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Notes To The Financial Statements cont’d47. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR cont’d47.8 Special issue of 1,800,000 new ordinary shares of the CompanyOn 15 August 2006, the Company announced that it proposed to undertake a special issue of 1,800,000 new ordinaryshares of RM0.50 each in the Company to Bumiputera investors at an issue price to be determined later (“Special Issue”). TheSpecial Issue was undertaken to comply with one of the conditions imposed by the Equity Compliance Unit of the SecuritiesCommission in approving the proposed issuance of new ordinary shares by the Company following the exchange of the 1 stExchangeable Bonds. The said condition requires the Company to increase its Bumiputera equity by 0.14% (equivalent to1,800,000 ordinary shares of RM0.50 each) of its enlarged issued and paid-up share capital after the full exchange of the1 st Exchangeable Bonds within 2 years of the implementation of the said 1 st Exchangeable Bonds.On 10 January 2007, the Securities Commission had granted the Company an extension of time until 17 July 2007 for theimplementation of the said Special Issue. Subsequently, 9,000,000 new ordinary shares of RM0.10 each in the Companywere allotted and issued for cash at an issue price of RM4.976 per share on 8 June 2007. The number of the shares issuedand the issue price were adjusted pursuant to the Share Split exercise of the Company.47.9 Proposed capital repaymentOn 30 March 2007, the Company announced its proposed capital repayment to the shareholders to be implemented viaa cancellation of ordinary shares in the Company on the basis of one ordinary shares cancelled (“Cancelled Share”) forevery twenty existing ordinary shares held at an entitlement date to be determined later, with the remaining balance beingthe difference between the cash distributed and par value for each Cancelled Share to be set-off against the share premiumaccount of the Company pursuant to Sections 64 and 60(2) of the Companies Act, 1965 (“Capital Repayment”).The Capital Repayment was completed on 22 August 2007 with a cash distribution of RM1,314,391,432 for 312,950,341ordinary shares of RM0.10 each cancelled, on the basis of RM4.20 for each Cancelled Share.48. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE FINANCIAL YEARProposed joint-venture for oil palm cultivation in IndonesiaOn 15 August 2007, the Company announced that it has entered into Heads of Agreement which outline the general terms underwhich the Company will participate in a joint-venture for oil palm cultivation in Kalimantan, Indonesia with Harita <strong>Group</strong> (“Harita”)and affiliates (“Proposed Joint Venture”).The Proposed Joint Venture will involve the Company acquiring:i. a 33% stake in PT Bumitama Gunajaya Agro (“1 st JV Co”) which has a total planted hectarage of 35,340 hectares (“ha”)and unplanted land of approximately 64,000 ha, together with three palm oil mills. The 1 st JV Co also oversees a ‘plasma’scheme which covers an area of approximately 22,000 ha; and<strong>IOI</strong> Corporation BerhadANNUAL REPORT 2007 240

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