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EPF Sold Southern Cable All September, Then the MD's Firm Sold RM54 Million More

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Southern Cable Group's managing director sold RM54 million worth of shares in September. The Employees Provident Fund was trimming its own stake in the same stock, all month, as the price climbed. Southern Cable makes power and data cables, and supplies projects like the MRT3 line.

EPF's stake, filing by filing

EPF'S DIRECT STAKE IN SOUTHERN CABLE GROUPpercentage of shares, one scale, September 2026 filings9%8%7%8.87%1 Sep8.83%8 Sep8.19%15 Sep7.94%22 Sep7.56%28 Sep6.94%29 SepMD's firm sells RM54m ↓Direct interest only, one EPF-administered (Citigroup Nominees) account.
EPF's direct interest in Southern Cable Group (0225), from Bursa substantial-shareholder filings via KLSE Screener, 1-29 September 2026.
  • EPF's stake fell from 8.87% to 6.94% across four weeks of Bursa filings.
  • Its steepest cut came the day afterthe MD's firm sold, 29 September, more than three times any other move.

The MD's firm sold RM54 million more

20,000,000
shares sold
28 Sep 2026
RM2.70
price per share
direct business transaction
RM54.0m
deal value
20m × RM2.70
  • The shares changed hands off-market, in a direct business transaction rather than a normal trade.
  • Tung also holds a separate 24.13% stake— 308.3 million shares — that this sale didn't touch.
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Southern Cable Group manufactures power and telecommunications cables, including orders tied to the MRT3 line and new data centres.

This site tracks every EPF, Khazanah and director trade for 228 Bursa-listed companies on Smart Money Malaysia, updated twice a day — including September's piece on EPF buying CIMB and RHB while selling Maybank.

What to watch

  • by ~30 Nov 2026Southern Cable's Q3 FY2026 results are due, under Bursa's Listing Requirements two-month quarterly reporting rule.
  • OngoingAny further Sino Shield or EPF filings on Southern Cable, tracked live on Smart Money Malaysia.
Not financial advice. This is general information on Employees Provident Fund (EPF) shareholding changes and a director's share disposal in Southern Cable Group Berhad (0225), disclosed on Bursa Malaysia and read via klsescreener.com and i3investor.com as at 5 October 2026. It is not a recommendation to buy, hold or sell any shares, and Rates.my does not issue price targets or forecasts. A fund's or director's own trades are not investment advice — confirm current prices and filings with your broker before acting.

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