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VOLUNTARY CONDITIONAL CASH OFFER
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED, SINGAPORE
ICTSI FAR EAST PTE. LTD.
INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES, INC.
to acquire all of the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in the capital of PORTEK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
other than those already owned, controlled or agreed to be acquired by ICTSI Far East Pte. Ltd. and parties acting in concert with it DESPATCH OF OFFER DOCUMENT
INTRODUCTION

Offer. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Singapore Branch
(“HSBC”) refers to the announcement dated 1 June 2011 in connection with the voluntary
conditional cash offer (the “Offer”) to acquire all issued and paid-up ordinary shares (the
“Shares”) in the capital of Portek International Limited (the “Company”) other than those
already owned, controlled or agreed to be acquired by the Offeror and parties acting in
concert with the Offeror (the “Offer Shares”).
Despatch of Offer Document. HSBC wishes to announce, for and on behalf of the
Offeror, that the formal document dated 22 June 2011 containing the terms and
conditions of the Offer and enclosing the appropriate form(s) of acceptance of the Offer (the “Offer Document”) has been despatched to all shareholders of the Company
(“Shareholders”) on 22 June 2011. An electronic copy of the Offer Document will be
available on the website of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-
ST”) at www.sgx.com.
Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms in this Announcement shall bear the same meaning as set out in the Offer Document. OFFER DOCUMENT

Included with the Offer Document are the following documents: in the case of the Offer Document sent to a Shareholder whose Offer Shares are deposited with The Central Depository (Pte) Limited (“CDP”), a Form of
Acceptance and Authorisation (“FAA”); and
in the case of the Offer Document sent to a Shareholder who holds Offer Shares which are not deposited with CDP, a Form of Acceptance and Transfer (together
with the FAA, the “Relevant Acceptance Forms”).
REQUEST FOR OFFER DOCUMENT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS

Request for Documents. Shareholders (including Overseas Shareholders (as defined
below)) may obtain copies of the Offer Document, the Relevant Acceptance Forms and any related documents, during normal business hours and up to the Closing Date (as defined below) from Tricor Barbinder Share Registration Services or CDP, as the case Tricor Barbinder Share Registration Services Alternatively, Shareholders (including Overseas Shareholders) may write to the Offeror at ICTSI Far East Pte. Ltd. c/o Tricor Barbinder Share Registration Services, 8 Cross Street, #11-00 PWC Building, Singapore 048424 to request for the Offer Document, the Relevant Acceptance Forms and any related documents to be sent to an address in Singapore by ordinary post at his own risk up to five Market Days prior to the Closing Date. Overseas Shareholders. The availability of the Offer to Shareholders whose addresses
are outside Singapore, as shown on the register of holders of the Shares, or, as the case
may be, in the records of CDP (“Overseas Shareholders”, each, an “Overseas
Shareholder”) may be affected by the laws of the relevant overseas jurisdictions.
Accordingly, all Overseas Shareholders should inform themselves about, and observe, any applicable requirements in their own jurisdictions. For the avoidance of doubt, the Offer is made to all Shareholders, including those to whom the Offer Document and the Relevant Acceptance Forms have not been, or will not be, sent.
Overseas Shareholders are advised to read Section 15 entitled “Overseas Shareholders”
in the Offer Document.
CLOSING DATE
The Offer will be open for acceptance until 5.30 p.m. (Singapore time) on 20 July 2011
or such later date(s) as may be announced from time to time by or on behalf of the
Offeror (the “Closing Date”).
PROCEDURES FOR ACCEPTANCE
The procedures for acceptance of the Offer are set out in Appendix 2 of the Offer
Document and in the Relevant Acceptance Forms. Shareholders who wish to accept the
Offer may do so by completing and returning the relevant form of acceptance. RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The directors of the Offeror (including any who may have delegated detailed supervision of this Announcement) have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the facts stated and all opinions expressed in this Announcement are fair and accurate and that no material facts have been omitted from this Announcement, and they jointly and severally accept responsibility accordingly. Where any information has been extracted or reproduced from published or publicly available sources (including, without limitation, in relation to the Company), the sole responsibility of the directors of the Offeror has been to ensure through reasonable enquiries that such information is accurately extracted from such sources or, as the case may be, reflected or reproduced in this Announcement. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Singapore Branch

ICTSI Far East Pte. Ltd.

Any inquiries relating to this Announcement or the Offer should be directed to the following:
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Singapore Branch
Global Banking Advisory

Managing Director, Head of Global Banking, South East Asia Any media inquiries relating to this Announcement or the Offer should be directed to the following: Kreab Gavin Anderson

Terence Foo

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