Why are developers delisting their firms?

Why are developers delisting their firms?

http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/...firms-20121213 NEWS ANALYSIS Why are developers delisting their firms? Heftier and heftier percentage premiums being offered to go private Published on Dec 13, 2012 By Goh Eng Yeow, Senior correspondent IN AUGUST 2010, MCL Land was taken private with an offer price which was 26 per cent higher than the closing price before the takeover bid was announced. Then, in the middle of last year, a company linked to Malaysian sugar king Robert Kuok bought out the minority shareholders of his Singapore-listed property vehicle Allgreen Properties at a 39 per cent premium to its then traded price. Now, Mr Simon Cheong, the chairman of upmarket property developer SC Global, is offering $1.80 apiece to take the rest of his company private. It works out to a whopping 49.4 per cent premium to the pre-takeover offer price. Of course, the usual old che...

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