Ezion Holdings Limited
Ezion Holdings Limited
Ezion Holdings Limited
1.
INTRODUCTION
The Board of Directors (the Directors) of Ezion Holdings Limited (the Company, and together
with its subsidiaries, the Group) wishes to announce that the Company has on 3 July 2015
entered into a subscription agreement (the Subscription Agreement) with Rotating Offshore
Solutions Pte Ltd (ROS, and together with its subsidiaries, the ROS Group), pursuant to which
the Company will subscribe 30% of the enlarged share capital of ROS after completion.
2.
INFORMATION ON ROS
ROS is a private company incorporated in Singapore. Operating mainly from their base in
Singapore, ROS is an engineering solution provider that provides specialised engineering
solutions to their customers on the production related activities in the offshore oil and gas
industries. ROS provides a comprehensive range of multi-disciplinary services that encompass
design, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning. They serve global customers
which include oil majors, FPSO owners and operators, and oilfield service companies.
3.
4.
CONSIDERATION
The consideration for the Subscription is as follows:
(a) ROS shall allot and issue, and the Company shall subscribe for, 321,429 ordinary shares in
the capital of ROS (the Subscription Shares) for an aggregate consideration of
S$18,000,000 (the Subscription Consideration), representing the issue price of
S$55.999925 per Subscription Share (the Subscription). The Subscription Shares will
constitute 30% of the enlarged share capital of ROS after completion of the Subscription; and
(b) in satisfaction of the Subscription Consideration, the Company shall allot and issue
17,497,813 new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the Ezion Consideration
Shares) at an issue price of S$1.0287 per Ezion Consideration Share (which represents the
VWAP for trades done on the SGX-ST on 2 July 2015, being the last full market day on which
the Ezion Consideration Shares were traded prior to the date the Subscription Agreement
was signed). The Ezion Consideration Shares represent approximately 1.09% of the total
enlarged issued share capital of the Company.
5.
Consideration
The Subscription Consideration was based on the net tangible assets (NTA) of
the ROS Group as at 31 March 2015 plus a 20% premium over the NTA, which
represents a price to earnings ratio of 6.9 times of ROSs net profit for the year
ended 31 March 2015.
The Subscription Consideration was determined on a willing-buyer willing-seller
basis, after taking into consideration, inter alia, the NTA of the ROS Group as at
31 March 2015, and the complementary nature of ROS Groups existing business
in supporting the offshore oil and gas production customers that are
complementary to but not in competition with the existing business of the
Company.
The Ezion Consideration Shares shall be allotted and issued to ROS free from
any encumbrances, and shall rank pari passu in all respects with the existing
shares in the capital of the Company (the Shares), save that they shall not rank
for any dividends, rights, allotments, distributions or entitlements, the record date
of which falls on or prior to the date of allotment of the Ezion Consideration
Shares.
(ii)
Conditions Precedent
Completion of the Subscription shall be conditional upon inter alia the following
having been fulfilled or waived:
(a)
the receipt of the approval-in-principle from the SGX-ST for the listing and
quotation of the Ezion Consideration Shares on the Mainboard of the SGXST, and such approval not being revoked, rescinded or cancelled prior to
the completion date of the Subscription (Completion Date);
(b)
(c)
If any of the conditions are not satisfied or waived by 2 January 2016, the
Subscription Agreement shall terminate and the provisions thereunder shall
cease and be of no further effect (save for certain clauses) and no party shall
have claim against the other for any costs, damages or compensation, other than
in respect of any antecedent breach of the Subscription Agreement.
(b)
(c)
(i)
(ii)
Net profits
attributable to the assets
acquired, compared with the Groups net
profits of approximately US$225.7 million for
FY2014.
0.94%
(iii)
1.11%
(iv)
1.11%
(2)
Notes:
(1)
(2)
Net profits means profit or loss before income tax, minority interests and
extraordinary items.
(3)
As none of the relative figures under Rule 1006 of the Listing Manual exceeds 5%, the
Acquisition is classified as a non-discloseable transaction. However, as the Subscription
was satisfied by the issuance of the Ezion Consideration Shares, this announcement is
made pursuant to Rule 1009 of the Listing Manual.
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7.
):
Ezion Holdings Limited (Ezion and together with its subsidiaries the Group) has 2 main
business divisions that specialises in the development, ownership and chartering of strategic
offshore assets and the provision of offshore marine logistics and support services to the offshore
oil and gas industries.
The Group is the owner of one of the largest and most sophisticated class of Multi-Purpose Self
Propelled Jack-up Rigs (Liftboats) in the world and one of the first to promote the usage of
Liftboats in Asia & Middle East. Ezions Liftboats are used mainly for well-servicing,
commissioning, maintenance and decommissioning of offshore platforms.
The Group is also the owner of a fleet of vessels, consisting of tugs, ballastable barges, offshore
support vessel and self-propelled barge that are used in the provision of offshore marine logistics
and support services to the offshore oil and gas industries. The Groups fleet of ballastable
barges, one of the largest in the region, has been specially reinforced and modified to carry the
prefabricated modules in the construction of LNG extraction facilities and jackets for the
offshore oil and gas industries. The Group also co-owns a Multi-Purpose Vessel to provide
logistics support of equipment from America to Australia and Papua New Guinea.
The Groups operating companies also offers a range of services to include marine consulting
related to the development & construction and marine logistic solutions for marine offshore
facilities.
Contact Information:
Ezion Holdings Limited
Mr Chew Thiam Keng
Chief Executive Officer
Tel: (65) 6309 0565
Fax: (65) 6222 7848
Email: ir@ezionholdings.com