No good news Angie except if the govt takes note that the excessive sin taxes & GST is slowly killing this goose that has been laying the golden eggs all these years by driving the punters towards illegal gaming.

The Govt has no money so thinking short term, it raises the sin taxes on tobacco. Consumers buy smuggled cigarettes - for which the dumb govt cannot collect taxes but benefits certain individuals. So BAT closed down its local factory & put 230+ people out of work. Govt also raised alcohol taxes & same story.

Are they going to raise gaming taxes despite the current exorbitant gaming taxes & GST Toto pays & drive punters to play illegal or are they going to treat the goose that lays the golden eggs with well-earned respect & at least remove the GST?

CNY effect

maybe someone is supporting it & ensuring that it will close not below 3.39

I think that those with vested interest i.e. EPF & Canone are not allowed to vote on this deal. But then they can always pull the Sime Darby stunt.

Based on the papers, the current price is the year high - some hope on the horizon

Would they not ultimately require shareholders' approval?

5 sen is within striking distance unless the performance deteriorates significantly

Aha did not see the silver lining before on this Bangla issue - thanks ampabella

Eventually EPF should demand some tangible outcome. I can't imagine that they can be so patient for so long what with the pathetic dividends after a long period of absence of dividends.

Let's go to the AGM, get the door gifts, eat the food & make some noise to rattle the snooty, pretentious, coat-wearing board. They should tolerate our tirades and brickbats to justify their fees.

Don't hope for 3. The Co is scrapping the bottom of the barrel just to pay dividends. With GST eating up the bottom lines to feed the desperate government, the price will remain moribund.

Yippee! more share buybacks

Maxis shares got a boost in the form of personal commitment from their CEO when he personally bought >360k of shares @ 6.33

MissElizaClarke - Digi announced payment on 25 Mar

Maybe EPF is selling so that ASB can pick up large chunks at low prices?

Aiyo! even TVT is disposing off at a low price!

This stock help me neutralise the massive losses I've incurred in other stocks. TQ Aji !!!

But at the same time, Amanah Saham Bumiputra has been swallowing big chunks of Digi

Maybe EPF knows something that we don't?

The dumping by EPF continues

Another pathetic performance. It's on the long slide downwards. Dividends are dwindling. What I'll do is that I'll boost up my yield with the door gifts and free food at the AGM haha

Appreciate it if somebody can explain the details of the increased cost of bandwidth which the government had announced

Considering the fact that BOJ is charging negative interest rates perhaps UACJ can borrow Yen cheaply & be our white knight !

soojinhou - you seem to be happy with their 3.30 offer price. In fact logically speaking you should welcome dividends if such was the case because money received earlier has more time value.

To me irrespective of whether the offer is 3.30 or lower because of dividends paid, it's too low considering that the price was fixed >2 years ago and by now this duck called Kian Joo has become fatter and juicier with all the profits earned but unreleased .

Yes Haunting999 - I believe it should be read as 2 sen.

With so much distributable reserves and many quarters of no dividends, I also believe that the puny current dividend is reflective of either management acting in bad faith or their minds are totally warped.

EPF has of late been dumping this share! Why??

Price on turbo again

I feel sorry for the old folks who hold KJ shares but have not received dividends for sometime

2,795,072 shares only amounts to 0.21%. It simply means that there's too many shares out there. Time to scoop em & put em into treasury stock - perhaps forever.

Yes, from the legal actions, appeals and counter appeals, the winner is ....

... the LAWYERS !!!

Buy back at these low prices indeed benefits all shareholders but I hope they do it orderly. Perhaps set a cumulative target of say 4m shares for this quarter as Treasury stock & don't go beyond.

We do need some cash for dividends

Let's hope that the Govt teach the Y gen how to gamble in their school moral lesson

Perhaps Warren Buffet

With markets in the doldrums the offer is fast fading. I don't think our local billionaires, the Vincent Tans and Ananda Krishnans find KJ compelling. The best hope would be to get a billionaire foreigner with lots of USD to play white knight.

Look at Ajinomoto - some white Co saw value, proceeded to snap up more than 5% stake and in the process, the share price went through the roof.

Just sit around, twiddle your thumbs & wait until 23 Mar 2016. But ... will there be another extension?

Don't forget - what if in the future the government feels that it cannot meet the budgeted expense, then it may increase GST - this further squeezes margins of legal tax-paying BToto but to the advantage of illegals.

That's why I've been coughing blood trying tell anyone who's willing to listen that GST is not logical for this gaming Co.

My guess - since EPS is 5+ sen then dividends = 5 sen

... instead of kembong. As I write 9++ yahooo!

I've picked up several lots of B. Kawan. At today's prices I believe they are quite a good buy. Why?

1) Their fertilizer business is doing well
2) About 6.8% of shares have been siphoned off as Treasury shares (less in circulation) hence better EPS
3) They own a big chunk of KLK which has large land bank
4) share price have been lingering at such levels for sometime despite the fact that CPO somewhat recovered, net assets building up over time and MYR has weakened (hence in USD terms, it's cheap)

Does the above make sense?

Looks like everybody wants a piece of Aji. With a little bit of luck and diligence, I picked up several lots about 2 years ago & now slowly "shooting" my Aji bullets.

There are several such companies with similarly ok products combined with conservative & honest management waiting to take off.

I've taken some profit on this "irrational exuberance".

The Co should be rechristened "Titanic Toto"

Sure BJCorp may want to buy BJLand to increase revenue simply because BToto is the jewel in the crown of Berjaya group of companies

Compare EPS with dividend per share, you'll realise that they are paying out most of their earnings - which is a sign of great management skills.

Ivan - so long as you sell from ex-date of 7 Dec onwards, you will received the dividend

T'is the season & I bring good news ho ho ho!

Focus ran a good article on KJ. They said that Toyota Tsusho (TT) will likely offer a much higher price. Why? - two reasons:

1) when they first offered $230m, USD/MYR was 3.60 which translated into RM3.74/share. Now with a weakened MYR, the same USD amounts to RM4.20/share.

2) TT's initial offer was 1.6 times NTA. Now NTA has risen further due among others to non-payment of dividends, hence at the same ratio, it translates into RM4.51/share

Expect a drop in EPS when results are announced since no share buyback for sometime

Sold 1 lot @ 7.35 - no choice lah - need some cash or else would have kept it

someone just pushing up the share price of this illiquid stock before it goes ex.

Increased exports - Probably the weak MYR helped