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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Tycoon Abu Sahid wants to buy PLUS

Abu Sahid Mohamad, the group executive chairman of Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd, is ready to buy equity in PLUS Malaysia Bhd held by EPF and UEM Group.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Corporate tycoon Abu Sahid Mohamad wants to take over highway operator PLUS Malaysia Bhd.
The group executive chairman of Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd wants to buy up both the 51% share held by UEM Group Bhd and the 49% held by the EPF. The acquisition could cost RM30 billion or more.
He intends to do this via his flagship Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd, according to a report in The Edge. UEM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Bhd.
The Edge reported that Abu Sahid was trying to meet Khazanah managing director Azman Mokhtar over the possible acquisition.
Abu Sahid, who was once chairman of Perwaja, told The Edge: “Yes, I want to buy all of PLUS [Malaysia] … the EPF’s 49% as well.”
However, he declined to reveal details, as he has yet to commence talks.
If his plan works out, it could lead to the largest corporate exercise in Malaysia to date, according to The Edge.
Abu Sahid was quoted by The Edge as saying: “I’m very, very confident of pulling it off. I have everything ready – I have the money, I have the blessing from the highest levels in the country, I have the advisers and bankers all ready, and I have the formula to do it.”
UEM declined to comment to an email query by The Edge, saying only that it had a policy not to comment on reports that were speculative in nature.
The UEM Group and the EPF took over the assets and liabilities of PLUS Expressways in 2011 in a RM23 billion deal.
PLUS Malaysia has five concessions:
  • Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Bhd, with an 846km concession that includes the North-South Expressway, New Klang Valley Expressway, Federal Highway Route 2 and Seremban-Port Dickson Highway;
  • Expressway Lingkaran Tengah Sdn Bhd, with a 63km concession that includes the North-South Expressway Central Link;
  • Linkedua (M) Bhd, with the 47km Malaysia-Singapore Second Crossing;
  • Konsortium Lebuhraya Butterworth-Kulim Sdn Bhd, with the 17km Butterworth-Kulim Expressway; and
  • Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd with the 13.5km Penang Bridge.
All of PLUS’s concessions end in December 2038.
Abu Sahid also confirmed there were negotiations to sell Maju Expressway but nothing had been finalised as he would not sell for anything less than RM3 billion.
He was asked to comment on market talk of the UEM Group considering to buy Maju Expressway Sdn Bhd, which operates the Maju Expressway (MEX) that links Kuala Lumpur city centre with the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. A 16.8km extension to KLIA will further increase the value of MEX. The extension, known as MEX 2, is slated to cost RM1.7 billion to construct – with the engineering, procurement and construction sum of RM1.29 billion fixed under the contract.
Maju Expressway registered an after-tax profit of RM7.62 million on the back of RM105.57 million in revenue for its financial year ended Dec 31, 2015. It has a 33-year concession, which started in December 2004. - FMT

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