LHT Holdings

[RBM]

The land plot at 30 Kranji Way, which used to rented out for heavy vehicles parking and storage, is now mostly empty based on aeriel Google Maps....
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Hh5oL3pVBNBQQjqS8
It is quite an eye sore! If LHT doesn't wish to develop the land plot, the company should sell it.

As the saying goes: a picture (or perhaps a satellite image) speaks a thousand words. dydx’s post puts to rest any notion that LHT’s Kranji Way site has appreciably more visual appeal than its current Sungei Kadut site. And LHT will have some interesting neighbours. 

I have to wonder precisely what restrictions have been placed on LHT vis-a-vis sub-leasing and selling on subdivided parcels.

As an aside, LHT’s shares traded today near their all time high, again in higher than average volumes.

Vested

[ghchua]

Hi RBM,

An observation and a suggestion, both admittedly burdened by speculation (to make it worse, specifically my speculation):
+ Ms. Yap obviously see’s upside to LHT’s Business and therefore its share price. dydx speculates vis-a-vis a potential real estate upside in his preceeding post on this thread - given LHT’s Kranji positioning and the real estate expertise LHT brought onto its Board of Directors eleven days ago, I believe dydx’s thinking on this is both highly plausible and highly credible.

Based on the recent AGM voting results, what I have gathered is that there seems to be two camps currently in what had been perceived as a direct boardroom fight - i.e. Yap/Tan vs Li/Neo groups. Is Ms Yap's consistent purchases of LHT shares a result of having to strengthen her holdings in the company in anticipation of future actions by the opposing camp? Or does she believes in the value of the shares even at current levels?

I think one has to consider the current circumstances in view of her purchases and make their own judgement.

[weijian]

hi ghchua,

Thanks for the heads-up. Coincidentally, the AGM MoM was published yesterday and there was an abnormal huge vote against the special dividend. The "against dividend" camp is probably also against ED Tan, since the numbers are similar I suppose. But then again, the biggest shareholder who will benefit from the special dividend is Li.

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 29 APRIL 2024:
https://links.sgx.com/FileOpen/LHT_Annou...eID=803070

[RBM]

hi ghchua,

Thanks for the heads-up. Coincidentally, the AGM MoM was published yesterday and there was an abnormal huge vote against the special dividend. The "against dividend" camp is probably also against ED Tan, since the numbers are similar I suppose. But then again, the biggest shareholder who will benefit from the special dividend is Li.

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 29 APRIL 2024:
https://links.sgx.com/FileOpen/LHT_Annou...eID=803070

Hello Weijian,

When announcing Resolution Vote counts at LHT’s recent AGM, I understand that Chairman Li volunteered that he voted against the Special Dividend. I can only speculate why. I would note that Mr. Li assumed the LHT Chairman position five days before the AGM. Prior to that, Mr. Li was a Non-Independent Director, Non-Independent by virtue of his Company’s LHT shareholding.

Vested

[pianist]

Won't developing that new kranji land plot needs more capital? Yet they are able to dishing out special bump dividends. admirable

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LHT@101cents

An interesting announcement today: (link to sgx)

The board of directors (the “Board”) of LHT Holdings Limited (the “Company”) wishes to inform the shareholders of the Company (the “Shareholders”) that it has received a term sheet dated 19 May 2025 (the “Term Sheet”) from Ms Yap Mui Kee (“Ms Yap”) comprising an offer from Ms Yap for the purchase by her (or a special purpose vehicle controlled by her) (Ms Yap or such entity being the “Purchaser”) of all (or substantially all) of the Company’s operating assets and business undertakings (on an going concern basis) as at the cut off date of 31 March 2025 (the “Offer”).

The Offer is an irrevocable offer from Ms Yap. The Offer is valid until 19 August 2025...

I'm not sure whether this is good or bad news but I'm very grateful for Ms Yap offers.

Basically, LHT is a rather low volume counters and with Ms Yap help in buying back and other +ve contribution/actions, the share price managed to go above $1. 

From my trading records, my initiate vested in LHT was Jun 2021 brought below 65 cents.

Once again, thanks to our value buddies for your kind sharing.  I always said that I benefited a lot from you (even you did not realised).

Gratitude!

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LHT@97cents

Ms Yap withdrawn the offer with the company's consent.  
Timeline: 
20 May 2025 offer 
19 August 2025 first extension
19 September 2025 second extension
25 September 2025 withdraw

For our vested valuebuddies, what's next?

For me, I will continue to hold and hopefully the dividend will keep coming.

Meanwhile, I wish LHT could continue to innovate and produce good sustainable products.

Gratitude!


Enjoy:

[RBM]

Respect to LHT Chairman Simon & his Board colleagues for LHT’s FY2025 Dividend announced earlier this evening. A 25 Scent total Dividend -equivalent to ~27% (yes, that is twenty-seven percent) Dividend Yield- will still leave > S$20 Million remaining in LHT’s Fixed Deposit coffers … but I believe the decision makers here have done right by their shareholders.

