Vietnam Airlines fixes shareholders list before UPCom listing
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has asked its shareholders to register their ownership by the end of this month to serve its trading registration on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM), which is expected in December.
The state-owned airline will list nearly 1.23 billion shares with the face value of VND10,000 per share, equivalent to charter capital of VND12.3 trillion (US$549 million), on the UPCoM under the stock code of HVN.
The specific date of debut has been unclear but the company expects it in December, it said in a recent filing to VSD.
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Vietnam Airlines made its public offering (IPO) in late November 2014 which raised US$51 million via a sale of 3.47% of its capital.
In July this year, the State sold nearly 8.8% equity to Japan’s ANA Holdings for US$109 million, equivalent to nearly VND22,600 per share.
Under its restructuring plan, the aviation company is looking to cut the State stake from the current 86.16% to 75% and eventually 65%.
It reported consolidated revenues of over VND36 trillion (US$1.6 billion) and pre-tax profit of VND1.6 trillion in the first half of this year, completing nearly 70% of the target set for the whole year.
Vietnam Airlines is now among the world’s leading four- to five-star carriers and been recognized as one of the world’s top three most improved airlines last year by UK-based airline review organisation Skytrax.
Shares of Vietnam Airlines are being traded on the Over The Counter (OTC) market for around VND28,000 per share in recent days. At this rate, the airline’s market value reaches VND34.37 trillion (US$1.53 billion).
A number of big corporations have recently buoyed the market by listing shares on the UPCoM, including Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) with over 2 billion shares debuted on the UPCoM yesterday, being the biggest listed stock here for market value of VND76.2 trillion (US$3.4 billion) at the November 21 price of VND35,000 per share.
UPCoM, which went live in June 2010, is a market for unlisted or delisted public companies under the management of the Hanoi Stock Exchange. It now has over 360 stocks with a total market capitalisation of around VND170 trillion (US$7.6 billion).
