Mr David Gerald of SIAS said that all questions will be answered.
The a/m (pigeonhole.at) is the only way to ask questions and >100 questions were asked vz internet. Mr David Gerald didn't allow any verbal questions and verbal clarifications were also not allowed. No microphone was available to the audience.
Lucky I managed to select all and copy the whole list at the end of the session, so questions remaining unanswered can be answered on Hyflux website as Mr David Gerald says that they would:
Hyflux Dialogue Session
Enter your question here...
Will the latestfinancial statement ready before voting for the scheme?
Is there a need to consider restructuring the perpetual instruments as there is no legal obligation for Hyflux to redeem them. Has it been considered to just continue paying the contractual interest?
Have Hyflux approached the govrnment for help in view of the strategic asset? If yes, what was their response?
Why does OL not injecting capital into hyflux? Why did she not taking any paycut like what other restructuring company did?
When will the restructuring plan be ready, given that so much time has been given?
In the worst case scenario of liquidation, how much can we expect to get back? 0? 20%? 50%?
Will you be paying the interest for the perpetual securities in May this year?
Hyflux 2016 financial statements were released in Mar18 and 2 months later called for court protection. Why was there no indication of cash flow issues in mar18 and we need EY to point it out ??
Why Hyflux bring in a white knight, as they are actually a dark knight in restructuring as bond and shareholders will be severely diluted. Why not restructure by debt extension like Ezion?
How can we trust that EY is acting independently and that there are no conflict of interest because they are also the auditors of salim and medco listed companies. Will they be biase to their clients?
Is it true that we will only get 5% back? If this is the case, we would prefer to have it liquidated.
As holder of the Perpetual Bonds, are we supposed to consider the defaulted bond payments as writeoffs or will Hyflux pay back when it has recovered?
Why Hyflux issue 500 m PCS in 2016 to retail investors when you all fully aware that Hyflux is in serious troble then? Why not offer right issue then? Major share holders lost faith in hyflux
In the event of converting all bonds, notes and preferential shares to the ordinary shares, what would be the formulas used to determine the fair values before and after the conversion?
What special demands will the Indonesian strategic investors place on Hyflux?
400m injection, 200m for working capital, 200m to kill all 2b of claims from creditors. Each one gets 10% of principal back. SMI gets 60% of hyflux.Mr Gerald,should creditors not push for liquidation?
What is the tangible plan to get back to profitability so that all stakeholders get back their investments without taking a haircut?
Without the sale of TuasSpring, how are to repay the loan to Maybank
Why Hyflux was able to pay dividend when the co was already in difficulty?
1. With entry of Indonesia Investors, is Hyflux continuing to operate and give dividends ? 2. When is Hyflux planning to start trading?3 3. What can we expect as Preference Share holders?
If SALIM GP is so great, shouldn't perps and pref holders get 100% of their investment back? Isn't Temasek and GIC worth more than Salim GP? Why has the Singapore Government betrayed us to foreigners?
Why take so long? how long more will our money been locked?
Is the new investor willing to take on all financial obligations of Hyflux, especially those to the retail investors (ie pref shares, etc)?
Read from the news, the management get 10% equity after restructuring. Can you clarify and explain why you deserve the 10% equity.
Why is the book value at 1.3 billion and yet market is willing to pay only around 500 million or less...? Is there negligence by the board or auditors and the value was inflated ?
OL and her BOD has to claw back their pay and stop their pay...ezion founder lumped in 100 million own money ...what has OL done ??
Why has the company not revised the book values of Tuaspring and your other assets earlier? Based on the news reports, the offer price for Tuaspring is way below book.
What is the most beneficial option proposed currently now for CPS Holders?
It was mentioned that Salim's deal requires approval of NEA, PUB and EMA. Have they approved ?
water is strategic, if all options failed to prop up the cash flow for hyflux’s survival n save PPS, BOD shud seek Govt intervention as we can now see the majority attendees are pretty much grey hai
Regarding the steering committee, has one been formed? Who is on this committee? What are their credentials? Are all stakeholders (creditors / shareholders etc) represented?
Previous Townhall promised committee to be formed to represent the CPS and Pref holder. It was mentioned legal advise will be provided, what happened to it?
Why take so long for the restructuring plan to activate now white knight Salim Group on board to pay back all the perpectual investors???
Given 2 missed coupon payments for the PCS in 2018 & 3rd payment due April 19, when will Hyflux pay in view these payments are cumulative ? How about redemption for the PCS?
OL, you said you now have zero share, what impact can you help your investors with the new management?
May 2018 coupon was declared & yet it was not even paid out. Doesn't it trigger a default? Least Hyflux mgmt can do is to honour it and make declared payout as the most of us need this to survive
David had mentioned, water is strategic and precious to spore investment. Why the govt never put in a lending hand.
Olivia said in last mtg that reason for poor valuation of Tuas Spring is because Singapore government gave instructions to prepare for 8million population. Shouldn't GIC/ Temasek do bailout of sorts?
how can we be assured we will be treated fairly under any debt for equity swap such that there will not be any buy out from salim before the share price recovers ?
