- Crescendo has also proposed the establishment of an executive share option scheme of up to 10% of its share at any point in time within the five-year of its enforcement period.
KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): Crescendo Corp Bhd (KL:CRESNDO) has proposed the subdivision of every one of its shares into three shares to improve the trading liquidity of the property developer's shares.
As of July 3, the issued share capital of Crescendo was 280.46 million including 1.04 million treasury shares, the company bourse filing showed. Upon completion of the share split, the total number of issued shares will be enlarged to 841.39 million, the company said in a bourse filing on Monday.
Based on the last transacted market price of Crescendo share on July 3 of RM3.63, the theoretical adjusted reference share price per subdivided share upon the completion of share split will be RM1.21, the company said.
Crescendo has also proposed the establishment of an executive share option scheme of up to 10% of its share at any point in time within the five-year of its enforcement period.
The two proposals are expected to be completed by the second half of 2024, with UOB Kay Hian appointed as principal adviser.
Shares in Crescendo have gained by as much as RM1.33 or 55.63% since March 15, on the back of land disposals by the company in Pulai, Johor to data centre operators. The stock charted a historical high of RM3.95 on June 12. Year to date, the counter has gained RM1.28 or 52.24%.
At Monday’s close, the counter ended nine sen or 2.36% lower at RM3.73, valuing the company at RM1.04 billion.
Crescendo’s net profit for its first quarter ended April 30, 2024 rose by 22 times year-on-year to a record RM389.03 million, boosted by said land sales in Johor, totalling RM219 million. Revenue rocketed to RM527.28 million from RM58.34 million, driven by its property development and construction division.
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