Frasers Hospitality Trust Is Being Taken Private: 5 Things Investors Need to Know

The Smart Investor2022-06-15

The hospitality trust has looked at various ways of realising value for unitholders before proposing this route.Over the last several years, several REITs have delisted either through mergers or ...

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ahhuattang
2022-06-23
ahhuattang
So do we hold or we can sell? Either way it's gonna be $0.70 right?
ahhuattang
2022-06-17
ahhuattang
So in any case, the shares will be 0.70 max right? Does it matter if I just sell when the stock reaches 0.70? No difference between this and holding right?
jyasu
2022-06-15
jyasu
Hmm
Aoyjai
2022-06-15
Aoyjai
As a holder, I accept the offer...(held since listing)
cwz
2022-06-15
cwz
Thoughts on this, anyone?

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Tough to grow DPS and NAVThe decision to privatise FHT was not taken lightly and came after a detailed strategic review was conducted in April 2022.The trust has attempted to grow its distribution per stapled security (DPS) and NAV since its IPO in July 2014 but has not been successful.FHT undertook three acquisitions in total – one in 2015 and two in 2016, and also conducted asset enhancement initiatives (AEI) worth S$61.3 million since IPO.The result was that the hospitality trust’s portfolio valuation has increased by 35% since its IPO, but both DPS and NAV have been on a downtrend.From its first full fiscal year in fiscal 2016 (FY2016) till FY2021, DPS has been on a steady decline from S$0.054 to S$0.01, in large part due to the COVID-19 pandemic.NAV has also been on a sustained downtrend from S$0.83 at IPO to S$0.648 as of FY2021.The main culprit was due to the strengthening of the Singapore dollar against FHT’s operating currencies such as the Australian dollar, British pound, Japanese yen, Malaysian ringgit and the Euro.3. An uncertain recovery for the hotel sectorDespite the reopening of borders and a surge in the number of travellers, the operating metrics for FHT’s assets remain significantly below pre-pandemic levels.The revenue per available room (RevPAR) for its various markets remains at depressed levels for the first half of fiscal 2022 (1H2022) compared with FY2019.Australia and Malaysia’s RevPAR are down more than 70% while Singapore’s is nearly half of its pre-pandemic level.Coupled with rising inflation and an impending sharp rise in interest rates, FHT will have to contend with higher operating and borrowing costs, further delaying its recovery.4. 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Does it matter if I just sell when the stock reaches 0.70? No difference between this and holding right?","listText":"So in any case, the shares will be 0.70 max right? Does it matter if I just sell when the stock reaches 0.70? No difference between this and holding right?","text":"So in any case, the shares will be 0.70 max right? Does it matter if I just sell when the stock reaches 0.70? No difference between this and holding right?","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9057399915","repostId":1140203840,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9055443893,"gmtCreate":1655305707812,"gmtModify":1676535609172,"author":{"id":"4091869921405850","authorId":"4091869921405850","name":"jyasu","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"4091869921405850","authorIdStr":"4091869921405850"},"htmlText":"Hmm","listText":"Hmm","text":"Hmm","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9055443893","repostId":1140203840,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9055568087,"gmtCreate":1655293684849,"gmtModify":1676535605734,"author":{"id":"3578371382142637","authorId":"3578371382142637","name":"Aoyjai","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/9dcf5c34602d2433f3133ca6c6fece6a","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3578371382142637","authorIdStr":"3578371382142637"},"htmlText":"As a holder, I accept the offer...(held&nbsp;since listing)","listText":"As a holder, I accept the offer...(held&nbsp;since listing)","text":"As a holder, I accept the offer...(held since listing)","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9055568087","repostId":1140203840,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9055511249,"gmtCreate":1655290330181,"gmtModify":1676535605303,"author":{"id":"3582705330645740","authorId":"3582705330645740","name":"cwz","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b7be4aec5a7e5cab13ac4d2f5ab89a64","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3582705330645740","authorIdStr":"3582705330645740"},"htmlText":"Thoughts on this, anyone?","listText":"Thoughts on this, anyone?","text":"Thoughts on this, anyone?","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9055511249","repostId":1140203840,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":16,"commentSize":5,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.1","shortVersion":"4.29.1","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/1140203840"}