We are pleased to announce that the Board of Directors of MNRB Holdings Berhad had agreed to recommend the payment of First and Final Single-Tier Dividend in respect of the financial year ended 31 March 2014 of 16.5% per share to be paid on a date to be announced later, subject to approval by shareholders at the forthcoming 41st Annual General Meeting of the Company.

source: http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/listed-companies/company-announcements/1692509

hng33, thank you for your in depth understanding and writing about the water issue in Selangor

I think TA price is lower due to discount as a holding company, a lousy boss, and uncertainty in the sale of brokerage arm...

hng33 we will know in time... thanks

hehe... son/daughter co., can never be sister...

I would rather them focusing on their businesses rather than betting on equities gains...

Even if to merge, it would be TAGB and TALAM rather than with TA...

hng33, seems to me, MB post uncertainty is overstated. I would be more concerned about venturing into plantation business without specifying how much cash will be distributed back to shareholders...

I did top up at 3.30 after its dropped from 3.7+, hopefully it will rise to at least 4.20

Bought some MFCB today, at a relative high price, 2.29... Hope coming quarter report will be good

Puncak owns the water distribution system while owning some treatment capacity, making it like tenaga of selangor water, while splash owning only treatment capacity, which means its the ipp of selangor water. Which should be more valuable?

I guess I should add this: Though, I can't deny the value of the lands TA hold or the value of the brokerage arm. Should TA really sell its brokerage arm and develop its land surrounding KLCC, it may have a value of more than 1.20 per share. However, given TA boss's selfishness which disregards shareholders interest and big mouth lies, its hard to trust whatever he/she had said. You can cry wolves so many times, and I guess they are PROUD of crying wolves so long its in their best interests...

The question is when? They talked about quitting earlier than OSK n HWANGDBS, yet they are still there. They talked about developing landed nearby KLCC, yet they are to be started. Thats why I don't recommend chasing high on this stock, the ex-con TA boss has low credibility.

Well said, hwangte. Still, m upset with the investor relations.
4248, so long ur tax bracket is lower than 25%, u should be able to claim some tax back, now no more

Don't know much about counters u have mentioned, but TA rises lately because of 1. Brokerage business to be sold 2. Property development surrounding klcc. These 2 are nothing new, been goreng many times but never materialized. I still own some TA sure would like to see them happen. Anyway, buy as you see feed, I merely expressed my viewpoint. Don't get angry

SHQuah, I didn't say I am unhappy with TA, just pointing out the risk of chasing high and the differences between small fishes like me and big sharks like TA's Tiah.
And, I don't have to sell just so you can buy, as of now, you can buy 264k at 1.03 and 563k at 1.04 already...

If I were not wrong, just last year, TA hits multi-year low of 0.495, within less than 2 years, it has risen to 1.03. TA boss is not famous for being generous towards shareholders, remember how he got jailed...
I don't mind keeping some of my profits from TA to hope for higher return, but definitely not buying more when knowing that its once as low as 0.495.

My concern is MNRB's transparency. Also, I bought this share merely for its divdend, and now I have to consider if to sell, given dividend inconsistency.

It actually depends on hired staff and the ability/willingness of big boss to monitor the department (I mean the investor relation.) Unfortunately, the way I see it, MNRB doesn't look like a very responsive company. It didn't even attempt to explain how the arrive at 16.5% dividend. Sigh!

To me, TA is not really worthy collection after 1. It may be to the owner or someone looking to be major shareholders, but not small fishes like us. I gradually sold off at .805 and 1.01, keeping roughly 30% to see if major event will unfold in near future. Tambah? Definitely not

hwangte, I wrote in yesterday, has yet to receive a reply from them. I have written before to TA and OSK investors relation and gotten replies the next day. Lousy investors relation!

Tiah keeps on buying, another 1 million shares, but at a slower speed

MNRB dividend policy is actually between 40% to 75% of net profit, translating into 0.29 to 0.54 per share. I have emailed my concern to MNRB investor relation, hopefully will get a reply by tomorrow...

the dividend is too little... thought it has a dividend policy

Would appreciate if TA rises to 1.15 :)

TAGB keeps on rising but TA barely moves, sigh!

nice showing, wonder how high will it go, sincerely hope for between 1.10 and 1.20 to sell my next batch...

From .805 to 1.01, I have gradually pared down my shares... Not making as much compared to if I were to hold until now, but it at least gives me a chance to unload...

I suppose the best thing to do before sacking Kali would be to let him signing all paper works pertaining to water deal. That way, PR can blame all on Kali and not get its hands dirty... Its already a mess, why let another key PR member be affected by the issue?

