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Operations
As an exempted company, the Companys operations must be conducted mainly outside the
Cayman Islands. The Company is required to file an annual return each year with the
Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands and pay a fee which is based on the amount
of its authorised share capital.
(b)
Share capital
The Cayman Companies Law provides that where a company issues shares at a premium,
whether for cash or otherwise, a sum equal to the aggregate amount of the value of the
premiums on those shares must be transferred to an account, to be called the share
premium account. At the option of a company, these provisions may not apply to premiums
on shares of that company allotted pursuant to any arrangement in consideration for the
acquisition or cancellation of shares in any other company and issued at a premium. The
Cayman Companies Law provides that the share premium account may be applied by the
company subject to the provisions, if any, of its memorandum and articles of association in
(a) paying distributions or dividends to members; (b) paying up unissued shares of the
company to be issued to members as fully paid bonus shares; (c) the redemption and
repurchase of shares (subject to the provisions of section 37 of the Cayman Companies
Law); (d) writing-off the preliminary expenses of the company; and (e) writing-off the
expenses of, or the commission paid or discount allowed on, any issue of shares or
debentures of the company.
No distribution or dividend may be paid to members out of the share premium account unless
immediately following the date on which the distribution or dividend is proposed to be paid,
the company shall be able to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business.
The Cayman Companies Law provides that, subject to confirmation by the court, a company
limited by shares or a company limited by guarantee and having a share capital may, if so
authorised by its articles of association, by special resolution reduce its share capital in any
way.
(c)
Membership
Under the Cayman Companies Law, only those persons who agree to become members of
a Cayman Islands company and whose names are entered on the register of members of
such a company are considered members. A Cayman Islands company is also not bound to
see to the execution of any trust, whether express, implied or constructive, to which any of
its shares are subject and whether or not the company had notice of such trust. Accordingly,
persons holding shares through a trustee, nominee or depository will not be recognised as
members of a Cayman Islands company under Cayman Islands law and may only have the
benefit of rights attaching to the shares or remedies conferred by law on members through
or with the assistance of the trustee, nominee or depository.
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(e)
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(g)
Protection of minorities
The court would ordinarily be expected to follow English case law precedents which permit
a minority shareholder to commence a representative action against or derivative actions in
the name of the company to challenge (a) an act which is ultra vires the company or illegal;
(b) an act which constitutes a fraud against the minority and the wrongdoers are themselves
in control of the company; and (c) an irregularity in the passing of a resolution which requires
a qualified (or special) majority.
In the case of a company (not being a bank) having a share capital divided into shares, the
court may, on the application of members holding not less than one-fifth of the shares of the
company in issue, appoint one or more inspectors to examine into the affairs of the company
and to report thereon in such manner as the court shall direct. The inspectors must on the
completion of their investigation report to the court. Such report is not, unless the court so
directs, opened to public inspection. A company also may, by special resolution, appoint
inspectors for the purpose of examining into the affairs of the company. Inspectors so
appointed will have the same powers and perform the same duties as inspectors appointed
by the court, except that instead of making their report to the court they will report in such
manner and to such persons as the company by resolution of its members directs.
Any shareholder of a company who has held shares in a company for at least six (6) months
may petition the court which may make a winding up order if the court is of the opinion that
it is just and equitable that the company should be wound up.
Generally, claims against a company by its shareholders must be based on the general laws
of contract or tort applicable in the Cayman Islands or their individual rights as shareholders
as established by a companys memorandum and articles of association.
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Management
The Cayman Companies Law contains no specific restriction on the powers of directors to
dispose of assets of a company. However, as a matter of general law, every officer of a
company, which includes a director, managing director and secretary, in exercising his
powers and discharging his duties must act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best
interests of the company and exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent
person would exercise in comparable circumstances.
The Cayman Companies Law contains no specific provision in respect of the establishment
or composition of audit committees or similar committees of the board of directors of a
company.
(i)
(j)
Exchange control
There are no exchange control regulations or currency restrictions in the Cayman Islands.
(k)
Taxation
Pursuant to section 6 of the Tax Concessions Law (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, the
Company has obtained an undertaking from the Governor-in-Council:
(1)
that no law which is enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing any tax to be levied on
profits or income or gains or appreciation shall apply to the Company or its operations;
and
(2)
that the aforesaid tax or any tax in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall not
be payable on the shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company.
The undertaking for the Company is for a period of twenty years from 4 November 2014.
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(o)
Winding up
A company may be wound up (a) compulsorily by order of the court, (b) voluntarily, or (c)
under the supervision of the court.
The court has authority to order winding up in a number of specified circumstances including
where the members of the company have passed a special resolution requiring the company
to be wound up by the court, or where the company is unable to pay its debts, or where it is,
in the opinion of the court, just and equitable to do so. Where a petition is presented by
members of the company as contributories on the ground that it is just and equitable that the
company should be wound up, the court has the jurisdiction to make certain other orders as
an alternative to a winding-up order, such as making an order regulating the conduct of the
companys affairs in the future, making an order authorising civil proceedings to be brought
in the name and on behalf of the company by the petitioner on such terms as the court may
direct, or making an order providing for the purchase of the shares of any of the members of
the company by other members or by the company itself.
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Compulsory acquisition
Where an offer is made by a company for the shares of another company and, within four
months of the offer, the holders of not less than ninety per cent. (90%) in value of the shares
which are the subject of the offer accept the offer, the offeror may at any time within two
months after the expiration of the said four months, by notice in the prescribed manner
require the dissenting shareholders to transfer their shares on the terms of the offer. A
dissenting shareholder may apply to the court within one month of the date of the notice
objecting to the transfer. The burden is on the dissenting shareholder to show that the court
should exercise its discretion, which it will be unlikely to do unless there is evidence of fraud
or bad faith or collusion as between the offeror and the holders of the shares who have
accepted the offer as a means of unfairly forcing out minority shareholders.
(r)
Indemnification
Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a companys articles of association
may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such
provision may be held by the court to be contrary to public policy (e.g. for purporting to
provide indemnification against the consequences of committing a crime).
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2.
DEFINITIONS
2.1
In this Performance Share Plan, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
Adoption Date
Auditors
Award
Board
Catalist
The sponsor-supervised
SGX-ST
Catalist Rules
CDP
Commencement Date
Committee
Companies Act
Company
Controlling Shareholder
CPF
Director
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listing
platform
of
the
Group
Group Employee
Market Day
New Shares
Non-Executive Director
Option
Participant
Performance Targets
Record Date
Rules
SGX-ST
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2.2
Shareholders
Shares
Vesting Date
S$ and cents
% or per cent.
(b)
unless rebutted, a person who holds directly or indirectly, 15% or more of the nominal
amount of all voting shares in our Company shall be presumed to be a Controlling
Shareholder; and
(c)
2.3
The terms Depositor and Depository Agent shall have the meanings ascribed to them
respectively by Section 130A of the Companies Act.
2.4
Any reference in the Performance Share Plan or the Rules to any enactment is a reference
to that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted. Any word defined under
the Cayman Companies Law or any statutory modification thereof and used in the
Performance Share Plan and the Rules shall have the meaning assigned to it under the
Cayman Companies Law.
2.5
Words importing the singular number shall include the plural number where the context
admits and vice versa. Words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine
gender where the context admits.
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OBJECTIVES
3.1
to attract potential employees with relevant skills to contribute to our Group and to
create value for Shareholders;
(b)
to instill loyalty to, and a stronger identification by the Participants with the long-term
prosperity of our Group;
(c)
(d)
to give recognition to the contributions made by the Participants to the success of our
Group; and
(e)
to retain key employees of our Company whose contributions are essential to the
long-term prosperity of our Group.
4.
ELIGIBILITY
4.1
The following persons (provided that such persons are not undischarged bankrupts at the
relevant time) shall be eligible to participate in the Performance Share Plan at the absolute
discretion of the Committee:
(a)
Group Employees (including Group Executive Directors) who have attained the age
of 21 years on or before the date of grant of the Award; and
(b)
4.2
Controlling Shareholders and the associates of the Controlling Shareholders who meet the
eligibility criteria in Rule 4.1 shall be eligible to participate in the Performance Share Plan
provided that (a) the participation of, and (b) the terms of each grant and the actual
number of Awards granted under the Performance Share Plan, to a Participant who is a
Controlling Shareholder or an associate of a Controlling Shareholder shall be approved by
the independent Shareholders in separate resolutions for each such person.
