Mooreast shareholders clear $13m loan transfer, five-year extension

Loan maturity moves later to November 2031.

Independent shareholders of Mooreast Holdings have approved proposals to novate a $13m shareholder loan to the company and extend its maturity by five years.

The loan was initially extended by Sim Koon Lam, Mooreast’s Executive Director, Deputy Chairman and single largest shareholder, to the company’s wholly owned subsidiary Mooreast Asia Pte. Ltd.

Following the approval, the loan will be novated, assigned, and transferred to Mooreast Holdings. Its maturity will be extended by 60 months, from 23 November 2026 to 23 November 2031.

Shareholders also approved giving the group the option to prepay or repay the loan in cash or through the issuance of up to 69.44 million new shares, subject to adjustment events.

Under the approved structure, up to 44.44 million initial capitalisation shares may be issued at $0.135 per share for $6m of the loan.

A further 25 million final repayment capitalisation shares may be issued at $0.28 per share for the remaining $7m.

The capitalisation price for the second tranche represents a premium of about 101% to the volume-weighted average price of approximately $0.14 per share on 18 June, the date the novation and amendment agreement was entered into.

If the shareholder loan is fully capitalised into shares, Mooreast’s gearing ratio will fall from 1.27 to 0.44 times, with total borrowings declining from $28.7m to $15.7m.

Meanwhile, the group's net tangible assets per share would increase from 7.43 to 9.54 Singapore cents.

Mooreast’s issued share capital would rise from 303.45 million to 372.89 million shares if the loan is fully capitalised.

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