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LeVeragingtHe groWtHOF ENGINEERINGAND IT SERVICES

oer doCUMent dated 11 septeMber 2013(Registered by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited(the sgX-st), acting as agent on behal o the Monetary Authority oSingapore (the auh) on 11 September 2013)

THIS OFFER IS MADE IN OR ACCOMPANIED BY AN OFFERDOCUMENT (THE oer doCUMent) THAT HAS BEENREGISTERED BY THE SGX-ST, ACTING AS AGENT ONBEHALF OF THE AUTHORITY ON 11 SEPTEMBER 2013.THE REGISTRATION OF THIS OFFER DOCUMENT BY THESGX-ST ON BEHALF OF THE AUTHORITY DOES NOT IMPLYTHAT THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT (CHAPTER 289)OF SINGAPORE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR REGULATORY

REQUIREMENTS, OR REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SGX-STSLISTING RULES, HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH.

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PrimePartners Corporate Finance Pte. Ltd. (the s) hasmade an application to the SGX-ST or permission to deal in,and or quotation o, all the ordinary shares (the sh) inthe capital o Xyec Holdings Co., Ltd. (the Cm) alreadyissued, the new Shares which are the subject o this Placement(the plcm sh), the PPCF Shares (as defned herein)and the new Shares which may be issued upon the exercise othe options granted or to be granted under the Stock OptionScheme (the o sh) on Catalist (as defned herein).Acceptance o applications will be conditional upon, inter alia,issue o the Placement Shares and permission being grantedby the SGX-ST or the listing and quotation o all our existing

issued Shares, the Placement Shares, the PPCF Shares andthe Option Shares on Catalist. Monies paid in respect o anyapplication accepted will be returned i the admission andlisting do not proceed. The dealing in and quotation o theShares will be in Singapore dollars.

Companies listed on Catalist may carry higher investment riskwhen compared with larger or more established companieslisted on the Main Board o the SGX-ST. In particular, companiesmay list on Catalist without a track record o proftability andthere is no assurance that there will be a liquid market in theShares traded on Catalist. You should be aware o the riskso investing in such companies and should make the decisionto invest only ater careul consideration and, i appropriate,consultation with your proessional adviser(s).

Neither the Authority nor the SGX-ST has examined or approvedthe contents o this Oer Document. Neither the Authority

nor the SGX-ST assumes any responsibility or the contentso this Oer Document, including the correctness o any othe statements or opinions made or reports contained in thisOer Document. The SGX-ST does not normally review theapplication or admission to Catalist but relies on the Sponsorconfrming that our Company is suitable to be listed andcomplies with the Catalist Rules (as defned herein). Neitherthe Authority nor the SGX-ST has in any way considered themerits o the Shares being oered or investment.

We have not lodged this Oer Document in any other jurisdiction.

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Corporate proiLe

Xc Hl C., L. provides engineering and IT consultancy andservices or major manuacturing industries in Japan. We have more than900 experienced sotware engineers. We provide engineering servicesto major manuacturing industries in Japan, such as the automobile andaerospace industries, and IT consultancy and services to companies in awide range o industries, including the IT and telecommunications industriesin Japan. Our customers include afliate companies o the Fujitsu group,

the Hitachi group, the Toyota group, and Denso group.

CoMpetitiVe strengtHs

1. W ha an xpncd manamnam wh a n ack cdf wkn h n pccf n Majority o our management members each

have more than 20 years o experience in theEngineering Services industry and IT industry.

Extensive experience in the Engineering

Services and IT industries, long termteamwork and the close relationships andnetworks which they have orged over theyears are key to the continued growth oour Group.

2. W a ab pd acmphn an f c andaby c- c Our wide range o business-related sotware

development services or companies in avariety o industries, allow us to satisy theIT requirements o our customers.

Able to leverage one line o our business tocross-sell other lines o business and serviceoerings.

Able to diversiy our business across a widevariety o industries, enabling us to ridethrough dierent business cycles o dierentindustries.

3. W pd n qay c Stringent quality assurance system in our

operations and processes.

Invest in training programmes or employees.

Have received several ISO accreditations.

4. W ha dpd nanhp wh cmhh c qay Established close working relationships with

customers.

Keep ourselves updated on customersproduct, technological and businessdevelopments to better understand their

requirements, in order to provide highervalue-added services.

Established operations and branch ofcesnear to customers in locations such as theAichi, Ishikawa, Okinawa, Osaka, Shizuoka,and Fukuoka Preectures, in Japan, andBangkok, Thailand.

Sales rom repeat customers accounted orapproximately 87% o total sales in the PeriodUnder Review.

5. W a ab aac and ankd nn Most o our employees have been with us or

more than fve years.

Relatively low sta turnover ratio that is belowthe industry average.

Employee benefts programme in place tolook ater our employees well-being.

6. F ach f bn mn, wha w-knwn and w-abhdMNC a cm ba Customers include afliate companies o the

Fujitsu group, the Hitachi group, and theToyota group. Such reputable MNCs enableus to keep up-to-date with market trends and

technological developments as well as testiyto our high service and product standards.

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Business-related sotwaredevelopment or companies ina variety o industries, such asautomobile, IT, telecommunications,logistics and other manuacturingindustries, in accordance with ourcustomers requirements and or areassuch as customer relationship, andsupply chain management systemsand databases

Sotware development o automobileelectronic control units (eCU)

Computer aided engineering (Cae)services, which involves the design,analysis and testing o automobile andaerospace hardware components

ERP Consultancy Servicesto customers mainly in thetechnology and IT industries. Inaddition, we also sell and assistour customers in implementingour Elizea attendancemanagement sotware

Design, development and sale oour proprietary production andsales administration sotware,UNIMEX II and QuickOne

Our comprehensive range of services allows us to leverage one line of our business to cross-sellother lines of business and service offerings.


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gDP wth in Japan andlbally IT investments tend to

fuctuate in tandem with GDP.

Pump-priming measures bythe Japanese governmentsince December 2012.

IT investment in Japanexpected to increase in 2013due to last minute demandbeore consumption tax israised in April 2014.

u f eCu andmbddd ftwa inth atmbil indty Increasing proportion o car

electronics in the cost o anautomobile body, with carelectronics system expectedto constitute 40% o theautomobile body cost in 2015.

Development in the use oECU and embedded sotwarein the automobile industry.

Focus on model based design importance o sotware as anautomobile component, andin simulation in the early stageo product development.

Japanese automobilemanuacturers may strengthentheir global competitiveness,which may boost demand or

ECU and embedded sotware.

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in Japan are expanding intooverseas markets.

Japanese companies involvedin the business o sotwaredevelopment have space orgrowth in overseas markets.

gwth in machiny-latd CAD/CAM/CAe makt in Japan tcntin The CAE market is expected

to grow by 12% in 2014due to the recovery o theautomobile and electric

appliance industries and theincreasing use o CAE bymanuacturers.

