Friday, September 30, 2011

Bumi Resources (BUMI IJ - TP Rp3,300) (Outperform)

The Global Oil & Gas Specialist
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Stock:
BUMI IJ

Name:
Bumi Resources

Price:
Rp1,930.00

Market Cap (bn):
Rp40,093

Market Cap (m):
US$4,510

Current valuation (DCF):
Rp3,100.00

12mth price target:
Rp3,330.00

Recommendation:
Outperform

Event
Debtwire.com has reported that the Bakrie's have a week to top up the BUMI PLC share backed USD 1.345bn loan. "The family has until the middle of next week to top up the USD 1.345bn loan collateral with cash or more shares, after the coverage fell below 120%." Further, the report highlights that if BUMI PLC falls below GBP8.40, then a mandatory requirement will be triggered.

Impact
How has this happened? Founding Bumi shareholder, Bakrie transferred his ownership from Bumi IJ to BUMI PLC (formerly Vallar). As part of this deal, they undertook amargin loan based on BUMI PLC/BUMI IJ's share price. Given recent market and Bumi underperformance, it appears that the company has breached its debt covenants.

Can the Bakrie's repay this debt? Given that this debt is at the founding shareholder level, we are not able to factually conclude as to their current liquidity position, however historically the family has used a high amount of leverage to fund its shareholding.

What happened last time.... Investors shorted first, and asked question later? During the GFC of 2008, Bakrie faced similar margin calls at the shareholder level. This resulted in hedge funds shorting the stock leading to higher margin calls and in a long spiral downwards as the share prices collapsed to Rp500. This ultimately led to the JSX being closed for a couple of days due to settlement concerns with numerous "related party transactions" being undertaken to restructure their debt covenants. We are concerned that investors may undertake similar action in selling first, and asking questions later.


source: Macquarie Capital Securities dated 30 September 2011

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