Revenue and Net Profits continue to recede but I suggest this is a Company with demonstrable resilience over the longer term. Some may argue today’s dividend announcement indicates an inability to secure investment opportunities. I would argue that such opportunities need to be robustly lucrative …. and if those are unavailable or too costly or in a sector which has surplus capacity ….then distribute cash-on-hand (or atleast a chunk of it) to your shareholders rather than sit on it. That is exactly what LHT’s leadership have done.

Vested ….. for a long time….. and happy about it.

[weijian]

Respect to LHT Chairman Simon & his Board colleagues for LHT’s FY2025 Dividend announced earlier this evening. A 25 Scent total Dividend -equivalent to ~27% (yes, that is twenty-seven percent) Dividend Yield- will still leave > S$20 Million remaining in LHT’s Fixed Deposit coffers … but I believe the decision makers here have done right by their shareholders.

Revenue and Net Profits continue to recede but I suggest this is a Company with demonstrable resilience over the longer term. Some may argue today’s dividend announcement indicates an inability to secure investment opportunities. I would argue that such opportunities need to be robustly lucrative …. and if those are unavailable or too costly or in a sector which has surplus capacity ….then distribute cash-on-hand (or atleast a chunk of it) to your shareholders rather than sit on it. That is exactly what LHT’s leadership have done.

Vested ….. for a long time….. and happy about it.

Congrats RBM.

I haven't kept up on LHT. Miss Yap sold out her 18% stake some time in Aug2025, which was about 3 months after she had an offer to buy the company (May2025) and just 1 month before the offer was withdrawn (Sept2025). I wonder if this special dividend is connected to this transaction?

There has been various precedents where the substantial shareholder buys more shares, whether through off-market married deals or takeover offers, and then subsequently increases the dividend (mostly one time) to repay the earlier bridging loan they took to increase their stakes. Off my head, I can remember Penguin International (the first offer) and then the recent Hyphens Pharma case where the Founder declared a special interim, after buying out a co-founder. You can refer to the post I did back then below.

Hyphens Pharma special interim dividend in 2023: https://www.valuebuddies.com/thread-8801...#pid168984

[RBM]

Respect to LHT Chairman Simon & his Board colleagues for LHT’s FY2025 Dividend announced earlier this evening. A 25 Scent total Dividend -equivalent to ~27% (yes, that is twenty-seven percent) Dividend Yield- will still leave > S$20 Million remaining in LHT’s Fixed Deposit coffers … but I believe the decision makers here have done right by their shareholders.

Revenue and Net Profits continue to recede but I suggest this is a Company with demonstrable resilience over the longer term. Some may argue today’s dividend announcement indicates an inability to secure investment opportunities. I would argue that such opportunities need to be robustly lucrative …. and if those are unavailable or too costly or in a sector which has surplus capacity ….then distribute cash-on-hand (or atleast a chunk of it) to your shareholders rather than sit on it. That is exactly what LHT’s leadership have done.

Vested ….. for a long time….. and happy about it.

Congrats RBM.

I haven't kept up on LHT. Miss Yap sold out her 18% stake some time in Aug2025, which was about 3 months after she had an offer to buy the company (May2025) and just 1 month before the offer was withdrawn (Sept2025). I wonder if this special dividend is connected to this transaction?

There has been various precedents where the substantial shareholder buys more shares, whether through off-market married deals or takeover offers, and then subsequently increases the dividend (mostly one time) to repay the earlier bridging loan they took to increase their stakes. Off my head, I can remember Penguin International (the first offer) and then the recent Hyphens Pharma case where the Founder declared a special interim, after buying out a co-founder. You can refer to the post I did back then below.

Hyphens Pharma special interim dividend in 2023: https://www.valuebuddies.com/thread-8801...#pid168984

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Hello Weijian, Thanks for the response. This isn’t the first time that LHT has recently surprised with a significant special dividend. Two years ago LHT had a total Dividend of S$ 0.18/share.

If this FY2025 Dividend is confirmed at the coming AGM - and there is no reason to suspect it won’t - then LHT will have given back S$ 0.48/share to its shareholders over a 24 month period. This from a stock which closed at S$ 0.92 yesterday (the share price is up ~22% upon this morning’s early trading).

I read your comment suggesting potential linkage between LHT’s latest Dividend Announcement and Ms. Yap’s attempted asset transaction…. I would just note that this debt-free ~S$ 50 Mln Market Cap company (~S$ 60 Mln this morning) was sitting on > S$ 34 Million of FD’s at end 2025, according to FY2025 a/c’s disclosed yesterday. In the absence of lucrative, robust investment opportunities, I suggest remitting a chunk of that FD quantum to shareholders is responsible corporate stewardship.

Best to you Weijian.

Vested