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13 Mar 2024 17:50

Notification on Receipt of the Report on Preliminary Result of Tender Offer for the Securities (Form 247-6-Khor) of Kerry Express (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Revised)

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Tender Offer Subject : Tender offer Listed company subject to tender offer : KERRY EXPRESS (THAILAND) PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (KEX) Offeror : SF International Holding (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Tender offer period : From 13-Feb-2024 to 22-Mar-2024 Offer price Common shares (baht per share) : 5.50 Net price Common shares (baht per share) : 5.4852875 Tender offer : Not for delisting Date of securities payment settlement : 26-Mar-2024 Tender Offer Agent : Bualuang Securities Public Company Limited Remark : The Company would like to inform you that the Company has been notified by KLN that KLN obtained a waiver from the SEC on 5 February 2024 in respect of its tender offer obligations arising out of the DIS Transaction, subject to the conditions that (i) KLN must procure the SF International Holding (Thailand) Co., Ltd. ("SFTH") to perform a tender offer for all securities of the Company until completion, on conditions and price not less favourable than those that would have been extended by KLN had it proceeded with the tender offers, to provide the opportunity for the Company's shareholders to decide on the matter regarding their holding of the Company's securities and (ii) KLN must procure the Company to publish an announcement informing investors of (i). With the publication of this announcement, all the conditions to the waiver from the SEC have been satisfied. Accordingly, the DIS Condition has been satisfied and the DIS Transaction has become unconditional. Upon such completion of the DIS Transaction, KLN and its subsidiaries will cease to control in any way or cease to hold, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the voting rights in the Company ("Cessation of Control"), and Kuok Registrations Limited ("KRL") as the licensor under the brand licensing agreement entered into with the Company as the licensee to use the "Kerry Express" brand and related trademarks in connection with its operations in Thailand shall have 60 days to decide whether or not to terminate the brand licensing agreement. If KRL opts for termination, the Company will have up to 9 months before such termination which could be extended if KRL agreed. In this connection, the Company has already taken the initiative to commence discussion with KRL on possible extension of the license to use the "Kerry Express" brand and related trademarks. During the course of discussion, KRL and the Company have executed a letter of intent indicating on a 'non-binding and subject to contract' basis that notwithstanding the prospective Cessation of Control upon completion of the DIS Transaction, KRL would extend the term of the brand licensing agreement to beyond the said 9-months to a period of no longer than 2 years from the completion of the DIS Transaction subject to certain approval processes to facilitate any orderly rebranding exercise. Moreover, Flourish Harmony Holdings Company Limited ("Flourish") (an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of S.F. Holding Co., Ltd. ("SF"), a listed company on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, which is one of the shareholders of KLN) and SFTH have entered into the share purchase agreement which both parties agree that Flourish will sell 467,373,855 the Company's shares (representing 26.82% of total voting rights of the Company) which it will receive from the DIS Transaction to SFTH on the same day of the completion of the DIS Transaction. Consequently, as previously disclosed, SFTH, which will be required to make a mandatory tender offer to acquire all issued shares of the Company (other than those already held and to be held from the DIS Transaction by SFTH) in accordance with the requirements of the Notification of Capital Market Supervisory Board Tor Jor. 12/2554 Re: Rules, Conditions and Procedures for the Acquisition of Securities for Business Takeover (as amended), has submitted the tender documents to the SEC on 8 February 2024, and the tender offer will be launched on 13 February 2024. Accordingly, the completion of the DIS Transaction will be on or around end of March 2024. ______________________________________________________________________ This announcement was prepared and disseminated by listed company or issuer through the electronic system which is provided for the purpose of dissemination of the information and related documents of listed company or issuer to the Stock Exchange of Thailand only. The Stock Exchange of Thailand has no responsibility for the correctness and completeness of any statements, figures, reports or opinions contained in this announcement, and has no liability for any losses and damages in any cases. In case you have any inquiries or clarification regarding this announcement, please directly contact listed company or issuer who made this announcement.