JASPER INVESTMENTS LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)
(Company Registration No. 198700983H)
UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED SUBSCRIPTION OF
811,111,111 NEW ORDINARY SHARES BY RIAU CAPITAL RESOURCES PTE. LTD.
ISSUE OF A CONVERTIBLE LOAN NOTE IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF S$1.20 MILLION CONVERTIBLE INTO 380,952,381 NEW ORDINARY SHARES IN THE CAPITAL OF JASPER INVESTMENTS LIMITED AT A CONVERSION PRICE OF S$0.00315 PER SHARE
TO PROVIDE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDING
1. UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED SUBSCRIPTION BY RIAU CAPITAL RESOURCES PTE. LTD.
- The board of directors (the "Board" or the "Directors") of Jasper Investments Limited (the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") refers to the Company's announcements on 20 February 2021, 25 February 2021, 22 April 2021, 4 May 2021 and 29 July 2021 (the "RCR Subscription Announcements") in relation to the proposed subscription of 811,111,111 new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company to Riau Capital Resources Pte. Ltd. (the "RCR Subscription"). Please refer to the RCR Subscription Announcements for more details on the RCR Subscription.
- In connection with the RCR Subscription, the Board has been notified by Riau Capital Resources Pte. Ltd. ("RCR") that there has been a delay in the arrival of funds that are earmarked for the payment of the subscription monies due on the RCR Subscription. Accordingly, the completion of the RCR Subscription has to be deferred and the Company is in discussions with RCR on the revised timing. RCR remains keen on the RCR Subscription and has affirmed its commitment to the Strategic Collaboration Framework Agreement that was entered into with the Company as announced on 28 July 2021.
- The Company will provide further updates and will keep Shareholders informed by way of further announcement(s) as and when there are material updates or development in connection with the RCR Subscription. Shareholders of the Company are advised to refrain from taking any action in respect of their securities that may be prejudicial to their interests, and to exercise caution when dealing in the securities of the Company. In the event of any doubt, shareholders of the Company should consult their stockbrokers, bank managers, solicitors, accountants or other professional advisers.
2. INTERIM WORKING CAPITAL FUNDING
2.1. In view of the delay in the completion of the RCR Subscription, and to ensure that the Company has sufficient working capital in the interim as well as to meet its payment obligations and move ahead with its operations, the Company has on 15 August 2021 entered into a subscription agreement (the "Subscription Agreement") for the issue of a convertible loan note in the principal amount of S$1.20 million (the "Convertible Loan Note") convertible into 380,952,381 new ordinary shares ("Shares") in the capital of the Company (the "Conversion Shares", and each, a
"Conversion Share") at a conversion price of S$0.00315 per Conversion Share with the following subscriber (the "Subscriber"):
Name of the Subscriber | Current shareholding | Shareholding of the | Shareholding of |
of the Subscriber | Subscriber (assuming full | the Subscriber | |
(%)(1) | conversion of the | (assuming full | |
Convertible Loan Note | conversion of the | ||
only) (%) (2) | Convertible Loan | ||
Note and | |||
completion of the | |||
RCR Subscription) | |||
Rest Investments Ltd | - | 8.04 | 6.87 |
Notes:-
- Based on the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company as at the date of this announcement comprising 4,354,159,724 Shares.
- Based on the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company as at the date of this announcement comprising 4,354,159,724 Shares, and assuming the issue and allotment of an additional 380,952,381 Conversion Shares at the Conversion Price (as defined below) (without adjustments) pursuant to the conversion of the Convertible Loan Note
- Based on the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company as at the date of this announcement comprising 4,354,159,724 Shares, and assuming: (a) the issue and allotment of an additional 380,952,381 Conversion Shares at the Conversion Price (as defined below) (without adjustments) pursuant to the conversion of the Convertible Loan Note; and (b) the issue of 811,111,111 Shares pursuant to the completion of the RCR Subscription.
- The Subscriber shall have the option to convert all or any part of the amount of the loan principal that remains outstanding under the Convertible Loan Note at any time and from time to time at its discretion into Conversion Shares at a base issue price of S$0.00315 per Conversion Share (the "Conversion Price"). The Conversion Price may be subject to adjustment on the occurrence of certain events as described in the Subscription Agreement.
- The Conversion Price represents a discount of approximately 10% to the volume weighted average price ("VWAP") for trades done on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the "SGX- ST") on 10 August 2021, being the full market day on which trades were done immediately preceding the signing of the Subscription Agreement. The VWAP is S$0.0035 per Share.
3. ALLOTMENT AND ISSUE OF THE CONVERSION SHARES
3.1. Authority to Issue the Conversion Shares
The Company will be seeking shareholders' approval for the allotment and issuance of the Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 161 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) of Singapore and the listing manual of the SGX-ST (the "Listing Manual") (the "Shareholders' Approval"), such approval to be sought, if practicable, at the annual general meeting of the Company to be convened in September 2021 or at such other general meeting of the Company.
