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REGIONAL DAILY April 6, 2015 IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIRED RESEARCH CERTIFICATIONS, ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS REPORT. Compiled as @: 4/6/2015 1:18:58 AM ASIA PACIFIC Asia Pacific Daily 6 April 2015 | AM Edition Equity Research Reports… Regional/ASEAN/Asia Pacific Plantations (NEUTRAL) - Funding for biodiesel subsidies | P2 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— China/Hong Kong China Mengniu Dairy (ADD, tp:HK$44.30) - NDR takeaways | P3 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Malaysia Hartalega Holdings (HOLD, tp:RM8.23) - Higher expenses ahead | P4 RHB Capital Bhd (ADD, tp:RM10.50) - Restructuring for tax efficiency | P5 Banks (UNDERWEIGHT) - A rush for liquidity | P6 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Singapore Nam Cheong (HOLD, tp:S$0.32) - Reality bites II | P7 Showcasing CIMB Research Research Ideas CHN: Banks 31/03 Trade lower earnings for a cleaner bal. sheet >PDF ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— TW: Pegatron 23/03 Don’t rush to sell >PDF ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— THB: Bangkok Dusit Med Service 16/03 A grand vision >PDF ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— HKG: Environmental 15/03 Bright future >PDF HKG: Bank of China 11/03 Closing the valuation gap >PDF Reg. Equity Research Contacts ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Chris HUNT Regional Head of Research T: (852) 2539 1315 E: [email protected] Show Style "View Doc Map" Page 1

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  • REGIONAL DAILY

    April 6, 2015

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIRED RESEARCH CERTIFICATIONS, ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS REPORT.

    Compiled as @: 4/6/2015 1:18:58 AM

    ASIA PACIFIC

    Asia Pacific Daily 6 April 2015 | AM Edition

    Equity Research Reports

    Regional/ASEAN/Asia Pacific Plantations (NEUTRAL) - Funding for biodiesel subsidies | P2

    China/Hong Kong China Mengniu Dairy (ADD, tp:HK$44.30) - NDR takeaways | P3

    Malaysia Hartalega Holdings (HOLD, tp:RM8.23) - Higher expenses ahead | P4 RHB Capital Bhd (ADD, tp:RM10.50) - Restructuring for tax efficiency | P5 Banks (UNDERWEIGHT) - A rush for liquidity | P6

    Singapore Nam Cheong (HOLD, tp:S$0.32) - Reality bites II | P7

    Sources: CIMB. COMPANY REPORTS

    Showcasing CIMB Research

    Research Ideas CHN: Banks 31/03

    Trade lower earnings for a cleaner bal. sheet >PDF

    TW: Pegatron 23/03 Dont rush to sell >PDF

    THB: Bangkok Dusit Med Service 16/03 A grand vision >PDF

    HKG: Environmental 15/03 Bright future >PDF

    HKG: Bank of China 11/03 Closing the valuation gap >PDF

    Reg. Equity Research Contacts

    Chris HUNT Regional Head of Research T: (852) 2539 1315 E: [email protected]

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  • CommoditiesPlantations

    April 5, 2015

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIRED RESEARCH CERTIFICATIONS, ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS REPORT. Designed by Eight, Powered by EFA

    ASEAN PLANTATIONS

    SECTOR FLASH NOTE

    Funding for biodiesel subsidies Indonesia is reportedly planning to impose levies of US$50/tonne and US$30/tonne on exports of CPO and processed palm oil, respectively, to fund the biodiesel mandates, as early as this month. We estimate this will provide the government with around US$885m in revenue and could potentially subsidise 2.5m tonnes of biodiesel at Rp4,000 per litre. Our assessment is that such a move would be slightly positive for downstream producers due to the tax gap between refined and CPO products in the short-term, but it would be negative for upstream producers as it could lower the current CPO price in Indonesia. However, this could be offset by medium-term gains from higher CPO prices for planters if the move boosts biodiesel usage significantly. Maintain Neutral. First Res, AALI and SIMP are our top picks.

