PLASTOFORM HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Incorporated in Bermuda)
(Company Registration No. 34171)
ENTRY INTO CONVERTIBLE LOAN AGREEMENT
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INTRODUCTION
The Board of Directors (the "Board" or the "Directors") of Plastoform Holdings Limited (the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") refers to the Company's announcements dated 20 October 2021, 25 October 2021 and 8 November 2021 (collectively, the "Previous Announcements") in relation to the Company's entry into a non-binding term sheet for a proposed convertible loan with JCS INVK Pte. Ltd. (the "Investor" and together with the Company, the "Parties").
Following negotiations between the Parties, the Board wishes to announce (this "Announcement") that the Company had on 15 November 2021 entered into a convertible loan agreement (the "Convertible Loan Agreement") with the Investor, pursuant to which the Investor had agreed to extend to the Company a loan facility of an aggregate principal amount of up to S$2.0 million (the "Convertible Loan"), with the conversion rights (the "Conversion Rights") to convert up to S$1.5 million of the outstanding loans thereunder into fully paid-up ordinary shares (the "Shares") in the capital of the Company (the "Conversion Shares").
The grant of the Conversion Rights and the allotment and issuance of the Conversion Shares is subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") at an extraordinary general meeting ("EGM") to be convened.
Unless otherwise defined, all capitalised terms used herein shall bear the same meanings ascribed to them in the Previous Announcements. - INFORMATION ON THE INVESTOR AND THE INTRODUCER
The information on the Investor and the Introducer (as defined below) in this paragraph was provided by the Investor and the Introducer respectively. In respect of such information, the Company and its Directors have not independently verified the accuracy and correctness of the same and the Company's responsibility is limited to the proper extraction and reproduction herein in the context that the information is being disclosed in this Announcement.
The Investor is a Singapore incorporated investment holding company. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JCS Group Pte. Ltd., which is in turn a holding company owning various subsidiaries in the business of machinery trading, technology and manufacturing, and which ultimate beneficial owner is Mr. Yeo Hock Huat ("Mr. Yeo"), a Singaporean businessman.
The Investor is not related to the Company, the Directors or substantial Shareholders of the Company, and their respective associates. Prior to the Convertible Loan, the Investor, including its ultimate beneficial owner Mr. Yeo, have had no previous business, commercial, trade dealings or any other connection with the Company, the Directors or the substantial Shareholders of the Company.
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The Investor was introduced to the Company by One World Business Advisory Pte. Ltd. (the "Introducer"). The Introducer was incorporated on 4 January 2009. The sole director and ultimate beneficial owner of the Introducer is Mr. Pek Choon Lee ("Mr. Pek"), a Singapore businessman who has been involved in corporate transactions in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan for over 15 years. He has experience in fund raising, pre-listing investments, introductions for acquisitions and investments, and placements and convertible loans to both listed and private companies.
None of the Introducer, its directors, shareholders and key management are related to the Company, the Directors or substantial Shareholders of the Company, and their respective associates. Prior to the Convertible Loan, the Introducer, including its ultimate beneficial owner Mr. Pek, have had no previous business, commercial, trade dealings or any other connection with the Company, the Directors or the substantial Shareholders of the Company.
Under the Convertible Loan Agreement, the Company is obliged to pay an introduction fee equivalent to six per cent. (6%) of the aggregate outstanding sums to be converted under the Convertible Loan (the "Introducer Fee"). The Introducer Fee shall be satisfied by the allotment and issuance of new Shares to the Introducer (the "Introducer Shares") at the issue price of S$0.006 (or 0.60 cents) per Introducer Share upon completion of the Conversion (as defined below) ("Completion").
As the Convertible Loan is being granted in support of the Proposed New Business (as defined below), no placement agent was appointed. Please refer to paragraph 4 of this Announcement below for further details on the usage of the Convertible Loan.
As at the date of this Announcement, neither the Investor nor the Introducer hold, directly or indirectly, any Shares in the Company.
3. SALIENT TERMS OF THE CONVERTIBLE LOAN AGREEMENT
3.1 The Convertible Loan
The salient terms of the Convertible Loan Agreement are as follows:
1. | Lender | The Investor. |
2. | Borrower | The Company. |
3. | Principal | Up to S$2.0 million. |
Amount | ||
4. | Term | The term of the Convertible Loan shall be from the date of the |
Convertible Loan Agreement (being 15 November 2021) up to | ||
and including 31 January 2023 (the "Maturity Date") (the | ||
"Availability Period"). | ||
The Maturity Date may be extended by unanimous agreement of | ||
the Parties (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or | ||
delayed). | ||
5. | Purpose | The Convertible Loan may only be applied towards the general |
working capital of JPS Advance Technology Pte. Ltd. ("JPS"), a | ||
newly-incorporated company which will become the Company's | ||
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subsidiary, for listing compliance expenses incurred by the | |||
Company and/or approved by the Investor in writing, and such | |||
other purposes as approved by the Investor in writing. | |||
6. | Drawdown | The Convertible Loan may be drawn down in any number of | |
loans by the Company from time to time within the Availability | |||
Period (each, a "Loan"). The Loans shall be disbursed directly to | |||
JPS and/or such other party as approved by the Lender in | |||
writing. | |||
The total sum of Loans disbursed during the Availability Period | |||
shall be at least S$1,500,000. | |||
Any part of the Convertible Loan that remains undrawn at the | |||
end of the Availability Period shall be deemed to be cancelled. | |||
7. | Interest | The Convertible Loan shall be interest free. | |
8. | Payment, | Unless agreed otherwise in writing, all payments to be made | |
Repayment | and | under the Convertible Loan Agreement shall be made in | |
