The Board of Directors (the "Board") of ASL Marine Holdings Ltd. (the "Company" or "ASL Marine") refers to the announcements made by the Company on 16 November 2004 and 2 December 2004 regarding information on ASL Energy Pte. Ltd. ("ASLE"), a 50% jointly-controlled entity of the Company.
The Board wishes to announce that the acquisition by Links Island Holdings Limited ("LIHL") of the 50% interests held by Manhattan Investments Pte Ltd in each of ASLE , Lian Beng Energy Pte. Ltd. and Tat Hong Energy Pte. Ltd. was completed on 25 February 2005. With the acquisition, ASLE is now a jointly-controlled entity of ASL Marine and LIHL.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
Ang Kok Tian
Chairman and Managing Director
25 February 2005