Showing posts with label IPO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IPO. Show all posts

Saturday, May 19, 2012

How is Initial Public Offering (IPO) shares being ballotted?

All applications received are sorted into Bumiputera or non-Bumiputera categories (except for some ACE Market IPOs which are not segregated) and also in terms of denomination of shares applied.

Electronic Share Applications (ESA) and Internet Share Applications (ISA) applications furnished by all participating ESA banks and internet participating financial institutions will also be electronically sorted into the required categories.

Counting of applications is thereafter done.

The subscription results are presented to the Directors of the IPO Issuer for information purposes as well as to determine the basis of allotment of available shares via balloting in the event of oversubscription.

In determining the number of successful applications to be balloted in each category, the Directors will give due consideration to fair distribution to a reasonable number of applicants to ensure a broadened shareholding base which will establish an adequate market in the trading of the shares to be listed. The minimum share spread required under the Listing Requirements of the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad will also be observed.

Having decided on the basis of allotment, balloting of successful applicants in each category of shares will be carried out. Using 2 sets of passwords, balloting is electronically done with the 7 digit random numbers assigned to each share application randomly picked by computer. Reserve applications representing about 10% of successful applications will also be balloted. The balloting is conducted in the presence of the Directors of the IPO Issuer and external balloting auditors, the only party with access to the balloting program.

The Securities Commission, Bursa Malaysia and the media are informed of the subscription and balloting results.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Price Stabilizing Manager in IPO

Under the Capital Market and Services (Price Stabilizing Mechanism) Regulations 2008, an Initial Public Offering (IPO) issuer may appoint a stabilizing manager, who may undertake stabilizing action in an attempt to prevent or minimize the reduction in the stock’s price.

The stabilizing manager will normally, buy back the shares at the offer price if the market price of the share drops below the offering price to support the IPO’s stock price from the first 30 days of the trading debut. The shares will then, return back to the issuer.

If you think that it is quite safe to buy into IPOs that have price stabilizing managers, you may be wrong as:

- the stock’s price is not freely determined by market forces and may imply a certain form of “price manipulation”

- the post-IPO price may not reflect the true value of a company

- you will not know how long the manager will continue to support the share price and what will happen to the stock’s price once the manager stops supporting the price of the stock

Notes: Please understand that not all of newly listed companies have price stabilizing managers. Most of the time, only big IPO issues appoint stabilizing manager.