The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Scintronix
Corporation Ltd (the "Company", together with its
subsidiaries, the "Group") wishes to refer to its
announcement released on 9 February 2011 (erroneously dated
as 9 February 2010) whereby it was announced that the Company
had entered into a manufacturing and supply agreement
("Manufacturing and Supply Agreement") with Miura Systems of
United Kingdom ("Miura Systems"). Under the terms of the
Manufacturing and Supply Agreement, the Company is to
manufacture and supply electronic payment terminals to Miura
Systems, and the initial projected value of the Manufacturing
and Supply Agreement is US$10 million over a period of two
(2) years.
The Board wishes to announce that the Company has agreed with
Miura Systems that consequent upon an agreement dated 2 July
2012 entered into with Zenm Tech Pte Ltd ("ZPL"), Muira
Systems will place the first orders directly with ZPL for the
supply of electronic payment terminals. Under the agreement
with ZPL, ZPL will supply, free of cost, the raw materials
required for use in the manufacture of the electronic payment
terminals directly to the Company, which will, in turn,
fabricate the electronic payment terminals for sale by ZPL to
Miura Systems (the "Proposed Arrangement"). The Company will
charge ZPL for the provision of manufacturing services on an
arms length basis and in accordance with market rates for
similar services provided by other companies.
(This section is based on information provided by and the representations of the Zenm
Tech Pte Ltd.)
ZPL, a company incorporated in Singapore, is a design, manufacturing and trading company specialising in electronic products.
3. Interested Person Transaction
ZPL is wholly owned by Mr Tan Kee Liang, a controlling
shareholder of the Company. As at the date of this
announcement, the Company has an issued and paid-up share
capital of S$45,319,309.57 consisting of 713,344,336 ordinary
shares ("Shares"). As at the date of this announcement, Mr
Tan Kee Liang holds a direct interest of 284,325,045 Shares,
representing approximately 39.86% of the issued share capital
of the Company, of which
244,219,793 Shares, representing approximately 34.24% of the
issued share capital of the Company has been pledged as
partial security for the convertible loan agreement entered
into by the Company with New Bright Investment (Group)
Limited on 18 May
2012, and announced by the Company on the same date.
Accordingly, the Proposed Arrangement constitutes an
interested person transaction under Chapter 9 of the SGX-ST
Listing Manual.
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As the value of the Proposed Arrangement will not amount to
5% or more of the Group's latest audited net tangible assets
for the financial year ended 31 December 2011 of S$18.5m,
shareholders' approval is not required to the Proposed
Arrangement.
The Audit Committee of the Company has reviewed the Proposed
Arrangement and has determined that the terms of the Proposed
Arrangement are normal commercial terms and are not
prejudicial to the interests of the Company and its
shareholders.
The Company will seek shareholders' approval if the value of
any future transactions with ZPL crosses 5% or more of the
Group's latest audited net tangible assets, then applicable.
The Board has assessed the funding requirements in order to fulfill its obligations under the Manufacturing and Supply Agreement and has determined that in view of the Company's overall operational and working capital requirements, the Proposed Arrangement is an effective and ad hoc means of enabling the Company to fulfill its obligations under the Manufacturing and Supply Agreement and meeting its operational and working capital needs in the short term.
5. Directors' and Substantial Shareholders' InterestsSave as disclosed below and in this announcement, none of the Directors and substantial shareholders of the Company has any interest, direct or indirect, in the Proposed Arrangement (other than through their respective shareholdings in the Company).
FOR ORDER OF THE BOARD Scintronix Corporation Ltd. Dr Ng Boon Hoo Executive Chairman 1 August 20122
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