4.3
Participants who are also Shareholders and are eligible to participate in the Performance
Share Plan must abstain from voting on any resolution relating to the Performance Share
Plan, including the participation in the Performance Share Plan and grant of Awards to the
Participants, and should not accept nominations as proxies or otherwise for voting in
respect of such resolution unless specific instructions have been given in the proxy
instrument on how the votes are to be casted.
4.4
Controlling Shareholders and their associates shall abstain from voting on the resolution
in relation to their participation in the Performance Share Plan and grant of Awards to
them.
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For the purposes of determining eligibility to participate in the Performance Share Plan,
the secondment of a Group Employee to another company within our Group shall not be
regarded as a break in his employment or his having ceased by reason only of such
secondment to be a full-time employee of our Group.
4.6
There shall be no restriction on the eligibility of any Participant to participate in any other
share incentive schemes or share plans implemented or to be implemented by our
Company or any other company within our Group.
4.7
Subject to the Cayman Companies Law and any requirement of the SGX-ST, the terms of
eligibility for participation in the Performance Share Plan may be amended from time to
time at the absolute discretion of the Committee.
5.
5.1
The total number of Shares which may be delivered pursuant to the vesting of Awards on
any date, when added to the aggregate number of Shares issued and/or issuable in
respect of (a) all Awards granted under the Performance Share Plan; (b) all Options
granted under the ESOS; and (c) all other Shares issued and/or issuable under any other
share-based incentive schemes or share plans of our Company, shall not exceed 15.0%
of the total number of the issued Shares (excluding treasury shares) of our Company from
time to time.
5.2
Shares which are the subject of Awards which have lapsed for any reason whatsoever may
be the subject of further Awards granted by the Committee under the Performance Share
Plan.
5.3
The aggregate number of Shares available to the Controlling Shareholders and the
associates of the Controlling Shareholders (including adjustments made in accordance
with Rule 11) shall not exceed 25.0% of the Shares available under the Performance
Share Plan.
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6.
DATE OF GRANT
The Committee may grant Awards at any time in the course of a financial year, provided
that in the event that an announcement on any matter of an exceptional nature involving
unpublished price sensitive information is imminent, Awards may only be vested and
hence any Shares comprised in such Awards may only be delivered on or after the second
Market Day from the date on which the aforesaid announcement is made.
7.
AWARDS
7.1
The selection of the Participants and number of Shares which are the subject of each
Award to be granted to a Participant in accordance with the Performance Share Plan shall
be determined at the absolute discretion of the Committee, which shall take into account
criteria such as, inter alia, the rank, scope of responsibilities, performance, years of
service and potential for future development and contribution to the success of the Group.
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In the case of a performance-related Award, the Performance Targets will be set by the
Committee depending on each individual Participants job scope and responsibilities. The
Performance Targets to be set shall take into account both the medium and long-term
corporate objectives of the Group and the individual performance of the Participant and
will be aimed at sustaining long-term growth. The corporate objectives shall cover market
competitiveness, business growth and productivity growth. The Performance Targets
could be based on criteria such as sales growth, growth in earnings and return on
investment. In addition, the Participants length of service with the Group, achievement of
past Performance Targets, value-add to the Groups performance and development and
overall enhancement to shareholder value, amongst others, will be taken into account.
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(b)
(c)
7.4
The Committee shall take into account various factors when determining the method to
arrive at the exact number of Shares comprised in an Award. Such factors include, but are
not limited to, the current price of the Shares, the total issued share capital of our
Company and the predetermined dollar amount which the Committee decides that a
Participant deserves for meeting his Performance Targets. For example, Shares may be
awarded based on predetermined dollar amounts such that the quantum of Shares
comprised in Awards is dependent on the closing price of Shares transacted on the Market
Day the Award is vested. Alternatively, the Committee may decide absolute numbers of
Shares to be awarded to Participants irrespective of the price of the Shares. The
Committee shall monitor the grant of Awards carefully to ensure that the size of the
Performance Share Plan will comply with the relevant rules of the Catalist Rules.
7.5
Awards are personal to the Participant to whom it is given and shall not be transferred
(other than to a Participants personal representative on the death of that Participant),
charged, assigned, pledged or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, unless with the
prior approval of the Committee.
8.
8.1
Notwithstanding that a Participant may have met his Performance Targets, no Awards
shall be vested:
(a)
upon the bankruptcy of the Participant or the happening of any other event which
results in his being deprived of the legal or beneficial ownership of such Award;
(b)
in the event of any misconduct on the part of the Participant as determined by the
Committee in its discretion;
(c)
subject to Rule 8.2, upon the Participant ceasing to be in the employment of our
Group for any reason whatsoever; or
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8.2
in the event that the Committee shall, at its discretion, deem it appropriate that such
Award to be given to a Participant shall so lapse on the grounds that any of the
objectives of the Performance Share Plan (as set out in Rule 3) have not been met.
A Participant shall be entitled to an Award so long as he has met the Performance Targets
notwithstanding that he may have ceased to be employed by our Group after the fulfilment
of such Performance Targets. For the purpose of this Rule 8.2, the Participant may cease
to be so employed in any of the following events, namely:
(a)
through ill health, injury or disability (in each case, evidenced to the satisfaction of
the Committee);
(b)
redundancy;
(c)
death;
(d)
(e)
retirement before the legal retirement age with the consent of the Committee; or
(f)
9.
9.1
Notwithstanding Rule 8 but subject to Rule 9.5, in the event of a take-over being made for
the Shares, a Participant shall (notwithstanding that the vesting period for the Award has
not expired) be entitled to the Shares under the Awards if he has met the Performance
Targets which fall within the period commencing on the date on which such offer for a
take-over of our Company is made or, if such offer is conditional, the date on which such
offer becomes or is declared unconditional, as the case may be, and ending on the earlier
of:
(a)
the expiry of six (6) months thereafter, unless prior to the expiry of such six (6)-month
period, at the recommendation of the offeror and with the approvals of the Committee
and the SGX-ST, such expiry date is extended to a later date (in either case, being
a date falling not later than the last date on which the Performance Targets are to be
met); or
(b)
the date of expiry of the period for which the Performance Targets are to be met,
provided that if during such period, the offeror becomes entitled or bound to exercise
rights of compulsory acquisition under the provisions of the Cayman Companies Law
and, being entitled to do so, gives notice to the Participants that it intends to exercise
such rights on a specified date, the Participant shall be obliged to fulfill such
Performance Targets until the expiry of such specified date or the expiry date of the
Performance Targets relating thereto, whichever is earlier, before an Award can be
vested.
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If under any applicable laws, the court sanctions a compromise or arrangement proposed
for the purposes of, or in connection with, a scheme for the reconstruction of our Company
or its amalgamation with another company or companies, each Participant who has
fulfilled his Performance Target shall be entitled, notwithstanding the provisions herein
and the fact that the vesting period for such Award has not expired but subject to Rule 9.5,
to any Shares under the Awards so determined by the Committee to be released to him
during the period commencing on the date upon which the compromise or arrangement is
sanctioned by the court and ending either on the expiry of 60 days thereafter or the date
upon which the compromise or arrangement becomes effective, whichever is later.
9.3
If an order or an effective resolution is made for the winding-up of our Company on the
basis of its insolvency, all Awards, notwithstanding that they may have been so vested
shall be deemed or become null and void.
9.4
In the event a notice is given by the Company to its members to convene a general
meeting for the purposes of considering, and if thought fit, approving a resolution to
voluntarily wind-up the Company, the Company shall on the same date or soon after it
despatches such notice to each member of the Company give notice thereof to all
Participants (together with a notice of the existence of the provisions of this Rule 9.4) and
thereupon, the Committee shall make an absolute determination as to whether each
affected Participant has met the Performance Targets prior to the date not later than two
business days prior to the proposed general meeting of the Company, and if the
Committee determines that a Participant has met the Performance Targets, the Company
shall as soon as possible and, in any event, no later than the business day immediately
prior to the date of the proposed general meeting referred to above, allot and issue the
relevant Shares to the Participant credited as fully paid.
9.5
If in connection with the making of a general offer referred to in Rule 9.1 or the scheme
referred to in Rule 9.2 or the winding-up referred to in Rule 9.4, arrangements are made
(which are confirmed in writing by the Auditors, acting only as experts and not as
arbitrators, to be fair and reasonable) for the compensation of Participants, whether by the
payment of cash or by any other form of benefit, no release of Shares under the Award
shall be made in such circumstances.
10.
RELEASE OF AWARDS
10.1
As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each performance period, the
Committee shall review the Performance Targets specified in respect of that Award and
determine whether they have been satisfied and, if so, the extent to which they have been
satisfied (whether fully or partially) and the number of Shares to be released.
