Pharmaniaga

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Pharmaniaga falls under PN17 (The Sun Daily)

KUALA LUMPUR: Pharmaniaga Bhd has posted a net loss of RM607.32 million for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2022 (FY2022) against a net profit of RM1...

The company said that its operational activities for both concession business with the Health Ministry and non-concession business with the private sector would not be disrupted and continue to be intact. The company said that it had also registered an encouraging 50 per cent year-on-year growth in the private market and would target to maintain the growth in 2023. “In addition, there was also an improved contribution from the private sector by approximately 50 per cent as a result of aggressive sales efforts coupled with new products launched to the market during the year,“ it said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia today.

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Pharmaniaga is now a PN17 company (The Star Online)

PETALING JAYA: Pharmaniaga Bhd has been classified as an affected listed issuer under Practice Note 17 (PN17) of the Main Market Listing Requirements of ...

Addressing the matter in hands, Pharmaniaga is currently in focused talks with various parties, both local and overseas to purchase the vaccines. It will also need to submit a regularisation plan to Bursa Malaysia if the plan will not result in a significant change in the business direction or policy of the company. Pharmaniaga said it will need to submit a regularisation plan to the Securities Commission Malaysia within 12 months if the plan will result in a significant change in the business direction or policy of the company. “The company is in the midst of formulating a plan to regularise its financial condition and the announcement on the same will be made in due course in accordance with the listing requirements”. Due to the accounting treatment in accordance with the Malaysia Financial Reporting Standards requirements and Pharmaniaga’s good governance practice, the group had to provide for an amount of RM552.3mil on the stock of vaccines. In a filing with the stock exchange yesterday, the pharmaceutical company said it had triggered the PN17 criteria pursuant to its audited consolidated financial statements for the period ended Dec 31, 2022.

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Massive RM552.3 million vaccine provision pulls Pharmaniaga into ... (The Edge Markets MY)

Pharmaniaga Bhd announced its largest ever quarterly net loss of RM664.39 million, or 49.19 sen per share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, ...

“Business continues to operate as usual while the Group is in the final stages of negotiations,” it said. The group is committed to service all financial obligations to lenders and other financial institutions, as well as formulating an optimal cash flow plan,” it added. “The group’s Indonesia operations continue to become the growth driver as it delivers an impressive performance by closing FY2022 with 10% growth in comparison to the previous year. The plan will focus on strengthening the group’s financial standing, as well as assuring that core business activities remain viable with growth prospects,” it explained. Its cash balance was at RM52.84 million, while its inventory dropped to RM767.26 million from RM1.26 billion a year ago after the impairment. “The group is optimistic of favourable outcomes from the negotiations. In addition, the group managed to turn around the Indonesia business from a loss of RM1.4 million in 2021 to a profit of RM6.2 million,” it said. Its long-term borrowings amounted to RM190.6 million versus RM285.17 million. “The group also guarantees that its operational activities for both concession business with the Ministry of Health and non-concession business with the private sector will not be disrupted and continue to be intact. “In adherence to the requirement of MFRS102 inventories, the group made a provision of slow moving inventories on Covid-19 vaccines of RM552.3 million,” said Pharmaniaga in a bourse filing. Quarterly revenue, however, grew 21.22% to RM862.72 million from RM711.72 million a year earlier due to “healthy growth” across the group’s concession, non-concession and Indonesian businesses as a result of strong demand from the customers subsequent to the resumption of normal business activities after the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, it has written down the goodwill of the Indonesian manufacturing cash-generating units of RM50.3 million, according to its announcement to Bursa Malaysia.

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Pharmaniaga falls under PN17, hit by RM552mil impairment on ... (Free Malaysia Today)

PETALING JAYA: Pharmaniaga Bhd confirmed today it has fallen under the Practice Note 17 (PN17) classification for financially distressed companies after ...

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Pharmaniaga posts massive net loss of... (The Malaysian Reserve)

Pharmaniaga Bhd has posted a massive loss for the last three months of 2022 as the company made provisions for slow moving inventories for Covid-19 vaccines ...

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Pharmaniaga now a PN17 company (The Malaysian Insight)

GOVERNMENT-linked pharmaceutical company Pharmaniaga Bhd has been issued the Practice Note 17 (PN17) after it was labelled financially distressed on Bursa ...

