ST Engineering Injects Capital into Leeboy India
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced today that its land systems arm, Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd has injected S$4.2m (equivalent to INR200m) into its wholly owned subsidiary, SDG Kinetics Pte Ltd (SDGK), for flowthrough capital injection into LeeBoy India Construction Equipment Private Limited (LeeBoy India) to provide working capital for LeeBoy India’s operations in India.
At the same time, SDGK has purchased shares worth INR9.4m (approximately S$0.2m), approximately 1.2% of LeeBoy India’s total share capital, from LeeBoy India’s management staff. The shares were purchased at the subscription price of INR10 (approximately S$0.21) per share in accordance with the terms of the management staff’s employment contracts.
This would bring SDGK’s total investment in LeeBoy India to INR991.9m (approximately S$23.8m) and its shareholding from 97.9% to 99.2%.
LeeBoy India is headquartered in Bangalore, India. It designs and manufactures high performance road construction and excavation equipment that enhances the operational efficiency and productivity of companies in the infrastructure sector.
The injection of capital is not expected to have any material impact on the consolidated net tangible assets per share and earnings per share of ST Engineering for the current financial year.