Part I |
(A) Share Buy-Back Authority |
I. |
Maximum number of shares authorised for purchase |
330,089,700 |
(B) Details of Purchases Made |
I. |
Purchases made by way of market acquisition |
Yes |
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Singapore Exchange |
Overseas Exchange |
1 |
Date of Purchases |
21/08/2008 |
|
2a |
Total number of shares purchased |
14,500,000 |
|
2b |
Number of shares cancelled |
|
|
2c |
Number of shares held as treasury shares |
14,500,000 |
|
3 |
Highest price per share |
S$ 0.60 |
|
Lowest price per share |
S$ 0.595 |
|
4 |
Total consideration (including stamp duties, clearing charges, etc) paid or payable for the shares |
S$ 8,640,111.77 |
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II. |
Purchases made by way of off market acquisition on equal access scheme? |
No |
(C) Cumulative Purchases |
|
By way of market acquisition |
By way of off-market acquisition on equal access scheme |
Total |
|
No. |
%1 |
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
Cumulative no. of shares purchased to-date2 |
49,561,000 |
1.501 |
|
|
49,561,000 |
1.501 |
1 Percentage of company's issued share capital as at the date of the share buy-back resolution
2 From the date on which the share buy-back mandate is obtained
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(D) Number of issued shares after purchase |
I. |
Number of issued shares after purchase |
3,251,336,000 |
II. |
Number of treasury shares held after purchase |
49,561,000 |
Other Notes |
Footnotes |
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO SUPERSEDE THE ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 00110 RELEASED ON 21 AUGUST 2008.
As at 25 April 2008, the date on which the share buyback resolution was passed, the issued share capital consists of 3,300,897,000 ordinary shares.
Note: UBS AG, acting through its business group, UBS Investment Bank, acted as the Global Co-ordinator and Sole Bookrunner for the initial public offering of the shares of the Company. |