Announcement Re. Notice of Book Closure Date for Proposed Renounceable Underwritten Rights Issue
Singapore, December, 07, 2012
This notice is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company does not intend to register any portion of the offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States.
The company announced on December 3, 2012 that it is engaging in a Rights Issue. The rights issue is not open to US persons or persons resident in the US, subject to certain exceptions. For more information therefore relating to this Rights Issue, non-US persons and persons not resident in the US must view our announcements/press releases via SGX.
For your ease of finding, please go to www.sgx.com / Company Disclosure/ Company Announcements, and search for Olam International Limited.
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About Olam International Limited
Olam International is a leading global integrated supply chain manager and processor of agricultural products and food ingredients, supplying various products across 16 platforms to over 12,300 customers worldwide. From a direct presence in more than 65 countries with sourcing and processing in most major producing countries, Olam has built a global leadership position in many of its businesses, including Cashew, Spices & Dehydrates, Cocoa, Coffee, Rice, Cotton and Wood Products. Headquartered in Singapore and listed on the SGX-ST on February 11, 2005, Olam currently ranks among the top 40 largest listed companies in Singapore in terms of market capitalisation and is a component stock in the Straits Times Index (STI), MSCI Singapore Free, S&P Agribusiness Index and the DAXglobal Agribusiness Index. Olam is the only Singapore firm to be named in the 2009, 2010 and 2012 Forbes Asia Fabulous 50, an annual list of 50 big-cap and most profitable firms in the region. It is also the first and only Singapore company to be named in the 2009 lists for the Global Top Companies for Leaders and the Top Companies for Leaders in the Asia Pacific region by Hewitt Associates, the RBL Group and Fortune. More information on Olam can be found at www.olamgroup.com.
For Olam
CONTACT : Mr Aditya Renjen – GM, Investor Relations
Ms Chow Hung Hoeng – Associate GM, Investor Relations
DURING OFFICE HOURS : + 65 66031104 / 63179471 (Office)
AFTER OFFICE HOURS : + 65 96570339 / 98346335 (Mobile)
EMAIL : Aditya.Renjen@olamnet.com / chow.hunghoeng@olamnet.com
For CDRi.MAGE
CONTACT Ms Dolores Phua / Ms Pearl Lam
DURING OFFICE HOURS : + 65 345122 (Office)
AFTER OFFICE HOURS : + 65 97508237 / 9781 3518 (Mobile)
EMAIL : dolores.phua@citigatedrimage.com / pearl.lam@citigatedrimage.com