for and on behalf of
(Incorporated in Singapore) (Company Registration No.: 188700008D)
to acquire all of the issued ordinary stock units in the capital of
WBL CORPORATION LIMITED(Incorporated in Singapore) (Company Registration No.: 191200028Z)
other than those already owned, controlled or agreed to be acquired by
The Straits Trading Company Limited and parties acting in concert with it
will be available on the website of the SGX-ST at www.sgx.com.
Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms in this Announcement shall bear the same
meanings as set out in the Offer Document.
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Alternatively, any affected Overseas Person may write to the Registrar at The Straits Trading
Company Limited c/o Tricor Barbinder Share Registration Services, 80 Robinson Road #02-
00, Singapore 068898 to request for the Offer Document, the relevant Acceptance Forms and any related documents to be sent to an address in Singapore by ordinary post at his own risk, up to five Market Days prior to the Closing Date.
Overseas Persons are advised to read Section 16 entitled "Overseas Persons" in the Offer
Document.
The Offer and the Convertible Bonds Offer will be open for acceptance until 5.30 p.m. (Singapore time) on 1 March 2013 or such later date(s) as may be announced from time to time by or on behalf of the Offeror.
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The procedures for acceptance of the Offer and Convertible Bonds Offer are set out in Appendices B to D of the Offer Document and in the relevant Acceptance Forms. Stockholders and Bondholders who wish to accept the Offer and/or the Convertible Bonds Offer (as the case may be) may do so by completing and returning the relevant Acceptance Form.
6. RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
The directors of the Offeror (including any who may have delegated detailed supervision of this Announcement) have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the facts stated and all opinions expressed in this Announcement are fair and accurate and that no material facts have been omitted from this Announcement, and they jointly and severally accept responsibility accordingly. Where any information has been extracted or reproduced from published or publicly available sources (including, without limitation, in relation to the Group), the sole responsibility of the directors of the Offeror has been to ensure through reasonable enquiries that such information is accurately extracted from such sources or, as the case may be, reflected or reproduced in this Announcement.
Issued by
For and on behalf of
THE STRAITS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
1 February 2013
Any inquiries relating to this Announcement, the Offer and/or the Convertible Bonds Offer should be directed during office hours to the following:
Praveen D'Souza
Managing Director, Southeast Asia M&A Tel: +65 6596 7546
Fax: +65 6634 9570
Samaresh Singh
Associate Director, Southeast Asia M&A Tel: +65 6596 7525
Fax: +65 6634 9570
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