ACQUISITION OF SUBSIDIARY
Pursuant to Rule 704(15)(c) of the Listing Manual of the Singapore
Exchange Securities Trading Limited, Fraser and Neave, Limited ("
the Company") announces that Singapore Logistics Investments Pte
Ltd ("SLI"), an indirect subsidiary of Frasers Centrepoint Limited
("FCL"), which is in turn a subsidiary of the Company, has
completed the acquisition from Superway Overseas Limited ("the
Vendor") of the entire issued share capital (the "Acquisition") of
Superway Logistics Investments (Hong Kong) Limited ("SLIHK"), a
company incorporated in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
of the People's Republic of China ("PRC").
SLIHK is the holding company of a PRC company which holds land for
the development thereon of an industrial complex to be operated as
a logistics hub in Chengdu, PRC.
The consideration for the Acquisition is HK$95 million (equivalent
to approximately S$ 17.6 million), being the aggregate of the
paid-up capital of SLIHK and a shareholder's loan owing by SLIHK to
the Vendor which is assigned to SLI upon completion, and was
arrived at on a "willing-buyer-willing-seller" basis. The
consideration was fully paid in cash on completion and is being
funded from internal resources.
The transaction is not expected to have a material effect on the
net tangible assets per share or earnings per share of the Group
for the current financial year.
None of the Directors or controlling shareholders of the Company
has any interest, direct or indirect, in the Acquisition.
Anthony Cheong Fook Seng
Group Company Secretary
16 November 2007
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