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Can't see how changing management of Miaoli Wind can significantly improve the situation. The reason for lack of performance is due to lack of wind.

Theoretically, if they sell it for $1.00 (i.e give away) with liabilities, it essentially loses $16m (1.23c per share) from its NAV but wipes off  $89m (6.85c per share) liabilities from its balancesheet.

 

 

And the Board values it at $16mil as of 30 Sept 09. Close to 50% loss haha!

grandmaster89      ( Date: 18-Dec-2009 23:39) Posted: Maoli Wind was acquired for $29.1mil couple years ago. Maoli Wind distribution to MIIF is pretty negligible. Essentially it was a terrible investment. If the Board can get a good price ( I doubt it), then they will sell it.  I think they will keep it and perhaps try to improve the company by changing the Management etc? shplayer      ( Date: 18-Dec-2009 23:02) Posted: grandmaster89, What is your reading of the board's intention for Miaoli Wind? Are they planning to sell it off too? If they do (even at a loss to current book value), it will certainly clean up their balance sheet......cos its 100% owned and their a/c are equity accounted under the group......MW has a borrowing of about $89m and is carried in MIIF group's balance sheet.

 

Maoli Wind was acquired for $29.1mil couple years ago. Maoli Wind distribution to MIIF is pretty negligible. Essentially it was a terrible investment. If the Board can get a good price ( I doubt it), then they will sell it. 

I think they will keep it and perhaps try to improve the company by changing the Management etc?

shplayer      ( Date: 18-Dec-2009 23:02) Posted: grandmaster89, What is your reading of the board's intention for Miaoli Wind? Are they planning to sell it off too? If they do (even at a loss to current book value), it will certainly clean up their balance sheet......cos its 100% owned and their a/c are equity accounted under the group......MW has a borrowing of about $89m and is carried in MIIF group's balance sheet.

 

grandmaster89,

What is your reading of the board's intention for Miaoli Wind?

Are they planning to sell it off too? If they do (even at a loss to current book value), it will certainly clean up their balance sheet......cos its 100% owned and their a/c are equity accounted under the group......MW has a borrowing of about $89m and is carried in MIIF group's balance sheet.

 

Seems my analysis on what CEO John Stuart said in MIIF AGM in July came true. Its part of their strategy to switch towards Asian assets. I doubt there will be any special dividends but perhaps if their new asset could be another HNE which contributes 1cent to our dividends.

