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PROPOSED PLACEMENT OF UP TO 54,500,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES ("PLACEMENT SHARES") IN THE CAPITAL OF TRI-M TECHNOLOGIES (S) LIMITED TO BE ISSUED AT S$0.80 PER PLACEMENT SHARE (THE "PLACEMENT") - COMPLETION OF PLACEMENT

Further to the announcements made on 16 September 2009 and 25 September 2009 in relation to the Placement, the Board of Directors of Tri-M Technologies (S) Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has today completed the Placement according to the terms of the Placement Agreement dated 16 September 2009, pursuant to which 54,500,000 New Shares were issued and credited as fully paid to Surreyville Pte Ltd. The New Shares will be listed and quoted on the SGX-ST with effect from 9.00 a.m. on 30 September 2009. Surreyville Pte Ltd had on 17 September 2009, lent 54,500,000 ordinary shares to Kim Eng Securities Pte. Ltd., the Placement Agent, to facilitate the early settlement of the placement shares to end-placees procured by Kim Eng Securities Pte. Ltd.

Following the issue of the New Shares, the total number of issued and paid-up ordinary shares of the Company has increased to 455,821,443 ordinary shares.

The approval in-principle of the SGX-ST is not to be taken as an indication of the merits of the Placement, the Placement Shares, the Company and/or its subsidiaries.


BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong Hiew King
Executive Chairman
29 September 2009