    What Happened According to a Bloomberg report, Indonesia will impose export levies to fund biodiesel subsidies, replanting, research and development. Shippers will pay a levy of US$50 per tonne for crude palm oil and US$30 per tonne for processed palm oil starting this month, coordinating minister for economic affairs Sofyan Djalil was quoted as saying. The government will keep the threshold for applications of a separate export tax at US$750 per tonne, he added (see Fig 1). He also said that the fund will be used to compensate the price difference between regular diesel and biodiesel. On top of this, it will also be used to help replanting, research and development and human resources development, related to palm oil industry. The levy will be paid even when the export tax is zero and will be taken from export tax proceeds when prices are above US$750 per tonne.

    What We Think The news is not a surprise as we flagged this potential move in our earlier note. We gather from sources that this will be implemented soon and the proceeds from this tax will be used partially to fund a biodiesel subsidy. We believe this proposed tax levy, which will be applied when CPO export tax is zero, will ensure the Indonesian government receives a more stable tax revenue from the planters to fund the biodiesel mandates. Our rough calculation suggests the Indonesian government could potentially collect US$885m from the tax levy per annum. This is based on the assumptions that (1) Indonesia exports around 72% of its 2015 projected palm output of 32.5m tonnes; and (2) 40% of its palm exports are CPO and 60% processed palm products. We estimate this will be able to fund around 2.5m tonnes of biodiesel at Rp4,000 per litre. (Fig 3) We view this move to be short-term negative for the pure upstream palm oil players (CPO price in Indonesia could trade at as much as US$50 per tonne or 8% below the current CPO price of US$625 per tonne) and slight positive for downstream players (enjoy a wider processing margin due to the tax levy differential between processed palm products and CPO of US$20 per tonne). We maintain our view that if this move is successful in boosting biodiesel demand and palm oil usage in Indonesia due to the more attractive feedstock prices, the palm oil producers could, in time, benefit from stronger CPO prices.

    What You Should Do Our current CPO price assumptions for Indonesian planters, which already include relevant export tax rates for Indonesia, are unlikely to be affected by this move. However, the potential tax levy may negatively impact current CPO prices in Indonesia, which is currently at zero export tax. We plan to review our CPO price assumptions to incorporate this development soon.

    Sources: CIMB. COMPANY REPORTS

    CIMB Analyst(s)

    Ivy NG Lee Fang, CFA T (60) 3 2261 9073 E [email protected]

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  • Food & BeveragesHong Kong

    April 3, 2015

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIRED RESEARCH CERTIFICATIONS, ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS REPORT. Designed by Eight, Powered by EFA

    NDR takeaways Early in the week, we took Mengnius management on a non-deal roadshow (NDR) in Singapore. We expect Mengnius volume growth to improve in FY15, and that it will continue to benefit from margin expansion. We maintain our DCF-based target price of HKD44.3 and Add rating in view of its new product launches and the reducing raw milk costs.

    What Happened During Mengnius NDR, management revealed that increasing promotions for its basic UHT milk and new products are drivers for volume growth in FY15. It expects volume growth to recover back to 5% yoy in FY15, and that a mix upgrade will lead to 4-5% ASP improvement. Mengniu launched its own brand of imported UHT milk (from Denmark and New Zealand) and cereal UHT milk in Nov 2014, and room temperature kids yoghurt early this year. It plans to launch more chilled yoghurt products this year, leveraging on Danones R&D capability. Its yoghurt segment achieved 36.7% yoy sales growth in FY14. Excluding the Rmb200m sales contribution from Danone yoghurt (only consolidated for 2H14), the yoghurt segment achieved organic sales growth of 33%. Management targets 20-25% yoy yoghurt sales growth in FY15. UHT sales rose 7.5% yoy in FY14, and management expects mid to high single-digit growth in FY15. Milk beverage sales growth slowed to 7.0% yoy in 2H14, from 23.1% yoy in 1H14, mainly due to the maturity of Suan Suan Ru. Mengniu has upgraded the packing of Suan Suan Ru and expects milk beverage sales growth to be in a high single-digit in FY15. It had cut 80 underperforming ice cream SKUs in FY14, leading to 10.2% sales drop in that segment. In FY15, it will launch new ice cream products and targets positive growth for the year.