The machinery-related CAD/CAM/CAE market in Japanis expected to grow 12%and 11% in 2014 and 2015,respectively.

gwth in th erPpacka makt The ERP market is expected

to grow by 9.9% and 8.6% in2014 and 2015, respectively,due to the replacement ooutdated ERP systems witho-the-shel ERP systemsand the implementation oERP systems or the overseasoperations o Japanesecompanies.

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including developing sotware orAutomobile ECUs, CAE and CAD/CAM,and develop our proprietary sotware orAutomobile ECUs or the local automobilemakers in the PRC and in ASEANcountries.

Diversiy IT Services client portolio toinclude SMEs and expand the range o ourservice oerings using new technologies,such as open source inrastructureservices, cloud computing and thin clientcomputing.

Leverage on our growing customer baseand growing market reputation andincrease marketing eorts to target SMEsor our ERP Consultancy Services andother IT Solutions services.

Upgrade our proprietary sotwareUNIMEX II and Elizea, expandconsultancy and implementation servicesor Two-Tier ERP to new markets anddevelop new business-related and CRMsotware.

Dvlp nw capabiliti and nwbin mnt Establish a research and development

(r&d) unction and invest in a R&D

acility. Establish our own data centre rom which

we can host IT systems, networks andservers to aid in the delivery o our cloudcomputing and inormation securityservices.

expand thh nw lcatin,m and acqiitin, jintvnt and/ tatic allianc Establish an oce in Singapore to

support R&D initiatives and as a regionalsales oce or Southeast Asia.

Invest in or acquire companies whichhave expertise in IT network services,web sotware development, inormationsecurity, database, cloud computing and

sotware engineering service providers. Through Kowamex (Thailand), expand

customer base o Japanese automobilemakers and other manuacturingcompanies operating in Thailand, andthereore expand into Southeast Asia.

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CORPORATE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

CAUTIONARY NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

SELLING RESTRICTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

DETAILS OF THE PLACEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

LISTING ON CATALIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

INDICATIVE TIMETABLE FOR LISTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

INTERESTS OF MANAGER, SPONSOR AND PLACEMENT AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

OFFER DOCUMENT SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

OUR COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

OUR BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

OUR COMPETITIVE STRENGTHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

OUR PROSPECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

OUR GROWTH STRATEGY AND FUTURE PLANS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

OUR CONTACT DETAILS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

SUMMARY OF OUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

THE PLACEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

EXCHANGE RATES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

RISK FACTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

RISKS RELATING TO OUR INDUSTRY AND OUR BUSINESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

RISKS RELATING TO OWNERSHIP OF OUR SHARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

ISSUE STATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

USE OF PROCEEDS AND LISTING EXPENSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45USE OF PROCEEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

LISTING EXPENSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

DIVIDEND POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

SHARE CAPITAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

SHAREHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

SHAREHOLDING AND OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN PERCENTAGE OF OWNERSHIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

MORATORIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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CAPITALISATION AND INDEBTEDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

WORKING CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

DILUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

GROUP STRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF OUR GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

FINANCIAL POSITION OF OUR GROUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND

FINANCIAL POSITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

OVERVIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71REVIEW OF PAST PERFORMANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

REVIEW OF FINANCIAL POSITION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND DIVESTMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

INFLATION OR DEFLATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

GENERAL INFORMATION ON OUR GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

BUSINESS OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

OUR MAJOR CUSTOMERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

OUR MAJOR SUPPLIERS AND/OR SUB-CONTRACTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

CREDIT POLICY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

QUALITY ASSURANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

SALES AND MARKETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

INSURANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

LICENCES AND PERMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

STAFF TRAINING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

COMPETITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

COMPETITIVE STRENGTHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

SEASONALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

PROPERTIES AND FIXED ASSETS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

PROSPECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

OUR GROWTH STRATEGY AND FUTURE PLANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

ORDER BOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

TREND INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

INTERESTED PERSON TRANSACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

ON-GOING INTERESTED PERSON TRANSACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

GUIDELINES AND REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ON-GOING AND FUTURE

INTERESTED PERSON TRANSACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTERESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

INTERESTS OF EXPERTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

INTERESTS OF MANAGER, SPONSOR AND PLACEMENT AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT AND STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

DIRECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

MANAGEMENT REPORTING STRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

EMPLOYEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND RELATEDEMPLOYEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

SERVICE AGREEMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

XYEC EMPLOYEE STOCK SCHEMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

SGX-ST REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

RATIONALE FOR PARTICIPATION OF OUR NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS . . . . . . . 163

COST OF STOCK OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

DISCLOSURES IN ANNUAL REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

DESCRIPTION OF ORDINARY SHARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

EXCHANGE CONTROLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

TAXATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

CLEARANCE AND SETTLEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

TRADING, SETTLEMENT AND REGISTRATION OF SHARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

VOTING RIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

VOTING INSTRUCTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

CLEARING FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

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GENERAL AND STATUTORY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

INFORMATION ON DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

SHARE CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

MATERIAL CONTRACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

LITIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

MANAGEMENT AND PLACEMENT ARRANGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

CONSENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT BY OUR DIRECTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

DOCUMENTS FOR INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

APPENDIX A INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT ON THE CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF XYEC HOLDINGS CO., LTD. AND

ITS SUBSIDIARIES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEARS ENDED

31 MARCH 2011, 2012 AND 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

APPENDIX B COMPARISON BETWEEN SINGAPORE CORPORATE LAW AND

JAPAN CORPORATE LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

APPENDIX C OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

APPENDIX D COMPARISON BETWEEN OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

AND APPENDIX 4C OF THE CATALIST RULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

APPENDIX E RULES OF THE STOCK OPTION SCHEME AND COMPLIANCE

CHECKLIST FOR THE ORIGINAL RULES OF XYEC EMPLOYEE

STOCK OPTION SCHEME AND RULES OF THE STOCK OPTION

SCHEME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

APPENDIX F TERMS, CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION

AND ACCEPTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS : Manabu Kobayashi (Executive Chairman, President and CEO)

Tatsushi Oshimi (Vice-President and Executive Director)

Minoru Funakoshi (Non-Executive Director)

Norio Ogiwara (Non-Executive Director)

Susumu Hanada (Lead Independent Director)

Yukihiro Shida (Independent Director)

Tan Poh Chye Allan (Independent Director appointment

subject to approval by Shareholders in a general meeting to be

held by 16 September 2013)

STATUTORY AUDITORS

(KANSAYAKU)

REPRESENTATIVE

DIRECTORS (DAIHYOTORISHIMARIYAKU)

: Kinji Adachi (Full time Statutory Auditor)

Yuji Imai (Part time Outside Statutory Auditor)

Junko Shirakawa (Part time Outside Statutory Auditor)

Manabu Kobayashi

Tatsushi Oshimi

REGISTERED OFFICE : 4-15, Konan 2-chome

Minato-ku, Tokyo

Japan

MANAGER, SPONSOR

AND PLACEMENT AGENT

: PrimePartners Corporate Finance Pte. Ltd.

