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Fiber firm sells shares at a premium
HCMC – Century Synthetic Fiber Corporation (STK) sold five million shares at an average price of VND21,124 each at its initial public offering (IPO) Tuesday, well above the starting price of VND18,000.
The enterprise offered three million shares for public auction at the Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HOSE). Red River Holding, its foreign shareholder, also offloaded two million shares.
Six organizations and 21 individuals snapped up the five million shares and foreigners bid for 0.18% of the total put up for sale.
With winning prices ranging from VND22,700 to VND25,000 each share, the auction brought in over VND120.6 billion. Of the figure, STK got around VND70 billion.
Earlier, the company expected to mobilize VND54-56 billion to fund its factory expansion in Trang Bang District, Tay Ninh Province. The project has a total investment of VND729 billion. Once completed, the factory will have an annual capacity of 52,000 tons compared to the current 37,000 tons.
The project will start running at 50% capacity in the third quarter of 2015 and at full steam in the first quarter of 2016.
The corporation, which is capitalized at VND393 billion, has plans to list on HOSE in the second quarter of 2015. It plans an annual dividend payment at 15% for shareholders in both cash and stock.
Tran Thu
Thursday, Dec 11,2014,10:42 (GMT+7)
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Synthetic fiber firm to launch IPO next month
STK representatives introduce investment opportunities at the IPO road show on November 24 – PHOTO: THU NGUYET
HCMC – Century Synthetic Fiber Corporation (STK) is expected to launch its initial public offering (IPO) on December 9, offering five million shares to investors on the Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HOSE).
The enterprise will raise fund for production expansion via a public auction of three million shares at the starting price of VND18,000 each. Meanwhile, Red River Holding, its foreign shareholder, will also offload two million shares of the enterprise.
The enterprise has plans to list on HOSE in the second quarter of 2015. It estimates an annual dividend payment at 15% for shareholders in both cash and stock.
According to STK’s leaders, the IPO aims to raise fund for its factory expansion project in Trang Bang District of Tay Ninh Province. The project has the total investment of VND729 billion.
Once completed, the factory will turn out an additional 15,000 tons of fiber, taking its annual capacity to 52,000 tons. The project will start running at 50% of its capacity in the third quarter of 2015 and at full capacity in the first quarter of 2016.
In addition, it is considering investment in a dyeing and textile factory at Thanh Thanh Cong Industrial Park in the southern province with the total invested capital of US$45 million.
During at a road show for the IPO in HCMC on November 24, Saigon Securities Inc. (SSI), which is the auction agent of STK, expected each STK share price at nearly VND23,300 while DongA Securities, the issuance consultant, expected it at over VND26,800.
The brokerages highly lauded STK shares given its robust business in recent years.
Between 2008 and 2013, STK obtained an average revenue increase at 39% while its after-tax profit grew 65% annually. Between January and September this year, the enterprise attained VND82 billion in after-tax profit, surging by 79.4% year-on-year, on revenue of around VND1 trillion, a 4.2% rise.
STK expects to obtain VND104 billion in after-tax profit in 2014 and VND140 billion in 2016.
According to DongA Securities Company, STK’s return on equity (ROE) is 15.3% compared to the average rate of 10.4% in the garment and textile industry. In the next three years, it estimates to reach an average ROE of 20%.
Besides, the firm will enjoy advantages as Vietnam is expected to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership next year.
However, STK will also face some risks such as material price fluctuations and tough competition from foreign investors in the local fiber sector in the coming time.
Tran Thu
Tuesday, Nov 25,2014,19:04 (GMT+7)
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Local firm opens fiber plant in Tay Ninh
HCMC – HCMC-based Century Synthetic Fiber Corporation on Tuesday opened a fiber plant in Trang Bang Industrial Park in the southern province of Tay Ninh to increase its fiber production for export and the local market.
Dang Trieu Hoa, chairman and CEO of the company, told the opening ceremony that the US$19.5-million plant was equipped with the closed production chain of Draw Textured Yarn (DTY) from polyester chips with an output of 11,000 tons per year, taking the company’s total capacity to 25,000 tons per year.
Being equipped with advanced machines imported from Germany’s Oerlikon Barmag Group, fiber products from the new factory will meet customers’ demands at home and abroad, according to thecorporation.
The company’s customers include Thanh Cong Textile and Garment Investment Trading Co., Thai Tuan Textile and Garment, and major foreign brand producers in Vietnam like Nike, adidas, Columbia, Ikea, Reebok, Guess, Decathlon. Its products will also be shipped to overseas markets such as Turkey, Switzerland, Taiwan, South Korea, and Thailand, the company said.
According to the corporation, the demand for DTY at home and abroad is rising quickly. Therefore, the company will invest in the second phase of the new plant this year, with a budget of US$12.2 million and an annual output of 10,000 tons per year, Hoa said, adding the phase will be put to operation next year.
Century Corp. currently also operates a plant in HCMC’s Tay Bac Cu Chi Industrial Park producing micro filament draw textured yarn fiber from partially oriented yarn. Given the new plant in Tay Ninh with total capacity of some 25,000 tons a year, the company will have a combined output of 35,000 tons in 2012.
Current output of Century Corp. accounts for 15% of national DTY production estimated at nearly 166,000 tons last year.
The corporation obtained revenues of some VND500 billion last year and it targets to double the figure this year after opening the new factory.
Century Corp. was founded in 2000 as a producer of polyester filament products. The company at a meeting in HCMC last year got approval from shareholders to list on the Hochiminh Stock Exchange, and it is considering a suitable time to trade shares on the market this year.
BY THESAIGONTIMES
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