
Some old news for UOADEV shareholders......

UOA has projects with GDV of RM10b in hand
KUALA LUMPUR: Soon-to-be-listed property developer UOA Development Bhd has projects in hand with a gross development value of some RM10 billion, of which about RM2 billion is under construction.
UOA is best known for its flagship Bangsar South City mixed development in Kuala Lumpur, which it intends to complete over the next 10 years.
Further work on Bangsar South will account for the bulk of the company's project value in hand, chief operating officer David Khor said.
"Bangsar South will be our main so-called cornerstone development. The rest of the projects we hope to turn over within a short period of three years or less," he told reporters after the launch of the company's prospectus yesterday.
UOA Development's main focus going forward will continue to be in the Klang Valley, although it has explored prospects of expanding its business overseas.
"At the moment, the focus is still within the country. Overseas, not so soon," chairman Tan Sri Alwi Jantan remarked.
According to its prospectus, the company is evaluating prospects in high-growth markets like Vietnam, Singapore and Australia.
It is familiar with property market conditions in the latter two markets, given that its parent UOA Ltd has a primary listing on the Australian Stock Exchange and a secondary one on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
UOA made a net profit of RM285.8 million last year on the back of a RM375.2 million revenue.
This year, about 60 per cent of the company's revenue will come from its commercial projects while the rest would come from its residential projects.
The mix is, however, set to change in 2013, when 70 per cent of the total revenue is anticipated to come from residential projects, Khor said.
"I think from next year onwards, you'll see that residential will contribute the majority of our revenue," he said.
It is targeting to have a dividend payout ratio of between 30 per cent and 50 per cent, starting from this financial year.
UOA, which will tentatively be listed on Bursa Malaysia's Main Market on June 8, is offering 407 million shares to local and foreign institutional investors, as well as Malaysian retail investors.
The retail portion of 70 million shares will be priced at the lower of RM2.90 a share or at a 3 per cent discount to the institutional price, which will be determined by way of bookbuilding.
Assuming a retail price of RM2.90, it will raise about RM1.2 billion and have a market capitalisation of RM3.47 billion.
The Employees Provident Fund, as the sole cornerstone investor, has agreed to acquire up to 5 per cent of the company's enlarged issued and paid-up capital at the institutional price.