20 Cecil Street

#21-02 Equity Plaza

Singapore 049705

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

AND REPORTING

ACCOUNTANTS

: Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC

Hibiya Kokusai Building, 2-2-3 Uchisaiwai-cho

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011

Japan

Partner-in-charge: Shinichiro Suzuki

Certified Public Accountants, Japan

INDUSTRY EXPERT : Yano Research Institute Ltd.

2-46-2 Honcho Nakano-ku

Tokyo, Japan

SOLICITORS TO THE

PLACEMENT AND LEGAL

ADVISER TO OUR

COMPANY ON

SINGAPORE LAW

: RHTLaw Taylor Wessing LLP

Six Battery Road

#10-01

Singapore 049909

LEGAL ADVISER TO OUR

COMPANY ON JAPAN

LAW

: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Akasaka K-Tower, 2-7 Motoakasaka 1-chome

Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0051

Japan

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LEGAL ADVISER TO OUR

COMPANY ON THAILAND

LAW

: Siam City Law Offices Limited

Rajanakarn Building, 20th Floor

183 South Sathorn Road, Yannawa

Sathorn, Bangkok 10120, Thailand

JAPAN SHARE

REGISTRAR

: Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

4-5 Marunouchi 1-chome

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

100-8212 Japan

SINGAPORE SHARE

REGISTRAR, TRANSFER

AGENT AND COLLATION

AGENT

: Boardroom Corporate & Advisory Services Pte. Ltd.

50 Raffles Place

#32-01 Singapore Land Tower

Singapore 048623

PRINCIPAL BANKER : Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

Yotsuya Commercial Banking Office

2-1, Yotsuya 3-chome

Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

160-0004, Japan

RECEIVING BANKER : The Bank of East Asia, Limited

60 Robinson Road

BEA Building

Singapore 068892

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In this Offer Document and the accompanying Application Forms, unless the context otherwise

requires, the following definitions apply throughout where the context so admits:

Companies within our Group

ACLOX : ACLOX Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in Japan on

26 September 2007 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of our

Company

Company : Xyec Holdings Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in Japan on

9 September 2005

em-kei : em-kei Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in Japan on 8 July

1988 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of our Company

Group or GroupCompanies : Our Company and our Subsidiaries as at the date of this OfferDocument

Kowamex : Kowamex Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in Japan on

12 December 2006 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of our

Company

Kowamex (Thailand) : Kowamex (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in

Thail and on 22 June 2012 in whi ch Kowamex has a

shareholding interest of 48.99% and also exercises

management control

Neutral : Neutral Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in Japan on 24March 2000 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of our Company

NIHON UNITEC : NIHON UNITEC Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in Japan

on 26 May 1984 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of our

Company

NT Solutions : NT Solutions Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in Japan on 1

April 2009 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of our Company

Sial System : Sial System Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in Japan on 1

April 2001 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of our Company

Subsidiaries : The subsidiaries of our Group, namely ACLOX, Kowamex,

Kowamex (Thailand), em-kei, Neutral, NIHON UNITEC, NT

Solutions and Sial System

Other Companies, Organisations and Agencies

Authority : Monetary Authority of Singapore

CDP or Depository : The Central Depository (Pte) Limited

City Soken : City Soken Co., Ltd.

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CPF : Central Provident Fund

Denso Techno : Denso Techno Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Denso

Corporation Ltd, which in turn is 22.3% owned by Toyota

Motor Corporation as at 31 March 2013

ESHA : Xyec Holdings Employee Stock Holding Association, a

partnership (kumiai) formed under the Civil Code of Japan, by

the employees of the Company on 1 March 2007

FA Service : FA Service Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of our Group

which was disposed of on 30 September 2012

Former Xyec Holdings : The Japanese company named Xyec Holdings Co., Ltd.,

formed in November 2005 in a merger of Neutral and three

other Japanese companies, and merged with our Company inan Absorption-Type Merger in December 2006

Gifu Auto Body : Gifu Auto Body Co., Ltd.

Kowa Sekkei : Kowa Sekkei Co., Ltd.

Mamezou : Mamezou Holdings Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Tokyo

Stock Exchange and our Controlling Shareholder.

Manager, Sponsor,

Placement Agent or

PPCF

: PrimePartners Corporate Finance Pte. Ltd.

Receiving Bank : The Bank of East Asia, Limited

SCCS : Securities Clearing & Computer Services (Pte) Ltd

SGX-ST : Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited

Share Registrar : Boardroom Corporate & Advisory Services Pte. Ltd.

General

AGM : Annual general meeting of Shareholders

Application Forms : The off icial printed appl ication forms to be used for the

purpose of the Placement and which form part of this Offer

Document

Application List : The list of applications for the subscription of the Placement

Shares

Articles or Articles of

Incorporation

: The articles of incorporation of our Company, as amended,

supplemented or modified from time to time

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Associate : (a) In relat ion to any director, chief executive off icer,

substantial shareholder or controlling shareholder (being

an individual) means:

(i) his immediate family;

( ii ) the trustees, acting in their capacity as such

trustees, of any trust of which he or his immediate

f amily is a beneficiary or, in the case of a

discretionary trust, is a discretionary object; and

(iii) any company in which he and his immediate family

together (directly or indirectly) have an interest of

30.0% or more of the total votes attached to all the

voting shares; and

(b) in relation to a substantial shareholder or a controlling

shareholder (being a company) means any other

company which is its subsidiary or holding company or is

a fellow subsidiary of any such holding company or one

in the equity of which it and/or such other company or

companies taken together (directly or indirectly) have an

interest of 30.0% or more

Associated Company : In relation to a corporation, means:

(a) any corporation in which the corporation or its subsidiary

has, or the corporation and its subsidiary together have,

a direct interest of not less than 20.0% but not more than

50.0% of the aggregate of the total votes attached to all

the voting shares; or

( b) any corporation, other t han a subsidiar y of t he

corporation or a corporation which is an associated

company by virtue of paragraph (a), the policies of which

the corporation or its subsidiary, or the corporation

together with its subsidiary, is able to control or influence

materially

Audit Committee : The audit committee of our Company as at the date of this

Offer Document, unless otherwise stated

Board or Board of

Directors

: The board of Directors of our Company as at the date of this


Board of Statutory

Auditors

(kansayakukai)

: Our Companys board of Statutory Auditors

Catalist : The sponsor-supervised listing platform of the SGX-ST

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Catalist Rules : The rules in the SGX-ST Listing Manual Section B: Rules of

