SGX Market Updates

March 2019 SGX Share BuyBack Consideration Led by OCBC, Hong Fok & ST Engineering


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02 April 2019

  • In March 2019, 27 SGX primary-listed stocks repurchased as many as 50 million shares with a total consideration of S$54 million. This was up from S$32 million in Feb 2019 and down year-on-year from S$222 million in March 2018.

  • 5 stocks commenced new buyback mandates in the month of March 2019: Hong Fok Corporation, Kimly, Aspen (Group) Holdings, MDR & GRP. Relative to outstanding shares, Hong Fok Corporation bought back 0.77% of its shares during the month. 

  • The March 2019 buyback consideration was led by OCBC, Hong Fok Corporation and Singapore Technologies Engineering. OCBC made up a quarter of the total consideration, and as of 1 April, had bought back 0.33% of its shares on the current mandate.




Total share buyback consideration for the month of March 2019 totaled S$53.5 million. There were 27 SGX-listed stocks that reported buybacks of their SGX-listings over the month, buying back a total of 49.8 million in shares or units. The S$53.5 million in buyback consideration was two-thirds higher than the buyback consideration of S$31.9 million filed in February 2019 (click here for more).

Last month, the Straits Times Index (“STI”) generated the thinnest of marginal gains, moving from 3,212.69 at the end of February, to 3,212.88 at the end of March. Dividends however, boost the total return of the STI to 0.3% for March, bringing the total return for the last quarter to 5.1%.

As detailed in the FTSE Asia Monthly Report (click here), Singapore’s Mid Cap stocks continued to be amongst the best performers in March within the FTSE ST Index Series, gaining 2.2% over the month. The FTSE ST Mid Cap Index generated a total return of 11.8% over the first quarter of 2019.



Monthly SGX Share Buyback Consideration (S$ Million) & STI Month-End Levels



As best practice, companies should refrain from buying back their shares during the two weeks immediately before its quarterly financial statements and one month immediately before the full-year financial statements.



Five New Mandates Commenced in March 2019

  • Hong Fok Corporation bought back 6,698,500 shares for a consideration of close to S$5,957,080 during March. The buyback mandate was approved back on 30 April 2018 and these are the only buybacks filed on the corporate announcement page which dates back to 2014.

  • Kimly bought back 430,100 shares between 27 March and 29 March, on the mandate approved on 30 January 2019. On the previous mandate, Kimly bought back a total of 2,889,100 shares.

  • Aspen (Group) Holdings bought back 22,600 shares between 21 March and 27 March on the mandate approved on 29 January 2019.

  • MDR bought back 2,480,800 shares between 11 March and 13 March on the mandate which approved on 28 September 2018.

  • GRP bought back 2,000 shares on 26 March on a mandate approved on 26 October 2018.



The table below summarises the buyback considerations in March 2019. The table is sorted by the value of the total consideration amount for the month, which combines the amount of shares or units purchased and the purchasing price of the transactions.

Company/Trust Number of
Shares/units
Authorised for Purchase
in Current Mandate
Total Number of
Shares/units Purchased
in Mar 2019
Total Buyback
Consideration
in Mar 2019
(including stamp duties,
clearing changes etc.)
paid or payable
for the shares S$
Cumulative Number of
Shares/units purchased
in Mandate to date*
OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION 209,128,622 2,800,000 31,121,023 13,625,000
HONG FOK CORPORATION 87,061,214 6,698,500 5,957,080 6,698,500
SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING 62,407,292 700,000 2,605,311 6,122,300
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE 107,164,240 346,748 2,535,720 878,848
CSE GLOBAL 25,803,392 4,000,000 2,130,550 11,177,500
GLOBAL INVESTMENTS 169,629,503 16,452,700 2,118,726 23,265,500
JAPFA 176,952,559 2,349,000 1,627,932 3,574,000
SINGAPORE POST 226,352,024 1,580,000 1,569,752 14,300,000
SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES 35,744,450 300,000 786,291 3,300,000
SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPORATION 43,701,979 2,398,800 696,874 11,387,600
BUMITAMA AGRI 173,982,394 759,700 513,311 2,326,900
DUTY FREE INTERNATIONAL 121,345,399 2,075,300 407,478 7,083,600
STAMFORD LAND CORPORATION 86,408,798 624,200 308,330 35,739,400
EUROSPORTS GLOBAL 26,500,000 1,476,400 287,287 2,191,400
ISOTEAM 28,483,056 1,000,000 199,526 1,206,900
SINGHAIYI GROUP 428,511,187 1,691,800 156,536 66,059,700
SOUP RESTAURANT GROUP 28,011,290 620,000 117,071 1,303,200
KIMLY 115,489,763 430,100 101,603 430,100
TUAN SING HOLDINGS 118,689,278 200,000 81,972 5,033,400
STAR PHARMACEUTICAL 4,649,169 460,500 73,590 616,500
STARBURST HOLDINGS 12,126,061 159,700 61,478 230,300
THE STRAITS TRADING COMPANY 40,809,577 17,000 37,859 343,500
TREK 2000 INTERNATIONAL 32,288,792 179,000 17,123 1,656,200
GLOBAL PALM RESOURCES HOLDINGS 19,628,200 20,000 4,096 30,000
ASPEN (GROUP) HOLDINGS 96,361,790 22,600 3,267 22,600
MDR 2,933,717,424 2,480,800 2,485 2,480,800
GRP 19,370,161 2,000 257 2,000
Total   49,844,848 53,522,528  

* Percentage of company’s issued shares excluding treasury shares as at the date of the share buyback resolutions.
Source: SGX (Data as of 29 March 2019)




Share buyback transactions involve share issuers repurchasing some of their outstanding shares from shareholders through the open market. Once the shares are bought back, they will be converted into treasury shares, which means they are no longer categorised as shares outstanding. Other motivations for share buybacks include companies moving to align stock valuations with balance sheet objectives.

The date of the relevant share buyback mandate is also provided in the table above, in addition to the amount of shares authorised to be bought back under the mandate. The total number of shares purchased under the mandate and the percentage of the companies that issued shares that have been repurchased under the mandate are also provided.

Share buyback information can be found on the company disclosure page on the SGX website, using the Announcement category and sub-category of Share Buy Back-On Market.







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