- Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd has proposed to inject its property and insurance assets into MPHB Capital for RM905.3mil. Including the assumption of debts, MPHB Capital's cost of acquiring MPHB's non-gaming assets would come up to RM982.9mil.
- In the corporate exercise, MPHB's property assets are valued at RM512.5mil while the insurance assets are valued at RM392.8mil.
- In our RNAV calculation for MPHB, we have assumed the value of the property assets at RM429.2mil based on the division's net assets. We have also assumed a value of RM341mil for the insurance division based on the same methodology.
- Thereafter, MPHB has proposed to undertake an offer for sale of its shares in MPHB Capital to the existing shareholders of MPHB on the basis of 1 MPHB Capital share for every two shares in MPHB.
- Offer price for MPHB Capital has been fixed at RM1.00/share. We estimate the proposed capital repayment to be undertaken by MPHB at RM0.49/share. This means that shareholders of MPHB would only have to pay RM0.02/share to take up their entitlements in MPHB Capital. MPHB would raise net proceeds of RM696.5mil from the proposed offer for sale exercise.
- MPHB Capital's main income would come from the insurance division as most of the property assets are still idle. MPHB Capital recorded a net profit of RM50.2mil in FY11. We reckon that the offer for sale price of RM1.00/share would value MPHB Capital at a FY11 PE of 14.2x.
- In comparison, Allianz Malaysia Bhd is currently trading at FY13F PE of 7.7x while Manulife Holding Bhd's FY11 PE was 10.9x.
- The entire corporate exercise is scheduled to be completed by 1HFY13. After the demerger of the non-gaming assets, MPHB would change its name to include the word 'Magnum'.
- The proposed demerger exercise would allow MPHB to be a purer company. It would also allow the group to return more cash to shareholders in the form of dividends. Currently, we have a BUY on MPHB. We would be reviewing our fair value for MPHB.