3.2. Key Terms and Conditions of the Convertible Loan Note
The key terms and conditions of the Convertible Loan Note are summarized as follows:
Issue Size | : | S$1.20 million | |||||||
Subscription Price | : | 100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Loan | |||||||
Note (the "Loan Principal") | |||||||||
The Loan Principal shall be disbursed in two tranches as | |||||||||
follows: | |||||||||
(a) | the first tranche of the of the Loan Principal being | ||||||||
an amount equal to S$800,000 (the "Loan | |||||||||
Principal Tranche 1") shall be disbursed within | |||||||||
three business days after receipt by the Company | |||||||||
of the Shareholders' Approval Undertaking (as | |||||||||
defined below), subject to the fulfillment of the | |||||||||
following conditions: | |||||||||
(i) | the receipt by the Company of an | ||||||||
undertaking in writing from Polaris Nine | |||||||||
Pte. Ltd., in its capacity as the controlling | |||||||||
shareholder of the Company, to vote in | |||||||||
favour of the Shareholders' Approval | |||||||||
when | tabled | for | shareholders' | ||||||
consideration at the forthcoming annual | |||||||||
general meeting or such other general | |||||||||
meeting of the Company, such | |||||||||
undertaking to be in form and substance | |||||||||
reasonably | and | mutually | agreed | ||||||
between the parties (the "Shareholders' | |||||||||
Approval Undertaking"); | |||||||||
(ii) | there having been, as at the date of | ||||||||
disbursement of Loan Principal Tranche | |||||||||
1, no occurrence of any event nor the | |||||||||
discovery of any fact rendering untrue or | |||||||||
incorrect in any material respect any of | |||||||||
the warranties contained in the | |||||||||
Subscription if they were repeated on | |||||||||
and as of such date; | |||||||||
(iii) | save for the requisite approvals and | ||||||||
consents to be obtained for the issue and | |||||||||
subscription of the Convertible Loan Note | |||||||||
as well as the AIP (as defined below) to | |||||||||
be obtained for the Conversion Shares, | |||||||||
the | issue | and | subscription | of the |
Convertible Loan Note and the allotment and issuance of the Conversion Shares not being prohibited by any statute, order, rule or regulation promulgated after the date of the Subscription Agreement by any legislative, executive or regulatory body or authority of Singapore which is applicable to the Company; and
(iv) the Shares remaining listed and quoted as well as tradeable on the main board of the SGX-ST save for routine and voluntary trading halt; and
(b) the second and balance tranche of the Loan Principal being an amount equal to S$400,000 (the "Loan Principal Tranche 2") shall be disbursed on Completion (as defined below).
Completion | : | Completion of the subscription ("Completion") shall take |
place on the date (the "Completion Date") falling three | ||
clear market days after the date on which all the | ||
conditions precedent set out in the Subscription | ||
Agreement are satisfied or otherwise waived in writing. | ||
In the event that Completion does not take place within | ||
the period of three months from the date of the | ||
Subscription Agreement or such other date as may be | ||
mutually agreed upon between the parties (the "Long- | ||
stop Date"), the outstanding Loan Principal shall on and | ||
from the business day immediately after the Long-stop | ||
Date be repaid in full together with interest accrued | ||
thereon by the Company to the Subscriber in accordance | ||
with the Subscription Agreement. | ||
Unless Completion has taken place, the Loan Principal | ||
Tranche 1 shall be repayable on demand together with | ||
interest accrued thereon in accordance with the | ||
Subscription Agreement ("Refund Monies") on and from | ||
the business day immediately after the Long-stop Date. | ||
Late interest at the rate of 12% per annum shall accrue | ||
on the unpaid amount of the Refund Monies for any | ||
default or delay in the aforesaid repayment for the period | ||
commencing on the third business day immediately after | ||
the receipt of the aforesaid demand and ending on the | ||
date of full repayment of the Refund Monies. |
Interest | : | 8% per annum on the Loan Principal Tranche 1 for the |
period commencing on (and including) the date of | ||
disbursement of the Loan Principal Tranche 1 and ending | ||
on (and including) the Completion Date (subject to a | ||
minimum interest of S$12,000), such interest to be paid in | ||
cash on the date of repayment of the Loan Principal | ||
Tranche 1 pursuant to the Subscription Agreement or, if | ||
Completion were to take place, rolled over to be paid on | ||
the date of the repayment of Loan Principal Tranche 2 or | ||
on the Maturity Date (as defined below), whichever is the | ||
earlier. | ||
If Completion were to take place, the Company further | ||
agrees to pay interest at the rate of 8% per annum on the | ||
outstanding Loan Principal which shall include, for the | ||
avoidance of doubt, the Loan Principal Tranche 1 (the | ||
"Outstanding Amount") for the period commencing on | ||
(and including) the Completion Date and ending on (and | ||
including) the date of the full repayment of the | ||
Outstanding Amount. | ||
Maturity Date | : | the date falling on the last day of the eighteenth (18th) |
month immediately following the disbursement of the | ||
Loan Principal Tranche 1 or such later date that the | ||
Parties agree in writing (the "Maturity Date") | ||
Conversion Price | : | S$0.00315 for each Conversion Share |
Conversion | : | The Subscriber shall have the option (the "Option") to |
convert all or any part of the outstanding Loan Principal | ||
and any interest accrued thereon, at any time and from | ||
time to time at its discretion, into Conversion Shares at | ||
the Conversion Price, fractional Conversion Share (if any) | ||
resulting from such conversion to be disregarded. The | ||
Option may be exercised more than once at any time on | ||
or before the Maturity Date on the terms and subject to | ||
the conditions of the Subscription Agreement | ||
Anti-dilution Protection | : | The base Conversion Price will be adjusted in certain |
circumstances, including sub-division, consolidation and | ||
reclassification of Shares, issuance of securities and | ||
capital distributions, other than specified excluded | ||
transactions | ||
Conversion Period | : | At any time from the Completion Date up to and including |
the Maturity Date | ||
Status of Conversion Shares | : | The Conversion Shares shall, when issued, be free from |
all claims, charges, liens and other encumbrances |
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