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我的分享集 03.11.2009 RM7.70卖完Genting云顶,展望明年2010年

终于在上个月将Genting云顶卖完,由RM7.50开始卖着上,那种感觉只能讲爽啊。虽然没有卖到最高RM7.81,但是还是很开心。庆幸卖的快,以后可否上RM8.00还是未知数,不过打算以后跌下来再慢慢累积。卖掉了Genting云顶,换了两个手套股,SUPERMAX和HARTALEGA。不过由于买在高价位,目前还是亏损的。没办法,目前似乎第二波熊要来了,所以天天跌。

2009年还剩下不到2个月了。各位今年股票成绩如何?我今年有亏损,也有赚。庆幸当初买入大量Genting云顶,所以今年回报超越80%。现在开始分析明年2010年的计划了。以下是自己的想法,和当初买入Genting云顶的思考类似。

2010年,自己预计手套股将继续成长,原因主要目前A型H1N1流感由于在入秋和冬季可能会蔓延,之前美国总统Obama就颁布了紧急令以便应付它, 而且这几天翻阅报章,好像有蔓延迹象,让人担忧啊。而且年尾学校假期,加上现在人人似乎忘记它的存在了。第二原因是美国总统Obama的健保改革可能近一步带动手套的需求。当然,我也考虑美金贬值,出口美国的盈利相对可能会减少,树胶价格飙升的隐忧。目前只买入了SUPERMAXHARTALEGA

HARTALEGA

Financial Year/March 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
ROIC 32.60
Sales(m) 109.58 160.28 240.91 257.58 443.20
EPS 0.06 0.08 0.15 0.32 0.35
Free Cashflow (m) 52.38 75.76
BVPS 0.74 1.05
Longterm Debts (m) 40.38 67.49
Debts Ratio 0.77 0.89
TL/E 0.50 0.46
Piotroski Test 9
ROA 26.32%

一个成长快速的手套股, 无论profit margin,ROA,ROE等都是同行里头的表表者。我会买入是因为喜欢它目前为马来西亚少有的Nitrile Glove制造者,它拥有和别人不一样的优势。而且最近公布Quarter Report EPS约0.11,如果假设今年EPS=0.11*4=0.44乘P/E 15,合理价格为RM6.60。担忧的是债务,不过对于刚扩张的公司而言,我觉得还可以接受。2009 的TL/E ratio=0.46

至于SUPERMAX,如果以头三季的成绩来预估,今年EPS=0.1+0.07+0.15+(0.07)(自己预测)=0.39,乘P/E 15, 合理价格为RM5.85.况且最近公司宣布调高自己Target去EPS=0.44, 明年 EPS=0.50. 还有如果2009年PAT, Profit after Tax超越RM117Million将派发特别股息。以目前三个quarter总数来看,离这个目标很可能。手套股唯一让我担心的是其他国家开始抄袭技术,还有反倾销法令等这些贸易保护主意的东西。

2010年还有重大的东西发生, 就是FRS139在所有上市公司实行。可是目前做好准备的人不多呢。以后财报的阅读将可能和我们之前所认知的有不同。现在应该开始买入那些很旧都没有重估资产的公司,因为将会有一笔额外的unrealized profit.

2010我还看好目前低迷的船运公司。自己买入了MAYBULK.原因很简单,目前虽然这行业低迷,但是只要经济好转,原油和棕油运输就会活跃,它就可以重新热起来。我是以反向思考买入的。买入MAYBULK还有因为它派息不错,很稳定。当然MAYBULK目前我只买入少许而已。买入价RM3.10, 再跌会再买入更多。

2010最大的事情就是Resort World Singapore开张,对于娱乐场所不多的新加坡人,他们将会大开眼界,所有人蜂拥而入。所以当初我买入Genting.目前还在考虑买入Genting Singapore或 Genting.

2010如果美国经济近一步衰退,我觉得是亚洲开始领导世界的时间了。最坏的情形是更加严重的长期性萧条到来,美金被逼继续贬值以刺激出口和平衡收支。那时,石油大起,因为中国继续买入天然资源以刺激国内经济成长。超级inflation到来。买入石油的人最终笑着去银行拿钱。

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e-dividend payment system by Q3 2010

Public-listed companies will be required to provide an e-dividend payment system to shareholders by the third quarter of next year.