10.2
The Committee shall have the discretion to determine whether Performance Targets have
been met (whether fully or partially) or exceeded and/or whether the Participants
performance and/or contribution to our Company and/or any of its subsidiaries justifies the
vesting of an Award. In making any such determination, the Committee shall have the right
to make reference to the audited results of our Company or our Group, as the case may
be, to take into account such factors as the Committee may determine to be relevant, such
as changes in accounting methods, taxes and extraordinary events, and further, the right
to amend the Performance Targets if the Committee decides that amended Performance
Targets would be a fairer measure of performance.
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Awards may only be vested and consequently any Shares comprised in such Awards shall
only be delivered upon the Committee being satisfied that the Participant has achieved the
Performance Targets.
10.4
Subject to the prevailing legislation and the provisions of the Catalist Rules, our Company
will deliver Shares to Participants upon vesting of their Awards by way of an issue of New
Shares or the transfer of existing Shares held as treasury shares to the Participants.
10.5
In determining whether to issue New Shares or to purchase existing Shares for delivery to
Participants upon the vesting of their Awards, our Company will take into account factors
such as the number of Shares to be delivered, the prevailing market price of the Shares
and the financial effect on our Company of either issuing New Shares or purchasing
existing Shares.
10.6
The Committee will procure, upon approval of the Board, the allotment or transfer to each
Participant of the number of Shares which are to be released to that Participant pursuant
to an Award under Rule 7. Any proposed issue of New Shares will be subject to there being
in force at the relevant time the requisite Shareholders approval under the Cayman
Companies Law for the issue of Shares. Any allotment of New Shares pursuant to an
Award will take into account the rounding of odd lots.
10.7
Where New Shares are to be allotted or any Shares are to be transferred to a Participant
pursuant to the release of any Award, the Vesting Date will be a trading day falling as soon
as practicable after the review of the Committee referred to in Rule 10.1. On the Vesting
Date, the Committee will procure the allotment or transfer of each Participant of the
number of Shares so determined.
10.8
Where New Shares are to be allotted upon the vesting of any Award, our Company shall,
as soon as practicable after allotment, where necessary, apply to the SGX-ST for the
permission to deal in and for quotation of such Shares on the SGX-ST.
10.9
Shares which are allotted or transferred on the release of an Award to a Participant shall
be issued in the name of, or transferred to, CDP to the credit of either:
(a)
(b)
(c)
in each case, as designated by that Participant. Until such issue or transfer of such Shares
has been effected, that Participant shall have no voting rights nor any entitlements to
dividends or other distributions declared or recommended in respect of any Shares which
are the subject of the Award granted to him.
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Shares which are allotted, and/or treasury shares which are transferred, on the vesting of
an Award to a Participant, may be subject to such moratorium as may be imposed by the
Committee.
10.12 In determining the number of Shares which are the subject of the Award, the value of each
such Share shall in no event (including on adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the
Performance Share Plan) be less than the par value of a Share.
11.
VARIATION OF CAPITAL
11.1
If a variation in the issued ordinary share capital of our Company whether by way of a
capitalisation issue or other circumstances (for example, rights issue, capital reduction,
subdivision, consolidation of shares or distribution) shall take place, then:
(a)
the class and/or number of Shares which are the subject of an Award to the extent
not yet vested; and/or
(b)
the class and/or number of Shares over which future Awards may be granted under
the Performance Share Plan,
shall be adjusted by the Committee to give each Participant the same proportion of the
equity capital of our Company as that to which he was previously entitled and, in doing so,
the Committee shall determine at its own discretion the manner in which such adjustment
shall be made.
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(b)
(c)
the issue of Shares or other securities convertible into or with rights to acquire or
subscribe for Shares to its employees pursuant to any share option scheme or share
plan approved by Shareholders in general meeting, including the Performance Share
Plan and ESOS; and
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11.3
any issue of Shares arising from the exercise of any warrants or the conversion of
any convertible securities issued by our Company.
the adjustment must be made in such a way that a Participant will not receive a
benefit that a Shareholder does not receive; and
(b)
11.4
Upon any adjustment required to be made pursuant to this Rule 11, our Company shall
notify the Participant (or his duly appointed personal representatives where applicable) in
writing and deliver to him (or his duly appointed personal representatives where
applicable) a statement setting forth the class and/or number of Shares thereafter to be
issued or transferred on the vesting of an Award. Any adjustment shall take effect upon
such written notification being given.
12.
12.1
The Plan shall be administered by the Committee in its absolute discretion with such
powers and duties as are conferred on it by the Board, provided that no member of the
Committee shall participate in any deliberation or decision in respect of Awards granted or
to be granted to him.
12.2
The Committee shall have the power, from time to time, to make and vary such rules (not
being inconsistent with the Performance Share Plan) for the implementation and
administration of the Performance Share Plan as they think fit including, but not limited to:
(a)
imposing restrictions on the number of Awards that may be vested within each
financial year; and
(b)
12.3
Any decision of the Committee made pursuant to any provision of the Performance Share
Plan (other than a matter to be certified by the Auditors) shall be final and binding
(including any decisions pertaining to the number of Shares to be vested) or to disputes
as to the interpretation of the Performance Share Plan or any rule, regulation, procedure
thereunder or as to any rights under the Performance Share Plan.
12.4
The Committee shall ensure that the rules of the Performance Share Plan are in
compliance with the Cayman Companies Act and the applicable laws and regulations in
Singapore, including but not limited to, the Catalist Rules.
13.
13.1
Any notice required to be given by a Participant to our Company shall be sent or made to
the registered office of our Company or such other addresses as may be notified by our
Company to him in writing.
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13.3
The following disclosures (as applicable) will be made by our Company in its annual report
for so long as the Performance Share Plan continues in operation:
(a)
the names of the members of the Committee administering the Performance Share
Plan;
(b)
(ii)
(iii) Participants (other than those in paragraph (b)(i) and (ii) above) who have
received Shares pursuant to the vesting of the Awards granted under the
Performance Share Plan which, in aggregate, represent five per cent. (5.0%) or
more of the total number of Shares available under the Performance Share
Plan, the following information:
(aa) the name of the Participant;
(bb) the aggregate number of Shares comprised in Awards which have been
granted to such Participant during the financial year under review;
(cc) the aggregate number of Shares comprised in Awards which have been
granted to such Participant since the commencement of the Performance
Share Plan to the end of the financial year under review;
(dd) the aggregate number of Shares comprised in Awards which have been
issued and/or transferred to such Participant pursuant to the vesting of
Awards under the Performance Share Plan since the commencement of
the Performance Share Plan to the end of the financial year under review;
and
(ee) the aggregate number of Shares comprised in Awards which have not been
vested as at the end of the financial year under review; and
(c)
such other information as may be required by the Catalist Rules or the Cayman
Companies Law.
If any of the above is not applicable, an appropriate negative statement shall be included.
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14.1
Any or all the provisions of the Performance Share Plan may be modified and/or altered
at any time and from time to time by resolution of the Committee, provided that:
(a)
(b)
no modification or alteration shall be made without due compliance with the Catalist
Rules and such other regulatory authorities as may be necessary.
14.2
Written notice of any modification or alteration made in accordance with this Rule 14 shall
be given to all Participants.
15.
16.
16.1
The Performance Share Plan shall continue to be in force at the discretion of the
Committee, subject to a maximum period of ten (10) years commencing on the Adoption
Date, provided always that the Performance Share Plan may continue beyond the above
stipulated period with the approval of our Companys shareholders by ordinary resolution
in general meeting and of any relevant authorities which may then be required.
16.2
The Performance Share Plan may be terminated at any time at the discretion of the
Committee or by an ordinary resolution of our Company in general meeting subject to all
other relevant approvals which may be required and if the Performance Share Plan is so
terminated, no further Awards shall be offered by our Company thereunder.
16.3
Notwithstanding the expiry or termination of the Performance Share Plan, any Awards
made to Participants prior to such expiry or termination will continue to remain valid.
17.
TAXES
All taxes (including income tax) arising from the grant and/or disposal of Shares pursuant
to the Awards granted to any Participant under the Performance Share Plan shall be borne
by that Participant.
18.
18.1
Each Participant shall be responsible for all fees of CDP relating to or in connection with
the issue and allotment or transfer of any Shares pursuant to the Awards in CDPs name,
the deposit of share certificate(s) with CDP, the Participants securities account with CDP,
or the Participants securities sub-account with a CDP Depository Agent.
