Mencast’s Gay family cease to be substantial shareholders after sale of 5.1 mil shares

Felicia Tan
04 Oct 2024

After the sale, Gay and Chua are no longer substantial shareholders of Mencast, with a remaining stake of 4.63% from 5.74% previously.

Gay Chee Cheong, a substantial shareholder of Mencast Holdings 5nf, and his wife, Chua Siok Lan, have sold 5.12 million shares via the market for $150,178 or 2.93 cents apiece.

The sale took place via a series of different transactions over different trading days, according to an Oct 4 filing. “The number of shares held immediately before and after the transaction represent the shares held before and after a notifiable obligation was triggered.”

After the sale, Gay and Chua are no longer substantial shareholders of Mencast, with a remaining stake of 4.63% from 5.74% previously.

Gay is deemed interested in the shares held by Chua and vice versa.

On Sept 25, Gay and Chua sold 1.63 million shares to the market for $51,213 or 3.14 cents each. The stake reduced the couple’s stake to 5.74% from 6.09% then.

Mencast reported a loss of $416,000 in 1HFY2024 ended June 30, down from earnings of $2.08 million in the corresponding period the year before.

Shares in Mencast closed 0.1 cent higher or 3.33% up at 3.1 cents on Oct 4.

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