“Investors will be given a one-year grace period to provide their bank account number to Bursa Malaysia Depository to enable the dividend payments to be credited directly into their bank account,” the Securities Commission (SC) said yesterday.

It plans to undertake a series of investors’ awareness programmes to familiarise investors with the benefits of e-dividends.

Stockbroking companies, meanwhile, will by mid-2010 be required to provide e-share payment options for clients to receive and make payments on their share transactions.

This way, payments will be credited into bank accounts more quickly and efficiently compared with cheques.

“The e-dividends and e-share payment initiatives are an integral part of the initiative to move towards a paperless environment and promote the usage of electronic payments in the capital market,” the SC said in a statement yester-day. These new measures were recently announced by Prime Minis-ter Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the 2010 Budget.

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狮城圣淘沙赌场 圣诞前局部开幕

(新加坡24日讯)《华尔街日报》报导说,云顶有限公司(GENTING,3182,贸易服务组)在新加坡的赌场休闲胜地将按照原订计划在圣诞节之前局部 开幕,因此较拉斯维加斯金沙集团(Las Vegas Sands Corp)的Sheldon Adelsons赌场计划提前开幕。

云顶有限公司耗资44亿美元在圣淘沙岛兴建的名胜世界(Resorts World)赌场休闲胜地预订正式开幕日期仍然是2010年初。报导说,云顶已拟定提前开幕计划,以及市场评述员普遍认为将是在新加坡商业区的滨海湾计划开幕之前。

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新的马来西亚股票部落格综合网站

最近发现新的BLOG,综合了很多马来西亚股票部落格

http://buystockandgrowrich.blogspot.com/

Buy Stock and Grow Rich

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DAVID YAP 准吗?看图表

最近在报章杂志时常看到他的广告,自己做了一个图表来比较,各位觉得DAVID YAP 准吗?oriental daily

KLCI

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Last Laugh,Forbes Magazine dated June 08, 2009