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Save for the taxes referred to in Rule 17 and such other costs and expenses expressly
provided in the Performance Share Plan to be payable by the Participants, all fees, costs
and expenses incurred by our Company in relation to the Performance Share Plan
including but not limited to the fees, costs and expenses relating to the allotment, issue
and/or delivery of Shares pursuant to the Awards shall be borne by our Company.
19.
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Notwithstanding any provisions herein contained, the Board, the Committee and our
Company shall not under any circumstances be held liable for any costs, losses, expenses
and damages whatsoever and howsoever arising in any event, including but not limited to
our Companys delay in issuing or transferring the Shares or applying for or procuring the
listing of the Shares on the SGX-ST.
20.
DISPUTES
Any disputes or differences of any nature arising hereunder shall be referred to the
Committee and its decision shall be final and binding in all respects.
21.
CONDITION OF AWARDS
Every Award shall be subject to the condition that no Shares would be issued or
transferred pursuant to the vesting of any Award if such issue or transfer would be contrary
to any law or enactment, or any rules or regulations of any legislative or non-legislative
governing body for the time being in force in Singapore or any other relevant country
having jurisdiction in relation to the issue or transfer of Shares hereto.
22.
GOVERNING LAW
The Performance Share Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the Republic of Singapore. The Participants, by accepting Awards in accordance
with the Performance Share Plan, and our Company irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Singapore.
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2.
DEFINITION
2.1
In the Share Option Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words
and expressions shall have the following meanings:
Auditors
Award
Board
Catalist
Catalist Rules
CDP
Committee
Companies Act
Company
Controlling Shareholder
CPF
Date of Grant
Director
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Exercise Price
Grantee
Group
Group Employee
Market Day
Market Price
Non-Executive Director
Offer Date
Participant
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2.2
Record Date
Rules
Securities Account
SGX-ST
Shareholders
Shares
Trading Day
S$ and cents
% or per cent.
(b)
unless rebutted, a person who holds directly or indirectly, 15.0% or more of the
nominal amount of all voting shares in our Company shall be presumed to be a
Controlling Shareholder; and
(c)
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The terms Depositor and Depository Agent shall have the meanings ascribed to them
respectively by Section 130A of the Companies Act.
2.4
Any reference in the Share Option Scheme or the Rules to any enactment is a reference to
that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted. Any word defined under the
Cayman Companies Law or any statutory modification thereof and used in the Share Option
Scheme and the Rules shall have the meaning assigned to it under the Cayman Companies
Law.
2.5
Words importing the singular number shall include the plural number where the context
admits and vice versa. Words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine
gender where the context admits.
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3.
3.1
The Share Option Scheme will provide an opportunity for Group Employees who have
contributed significantly to the growth and performance of our Group (including Group
Executive Directors) and Non-Executive Directors (including independent Directors) and
who satisfy the eligibility criteria as set out in Rule 4 of the Share Option Scheme, to
participate in the equity of our Company.
3.2
The Share Option Scheme is primarily a share incentive scheme. It recognises the fact that
the services of such Group Employees are important to the success and continued
well-being of the Group. Implementation of the Share Option Scheme will enable our
Company to give recognition to the contributions made by such Group Employees. At the
same time, it will give such Group Employees an opportunity to have a direct interest in our
Company and will also help to achieve the following positive objectives:
(a)
to motivate each Participant to optimise his performance standards and efficiency and
to maintain a high level of contribution to our Group;
(b)
to retain key employees and Directors whose contributions are essential to the
long-term growth and profitability of our Group;
(c)
to instill loyalty to, and a stronger identification by the Participants with the long-term
prosperity of, our Group;
(d)
to attract potential employees with relevant skills to contribute to our Group and to
create value for the Shareholders; and
(e)
to align the interests of the Participants with the interests of the Shareholders.
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ELIGIBILITY
4.1
4.2
Controlling Shareholders and their associates who have contributed to the development
and success of the Group shall be eligible to participate in the Share Option Scheme,
provided that (a) the participation of, and (b) the terms of any Employee Options to be
granted and the actual number of Employee Options to be granted under the Share Option
Scheme, to a Participant who is a Controlling Shareholder or an associate of a Controlling
Shareholder shall be approved by the independent Shareholders in separate resolutions for
each such person, with such separate resolutions including approval for the actual number
and terms of Employee Options to be granted to that person. Our Company will at such time
provide the rationale and justification for any proposal to grant the Controlling Shareholders
or associates of the Controlling Shareholders any options (including the rationale for any
discount to the market price, if so proposed).
Such Controlling Shareholder and his associate shall abstain from voting on the resolution
in relation to his participation in the Share Option Scheme and the grant of Employee
Options to him.
4.3
For the purposes of determining eligibility to participate in the Share Option Scheme, the
secondment of a confirmed Group Employee to another company within the Group shall not
be regarded as a break in his employment or his having ceased by reason only of such
secondment to be a full-time employee of the Group.
4.4
There will be no restriction on the eligibility of any Participant to participate in any other
share option or share incentive schemes implemented by any other companies within the
Group.
4.5
Subject to the Cayman Companies Law and any requirement of the SGX-ST, the terms of
eligibility for participation in the Share Option Scheme may be amended from time to time
at the absolute discretion of the Committee, which would be exercised judiciously.
5.
MAXIMUM ENTITLEMENT
5.1
Subject to Rule 4, Rule 5.1, Rule 5.2 and Rule 10, the aggregate number of Shares in
respect of which Employee Options may be offered to a Grantee for subscription in
accordance with the Share Option Scheme shall be determined at the discretion of the
Committee, who shall take into account criteria such as rank, past performance, years of
service and potential development of the Participant.
5.2
The aggregate number of Shares issued and issuable in respect of all Employee Options
granted under the Share Option Scheme available to the Controlling Shareholders and
associates of the Controlling Shareholders shall not exceed 25.0% of the total number of
Shares available under the Share Option Scheme.
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The number of Shares issued and issuable in respect of all Employee Options granted
under the Share Option Scheme available to each Controlling Shareholder or associate of
a Controlling Shareholder under the Share Option Scheme shall not exceed 10.0% of the
total number of Shares available under the Share Option Scheme.
6.
7.
OFFER DATE
The Committee may, save as provided in Rule 4, Rule 5 and Rule 6, offer to grant Employee
Options to such Grantees as it may select in its absolute discretion at any time during the
period when the Share Option Scheme is in force, except that no Option shall be granted
during the period of 30 days immediately preceding the date of announcement of our
Companys interim and/or final results (as the case may be). In addition, in the event that
an announcement on any matter of an exceptional nature involving unpublished price
sensitive information is made, offers to grant Employee Options may only be made on or
after the second Market Day on which such announcement is released.
An offer to grant the Employee Option to a Grantee shall be made by way of a letter (the
Letter of Offer) in the form or substantially in the form set out in Schedule A, subject to
such amendments as the Committee may determine from time to time.
8.
ACCEPTANCE OF OFFER
An Employee Option offered to a Grantee pursuant to Rule 7 may only be accepted by the
Grantee within 30 days after the relevant Offer Date and not later than 5.00 p.m. on the 30th
day from such Offer Date (a) by completing, signing and returning to our Company the
acceptance form (Acceptance Form) in or substantially in the form set out in Schedule
B, subject to such modification as the Committee may from time to time determine,
accompanied by payment of S$1.00 as consideration and (b) if, at the date on which our
Company receives from the Grantee the Acceptance Form in respect of the Employee
Option as aforesaid, he remains eligible to participate in the Share Option Scheme in
accordance with these Rules.
If a grant of an Employee Option is not accepted strictly in the manner as provided in this
Rule, such offer shall, upon the expiry of the 30 day period, automatically lapse and shall
forthwith be deemed to be null and void and be of no effect.
Our Company shall be entitled to reject any purported acceptance of a grant of an
Employee Option made pursuant to this Rule 8 or exercise notice (Exercise Notice) in or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule C given pursuant to Rule 12 which does not
strictly comply with the terms of the Share Option Scheme.
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9.