Catalist, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to

time

CDP Depositors : Depositors holding Shares under a direct account with CDP or

a securities sub-account with a Depository Agent (as defined

in section 130A of the Singapore Companies Act)

CEO : Chief executive officer

Controlling Shareholder : In relation to a corporation, means:

(a) a person who has an interest in the voting shares of a

corporation and who exercises control over the

corporation; or

(b) a person who has an interest of 15.0% or more of the

aggregate of the total votes attached to all the voting

shares in a corporation, unless he does not exercise

control over the corporation

Director : A director of our Company as at the dat e of t his Off er

Document

Entity at Risk : (a) The Company; (b) a subsidiary of the Company that is not

listed on the SGX-ST or an approved exchange; or (c) an

Associated Company that is not listed on the SGX-ST or an

approved exchange, provided that our Group or our Groupand our Interested Person(s), has control over the Associated

Company

EPS : Earnings per Share

Executive Directors : The executive Directors of our Company as at the date of this


Executive Officers : The executive officers of our Company as at the date of this

Offer Document, who are also key executives as defined

under the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments)

(Shares and Debentures) Regulations 2005, unless otherwise

stated

FY : Financial year ended or, as the case may be, ending 31 March

Independent Directors : The independent Directors of our Company as at the date of

this Offer Document, unless otherwise stated, including Tan

Poh Chye Allan whose appointment is subject to approval by

Shareholders in a general meeting to be held by 16

September 2013

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Interested Person : ( a) A dir ect or, chi ef exec utive officer or Cont rolli ng

Shareholder of the Company; or

(b) an Associate of any such director, chief executive officer

or Controlling Shareholder

Interested Person

Transaction

: Means a transaction between an Entity at Risk and an

Interested Person

Issued Share Capital : Save where otherwise stated in this Offer Document, means

the total number of Shares that is in issue but excludes

treasury Shares

Japan Companies Act : The Companies Act of Japan, as amended, supplemented or

modified from time to time

Latest Practicable Date or

LPD

: 19 August 2013, being the latest practicable date before the

lodgment of this Offer Document with the SGX-ST

Listing : The listing of our Company and the quotation of our Shares on

Catalist

Listing Manual : SGX-ST Listing Manual Section B: Rules of Catalist, as

amended, supplemented or modified from time to time

Management Agreement : The full sponsorship and management agreement entered

into between our Company and PPCF pursuant to which

PPCF shall sponsor and manage the Listing, details asdescribed in the sections entitled Plan of Distribution and

General and Statutory Information Management and

Placement Arrangements of this Offer Document

Market Day : A day on which the SGX-ST is open for trading in securities

MNC : Multinational companies

NAV : Net asset value

Nominating Committee : The nominating committee of our Company as at the date of

this Offer Document, unless otherwise stated

Non-Executive Directors : The non-executive Directors of our Company (including the

Independent Directors) as at the date of this Offer Document,

unless otherwise stated

NTA : Net tangible assets, calculated as total assets less total

liabilities and any intangible assets

Offer Document : This offer document dated 11 September 2013 issued by our

Company in respect of the Placement

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Option(s) : The option(s) which have been or which may be granted

pursuant to the Stock Option Scheme

Option Shares : The new Shares which may be allotted and issued upon

exercise of the Options

PER : Price earnings ratio

Period Under Review : The period which comprises FY2011, FY2012 and FY2013

PRC : Peoples Republic of China

Placement : The placement of the Placement Shares by the Placement

Agent on behalf of our Company for subscription at the

Placement Price subject to and on the terms and conditions as

set out in this Offer Document

Placement Agreement : The placement agreement between our Company and PPCF

pursuant to which PPCF agreed to procure subscriptions for

the Placement Shares at the Placement Price as described in

the sections entitled Plan of Distribution and General and

Statutory Information Management and Placement

Arrangements of this Offer Document

Placement Price : S$0.26 for each Placement Share

Placement Shares : The 25,000,000 new Shares for which our Company invites

applications to subscribe for pursuant to the Placement,subject to and on the terms and conditions set out in this Offer

Document

PPCF Shares : The 1,150,000 new Shares to be issued and allotted to PPCF

by our Company as part of PPCFs fees as the Manager and

Sponsor

Promoters : (a) Controlling Shareholders and their Associates; and (b)

Executive Directors with an interest of 5.0% or more of the

Issued Share Capital of our Company at the time of listing

Relevant Period : The period which comprises FY2011, FY2012, FY2013, andfrom 1 April 2013 to the Latest Practicable Date

Remuneration Committee : The remuneration committee of our Company as at the date of

this Offer Document, unless otherwise stated

R&D : Research and development

Securities Account : The securities account maintained by a Depositor with CDP

but does not include a securities sub-account

Securities and Futures

Act or SFA

: The Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289) of Singapore,

as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time

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Service Agreements : The service agreements entered into between our Company

and each of Manabu Kobayashi, Tatsushi Oshimi and Takeshi

Hosaka, as described in the section entitled Directors,

Management and Staff Service Agreements of this Offer

Document

SFR : The Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Shares

and Debentures) Regulations 2005 of Singapore, as

amended, supplemented or modified from time to time

Share(s) : Ordinary share(s) in the capital of our Company

Shareholder(s) : Registered holders of Shares, except where the registered

holder is CDP, the term Shareholder shall, in relation to such

Shares mean the Depositors whose Securities Accounts are

credited with Shares

Singapore : The Republic of Singapore

Singapore Companies Act : The Companies Act (Chapter 50) of Singapore, as amended,

supplemented or modified from time to time

Stock Option Scheme : The Xyec Employee Stock Option Scheme, first implemented

in 2006, as approved by our Shareholders, and amended to

be compliant with Chapter 8 Part VIII of the Catalist Rules,

approved by a majority of our Shareholders on 25 June 2013.

Please refer to Appendix E Rules of the Stock Option

Scheme and Compliance Checklist for the Original Rules ofXyec Employee Stock Option Scheme and Rules of the Stock

Option Scheme for more details

Sub-Division : Sub-division of each Share into 3,000 Shares, approved by

our Board of Directors in April 2013 and effected on 16 May

2013 with a record date of 31 March 2013

Subsidiary : A company in which shares of an amount exceeding 50.0% of

its paid-up capital are held directly or indirectly by our

Company, or a company in which we hold less than 50.0% of

its paid-up capital but in which we exercise management

control

Substantial Shareholders : Persons who have an interest in one or more voting shares,

and the total votes attaching to that share or those shares

representing not less than 5.0% of the total votes attaching to

all the voting shares in our Company

Currencies, Units and Others

JPY : Japanese yen

SGD, S$ and cents : Singapore dollars and cents respectively

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THB : Thai baht

USD : United States dollars

% or per cent. : Per centum

Certain Japanese names and terms have been translated into English. Such translations are

provided solely for the convenience of Singapore-based investors, may not have been registered

with the relevant Japanese authorities and should not be construed as representations that the

English names and terms actually represent the Japanese names and terms.

