【St Trdg S20 交流专区】海峡商行 STRAITS TRADING CO. LTD

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THE STRAITS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
The founding history of The Straits Trading Company Limited can be traced to the 19th century with the formation of a partnership for tin smelting between James Sword, a Scottish businessman, and Herman Muhlinghaus, a German entrepreneur. The partnership evolved successfully to become one of the largest tin smelters in the world. The Straits Trading Company Limited was incorporated on 8th November 1887 with an initial capital of $150,000.

Backed by more than 120 years of prudent and astute business management, the Group today has grown to an investment holding company with shareholders' funds of $1,136,035,000 as at 31st December 2012. Its business interests have diversified and span the Asia Pacific region. Apart from tin smelting, the company further expanded its business in the late 1990s to include other areas such as property holding and development, hospitality management & investment, investment and fund management, and media advertising.

In April 2008, Straits Trading was acquired by The Cairns Pte Ltd, a member of the Tecity Group. It is a privately-held investment group of companies founded by the late banker and philanthropist, Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan, who was also Chairman of Straits Trading for more than 20 years since 1965.

公司官网：http://www.stc.com.sg/

Name of Announcer *	STRAITS TRADING CO. LTD
Company Registration No.	188700008D
Announcement submitted on behalf of	STRAITS TRADING CO. LTD
Announcement is submitted with respect to *	STRAITS TRADING CO. LTD
Announcement is submitted by *	Aldric Tan Jee Wei
Designation *	Company Secretary
Date & Time of Broadcast	14-Aug-2013 18:45:12
Announcement No.	00224

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For the Financial Period Ended *	30-06-2013
Description	Please refer to the attachments.

Attachments

2Q2013ResultsAnnouncement.pdf 2Q2013MediaRelease.pdf

Dividend Value	Payment Type	Dividend Type	Financial Year End	Dividend Number	Tax Exemption Clause
SGD 0.5 Per 1 Ordinary share	Tax Exempted (1-tier)	Special Interim	31/12/2013	223	The dividend is paid under the one-tier corporate tax system and is exempted from tax in Singapore.

Record Date *	09/09/2013
Record Time *	17:00
Date Paid/Payable (if applicable)	20/09/2013

Footnotes

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Share Transfer Books and the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 10 September 2013 to 11 September 2013, for the preparation of dividend warrants. Duly completed transfers received by the Company's Share Registrar, Tricor Barbinder Share Registration Services at 80 Robinson Road #02-00, Singapore 068898, up to the close of business at 5.00 p.m. on 9 September 2013, will be registered to determine shareholders' entitlement to the Special Interim dividend. In respect of shares in securities accounts with The Central Depository (Pte) Limited ("CDP"), the Special Interim dividend will be paid by the Company to CDP, which will in turn distribute the dividend entitlement to the holders of shares in accordance with its practice.

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海峡商行以2亿9,440万元收购ARA资产管理的20.1%股权
2013年10月29日
http://www.sharesinv.com/zh/articles/42354/

海峡商行(Straits Trading Co, The)以2亿9,440万元收购ARA资产管理(ARA Asset Management)的1亿6,990万股股票。ARA是一家房地产基金管理公司，也是与香港长江集团有关联的公司。海峡商行将在完成收购后持有ARA的20.1%股权，并继而成为ARA的最大股东。海峡商行将通过现金(2亿4,440万元)和发行每股3.65元的1,370万股新股(5,000万元)来偿付收购额。与此同时，海峡商行通过其子公司STC Capital与JL Investment Holdings及JL Equity II签订了合资协议，以在多个地点作房地产和地产相关投资。合资的初步股本为2亿元，潜在的总资本可高达9亿5,000万元。海峡商行目前的房地产(不包括款待业务的资产，但包括海峡商行大厦(Straits Trading Building))将在不同的账目下，由ARA来管理。

启示：海峡商行的管理层不断地致力于收购强大及受到良好管理的业务，因此收购管理总值235亿元资产(截至2013年6月30日)的ARA与这个策略相符。此外，上述的合资协议将为ARA提供资金来源，以进一步拓展其私募基金业务。


Straits Trading acquires 20.1% stake in ARA for $294.4mil, establishes strategic alliance
Source: The Edge   |   Publish date: Mon, 28 Oct 15:59
http://www.theedgesingapore.com/the-daily-edge/business/46016-straits-trading-acquires-201-stake-in-ara-for-2944mil-establishes-strategic-alliance.html

ARA Asset Management, the real-estate fund manager, said it has established a strategic alliance with The Straits Trading Company.

The three key initiatives of this alliance include:

• The acquisition by Straits Trading of a 20.1% stake in ARA from Cheung Kong (Holdings) and ARA CEO John Lim for $294.37 million or $1.7326 per share, representing 169.9 million shares in ARA. Post-transaction, Cheung Kong and Lim will own 7.84% and 19.25% of ARA, respectively.
• The establishment of a new separate account mandate to be managed by ARA
• The establishment of a new co-investment vehicle by Straits Trading and Lim to support the future capital needs of the group’s private funds division, ARA Private Funds.
  

Straits Real Estate will be established with a capital commitment of $950 million and its business will include seed/sponsor capital commitments as may be required by ARA in connection with new fund product launches by ARA Private Funds. Capital commitment amounts will be funded on an approximately 90/100 basis by Straits Trading and Lim, respectively, and is expected to support up to about $10 billion in new private funds over time. Accordingly, Straits Real Estate will seed capital for the launch of a new Asia-focused development fund.

John Lim said: “Straits Trading is a blue-chip company in Singapore with over 100 years of history. We are honoured that Straits Trading has selected ARA to manage its real estate portfolio and has committed capital to support new real estate fund products. This alliance will allow us to expand our suite of fund platforms even more rapidly. Cheung Kong and I both believe that Straits Trading will complement and add to the already deep bench of industry relationships of the Group, and we are very excited about growing our new strategic partnership together.”

Chew Gek Khim, Executive Chairman of Straits Trading, said: “ARA is a home grown enterprise that has developed into the premier real estate fund manager in Asia, led by Mr John Lim. We believe that ARA’s strong team and track record will enable them to stay ahead of the industry curve and benefit from the huge growth potential of the Asian real estate market. We also believe that we share the same values such as transparency, mutual respect, integrity and excellence and are delighted to have ARA as our partner.”

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文： 2014年03月12日 每日头条
http://www.sharesinv.com/zh/articles/45343/

海峡商行(The Straits Trading Company)的子公司马熔锡机构(Malaysia Smelting Corporation)将以50万令吉收购SL Tin的80%股权。SL Tin在马来西亚彭亨州拥有267.3公顷矿地的开采权，为期15年。SL Tin拟在该地段勘探锡矿，并将在寻获具商业价值的锡矿后展开开采活动。