Head of conglomerate YTL, Francis Yeoh went hunting for bargains when the markets crashed. He’s not done shopping yet. Francis YeohDuring the height of the equity markets, Francis Yeoh sat restlessly on the sidelines watching rivals bid up prices. When Singapore’s Temasek decided to unload three of its power-generating firms last year, Yeoh, whose YTL Corp. is one of Southeast Asia’s biggest power companies, made offers he thought were fair. But he initially lost out, first in March 2008 to China Huaneng Group and then four months later to Japan’s Marubeni ( MARUY.PK – news – people ). It was a tough time for Yeoh. “You don’t know what kind of pressure I had before,” says the 55-year-old scion, as he sits in his penthouse office overlooking YTL’s Ritz-Carlton in Kuala Lumpur. His father, billionaire Yeoh Tiong Lay, founded YTL as a construction firm in 1955, but Francis took over daily operations two decades ago, transforming it into a $3.4 billion (market cap) multinational conglomerate. “When I had $3.8 billion in cash, a lot of people, especially fund managers and analysts, criticized me,” says Yeoh, “They said: ‘We can’t recommend your stock because you have so much cash and you don’t know what to do with it.’” But Yeoh, who is known for his flamboyant lifestyle, including his two helicopters, a private island and famous friends such as the late Luciano Pavarotti, is prudent in business. “I could not buy assets that were two or three times the market value,” he says, despite the fact that hedge funds and private equity players were paying those prices. Yeoh must have been one of the few businesspeople in the world who was relieved when the markets collapsed. He could finally go shopping: In October YTL paid $180 million in cash to buy control of Macquarie Prime Real Estate Investment Trust and its holding company, paying 49% of net asset value. Renamed Starhill Global REIT, it includes two shopping malls on Singapore’s busy Orchard Road, Wisma Atria and Ngee Ann City. Then in late November Temasek shelved the auction of PowerSeraya, Singapore’s second-largest power generator, because of unfavorable market conditions. Days later it privately called Yeoh to negotiate. Within a week subsidiary YTL Power agreed to pay $2.4 billion in stock and debt, or ten times Ebidta. When the sale was finalized in March, Yeoh, who converted to Christianity at age 16 and is deeply and overtly religious, issued a press release thanking “our Lord Jesus for blessing us with stewardship of this important asset.” Divine intervention not withstanding, the latest purchase strengthens YTL’s standing as a leading power supplier. “This puts us in a very strategic position to win more power assets globally, especially with our large cash reserves,” says Yeoh, who favors utilities because of the typically long-term concessions and steady profits. The conglomerate now gets 60% of its $2 billion sales from such assets. The deals also illustrate Yeoh’s tendency to preserve cash during boom times so he can spend during downturns. “YTL thrives in times when acquisition opportunities are aplenty at reasonable valuations,” says Bernard Ching, associate director of ECM Libra Research. “We expect YTL to pounce on a few assets before this recession is over.” One thing you won’t probably see is a sale: an eager buyer at the right prices, YTL is a reluctant seller in any market. Investors seem pleased. Net profit more than doubled in the third quarter ending Mar. 31, following the consolidation of the results from the two acquisitions. The stock is down 7% for the year–outperforming the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index, down 21%–but it is up 27% since September. Francis’ father, who controls 53% of YTL’s shares, is again Malaysia’s seventh richest, worth $1.8 billion, despite dropping $300 million in the past year. Yeoh fils’ conservative approach is born of his family’s early history. A dirt-poor Chinese immigrant, his father started a construction business at the age of 30, eventually building army barracks and other government quarters. But business almost collapsed during the 1970s oil crisis. Relatives and employees pawned jewelry to help keep the firm going. Still, his father, who never went to college, collected enough money to send Francis, the oldest of his seven children, to study engineering at Kingston University in the U.K. His hope was that his son, then 16, would come back and reinvigorate the business. Yeoh returned four years later, in 1978, to work for the company. He was eventually joined by all six siblings, who now help run various businesses. Within a decade he was named managing director. One of his earliest ventures was developing a site on Pangkor, an island off Malaysia’s west coast. Today its lavish Pangkor Laut Resort, which Yeoh’s late wife helped design, is one of several luxurious resorts in the group’s portfolio. But Yeoh didn’t get an engineering degree to only develop vacation spots, and he eventually moved the company into more technically complex sectors. YTL now employs 3,000 engineers, who help build factories, power plants, hotels, even a rail link, at competitive prices. Yeoh’s big break came in 1992, sparked by a Malaysia-wide blackout. Fed up, the government awarded YTL the first license to operate a private power plant, breaking the monopoly held by the national utility. But foreign investors hesitated to fund the project and wanted risk premiums. So Yeoh arranged for the first-ever 15-year bond issued in Malaysian ringgits, sharply reducing its foreign-currency exposure. He later persuaded the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange to allow its subsidiary, YTL Power, to go public as an infrastructure project company, fast-tracking the offering by five years, well before the project was complete. These moves proved fortuitous during the 1997 Asia crisis when the ringgit’s value plunged by more than a third against the dollar. During that time YTL was able to pay down some debts, get more favorable rates and pick up bargains including prime properties in Kuala Lumpur. It paid $130 million in 1999 to buy two shopping malls, Starhill and Lot 10, and the JW Marriott from struggling outfit Taipong Consolidated. The Starhill mall, now called Starhill Gallery, cosponsored a luxury watch gala with Forbes last December. (The Forbes family played no role in initiating or compiling this story.) In 2000 YTL Power bought a 33.5% stake in ElectraNet, which operates the power transmission grid for the state of South Australia under a 200-year concession. When Enron collapsed and sold off its assets, including Wessex Water plant in the U.K., YTL surprised rivals by beating out a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland ( RBS – news – people ) for the plant in 2002. The $1.3 billion deal brought Yeoh international exposure and controversy. After the deal was done, Wessex’s chief executive was arrested for alleged improper payments from YTL; he was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing. No one from YTL was ever charged. The business, says Yeoh, is now worth $3.5 billion. Yeoh has had setbacks. For years he tried to get approval from the Malaysian government to build a fast train connecting Singapore and Malaysia, but the project was shelved in April 2008, apparently stalled by politics. Now Yeoh seems to be trying again, with Siemens ( SI – news – people ) Malaysia as a partner. He won’t say much. “The more I talk about it, the more the project will never come alive,” he worries. Still he argues that people didn’t believe in his high-speed rail between Kuala Lumpur International Airport and the city center, which carries 4.5 million people a year. “I pray that this project will come in my lifetime. Even if it is not done by me, I want to see it happen between the two countries.” YTL also had the misfortune of partnering with now defunct Lehman Brothers ( LEHMQ – news – people ) to develop a resort in Thailand’s Koh Samui. But it was a small deal, and YTL is negotiating to acquire the whole lot. With YTL still sitting on $2.8 billion in cash, more deals are likely. Yeoh says he is looking into a water business in China and plans to spend up to $700 million to build Malaysia’s first 4g network. EMC Libra analyst Ching thinks the U.K. is a “good hunting ground” for the conglomerate, in view of the weaker pound. No doubt Yeoh will try not to overpay. Says he: “I just can’t play that game.”