grandmaster89      ( Date: 04-Sep-2009 23:46) Posted: I POSTED THIS ON CHANNELNEWASIA FORUM HAHA - Current Infastructure Business Sector Outlook Infrastructure businesses have long life-spans and a regular cashflow. They often have very large debts which are hedged against their regular cashflow. They pay large dividends to their shareholders based on the net income derived from –> cashflow – interest income. Currently, most infrastructure companies are still performing well in terms of operating cash flow and profits. The recession has not hampered their cash-generating ability in any significant way. The problem lies with their debts and refinancing issues in light of the credit crunch. Currently virtually all banks in Europe are unwilling to lend out large sums of money to any form of businesses no matter how high they are willing to pay for the interest. As a result, even though refinancing is far away, they cannot expect to get another loan from their lender. So they are left with 3 options – a) ignore the problem till refinancing occurs in 3-5 years time, b) solve the problem immediately with capital injection via a rights issue or c) use all free cashflow to pay down the debt (zero dividends). Most businesses are now trending towards the third option. So we are now left with good companies with excellent cashflow but poor dividends for the next 3 years. Asian-wise, the credit crunch has not affected Asian companies. There is much liquidity in Taiwan and China. MIIF Policy of Debt MIIF CEO John Stuart believes that since MIIF is an equity based company, she shouldn’t be using debt to pay dividends or buy assets. A leveraged fund is not what MIIF intends to be. As such, MIIF intends to reduce her corporate debts to near zero by 2011. Mr Stuart says the net debt level of 20mil will slowly be reduced till zero at 2011. The credit facilities will only be used as bridging loans or to facilitate the payment of dividends due to the timing differences of some distributions. These sorts of debts will be repaid within the year itself. Mr Stuart argues that being an un-leveraged fund, MIIF will be very attractive to investors and it might prop up the share price. Moreover Mr Stuart doesn’t believe in rights issues unless it is for growth. But even then, it shouldn’t be used needlessly since it dilutes shareholders value MIIF Assets Arqiva – Here is the biggest surprise for our largest asset. Arqiva holds around 2.7bil of debt and it intends to draw a further 500mil for its capex. John Stuart says this debt is unsustainable in the current economic climate. Due to a change of shareholders, the decision to pay a dividend will be made in Sept 09 after the board meeting. The board will decide on which of the 3 options will it take to reduce debts. Since Arqiva revenue and profit is growing, Mr Stuart believes that Arqiva will elect the third option and there will no distributions for the next 3 years. Currently, if there is an offer to buy Arqiva, Mr Stuart will recommend a sale to MIIF shareholders during the vote. We must wait for the Sept meeting before its position will be clear. Mr Stuart says the new largest shareholder Canadian Pension Fund has very deep pockets and was only interest in MCG for their stake in Arqiva. If they decide to pay down Arqiva debts in exchange for shares, this problem might be solved. MEIF – Same story as Arqiva. Some of her assets will not be distributing income in the short term. As a result, her distribution to MIIF will be sharply reduced for this year. Only Thames had managed to get refinancing from her lenders. Mr Stuart said that MIIF was in the process of selling MEIF (and using the funds to buy Asian assets) in June 08 but the credit crunch derailed those plans. On another note, due to MIIF investment in MEIF, there is a 3 million dollar rebate on the management fees. If the share price dips to 15cents, the Management will end up paying shareholders since its fees will be less than the rebate! Maoli Wind – MIIF smallest investment. Mr Stuart treats this asset with much derision and has more or less written it off. It was a mistake since its revenue was no where close to its estimates. The wind isn’t very strong! HNE Expressway – Mr Stuart says this asset will start playing a large role in our income over the next few years. The opening of phase 3 will increase traffic by 10% a year. He expects the yield to increase over the next few years. He forecast that it will alone contribute to 1cent/share dividend for 2H 2009. It will rise in the next few years. In short term, the drop in economic activity in Southern China will affect it but not too significantly. It has a very bright future. CXP – This asset would have similar distribution as the previous year if not for the one off legal expenses of 24mil RMB. It will be slightly lower. Its 2Q performance was very good. One of the better performing ports in China. CAC – The credit crunch has not affected Canada too badly. Debt is more expensive but it still exists. MIIF made a further 10 million dollar investment in the 1H 09. He expects no significant drop in its distribution TBC – MIIF star performer. Distribution will be similar as the previous year. Its operating cashflow has exceeded expectations with new products in the market. MIIF Valuation of Assets NAV remained constant this year at 87cents. Mr Stuart believes it may have reached bottom and should rise in the coming quarters. The drop in valuation was due to the credit crunch effects on the distributing cashflow of her assets. MIIF uses a discounted cashflow analysis over a stretch of 20-30 years with a discount of between 13-19% (depending on the level of risk). After the Manager decides on the valuation, it presents it to the directors (4/5 are independent). After which, it is presented to PriceWaterCoopers for their input. If there is a discrepancy, there will be a meeting and the Board will reflect the changes in necessary. MIIF also base it on real world asset sales (excluding fire sales). Generally there is very little discrepancy. John Stuart believes the stock price is extremely under-valued. MIIF Dividend Policy John Stuart says the current dividend of approx 20mil is sustainable in light of the credit crunch. He made light of the situation by stating that 6 months ago he said 3 cents dividends was sustainable and as such he has lost his credibility. This drew a lot of laughs. For the 1H = Income – 28mil Dividends – 20mil Investment made – 10mil Mr Stuart says the days of 4 cents dividends every 6 months are gone until the credit crunch is over. Generally, some of the dividends were derived from one off special dividends from her assets which were regular in the boom times. Due to the economic climate, this 4 cents dividend is unsustainable due to the lack of special dividends and decreased distribution in arqiva and meif. Instead, distributions from HNE, CAC and TBC will form the new core for MIIF dividends. Including the 27 million dollars used to pay debts, for the 1H 09, 1.5 cents was sustainable. He did not forecast a 2H performance but generally it wouldn’t be less than 1.5 cents. He did expect HNE to contribute minimum of 1 cent dividend alone. As I was eating, some investors were stating that an annualized dividend of 3 cents, MIIF has a yield of 9% which beats FD. Moreover since, the share price is so low, it can’t go down much so they plan to bargain hunt tmr. Share Price Mr Stuart believes that the current share price is no where near the Management valuation. This is the reason why the Scrip Dividend is not in place. Currently, the board is looking into all options to narrow the gap. He believes that the price will appreciate with the market but for it to hit back to its old price, its needs a major event to spark it off. He cannot give details as its share-price sensitive. But when queried for examples, he mentioned a sale of its assets with good valuation would drive up the price. The cash generated would be returned back to the shareholders or used to acquire a new asset or do shares buy-back. All in all, Im still vested. It still has a decent yield. Most of the investors expected a 2 cent dividend so i dont expect a drastic drop. Management seems confident of its asian assets

 

Upon completion of the sale of MEIF, I estimate MIIF will be sitting on about 13c cash per share.

The value of its remaining assets (excl MEIF) should be about 67c per share.

Based on today's close of 43c, cash will constitute approx 30% of its share price.

The balance of the cost of MIIF (43c-13c=30c), you pay for 67c of asset. - a 55% discount.

