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NOTICE OF A DIRECTOR'S (INCLUDING A DIRECTOR WHO IS A SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER) INTEREST AND CHANGE IN INTEREST

BackAug 19, 2009

Part I

Date of notice to issuer

18/08/2009

Name of Director

Dato' Sri Dr Tiong Ik King

Notice Type

Notice of a Director's (including a director who is a substantial shareholder) Interest and Change in Interest.

Part II

Date of change of Deemed Interest

17/08/2009

Name of Registered Holder

Surreyville Pte Ltd

Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest

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(1) Issue of 15,000,000 shares in the capital of the Company at the issue price of S$0.80 per share, in consideration of the conversion of loans amounting to an aggregate S$12 million owing to Surreyville Pte Ltd by the Company (the "Debt Conversation Shares").

(2) Issue of 112,500,000 Consideration Shares at the issue price of S$0.80 per share, being satisfaction of part purchase consideration payable by the Company to Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong Hiew King and Tiong Kiu King (the "Vendors") for the acquisition of the entire share capital of Kingworld Resources Limited. The Consideration Shares were allotted to Sharptone Investments Limited ("Sharptone"), an investment holding company nominated by the Vendor. The entire share capital of Sharptone is held by the Vendors in equal proportion.

Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder

No. of Shares held before the change	187,889,486
As a percentage of issued share capital	68.62 %
No. of Shares which are subject of this notice	15,000,000
As a percentage of issued share capital	5.48 %
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received	0
No. of Shares held after the change	202,889,486
As a percentage of issued share capital	74.1 %

Part III - Not Required

Part IV

Holdings of Director, including direct and deemed interest :

	Direct	Deemed
No. of shares held before the change	0	187,889,486
As a percentage of issued share capital	0 %	68.62 %
No. of shares held after the change	0	202,889,486
As a percentage of issued share capital	0 %	50.56 %
Footnotes	(1) Dato' Sri Dr Tiong Ik King's deemed interest arises from his shareholding in Woodsville International Limited, the holding company of Surreyville Pte Ltd. (2) The percentage of issued share capital before change is based on the issued share capital of 273,821,443 shares (before the issue of the Debt Conversion Shares and the Consideration Shares). (3) The percentage of issued share capital after change is based on the Company's enlarged share capital of 401,321,443 shares.