Left to right: Betamek Bhd independent non-executive chairman Ahmad Subri Abdullah, managing director Mirzan Mahathir, M&A Securities Sdn Bhd corporate finance managing director Datuk Bill Tan and head of corporate finance Gary Ting
KUALA LUMPUR: Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider Betamek Bhd
has signed an underwriting agreement with M&A Securities Sdn Bhd in conjunction with its listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia.
The initial public offering (IPO) entails a public issue of 67.5 million new shares in Betamek, representing 15% of the enlarged share capital, and an offer for the sale of 45 million existing shares to selected investors by way of a private placement.
Of the 67.5 million new shares, 22.5 million new shares will be made available to the public via balloting and 13.5 million new shares for its eligible directors, employees and persons who have contributed to the success of Betamek under pink form allocations. The remaining 31.5 million new shares are earmarked for private placement to selected investors.
“M&A Securities will underwrite a total of 36 million new shares made available to the Malaysian public and pink form allocations,” Betamek said in a statement.
Proceeds from the IPO will mainly be used to fund its research and development (R&D) activities for new product development and to further expand its R&D office space, raw material storage and ancillary facilities to cater to its growth, as well as for future R&D activities.
Part of the proceeds will also be used to acquire machinery and equipment for its existing factory in Rawang. Betamek targets to list on the ACE Market by October 2022.
Managing director Mirzan Mahathir said the signing of the agreement came at an opportune time as the company is set to benefit from the pent-up demand for new vehicles and the launch of new car models by its key automotive client.
“Our end-to-end EMS solutions for automotive makers enable us to support the automotive industry value chain as we undertake product design and development, prototyping, board assembly, electronics, mechanical assembly, testing, labelling, packaging and support services for automotive marques.
“We plan to expand our range of product offerings relating to automotive electronics for future automobile models and variants. This will allow us to capture a larger market share in the automotive EMS industry,” he added. — Bernama