    What We Think Mengniu will use up imported milk powder in 1Q15, but domestic milk powder made from extra raw milk will only be used up by 3Q/4Q15. Management expects raw milk cost reduction of 2-3% yoy in FY15. We expect overall GPM (incl. Yashili) to expand by 0.7% pts yoy to 30.3% in FY15, driven by the 3% raw milk price reduction and 4.2% ASP increase. Star and opportunity brands with higher GPM contributed 39.7% to total sales in FY14, and Mengniu targets to drive this ratio up to 45% over the next three years.

    What You Should Do Mengniu posted low single-digit volume growth in 1Q15. Management has yet to see a strong dairy demand recovery. As the company will continue its promotions to drive up volume growth, we now expect distribution expenses ratio to rise by 0.3% pts to 21.4% in FY15, and OPM to rise by 0.6% pts to 5.9%.

    CIMB Analyst(s)

    Lei YANG, CFA T (86) 21 5047 1771 x108 E [email protected]

    Nora MIN T (86) 21 5047 1771 x109 E [email protected]

    Share price info

    Share price perf. (%) 1M 3M 12M

    Relative 13.5 19.2 -10.9

    Absolute 15.1 25.1 1.3

    Major shareholders % held

    COFCO 16.3 Danone 9.9 Arla 5.3

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    China Mengniu Dairy FLASH NOTE

    2319 HK / 2319.HK Current HK$40.10

    Market Cap Avg Daily Turnover Free Float Target HK$44.30

    US$10,136m US$23.69m 68.7% Prev. Target HK$44.30 HK$78,581m HK$183.7m 1,957 m shares Up/Downside 10.5%

    Conviction| |

    Sources: CIMB. COMPANY REPORTS

    62.0

    74.5

    87.0

    99.5

    26.0

    31.0

    36.0

    41.0

    Price Close Relative to HSI (RHS)

    Source: Bloomberg

    510152025

    Apr-14 Jul-14 Oct-14 Jan-15

    Vol m

    Financial Summary

    Dec-13A Dec-14A Dec-15F Dec-16F Dec-17F

    Revenue (Rmbm) 43,357 50,049 54,560 60,132 64,985Operating EBITDA (Rmbm) 3,054 4,566 5,837 6,723 7,497Net Profit (Rmbm) 1,631 2,351 2,804 3,322 3,859Core EPS (Rmb) 0.88 1.20 1.43 1.70 1.97Core EPS Growth 19.8% 36.3% 19.1% 18.5% 16.2%FD Core P/E (x) 36.32 26.65 22.37 18.89 16.26DPS (Rmb) 0.20 0.28 0.33 0.40 0.46Dividend Yield 0.62% 0.87% 1.04% 1.24% 1.43%EV/EBITDA (x) 20.58 14.70 10.96 9.00 7.51P/FCFE (x) 28.08 NA 45.35 14.58 11.90Net Gearing 26.0% 21.6% 7.1% (5.7%) (18.5%)P/BV (x) 3.77 2.90 2.64 2.38 2.13ROE 11.5% 12.8% 12.4% 13.2% 13.8%CIMB/consensus EPS (x) 1.03 1.04 0.99

    40.10

    44.30

    27.60 42.75

    Target

    52-week share price range

    Current

    SOURCE: CIMB, COMPANY REPORTS

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  • Rubber GlovesMalaysia

    April 3, 2015

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIRED RESEARCH CERTIFICATIONS, ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS REPORT. Designed by Eight, Powered by EFA

    Higher expenses ahead From our recent meeting with Hartalegas management, we felt that the operating environment in the next two years will be tougher due to increasing competition. To protect market share, the group aims to complete its new NGC two years earlier, which will raise capex/year. To fund the accelerated expansion, Hartalega will draw down some of its credit facilities. The higher interest expense and depreciation cost are expected to weigh on its bottomline in the near term. We cut FY15-16 EPS to factor in mainly (i) stronger US$ against RM (ii) higher interest expense and (iii) higher depreciation cost. This reduces our target price which is based on 2-year historical P/E of 21x CY16. We downgrade the stock to Hold. We prefer Kossan.

