Alliance Select Foods processing factory in NZ. (Photo: Alliance)

ASFI moves toward listing in Singapore Stock Exchange with new subsidiary

SINGAPORE
Monday, January 28, 2013, 23:50 (GMT + 9)

Canned tuna maker Alliance Select Foods International Inc (ASFI) recently announced that it has built a new wholly-owned subsidiary in Singapore, which will help it be listed in that country’s Stock Exchange.

Alliance Select communicated to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that its Singapore unit Alliance Select Foods Pte Ltd is an investment holding company in addition to existing as a general wholesaler and trader, GMA News reports. 

In September 2012, Alliance Select first said that it intended to have its shares listed in the Singaporean Stock Exchange (SGX), and that it will seek the listing by proposing an offering of Singapore Depository Shares (SDS) representing common shares of the company, Manila Times reports.

"With this office, we’ll be able to tap the smoked salmon market in Singapore. There is a higher disposable income in the country [Singapore], a very good and organized retail penetration. Also, smoked salmon is a higher-end product, so it could sell well in a developed country like Singapore," said Rajat Balain, Alliance Select corporate information officer, Business World reports.

According to a previous disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, in order for Alliance Select Foods to carry out this transaction, the company’s board has already authorized the issuance of up to a maximum of PHP 430.27 million- (USD 10.5 million) worth of shares from its authorized capital stock.

Alliance Select noted that it hired CIMB BankBerhad Singapore as its financial adviser and that the proceeds from the SGX offering will pay for the company’s future growth. 

“The listing will enable Alliance Select to raise additional funds to finance its future growth,” the company said in a statement.

Last year as well, the canned tuna manufacturer purchased six commercial tuna fishing vessels as part of the vertical integration of its fishing operations, stating that it had bought the vessels from BSJ Fishing and Trading Inc, thereby settling in full that company’s obligation to Alliance Select for fish deposits worth some USD 15 million.

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- Alliance Select gains better control of its tuna supply 

By Natalia Real
editorial@fis.com
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