SGX rejects two attempts by Renaissance to issue new shares
THE Singapore Exchange
(SGX) has rejected Renaissance United's reworked application to issue shares at
a revised price of S$0.0011 per share that would have netted the firm about
S$1.4 million.
The company, the
former IPCO International and one of the counters linked to the penny stock
crash, had previously applied for two Malaysian private investors to subscribe
for 1.23 billion new shares in the company at about S$0.0009 each. The
subscription would have raised about S$1.1 million.
SGX rejected the first
application on the basis that "any issue of shares at or below the minimum
trading price of S$0.001 would artificially inflate the company's market
capitalisation", Renaissance said in its Thursday exchange filing.
The revised issue
price had not addressed concerns about the possible artificial inflation of the
company's market value, SGX told the company in a letter on Oct 1.
SGX noted that
Renaissance's shares have been trading at the minimum trading price of S$0.001
or S$0.002, which is one tick above the minimum trading price. A one-tick price
movement can cause the company's market cap to double and increase by more than
S$6 million based on its roughly 6.2 billion shares as at July 31, SGX said.
Watch-listed Renaissance
said it will continue to seek guidance from SGX on resolving its specific
concern "as in the company's view, whether it is fund raising or not, a
one-tick increase in its current share price will also result in a similar
doubling of its current market capitalisation."
"The company
remains committed to an equity raising and is currently exploring all options
in relation to its fundraising efforts in order to continue with resolving
legacy issues and forging a new direction forward for the company and its
shareholders," it added.
Renaissance had said
it would use the funds from the share subscription for general working capital
purposes and to "strengthen the group's financial position and flexibility
to capitalise on growth opportunities".
The mainboard-listed
firm's shares closed unchanged at S$0.002 on Friday.
Ng Ren Jye
05 October 2019
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