(a)
it is not accepted in the manner as provided in this Rule within the 30 day period; or
(b)
(c)
the Grantee is adjudicated a bankrupt or enters into composition with his creditors
prior to his acceptance of the Option; or
(d)
the Grantee being a Group Employee ceases to be in the employment of the Group or
(being a Director) ceases to be a Director of our Company, in each case, for any
reason whatsoever prior to his acceptance of the Option; or
(e)
EXERCISE PRICE
Subject to any adjustment pursuant to Rule 10, the Exercise Price for each Share in respect
of which an Employee Option is exercisable shall be determined by the Committee, in its
absolute discretion, on the Date of Grant, at:
(a)
(b)
the maximum discount shall not exceed 20.0% of the Market Price (or such other
percentage or amount as may be determined by the Committee and permitted by
the SGX-ST); and
(ii)
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the performance of our Company and/or its subsidiaries, as the case may be;
(b)
the years of service and individual performance of the eligible Group Employee or
Director;
(c)
the contribution of the eligible Group Employee or Director to the success and
development of our Company and/or the Group; and
(d)
In the event that our Company is no longer listed on the SGX-ST or any other relevant stock
exchange or trading in the Shares on the SGX-ST or such stock exchange is suspended for
any reason for 14 days or more, the Exercise Price for each Share in respect of which an
Employee Option is exercisable shall be the fair market value of each such Share as
determined by the Committee in good faith.
In no event (including on adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the Share Option
Scheme) shall the Exercise Price be less than the par value of a Share. Where the Exercise
Price is less than the par value of a Share, the Exercise Price shall be the par value.
10.
ALTERATION OF CAPITAL
10.1 If a variation in the issued ordinary share capital of our Company (whether by way of a
capitalisation issue or other circumstances (for example, rights issue, capital reduction,
subdivision, consolidation of shares or distribution) should take place, then:
(a)
the Exercise Price for the Shares, class and/or number of Shares comprised in the
Employee Options to the extent unexercised and the rights attached thereto; and/or
(b)
the class and/or number of Shares in respect of which additional Employee Options
may be granted to Participants,
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OPTION PERIOD
11.1
Employee Options granted with the Exercise Price set at Market Price shall only be
exercisable, in whole or in part (provided that an Employee Option may be exercised in part
only in respect of 1,000 Shares or any multiple thereof), at any time, by a Participant after
the first anniversary of the Offer Date of that Employee Option, provided always that the
Employee Options shall be exercised before the tenth anniversary of the relevant Offer
Date, or such earlier date as may be determined by the Committee, failing which all
unexercised Employee Options shall immediately lapse and become null and void and a
Participant shall have no claim against our Company.
11.2
Employee Options granted with the Exercise Price set at a discount to Market Price shall
only be exercisable, in whole or in part (provided that an Employee Option may be
exercised in part only in respect of 1,000 Shares or any multiple thereof), at any time, by
a Participant after the second anniversary from the Offer Date of that Employee Option,
provided always that the Employee Options shall be exercised before the tenth anniversary
of the relevant Offer Date, or such earlier date as may be determined by the Committee,
failing which all unexercised Employee Options shall immediately lapse and become null
and void and a Participant shall have no claim against our Company.
11.3
An Employee Option shall, to the extent unexercised, immediately lapse and become null
and void and a Participant shall have no claim against our Company:
(a)
subject to Rules 11.4, 11.5 and 11.6, upon the Participant ceasing to be in the
employment of our Company or any of the companies within the Group for any reason
whatsoever; or
(b)
upon the bankruptcy of the Participant or the happening of any other event which
result in his being deprived of the legal or beneficial ownership of such Option; or
(c)
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(b)
redundancy;
(c)
(d)
or for any other reason approved in writing by the Committee, he may, at the absolute
discretion of the Committee exercise any unexercised Employee Option within the relevant
Option Period and upon the expiry of such period, the Employee Option shall immediately
lapse and become null and void.
11.5
(b)
for any other reason, provided the Committee gives its consent in writing, he may, at
the absolute discretion of the Committee, exercise any unexercised Employee Options
within the relevant Option Period and upon the expiry of such period, the Employee
Option shall immediately lapse and become null and void.
11.6
If a Participant dies and at the date of his death holds any unexercised Employee Option,
such Employee Option may, at the absolute discretion of the Committee, be exercised by
the duly appointed legal personal representatives of the Participant within the relevant
Option Period and upon the expiry of such period, the Employee Option shall immediately
lapse and become null and void.
11.7
If a Participant, who is also a Group Executive Director, ceases to be a Director for any
reason whatsoever, he may, at the absolute discretion of the Committee, exercise any
unexercised Employee Option within the relevant option period and upon the expiry of such
period, the Employee Option shall immediately lapse and become null and void.
12.
12.1 An Employee Option may be exercised, in whole or in part (provided that an Employee
Option may be exercised in part only in respect of 1,000 Shares or any multiple thereof), by
a Participant giving notice in writing to our Company in or substantially in the form set out
in Schedule C (the Exercise Notice), subject to such amendments as the Committee may
from time to time determine. Every Exercise Notice must be accompanied by a remittance
for the full amount of the aggregate Exercise Price in respect of the Shares which have
been exercised under the Employee Option, the relevant CDP charges (if any) and any
other documentation the Committee may require. All payments shall be made by cheque,
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such consents or other actions required by any competent authority under any
regulations or enactments for the time being in force as may be necessary; and
(b)
compliance with the Rules, the Cayman Companies Law and the Memorandum of
Association of our Company, our Company shall, as soon as practicable after the
exercise of an Employee Option by a Participant but in any event within ten (10)
Market Days after the date of the exercise of the Employee Option in accordance with
Rule 12.1, allot and issue the Shares in respect of which such Employee Option has
been exercised by the Participant and within five (5) Market Days from the date of such
allotment, despatch the relevant share certificates to CDP for the credit of the
securities account of that Participant by ordinary post or such other mode of delivery
as the Committee may deem fit.
12.3 Our Company shall, if necessary, as soon as practicable after the exercise of an Employee
Option, apply for the listing and quotation of the Shares which may be issued upon exercise
of the Employee Option and the Shares (if any) which may be issued to the Participant
pursuant to any adjustments made in accordance with Rule 10.
12.4 Shares which are allotted on the exercise of an Employee Option by a Participant shall be
issued, as the Participant may elect, in the name of CDP to the credit of the securities
account of the Participant maintained with CDP or the Participants securities sub-account
with a CDP Depository Agent.
12.5 Shares allotted and shall be subject to all provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of
Association of our Company and shall rank pari passu in all respects with the then existing
issued Shares in the capital of our Company except for any dividends, rights, allotments or
other distributions, the Record Date for which is prior to the date such Employee Option is
exercised.
12.6 Our Company shall keep available sufficient unissued Shares to satisfy the full exercise of
all Employee Options for the time being remaining capable of being exercised.
13.
13.1 Any or all the provisions of the Share Option Scheme may be modified and/or altered at any
time and from time to time by resolution of the Committee, except that:
(a)
any modification or alteration which shall alter adversely the rights attaching to any
Employee Option granted prior to such modification or alteration and which in the
opinion of the Committee, materially alters the rights attaching to any Employee
Option granted prior to such modification or alteration may only be made with the
consent in writing of such number of Participants who, if they exercised their Employee
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(c)
no modification or alteration shall be made without the prior approval of the Sponsor
and Issue Manager or (if required) any other stock exchange on which the Shares are
quoted and listed, and such other regulatory authorities as may be necessary.
For the purposes of Rule 13.1(a), the opinion of the Committee as to whether any
modification or alteration would alter adversely the rights attaching to any Option shall be
final and conclusive.
13.2 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Rule 13.1, the Committee may at any
time by resolution (and without other formality, save for the prior approval of the Sponsor
and Issue Manager) amend or alter the Share Option Scheme in any way to the extent
necessary to cause the Share Option Scheme to comply with any statutory provision or the
provision or the regulations of any regulatory or other relevant authority or body.
13.3 Written notice of any modification or alteration made in accordance with this Rule 13 shall
be given to all Participants.
14.
14.1 The Share Option Scheme shall continue to be in force at the discretion of the Committee,
subject to a maximum period of 10 years, commencing on the date on which the Share
Option Scheme is adopted by our Company by way of written resolution. Subject to
compliance with any applicable laws and regulations in Singapore, the Share Option
Scheme may be continued beyond the above stipulated period with the approval of the
Shareholders by ordinary resolution at a general meeting and of any relevant authorities
which may then be required.
14.2 The Share Option Scheme may be terminated at any time by the Committee or by ordinary
resolution of the Shareholders at a general meeting subject to all other relevant approvals
which may be required and if the Share Option Scheme is so terminated, no further
Employee Options shall be offered by our Company hereunder.
14.3 The termination, discontinuance or expiry of the Share Option Scheme shall be without
prejudice to the rights accrued to Employee Options which have been granted and accepted
as provided in Rule 8, whether such Employee Options have been exercised (whether fully
or partially) or not.