 

The only fund in SGX that is worth buying IMO

 

MIIF DIVESTS REMAINING INTEREST IN MACQUARIE EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

The proceeds of the Divestment will be retained by MIIF to provide balance sheet flexibility
for the Fund. As noted at the time of the sale of the initial interest in MEIF, options
available to the MIIF Board include reinvestment of the proceeds, share buy-back or
payment of a special dividend, if it considers such an action to be beneficial to
shareholders.

Hidden gems? You decide!!

 

Sorry, continuation of my earlier post.

Sale of 71.6% of MEIF at S$132m will give MIIF cash of  approx 10.0c per share (ps).

Repayment of debts of S$19m will leave MIIF with S$113m in cash (9.1c ps)

Add the approx 2.0 to 2.5c ps from dividents in 2H09......MIIF will have net cash of approx 11c to 11.5c ps.

Now, the six million dollar question is, what will they declare as 'Special Divident' for 2H09......say 4.0c? then 2H09 Special + final will be about 6.0 to 6.5c ps.

Note: MIIF already declared and paid 1.5c ps in 1H09.

 

wow...cheong liao 40.5cts!! :P

 

The sale price of S$132m woks out to be approx 10.0c per share. But they will book a loss of S$7.5m which works out to be approx 0.57c per share.

 

 

 

 

haha...finally some action by the mgt....hee...but share price didnt cheong much..hmm

 http://info.sgx.com/webcoranncatth.nsf/VwAttachments/Att_D58C7A90CC091AC04825765A003D9FD2/$file/MIIFMEIF1Announce261009.pdf?openelement

 

 MIIF AGREES TO SELL INTEREST IN
MACQUARIE EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

 

SINGAPORE, 26 October 2009 – Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund Limited
(MIIF or Fund) today announced that it has agreed to sell 71.6 per cent of its interest1 in
Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund (MEIF) to a number of financial investors for a
total cash consideration of S$132.0 million (€63.0 million)2,3 (the Divestment). MIIF
acquired this interest in MEIF for S$139.5 million4 in July 2005 and has received
proportionate distributions of S$35.3 million (€17.4 million)5 from this investment. The
Divestment is subject to customary closing conditions.
The Divestment was negotiated on an arm’s length commercial basis. Importantly, the
Divestment is at a 107.0 per cent premium to the value of MEIF implied by MIIF’s
prevailing share price6. The Divestment will enable MIIF to realise an internal rate of return
of approximately 5.5 per cent7 on a proportionate basis.
MIIF will use a portion of the sale proceeds to repay the drawn balance of its debt facilities
of approximately S$19.0 million8. The remainder of the proceeds will be retained by MIIF to
provide balance sheet flexibility for the Fund. Options available to the Board include
reinvestment of the proceeds, share buy-back or payment of a special dividend, if it
considers such an action to be beneficial to shareholders.
Mr John Stuart, CEO of MIMAL9, MIIF’s manager said: “The Board and management
continue to actively explore a range of options to address the significant disconnect
between MIIF’s prevailing share price and the directors’ valuations of its businesses. The
Divestment is in line with MIIF’s commitment to address this disconnect. MIIF anticipates
divesting its remaining MEIF interest in the near future.

 

well...smell rat few days back :P in and out make small kopi $$ :P

shplayer      ( Date: 08-Oct-2009 17:18) Posted: At 1640hrs, BB came out to play.....1313 lots BU @ 35.0c. Subsequent big lots 371, 116, 166 and 500lots done. Total 2,531 lots done in 8 trades......ave lot size 316.4 lots. BU/SD - 4.2:1 Sign of accumulation by BB?

 

At 1640hrs, BB came out to play.....1313 lots BU @ 35.0c. Subsequent big lots 371, 116, 166 and 500lots done.

Total 2,531 lots done in 8 trades......ave lot size 316.4 lots.

BU/SD - 4.2:1

Sign of accumulation by BB?

 

Look at BU/SD ratio today....its 6.6:1.

Yesterday, when STI was -20pts, the ratio was 2:1 and on Fri when STI closed -52 pts, it was approx 3:1.

 

really smelling some RATs on this burger ....for few days..the 34cts level being tested repeatedly...hmm.... :D

 

hmm....somethg is fishy abt this burger !! ..1.5cts up down last few sessions...hmmm...dun tell me they manage to offload some MacQ infra owned infrastructure to unlock shareholders' share value liao huh? :PP

 

hmm....is this burger the MOST undervalued REITS among it's peer ?somethg seems to be brewing...if my  memory recall correctly..it's management did previously say about realising some values of this counter as the price it is trading now is not a true reflection of it's asset value right?? :P

 

WOW 32.5cts now !! seems that this burger is going down hill siah ! :D

 

well...price seems supported around 34.5cts region now :P looks stable enough :P