    What Happened During our meeting recently, we gather that (i) The group is on track to complete its first two new plants in NGC by 1QCY16 and most of the capacity is gradually been taken up. (ii) It is converting its Plant One to warehouse and will be decommissioning Plant Two in the near future as the lines are old and inefficient. (iii) It is also expanding into specialty glove manufacturing which commands higher margins. (iv) It expanded its OBM business into China and India to tap into the growing markets although margins are low. (v) ASP is likely to continue to decline due to increasing competition. (vi) It is likely to incur the bulk of the ESOS expense in FY16 for its proposed ESOS programme.

    What We Think We think that Hartalega is unlikely to achieve our previous earnings forecast due to the (i) delay of the commencement of its new production lines; (ii) competitive environment and (iii) higher capex and borrowings to fund its accelerated expansion plan. Management is of the view that ASP is likely to drop by 2-3% more while FY16 and FY17 net profit margin could come in at between 18% to 20% respectively, which concurs with our view that margin pressure is inevitable given its premium pricing. Aside from competition, its expansion into natural rubber gloves segment and emerging countries will also weigh on its margins. Fortunately, Hartalega has huge room to sustain the margin despite pressure given its superior margin as compared to its peers. Stronger US$ against RM will also help to buffer the impact of pricing pressure.

    What You Should Do Investors should stay on the sidelines. The share price has appreciated by 17% since our upgrade on 23 Jan 2015 and we believe the current share price has factored in the strong earnings growth in FY16.

    CIMB Analyst(s)

    EING Kar Mei, CFA T (60) 3 2261 9085 E [email protected]

    Share price info

    Share price perf. (%) 1M 3M 12M

    Relative 5.5 16.9 30.1

    Absolute 6.3 21.4 29.0

    Major shareholders % held

    Kuan family 55.1 EPF 7.9 BNP Paribas 6.8

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    Hartalega Holdings FLASH NOTE

    HART MK / HTHB.KL Current RM8.50

    Market Cap Avg Daily Turnover Free Float Target RM8.23

    US$1,853m US$1.13m 30.2% Prev. Target RM8.42 RM6,798m RM4.11m 820.0 m shares Up/Downside -3.2%

    Conviction| |

    Sources: CIMB. COMPANY REPORTS

    81.089.698.1106.7115.3123.9132.4141.0

    5.405.906.406.907.407.908.408.90

    Price Close Relative to FBMKLCI (RHS)

    Source: Bloomberg

    1

    2

    3

    4

    Apr-14 Jul-14 Oct-14 Jan-15

    Vol m

    Financial Summary

    Mar-13A Mar-14A Mar-15F Mar-16F Mar-17F

    Revenue (RMm) 1,032 1,107 1,124 1,458 1,853Operating EBITDA (RMm) 335.9 351.3 342.5 460.0 551.7Net Profit (RMm) 233.3 232.8 213.1 282.2 334.4Core EPS (RM) 0.28 0.28 0.26 0.34 0.41Core EPS Growth 15.5% (0.7%) (8.0%) 32.4% 18.5%FD Core P/E (x) 29.89 30.10 32.71 24.70 20.84DPS (RM) 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.17 0.20Dividend Yield 1.53% 1.53% 1.53% 2.02% 2.40%EV/EBITDA (x) 20.25 19.37 19.82 15.25 12.88P/FCFE (x) 62.8 189.4 NA 525.8 54.9Net Gearing (22.2%) (17.6%) (14.4%) 3.1% 8.5%P/BV (x) 9.13 7.40 5.52 4.96 4.43ROE 33.7% 27.1% 19.3% 21.2% 22.5%% Change In Core EPS Estimates (3.33%) (5.35%) (1.31%)CIMB/consensus EPS (x) 0.92 0.97 1.01

