Announcement on behalf of KGI Bank for the acquisition of right-of-use assets of real property from the interested party

2024-10-18
Announcements

Date of announcement 2024/10/18
Time of announcement  19:03:37
Date of events 2024/10/18
To which item it meets paragraph 20

 

1.Name and nature of the underlying asset (e.g., land located at Sublot XX,
Lot XX, North District, Taichung City):
 33F and 34F, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway,Hong Kong (hereinafter
“One Pacific Space”)
2.Date of occurrence of the event:2024/10/18
3.Transaction unit amount (e.g.XX square meters, equivalent to XX ping),
unit price, and total transaction price:
 1.Lease area:10,676 square feet
 2.Price per unit:
   From August 1, 2025 to December 31, 2030, the monthly fee is HK$85 per
   square foot (approximately NT$350).
 3.Total amount of rent:
   (1)From August 1, 2025 to December 31, 2030, the monthly rent is
      HK$907,468(approximately NT$3,733,323).
   (2)Amount of use right assets: HK$ 70,783,369 (approximately
      NT$291,202,780)
4.Trading counterparty and its relationship with the Company (if the trading
counterparty is a natural person and furthermore is not a related party of
the Company, the name of the trading counterparty is not required to be
disclosed):
 Trading counterparty: KGI Hong Kong Ltd. (hereinafter“KGIHK”)
 Relationship with the Company:Related party
5.Where the trading counterparty is a related party, announcement shall also
be made of the reason for choosing the related party as trading counterparty
and the identity of the previous owner, its relationship with the Company
and the trading counterparty, and the previous date and monetary amount of
transfer:
 Reason for selecting the related party as the transaction counterparty:
 To maximize the synergistic effect of the Group co-working office.
 Previous transferor: One Pacific Place Ltd.
 Relationship between the previous transferor and the company: Unrelated
 party
 Relationship between the previous transferor and the transaction
 counterparty: Unrelated party
 Previous transfer date: August 1, 2025 (leasing start date).
 Transfer amount:The monthly rent is HK$3,330,500 (about NT$13,701,676).
 KGIHK leased 39,182 sq. ft. from One Pacific Place Limited (not a related
 party) and sub-leased a further 10,676 sq. ft. to the KGIbank.
 KGIHK leased the unit price of HK$85 per square foot from the lessor One
 Pacific Place Ltd. KGIHK subleases to KGIB, KGIF and CCHK at the
 unit price of HK$85 per square foot.
6.Where an owner of the underlying assets within the past five years has
been a related party of the Company, the announcement shall also include the
date and price of acquisition and disposal by the related party, and its
relationship with the Company at the time of the transaction:n/a
7.Projected gain (or loss) through disposal (not applicable for
acquisition of assets; those with deferral should provide a table
explaining recognition):n/a
8.Terms of delivery or payment (including payment period and
monetary amount), restrictive covenants in the contract,
and other important terms and conditions:
 Lease period: From August 1, 2025 to December 31,2030.
 Payment or Delivery Conditions: Payments are to be made on monthly basis.
 Restrictive covenants or other important stipulations:None.
9.The manner of deciding on this transaction (such as invitation to tender,
price comparison, or price negotiation), the reference basis for the
decision on price, and the decision-making unit:
 Transaction Decision Method: Negotiation
 Reference for Price Determination: External Appraisal report.
 Decision-making Unit: Board of Directors
10.Name of the professional appraisal firm or company and
its appraisal price:
 Name of the professional appraisal firm:
 1. PSA (HK) Surveyors Ltd.
 2. Norton Appraisals Holdings Ltd.
 Appraisal price:
 1. HKD 85.5 per square foot per month (approximately NT$352)
 2. HKD 87.8 per square foot per month (approximately NT$361)
11.Name of the professional appraiser:
 1.CHAN CHI WAH
 2.WONG MING KWAN
12.Practice certificate number of the professional appraiser:
 1. GP076997
 2. GP087397
13.The appraisal report has a limited price, specific price,
or special price:No
14.An appraisal report has not yet been obtained:No
15.Reason for an appraisal report not being obtained:n/a
16.Reason for any significant discrepancy with the appraisal reports
and opinion of the CPA:n/a
17.Name of the CPA firm:n/a
18.Name of the CPA:n/a
19.Practice certificate number of the CPA:n/a
20.Broker and broker's fee:n/a
21.Concrete purpose or use of the acquisition or disposal:
 Business requirements
22.Any dissenting opinions of directors to the present transaction:No
23.Whether the counterparty of the current transaction is a
related party:Yes
24.Date of the board of directors resolution:October 18, 2024
25.Date of ratification by supervisors or approval by
the audit committee:2024/10/18
26.The transaction is to acquire a real property or right-of-use
asset from a related party:Yes
27.The price assessed in accordance with the Article 16 of the
Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets
by Public Companies:n/a
28.Where the above assessed price is lower than the transaction price,
the price assessed in accordance with the Article 17 of the same
regulations:n/a
29.Any other matters that need to be specified:
 The above HKD to NTD currency exchange calculation is based on the rate
 of 1:4.114 dated on 2024/9/23.