EASTERN HOLDINGS LTD: NOTICE OF A CHANGE IN THE PERCENTAGE LEVEL OF A SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER'S INTEREST

Notice of Interest/Change in Interest
* Asterisks denote mandatory information
Name of Announcer *	EASTERN HOLDINGS LTD
Company Registration No.	198105390C
Announcement submitted on behalf of	EASTERN HOLDINGS LTD
Announcement is submitted with respect to *	EASTERN HOLDINGS LTD
Announcement is submitted by *	Tan Kay Soon Kenneth
Designation *	Executive Director
Date & Time of Broacast	21-Aug-2012 18:15:37
Announcement No.	00119
Price Sensitivity	Yes

>> Announcement Details

The details of the announcement start here ...

>> Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer *	21/08/2012
2. Name of Substantial Shareholder *	MBT HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.
3. Please tick one or more appropriate box(es): *
- Notice of a Change in the Percentage Level of a Substantial Shareholder's Interest or Cessation of Interest. [Please complete Part III and IV]

>> Part II
1. Date of change of [Select Option]
2. Name of Registered Holder
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest
# Please specify details
4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder
No. of N.A. held before the change
As a percentage of issued share capital
No. of N.A. which are subject of this notice
As a percentage of issued share capital
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received
No. of N.A. held after the change
As a percentage of issued share capital

>> Part III
1. Date of change of Interest	17/08/2012
2. The change in the percentage level	From 81.915 % to 81.948 %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest	# Others
# Please specify details	The change in interest is the result of the acceptances received in respect of an aggregate of 96,494 Shares on 17 August 2012 pursuant to the voluntary unconditional cash offer by MBT Holdings Pte. Ltd. for all the Shares in Eastern Holdings Ltd.
4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions	The change in the percentage level is the result of 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	245,746,030	0
As a percentage of issued share capital	81.915 %	0 %
No. of shares held after the change	245,842,524	0
As a percentage of issued share capital	81.948 %	0 %

Footnotes

The percentage of issued share capital is calculated based on 300,000,000 shares (excluding treasury shares).