General Announcement
Reference No OS-060713-60190

 

Submitting Merchant Bank
:
OSK SECURITIES BERHAD  
Company Name
:
JOHORE TIN BERHAD   
Stock Name
:
JOHOTIN  
Date Announced
:
14/07/2006  

 

Type : Announcement
Subject : JOHORE TIN BERHAD (“JTB” OR “THE COMPANY”)

I. PROPOSED BONUS ISSUE OF 21,993,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF RM1.00 EACH IN JTB (“BONUS SHARES”) ON THE BASIS OF ONE (1) NEW BONUS SHARE FOR EVERY TWO (2) EXISTING ORDINARY SHARES OF RM1.00 EACH (“SHARES”) HELD AT AN ENTITLEMENT DATE TO BE DETERMINED LATER (“PROPOSED BONUS ISSUE”);

II. PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE AUTHORISED SHARE CAPITAL FROM RM50,000,000 COMPRISING 50,000,000 JTB SHARES TO RM100,000,000 COMPRISING 100,000,000 JTB SHARES (“PROPOSED IASC”);

III. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE COMPANY (“PROPOSED AMENDMENT”); AND

IV. PROPOSED TRANSFER OF THE LISTING OF AND QUOTATION FOR THE ENTIRE ENLARGED ISSUED AND PAID-UP SHARE CAPITAL OF JTB FROM THE SECOND BOARD TO THE MAIN BOARD OF BURSA MALAYSIA SECURITIES BERHAD UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROPOSED BONUS ISSUE (“PROPOSED TRANSFER”)

(COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS “PROPOSALS”)

Contents :

We refer to the Company’s announcements dated 25 May 2006 and 27 June 2006 in relation to the above Proposals.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of JTB, OSK Securities Berhad is pleased to announce that the Securities Commission (“SC”) had vide its letter dated 12 July 2006, which was received on 14 July 2006, approved the Proposed Transfer subject to the following conditions:-

(i) The transfer of the listing status can only be implemented upon JTB’s completion of the Proposed Bonus Issue and after duly complying with the minimum paid-up capital requirement of RM60,000,000 for the listing on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”); and

(ii) JTB to fully comply with the relevant requirements of the Policies and Guidelines on Issue/Offer of Securities pertaining to the implementation of the Proposed Transfer.

This announcement is dated 14 July 2006.