Last Week, Astra Bought 74.98 Million Shares Of Hermina Hospital Worth IDR 102.70 Billion

Hermina Hospital. (Photo: Doc. Hermina Hospitals)

JAKARTA - The Astra Group has again accumulated the purchase of shares of the hospital issuer, PT Medikaloka Hermina Tbk (HEAL). This was done by Astra on Friday, June 17th.

In an information disclosure on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) website, quoted on Monday, June 20, HEAL, which operates Hermina Hospital, announced that PT Astra International Tbk (ASII) purchased 0.51 percent of Hermina's shares in stages at a price range of IDR 1,362 to IDR 1. 375.

For information, Astra International purchased HEAL shares from 7 June to 15 June 2022. The total shares raised were 74.98 million shares, with a transaction value of IDR 102.70 billion.

After the transaction, Astra now has 809.54 million shares, or the equivalent of 5.43 percent of HEAL shares. Astra's goal is to accumulate HEAL shares for investment purposes.

"The status of shareholders, not controlling," wrote the Director of PT Medikaloka Hermina Tbk, Yulisar Khiat.

The Astra Group became a shareholder of HEAL for the first time on April 6, 2022. ASII became a shareholder of HEAL through a private placement.

At that time, the number of new shares issued by HEAL was 30 million shares. The buyer is ASII.

The price for the private placement of HEAL shares is IDR 1,500 per share. So, ASII spent IDR 45 billion to buy the HEAL shares.