Gabungan AQRS in preliminary exploration stage for overseas expansion, says MD
Posted on August 1, 2012, Wednesday
ABUNDANT OPPORTUNITIES: On stage at the listing ceremony of Gabungan AQRS Bhd are: (from left) Gabungan AQRS executive director Saaban Mohamed Sidik, Gabungan AQRS director Dato’ Azizan Jaafar, Ng, Gabungan AQRS chairman Datuk Kamarudin Md Ali, Gabungan AQRS executive director Ng Kit Heng, Gabungan AQRS executive director Ow Chee Cheoon, Affin Investment Bank Bhd managing director Maimoonah Hussain, Gabungan AQRS executive director Badil Zaman Fazul Rahman, Gabungan AQRS executive director Meriah Nasibi and Gabungan AQRS director Loo Choo Hong.
KUALA LUMPUR: Main Market debutant, Gabungan AQRS Bhd, is at a preliminary exploration stage for overseas expansion.
Its managing director Ng Chun Kooi said the construction and property-based developer did not have any intention of doing so in the near-term.
“In the future, yes, but we are not in a hurry and overseas expansion is never easy.
“We are at a preliminary exploration stage and definitely want to do so cautiously,” he told reporters after the listing ceremony here yesterday.
The company’s order book had reached approximately RM1 billion and it was optimistic of securing more work given the abundant opportunities in the domestic market.
The construction segment order book for the integrated engineering and construction services provider was expected to last until 2015.
On the listing, the company’s shares opened at RM1.15, a three sen discount over its initial public offering price of RM1.18, with 3.15 million shares changing hands.
Ng noted that the current price was ‘all right’ for a start.
“We are confident of our fundamentals and believe investors who look at it would be interested in our share,” he added.
Gabungan AQRS has raised about RM73.16 million via the listing. It made a public issue of 62 million new ordinary shares of 25 sen par value and an offer for sale of 30 million ordinary shares of 25 sen par value.
Of the public issue, 18 million shares were available for public subscription, six million for directors and employees as well as persons who have contributed to the success of the group.
It also included 32 million for private placement to selected investors and six million for private placement to Bumiputera investors approved by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
The group has set a dividend policy to create shareholder value.
It planed to distribute a minimum of 25 per cent of group net profit to shareholders with effect from the current financial year ending Dec 31, 2012.
For the financial year ended Dec 31, 2011, the group registered a proforma net profit of RM48.2 million on the back of RM372.4 million revenue. — Bernama
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