Pursuant to Paragraph
9.19(23) of the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad Main Market Listing
Requirements, YTL Corporation Berhad (Company
or YTL Corp) wishes to announce
that YTL Cement Singapore Pte Ltd (YTL Cement
Singapore), a wholly-owned subsidiary of YTL Cement Berhad (YTL Cement) which in turn is a
subsidiary of YTL Corp, has today acquired 30,000,000 ordinary shares in Sin
Heng Chan (Singapore) Pte Ltd (Sin Heng
Chan (Singapore)), representing 100% of the issued and paid-up capital of
Sin Heng Chan (Singapore), for a total consideration of S$24,734,274.00
(equivalent to RM64,969,517.52 based on Bank Negara Malaysias published middle
rate of 2.6267 RM/SGD as at close of business on 3 December 2014)(the Acquisition). As a result of the Acquisition,
Sin Heng Chan (Singapore) has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of YTL Cement
and an indirect subsidiary of YTL Corp.
Sin Heng Chan (Singapore)
was incorporated in Singapore on 8 August 1978 and is principally engaged in
the business of cement terminal operation and trading in cement.
The Acquisition is not
expected to have any material effect on the net assets or gearing of the YTL
Corp group for the current financial year. None of the Directors or major
shareholders of the Company or persons connected with them has any interest,
direct or indirect in the Acquisition.