On 30 December 2011, GlobalCapital plc issued a company announcement to update the market on developments with respect to the financial position of the company and its capital requirements since the publication of the Interim Directors’ Statement on 15 November. In the Interim Statement, GlobalCapital had explained that its Board of Directors was actively monitoring [...]
On 28 December, Melita Capital plc announced that it has set-up a sinking fund in terms of the bond Prospectus dated 4 September 2009. By the maturity of the bonds on 30 September 2016, the sinking fund is expected to amount to 50% of the total amount of outstanding bonds amounting to €25.9 million. In [...]
On 28 December HSBC Bank Malta plc issued a company announcement stating that the Bank agreed to sell its card acquiring business for €11.08 million to HSBC Merchant Services Ltd (Global) which is a Maltese subsidiary of Global Payments Inc. HSBC explained that the new subsidiary of Global Payments Inc will be its preferred strategic [...]
On 14 December 2011, GAP Developments plc announced that during the month of November it repurchased €64,066 (nom) of its 7% Secured bonds 2011-2013 as permitted in the Prospectus dated 21 March 2007. The Company explained that these bonds were repurchased from bondholders and subsequently cancelled. Following this buy back, the total amount of outstanding [...]
On 14 December, GO plc issued an announcement making reference to the Extraordinary General Meeting being held on 15 December by Forthnet S.A. in which GO plc has an indirect investment through Forgendo Ltd. The latter, the largest shareholder in Forthnet with a 41.27% stake, is a joint venture between GO plc and its parent [...]
On 7 December, United Finance plc announced that it repurchased €174,000 (nominal) of its 6.75% Bonds maturing between 2014 and 2016. The acquired bonds will be cancelled thereby reducing the outstanding amount to €11,826,000 (nominal).
On 6 December, the Treasury published the statistics with respect to the first MGS Switch Auction comprising the voluntary exchange of the 5.7% MGS 2012 (III) into the new 4.3% MGS 2016 (IV). The Treasury received 21 bids to exchange a total of €214.9 million (nominal) of the 5.7% MGS 2012 (III). The Treasury accepted [...]
On 5 December, Malta International Airport plc published the November 2011 traffic results. The statistics reveal a 0.9% increase in passenger movements to 204,503 when compared to the same month last year. MIA explained that this increase was achieved despite an 8.8% decline in seat capacity to 269,352 seats. In fact, the average seat load [...]
Following the announcement of the 28 November regarding the launch of the first operation under the 3-year MGS Switch Auction Programme, on 2 December the Treasury announced the fixed clean price for the 5.7% MGS 2012 (III) at 103%. Further details on the Switch Auction are available here.
On 2 December 2011 the Malta Stock Exchange announced the listing of the retail tranches of the two new fixed rate Malta Government Stocks which were recently offered on the primary market, namely: i) €16.1 million (nom) 4.25% MGS 2017 (III) FIB R ii) €118 million (nom) 5.2% MGS 2031 (I) R. These two stocks [...]