ADDENDUM DATED 6 APRIL 2021
THIS ADDENDUM TO THE ANNUAL REPORT 2020 IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
If you are in any doubt as to the contents herein or as to the course of action you should take, you should consult your legal, financial, tax or other independent adviser immediately.
This Addendum is circulated to shareholders of ISEC Healthcare Ltd. (the "Company") together with the Company's Annual Report 2020. Its purpose is to explain to shareholders the rationale and provide information to the shareholders for the Proposed Renewal of the Share Buyback Mandate to be tabled at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 21 April 2021 at 10.00 a.m. by electronic means.
The Notice of Annual General Meeting and a Proxy Form are enclosed with the Annual Report 2020.
If you have sold or transferred all your ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, you should immediately forward the Annual Report 2020, this Addendum, the Notice of Annual General Meeting and the enclosed Proxy Form immediately to the purchaser or the transferee, or to the bank, stockbroker or agent through whom the sale or the transfer was effected for onward transmission to the purchaser or the transferee.
This Addendum has been reviewed by the Company's sponsor, PrimePartners Corporate Finance Pte. Ltd. (the "Sponsor"). It has not been examined or approved by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the "Exchange") and the Exchange assumes no responsibility for the contents of this Addendum, including the correctness of any of the statements or opinions made or reports contained in this Addendum.
The contact person for the Sponsor is Ms Gillian Goh, 16 Collyer Quay, #10-00 Income at Raffles, Singapore 049318 and sponsorship@ppcf.com.sg.
ISEC HEALTHCARE LTD.
(Company Registration Number: 201400185H)
(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)
ADDENDUM TO SHAREHOLDERS
IN RELATION TO
THE PROPOSED RENEWAL OF THE SHARE BUYBACK MANDATE
TABLE OF CONTENTS | ||
DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2 | |
ADDENDUM TO SHAREHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 | |
1. | INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
2. | THE RENEWAL OF SHARE BUYBACK MANDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
3. RATIONALE FOR THE PROPOSED RENEWAL OF THE SHARE BUYBACK
MANDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6 | |
4. | AUTHORITY AND LIMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
5. | SOURCES OF FUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 10 |
6. | STATUS OF PURCHASED SHARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
7. | TREASURY SHARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
8. | REPORTING REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 12 |
9. | FINANCIAL EFFECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13 |
10. | TAKE-OVER IMPLICATIONS ARISING FROM SHARE BUYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 20 |
11. | LISTING STATUS OF SHARES ON THE SGX-ST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 22 |
12. | SHARE BUYBACK IN THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 23 |
13. | TAX IMPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 23 |
14. | INTERESTED PERSONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 23 |
15. | INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . | 24 |
16. | DIRECTORS' RECOMMENDATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 25 |
17. | ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY SHAREHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 25 |
18. | DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 26 |
19. | DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 27 |
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DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Addendum, the following definitions apply throughout, unless the context otherwise requires:
2021 AGM | The annual general meeting of the Company to be convened and | |
held by electronic means on 21 April 2021 at 10.00 a.m. | ||
ACRA | The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of | |
Singapore | ||
Act | The Companies Act, Chapter 50 of Singapore, as amended or | |
modified from time to time | ||
Addendum | This Addendum dated 6 April 2021 circulated to the | |
Shareholders together with the Annual Report 2020 | ||
AGM | The annual general meeting of the Company | |
Annual Report 2020 | The annual report of the Company for the financial year ended | |
31 December 2020 | ||
Associate | (a) in | relation to any Director, Chief Executive Officer, |
Substantial Shareholder or Controlling Shareholder (being | ||
an individual) means: | ||
i. | his immediate family; | |
ii. | the trustees of any trust of which he or his immediate | |
family is a beneficiary or, in the case of a discretionary | ||
trust, is a discretionary object; and | ||
iii. any company in which he and his immediate family | ||
together (directly or indirectly) have an interest of 30% | ||
or more. | ||