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我的分享集17.09.2009 金融海啸,赢家浮现。云顶(Genting) vs 杨忠礼电力(YTLPower)

17.09.2009,金融海啸一年了,有人输了身家,有人财富翻倍。有金融公司倒闭和被逼收购,却有人在这时大举扩张公司版图事业。从前有人说现金为王(Cash is King), 这句名言充分体现在云顶 (Genting) 和杨忠礼电力 (YTLPower) 这两家公司上。
云顶(Genting)和杨忠礼电力(YTLPower) 所以会是我认为的赢家,是因为两家公司的管理层在这一年里出色的表现。以下我将详细的分析:

云顶(Genting)

Financial Year/Dec

2005

2006

2007

2008

ROIC

9.76

7.95

8.49

3.23

Sales(mil)

5427.80

6418.60

8483.80

9082.51

EPS

0.35

0.43

0.54

0.15

Free Cashflow (mil)

1488.60

2003.70

113.00

(203.00)

BVPS

2.55

3.06

3.34

3.33

Longterm Debts (mil)

3132.10

7206.50

5721.66

6831.71

Debts Ratio

2.10

3.60

50.63

(33.65)

TL/E

0.33

0.69

0.40

0.42

Piotroski Test

7

ROA

7.11%

6.44%

6.81%

1.88%

云顶我最初买于2008年。当时跌破RM6.00,在RM5.85买入了一些。后来股市大跌,一路跌到RM4.50又再买入。在RM3.92买入大量,在RM3.62和RM3.4 又再加入一些进入组合。今天17.09.2009,云顶为RM7回酬可观。我就是一路买,因为我买入时候已经在想以后新加坡赌场开幕时候卖出了。当然中间有更加吸引的股票时候有卖了一些套现,再跌入RM3.30时也不够大胆买入更多。

云顶今年动作很多,包括将旗下公司更改名字以强化Genting这一品牌名字。5月末,Genting 和Resorts(Genting Malaysia) 一同购买了约US$100mil 的MGM Mirage股票。当时MGM Mirage为US$7,共14.3million shares.根据双方的报告,以后两家公司在生意上还会有更加多的合作机会,这不免让人联想到以后澳门的发展。
MGM Mirage目前的资产:
UNITED STATES
Bellagio, MGM Grand Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Luxor ,New York-New York, Excalibur, Monte Carlo, Circus Circus Las Vegas, Circus Circus Reno, Silver Legacy, Gold Strike Jean, Henderson, Railroad Pass, Detroit, Biloxi, Tunica, Borgata Hotel, Grand Victoria
MACAU
MGM Grand Macau

16.09.2009 MGM Mirage股价为US$12.40, 在这笔交易云顶Genting目前共unrealized profit了US$77.22million, 约RM270.27million.

24.08.2009云顶大股东Kien Huat Realty III 投资US$55mil 在美国的上市公司Empire Resort, 应该是看中它的跑马场还有靠近纽约的地。买入价US$1.59, 34.5million shares,比当时市价还低。16.09.2009,Empire Resorts 市价US$3.80,林国泰就unrealized profit了US$76.25mil,约 RM266.85mil.

