Sembcorp Industries (SGX: U96) dominated the business headlines in Singapore last week. The utilities and marine engineering conglomerate announced on 8 June 2020 that it would be completely spinning off its marine engineering arm – Sembcorp Marine (SGX: S51) – through a complex deal.
As part of the deal, there will be an injection of capital into Sembcorp Marine via a rights issue. Prior to the announcement, Sembcorp Marine was already a listed company in Singapore’s stock market, but it had Sembcorp Industries as a majority shareholder.
I won’t be explaining the deal in detail because others have already done so. My friend Stanley Lim has created a great video describing the transaction for his investor education website Value Invest Asia. Meanwhile, another friend of mine, Sudhan P, has written a great piece on the topic for the personal finance online portal Seedly.
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