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OCBC - F&N and APB stakes : SOLD !

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Publish date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012, 09:35 AM

Target price raised with book value gain. OCBC and GEH will be selling their stakes  in  F&N  and  APB.  Based  on  the  sale  price  of  S$8.88  per  F&N  share  and S$45  per  APB  share,  OCBC  estimates  a  total  gain  of  S$1,153m  (inclusive  of gains  by  GEH).    This  is  equivalent  to  S$0.34  per  OCBC  share.    Whilst  OCBC may  dish  out  special  dividends,  we  believe  the  amount  will  not  be  significant  as OCBC  will  want  to  retain  the  capital  to  expand  its  core  financial  business.  We raise our TP to S$8.54 (from S$8.30) to factor in the book value rise.3
OCBC has entered into two conditional sale and purchase agreements to sell (1) 3.4%  of  APB  for  S$389m  cash  (S$45  per  APB  share)  to  Kindest  Place  Groups, and (2) 3.2% of F&N for S$411m cash (S$8.88 per F&N share) to Thai Beverage Public Company.
Upon  the  completion  of  the  transaction,  the  total  post  tax  gain  of  the  OCBC Group  (including  gains  to  GEH)  is  S$1,153m  (S$0.34  per  OCBC  share).    We estimate  the book value  will only increase by  S$0.18  per  OCBC share (S$607m divided by 3435m OCBC shares) due to the mark-to-market feature.
Special dividends may be paid out. Factoring in the cash proceeds from OCBC sale  of  the  two  stakes,  and  assuming  the  proceeds  from  GEH  sale  are  not upstreamed  to  OCBC,  we  estimate  FY12  OCBC's  Tier  1  CAR  to  rise  to  15.7% (from  our  previous  forecast  of  15.1%).  If  we  assume  OCBC  has  the  intention  to bring  down  Tier  1  CAR  back  to  15.1%,  then  S$0.9b  of  special  dividends  can potentially  be  paid  out,  amounting  to  26S''  per  OCBC  share,  in  addition  to  our current  forecast FY12  ordinary  dividend of  33S'' per  share. Our view is  that this 26S''  of  potential  special  dividend  is  the  upper  limit  and  OCBC  may  dish  out special dividends of a lower quantum.
Great Eastern  Holdings  (87%  owned  subsidiary  of OCBC)  has  also  entered into two  conditional  sale  and  purchase  agreements  to  sell  (1)  4.6%  of  APB  for S$531m (S$45 per APB  share) to  Kindest  Place Groups, and (2) 14.9% of F&N for  S$1885m  cash  (S$8.88  per  F&N  share)  to  Thai  Beverage  Public  Company.
APB  and  F&N  shares  are  held  as  available-for-sale  assets,  and  their  market values are incorporated into the book value of OCBC.
Source: OSK
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