PP 7767/09/2010(025354)

29 June 2010

Malaysia Corporate Highlights

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MARKET DATELINE

Berjaya Sports Toto Share Price

Fair Value
:
:
RM4.30
RM5.05
Of Sports Betting And More Recom : Outperform
(Maintained)

Table 1 : Investment Statistics (BTOTO; Code: 1562) Bloomberg: BST MK

Net Net
FYE Turnover profit EPS Growth PER C.EPS* P/CF P/NTA ROE Gearing GDY
Apr (RMm) (RMm) (sen) (%) (x) (x) (x) (x) (%) (%) (%)
2010 3,392.3 381.7 28.9 (11.6) 14.9 12.9 NM 85.5 41.9 6.3
2011f 3,445.6 435.9 32.3 11.7 13.3 33.0 17.5 NM 119.2 65.5 6.0
2012f 3,470.0 457.0 33.8 4.9 12.7 34.0 17.4 NM 104.9 67.3 6.5
2013f 3,574.6 469.3 34.7 2.7 12.4 15.0 (83.2) 91.3 61.9 6.7
Main Market Listing / Non-Trustee Stock / Non Syariah-Approved Stock By The SC * Consensus Based On IBES
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♦ BCorp explains on sports betting... Berjaya Corp held an analyst Issued Capital (m shares) 1,351.0
briefing to explain in more detail the circumstances surrounding the Market Cap (RMm) 5,809.4
abortion of the sports betting deal. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan Chee Daily Trading Vol (m shs) 1.0
Yioun (TSVT), who chaired the meeting, continued to stress that the 52wk Price Range (RM) 4.11-4.99
Government had backtracked on its decision to issue the licence despite Major Shareholders: (%)
having granted its approval for the reissuance. This appeared to be backed Berjaya Land 43.5
up by a letter issued by the Ministry of Finance dated 13 Jan 2010. Besides Tan Sri Vincent Tan 4.6
(direct)
this letter, the original letter from the MOF dated 5 June 1990 which stated
that Ascot Sports would have the first right of refusal should the
Government change its mind about legalising sports betting in the country FYE Apr FY11 FY12 FY13
again was also sighted. EPS chg (%) - - -

♦ …and on other developments. Now that the sports betting deal is Var to Cons (%) (2.2) (0.5) -

aborted, TSVT was asked about his plans for BCorp. TSVT mentioned the
PE Band Chart
retail division (under the soon-to-be-listed Berjaya Retail) and the food
division (which has been submitted for listing) as the divisions which will
PER = 16x
see exciting developments in the medium term, while the gaming division PER = 13x
could also see new developments in Vietnam (under BToto) and Jeju Island PER = 10x

in Korea (under Berjaya Land) in the longer term.

♦ Flattening of BToto ownership structure imminent? One surprising
revelation made by TSVT was his intention to bring BToto closer to BCorp,
which we understand to mean flattening the structure by getting rid of the
Berjaya Land layer. Currently, we note that BLand owns 43.5% of BToto,
BCorp owns 53.8% of BLand and TSVT directly owns a 7.24% and 4.57% Relative Performance To FBM KLCI
stake in B-Land and BToto, respectively. When asked about a possible
FBM KLCI
privatisation of BToto, TSVT said that this was not an option, considering
the large amount of funds required for a privatisation. However, TSVT
mentioned that BCorp is now studying the various options available to
Berjaya Sports Toto
achieve this objective. Whichever way this is done, impact to BToto is
likely to be neutral, as it would only be a change of major shareholder.
♦ Possible higher dividend payout for BToto “very likely”. When asked
about the possibility of higher dividend payouts from BToto in future, TSVT
said that this would be “very likely”, although he would leave that up the
BToto’s board to decide. Note that BToto already raised its dividend payout
for FY10 to 93.3% (from initial guidance of 75%). In our projections, we
have assumed BToto’s net dividend payout at a more conservative 80-85%
for FY11-12, which would already yield a respectable 6-7% p.a..
♦ Risks. Main risks for BToto include: 1) Poor luck factor causing high prize
payout ratios; 2) Regulatory changes for NFO industry to discourage
gambling in the country or to allow competitors more outlets and more Hoe Lee Leng
game variations; and 3) Hike in gaming taxes. (603) 92802184
♦ Forecasts and Investment case. Our forecasts and Outperform call hoe.lee.leng@rhb.com.my
with DCF-based fair value of RM5.05 (WACC 9.8%) are unchanged.

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Table 2. Earnings Forecasts Table 3. Forecast Assumptions

FYE Apr (RMm) FY10a FY11F FY12F FY13F FYE Apr FY11F FY12F FY13F

Turnover 3392.3 3445.6 3470.0 3574.6 Revenue per draw day (RMm) 21.9 22.1 22.7
Gaming 3374.1 3421.1 3444.3 3547.6 No. draw days 156 156 156
Others 18.2 24.5 25.7 27.0 Gross prize payout ratio (%) 63.0 63.0 63.0
Turnover growth (%) (8.2) 1.6 0.7 3.0 No. of outlets 680 680 680

EBITDA 612.1 628.7 647.8 662.6

Gaming 585.1 648.7 657.8 677.6
Others (23.0) (20.0) (10.0) (15.0)
EBITDA margin (%) 18.0 18.2 18.7 18.5

Depreciation (17.7) (18.0) (18.2) (18.4)

Net Interest (15.9) (25.1) (23.5) (21.8)
Associates (0.0) 0.0 0.0 0.0
EI 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Pretax Profit 546.2 584.3 604.7 621.0

Tax (159.7) (151.9) (151.2) (155.3)
PAT 386.4 432.4 453.5 465.8
Minorities (4.7) 3.5 3.5 3.5
Net Profit 381.7 435.9 457.0 469.3

Source: Company data, RHBRI estimates

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