Lankem Ceylon

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Lankem Ceylon PLC
Type Public
CSE:  LCEY.N0000
ISIN LK0115N00002
Industry
FoundedSeptember 15, 1964;58 years ago (1964-09-15)
Founder Royal Dutch Shell
Headquarters
Colombo
,
Sri Lanka
Key people
  • S. D. R. Arudpragasam (Chairman)
  • A. Hettiarachchy (Deputy chairman)
  • P. S. Goonewardene (Managing director)
BrandsLankem Robbialac
RevenueIncrease2.svg LKR21,191 million (2022)
Increase2.svg LKR263 million (2022)
Increase2.svg LKR(3) million (2022)
Total assets Increase2.svg LKR22,588 million (2022)
Total equity Increase2.svg LKR5,121 million (2022)
Owner
Parent The Colombo Fort Land & Building Company PLC
Subsidiaries
  • C. W. Mackie PLC
  • Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC
  • Marawila Resorts PLC
  • Beruwala Resorts PLC
  • Galle Fort Hotel
  • J.F. Packaging Ltd.
  • ACME Printing & Packaging PLC
  • Consolidated Tea Plantations Ltd (associate company)
Website www.lankem.lk
Footnotes /references
[1]

Lankem Ceylon PLC is a chemicals, paints and consumer goods manufacturing company in Sri Lanka. The company also engaged in the hospitality industry by owning and operating resorts in Sri Lanka. The company is incorporated in 1964 by Royal Dutch Shell and listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 1970. Brand Finance ranked the company 88th most valuable brand in Sri Lanka. [2] The company ranked 61st in LMD 100 , an annual list of quoted companies by revenue in the financial year 2019–20. [3]

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History

Lankem Ceylon was incorporated as Shell Chemical Company of Ceylon Limited by Royal Dutch Shell in 1964 as an agrochemical company. In 2010, Lankem Ceylon acquired C. W. Mackie. [4] A new plant manufacturing paint thinner and chemical was inaugurated in Sapugaskanda in 2012 at cost of LKR120 million. Lankem Chemical Ltd, a subsidiary of Lankem Ceylon is the largest manufacturer and importer of paint thinner in Sri Lanka. [5]

Operations

A 2017 study found the company is not following contemporary management accounting practices such as activity-based costing, activity-based management, and balanced scorecard. [6] Suren Goonewardene was appointed as the managing director of the company in June 2020. [7] ICRA Lanka Limited has withdrawn its rating of [SL]D at the company request in September 2020. [8] In June 2021, company's LKR677 million rights issue went undersubscribed. The company was able to raise only LKR352.3 million. [9] Despite disruptions to the supply chain, the company posted a profit in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2020–21 for the first time since 2014–15. The gross profit of LKR827 million is an increase of 46 per cent when compared to 2019–20. [10] The company is one of the partners of the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology along with other private sector companies and the Ministry of Technology. [11]

Acquiring ACME Printing & Packaging

The second-largest shareholder of ACME Printing & Packaging PLC, Richardson Holdings Ltd. divested its stake of 19.43 per cent of the company. E. B. Creasy & Company, an associate company of Lankem Ceylon acquired the stake increasing Lankem Ceylon and related parties shares to 32.17 per cent. This resulted in Lankem Ceylon being required to make an offer to purchase the rest of the ordinary shares according to the 1995 Company Takeovers and Mergers Code. On 16 September 2021, Lankem Ceylon submitted an application to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka with an offer price of LKR12.00 per share. [12] Lankem Ceylon was able to increase its stake of ACME Printing & Packaging to 88.27 per cent thus becoming the controlling shareholder of the company. Most of the minority shareholders responded positively to Lankem Ceylon's mandatory offer. [13]

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