IMO, brokerage business is getting tougher by the day. If TA didn't sell its brokerage business, it would be hard to materialize its full value. Problem is, after selling brokerage business, there is nothing left for TA to differentiate itself from its subsidiary, TAGB.
Anyway, wonder how soon and how much TA would get from its brokerage business.

well, time will tell how much MNRB reinsurance business will be affected, but I guess it should be just fine. Market should have included this impact in its evaluation, why else its share price at less than 7 PE?

VC - voluntary cessions
a regulation requiring all insurance cos doing businesses in Malaysia to reinsure through mnrb. The regulation has been relaxed gradually to promote competition- if I were not wrong

Luckily, I bought some at 4.60 instead of selling. Hopefully an announcement for dividend coming soon...

just bought some at 3.33, wonder if its a wise move? Should know in a month or two, I guess...

yes, dividend will be paid to you even if you sell tomorrow

I also think the berjaya Hill is only 'talk' and can hardly materialize. Though, I notice that BCorp sold some of its BAuto for a gain of 180+ million and an increase of 230 million cash recently, which is something good for coming quarter. Anyway, all VT firms' financial reports are hard to predict cause VT is tooooo good a cook

i think it is still alright to hold on to Puncak where market price is so much lower than its NTA. It may have a selfish boss, but I believe some other big shareholders like EPF and Tabung Haji (they are still here, right?) will try to 'persuade' him to act sensibly.

while the result is good, you need to account for one time gain on debt recovery:

(from TAGlobal 2014 first quarter report)
For the current first quarter, finance and related services division reported profit before tax of RM35.4 million as compared to profit before tax of RM10.4 million in the previous year’s corresponding quarter. The increase in profit before tax was mainly due to the significant loan recovery from financial receivables.

Thanks, hng33

Are you guys sure it is the 2 month old EGM and not the venture into plantation?

hng33, well said

frankly, I prefer more capital repayment, hopefully at least 50% of the proceed. If I am interested in plantation, I can invest with the capital repayment myself.

this one better: http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/business-news/296481-puncak-niaga-to-go-big-into-plantation-sector.html

1) EGM - late August, early September
2) part of the proceed will be returned to shareholders, either through special dividend or bonus shares
3) after the sale, there will be 3 core businesses (1) water (overseas and other states) (2) oil & gas (3) to be identified, potentially plantation

you can find details of the AGM from here: http://www.investalks.com/forum/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=9754&extra=page%3D1&page=33

商業高峰（PUNCAK,6807,主板基建計劃組）訂8月杪或9月初召開股東特大，以核准脫售水務資產問題，若一切順利，預計今年杪完成上述脫售行動，部份所得將回退股東，並計劃進軍種植業。
或涉足種植業
該公司執行主席丹斯里羅查里今日在股東大會後說，商業高峰將會把部份脫售所得，回退給股東；是以特別股息或發紅股方式，目前仍未決定。
在股東大會上，有股東提出以1股送1股方式發紅股回饋股東。
他說，有關召開特大的日期，尚等待當局的批准，特大是專司討論並核准脫售水務資產事宜。商業高峰正式同意以15億5千530萬令吉脫售旗下兩家水務公司股權。
他指出，在脫售水務資產後，水務仍將是其中一個核心業務，因為該集團在其他州屬或海外都有水務與污水處理業務。
他說，脫售水務資產後，油氣將扮演要角，不過仍會以水務、油氣或另一核心業務，形成“三足鼎立”、互為槓桿情況。
他說，另一個極為可能業務是將涉足種植業活動，並會把部份脫售所得，用於收購種植業資產。
一名溫姓小股東過後受詢時說，羅查里在會上表示會考慮以1對1發紅股方式，回饋股東。
他說，商業高峰每股盈利46仙，若沒有特別股息或發紅股回饋股東，有些說不過去。
（星洲日報）

Any of you attending the AGM? If yes, could you ask how much of those selangor water deal money will be allocated for dividend/capital repayment?

Dear alphajack, if you have inside news about 90 cents soon, I hope you are not referring to TA-firm-wise inside news. Otherwise, I wonder how TA could be different these days?!? Any how, since I own TA, sure happy to see it rises, hopefully to at least .94

I make some, but miserable return compared to my other investments. Yet, the sad part is its my biggest holding. Hope to see it rise above .94 and I will sell off and bid farewell...

well, TA family has a long history of bullsh*ting, from listing REIT to not listing to NATO (no action, talk only) property projects (NOVA, TA3&TA4). BTW, the convicted Tiah who had been in jail for years is currently back to the board, who knows what he has learnt in jail.
Really hope they are not bulsh*ting on small matters like quarter earning, sigh!

TAGB is a subsidiary of TA, where every share of TA owns 1.87 shares of TAGB. So, for every project TAGB is involved, so is TA