02.09.2009 Star Cruise 与菲律宾富豪合作建立当地最大综合娱乐赌场。让Star Cruise业务更多元化,同时可以为连年亏损的业务止血。

最近市场谣传新加坡赌场Resort World Singapore将会提早完成,比赢Las Vegas Sands,一度冲上RM7.43.Genting Singapore也上到历史新高S$1.2。接着应该是等待新加坡政府发的赌场执照,上看RM8.00.很多人在云顶下跌时候担忧,但是我的average buying price 约RM3.95,所以现在等待卖出的时机了。很多分析家都上修了Genting云顶的Target price和目标价。目前除了新加坡赌场,唯一我觉得可以让它继续上看的原因应该是2010年FRS实行时,Genting云顶的资产将会大幅上修。因为它很多资产是很久前估价的,加上Genting Plantation的油棕地值重估,可能会上看RM10.00.这是很多分析师没提到的。

杨忠礼电力(YTL Power)

2008年年尾,杨忠礼电力(YTL Power) 带着强劲的现金宣布竞购新加坡的Power Seraya。 2009年3月6日成功以新币36亿(贷款约23亿)从淡马锡Temasek Holdings Pte买下。今年Power Seraya 在4个月内共贡献了RM197mil pretax profit。若以此推算,购买Power Seraya将在约18-20年内回本,而且每年带来强劲的现金流

9月,杨忠礼电力(YTL Power)向杨忠礼电商(YTL e-Solutions) 收购YTL Communication正式进军WiMax领域以多元化业务。Start up cost 约1.5bil.很多分析家都不看好这个举动,因为目前马来西亚的电讯业竞争激烈,有Maxis,Digi,还有Wimax为主的P1,Celcom等。不过我并不如此认为,我觉得如果YTLPower能够做到真正的Wimax快速宽频,它将会是以后的电讯业巨头。因为目前P1的速度还是不尽理想。在我的住家,吧生谷一带P1竟然还是速度不稳定。

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云顶新加坡 拟发股筹资35亿

(新加坡9日电)赌场经营商云顶新加坡有限公司(Genting Singapore Ltd)将透过附加股发行筹集逾10亿美元(35亿令吉),以协助融资其未来赌场及建立一个可能性收购的基金。

消息来源指出:“这是一项大规模发行。超过10亿美元。”

由大马赌场经营商云顶有限公司(GENTING,3182,贸易服务组)控制54%股权的云顶新加坡,正兴建该岛国2个综合赌场胜地其中之一。它也是英国最大赌场经营商。

上述附加股发行将由一个8家银行组成的集团包销,包括瑞银集团、摩根大通、星展控股和德意志银行等。

由于钢铁和其他建材价格飙升,云顶新加坡旗下的圣淘沙名胜世界正面对成本超支的窘境。

该赌场的最新成本预测约为65亿9000万新元(161亿4000万令吉),远高于该公司于2006年12月赢得该新加坡竞标后的52亿新元标价。

云顶新加坡股价今年已经扬升超过1倍。它在周二闭市时挂1.19新元,比较2008年杪只有45仙。在马来西亚,云顶股价则落2.8%。

云顶新加坡自2005年12月上市新加坡后接连蒙受亏损,主要是因为其新加坡赌场的兴建成本,以及相关收购英国赌场的成本。

在截至6月杪的第2季,该公司录得5070万新元净亏损,比较一年前净亏180万新元。

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我的分享集 30.08.2009-The Piotroski Score

上次在其中一本书籍读到Piotroski Score,这次再详细介绍。

Joseph D Piotroski

Associate Professor of Accounting

Academic Degrees

PhD in Accounting, 1999, The University of Michigan; M.B.A. in Finance 1994, Indiana University; B.S. in Accounting 1989, The University of Illinois; Certified Public Accountant, 1989, State of Illinois.