Why is the TS sales agreement with Maybank keep on extending every month when Salim has no intention to sell it?
Is management prepared to sacrifice to ensure survival of company and what sacrifices are being made moving forward?
When will tuas spring start making profits. At what electricity price per kwh will tuaspring be profitable
why should we give 3% of new hylfux to management when they are the one brought the company down?
Why allow Indonesian to control Hyflux but pub forbid to sell to many parties ?
Could restructuring considering to pay back (prefer. And prepentual shareholders’ principal in 10yrs, without interests... 10% every year...
Hardly 2 payouts on the perps, yet facing financial strains, y then issued the perps for 6% to attract investors? Wud hv been responsible n more forthcoming when peeps were offered, did SGX not know
Please, what is the point of restructuring when shareholders are the losers? How can the board assure that shareholders interest is being taken care?
Preference share was due for redemption on 2018.Why was nothing done to raise money to ensure that the preference shares be redeemed?This partly result in drop of confidence from banks and investors.
EY said that Hyflux is not a viable business but Olivia said hyflux has a viable business. Who is deceiving us?
Does SMI foresee any regulatory hurdles in acquiring Tuas Spring ( as a condition for the investment) given that it is a strategic national asset and investors need to be pre-cleared by the SG govt?
Will there be asset injections into Hyflux by the new consortium after take over.
What constitutes the Contingent liabilities? Why almost $1b?
Was SMI the only strategic investor asking for all these outstanding liabilities to be written off?
Is there any chance at all to restructure our perpetual securities into new bond like securities and NOT equity?
After the restructuring, will the accrued interest unpaid be paid in full?
Please share with us what is the bidding price of tuas Spring as compared to the $400million from SMI Group. Wouldn't it be better if we just sold off Tuas Spring
How is it that the financials of a reputable company deteriorate so drastically within 2-3 months? What were the measures of disclosure and financial oversight from Hyflux?
Understand restructuring plan had been shared with financial creditors & MTN holders.They would have info of the complete plan for all stakeholders.Why is the board not ready to share plan with us?
Does SMI’s $530M equity injection mean that Hyflux is no longer exploring the separate sale of TuasOne? Is the retention of TuasOne a key condition for SMI coming in as a white knight?
For the voting of the restructuring proposal, are all conflicted person(e.g. Ms Olivia) excluded from being able to vote.
Without providing us with the full and audited financial report, how did EY derive the return from the liquidation scenario?
Why hyflux does not want government to bail out when it is in such a bad shape?
From the book value, it appears that Salim Group’s offer is very low. Can the offer be improved?
Whats the long term plan for tuaspring since it is still losing money? Even after restructuring it will still lose 50million p.a. When will the take or pay gas contract end?
can we just move on to QnA?
How is the dividend payout going forward?
What will be the worst case for us securities holders?
this will not be the last Town Hall for Hyflux. will you consider setting up the coffee n biscuits outside at the lobby rather than in the auditorium, so that attendees can drink while waiting.
Since the restructuring has been shared with various stakeholders for their inputs, why don't you take the opportunity to share with us here for our feedback?
How are we going to assess the merits of the Scheme if we do not have Hyflux’s recent financials?
Have Hyflux approach GIC or Temasek as investor?
Salim taking over more than 60% of the shareholdings. It appears that they have to do a GO.Would that complicate the restructuring?
if SMI takeover is successful, what will perpetual bondholders get?
As of now, what is the indicative % on the dollar we can recover with this consolidation
Can we demand Hyflux to.be shut down so that Maybank loan 700 mil can be writeoff? Then demand G to.compensate the 34000 retail.prep holders thru the profit of running TS and other assets if.any
On hindsight, did court protection really help ? How badly has Hyflux financials deterioriated since court protection was applied. Would it be better to just liquidate ?
Should all CAPITAL be repaid first: e.g. Maybank should not be paid INTEREST until perps and pref securities have received their capital back? (Interest unpaid only repaid after Capital repaid).
How much additional money is Salim prepared to put into hyflux if the reorganization is successful?
When the Salim deal was announced, why did Ms Olivia Lum say it is a happy day and the problem is just a flu ? Why try to writeoff the debts ? Is Salim a white shark instead of white knight ?
Please let us know how long the process will be? 1 year, 2 years.... ?
Do not confuse fixed income instrument investors with equity shareholders. Those who buy fixed income instruments are after the fixed and certain interest payments. They do not want any equity risks.
Since it was just mentioned that water is critic to our country, does the Government advise how the going forward to be?
Why provision was not provided when Hyflux was unable to sell WTE? If adequate provision was provided, Hyflux will not be able to pay out the last dividend
Has the opportunity cost of holding on to the asset for so long be considered.
Maybe the company can consider to pay the dividend by issuing original share for a period of time if having cash flow issues?
Hyflux was following Singapore govt instructions to prepare for 8.0 million population and industrial expansion. Can SG gurantee the debts of Hyflux and buy Hyflux vz a GLC, sovereign wealth fund etc?
Olivia Lum, Mr Gerald has openly asked for you to step down as Chairman. Will you do so?
