Just a short post about a special situation that might be attractive. The Canadian company Kobex Capital has announced a substantial issuer bid for 85% of its outstanding shares. Kobex is a cash box with no remaining operations. Management was not making progress in buying another business or making solid investments. The result was that […]
Dark companies & Temco Service Industries
Pink sheet companies have always fascinated me. It’s this large universe of mostly very crappy companies that virtually all investors will not touch with a barge pole. Rightly so for the most part. I’d say at least 95% of them are not even remotely interesting. Many are just shell companies with no operations. Others are […]
LanTroVision to be acquired by Mirait Holdings
A short update about LanTroVision (SGX:BJK), which I wrote about almost two years ago. LanTroVision has just received an acquisition proposal from MIRAIT Singapore, which is a wholly owned sub of MIRAIT Holdings Corporation (TYO:1417). LanTroVision shareholders will receive S$3.25 in cash per share. The total acquisition price wil be around S$180 million, including expenses. […]
Tidelands Royalty Trust “B”
Sometimes I stumble upon a weird small stock that looks interesting, but after doing some reading on it I begin to realize I can’t get a good idea of what it is worth. One recent example I found on the pink sheets is Tidelands Royalty Trust “B” (TIRTZ). I’ll just throw some info out there, […]
Japanese net-nets: update
In 2013 I bought my first couple of Japanese net-nets and expanded the basket the basket with a few more positions in 2014. In this post I’ll list my current Japanese holdings. There have been a few developments that have led me to buy a few more Japanese positions since the last update in 2014. […]