Professional Experience

At Stanford since 2007.

Associate Professor of Accounting, The University of Chicago 2003-2007; Assistant Professor of Accounting, The University of Chicago, 1999-2003; Graduate Research Assistant; Graduate Instructor, The University of Michigan 1994-1999; Lecturer – Introduction to Financial Accounting, Indiana University, 1992-1994; Tax Senior Associate, Coopers and Lybrand, 1989-1992.

Selected Publications

Bushman, R. and J. Piotroski, Financial Reporting Incentives for Conservative Accounting: The influence of legal and ploitical institutions.: Journal of Accounting and Economics 42 (1/2): 107-148., 2006 Bushman, R., Piotroski, J. and A. Smith. Insider Trading Restrictions and Analysts’ Incentives to Follow Firms.: The Journal of Finance 60 (1):35-66. (Nominated for the 2005 Smith-Breeden Prize), 2005 Piotroski, J. and D. Roulstone. Do Insider Trades Reflect Both Contrarian Beliefs and Superior Knowledge about Future Cash Flow Realizations?: Journal of Accounting and Economics 39 (1):55-82., 2005 Piotroski, J. and D. Roulstone. 2004. The Influence of Analysts, Institutional Investors and Insiders on: The Accounting Review 79 (4): 1119-1151., 2004 Bushman, R., Piotroski, J. and A. Smith. What Determines Corporate Transparency?: Journal of Accounting Research 42 (2): 207-252, 2004

Awards and Honors

Robert S. Hamada Faculty Fellow, 2005, University of Chicago GSB William Ladany Faculty Research Fellow, 2002, University of Chicago GSB Ernest R. Wish Accounting Research Award, 2001, University of Chicago GSB American Accounting Association Best Dissertation Award, 2000, Financial Reporting Section Deloitte and Touche Doctoral Fellowship, 1996

Current Courses

ACCT 313 Accounting-Based Valuation ACCT 316 Valuation in Emerging Markets ACCT 516 Valuation in Emerging Economies ACCT 552 Trading Strategies and Fundamental Analysis ACCT 609 Financial Reporting and Management Control GSBGEN 698 Doctoral Practicum in Teaching GSBGEN 699 Doctoral Practicum in Research

Centers/Programs

Executive Program for Growing Companies

Affiliations

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University of Chicago Accounting Professor, Joseph Piotroski reasoned that because value stocks are by definition often troubled companies, many will not possess the financial resources to recover. Consequently, Piotroski wondered if it was possible to improve the performance of a value stock portfolio by eliminating stocks that were the weakest financially.

Piotroski devised a simple nine-criteria stock-scoring system for evaluating a stock’s financial strength that could be determined using data solely from financial statements.

One point was awarded for each test that a stock passed. Piotroski classed any stocks that scored eight or nine points as being the strongest stocks. His findings were that these strong stocks as a group outperformed a portfolio of all value stocks by 7.5% annually over a 20-year test period. Piotroski also found that weak stocks, scoring two points or fewer, were five times more likely to either go bankrupt or delist due to financial problems.

First published in 2000, Piotroski’s scoring system has been found by a variety of researchers to throw up stocks that regularly outperform the market. Here’s how it’s calculated:

Score one point if a stock passes each test and zero if it doesn’t. The maximum score is 9.

  1. Net Income: Bottom line. Score 1 if last year net income is positive.
  2. Operating Cash Flow: A better earnings gauge. Score 1 if last year cash flow is positive.
  3. Return On Assets: Measures Profitability. Score 1 if last year ROA exceeds prior-year ROA.
  4. Quality of Earnings: Warns of Accounting Tricks. Score 1 if last year operating cash flow exceeds net income.
  5. Long-Term Debt vs. Assets: Is Debt decreasing? Score 1 if the ratio of long-term debt to assets is down from the year-ago value. (If LTD is zero but assets are increasing, score 1 anyway.)
  6. Current Ratio:  Measures increasing working capital. Score 1 if CR has increased from the prior year.
  7. Shares Outstanding: A Measure of potential dilution. Score 1 if the number of shares outstanding is no greater than the year-ago figure.
  8. Gross Margin: A measure of improving competitive position. Score 1 if full-year GM exceeds the prior-year GM.
  9. Asset Turnover: Measures productivity. Score 1 if the percentage increase in sales exceeds the percentage increase in total assets.

