Category: Companies
Mandatory offer by Brown to purchase Eden Hotels expires
Jul 26, 2016 (LBO) – The mandatory offer made by Browns Hotels and resorts to purchase all the remaining ordinary shares of Eden Hotel Lanka has expired as of 22 July 2016, a statement said. The Colombo Stock Exchange said in a filing that further to the mandatory offer made by Brown Hotels and Resorts to […]
Sri Lanka to accelerate issue of licenses for micro finance
July 25, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Management has decided to accelerate the license issuing process for Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs). Though the recently passed Micro Finance Act gives a grace period for NGO’s to obtain a license, the committee has decided to issue licenses well before the grace period lapses. […]
Sri Lanka’s LAUGFS to resume LPG purchases from Iran
July 25, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s listed LAUGFS Holdings says the company is planning to resume import of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Iran. Speaking to Iran’s petroenergy information network on the sidelines of a Ministerial meeting between two countries oil Ministers, LAUGFS Managing Director W.K.H. Wegapitiya has expressed satisfaction over the removal of […]
Sri Lanka’s NDB cancels EGM on concerns over required votes
July 25, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s National Development Bank has cancelled its scheduled extraordinary general meeting on fears that it may not obtain the required number of votes at the meeting. The scheduled EGM was convened by the Directors of NDB for the purpose of obtaining approval of the shareholders to amend Articles 36 […]
”s Holcim for USD400 Mln
July 25, 2016 (LBO) – Thailand’s Siam City Cement Public Company Limited will proceed with an acquisition of 98.95 percent shares in Holcim (Lanka) Limited, including its subsidiaries from cement giant LafargeHolcim. LafargeHolcim said in a statement that the enterprise value of sale was 400 million dollars. In a Thailand Stock Exchange filing, Siam City […]
Sri Lanka Mackwoods Chairman responds to SEC’s directive
July 23, 2016 (LBO) – Chairman of Mackwoods Plantations Pvt Ltd, Dr Chrishantha Nonis, says the sale of 60.8 percent shares of Agalawatte Plantations PLC was carried out with due authorization and instructions being issued to the stock broker. On 14th of July, Browns Power Holdings (Private) Limited purchased 15,200,000 ordinary shares, or 60.3 percent, […]
Access Engineering net up 5.1 pct, IPO for SML Frontier planned
July 22, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Access Engineering said group net profits grew 5.1 percent to 2.46 billion rupees in the year to March 2016, with the civil engineering firm facing a slow down in the global and local economy. The company showed a better performance with a 19.1 percent growth in net profits […]
Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Cold Stores net up 56-pct in June quarter
July 22, 2016 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Cold Stores, which has interests in consumer goods and retailing, surged 56 percent to 855 million rupees in the June 2016 quarter from a year earlier as revenues rose 30 percent. Ceylon Cold Stores is a top producer of carbonated drinks, ice cream and has […]
‘s Amana Takaful Life Rs75 Mln IPO oversubscribed
July 22, 2016 (LBO) – The Initial Public Offering of Amana Takaful Life Limited via an offer for sale of 75 million rupees was oversubscribed on its opening day Thursday. The company offered 50 million ordinary voting shares at 1.50 rupees per share on the Diri Savi Board of the Colombo Stock Exchange, which represents […]
Malaysia Deputy PM to launch USD30mn lubricant plant in SL
July 21, 2016 (LBO) – Malaysia’s Deputy Premier Ahmed Zahid Hamidi is to visit Sri Lanka today to initiate the ground breaking ceremony of Hyrax Oil Sdn Bhd Lubricants’ proposed lubricant blending plant which will be setup in Muthurajawela. Hyrax Oil will invest 30 million US dollars to establish a four-million-litres-per-month lubricant blending plant in […]
SEC blocks sale of Agalawatte Plantation shares in directive
July 20, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a directive to Claridge Stockbrokers says the sales proceeds of 304 million rupees for 15.2 million shares of Agalawatte Plantations must be withheld pending an investigation. Nirmalie Samaratunga and M. J. Varma had complained to the SEC that 60.8 percent of the […]
‘s progress on commitments important for GSP+, euro 210 mn grants: EU
July 20, 2016 (LBO) – European Union has drawn the attention of Sri Lankan officials to the importance of continued positive progress in fulfilling Sri Lanka’s commitments in parallel to obtaining GSP+. At the 20th European Union-Sri Lanka Joint Commission meeting which took place in Brussels on 19 July 2016, the representatives of EU welcomed […]