    8.50

    8.23

    5.74 8.69

    Target

    52-week share price range

    Current

    SOURCE: CIMB, COMPANY REPORTS

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  • BanksMalaysia

    April 5, 2015

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIRED RESEARCH CERTIFICATIONS, ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS REPORT. Designed by Eight, Powered by EFA

    Restructuring for tax efficiency According an article in The Edge, RHBCap plans for internal reorganisation to enable RHB Bank to take over the listing status of RHBCap and house all the entities of the group. This does not come as a surprise to us as the management has guided for possible corporate restructuring. This would be marginally positive for the group as it could lead to tax savings. However, the overall impact of the deal would be negative if it includes an EPS-dilutive rights issue. Our DDM-based target price (COE of 11.8%; LT growth of 4%) is intact. Despite the possible rights issue, RHBCap remains an Add and our top pick for the sector due to the potential re-rating catalysts of: 1) robust loan growth, and 2) benefits from the IGNITE 17 transformation programme.

    What Happened Over the weekend, The Edge published an article stating that RHBCapital (RHBCap) is considering internal reorganisation that would make RHB Bank the listed entity, taking over RHBCap, and the holding company for all the entities in the group. The purpose of this move is to improve the groups tax efficiency, as it would enable RHB Bank to use its income to reduce some of its tax expenses. The deal may involve a rights issue that could lower its double-leverage ratio from above 130% now to 120%.

    What We Think The news was not a surprise to us because the management has been guiding that it plans for corporate restructuring (please refer to our reports on 1 Mar 15 and 17 Mar 13). However, The Edge article provided more clarity on the restructuring, including managements rationale and the possible deal structure. The proposed new structure is akin to those of Maybank and Public Bank, whereby the commercial banks house all the entities in the group.

    The internal reorganisation per se would be slightly positive for the group as it would lead to some tax savings. However, the overall impact of the deal would be negative if it involves a rights issue due to its dilutive effect on EPS. The management was not able to provide us with guidance on the quantum of the rights issue as the group is still in discussions with the central bank.

    What You Should Do Stay invested in RHBCap for its bright earnings outlook, emanating from: 1) robust loan growth, and 2) the benefits from its IGNITE 17 transformation programme. We would revise our target price and recommendation upon the announcement of the internal reorganisation exercise.

    CIMB Analyst(s)

    Winson NG, CFA T (60) 3 2261 9071 E [email protected]

    Share price info

    Share price perf. (%) 1M 3M 12M

    Relative 0.3 1.5 -3.9

    Absolute 1.0 6.2 -5.0

    Major shareholders % held

    EPF 41.0 Aabar Investments 21.9 OSK Holdings 9.8

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    RHB Capital Bhd FLASH NOTE

    RHBC MK / RHBC.KL Current RM8.00

    Market Cap Avg Daily Turnover Free Float Target RM10.50

    US$5,609m US$3.04m 37.1% Prev. Target RM10.50 RM20,580m RM10.99m 2,573 m shares Up/Downside 31.3%

    Conviction| |

    Sources: CIMB. COMPANY REPORTS

    91.095.299.3103.5107.7111.8116.0

    6.807.307.808.308.809.309.80

    Price Close Relative to FBMKLCI (RHS)

