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CONTENTS CORPORATE INFORMATION...................................................................................................... 4 DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................ 5 GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS ........................................................................................ 9 DETAILS OF OUR INVITATION — Listing On The SGX-ST ....................................................................................................... 11 — Structure Of Our Invitation ................................................................................................... 12 — Results of Application And Distribution ............................................................................... 16 — Indicative Timetable For Listing ........................................................................................... 17 — Selling Restrictions ............................................................................................................... 18 PROSPECTUS SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 19 FINANCIAL STATISTICS.............................................................................................................. 23 RISK FACTORS ............................................................................................................................ 24 SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ..................................... 33 USE OF PROCEEDS ................................................................................................................... 34 DIVIDEND POLICY ....................................................................................................................... 35 SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA .................................................................................................... 36 ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS......................... 37 GENERAL INFORMATION ON OUR GROUP — History ................................................................................................................................... 43 — Group Structure .................................................................................................................... 44 — Share Capital ........................................................................................................................ 44 — Description Of Our Ordinary Shares ................................................................................... 46 — Shareholders ......................................................................................................................... 50 — Moratorium ............................................................................................................................ 50 — Dilution .................................................................................................................................. 50 BUSINESS — Industry Overview ................................................................................................................. 52 — Strategy ................................................................................................................................. 54 — Business Model .................................................................................................................... 55 — Core Business ...................................................................................................................... 58 — Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances And Investments ......................................................... 71 1 Page
— Customers And Suppliers .................................................................................................... 73 — Competition ........................................................................................................................... 74 — Competitive Strengths .......................................................................................................... 75 — Expansion Plans ................................................................................................................... 77 — Marketing And Branding Strategy ........................................................................................ 82 — Product Development Initiatives .......................................................................................... 83 — Intellectual Property .............................................................................................................. 84 — Government Regulation ........................................................................................................ 84 — Property, Plant And Equipment............................................................................................ 85 — Insurance............................................................................................................................... 87 DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND STAFF — Board Of Directors ............................................................................................................... 88 — Committees Of The Board of Directors .............................................................................. 90 — Directors’ Remuneration ....................................................................................................... 90 — Executive Officers ................................................................................................................. 91 — Service Agreements ............................................................................................................. 92 — Directorships ......................................................................................................................... 93 — Staff ....................................................................................................................................... 97 — Share Option Schemes ........................................................................................................ 97 INTERESTED PERSON TRANSACTIONS.................................................................................. 103 SHAREHOLDERS’ MANDATE ..................................................................................................... 107 POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST .................................................................................. 113 DIRECTORS’ REPORT ................................................................................................................. 116 REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.................................................. 117 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .......................................................................................................... 118 GENERAL AND STATUTORY INFORMATION........................................................................... 1<strong>42</strong> APPENDIX A CONTENTS — Terms And Conditions And Procedures For Application .................................................... 155 — Additional Terms And Conditions For Applications Using Application Forms ................... 160 — Additional Terms And Conditions For Electronic Applications ........................................... 163 — Internet Offer Tranche: Registration with AsiaOne ............................................................. 170 2 Page
Page 1: PROSPECTUS DATED 23 MAY 2000 SPH AS
Page 5 and 6: CORPORATE INFORMATION Board of Dire
Page 7 and 8: “FY” : Financial year ended or
Page 9 and 10: “Reserved Tranche” : The offer
Page 11 and 12: GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS “onli
Page 13 and 14: The Application List will open at 6
Page 15 and 16: Allocation of New Shares under the
Page 17 and 18: RESULTS OF APPLICATION AND DISTRIBU
Page 19 and 20: SELLING RESTRICTIONS DETAILS OF OUR
Page 21 and 22: Our present business model is based
Page 23 and 24: THE INVITATION PROSPECTUS SUMMARY S
Page 25 and 26: An investment in our Shares involve
Page 27 and 28: We have a short operating history R
Page 29 and 30: RISK FACTORS We depend on a reliabl
Page 31 and 32: E-commerce operations RISK FACTORS
Page 33 and 34: RISKS RELATING TO THE SHARES RISK F
Page 35 and 36: USE OF PROCEEDS The net proceeds fr
Page 37 and 38: SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA You should
Page 39 and 40: ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
Page 45 and 46: GROUP STRUCTURE Our group structure
Page 47 and 48: As at Authorised Share Capital 29 F
Page 49 and 50: GENERAL INFORMATION ON OUR GROUP Ex
Page 51 and 52: SHAREHOLDERS GENERAL INFORMATION ON
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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW BUSINESS The info
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BUSINESS The Singapore Information
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BUSINESS We recognise annual subscr
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Currently we do not engage in any b
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As at 30 April 2000, there were app
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Based on our internal records, we b
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BUSINESS The categories of products
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Auctions BUSINESS The Internet’s
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BUSINESS Designed for both consumer
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(ii) Button Ads BUSINESS Small adve
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BUSINESS While the Internet has sti
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Suppliers BUSINESS The suppliers wh
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BUSINESS In addition to the content
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BUSINESS We will be introducing new
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(ii) Message Boards BUSINESS We wil
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MARKETING AND BRANDING STRATEGY BUS
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Our sharehold
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Equipment to support E-commerce Our
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTORS, SENIO
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DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ST
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Yuan Zhou, aged 37, is the Vice Pre
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The Licence Agreement may be termin
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As at the date of this Prospectus,
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(viii) technical and research resou
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(ii) transactions in value equal to
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Entry into of forex, swap and optio
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• 312,500 preference shares of pa
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23 May 2000 The Shareholders SPH As
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Profit and Los
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Statement of C
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Statements of
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2. Basis of pr
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3. Significant accounting policies
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3. Significant accounting policies
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5. Cost of revenue (cont’d) FINAN
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10. Net earnings (loss) per share (
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13. Fixed assets (cont’d) FINANCI
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14. Trade creditors FINANCIAL STATE
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 17. Significan
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21. Subsequent events (cont’d) (e
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GENERAL AND STATUTORY INFORMATION I
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GENERAL AND STATUTORY INFORMATION 1
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Article 66 GENERAL AND STATUTORY IN
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Article 76 GENERAL AND STATUTORY IN
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Article 102 GENERAL AND STATUTORY I
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GENERAL AND STATUTORY INFORMATION (
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CONSENTS GENERAL AND STATUTORY INFO
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APPENDIX A 4. A person who has agre
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APPENDIX A 15. Investors may subscr
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APPENDIX A ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CON
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APPENDIX A (3) tick the appropriate
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APPENDIX A An Applicant must ensure
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APPENDIX A 9. The Applicant must ha
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APPENDIX A (d) in respect of the Ne
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APPENDIX A (d) This application is
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APPENDIX B RULES OF THE ASIAONE PRE
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3. ELIGIBILITY OF PARTICIPANTS APPE
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7. RIGHTS TO EXERCISE OPTIONS APPEN
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7.6 In the event that:- APPENDIX B
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APPENDIX B 10. TAKE-OVER AND WINDIN
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APPENDIX B 10.6 If in connection wi
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APPENDIX B 18.2 Save for the taxes
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To: SPH AsiaOne Ltd, News Centre, 8
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APPENDIX B ASIAONE PRE-IPO SHARE OP
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APPENDIX C RULES OF THE ASIAONE (20
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APPENDIX C “Parent Group” The P
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APPENDIX C 4.2 The number of Shares
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APPENDIX C (c) any other event appr
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APPENDIX C 9.3 Shares which are all
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14. MODIFICATIONS TO THE SCHEME APP
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APPENDIX C (c) (i) the names of, an
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APPENDIX C Vesting Schedule Subject
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