(b) in relation to a Substantial Shareholder or a Controlling | ||
Shareholder (being a company) means any other company | ||
which is its subsidiary or holding company or is a subsidiary | ||
of such holding company or one in the equity of which it | ||
and/or such other company or companies taken together | ||
(directly or indirectly) have an interest of 30% or more | ||
Board | The board of directors of the Company as at the date of this | |
Addendum | ||
Catalist | The sponsor-supervised listing platform of the SGX-ST | |
Catalist Rules | The SGX-ST Listing Manual Section B: Rules of Catalist, as | |
amended or modified from time to time | ||
CDP | The Central Depository (Pte) Limited |
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DEFINITIONS | |
Company | ISEC Healthcare Ltd. |
Constitution | The constitution of the Company, as may be amended or |
modified from time to time | |
Control | The capacity to dominate decision-making, directly or indirectly, |
in relation to the financial and operating policies of a company | |
Directors | The director(s) of the Company as at the date of this Addendum |
Employee(s) | A confirmed full-time employee of the Group |
EPS | Earnings per Share |
Group | The Company and its subsidiaries |
Latest Practicable Date | 18 March 2021 being the latest practicable date prior to the |
printing of this Addendum | |
Market Day | A day on which the SGX-ST is open for trading in securities |
Notice of AGM | The notice of 2021 AGM as set out on pages 106 to 116 of the |
Annual Report 2020 | |
NTA | Net tangible assets |
Relevant Period | The period as set out in Section 4.2 of this Addendum |
SFA | The Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289) of Singapore, as |
amended or modified from time to time | |
SGX-ST | Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited |
Share Buyback Mandate | General and unconditional mandate given by the Shareholders |
to authorise the Directors to purchase or otherwise acquire, on | |
behalf of the Company, Shares in accordance with the terms set | |
out in this Addendum as well as the rules and regulations set | |
forth in the Act and the Catalist Rules | |
Shares | Ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company |
Shareholders | Registered holders of Shares except that where the registered |
holder is CDP, the term "Shareholders" in relation to Shares | |
held by CDP shall mean the persons named as Depositors in the | |
Depository Register maintained by CDP and whose securities | |
accounts are credited with those Shares | |
SIC | The Securities Industry Council of Singapore |
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DEFINITIONS | |
Sponsor | PrimePartners Corporate Finance Pte. Ltd. |
Take-over Code | The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers, as amended |
or modified from time to time | |
Treasury Shares | Issued Shares which were (or are treated as having been) |
purchased by the Company in circumstances in which Section | |
76H of the Act applies and have been held by the Company | |
continuously since such Shares were so purchased | |
% or per cent | Per centum or percentage |
S$ and cents | Singapore dollars and cents respectively |
The terms "Depositor", "Depository Agent" and "Depository Register" shall have the meanings ascribed to them respectively in Section 81SF of the SFA or any statutory modification thereof, as the case may be.
The expressions "associated company", "subsidiary", "Controlling Shareholder", "Subsidiary Holdings" and "Substantial Shareholder" shall have the meaning ascribed to them respectively in the Act and the Catalist Rules.
Words importing the singular shall, where applicable, include the plural and VICE VERSA. Words importing the masculine gender shall, where applicable, include the feminine and neuter genders and VICE VERSA. References to persons, where applicable, shall include corporations.
Any reference to a date and/or time of day in this Addendum shall be a reference to Singapore time unless otherwise stated.
Any reference in this Addendum to any enactment is a reference to that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted. Any term defined under the Act, SFA or Catalist Rules or any statutory or regulatory modification thereof and used in this Addendum shall, where applicable, have the meaning assigned to it under the Act, SFA or Catalist Rules or such statutory or regulatory modification thereof, as the case may be, unless otherwise provided.
Any discrepancies in the figures included herein between the listed amounts and totals thereof are due to rounding. Accordingly, figures shown as totals in this Addendum may not be an arithmetic aggregation of the figures that precede them.
The headings in this Addendum are inserted for convenience only and shall be ignored in construing this Addendum.
Any reference to "we", "us" and "our" in this Addendum is a reference to the Group or any member of the Group as the context requires.
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