Prepayment | Singapore Dollars and in immediately available funds. | ||
The Loans shall become payable on the Maturity Date if | |||
Conversion (as defined below) has not taken place. | |||
None of the Loans can be prepaid prior to the Maturity Date. | |||
9. | Conversion | The Company shall grant the Investor the entitlement to | |
Rights | and | automatically convert the outstanding Loans under the | |
Completion | Convertible Loan into Conversion Shares (the "Conversion") | ||
(the "Conversion Rights") from the date of the Convertible Loan | |||
Agreement up to 30 July 2022 or such other date as the Parties | |||
may mutually agree in writing (the "Long-StopDate"). | |||
The Conversion Rights shall only be effective upon the fulfilment | |||
or waiver (in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Loan | |||
Agreement) of the conditions precedent set out in paragraph | |||
3.1(12) below entitled "Conditions Precedent". | |||
Ten (10) business days after the fulfilment (or waiver) of the | |||
conditions precedent in paragraph 3.1(12) below (the | |||
"Completion Date"), up to S$1.5 million of the outstanding | |||
Loans under the Convertible Loan shall be automatically | |||
capitalised and converted into such number of Conversion | |||
Shares equivalent to the aggregate unpaid sums under the said | |||
Loans, at a conversion price of S$0.006 (or 0.60 cents) per | |||
Conversion Share (the "Conversion Price"). | |||
After the completion of the allotment and issuance of the | |||
Conversion Shares above, all the converted Loans shall be | |||
deemed fully repaid. | |||
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The Parties agree that from the date of the Convertible Loan | ||
Agreement, the Company shall not carry out any subsequent | ||
issue of Shares and/or convertible securities and/or warrants, | ||
and/or any other rights, bonus or other capitalisation issues by | ||
the Company which will enlarge the number of Shares in the | ||
share capital of the Company, and as such, no adjustments to | ||
the Conversion Price shall be made with respect to any of the | ||
events thereto. | ||
In addition, the Investor is entitled to direct the Conversion | ||
Shares to be allotted and issued to third parties (the | ||
"Recipients"), in such proportion and quantum as the Investor | ||
may decide, and shall furnish to the Company the identities and | ||
other necessary details of such Recipients prior to and no later | ||
than the submission of the circular in respect of the transactions | ||
contemplated in the Convertible Loan Agreement to the | ||
Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited ("SGX-ST"). | ||
The allotment and issuance of the Conversion Shares to the | ||
relevant Recipients shall constitute a good and valid discharge | ||
of the Company's obligation to issue the Conversion Shares. The | ||
identity of the Recipients and their respective connections with | ||
the Investor will be announced to Shareholders if and after the | ||
Investor decides to direct such Conversion Shares to said | ||
Recipients. | ||
The Conversion Shares shall be free from encumbrances and | ||
shall rank pari passu in all respects with the then issued Shares, | ||
save for any dividends, rights, allotments or other distributions, | ||
the record date of which falls before the date of issue of the | ||
Conversion Shares. | ||
10. Security | Unsecured. | |
11. Status of | the | The Convertible Loan constitutes direct, unconditional, |
Convertible | unsubordinated and unsecured obligations of the Company, | |
Loan | ranking pari passu and rateably without preference or priority | |
among themselves, and will, save for such exceptions as may be | ||
provided by mandatory provisions of applicable laws, rank | ||
equally with all other unsecured obligations (other than | ||
subordinated obligations, if any) of the Company from time to | ||
time outstanding. | ||
12. Conditions | Completion of the Conversion shall be conditional upon the | |
precedent | to | following conditions precedent having been fulfilled (or waived in |
Conversion | accordance with the terms of the Convertible Loan Agreement): | |
(a) the Investor having undertaken and completed legal and | ||
financial due diligence investigations on the Group and the | ||
results of such due diligence being satisfactory to the | ||
Investor in its sole and absolute discretion; | ||
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- the Company having undertaken and completed legal and financial due diligence investigations on the Investor and the results of such due diligence being satisfactory to the Company in its sole and absolute discretion;
- the following being procured by the Investor:
- the delivery by the Investor to the Company of proof of funds amounting to at least S$2.0 million, of which the delivery of a bank account statement or bank confirmation evidencing cash deposits of such amount shall be sufficient to constitute proof of funds; and
- the subscription by the Company of fifty-one per cent. (51%) of the total issued and paid-up capital of JPS as soon as possible after the execution of this Convertible Loan Agreement;
- the delivery by the Company to the Investor of the following financial statements of the Company:
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the audited consolidated accounts of the Group for FY2019, FY2020 and FY2021 as prepared by the
Company's auditors, Foo Kon Tan LLP; - the unaudited management accounts, together with the working papers, of the Company for FY2019, FY2020 and the period commencing on 1 January 2021 up to 30 October 2021 as prepared by the management of the Company; and
- a detailed forecast of the expenses of the Company for the period from 1 November 2021 up to the Completion Date, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Investor;
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the audited consolidated accounts of the Group for FY2019, FY2020 and FY2021 as prepared by the
- the acceptance by the Directors and key management staff of the Company of a fifty per cent. (50%) reduction in directors' fees and salaries for FY2021, and such fees and salaries shall be paid by the Company from 30 October 2021 with the past dues included in its declared list of creditors;
- the Company shall procure a binding waiver from Jetform International Limited in relation to the rent payable to it for its office for FY2021;
- the Company shall dispose its Hong Kong incorporated subsidiary, Plastoform Industries Limited ("PIL"), and all other assets that are unrelated to the future business activities of the Company (the "Proposed Disposal") of
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