The company warrant (IJACOBS-WA) of Ideal Jacobs (Malaysia) Corporation Berhad began trading in Bursa Malaysia on 10 August 2018.  The warrant opened trading on the first day at 15.5 sen and touched a high of 16 sen before closing at 11 sen.  IJACOBS-WA has since then been trending down as shareholders who got the free warrant started selling down.  Ideal Jacobs issued 490.93 million free warrants to its shareholders on the basis of one free warrant for every five shares held.  At the close of trading on 21 August 2018, IJACOBS-WA last traded at 9 sen while the mother share closed at 23 sen.

When a warrant entering the final weeks of trading, it usually trades at no premium or even at a discount as the time value of warrant decays at an accelerated speed.  It thus come as no surprise that the company warrant of Mexter Technology Berhad (MEXTER-WA), which expires on 17 September 2018, began trading at significant discount for the last few weeks as it enters the final days of its trading life.  MEXTER-WA will ceased trading after 24 August 2018 to allow investors to exercise the warrant by 14 September which will be the last market day of the exercise period.  At the time of writing, MEXTER-WA was trading at a discount of 7.5% with the warrant price at 24 sen and the mother price last traded at 40 sen.

The company warrant of Power Root Berhad (PWROOT-WA) made its debut at Bursa Malaysia on 27 July 2018.  This warrant was given free to shareholders following a bonus issue of warrants based on 1 bonus warrant for every 5 shares held.  The company also implemented a 1 for 5 bonus issue of shares at the same time.  As the exercise price of the new warrant of RM1.54 is above the mother share price, PWROOT-WA traded limit up at 30.5 sen from the reference price of 0.5 sen on its debut.  PWROOT-WA fluctuated between a high of 55 sen and a low of 41 sen before correcting settling to close at 48 sen on 7 August 2018.  The mother share ended trading on the same day at RM1.50. 

The new warrant of Salcon Berhad (SALCON-WB) began trading in Bursa Malaysia on 27 July 2018.  The warrant’s price fluctuated between 10.5 sen to 18 sen in the first day of trading before ending the first day of trade at 11 sen. The warrant price has since traded within a narrower range of between 10.5 sen and 11.5 sen.  This new warrant was given free to shareholders as a bonus issue on the basis of 1 warrant for every 2 shares held.  The company concurrently completed a bonus issue of shares based on 1 bonus share for every 4 shares held.