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Pharmaniaga's shares plunge 50% following PN17 announcement (The Star Online)

KUALA LUMPUR: Shares in Pharmaniaga Bhd plunged 50% or 22 sen to 22 sen a share at the opening bell, following news the company had slipped into Practice ...

Addressing the matter in hands, Pharmaniaga is currently in focused talks with various parties, both local and overseas to purchase the vaccines. It will also need to submit a regularisation plan to Bursa Malaysia if the plan will not result in a significant change in the business direction or policy of the company. Pharmaniaga said it will need to submit a regularisation plan to the Securities Commission Malaysia within 12 months if the plan will result in a significant change in the business direction or policy of the company. “The company is in the midst of formulating a plan to regularise its financial condition and the announcement on the same will be made in due course in accordance with the listing requirements”. The company said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia it had triggered the criteria pursuant to its audited consolidated financial statements for the period ended Dec 31, 2022. A PN17 company is a listed company that does not have a core business or has failed to meet the minimum capital or equity and companies’ shareholders’ funds.

Pharmaniaga Shares Plunge After Company Is Classified as ... (MarketWatch)

By Ying Xian Wong Pharmaniaga Bhd.'s shares slumped Tuesday after the Malaysian pharmaceutical company posted a fourth-quarter loss and was classified as...

The company also fell under Bursa Malaysia's Practice Note 17 classification for financially-distressed companies. Pharmaniaga is now required to submit a proposal to Bursa Malaysia to restructure and revive the company in order to maintain its listing status. Pharmaniaga shares plunged as much as 50% to 0.22 ringgit, on track for their biggest one-day percentage loss since the company was listed.

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Pharmaniaga shares plunge 43% after losses trigger PN17 (Free Malaysia Today)

KUALA LUMPUR: Pharmaniaga Bhd's shares have fallen 43% after the company's RM552.3 million provision for “slow-moving inventories of Covid-19 vaccines” ...

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Pharmaniaga gaps down 50% after posting biggest quarterly loss ... (The Edge Markets MY)

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 28): Pharmaniaga Holdings Bhd opened at 22 sen in Tuesday (Feb 28) morning trade on Bursa Malaysia, down 50% from its closing price of 44 ...

These exercises, which may require shareholders’ approval at an extraordinary general meeting, may also take some time to conclude; in the meantime, Pharmaniaga could struggle to meet its short-term payment obligations, in our view.” “We note that there could potentially be a reversal in the impairment provision, should Pharmaniaga be able to sell more of its existing Covid-19 stockpile. peak of over 500,000 doses per day in 3Q2021); and Covid-19 cases, hospital/ICU admissions and deaths have been on a decline since early-2022.” The valuation discount is to account for the weak earnings outlook and balance sheet (ascribing ~50% probability of the worst-case scenario, i.e. We cut Pharmaniaga’s target price by 57% to 25 sen after earnings cuts and applying a 30% discount to its fair value (still based on 13 times calendar year 2024 P/E, i.e. Its cash balance was at RM52.84 million, while its inventory dropped to RM767.26 million from RM1.26 billion a year ago, after the impairment. “We slash FY2023F/2024F core earnings per share by 50%/43% to bake-in higher opex and interest cost. Its long-term borrowings amounted to RM190.6 million versus RM285.17 million. enlarged share base post-regularisation, losing government concession), as well as the lower investability of its stock (PN17 status),” he said. Hong Leong Investment Bank Research (HLIB Research) had downgraded the stock to a “sell” from a “buy” and slashed its target price to 31 sen from 63 sen prior, while CGS-CIMB had lowered its rating on the counter to a “reduce” from a “hold”, and correspondingly cut its target price to 25 sen from 58 sen. “Given the downside and the uncertain outlook after slipping into PN17, we are downgrading our rating on Pharmaniaga to sell,” said HLIB Research analyst Sophie Chua Siu Li in a note on Tuesday, adding that the target price reflected an unchanged price-earnings (P/E) multiple of 11.6 times on its estimated earnings per share of 2.7 sen for FY2023. “In adherence to the requirement of MFRS102 inventories, the group made a provision of slow-moving inventories on Covid-19 vaccines of RM552.3 million,” said Pharmaniaga in a bourse filing.

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Pharmaniaga shares down 43pc to 25 sen after PN17 classification (Malay Mail)

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Pharmaniaga Bhd shares fell 43 per cent after the company's RM552.3 million provision for “slow-moving inventories of Covid-19 ...