    Source: Bloomberg

    5

    10

    15

    Apr-14 Jul-14 Oct-14 Jan-15

    Vol m

    Financial Summary

    Dec-13A Dec-14A Dec-15F Dec-16F Dec-17F

    Net Interest Income (RMm) 3,275 3,291 3,401 3,587 3,814Total Non-Interest Income (RMm) 2,676 2,944 3,533 3,861 4,218Operating Revenue (RMm) 5,951 6,235 6,934 7,448 8,033Total Provision Charges (RMm) (448.0) (206.3) (467.1) (448.9) (503.3)Net Profit (RMm) 1,831 2,038 2,244 2,450 2,679Core EPS (RM) 0.73 0.80 0.87 0.95 1.04Core EPS Growth (4.36%) 9.59% 9.58% 9.16% 9.34%FD Core P/E (x) 11.01 10.05 9.17 8.40 7.68DPS (RM) 0.16 0.06 0.26 0.29 0.31Dividend Yield 2.04% 0.75% 3.27% 3.57% 3.90%BVPS (RM) 6.57 7.31 7.63 8.32 9.08P/BV (x) 1.22 1.10 1.05 0.96 0.88ROE 11.5% 11.5% 11.7% 11.9% 12.0%% Change In Core EPS Estimates 0% 0% 0%CIMB/consensus EPS (x) 1.07 1.09 1.12

    8.00

    10.50

    7.06 9.50

    Target

    52-week share price range

    Current

    SOURCE: CIMB, COMPANY REPORTS

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  • Financial ServicesBanks

    April 3, 2015

    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIRED RESEARCH CERTIFICATIONS, ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS REPORT. Designed by Eight, Powered by EFA

    MALAYSIA BANKS

    SECTOR FLASH NOTE

    A rush for liquidity Bank Negara recently issued guidelines for the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR), which state that banks need to reach a minimum LCR of 60% by 1 Jun 15. This has stirred up competition for retail (and fixed) deposits as these carry lower run-off rates for the calculation of LCR and will help banks to increase their LCR. The consequence is an increase in banks cost of funds, aggravating the margin contraction when lending yields are still falling. Overall, we remain Underweight on the sector, predicated on margin contraction, weaker loan growth and an upturn in credit cost. Our preferred stock for the sector is RHB Capital.

    What Happened Our channel checks revealed that Bank Negara Malaysia released official guidelines for the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) on 31 Mar 15. The new guidelines state that banks need to maintain a minimum LCR of 60% starting 1 Jun 15, to be stepped up gradually to 100% by 1 Jan 19. The LCR is defined as stock of high-quality assets divided by total net cash outflows over the next 30 calendar days. The guidelines encourage banks to increase their retail deposits, which are relatively stickier in nature. The rationale for the new ruling is to protect banks from any liquidity stress, as was experienced by some US/European banks during the 2009 financial crisis. At the moment, banks do not officially disclose their LCRs but a few banks, i.e. Maybank, Public Bank, RHB Capital and Alliance, have said that they are able to meet the requirements.

    What We Think Deposit competition has been heating up since 3Q14 due to (1) the new LCR ruling, and (2) tighter industry liquidity. The root of the problem was the slow expansion of the industrys deposits. Total deposits for the banking system only grew by 8.3% in 2013 and 7.6% in 2014, not adequate to fund loan growth of 10.6% and 9.3% in the respective years. The growth of retail deposits, which are at the heart of deposit competition, was even weaker at only 6.7-6.9% in 2013-14. We do not see any factors that will significantly drive deposit momentum in 2015 and, hence, competition will remain intense for banks.

    We think that the new guidelines pose long-term problems for banks. Even if they can achieve the minimum requirements, banks will have to compete on deposits to keep their ratios above these levels. Banks with weaker deposit franchises, like AMMB, will have to offer better rates to attract deposits and, hence, rate competition will not subside. The only reprieves will be (1) relaxation of the requirements, and (2) faster expansion in the industrys deposits but we do not expect these to materialise any time soon.

    What You Should Do We continue to advise investors to cut their exposure to the sector as banks have to grapple with slower loan growth and higher deposit costs in 2015, not to mention the continuous thinning of average yields of their mortgage books. Another concern is the expected rise in credit costs.