The expression business trust has the same meaning ascribed to it in Section 2 of the Business

Trusts Act (Chapter 31A) of Singapore.

The expression Entity includes a corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership and

the government of any state, but does not include a trust.

The expressions Depositor, Depository Agent and Depository Register shall have the

meanings ascribed to them respectively in Section 130A of the Singapore Companies Act.

References in this Offer Document to Appendix or Appendices are references to an appendix or

appendices respectively in this Offer Document.

Any discrepancies in tables included herein between the total sum of amounts listed and the totals

shown thereof are due to rounding. Accordingly, figures shown as totals in certain tables may not

be an arithmetic aggregation of the figures which precede them.

Words importing the singular shall, where applicable, include the plural and vice versaand words

importing the masculine gender shall, where applicable, include the feminine and neuter genders

and vice versa. References to persons shall include corporations.

Any reference in this Offer Document and the Application Forms to any statute or enactment is a

reference to that statute or enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted.

Any word defined under the Singapore Companies Act, the SFA, SFR or any statutory modification

thereof and used in this Offer Document and the Application Forms shall, where applicable, have

the meaning ascribed to it under the Singapore Companies Act, the SFA, SFR or any statutory

modification thereto, as the case may be.

Any reference in this Offer Document and the Application Forms to Shares being allotted to an

applicant includes allotment to CDP for the account of that applicant.

Any reference to a time of day in this Offer Document and the Application Forms is a reference to

Singapore time unless otherwise stated.

Any reference in this Offer Document to the Group, we, our, us or their other grammatical

variations is a reference to our Company, or Group, or any member of our Group, as the context

requires.

Unless we indicate otherwise, all information in this Offer Document is presented on the basis ofour Group.

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To facilitate a better understanding of the business of our Group, the following glossary provides

a description (which should not be treated as definitions of their meanings) of some of the

technical terms and abbreviations commonly used in our industry. The terms and their assigned

meanings may not correspond to standard industry or common meanings or usage of these terms:

3D : 3-dimensional

Absorption-Type Merger : A form of corporate reorganisation provided for in the Japan

Companies Act where one or more companies involved are

dissolved without a liquidation process, and a surviving

company assumes the rights and obligations of the dissolved

companies

Automobile ECUs : Automobile Electronic Control Units. An ECU is a generic term

for any embedded system that controls or regulates one or

more of the electronic system or sub-systems in anautomobile. The types of ECUs in an automobile include body

control modules (that control door locks, electric windows,

courtesy lights), electric power steering control units, human

machine interface, seat control units, speed control units,

brake control units and transmission control units

CAD/CAM : Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing,

which is the use of computer software to design and

manufacture machines, equipment and other products

CAE : Computer Aided Engineering, which is the broad usage ofcomputer software to aid in engineering tasks, and to analyse

the robustness and performance of components and

assemblies. It includes CAD/CAM and material requirements

planning

Cloud computing : The delivery or supply of computing resources as a service,

rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software

and data are provided to computers and other devices, as a

utility, over a public or private network

CRM : Cus tomer Relat ionship Management . A CRM syst emmanages a companys interactions with current and

prospective customers, through the use of technology to

organise, automate and synchronise sales, marketing,

customer service and technical support

Engineering Services : For the purpose of this Offer Document, the services which

our Group provides under our Engineering Services business

segment, details of which are set out in the section entitled

General Information on Our Group Business Overview

Our Business Segments (A) Engineering Services of this

Offer Document

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ERP : Enterprise Resource Planning. A methodology for integrating

business applications such as finance, human resources and

order processing into a single system

ERP Consultancy

Services

: For the purposes of this Offer Document, the services which

our Group provides under our IT Solutions business segment,

details of which are set out in the section entitled General

Information on Our Group Business Overview Our

Business Segments (C) IT Solutions (i) ERP Consultancy

Services of this Offer Document

Incorporation-Type

Company Split

: A form of corporate reorganisation provided for in the Japan

Companies Act in which a company transfers all or part of its

rights and obligations to a newly established company. An

Incorporation-Type Company Split differs from the

incorporation of a new company and business transfer as (a)it is not necessary to take the steps of incorporation of a new

company and business transfer separately and (b) the

consent of third parties in relation to the transfer of obligations

is not required in principle for the Incorporation-Type

Company Split

IT Infrastructure : Information technology infrastructure, which is an integrated

set of hardware and software upon which an IT system

operates, includes data centres, computers, computer

networks, database management devices, and the

transmission media, including telephone lines and routers

IT Services : For the purposes of this Offer Document, the services which

our Group provides under our IT Services business segment,

details of which are set out in the section General Information

on Our Group Business Overview Our Business Segments

(B) IT Services of this Offer Document

IT Solutions : For the purposes of this Offer Document, the services which

our Group provides under our IT Solutions business segment,

details of which are set out in the section General Information

on Our Group Business Overview Our Business Segments (C) IT Solutions of this Offer Document

OEM : Or iginal Equipment Manufact ur er, whi ch includes a

manufacturer that purchases equipment from other

manufacturers and modifies or combines different

components for resale, and a manufacturer that manufactures

components or parts included in the finished product made by

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Open source

infrastructure

: IT Infrastructure that is created using open source

programming, that is, any programme whose source code is

made available for use or modification as users or other

developers see fit

Outside Director (shagai

torishimariyaku)

: A director who is not, and has never been, a director with

executive duties, an executive officer, or an employee of our

Company or any of our Subsidiaries

Outside Statutory Auditor

(shagai kansayaku)

: A Statutory Auditor who has never been a director, an

accounting advisor (or a member of such an accounting

advisor), an executive officer, or an employee of our Company

or any of our Subsidiaries

Representative Director : Under the Japan Companies Act, at least one director is

required to be appointed from the board of directors of a stock

corporation, with the authority to do all acts pertaining to the

business of the stock corporation, on behalf of and in the

name of the stock corporation

SAP : Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing, and

an enterprise application software market leader

Statutory Auditor

(kansayaku)

: Our Companys statutory auditor

Supply chain

management

: The management of a network of interconnected businesses

involved in the provision of product and service packages

required by end customers in a supply chain. Supply chain

management spans across all movement and storage of raw

materials, inventory and finished goods from point of origin to

point of consumption

Thin client computing : A relatively low-cost form of computing that takes place in a

client-server environment, which main or sole function is to

process keyboard input and screen output and which

accesses most or all application programmes and data from a

central server via a network. Thin client computing isgenerally preferred in large establishments where a low total

cost of ownership is desirable

Two-Tier ERP : Enterprise Resource Planning software comprising software

and hardware that allows companies to run the equivalent of

two ERP systems at the same time: one at the corporate level,

and the other one at the division or subsidiary level

VOCS : Voice Ordering Communication Service


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All statements contained in this Offer Document, statements made in press releases and oral

statements that may be made by us or our Directors, Executive Officers or employees acting on

our behalf, that are not statements of historical fact, constitute forward-looking statements. You

can identify some of these forward-looking statements by terms such as expects, believes,

plans, intends, estimates, anticipates, may, will, would and could or similar words.

