First Rock Capital Holdings, the real estate owners and developers in January next year open their public share offering to the Jamaica capital market to raise up to US$18,487,465 in added capital.
The Company issued 166 million class A shares before commencing commercial operations in the first quarter of 2019, following the successful closure of its private placement in March 2019 that raised US$15.5 million.
The Initial Public Offer by First Rock is up to 106,083,332 Shares in two classes with Class A comprising 51,053,333 US$ Class A Ordinary Shares at 12 US cents each and 10.8 US cents for Reserved shares. Additionally, 55,029,999 Class B Ordinary shares are Jamaica dollar-denominated and priced similar to the class A share. The company reserves the right to upsize the offer by an additional 53,041,666 shares in the event of oversubscription.
The general public will be offered Shares of 16,250,000 Class A Ordinary shares, with 14,553,333 units reserved for Key Strategic Partners and 20,250,000 reserved for First Rock Affiliates. Of the 55,029,999 units of the Class B Ordinary shares, 37,916,666 are available for the general public, with 3,613,333 shares are reserved for subscription to Key Strategic Partners and 13,500,000 shares are reserved for subscription by First Rock Affiliates. Application to list on the JSE is dependent upon the Company’s raising at least $200 million or the US dollar equivalent.
The company owns properties in Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica and in the USA.
Opening Date January 13, next year and scheduled to close on January 31.
First Rock reported a loss from operations of US$203,648 before a US$374,301 forex gain to September resulted in a pretax profit of US$170,653.
The forecasted is for the profit of US$2,647,696 in 2020, US$4,653,992 in 2021 and US$6,614,802 in 2022 with income coming from rental and from 2021 includes revenues from the sale of units. The projections have annual inflows from foreign exchange gains and fair value increase in investment properties. While the fair value gains may well occur as forecasted, there is no certainty that there will be annual forex gains.
The company’s directors are, Dr. David Lowe, Douglas Halsall, York Page Seaton, Kisha Anderson, Norman Reid 8 Davis Avenue, Alton Morgan and Lisandra Rickards. Sagicor Investments are brokers to the issue.
Archives for December 2019
First Rock heads to market for US$18m
Falling TTSE stocks edge advancers
Declining stocks just edged out advancers at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday, pushing the market indices moderately up and ending with one stock trading at 52 weeks’ high and one at a 52 weeks’ low.
Trading ended with 17 securities changing hands, against 18 on Wednesday, with just four advancing, five declining while eight remained unchanged as 334,319 shares traded for $2,569,200, compared to 917,251 units for $8,126,649 on Wednesday.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index gained 1.09 points to close at 1,471.95. The All T&T Index gained 0.15 points to end at 1,838.46, while the Cross Listed Index rose 0.28 points to 149.83.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with the bids of seven stocks higher than their last selling prices and just one with a lower offer.
Gains| JMMB Group gained 1 cent and settled at 52 weeks’ high of $2.81, in completing trading of 42,120 shares, Massy Holdings added 45 cents and settled at $59.75, with an exchange of 1,185 units. Prestige Holdings increased 10 cents to $8.50, with 1,000 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank rose 15 cents and ended at $60, with 900 units crossing the exchange.
Losses| Guardian Media shares fell 30 cents and ended at a 52 weeks’ low $7.50, with investors exchanging 2,000 shares, National Flour share fell 1 cent and settled at $1.35, with 83,325 stock units trading, NCB Financial dropped 15 cents and settled at $11.35 after 43,993 stock units changed hands. West Indian Tobacco closed with a loss of 50 cents and ended at $42, with 1,778 units and Unilever Caribbean closed 40 cents down at $23, in trading 1,000 units.
Firm Trades|Clico Investment Fund completed trading at $27.25, with 3,750 units crossing the exchange, Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $35.50, after exchanging 2,820 shares, First Caribbean International Bank concluded trading of 118,600 units at $8. , First Citizens Bank closed at $44.75, with 4,463 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.98, swapping of 25 shares, Guardian Holdings completed trading at $21.50, with 1,120 units crossing the exchange, One Caribbean Media completed trading at $8.50, with investors exchanging 25,100 shares and Point Lisas settled at $3.55, with investors exchanging 1,140 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Falling TTSE stocks crush advancers
Declining stocks crushed advancers at the close of trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, on Wednesday, ending seven days of unbroken positive movement for the market and ending with one stock trading at 52 weeks’ high and one a 52 weeks’ low.
Trading ended with 18 securities changing hands, against 14 on Tuesday, with just three advancing, seven declining while eight remained unchanged as 917,251 shares were exchanged for $8,126,649, compared to 424,712 units for $5,733,529 on Tuesday.
At the close of the market, the Composite Index lost 11.47 points to end at 1,470.86. The All T&T Index shed 13.25 points to 1,838.31, while the Cross Listed Index declined 1.32 points to close at 149.55.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with the bids of five stocks higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund gained 25 cents and ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $27.25, with 69,180 stock units trading, First Citizens Bank rose 25 cents and settled at $44.75, with 2,685 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 50 cents trading 24,646 shares to close at $22.50.
Losses| Ansa McAl closed with a loss of 5 cents and completed trading of 100 shares at $50, Grace Kennedy lost 2 cents and settled at $3.98 while swapping of 250 shares, Guardian Holdings declined 50 cents to close $21.50, with 64 stock units changing hands. Massy Holdings closed 40 cents down and ended at $59.30, after exchanging 39 shares, One Caribbean Media shed 50 cents and concluded trading of 31,575 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.50. Scotiabank dropped 15 cents to close at $59.85, with 39 stock units trading and Unilever Caribbean declined by 9 cents and completed trading of 500 units at $23.40.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank settled at $35.50, with 28 units crossing the exchange, Endeavour Holdings traded 3,160 shares at $12.50, First Caribbean International Bank completed trading at $8, with 486,000 units, JMMB Group ended at $2.80, with 244,378 units crossing the exchange. National Flour exchanged 240 units at $1.36, NCB Financial closed at $11.50, with 52,035 units crossing the exchange, Republic Financial settled at $131, with 319 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco settled at $42.50, with 2,013 units crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those at which the last trade took place.
Seasons goodies from Palace
Palace is also offering Half Off Specials at all locations, for early and late shows, on Tuesday, December 24, with the exception of the movie Black Christmas.
Patrons at Sunshine Palace will enjoy late movies at approximately 11 pm this Saturday, December 21, Boxing Day, Thursday, December 26 and Saturday, December 28.
Black Christmas – A fight to the finish|Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by an unknown stalker. But the killer is about to discover that this generation’s young women aren’t willing to become hapless victims as they mount a fight to the finish.
Black Christmas is an American slasher film directed by Sophia Takal and written by Takal and April Wolfe. The film stars Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, and Cary Elwes.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – The final chapter will open in Digital 3D at all Palace cinemas on Friday.
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is an American epic space opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. It will be the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following The Force Awakens(2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), and the final episode of the nine-part “Skywalker saga”. The film’s ensemble cast includes Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Academy Award® winner Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac Anthony, DanielsNaomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Academy Award® nominee Richard E. Grant, Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid and Billy Dee Williams.