The share price of OCR Group Berhad (OCR) received a lift earlier this week after the company posted a sharp jump in profit before tax despite a dip in revenue. OCR share price rose to a high of 34.5 sen after the announcement of the of the latest quarterly results. OCR also has a warrant-likeIrredeemable Convertible Unsecured Loan Stock (OCR-PA) and a warrant (OCR-WA) traded on the stock exchange. However, trading on the both of these instruments are not as active as the mother share.
Interest in Nextgreen Global Berhad shot up recently after Pelaburan Mara Berhad disposed all its 37.07 million shares representing just above 8% of the share capital of the company in an off-market deal on 20 September 2018. Dato Lim Thiam Huat, the Managing Director of Nextgreen Global also disposed 7.93 million shares on the same day which saw the emergence of Multiway Trading Ltd. as a substantial shareholder of the company with the purchase of 45 million shares. According to Bursa Malaysia information, the shares changed hand at 35 sen. Nextgreen Global share price has since rose to close at 42.5 sen on 25 September 2018. The company warrant NGGB-WA ended trading at 11 sen on the same day.
The new company warrant of Sinmah Capital Berhad , SMCAP-WC, made its debut at Bursa Malaysia on 12 September 2018 closing the first day of trading at 9 sen. The warrant has subsequently risen in line with the rebound in the mother’s share price which had earlier fallen to a multi-year low of 18.5 sen on 12 September. Sinmah Capital share price rose to close at 22 sen on 18 September 2018 while SMCAP-WC ended trading on that day at 14 sen.
The share price of Lay Hong Berhad has been falling since the early part of July this year when it dropped from above 90 sen to just under 60 sen in late August. Lay Hong’s share price fell further to as low as 52 sen on 29 August, the day after the company announced a poor set of first quarter result for the period ending 30 June 2018. The share price has since staged a rebound to end at 65.5 sen on 7 September before the long holiday break. Lay Hong’s company warrant (LAYHONG-WA) ended trading the same day at 27.5 sen.
The new warrant of Melewar Industrial Group Berhad (Melewar) made its debut at Bursa Malaysia on 24 August 2018. This warrant was issued as a sweetener to subscribers of Melewar’s recently completed one for one rights issue. Subscribers of two rights shares at 20 sen per share would receive one free warrant. However, the rights issue was undersubscribed with subscription rate of just under 60% as the rights issue price was not set at an attractive price even with the free warrant. The share price has now fallen substantially below the rights issue price and was last traded at 15.5 sen at the close of trading on 4 September 2018. MELEWAR-WB, which rose to as high as 11 sen on the first day of trade, ended trading at 7 sen on 4 September.
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