13 May 2013
Signing the Letter Agreement to enter into joint venture with I-Berhad
May 13, 2013
Subject: Signing the Letter Agreement to enter into joint venture with I-Berhad
to develop shopping mall in Malaysia
To: The President
The Stock Exchange of Thailand
Today (May 13, 2013), Central Pattana Public Company Limited (the "CPN"), has
entered into the Letter Agreement to show its desire to sign a Joint Venture
Agreement with i-City Properties Sdn Bhd ("ICP"), an
I-Berhad wholly-owned subsidiary, to establish a joint venture, in which ICP
will hold a forty-percent (40%) stake and CPN through its local subsidiaries
will hold a sixty-percent (60%) stake. The Joint Venture will develop a RM 580
million (or approximately Baht 5,800 million) regional shopping mall at i-City,
the Malaysia Cybercenter (MSC) at Section 7, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Signing of the Joint Venture Agreement will depend on the complement with the
conditions of the Letter Agreement to enter into joint venture of both CPN and
ICP. If the joint venture company and the related subsidiaries are established
including the Joint Venture Agreement is signed, CPN will disclose the
information to the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
The joint venture will build a regional shopping mall in West Selangor. CPN will
lead in the design, development and management of the shopping mall on a free
hold land plot of 11.12 acres with gross floor area (GFA) of around 138,000
square meters and net leasable area (NLA) of around 89,700 square meters. The
construction of the shopping mall is expected to commence in 2014, and we plan
to open by the end of 2016.
For the total investment approximately Baht 5,800 million, CPN will use mainly
its internal source of cash flows and/or proceeds from future bank loans or
issuance of debentures and/or proceeds from future offering of investment units
of property funds.
ICP is the property arm of I-Berhad, an established company listed on the Main
Market of Bursa Malaysia. ICP is the developer of i-City, an integrated
township development consisting of a shopping mall, cybercentre office suites,
corporate towers and hotels along with residential and retail components on a
72-acre freehold site situated along the Federal Highway.
Please be informed accordingly,
Sincerely,
-Naparat Sriwanvit-
(Ms. Naparat Sriwanvit)
Company Secretary
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