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41 SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR cont’d41.3 Acquisition of Unipamol Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Pamol Plantations Sdn BhdOn 2 December 2002, Palmco Holdings Berhad (“Palmco”) announced its proposed acquisition of the entireissued and paid-up share capital of Unipamol Malaysia Sdn Bhd (“Unipamol”) and 49.99% of the issued andpaid-up share capital of Pamol Plantations Sdn Bhd (“PPSB”) for a total cash consideration of RM567million, subject to adjustments, from the wholly-owned subsidiaries of Unilever plc.The Unipamol group of companies and the PPSB group of companies (“Pamol <strong>Group</strong>”) are principally involvedin oil palm plantation business with a total of 23,045 hectares of oil palm estates, of which 8,148 hectaresand 14,897 hectares are located in Kluang, Johor and Labuk, Sabah respectively. In addition, the Pamol<strong>Group</strong> has two palm oil mills with annual processing capacity of 360,000 and 390,000 metric tonne in Johorand Sabah respectively.The acquisition was completed on 17 January 2003. The purchase consideration has been revised fromRM567 million to RM555 million as mutually agreed between Palmco and the vendors.The acquisition has been part financed by a term loan of RM350 million. The term loan is secured by apledge over the shares in Unipamol and PPSB.41.4 Proposed Acquisition of Interest in Oil Palm Estates and Palm Oil Mill in SabahOn 19 March 2003, the Company had entered into several conditional sale and purchase agreements withseveral vendors to acquire the entire equity interest in the following companies for a total consideration ofRM607.7 million:iiiiiiivvB. A. Plantations Sdn BhdMayvin (Sabah) Sdn BhdPine Capital Sdn BhdRight Purpose Sdn BhdMayvin Incorporated Sdn BhdThe above companies are principally involved in oil palm plantation business with a total of 21,722 hectares of oilpalm estates and a palm oil mill in Sabah. The oil palm estates are located adjacent or within the vicinity of oilpalm estates of the <strong>Group</strong>.The proposed acquisition has been approved by the Securities Commission (“SC”) on 25 August 2003 with a revisionin the purchase consideration from RM607.7 million to RM535.6 million to be satisfied by the issuance of72,105,305 new ordinary shares of RM0.50 each at RM5.20 per share and RM160.7 million by cash. The approval ofthe Foreign Investment Committee (“FIC”) has also been obtained vide the same SC’s letter in accordance with theSC regulations, applicable to the proposed acquisition.209<strong>IOI</strong> Corporation BerhadAnnual Report 2003

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