Mystery Of The Increase In Shares Of The DKI Provincial Government In Anker Bir: Anies And Delta Djakarta's Men Alike Refute

JAKARTA - The Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta has increased its share ownership in PT Delta Djakarta Tbk. In fact, last year the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan once said that he would reduce the share portion in the beer producer.

In the information disclosure of Delta Djakarta on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) website, which was quoted on Friday, November 13, the number of shares of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government in the Anker Bir producer increased from 26.25 percent to 58.33 percent as of October 2020.

The Malaysian San Miguel company, which was the majority shareholder at 58.33 percent, then fell to 26.25 percent. The rest are owned by the public listed on the IDX, namely 15.41 percent.

In retrospect or about a year ago, Anies stated that the Provincial Government would release the share ownership of PT Delta Djakarta Tbk. (DLTA) and will no longer receive dividends from the company in 2020. This was revealed in a meeting to discuss general policies (KUA) and temporary budget priorities (PPAS) between Commission C DPRD DKI Jakarta and the Regional Owned Enterprise Development Agency (BPBUMD), Thursday 15 Last August 2019.

Anies at that time hoped that the share release process would be completed in 2019. And in 2020, said Anies, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government had not received dividends from the issuer coded DLTA shares.

"What Jakarta residents need is clean water, not alcoholic water. So it would be better if the funds were used to build drinking water infrastructure," said Anies at that time.

But strangely, the data that was officially published on the IDX website was denied by Anies's men, namely the Secretary of the DKI Regional Owned Enterprise Development Agency (BP BUMD), Riyadi. According to him, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has never increased ownership of beer shares.

"It's not true. It's wrong. I don't know where it came from. What is clear, it's not true," Riyadi said when confirmed, Friday, November 13.

Riyadi added that it is impossible for DKI Pemprov to buy shares in the company. This is because the DKI Jakarta Regional Budget has contracted and adjustments must be made for handling COVID-19.

"It's impossible for us to add money from where the APBD has contracted. Follow the development of the APBD discussion, right? Our APBD has decreased, how can we buy shares," said Riyadi.

In fact, Riyadi said, Anies plans to sell the remaining shares of the DKI Provincial Government to the beer company.

"We want to sell the shares. It's impossible to add more. Just clarify it to IDX (BEI)," he concluded.

For the record, in the capital market, information disclosure is a matter that applies to companies listed on the IDX or which are also known as Listed Companies. Why is that? Because the shares of the Listed Company are owned by many people (public) so that any material information must be conveyed openly so that it can be known by the public.

The Listed Company's information disclosure must be carried out regularly, periodically and in a timely manner because it greatly influences investors in making investment decisions and as a form of protection for investors.

One of the provisions regulating the disclosure of information of Listed Companies is the Financial Services Authority Regulation Number 31 / POJK.04 / 2015 concerning Disclosure of Information or Material Facts by Issuers or Public Companies.

This regulation regulates material events / facts that must be submitted by the Listed Company to the public after obtaining additional capital through fundraising from the public or Initial Public Offering and / or Listed on the Stock Exchange. Provisions regarding information disclosure are also contained in the Indonesian Stock Exchange Regulation Number IE concerning Obligation to Submit Information.

Several forms of information disclosure mentioned in this regulation include the obligation to submit periodic reports, submit incidental reports, and organize public exposures.

This certainly indicates that Delta Djakarta officially reports the structure of changes in the share ownership portion of the company. However, the Director of PT Delta Djakarta TBK, Ronny Titiheruw, actually denied the information they published themselves.

"That is not true. There is no additional share of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government in Delta Djakarta," he said when confirmed by VOI, Friday, November 13.