The Edge, KiniBiz and The Star are actively writing about Protasco these days, and one can't blame them. There is a mud-slinging match going on between Tey and Chong, which is always good for some interesting news, that is what people like to read. Finally details (some unconfirmed) have been revealed in these articles, details that should have been revealed by Protasco itself a long time ago.
One important question in all of this is, which party is right?
But at least as important is the question: where is and was the transparency in all of this?
The deal in question started almost two years ago, and the official news as revealed by Protasco has been very, very limited, and most of it very much delayed.
January 2013 I wrote "Protasco's Puzzling Purchase" in which I asked the following questions:
Protasco does not seem to have relevant experience in the notoriously difficult oil and gas industry, why does it want to take so much risk, especially in Indonesia with poor corporate governance? PT ASI is only a few months old: "PT ASI was incorporated in Indonesia on 6 September 2012 as a private limited company". PT ASI only has one director who hardly owns any shares. No background of this director is given. The vendor is 99% owned by Anglo Slavic Petrogas Ltd, a company registered in the British Virgin Islands, no background is given, a search on the internet returns nothing; who is behind this company, what is their track record? The company structure of PT ASI owning part of PT FAS owning PT Haseba is rather artificial, why is such a difficult construction chosen? Who are the minority shareholders of PT FAS and PT Haseba? On the signing of the S&P, Protasco will pay RM 50 million cash, why so much? This is about 30% of the total amount, much higher than normal in comparable deals. On November 1, 2012 PT ASI signed a S&P agreement to buy an additional 46% of PT FAS. What was the price paid for that stake? Why does Protasco not wait until this deal is panned out? And further on: ..... the production agreement will expire in 2014 (next year!) and it is not sure if PT Haseba is able to negotiate a new contract, and if so under what conditions. Why buy into a company with so much uncertainty? "The KST Field was founded in 1972 and operated by PT Pertamina Doh Nad Sumbangut until 1997. Thereafter, in 2004, Pertamina awarded PT Haseba a 10-year PMP Agreement for KST Field.". Why the gap of seven years? Also, this field seems to be pretty old, often yields are not that great in old fields. Why can't Protasco give some production numbers for KST Field? Why are no preliminary results for 2012 given? At least the half year numbers should be made available? And why are all the financial statements not audited? What are the results for PT FAS for the last three years?
Most of these questions are now, almost two years later, still never dealt with.
Soon shareholders have to vote in two subsequent EGMs on the directorship of Tey, Ooi and Chong.
But based on what information, if so much is still never revealed?
The winner in the on-going battle will be a bruised winner. And lots of doubt will continue as long as the air is not properly cleared.
The other directors (especially the independent ones) of Protasco also should evaluate the corporate governance standards of the company. A big improvement is urgently needed.
And then there is still another matter. How much of the money paid by Protasco can be recovered? Shares of Indonesia listed PT Inovisi Infracom Tbk were held in trust, but the share price has tanked recently.
Protasco has initiated legal proceedings to reclaim the money, but court cases in Malaysia (when appealed) can easily take ten years to conclude. And in this case two other countries are involved, Indonesia and the British Virgin Isl
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It is confirmed, tomorrow TPY and OKA will get the boot. On friday their EGMs will blew in their face badly.
Nexgram? Early next year it overpriced and overvalued share will finally reach it actual value: 0,01.
Before the first quarter the SC will start their investigation on TPY, OKA and nexgram. The SC already make initial contact with the BVI and Indon's authorities.
The acquisition by Nexgram in exchange for a building in Bangsa values nexgram share price at 30c.Then without renal Nexgram can use it as its office for free.
Very good move and the project in cyberjaya and putrajaya can sell or rent,another income for nexgram.Where can drop to 1c,really unwise to believe Alice The.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TuaHuat TPY owns 21.45% now. What will happen in next two days? 26/11/2014 22:21
Fam Jenny Somebody is buying a lot,who sells,small timers,who buys?bigtimers 26/11/2014 22:24
It is a certainty that TPY and OKA will get the boot today, if not they will not resort to trickery and the injunction. If that's happening, then the 0,01 price as predicted will also happens. Don't come to me and say I didn't warn you.
PROTASCO Bhd’s boardroom battle escalated when Tey Por Yee and Ooi Kock Aun blocked the construction firm’s bid to remove them as directors at its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) yesterday.
An injunction filed before the scheduled EGM prompted Protasco chairman Tan Sri Hadenan A. Jalil to adjourn the morning meeting to the afternoon, and later called for a vote to postpone it. Shareholders subsequently voted to postpone the meeting to 3pm today.
Tey’s lawyers had served the injunction against the company, executive vice-chairman and group managing director Datuk Seri Chong Ket Pen and director Tan Heng Kui.
The injunction, filed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court, was to prevent Chong, who owns 22.4 per cent of Protasco, and Heng Kui, who owns 1.7 per cent, from voting on the resolution to remove the duo.
“The company’s lawyers will seek to set aside the injunction at 9am (on Thursday),” said another director, Tan Yee Boon, after the six-hour meeting yesterday.
However, he declined to speculate on the company’s next move should it fail to dismiss the injunction.
Tey and Ooi, meanwhile, walked out of the EGM before the vote on the adjournment was cast.
They claimed that the adjournment was “illegal” as it contravened with the company’s Articles of Association.
“We were advised by our lawyers to walk out because of the illegality of the meeting and there was no point in proceeding,” Tey said on the sidelines of the EGM.
Yee Boon defended Hadenan’s decision to adjourn the meeting, saying that shareholders did not say anything when consulted.
Meanwhile, UOBM Nominees (Tempatan) shareholder representative David Thomas Mathews said the EGM would make no sense if the substantial shareholders were not allowed to vote.
Chong and Heng Kui had requisitioned yesterday’s EGM for shareholders to vote on the resolution to remove Tey and Ooi.
In return, Tey and Ooi had requisitioned another EGM tomorrow to oust Chong from the board.
The face-off between Tey-Ooi and Chong- Protasco stemmed from a failed deal in Indonesia.
Protasco had in September filed a suit against Indonesia’s oil and gas firm PT Anglo Slavic Utama to recover US$27 million (RM90.45 million) in monies paid, and against Tey and Ooi for conspiracy to defraud, hiding their beneficial interests in PT ASU, making secret profits and breach of their fiduciary and statutory duties.
Protasco had attempted to buy a 63 per cent stake in PT Anglo Slavic Indonesia but the deal was terminated after the fraud was allegedly discovered.
In return, Tey filed a derivative action against six board members of RS Maha Niaga Sdn Bhd, including Chong, to recover RM10 million for Protasco.
Tey Por Yee and Ooi Kock Aun should remember: in the end, you have to leave everything behind because there are no pockets in kainn kapan (funeral shrouds).
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Posted by flyup888 > 2014-11-26 18:50 | Report Abuse
can discuss about negram? why prtasco?