However, you should note that these words are not the exclusive means of identifying

forward-looking statements. All statements regarding our expected financial position, business

strategies, plans and prospects are forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements, including without limitation, statements as to the following:

(a) our revenue and profitability;

(b) expected growth in demand;

(c) expected industry trends;

(d) anticipated expansion plans; and

(e) other matters discussed in this Offer Document regarding matters that are not historical fact,

are only predictions. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,

uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements

to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expected,

expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other

factors include, among others:

(a) changes in political, social and economic conditions and the regulatory environment in Japan

in which we conduct the main bulk of our business;

(b) the risk that we may be unable to realise our anticipated growth strategies and expected

internal growth;

(c) changes in the availability and prices of human resource, materials and equipment which we

require for the operation of our business;

(d) changes in customers preferences;

(e) changes in competitive conditions and our ability to compete under such conditions;

(f) changes in our future capital needs and the availability of financing and capital to fund such

needs;

(g) changes in currency exchange rates; and

(h) other factors beyond our control.

Some of these risk factors are discussed in more detail in this Offer Document, in particular, but

not limited to, the discussions in the sections entitled Risk Factors and Managements

Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Position of this Offer Document.

CAUTIONARY NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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All forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on behalf, contained in this

Offer Document are expressly qualified in their entirety by such factors. Those forward-looking

statements are applicable only as at the date of this Offer Document.

Given the risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual future results, performance or

achievements to be materially different from that expected, expressed or implied by the

forward-looking statements in this Offer Document, undue reliance must not be placed on these

statements which apply only as at the date of this Offer Document. Neither our Company, the

Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent, nor any other person represents or warrants that our

Groups actual future results, performance or achievements will be as discussed in those

statements.

Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements

as a result of the risks faced by us. We and the Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent, disclaim

any responsibility to update any of those forward-looking statements or publicly announce any

revisions to those forward-looking statements to reflect future developments, events orcircumstances even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future. We

are, however, subject to the provisions of the SFA and the Catalist Rules regarding corporate

disclosure. In particular, pursuant to Section 241 of the SFA, if after the registration of the Offer

Document by the SGX-ST, acting as agent on behalf of the Authority, but before the close of the

Placement, our Company becomes aware of (a) a false or misleading statement or matter in the

Offer Document; (b) an omission from the Offer Document of any information that should have

been included in it under Section 243 of the SFA; or (c) a new circumstance that has arisen since

the Offer Document was lodged with the SGX-ST, acting as agent on behalf of the Authority, and

would have been required by Section 243 of the SFA to be included in the Offer Document if it had

arisen before the Offer Document was lodged, and that is materially adverse from the point of view

of an investor, our Company may lodge a supplementary or replacement offer document with the

SGX-ST, acting as agent on behalf of the Authority.

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This Offer Document does not constitute an offer, solicitation or invitation to subscribe for the

Placement Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or invitation is unlawful or is

not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer, solicitation or invitation.

No action has been or will be taken under the requirements of the legislation or regulations of, or

of the legal or regulatory requirements of, any jurisdiction, except for the lodgement and/or

registration of this Offer Document in Singapore in order to permit a public offering of the

Placement Shares and the public distribution of this Offer Document in Singapore. The distribution

of this Offer Document and the offering of the Placement Shares in certain jurisdictions may be

restricted by the relevant laws in such jurisdictions. Persons who may come into possession of this

Offer Document are required by our Company and the Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent

to inform themselves about, and to observe and comply with, any such restrictions at their own

expense and without liability to our Company and the Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent.

SELLING RESTRICTIONS

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LISTING ON CATALIST

A copy of this Offer Document has been lodged with and registered by the SGX-ST, acting as

agent on behalf of the Authority. The registration of this Offer Document by the SGX-ST, acting as

agent on behalf of the Authority, does not imply that the SFA, the Catalist Rules or any other legal

or regulatory requirements, have been complied with. The SGX-ST has not, in any way,

considered the merits of our existing issued Shares, the Placement Shares and the Option

Shares, as the case may be, being offered or in respect of which an invitation is made, for

investment. We have not lodged this Offer Document in any other jurisdiction.

We have made an application to the SGX-ST for permission to deal in, and for the listing and

quotation of, all our Shares already issued, the Placement Shares which are the subject of the

Placement, the PPCF Shares and the Option Shares on Catalist. Such permission will be granted

when we have been admitted to Catalist. Acceptance of applications will be conditional upon, inter

alia, the issue of the Placement Shares and permission being granted by the SGX-ST to deal in,

and for the listing and quotation of, all our existing issued Shares, the Placement Shares, thePPCF Shares and the Option Shares on Catalist. If the admission, listing and trading of our Shares

already issued and the Placement Shares do not proceed or the said permission is not granted for

any reason, monies paid in respect of any application accepted will be returned, without interest

or any share of revenue or other benefit arising therefrom and at the applicants own risk, and the

applicant will not have any claim whatsoever against our Company and the Manager, Sponsor and

Placement Agent. No Shares will be allotted on the basis of this Offer Document later than six

months after the date of registration of this Offer Document by the SGX-ST, acting as agent on

behalf of the Authority.

Companies listed on Catalist may carry higher investment risk when compared with larger or more

established companies listed on the Main Board of the SGX-ST. In particular, companies may list

on Catalist without a track record of profitability and there is no assurance that there will be a liquid

market in the shares or units of shares traded on Catalist. Applicants should be aware of the risks

of investing in such companies and should make the decision to invest only after careful

consideration and, if appropriate, consultation with their professional adviser(s).

Neither the Authority nor the SGX-ST has examined or approved the contents of this Offer

Document. Neither the Authority nor the SGX-ST assumes any responsibility for the contents of

this Offer Document, including the correctness of any of the statements or opinions made or

reports contained in this Offer Document. The SGX-ST does not normally review the application

for admission to Catalist but relies on the Sponsor confirming that our Company is suitable to be

listed and complies with the Catalist Rules. Neither the Authority nor the SGX-ST has in any way

considered the merits of the Shares being offered for investment.

Admission to Catalist is not to be taken as an indication of the merits of the Placement, our

Company, our Subsidiaries, our existing issued Shares, the Placement Shares, the PPCF Shares

or the Option Shares.

We are subject to the provisions of the SFA and the Catalist Rules regarding corporate disclosure.

