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LHN LIMITED 賢能集團有限公司*

(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore with limited liability)

(Hong Kong Stock Code: 1730)

(Singapore Stock Code: 41O)

DISCLOSEABLE TRANSACTION

COMPLETION OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE GEYLANG PROPERTY

UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE USE OF NET PROCEEDS

FROM THE GLOBAL OFFERING

Completion of Acquisition of Geylang Property

Reference is made to the announcement (the "Announcement") of LHN Limited (the "Company") dated 31 October 2018 in relation to the Geylang Property Acquisition. Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Announcement unless otherwise defined.

The Board is pleased to announce that all the conditions precedent to the Option to Purchase Agreement have been fulfilled and the acquisition of the Geylang Property was completed on 7 January 2019 in accordance with the terms and conditions as set out in the Option to Purchase Agreement ("Completion").

The total consideration for the Geylang Property Acquisition of S$18,000,000 plus GST has been settled as of 7 January 2019, of which, S$4.5 million (equivalent to HK$26.8 million) has been funded from the net proceeds from the global offering of the Company allocated for the acquisition of property in Singapore for the Space Optimisation Business, and the remaining balance has been settled through a combination of internal source of funding and bank borrowings.

Update on the Progress of the Use of Net Proceeds from the Global Offering

Following the Completion, an updated breakdown of the use of net proceeds from the global offering of the Company is as follows:

S/N

Purpose of Net Proceeds

Amount Allocated

Amount Utilised

Balance

1 2 3 4 5

Expansion of our space optimisation business by acquiring a new property in Singapore

Acquiring a property in Singapore for our logistics services management business

Set out our first operation in the PRC General working capital

Acquiring transportation equipment for our logistics services business

HK$'000 26,815 10,611 1,776 4,439 755

HK$'000 26,815

-

- 4,439 274

HK$'000 - 10,611 1,776 - 481

Total

44,396

31,528

12,868

Amount utilised for general working capital of approximately HK$4.4 million (equivalent to S$0.7 million) consisted of payment for renovation cost in relation to master lease secured under our Space Optimisation Business.

The above utilisations are in accordance with the intended use of the net proceeds and percentage allocated, as stated in the Company's prospectus for the global offering dated 15 December 2017.

The Board will continue to update in periodic announcements on the utilisation of the balance of the proceeds from the global offering as and when the proceeds are materially disbursed and provide a status report on such use in its annual report and its quarterly and full year financial results announcements.

By order of the Board

LHN Limited

Lim Lung Tieng

Executive Chairman and Group Managing Director

Singapore, 7 January 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises Mr. Lim Lung Tieng and Ms. Lim Bee Choo as executive directors of the Company; and Ms. Ch'ng Li-Ling, Mr. Yong Chee Hiong and Mr. Chan Ka Leung Gary as independent non-executive directors of the Company.

* For identification purpose only

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