How does a single project that dragged Hyflux into this stage where almost all of the 2.9bil unsecured holders and creditors are wiped out if liquidated?
The sale of TuasSpring is critical to securities & note holders getting a good deal. Is Hyflux still exploring the sale of TuasSpring?
What if note holder vote against the restructuring as they are not interested in conversion to shares but shareholder vote for?
Note holders are looking for stability not shares, can we have an option to not convert but get only money value.
Any indication what percentage of amount invested by pref shares holder we would expect to get back, either cash, shares or combination of both?
Just because you are not in the driving seat anymore OL abandons the company?
How can a value be agreed on the equity with Salim before debt holders have been consulted. Based on the numbers there is no value for perpetual holders which should mean NO VALUE for equity
Salim group business in Indo Agri is making big losses. Share price drop by half from a year ago... so what makes them so confident to take over and create value for the investors???
The best case liquidation amount presented is only 100+million Vs an original asset price of only tuasspring 900+ million without even considering other assets. How can this be correct?
What will be Ms Lum’s role post-restructuring? Will she continue to lead the company? Will she have a stake in the outcome?
Salim group talk so much. Inside their plan, what do perpetual securities and pref share holders get? Pls QUICKLY COME TO THIS PART OF YOUR PLAN !
Hyfluxshop has to return the 20 million loan to Hyflux .....what has OL done ?
Did the Board aware that the company was in such a situation or was it not report when the board meet during the monthly meeting?
no point showing us liquidation scenario when there’s no restructuring scenario for comparison.
What is the time span to turnaround the company when when dividend will be paid.
How is the company doing for last one since Hyflux taken backstep? What is the extent of loss in the last one year?
Most if not all are interested what shareholders will be entitled to? Please give us some views on that....
are we really a security asset? we owe money to Malaysian Bank. and our "White Knight" is Indonesian Investor.
SMI took over with 60% investment , why don’t they bailout pers & pref investors? , return all our investments back with dividends? Like Genting shares.
The new investors will inject $530m, $400m to be shared among creditors & $130m to pay off shareholders loan. Who is this shareholder and why does this shareholders loan rank higher?
Why did Hyflux enter into water retailing in Elo Water in the first place? Was that synergistic in the first place. May we know what was the impairment charge when the business was exited?
The CFO revealed that before the moratorium, the negotiations are around the book value , and now it isn't . Is it due to the voluntary moratorium? This has caused investors to lose money
How fast can liquidation be if all vote for it
Will Singapore government approve Salim group as investor?
What are the legal liabilities of the current board on this business "failure"?
S&M company talks about the biz plan to reorg Hyflux but there is no time line? How long will it take?
PwC already hinted at debt-free restructrured Hyflux but Salim group is investing $400+mil only. Priority is given to secured debt holders also so can I presume note holders will get close to nothing?
When will the trading suspension be lifted? I think the duration is already long enough for us to make informed decisions.
Does Hyflux honour the last interest which was approved and posted on SGX prior to suspension of PCS?
WHat are the advisors and bod ldoing to ensure that all stakeholders are being treated fairly w/o any group being favored over others? What reassurance that pref s/holders will be treated fairly?
ASL marine BOD pumped in 16 million to subscribe to their own rights...what has OL done ?
Nam Cheong chairman lumped in 30 million to help his company ..what has OL done?
Can we stop paying interest to Maybank given that the CAPITAL of perp and pref is threatened and there is court injunction to allow restructuring etc.
OL, you mentioned that SMI will be able to take Hyflux to new heights. What is the projected value as compared to the present- say short term (1 yr) vs long term ( 5 years)?
Ms OL , Please be transparent, when we bot NCPS in year 2016 , Hyflux still have investment in China and Middle East etc. why you sell one by one foreign investment with heavy loss?
With $400m injection to take over 60% of Hyflux shares minus any debt liability, am I right that the company is valued at abt $700m minus the liability. Appear low. Can seek time ext for better deal?
Why has the SG gov betrayed us to this Indonesia company. Hyflux acted based on SG govt INSTRUCTIONS to cater to 8 million population. Shouldn't Temasek,GIC buy out and run Hyflux as it's subsidiary?
For the voting of the restructuring, what is the % required for the restructuring to be carried out? 50%? 70%?
What is the time horizon SMI projects that Hyflux will be profitable and attractive to investors again?
When can we get the money on the cash component for PCS?
Is there still plan to sell Tuas Spring?
What does it mean when salim owes 60% of hyflux.
What is the share value of Salim-MEDCO in the market?
When can we expect your answers to the numerous questions here?
fLet's move on from history of company to tell us when will the coupon be paid out and when can we get back our principal? the mgmt does not demonstrate any integrity and transparency throughout
Keeping Tuaspring but still paying interest to MAybank, assume the restructuring go through will the new equity holders required to invest (e.g. Right issues) to fund the new Hyflux ?
What is current net asset value of Hyflux? Based on $400m for 60%, is it about $667m? How is this arrived?
In order for the restructure to be successful, the offer to the NCPS and Perpetual Shares has to be attractive enough, what is your take?