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15.1 In the event of a take-over offer being made for our Company, Participants (including
Participants holding Options which are then not exercisable pursuant to the provisions of
Rules 11.1 and 11.2) holding Employee Options as yet unexercised shall, notwithstanding
Rules 11 and 12 but subject to Rule 15.5, be entitled to exercise such Employee Options
in full or in part during the period commencing on the date on which such offer is made or,
if such offer is conditional, the date on which the offer becomes or is declared unconditional,
as the case may be, and ending on the earlier of:
(a)
the expiry of six (6) months thereafter, unless prior to the expiry of such six (6) month
period, at the recommendation of the offeror and with the approvals of the Committee
and the SGX-ST, such expiry date is extended to a later date (being a date falling not
later than the date of expiry of the Option Period relating thereto); or
(b)
whereupon any Employee Option then remaining unexercised shall immediately lapse and
become null and void.
Provided always that if during such period the offeror becomes entitled or bound to exercise
the rights of compulsory acquisition of the Shares under the provisions of the Cayman
Companies Law and, being entitled to do so, gives notice to the Participants that it intends
to exercise such rights on a specified date, the Employee Option shall remain exercisable
by the Participants until such specified date or the expiry of the Option Period relating
thereto, whichever is earlier. Any Employee Option not so exercised by the said specified
date shall lapse and become null and void, provided that the rights of acquisition or
obligation to acquire stated in the notice shall have been exercised or performed, as the
case may be. If such rights of acquisition or obligations have not been exercised or
performed, all Employee Options shall, subject to Rule 11.3, remain exercisable until the
expiry of the Option Period relating thereto.
15.2 If, under any applicable laws, the court sanctions a compromise or arrangement proposed
for the purposes of, or in connection with, a scheme for the reconstruction of our Company
or its amalgamation with another corporation or corporations, Participants (including
Participants holding Employee Options which are then not exercisable pursuant to the
provisions of Rule 11.1 and 11.2) shall notwithstanding Rules 11 and 12 but subject to Rule
15.5, be entitled to exercise any Employee Option then held by them during the period
commencing on the date upon which the compromise or arrangement is sanctioned by the
court and ending either on the expiry of 60 days thereafter or the date upon which the
compromise or arrangement becomes effective, whichever is later (but not after the expiry
of the Employee Option period relating thereto), whereupon any unexercised Employee
Option shall lapse and become null and void, provided always that the date of exercise of
any Employee Option shall be before the expiry of the relevant Option Period.
15.3 If an order or an effective resolution is passed for the winding up of our Company on the
basis of its insolvency, all Employee Options, to the extent unexercised, shall lapse and
become null and void.
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16.1 The Share Option Scheme shall be administered by the Committee in its absolute discretion
with such powers and duties as are conferred upon it by the Board.
16.2 The Committee shall have the power, from time to time, to make or vary such regulations
(not being inconsistent with the Share Option Scheme) as it may consider necessary,
desirable or expedient for it to administer and give effect to the Share Option Scheme.
16.3 Any decision of the Committee, made pursuant to any Rule of the Share Option Scheme
(other than a matter to be certified by the Auditors), shall be final and binding (including any
decisions pertaining to disputes as to the interpretation of the Rules of the Share Option
Scheme or any rule, regulation or procedure thereunder or as to any rights under the Share
Option Scheme).
16.4 A Director who is a member of the Committee shall not be involved in its deliberation in
respect of Employee Options to be granted to him.
17.
NOTICES
17.1 Any notice given by a Participant to our Company shall be sent by post or delivered to the
registered office of our Company or such other address as may be notified by our Company
to the Participant in writing.
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18.1 The Share Option Scheme or any Employee Option shall not form part of any contract of
employment between our Company or any subsidiary (as the case may be) and any
Participant and the rights and obligations of any individual under the terms of the office or
employment with such company within the Group shall not be affected by his participation
in the Share Option Scheme or any right which he may have to participate in it or any
Employee Option which he may hold and the Share Option Scheme or any Employee
Option shall afford such an individual no additional rights to compensation or damages in
consequence of the termination of such office or employment for any reason whatsoever.
18.2 The Share Option Scheme shall not confer on any person any legal or equitable rights
(other than those constituting the Employee Options themselves) against the Company
and/or any subsidiary directly or indirectly or give rise to any cause of action at law or in
equity against our Company or any subsidiary.
19.
TAXES
All taxes (including income tax) arising from the exercise of any Employee Option granted
to any Participant under the Share Option Scheme shall be borne by that Participant.
20.
20.1 Each Participant shall be responsible for all fees of CDP relating to or in connection with the
issue and allotment of any Shares pursuant to the exercise of any Option in CDPs name,
the deposit of share certificate(s) with CDP, the Participants securities account with CDP
or the Participants securities sub-account with a Depository Agent or CPF investment
account with a CPF agent bank and all taxes referred to in Rule 19 which shall be payable
by the relevant Participant.
20.2 Save for such costs and expenses expressly provided in the Rules to be payable by the
Participants, all fees, costs and expenses incurred by our Company in relation to the Share
Option Scheme including but not limited to the fees, costs and expenses relating to the
allotment and issue of Shares pursuant to the exercise of any Employee Option shall be
borne by our Company.
21.
CONDITION OF OPTION
Every Employee Option shall be subject to the condition that no Shares shall be issued
pursuant to the exercise of an Employee Option if such issue would be contrary to any law
or enactment, or any rules or regulations of any legislative or non-legislative governing
body for the time being in force in Singapore or any other relevant country.
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DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Notwithstanding any provisions herein contained and subject to the Cayman Companies
Law, our Board, the Committee and our Company shall not under any circumstances be
held liable for any costs, losses, expenses and damages whatsoever and howsoever
arising in respect of any matter under or in connection with the Share Option Scheme,
including but not limited to our Companys delay in allotting and issuing the Shares or in
applying for or procuring the listing of the Shares on the SGX-ST (or any other relevant
stock exchange).
23.
(b)
The information required in the table below for the following Participants (which for the
avoidance of doubt, shall include Participants who have exercised all their Employee
Options in any particular financial year):
(i)
(ii)
(iii) participants other than those in (i) and (ii) above, who receive five per cent.
(5.0%) or more of the total number of options available under the scheme;
Name of Participant
(c)
Employee
Options
granted
during
financial year
under review
(including
terms)
Aggregate
Employee
Options
granted since
commencement
of the Share
Option Scheme
to end of
financial year
under review
Aggregate
Employee
Options
exercised since
commencement
of the Share
Option Scheme
to end of
financial year
under review
Aggregate
Employee
Options
outstanding
as at end of
financial year
under review
In respect of options granted to directors and employees of the parent company and
its subsidiaries:
(i)
the names of and number and terms of options granted to each director or
employee of the parent company and its subsidiaries who receives five per cent.
(5.0%) or more of the total number of options available to all directors and
employees of the parent company and its subsidiaries under the scheme, during
the financial year under review; and
(ii)
the aggregate number of options granted to the directors and employees of the
parent company and its subsidiaries for the financial year under review, and since
the commencement of the scheme to the end of the financial year under review.
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The number and proportion of Employee Options granted at the following discounts to
average market value of the Shares in the financial year under review:
(i)
(ii)
Employee Options granted at between 10.0% but not more than 20.0% discount.
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[Name]
[Designation]
[Address]
We have the pleasure of informing you that, pursuant to the GCCP Employee Share Option
Scheme (the Share Option Scheme), you have been nominated to participate in the Share
Option Scheme by the Committee (the Committee) appointed by the Board of Directors of
GCCP Resources Limited (the Company) to administer the Share Option Scheme. Terms
as defined in the Rules of the Share Option Scheme shall have the same meaning when used
in this letter.
2.
3.
The Employee Option is personal to you and shall not be transferred, charged, pledged,
assigned or otherwise disposed of by you, in whole or in part, except with the prior approval
of the Committee.
4.
The Employee Option shall be subject to the terms of the Share Option Scheme, a copy of
which is available for inspection at the business address of the Company.
5.
If you wish to accept the offer of the Employee Option on the terms of this letter, please sign
and return the enclosed Acceptance Form with a sum of S$1.00 not later than 5.00 p.m.
on
, failing which this offer will lapse.
Yours faithfully,
For and on behalf of
GCCP Resources Limited
Name:
Designation:
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S$
S$
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Designation
Address
Nationality
*NRIC/Passport No.
Signature
Date
Note:
* Delete where inapplicable
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2.
