ARA @ $1.755

Sell @ $1.755

Cleared my last few lots… Q416 Results last evening looked good, with EPS maintained, despite the enlarged share base after the 18-for-100 Rights Issue. But, no div declared as in the midst of a Scheme Offer, with voting fixed on 31-Mar… Offer Price is $1.78 ie I sold at 1.4% discount, more if incl transaction costs…

Share price +5ct today, after languishing at a bigger discount of 4-5%, since Offer started… Likely reason for the discount is the mkt expects likelihood of failure to be high, as it also requires a majority show-of-hand.. This means minority shareholders can influence the outcome, if they turn up in large numbers… The bigger shareholders (Funds) had pared down their stake, altho they have indicated they plan to vote for the Scheme… They must be taking some profits first (in case Offer get voted down) as mkt price had shot up due to this Offer…

Share price may correct if Scheme fails, altho the rise today may be an indication mkt thinks it won’t fall a lot due to good results…

Will continue to follow and buy if prices should drop… 😀

ARA @ $1.38

Sell @ $1.38

Happy to take profit… but closed at $1.46… must be mkt optimism of a new stream of recurring income from their latest Harmony Fund… 😀

ARA @ $1.355

Sell @ $1.355

Last day of cd (Div 2.3ct)… Treat as Yield Rotations Play since mkt is weak…  Closed @ $1.36… Trading pattern appeared like someone's collecting… But, this happens often for ARA… easy for manipulator (buy / sell) as usually low volume…  😀

Q216 EPS (1.94ct) was flat qoq (1.94ct) & yoy (1.95ct) but for yoy, share base was enlarged after 18-for-100 Rights @ $1… So, considered as improved yoy…

ARA @ $1.3283

Buy @ $1.335, $1.33, $1.32

Itchy fingers… the moment I buy to average down, it started dropping… Low $1.315, also Q'd but not done… Closed @ $1.32… 😀

ARA @ $1.1555

Sell @ $1.155, $1.16

Contra off 2 recent buys… Had the $1 Rights ones in $1.16 Sell Q and was done during 5pm matching… Am left with the original pre-Rights Issue ones… at a very high price… 😀

ARA @ $1.1425

Buy @ $1.145, $1.14

Collecting back slowly…  xd on 21-Apr for 2.7ct and risk is always high it may drop below $1.10 after that..  May trade in the short term as I'd collected more than planned… 😀

ARA @ $1.145

Buy @ $1.145

Average down… Had not been giving any attention to ARA previously when it dropped to a low of close to $1 as I had no free cash then… Time to pay some attention as xd date (21-Apr) for Div = 2.7ct gets nearer… 😀

ARA @ $1.6287

Buy @ $1.625, $1.63

Partially done @ $1.625, only a bit… Quickly grabbed some more @ $1.63 when it started moving up… Big drop from $1.705 last close, even tho' STI only -9.71… Closed @ $1.66… 😀