 million at 6.3 cents per share.
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