3.
I agree to subscribe for the said Shares subject to the terms of the Letter of Offer, the GCCP
Employee Share Option Scheme and the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
Company.
4.
I declare that I am subscribing for the said Shares for myself and not as a nominee for any
other person.
5.
I request the Company to allot and issue the Shares in the name of The Central Depository
(Pte) Limited (CDP) for credit of my *securities account with CDP/Sub-Account with the
Depository Agent/CPF investment account with my Agent Bank specified below and I hereby
agree to bear such fees or other charges as may be imposed by CDP in respect thereof.
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Designation
Address
Nationality
*NRIC/Passport No.
OR
*Sub-Account No.
OR
*CPF Investment Account No.
Signature
Date
Note:
* Delete where inapplicable
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2.
Your application for the Placement Shares may only be made by way of printed Placement
Shares Application Forms or such manner as the Issue Manager, Sponsor and Placement
Agent may in their absolute discretion deem fit.
3.
YOU MAY NOT USE CPF FUNDS TO APPLY FOR THE PLACEMENT SHARES.
4.
You are allowed to submit only one application in your own name for the Placement
Shares.
If you, being other than an approved nominee company, have submitted an application
for Placement Shares in your own name, you should not submit any other application
for Placement Shares for any other person. Such separate applications shall be
deemed to be multiple applications and may be rejected at the discretion of our
Company and the Issue Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent.
Joint applications for the Placement Shares shall be rejected. If you submit or procure
submissions of multiple share applications for Placement Shares, you may be deemed
to have committed an offence under the Penal Code (Chapter 224) of Singapore and
the SFA, and your applications may be referred to the relevant authorities for
investigation. Multiple applications or those appearing to be or suspected of being
multiple applications may be rejected at the discretion of our Company and the Issue
Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent.
5.
We will not accept applications from any person under the age of 18 years, undischarged
bankrupts, sole proprietorships, partnerships, chops or non-corporate bodies, joint
Securities Account holders of CDP and from applicants whose addresses (as furnished in
their Application Forms) bear post office box numbers. No person acting or purporting to act
on behalf of a deceased person is allowed to apply under the Securities Account with CDP
in the deceaseds name at the time of application.
6.
We will not recognise the existence of a trust. Any application by a trustee or trustees must
be made in his/her/their own name(s) and without qualification or, where the application is
made by way of an Application Form by a nominee, in the name(s) of an approved nominee
company or companies after complying with paragraph 7 below.
7.
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9.
If your address as stated in the Application Form is different from the address
registered with CDP, you must inform CDP of your updated address promptly, failing
which the notification letter on successful allotment and other correspondence from
CDP will be sent to your address last registered with CDP.
10. Our Company and the Issue Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent reserve the right
to reject any application which does not conform strictly to the instructions set out in
the Application Form and in this Offer Document or with the terms and conditions of
this Offer Document or, in the case of an application by way of an Application Form,
which is illegible, incomplete, incorrectly completed or which is accompanied by an
improperly drawn remittance or improper form of remittance or remittances which are
not honoured upon the first presentation.
11.
Our Company and the Issue Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent further reserve
the right to treat as valid any applications not completed or submitted or effected in all
respects in accordance with the instructions set out in the Application Forms or the
terms and conditions of this Offer Document, and also to present for payment or other
processes all remittances at any time after receipt and to have full access to all
information relating to, or deriving from, such remittances or the processing thereof.
12. Our Company and the Issue Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent reserve the right to
reject or to accept, in whole or in part, or to scale down or to ballot any application, without
assigning any reason therefor, and no enquiry and/or correspondence on the decision with
regard hereto will be entertained. In deciding the basis of allotment which shall be at the
discretion of our Company, due consideration will be given to the desirability of allotting the
Placement Shares to a reasonable number of applicants with a view to establishing an
adequate market for the Shares.
13. Share certificates will be registered in the name of CDP or its nominee and will be forwarded
only to CDP. It is expected that CDP will send to you, at your own risk, within 15 Market Days
after the close of the Application List, a statement of account stating that your Securities
Account has been credited with the number of Placement Shares allotted to you, if your
application is successful. This will be the only acknowledgement of application monies
received and is not an acknowledgement by our Company and the Issue Manager, Sponsor
and Placement Agent. You irrevocably authorise CDP to complete and sign on your behalf,
as renouncee, any documents required for the issue of the Placement Shares allotted to you.
14. In the event that our Company lodges a supplementary or replacement Offer Document
(Relevant Document) pursuant to the SFA or any applicable legislation in force from time
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within two (2) days (excluding any Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) from the date of
lodgement of the Relevant Document, give you notice in writing of how to obtain, or
arrange to receive, a copy of the Relevant Document, and provide you with an option
to withdraw your application and take all reasonable steps to make available within a
reasonable period the Relevant Document to you if you have indicated that you wish to
obtain, or have arranged to receive, a copy of the Relevant Document;
(ii)
within seven (7) days of the lodgement of the Relevant Document give you a copy of the
Relevant Document and provide you with an option to withdraw your application; or
(iii) deem your application as withdrawn and cancelled and refund your application monies
(without interest or any share of revenue or other benefit arising therefrom) to you within
seven (7) days from the lodgement of the Relevant Document.
Where you have notified us within 14 days from the date of lodgement of the Relevant
Document of your wish to exercise your option under paragraph 14(ii) and 14(iii) above to
withdraw your application, we shall pay to you all monies paid by you on account of your
application for the Placement Shares without interest or any share or revenue or other
benefit arising therefrom and at your own risk, within 7 days from the receipt of such
notification and you shall not have any claim against our Company and the Sponsor, Issue
Manager and Placement Agent.
In the event that at any time at the time of the lodgement of the Relevant Document, the
Placement Shares have already been issued but trading has not commenced, we will (as
required by law), and as required to by the SFA:
(iv) within two (2) days (excluding any Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) from the date of
lodgement of the Relevant Document, give you notice in writing of how to obtain, or
arrange to receive, a copy of the Relevant Document, and provide you with an option
to return to our Company the Placement Shares and take all reasonable steps to make
available within a reasonable period the Relevant Document to you if you have
indicated that you wish to obtain, or have arranged to receive, a copy of the Relevant
Document;
(v)
within seven (7) days from the lodgement of the Relevant Document give you a copy of
the Relevant Document and provide you with an option to return to our Company the
Placement Shares, which you do not wish to retain title in.
Any applicant who wishes to exercise his option under paragraph 14(iv) and 14(v) above to
return the Placement Shares issued to him shall, within 14 days from the date of lodgement
of the Relevant Document, notify us of this and return all documents, if any, purporting to be
evidence of title of those Placement Shares and agree for us to purchase his Placement
Shares at the Placement Price, whereupon we shall, within 7 days from the receipt of such
notification and documents, and subject to compliance with Cayman Companies Law,
purchase his Placement Shares and pay to him all monies paid by him for the Placement
Shares without interest or any share of revenue or other benefit arising therefrom and at his
own risk.
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irrevocably offer, agree and undertake to subscribe for the number of Placement Shares
specified in your application (or such smaller number for which the application is
accepted) at the Placement Price for each Placement Share and agree that you will
accept such Placement Shares as may be allotted to you, in each case on the terms of,
and subject to the conditions set out in this Offer Document and the Memorandum and
Articles of Association of our Company for application;
(ii)
agree that the aggregate Placement Price for the Placement Shares applied for is due
and payable to the Company upon application;
(iii) warrant the truth and accuracy of the information contained, and representations and
declarations made, in your application, and acknowledge and agree that such
information, representations and declarations will be relied on by our Company and the
Issue Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent in determining whether to accept your
application and/or whether to allot any Placement Shares to you; and
(iv) agree and warrant that, if the laws of any jurisdictions outside Singapore are applicable
to your application, you have complied with all such laws and none of our Company and
the Issue Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent will infringe any such laws as a result
of the acceptance of your application.
