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HIROTAKO HOLDINGS BERHAD
(Company No: 209806-H)
(Incorporated in Malaysia Under the Companies Act, 1965)
NOTICE OF CLOSURE OF BOOKS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Register of Members of Hirotako Holdings Berhad (HHB or Company) will be closed at 5.00 p.m. on 19 June 2002 to determine shareholders’ entitlement to the following:
(i) The renounceable rights issue of 19,855,000 new ordinary shares of RM1.00 each in HHB (HHB Shares or Shares) at an issue price of RM1.00 per Share (Rights Shares), payable in full upon acceptance, on the basis of one (1) Rights Share for every existing Share held at 5.00 p.m. on 19 June 2002 (Rights Issue).
The Company will also implement a bonus issue of 29,782,500 new HHB Shares (Bonus shares), credited as fully paid-up, on the basis of three (3) Bonus Shares for every two (2) Rights Shares subscribed pursuant to the Rights Issue (Bonus Issue). Only subscribers of the Rights Shares will be entitled to the Bonus Shares; and
(ii) The renounceable offer for sale of the rights of allotment to 9,927,500 HHB Shares (Offer Shares) by Inisiatif Ikhlas Sdn Bhd to the shareholders of HHB, at an offer price of RM1.15 per Share, payable in full upon acceptance, on the basis of one (1) Offer Share for every two (2) existing Shares held at 5.00 p.m. on 19 June 2002 (Offer for Sale).
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a depositor shall be entitled to the Rights Issue and Offer for Sale only in respect of:
(a) shares transferred into the depositor’s securities account before 12.30 p.m. on 19 June 2002 in respect of ordinary transfers; and
(b) Shares bought on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) on a cum entitlement basis according to the rules and requirements of the KLSE.
By order of the Board
CHEOK KIM CHEE (LS000012)
Company Secretary
Shah Alam
1 June 2002