    Sources: CIMB. COMPANY REPORTS

    CIMB Analyst(s)

    Winson NG Gia Yann, CFA T (60) 3 2261 9071 E [email protected]

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  • Offshore & MarineSingapore

    April 5, 2015

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    Reality bites II Taking our cue from its lacklustre sales in 1Q15, we downgrade Nam Cheong from Add to Hold. We concede that we were over-bullish in expecting Nam Cheong to sustain its 2014 sales momentum. We previously expected it to sell around 30 vessels p.a. in 2015-17. We now expect Nam Cheong to sell 19-22 vessels in 2015-17, which would bring sales to 2012 levels (the year of recovery for the OSV sector). This, coupled with the scaling back of shipbuilding gross margins from 17.7% to 17%, leads us to cut FY15-17 EPS by 7-23%. Our target price, still based on 7.5x CY16 P/E (1 s.d. below the 5-year mean of small/mid-cap oil services companies), drops accordingly. We would revisit the stock upon stronger-than-expected vessel sales and earnings.

    What Happened Taking cue from its lacklustre sales in 1Q15, we downgrade Nam Cheong from Add to Hold. Since our initiation on the stock in mid-2013, we maintained our Add rating for two years. The companys performance justified a positive call, as it recorded two consecutive years of record-breaking earnings and vessel sales. In fact, it was the top performer in our O&M coverage universe in 2014, as the only stock that did not lose money. However, we concede that we were over-bullish to expect Nam Cheong to sustain its 2014 sales momentum.

    What We Think Nam Cheong sold two vessels (one accommodation work vessel at estimated US$30m to Marco Polo and one 12,000 bhp AHTS at estimated US$28m to Topaz Energy) in 1Q15. 1Q15 represented the lowest number of sales in a quarter since 2012 and is on par with the weakness in 4Q14 subsequent to the oil price tumble. On average, Nam Cheong has sold six vessels/quarter since 2012. On average, 1Q makes up 22% of the total number of vessels sold in a year. Hence, the fact that merely two vessels were sold in 1Q15 puts a question mark on our 30-vessel sales target for 2015. However, we note that 1Q12 made up 14% of the number of vessels sold that year, as 2012 was a backend-loaded year. We expect a similar scenario in 2015. In addition, the market prices for the accommodation work vessel and 12,000 bhp AHTS in 2014 were US$30m-32m/vessel. The ~10% discount indicates narrowing gross margins, leading us to temper our expectations (FY14: 19.3% vs. FY15: 17%). In fairness, the delivery lead time for the 12,000 bhp AHTS is long and thus, it is priced more as a build-to-order vessel.

    What You Should Do Given its RM1.7bn order book, we expect Nam Cheong to achieve decent 1Q15 net profit of RM50m. We recommend that investors sell into strength and downgrade Nam Cheong from Add to Hold. We advise investors to switch to our top small/mid-cap O&M pick, Swissco (SWCH SP, Add).

    CIMB Analyst(s)

    YEO Zhi Bin T (65) 6210 8669 E [email protected]

    Share price info

    Share price perf. (%) 1M 3M 12M

    Relative -1.5 -10.1 -22.3

    Absolute 0.0 -7.6 -14.1

    Major shareholders % held

    SK Tiong Enterprise SDN 27.4 Hung Yung Enterprise SDN 15.3 Tiong Su Kouk 8.6

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    Nam Cheong FLASH NOTE

    NCL SP / NMCG.SI Current S$0.31

    Market Cap Avg Daily Turnover Free Float Target S$0.32

    US$474.8m US$1.04m 48.8% Prev. Target S$0.39 S$639.4m S$1.41m 2,096 m shares Up/Downside 4.1%

    Conviction| |

    Sources: CIMB. COMPANY REPORTS

    72.0

    86.0

    100.0

    114.0

    128.0

    142.0

    0.270

    0.320

    0.370

    0.420

    0.470

    0.520

    Price Close Relative to FSSTI (RHS)

