Bank Danamon, Acquisition in the offing, CLSA

Fullerton Financial Holdings, a unit of Temasek, has entered into a share
agreement with DBS Group Holdings to sell its subsidiary Asia Financial’s
stake in BDMN to DBS. In addition, DBS will offer cash for the minorities,
at Rp7,000/share which is attractive in our view. We therefore prefer to
sell BDMN at a price close to Rp7,000/share and will review our price
target and recommendation accordingly after BDMN’s trading reopens.

Bank Danamon, Auto Margin Crunch, CLSA

BDMN’s FY11 results were in line with our and consensus expectations. In
our view, the issues for the bank remain the same: (1) lower yields from
car/motor financing unit Adira Finance (ADMF) due to competition and a
change in portfolio mix, (2) high cost of funds due to high LDR and weak
funding franchise and (3) an un-exploited mass market segment. BDMN
has an opportunity to regain its strong position in the wet market
segment thus reducing its reliance on vehicle loans while improving its
margins. We maintain our underperform call on the counter.