SIM LIAN GROUP LIMITED: NOTICE OF A SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER'S INTEREST

Notice of Interest/Change in Interest
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Name of Announcer *	SIM LIAN GROUP LIMITED
Company Registration No.	200004760C
Announcement submitted on behalf of	SIM LIAN GROUP LIMITED
Announcement is submitted with respect to *	SIM LIAN GROUP LIMITED
Announcement is submitted by *	Ang Lay Hua
Designation *	Company Secretary
Date & Time of Broacast	03-Jan-2012 18:16:32
Announcement No.	00130
Price Sensitivity	Yes

>> Announcement Details

The details of the announcement start here ...

>> Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer *	03/01/2012
2. Name of Substantial Shareholder *	Mr. Lim Kim Hong
3. Please tick one or more appropriate box(es): *
- Notice of a New Substantial Shareholder's interest. [Please complete Part II and IV]

>> Part II
1. Date of change of Interest	28/12/2011
2. Name of Registered Holder	United Overseas Bank Nominees Pte Ltd
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest	# Others
# Please specify details	The receipt of: (1) 16,273 shares held by Mr. Lim Kim Hong directly; (2) 3,963,070 shares held by United Overseas Bank Nominees Pte Ltd for the account of Mr. Lim Kim Hong; and (3) 331,139 shares held by spouse of Mr. Lim Kim Hong, being shares which Mr. Lim Kim Hong is deemed to be interested, pursuant to election to receive dividends in the form of shares under the Sim Lian Group Limited Scrip Dividend Scheme for the Dividend no. 11 payable on 28 December 2011 for FY2011.
4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder
No. of Shares held before the change	38,722,500
As a percentage of issued share capital	4.546 %
No. of Shares which are subject of this notice	3,963,070
As a percentage of issued share capital	0.428 %
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received	0.469
No. of Shares held after the change	42,685,570
As a percentage of issued share capital

>> Part III
1. Date of change of [Select Option]
2. The change in the percentage level	From % to %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest	[Select Option]
# Please specify details
4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions

>> Part IV
1. Holdings of Substantial Shareholder, including direct and deemed interest:
	Direct	Deemed
No. of shares held before the change	38,881,500	3,235,500
As a percentage of issued share capital	4.564 %	0.380 %
No. of shares held after the change	42,860,843	3,566,639
As a percentage of issued share capital	4.630 %	0.385 %

Footnotes

(A) The 42,860,843 shares as set out in the above table comprise 42,685,570 shares held by a nominee for the account of Mr. Lim Kim Hong and 175,273 shares held directly by Mr. Lim Kim Hong. (B) Mr. Lim Kim Hong is deemed to be interested in the 3,566,639 shares held by his spouse. (C) The percentage of shares held before the change is calculated based on 851,833,710 issued and paid-up shares of the Company. Upon the allotment of an aggregate of 73,903,732 new shares to eligible shareholders pursuant to elections made under the Sim Lian Group Limited Scrip Dividend Scheme in respect of the final one-tier tax exempt dividend of S$0.048 per ordinary share of the Company for FY2011, the calculation of the percentage of (1) shares which form the subject of this notice and (2) shares held after the change, is based on 925,737,442 issued and paid-up shares of the Company.