    Source: Bloomberg

    1020304050

    Apr-14 Jul-14 Oct-14 Jan-15

    Vol m

    EFAPChartPriceVolRelDaily|

    Financial Summary

    Dec-13A Dec-14A Dec-15F Dec-16F Dec-17F

    Revenue (RMm) 1,257 1,929 1,978 1,718 1,606Operating EBITDA (RMm) 219.9 322.9 292.0 256.5 240.9Net Profit (RMm) 205.6 301.8 267.0 235.2 221.2Core EPS (RM) 0.10 0.14 0.13 0.11 0.11Core EPS Growth 43.6% 46.5% (11.1%) (11.9%) (6.0%)FD Core P/E (x) 8.50 5.80 6.53 7.41 7.88DPS (RM) 0.025 0.039 0.040 0.040 0.040Dividend Yield 3.03% 4.67% 4.78% 4.78% 4.78%EV/EBITDA (x) 10.35 6.66 6.84 6.56 6.13P/FCFE (x) 38.06 3.53 NA 4.80 87.24Net Gearing 56.4% 42.8% 27.5% 5.6% (6.2%)P/BV (x) 1.86 1.43 1.24 1.12 1.03ROE 26.9% 27.9% 20.4% 15.9% 13.6%% Change In Core EPS Estimates (7.1%) (17.1%) (22.9%)CIMB/consensus EPS (x) 0.94 0.76 0.82

    0.31

    0.32

    0.30 0.50

    Target

    52-week share price range

    Current

    SOURCE: CIMB, COMPANY REPORTS

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    RESEARCH MANAGEMENT

    Chris HUNT Regional Head of Research (852) 2539 1315 [email protected] Mark KELLOCK Regional Head of Product Management (852) 2539 1326 [email protected]

    REGIONAL SECTOR HEADS

    Jason TODD, CFA Arup RAHA KJ KWANG Ivy NG, CFA Trevor KALCIC, CFA Strategy Economics Offshore & Marine Plantations Banks (852) 2532 1123 (65) 6210 8412 (82) 2 6730 6123 (60) 3 2261 9073 (852) 2539 1323 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Varun LOHCHAB Raymond YAP, CFA Consumer Transportation (91) 22 6602 5181 (60) 3 2261 9072 [email protected] [email protected]

    COUNTRY HEADS OF RESEARCH

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    CIMB Recommendation Framework

    Stock Ratings Definition:

    Add The stocks total return is expected to exceed 10% over the next 12 months.

    Hold The stocks total return is expected to be between 0% and positive 10% over the next 12 months.

    Reduce The stocks total return is expected to fall below 0% or more over the next 12 months.

    The total expected return of a stock is defined as the sum of the: (i) percentage difference between the target price and the current price and (ii) the forward net dividend yields of the stock. Stock price targets have an investment horizon of 12 months.

    Sector Ratings Definition:

    Overweight An Overweight rating means stocks in the sector have, on a market cap-weighted basis, a positive absolute recommendation.

    Neutral A Neutral rating means stocks in the sector have, on a market cap-weighted basis, a neutral absolute recommendation.

    Underweight An Underweight rating means stocks in the sector have, on a market cap-weighted basis, a negative absolute recommendation.

    Country Ratings Definition:

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    Neutral A Neutral rating means investors should be positioned with a neutral weight in this country relative to benchmark.

    Underweight An Underweight rating means investors should be positioned with a below-market weight in this country relative to benchmark.

    *Prior to December 2013 CIMB recommendation framework for stocks listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, Bursa Malaysia, Stock Exchange of Thailand, Jakarta Stock Exchange, Australian Securities Exchange, Taiwan Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India/Bombay Stock Exchange were based on a stocks total return relative to the relevant benchmarks total return. Outperform: expected to exceed by 5% or more over the next 12 months. Neutral: expected to be within +/-5% over the next 12 months. Underperform: expected to be below by 5% or more over the next 12 months. Trading Buy: expected to exceed by 3% or more over the next 3 months. Trading Sell: expected to be below by 3% or more over the next 3 months. For stocks listed on Korea Exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange and China listings on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Outperform: Expected positive total returns of 10% or more over the next 12 months. Neutral: Expected total returns of between -10% and +10% over the next 12 months. Underperform: Expected negative total returns of 10% or more over the next 12 months. Trading Buy: Expected positive total returns of 10% or more over the next 3 months. Trading Sell: Expected negative total returns of 10% or more over the next 3 months.

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