Whitewash Waiver

Annual Report

Whitewash waiver

Capitalised terms used below, unless otherwise defined, shall have the same meanings as defined in the circular to Shareholders of the Company dated 21 November 2017 (the "2017 Circular").

In connection with the Rights cum Warrants Issue (as defined in the 2017 Circular), the Securities Industry Council of Singapore (the "SIC") had on 6 November 2017 waived the obligation under Rule 14 of the Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers (the "Code") for Mr Oei Hong Leong ("Mr Oei") and his concert parties (the "Concert Party Group" ) to make a Mandatory Offer for the Company in the event the Concert Party Group increases their aggregate shareholding in the Company to 30% or more based on the Company's enlarged issued share capital as a result of:

  1. the subscription for Rights Shares (as defined in the 2017 Circular) pursuant to the Sub-underwriting Commitment (as defined in the 2017 Circular) or Rights cum Warrants Issue,
  2. the exercise of Warrants (as defined in the 2017 Circular) subscribed for pursuant to the Sub-underwriting Commitment or Rights cum Warrants Issue, or
  3. the exercise of Adjustment Warrants (as defined in the 2017 Circular),
  4. (the "Whitewash Waiver")

Disclosure Note required under the Code

In the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 6 December 2017, the Shareholders of the Company approved, inter alia, (i) a rights cum warrants issue of up to 14,537,002,596 new ordinary shares with 14,537,002,596 warrants; and (ii) a Whitewash Resolution (as defined in the 2017 Circular). The disclosures as required under Note 2, Section 2 of Appendix 1 of the Code are set out below:

  1. the Shareholders (other than Mr. Hano Maeloa and Ms Oei Siu Hoa @ Sukmawati Widjaja, the concert parties of the Concert Party Group and parties not independent of them) approved the Whitewash Resolution waiving their rights to receive a mandatory general offer from the Concert Party Group in accordance with Rule 14 of the Code, in the event that the Concert Party Group’s subscription of the Rights Shares and Warrant Shares (as defined in the 2017 Circular) arising from the exercise of the Warrants under the Rights cum Warrants Issue and/or the Adjustment Warrant Shares (as defined in the 2017 Circular) arising from the exercise of the Adjustment Warrants (including (a) the subscription of up to 7,785,299,728 Rights Shares by Mr. Oei pursuant to the Sub-underwriting Commitment; and/or (b) the exercise of up to 7,785,299,728 Warrants subscribed by Mr. Oei under the Sub-underwriting Commitment) results in the Concert Party Group incurring an obligation to make a mandatory general offer pursuant to Rule 14 of the Code. To rely on the Whitewash Resolution, the acquisition of Rights Shares and Warrants under the Rights cum Warrants Issue by the Concert Party Group must be completed within three (3) months of the approval of the Whitewash Resolution, and (A) the acquisition of the Warrant Shares by the Concert Party Group upon the exercise of the Warrants and (B) the acquisition of new Shares upon the exercise of the Adjustment Warrants by Mr. Hano Maeloa and Ms. Oei Siu Hoa @ Sukmawati Widjaja must be completed with five (5) years of the date of issue of the Warrants (being 30 January 2023);
  2. based on latest available information, the Concert Party Group holds in aggregate:
    1. 6,669,033,775 Shares representing 37.41% of the voting rights in the capital of the Company; and
    2. 5,228,472,227 Warrants (W230130) and 2,197,820,126 Warrants (W230726) (collectively, the "Convertibles");
  3. the maximum potential voting rights of the Concert Party Group in the Company, assuming that only the Concert Party Group (but not other Shareholders) exercises their Convertibles in full is 55.82% (based on the enlarged share capital which includes the shares issued arising from the exercise of Convertibles held by the Concert Party Group);
  4. having approved the Whitewash Resolution on 6 December 2017, Shareholders have waived their rights to a general offer from the Concert Party Group and their concert parties at the highest price paid by the Concert Party Group for Shares in the past 6 months preceding the commencement of the offer; and
  5. having approved the Whitewash Resolution on 6 December 2017, Shareholders could be forgoing the opportunity to receive a general offer from another person who may be discouraged from making a general offer in view of the potential dilution effect of (A) the Warrants subscribed by the Concert Party Group pursuant to the Sub-underwriting Commitment or Rights cum Warrants Issue and (B) the Adjustment Warrants to be issued to Mr Hano Maeloa and Ms Oei Siu Hoa @ Sukmawati Widjaja.