In particular, pursuant to section 241 of the SFA, if after the registration of this Offer Document but

before the close of the Placement, we become aware of:

(a) a false or misleading statement or matter in the Offer Document;

(b) an omission from the Offer Document of any information that should have been included in

it under Section 243 of the SFA; or

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(c) a new circumstance that has arisen since the Offer Document was lodged with the SGX-ST,

acting as agent on behalf of the Authority, pursuant to Section 243 of the SFA to be included

in the Offer Document if it had arisen before this Offer Document was lodged,

that is materially adverse from the point of view of an investor, we may lodge a supplementary or

replacement offer document with the SGX-ST, acting as agent on behalf of the Authority.

In the event that a supplementary or replacement offer document is lodged with the SGX-ST, the

Placement shall be kept open for at least 14 days after the lodgement of such supplementary or

replacement offer document.

Where prior to the lodgement of the supplementary or replacement offer document, applications

have been made under this Offer Document to subscribe for the Placement Shares and:

(a) where the Placement Shares have not been issued to the applicants, our Company shall:

(i) within two days (excluding any Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) from the date of

lodgement of the supplementary or replacement offer document, give the applicants

notice in writing of how to obtain, or arrange to receive, a copy of the supplementary or

replacement offer document, and provide the applicants with an option to withdraw their

applications and take all reasonable steps to make available within a reasonable period

the supplementary or replacement offer document to the applicants who have indicated

that they wish to obtain, or have arranged to receive, a copy of the supplementary or

replacement offer document;

(ii) within seven days from the date of lodgement of the supplementary or replacement

offer document, give the applicants the supplementary or replacement offer document,

as the case may be, and provide the applicants with an option to withdraw their

applications; or

(iii) treat the applications as withdrawn and cancelled, in which case the applications shall

be deemed to have been withdrawn and cancelled, and our Company shall return all

monies paid in respect of any application, without interest or any share of revenue or

other benefit arising therefrom and at the applicants own risk; or

(b) where the Placement Shares have been issued to the applicants, our Company shall:

(i) within two days (excluding any Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) from the date of

lodgement of the supplementary or replacement offer document, give the applicantsnotice in writing of how to obtain, or arrange to receive, a copy of the supplementary or

replacement offer document, and provide the applicants with an option to return to our

Company the Placement Shares which they do not wish to retain title in, and take all

reasonable steps to make available within a reasonable period the supplementary or

replacement offer document to the applicants who have indicated that they wish to

obtain, or have arranged to receive, a copy of the supplementary or replacement offer

document;

(ii) within seven days from the date of lodgement of the supplementary or replacement offer

document, give the applicants the supplementary or replacement offer document, as the

case may be, and provide the applicants with an option to return to our Company thePlacement Shares, which they do not wish to retain title in; or


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(iii) treat the issue of the Placement Shares as void, in which case the issue shall be

deemed void and our Company shall return all monies paid in respect of any issue of

the Placement Shares, without interest or any share of revenue or other benefit arising

therefrom and at the applicants own risk.

Any applicant who wishes to exercise his option under paragraph (a)(i) or (a)(ii) to withdraw his

application shall, within 14 days from the date of lodgement of the supplementary or replacement

offer document, notify our Company of this, whereupon our Company shall, within seven days

from the receipt of such notification, return the application monies without interest or any share of

revenue or other benefit arising therefrom and at his own risk, and he will not have any claim

against our Company or the Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent.

An applicant who wishes to exercise his option under paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) to return the

Placement Shares issued to him shall, within 14 days from the date of lodgement of the

supplementary or replacement offer document, notify our Company of this and return all

documents, if any, purporting to be evidence of title to those Placement Shares to our Company,whereupon our Company shall, within seven days from the receipt of such notification and

documents, if any, pay to him all monies paid by him for those Placement Shares, without interest

or any share of revenue or other benefit arising therefrom and at his own risk, and the issue of

those Placement Shares shall be deemed to be void, and he will not have any claim against our

Company or the Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent.

Pursuant to Section 242 of the SFA, the Authority may, in certain circumstances issue a stop order

(the Stop Order) to our Company, directing that no Shares or no further Shares to which this

Offer Document relates, be allotted or issued. Such circumstances will include a situation where

this Offer Document (a) contains any statement or matter which, in the Authoritys opinion, is false

or misleading, (b) omits any information that should have been included in it under the SFA, (c)

does not, in the Authoritys opinion, comply with the requirements of the SFA, or (d) the Authority

is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to do so.

In the event that the Authority issues a Stop Order and applications to subscribe for the Placement

Shares have been made prior to the Stop Order, then:

(a) where the Placement Shares have not been issued to the applicants, the applications for the

Placement Shares shall be deemed to have been withdrawn and cancelled and we shall,

within 14 days from the date of the Stop Order, pay to the applicants all monies the applicants

have paid on account of their applications for the Placement Shares; or

(b) where the Placement Shares have been issued to the applicants, the issue of the PlacementShares shall be deemed to be void and we shall, within 14 days from the date of the Stop

Order, pay to the applicants all monies paid by them for the Placement Shares.

Such monies paid in respect of an application will be returned to the applicants at their own risk,

without interest or any share of revenue or other benefit arising therefrom, and they will not have

any claims against our Company or the Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent.

If our Company is required by applicable Singapore laws to cancel issued Placement Shares and

repay application monies to applicants (including instances where a stop order under the SFA is

issued), subject to compliance with the Japan Companies Act, our Company will purchase the

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This Offer Document has been seen and approved by our Directors and they individually and

collectively accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information given in this Offer

Document and confirm, after having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their

knowledge and belief, this Offer Document constitutes full and true disclosure of all material facts

about the Placement and our Group and our Directors are not aware of any facts, the omission of

which would make any statement in this Offer Document misleading. Where information in this

Offer Document has been extracted from published or otherwise publicly available sources or

obtained from a named source, the sole responsibility of our Directors has been to ensure that

such information has been accurately and correctly extracted from these sources and/or

reproduced in this Offer Document in its proper form and context.

Neither our Company, the Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent nor any other parties involved

in the Placement is making any representation to any person regarding the legality of an

investment by such person under any investment or other laws or regulations. No information in

this Offer Document should be considered as being business, legal or tax advice regarding an

investment in our Shares. Each prospective investor should consult his own professional or otheradvisers for business, legal or tax advice regarding an investment in our Shares.

No person has been or is authorised to give any information or to make any representation not

contained in this Offer Document in connection with the Placement and, if given or made, such

information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorised by our Company

and/or the Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent. Neither the delivery of this Offer Document

and the Application Forms nor any documents relating to the Placement, nor the Placement shall,

under any circumstances, constitute a continuing representation or create any suggestion or

implication that there has been no change or development reasonably likely to create any change

in our affairs, conditions or prospects, or in the Placement Shares or in the statements of fact or

information contained in this Offer Document since the date of this Offer Document. Where such

changes occur and are material or are required to be disclosed by law, the SGX-ST and/or any

other regulatory or supervisory body or agency, we may make an announcement of the same to

the SGX-ST and/or the Authority and/or the public and if required, we may lodge a supplementary

or replacement offer document with the SGX-ST, acting as agent on behalf of the Authority, and

will comply with the requirements of the SFA and/or any other requirements of the SGX-ST and/or

the Authority. All applicants should take note of any such announcements and, upon the release

of such an announcement, shall be deemed to have notice of such changes.

