- See SingTel's announcements dated 16 Jul – SingTel and Gulf Energy said Gulf Energy and its 47%-owned associate Intouch will be amalgamated to form Gulf (NewCo).
SingTel to swap Intouch stake for 9% of Gulf (NewCo)
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- Before the transaction, Intouch will pay Bt4.5 in special dividends. SingTel/Intouch/Gulf will also proffer a voluntary tender offer (VTO) for AIS at THB216 per share ahead of the amalgamation, with SingTel getting the first 5ppt (of AIS’ total share base) of the tendered shares - capped at 10ppt.
Slight NPAT/cashflow dilution offset by special Intouch dividends
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- Also, if Gulf (NewCo) maintains a similar payout ratio to Gulf Energy, we estimate that would lead to a 43% reduction in Intouch dividends, or S$45m per year net dividend cash flow loss for SingTel. However, the cash flow losses could be bridged by ~S$122m in special dividends from Intouch.
- We think the impact on SingTel's earnings would likely come only in FY26.
We think SingTel will eventually exit Gulf (NewCo)
- Read more at SGinvestors.io.