18. Our acceptance of applications will be conditional upon, inter alia, our Company and the
Issue Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent being satisfied that:
(i)
permission has been granted by the SGX-ST to deal in and for quotation for all our
existing Shares and the Placement Shares on a when-issued basis on Catalist;
(ii)
the Management Agreement and the Placement Agreement referred to in the section
entitled General and Statutory Information Management and Placement
Arrangements of this Offer Document have become unconditional and have not been
terminated or cancelled prior to such date as our Company may determine; and
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in the case where the Placement Shares have not been issued, we will (as required by
law), and subject to the SFA, deem all applications withdrawn and cancelled and our
Company shall refund (at your own risk) all monies paid on account of your application
for the Placement Shares (without interest or any share of revenue or other benefit
arising therefrom) to you within 14 days of the date of the Stop Order; or
(ii)
in the case where the Placement Shares have already been issued but trading has not
commenced, the issue of the Placement Shares shall, as required by the SFA, to be
deemed to be void, and our Company shall, within 14 days from the date of the Stop
Order, subject to compliance with Cayman Companies Law, purchase the applicants
Placement Shares at the Placement Price, and pay to the applicants all monies paid on
account of your application for the Placement Shares (without interest or any share of
revenue or other benefit arising therefrom), and
the applicant shall not have any claims against our Company and the Issue Manager,
Sponsor and Placement Agent.
This shall not apply where only an interim Stop Order has been served.
20. In the event that an interim Stop Order in respect of the Placement Shares is served by the
SGX-ST, acting as an agent on behalf of the Authority or other competent authority, no
Placement Shares shall be issued during the time when the interim Stop Order is in force.
21. The Authority or the SGX-ST (acting as agent on behalf of the Authority) is not able to serve
a Stop Order in respect of the Placement Shares if the Placement Shares have been issued
and listed for quotation on a securities exchange and trading in the Placement Shares has
commenced.
22. In the event of any changes in the closure of the Application List or the time period during
which the Placement is open, we will publicly announce the same through a SGXNET
announcement to be posted on the Internet at the SGX-ST website http://www.sgx.com and
through a paid advertisement in a generally circulating daily press.
23. We will not hold any application in reserve.
24. We will not allot Shares on the basis of this Offer Document later than six (6) months after
the date of registration of this Offer Document by the SGX-ST.
25. Additional terms and conditions for applications by way of Application Forms are set out in
Appendix K of this Offer Document.
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Your application for the Placement Shares must be made using the Application Forms for
Placement Shares, accompanying and forming part of this Offer Document. ONLY (1)
APPLICATION should be enclosed in each envelope.
We draw your attention to the detailed instructions contained in the Application Forms and
this Offer Document for the completion of the Application Forms which must be carefully
followed. Our Company and the Issue Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent reserve
the right to reject applications which do not conform strictly to the instructions set out
in the Application Forms and this Offer Document or to the terms and conditions of
this Offer Document or which are illegible, incomplete, incorrectly completed or which
are accompanied by improperly drawn remittances or improper form of remittances.
2.
Your Application Forms must be completed in English. Please type or write clearly in ink
using BLOCK LETTERS.
3.
All spaces in the Application Forms, except those under the heading FOR OFFICIAL USE
ONLY, must be completed and the words NOT APPLICABLE or N.A. should be written
in any space that is not applicable.
4.
Individuals, corporations, approved nominee companies and trustees must give their names
in full. If you are an individual, you must make your application using your full names as it
appears in your identity cards (if you have such identification document) or in your passports
and, in the case of a corporation, in your full name as registered with a competent authority.
If you are a non-individual, you must complete the Application Form under the hand of an
official who must state the name and capacity in which he signs the Application Form. If you
are a corporation completing the Application Form, you are required to affix your Common
Seal (if any) in accordance with your Memorandum and Articles of Association or equivalent
constitutive documents of the corporation. If you are a corporate applicant and your
application is successful, a copy of your Memorandum and Articles of Association or
equivalent constitutive documents must be lodged with our Companys Share Registrar. Our
Company reserves the right to require you to produce documentary proof of identification for
verification purposes.
5.
(a)
You must complete Sections A and B and sign on page 1 of the Application Form.
(b)
You are required to delete either paragraph 7(a) or 7(b) on page 1 of the Application
Form. Where paragraph 7(a) is deleted, you must also complete Section C of the
Application Form with particulars of the beneficial owner(s).
(c)
If you fail to make the required declaration in paragraph 7(a) or 7(b), as the case may
be, on page 1 of the Application Form, your application is liable to be rejected.
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Your application must be accompanied by a remittance in Singapore currency for the full
amount payable, in respect of the number of Placement Shares applied for, in the form of a
BANKERS DRAFT or CASHIERS ORDER drawn on a bank in Singapore, made out in
favour of GCCP SHARE ISSUE ACCOUNT crossed A/C PAYEE ONLY, with your name,
CDP Securities Account Number and address written clearly on the reverse side.
APPLICATIONS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY ANY PAYMENT OR ACCOMPANIED BY ANY
OTHER FORM OF PAYMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. We will reject remittances bearing
NOT TRANSFERABLE or NON TRANSFERABLE crossings. No acknowledgement or
receipt will be issued by our Company or the Sponsor for applications and application monies
received.
8.
The completed and signed Application Form and the correct remittance in full in respect of
the number of Placement Shares applied for (in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this Offer Document) with your name and address written clearly on the reverse side, must
be enclosed and sealed in an envelope. You must affix adequate postage (if despatching by
ordinary post) and thereafter the sealed envelope must be DESPATCHED BY ORDINARY
POST OR DELIVERED BY HAND at your own risk to Boardroom Corporate & Advisory
Services Pte. Ltd., 50 Raffles Place, #32-01 Singapore Land Tower, Singapore 048623
to arrive by 12.00 noon on 28 April 2015 or such other time as we may, in consultation
with the Issue Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent, decide. Local Urgent Mail or
Registered Post must NOT be used. ONLY ONE (1) APPLICATION should be enclosed in
each envelope. No acknowledgment or receipt will be issued for any application or
remittance received.
9.
Where your application is rejected or accepted in part only, the full amount or the balance of
the application monies, as the case may be, will be refunded (without interest or any share
of revenue or other benefit arising therefrom) to you by ordinary post at your own risk within
14 Market Days after the close of the Application List, provided that the remittance
accompanying such application which has been presented for payment or other processes
has been honoured and application monies have been received in the designated share
issue account. In the event that the Placement is cancelled by us following the termination
of the Management Agreement and/or the Placement Agreement or the Placement does not
proceed for any reason, the application monies received will be refunded (without interest or
any share of revenue or any other benefit arising therefrom) to you by ordinary post or
telegraphic transfer at your own risk within 5 Market Days of the termination of the
Placement. In the event that the Placement is cancelled by us following the issuance of a
Stop Order by the SGX-ST, acting as an agent on behalf of the Authority, the application
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You irrevocably agree and acknowledge that your application is subject to risks of fires, acts
of God and other events beyond the control of our Company, our Directors, the Issue
Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent and/or any other party involved in the Placement,
and if, in any such event, our Company and/or the Sponsor does not receive your Application
Form, you shall have no claim whatsoever against our Company, the Sponsor, the Placement
Agent and/or any other party involved in the Placement for the Placement Shares applied for
or for any compensation, loss or damage.
12. By completing and delivering the Application Form, you agree that:
(a)
in consideration of our Company having distributed the Application Form to you and
agreeing to close the Application List at 12.00 noon on 28 April 2015 or such other time
or date as our Directors may, in consultation with the Issue Manager, Sponsor and
Placement Agent, decide and by completing and delivering the Application Form, you
agree that:
(i)
(ii)
your remittance will be honoured on first presentation and that any application
monies returnable may be held pending clearance of your payment without interest
or any share of revenue or other benefit arising therefrom;
(b)
neither our Company, the Issue Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent nor any other
party involved in the Placement shall be liable for any delays, failures or inaccuracies
in the recording, storage or in the transmission or delivery of data relating to your
application to us or CDP due to breakdowns or failure of transmission, delivery or
communication facilities or any risks referred to in paragraph 11 above or to any cause
beyond their respective controls;
(c)
all applications, acceptances and contracts resulting therefrom under the Placement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore and that
you irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore courts;
(d)
in respect of the Placement Shares for which your application has been received and
not rejected, acceptance of your application shall be constituted by written notification
and not otherwise, notwithstanding any remittance being presented for payment by or
on behalf of our Company;
(e)
you will not be entitled to exercise any remedy of rescission for misrepresentation at
any time after acceptance of your application;
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in making your application, reliance is placed solely on the information contained in this
Offer Document and that none of our Company, the Issue Manager, Sponsor and
Placement Agent or other authorised operators involved in the Placement shall have
any liability for any information not so contained;
(g)
(h)
you irrevocably agree and undertake to subscribe for the number of Placement Shares
applied for as stated in the Application Form or any smaller number of such Placement
Shares that may be allotted to you in respect of your application. In the event that our
Company decides to allot any smaller number of Placement Shares or not to allot any
Placement Shares to you, you agree to accept such decision as final.
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