Save as expressly stated in this Offer Document, nothing herein is, or may be relied upon as, a

promise or representation as to our future performance or policies. The Placement Shares are

offered for subscription solely on the basis of the information contained and representations made

in this Offer Document.

This Offer Document has been prepared solely for the purpose of the Placement and may not be

relied upon by any other persons other than the applicants in connection with their application for

the Placement Shares or for any other purpose.

This Offer Document does not constitute an offer, solicitation or invitation of the Placement

Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or invitation is unlawful or

unauthorised nor does it constitute an offer, solicitation or invitation to any person to

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Copies of this Offer Document and the Application Forms may be obtained on request, subject to

availability during office hours, from:

PrimePartners Corporate Finance Pte. Ltd.

20 Cecil Street

#21-02 Equity Plaza

Singapore 049705

A copy of this Offer Document is also available on the SGX-ST website http://www.sgx.com.

The Placement will be open from 11 September 2013 (immediately upon the registration of

the Offer Document by the SGX-ST, acting as agent on behalf of the Authority (the

Registration)) to 16 September 2013.

The Application List will open immediately upon the Registration on 11 September 2013 and

will remain open until 12.00 noon on 16 September 2013 or for such further period orperiods as our Directors may, in consultation with the Manager, Sponsor and Placement

Agent, in their absolute discretion decide, subject to any limitation under all applicable

laws and regulations. In the event a supplementary offer document or replacement offer

document is lodged with the SGX-ST acting as agent on behalf of the Authority, the

Application List will remain open for at least 14 days after the lodgement of the

supplementary or replacement offer document.

Details of the procedures for application of the Placement Shares are set out in Appendix

F Terms, Conditions and Procedures for Application and Acceptance of this Offer

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An indicative timetable on the trading of our Shares is set out below:

Indicative date/time Event

11 September 2013 (immediatelyupon Registration)

Open of Placement

16 September 2013 at 12.00 noon Close of Application List

18 September 2013 at 9.00 a.m. Commence trading on a ready basis

23 September 2013 Settlement date for all trades done on a ready basis

The above timetable is only indicative as it assumes that the date of closing of the Application List

will be on 16 September 2013, the date of admission of our Company to Catalist will be 18

September 2013, the SGX-ST shareholding spread requirement will be complied with and the

Placement Shares will be issued and fully paid-up prior to 18 September 2013.

The above timetable and procedures may be subject to such modification(s) as the SGX-ST may,

in its absolute discretion, decide, including the commencement of trading on a ready basis and

the commencement date of such trading.

In the event of any changes in the closure of the Application List or the time period during which

the Placement is open, we will publicly announce the same:

(a) through a SGXNET announcement to be posted on the Internet at the SGX-ST website

http://www.sgx.com; and

(b) in a local English language newspaper(s) such as The Straits Times or The Business Timesin Singapore.

We will publicly announce the level of subscription and the results of the distribution of the

Placement Shares pursuant to the Placement, as soon as it is practicable after the close of the

Application List through channels in (a) and (b) above.

You should consult the SGX-STs announcement on the ready trading date released on

the Internet (at the SGX-ST website http://www.sgx.com) or the local newspapers, or check

with your brokers on the date on which trading on a ready basis will commence.

INDICATIVE TIMETABLE FOR LISTING

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The Placement is for 25,000,000 Placement Shares offered in Singapore and the Listing is

managed and sponsored by PPCF.

Prior to the Placement, there has been no public market for our Shares. The Placement Price is

determined by us in consultation with the Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent, taking into

account, inter alia, prevailing market conditions and the estimated market demand for the

Placement Shares determined through a book-building process. The Placement Price is the same

for all Placement Shares and is payable in full on application.

Pursuant to the Management Agreement entered into between us and PPCF as set out in the

section entitled General and Statutory Information Management and Placement Arrangements

of this Offer Document, we have appointed PPCF, and PPCF has agreed, to manage and to act

as full sponsor for the Listing. The Manager, Sponsor and Placement Agent will receive a

management fee for its services rendered in connection with the Placement

Placement Shares

The Placement Shares are made available to retail and institutional investors in Singapore who

may apply through their brokers or financial institutions by way of the Application Forms.

Application for the Placement Shares may only be made by way of the printed Application Forms

as described in Appendix F of this Offer Document. The terms, conditions and procedures for

application and acceptance are set out in Appendix F Terms, Conditions and Procedures for

Application and Acceptance of this Offer Document.

Pursuant to the Placement Agreement entered into between us and the Placement Agent as set

out in the section entitled General and Statutory Information Management and Placement

Arrangement of this Offer Document, we have appointed PPCF as the Placement Agent and

PPCF has agreed to procure subscriptions for the Placement Shares for a placement commission

of 5.0% of the aggregate Placement Price payable by our Company pursuant to the Placement.

Subject to any applicable laws and regulations, our Company agrees that PPCF may, at its

absolute discretion, appoint one or more sub-placement agents for the Placement Shares upon

such terms and conditions as the Placement Agent may deem fit.

Subscription for Placement Shares

Other than our Controlling Shareholder Mamezou, none of our Directors, Substantial

Shareholders or our Statutory Auditors intends to subscribe for the Placement Shares pursuant to

the Placement. As far as we are aware, none of our Independent Directors, our Statutory Auditors,

the members of our Companys management or employees intends to subscribe for more than5.0% of the Placement Shares in the Placement.

To the best of our knowledge and belief, as at the date of this Offer Document, we are not aware

of any person who intends to subscribe for more than 5.0% of the Placement Shares in the

Placement, save for our Controlling Shareholder Mamezou. However, through a book-building

process to assess market demand for our Shares, there may be person(s) who may indicate an

interest to subscribe for Shares amounting to more than 5.0% of the Placement Shares. If such

person(s) were to make an application for more than 5.0% of the Placement Shares pursuant to

the Placement and are subsequently allotted such number of Shares, we will make the necessary

announcements at an appropriate time. The final allotment of Shares will be in accordance with

the shareholding spread and distribution guidelines as set out in Rule 406 of the Catalist Rules.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

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No Shares shall be issued and allotted on the basis of this Offer Document later than six months

after the date of registration of this Offer Document by SGX-ST, acting as agent on behalf of the

Authority.

INTERESTS OF MANAGER, SPONSOR AND PLACEMENT AGENT

In the reasonable opinion of our Directors, PPCF does not h

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