The Board of Directors of SBGB wishes to announce that the Company, being the Lessee has defaulted in its rental payment on the lease of a Warehouse Complex erected on an industrial land held under HS(D) 232293, PT 93 Pekan Baru Hicom, Daerah Petaling, Negeri Selangor but excluding all plant and machineries for manufacturing purposes and the museum facilities installed thereon ("Demised Property") for the months of January 2012 to May 2012.
In relation thereto, CIMB Islamic Trustee Berhad (formerly known as CIMB Trustee Berhad) (“the Lessor”) has thereto called on the entire guaranteed sum under the Bank Guarantee issued by RHB Bank Berhad for the sum of Ringgit Malaysia Seven Million Two Hundred and Ninety-Six Thousand only (RM7,296,000.00), which shall be applied towards payment of the following:-
i. Outstanding rental due and owing by the Company for the period from January 2012 up to May 2012 (“Outstanding Rental”); and
ii. The remaining sum (after the deduction of the Outstanding Rental) shall be treated as advance rental until January 2013.
The calling of the above Bank Guarantee has been announced as a cross default in the Company’s announcement on 6 April 2012.
The Company is presently in communication with the Lessor on the revised terms of the Lease Agreement, which shall be incorporated into the proposed regularisation plan of the Company.
This announcement is dated 12 June 2012.
Read from Maybank Analysis that this property contributes 11% to ARREIT rental income.