‘‘All in all, we downgrade our recommendation from ‘buy’ to ‘neutral’. It opened at 22 sen, a drop of 50 per cent. In consideration of the below-than-expected FY2022 results, MIDF Research said it had revised its earnings estimates for the company for FY2023 and FY2024 downwards by 79 per cent and 87 per cent, respectively.

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Pharmaniaga stocks hits limit down, seeing massive sell... (The Malaysian Reserve)

SHARES of Pharmaniaga Holdings Bhd saw a big sell off in the early morning trade after announcing a massive quarterly loss yesterday.

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Pharmaniaga slips into PN17, slow Covid-19 vaccine demand drags ... (New Straits Times Online)

KUALA LUMPUR: Slow demand for Covid-19 vaccine following the country's move to endemic phase has dragged down Pharmaniaga Bhd's earnings for its financial ...

For the fourth quarter (Q4), the company posted a net loss of RM644.39 million compared to a net profit of RM85.48 million in Q4 2021. HLIB said in accordance to the requirement of MFRS102, Pharmaniaga had made a provision of RM552.3 million for its slow-moving Covid-19 vaccine stock, resulting in a negative shareholders' equity position of RM248.7 million and subsequently triggering the criteria for PN17. The pharmaceutical company posted a net loss of RM607.32 million in FY22 compared to a net profit of RM172.15 million in FY21. "The company is in the midst of formulating a plan to regularise its financial condition and the announcement on the same will be made in due course in accordance to the listing requirements," it said. Its logistics and distribution division recorded a lower pre-tax profit of RM24.4 million for FY22 compared to RM72.8 million in FY21 due to lower distribution income on Covid-19 vaccines coupled with higher operating costs as a result of opening three new warehouses in light of the volume increase. "The manufacturing division recorded a loss before tax of RM549.0 million for the financial year under review as a result of the provision for slow-moving inventories on Covid-19 vaccines in adherence to the requirement of Malaysia Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS)102 Inventories," said the company in its Bursa filing.

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Boustead swings into loss after Pharmaniaga inventories writedown (The Edge Markets MY)

Boustead Holdings Bhd slipped into the red for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 (4QFY2022), weighed down by a RM552.3 million inventories writedown ...

It also holds a 68.85% stake in Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd — the company that has been tasked to build six littoral combat ships but it has yet to deliver. Analysts commented that there is likelihood that Pharmaniaga will need a cash call to recapitalise and regularise its financial conditions. It closed at 62.5 sen, down 5.5 sen or 8.1% from Monday. This was despite a 25% growth in quarterly revenue to RM3.69 billion from RM2.96 billion, Boustead's Bursa Malaysia filing showed. At this price, the group's market capitalisation stands at RM1.27 billion. “This was driven by our dedicated focus [on] our reinventing Boustead strategy, and we will continue to build on this to leverage opportunities to drive the sustainable growth of our core businesses, alongside unlocking value creation for the future,” said Izaddeen in a statement. [Pharmaniaga tumbles after posting biggest quarterly loss due to RM552.3m vaccine provision](https://www.theedgemarkets.com/node/657070) [PDT and IDSS of Pharmaniaga securities suspended](https://www.theedgemarkets.com/node/657059) [Massive RM552.3 million vaccine provision pulls Pharmaniaga into deep losses, triggers PN17](https://www.theedgemarkets.com/node/656995) “While it is in negotiations with creditors on the matter, we believe there is risk of the company defaulting on these debt instruments (unless major shareholders Boustead and/or LTAT intervene), aside from potentially breaching covenants of other debt instruments in the coming months, especially after the release of its audited financial statements (likely in April 2023),” the analyst commented. Being the controlling shareholder, Boustead will need to have financial resources on standby in order to uplift the generic drug maker out of PN17 status. “We are supporting the management team to ensure a robust regularisation plan is in place to strengthen the company’s balance sheet and progressively work towards the upliftment of the PN17 (Practice Note 17) status,” he added. “Nevertheless, we are confident that Pharmaniaga remains a going concern and is well poised to tap on the strong prospects of the pharmaceutical sector, domestically and regionally. Consequently, Boustead incurred a loss per share of 19.85 sen, in contrast to earnings per share of 3.88 sen, or RM78.6 million, in 4QFY2021.

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