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Empire Resorts Concludes $55,000,000 Investment Agreement with Kien Huat Realty III Limited

Recapitalized company to focus on development of the 230-acre Monticello Casino & Raceway as a regional gaming and entertainment destination

MONTICELLO, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 19, 2009– Empire Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: NYNY) (the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into an Investment Agreement with Kien Huat Realty III Limited (“Kien Huat”) under which $55 million in new equity capital will be invested in the Company in two tranches in exchange for Common Stock representing just under 50% of the voting power of the Company.

Kien Huat is an investment company beneficially owned by a Lim family trust of which Mr. Lim Kok Thay of Malaysia and members of his family are beneficiaries. Kien Huat affiliates maintain substantial interests in a multinational group of companies actively involved in gaming, leisure, hospitality, power generation, plantations, property development, biotechnology, and oil and gas (collectively, “Genting”). Kien Huat affiliates separately own a substantial interest in Star Cruises Ltd., the largest cruise operator in Asia, and financed the startup of the Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Connecticut and the Seneca Niagara Casino in New York.

Genting is Asia’s largest casino operator and a leading integrated resorts development specialist with over 20 years of global experience in developing, operating and marketing internationally acclaimed casinos and integrated resorts in different parts of the world, including the Americas, Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines and United Kingdom. Genting is the largest casino operator in the United Kingdom through ownership of Genting UK Plc. In 2009, Genting supported the capital raising exercise of MGM Mirage.

In 2010, Genting will open a $4.55 billion integrated resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore, which will include a Universal Studios Theme Park, a Hard Rock Hotel, and gaming, leisure and hospitality venues.

First Tranche

On August 19, 2009, the Company issued to Kien Huat 6,804,188 shares of its Common Stock, representing approximately 19.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on a pre-transaction basis, for an aggregate consideration of $11 million (the “First Tranche”). Of this amount, approximately $2.6 million will be used to pay interest on the Company’s Convertible Senior Notes due July 31, 2014.

Second Tranche

Subject to and following receipt of stockholder approval, the Company will issue to Kien Huat an additional 27,701,852 shares of Common Stock for an additional consideration of $44 million (the “Second Tranche”). Upon closing of the Second Tranche, Kien Huat will own 34,506,040 shares of the Common Stock of the Company for an aggregate equity investment of $55 million. Kien Huat’s holdings in the Company will then represent one share less than 50% of the voting power of the Company.

$10 Million Credit Facility

Following the Second Tranche, Kien Huat will make available to the Company a credit facility of $10 million, the proceeds of which are to be used for working capital and to repay in full any remaining indebtedness under the Company’s $4.4 million senior credit facility with The Park Avenue Bank of New York.

Senior Notes

The Company is presently in litigation with beneficial owners of its $65 million Convertible Senior Notes due July 31, 2014, because the Company believes that put rights to accelerate the principal of the Senior Notes on July 31, 2009, were not properly exercised in the manner required by the indenture for the Company to have been otherwise obligated to retire the Senior Notes on July 31, 2009.

The Company intends to enforce its right under the indenture to repay the principal of the Senior Notes on their original maturity of July 31, 2014. Accordingly, proceeds of the transaction with Kien Huat are not intended to be used by the Company to retire principal under the Senior Notes.

Corporate Governance

Under the Investment Agreement, Kien Huat is entitled to appoint three representatives to the Company’s Board of Directors, including a non-executive Chairman. Upon the closing of the First Tranche, subject to Board and regulatory approval, Mr. G. Michael Brown and Mr. Colin Au have been designated to serve as Kien Huat’s initial Directors, and Mr. Brown has been designated as Chairman. Kien Huat will designate a third director upon closing of the Second Tranche.

