Wednesday, December 23, 2009

KENCANA - Bonus Issue (3 : 10)

Stock Name: KENCANA
Company Name: KENCANA PETROLEUM BHD
Amount/Ratio: 3 : 10
Announcement Date: 23/12/2009
Ex Date: 06/01/2010

Detail:

EX-date: 06/01/2010

Entitlement date: 08/01/2010

Entitlement time: 05:00:00 PM

Entitlement subject: Bonus Issue

Entitlement description: BONUS ISSUE OF UP TO 383,164,866 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF RM0.10 EACH IN KENCANA PETROLEUM BERHAD ("KENCANA PETROLEUM" OR THE "COMPANY") ("BONUS SHARE(S)") ON THE BASIS OF THREE (3) BONUS SHARES FOR EVERY TEN (10) EXISTING ORDINARY SHARES OF RM0.10 EACH HELD IN THE COMPANY ("SHARES") (INCLUSIVE OF THE RIGHTS SHARES TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE RIGHTS ISSUE) HELD IN THE COMPANY AS AT 5.00 P.M. ON 8 JANUARY 2010

Period of interest payment: to

Share transfer book & register of members will be: to closed from (both dates inclusive) for the purpose of determining the entitlements

Registrar's name ,address, telephone no: Symphony Share Registrars Sdn Bhd
Level 26, Menara Multi-Purpose
Capital Square
No. 8, Jalan Munshi Abdullah
50100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: 03-2721 2222

a. Securities transferred into the Depositor's Securities Account before 4:00 pm in respect of transfers: 08/01/2010

Entitlement indicator: Ratio

Ratio: 3 : 10

Remarks: Based on the issued and paid-up share capital as at 15 December 2009 of RM90,951,130 comprising 909,511,300 Shares and assuming full exercise of 2,786,000 ESOS as well as assuming the issuance of 364,918,920 Rights Shares (as defined herein) pursuant to the Rights Issue (as defined below), the Bonus Issue will now entail the issuance of up to 383,164,866 Bonus Shares as compared to up to 387,519,510 Shares as approved by the shareholders of the Company. This is in view that 10,368,200 ESOS are excluded in the computation of the maximum number of Rights Shares and Bonus Shares to be issued as it will not be granted or deemed not exercised by the employees of Kencana Petroleum by the Entitlement Date.

Please note that the entitled shareholders, renouncee(s) and/or underwriter(s) (as the case maybe) subscribing to the Rights Shares (as defined below) shall also be entitled to the Bonus Issue.

The Bonus Issue and renounceable rights issue of up to 364,918,920 new ordinary shares of RM0.10 each in Kencana Petroleum ("Rights Shares") at an issue price of RM0.50 per Rights Shares on the basis of two (2) Rights Shares for every five (5) existing ordinary shares of RM0.10 each in the Company ("Rights Issue") are interconditional with each other. Hence the Bonus Shares and the Rights Shares will be listed simultaneously.

The date of listing of the Rights Shares and Bonus Shares to be issued pursuant to the Rights Issue and Bonus Issue on the Main Market of Bursa Securities will be on the 8 February 2010. The Notice of Allotment will be despatched on 5 February 2010.

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