Messrs. Brown and Au will fill the vacancies on the Board created by the August 12, 2009 voluntary resignations of Messrs. Bruce Berg and Kenneth Dreifach.

Voting Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Investment Agreement, holders of approximately 38% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock entered into a Stockholder Voting Agreement pursuant to which such stockholders have agreed to vote all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Company that such stockholders own in favor of the proposals to be recommended by the Company at a Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held to approve the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement.

About G. Michael Brown

G. Michael Brown will serve as non-executive Chairman of the Board of the Company. He is currently a partner in the law firm of G. Michael Brown & Associates, a general practice concentrating on casino gaming law. Mr. Brown is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey. Previously, Mr. Brown served as Director of the Division of Gaming Enforcement in the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, as counsel to the Board of Inquiry into Casinos in Melbourne, Australia, and as a consultant to the Treasurer of Queensland, Australia. He has also served as US counsel for Genting Berhad and as counsel and consultant to American casino interests in New Jersey, Nevada, Connecticut, Australia, the Bahamas, Canada, Jamaica, the U.K., and other foreign jurisdictions. Mr. Brown previously served as President & CEO of Foxwoods Resort Casino, President & CEO of Seneca Gaming Corp., and advisor to other tribal casinos.

Mr. Brown attended college at the Franciscan University, Steubenville, Ohio (1964), and received an LL.B. (1967) and J.D. (1969) from Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey. He is a Past President of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys.

About Colin Au

Colin Au will serve as a Director of the Company and as a Strategic Advisor regarding the development and operation of the Monticello Casino & Raceway. Mr. Au is presently a Director and Advisor to a number of companies in Asia, Europe and the United States that are involved in resorts, casinos, cruises, marine engineering and investment holding. Mr. Au has served as a senior executive and director of a number of affiliates of Kien Huat for the past 30 years.

Mr. Au received an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1974 and a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK, in 1972.

About Kien Huat and Genting

Affiliates of Kien Huat have substantial interests in Genting, which is recognized as one of Asia’s leading and best-managed multinational corporate groups. Genting was founded in 1965 by Mr. Lim Kok Thay’s father, Mr. Lim Goh Tong, who built Genting’s first gaming and entertainment resort, known as Genting Highlands in Malaysia, the world’s largest single resort, which includes over 10,000 hotel rooms within a complete entertainment city. In 2008, Guinness World Records listed the Genting Highlands First World Hotel as the world’s largest hotel.

Today, Genting has 27,000 employees and four listed companies:

- Genting Berhad – Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: 3182.KL
www.genting.com
- Genting Malaysia Berhad – Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: 4715.KL
www.gentingmalaysia.com
- Genting Plantations Berhad – Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: 2291.KL
www.gentingplantations.com
- Genting Singapore PLC – Stock Exchange of Singapore: G13.SI
www.gentingsingapore.com

Affiliates of Kien Huat separately control Star Cruises Ltd. (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 678.HK, www.starcruises.com), the largest cruise company in Asia, which owns a 50% interest in Norwegian Cruise Line (www.ncl.com), the third largest cruise operator in America.

For information regarding Kien Huat or Genting, please contact Mr. Gerard Lim, by telephone at +603.2333.6388, or by email at infokhr@genting.com.

About Empire Resorts

Empire Resorts owns and operates the Monticello Casino & Raceway, a 230-acre harness racing track and casino located in Monticello, New York, ninety miles from midtown Manhattan. The Company also has a financial interest in the Concord Hotel & Resort. For additional information, please visit www.empireresorts.com, or contact Mr. Charles Degliomini, by telephone at 845.807.0001, or by email at cdegliomini@empireresorts.com.

Statements in this press release regarding the Company’s business that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” that may involve material risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1994, and as such, speak only as of the date made. For a full discussion of risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year, as well as the Form 10-Q for the most recently ended fiscal quarter.

Source: Empire Resorts, Inc.

For Empire Resorts:
Charles A. Degliomini, 845-807-0001
Executive Vice President
cdegliomini@empireresorts.com
or
For Investor Relations:
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