General Announcement::SGX welcomes ISEC Healthcare to Catalist

Issuer & Securities

Issuer/ Manager
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED
Securities
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED - SG1J26887955 - S68
Stapled Security
No

Announcement Details

Announcement Title
General Announcement
Date &Time of Broadcast
28-Oct-2014 12:12:38
Status
New
Announcement Sub Title
SGX welcomes ISEC Healthcare to Catalist
Announcement Reference
SG141028OTHRNJWM
Submitted By (Co./ Ind. Name)
Benjamin Tan
Designation
Vice President
Description (Please provide a detailed description of the event in the box below)
Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed the listing of ISEC Healthcare Limited on Catalist, under the stock code of 40T.

ISEC Healthcare is a medical eye care service provider with surgical centres in Malaysia and Singapore.

Dr Lee Hung Ming, Executive Vice Chairman of ISEC Healthcare, said, ISEC Healthcare is honoured to be the first medical eye care service provider to be listed on the Singapore Exchange and we are very encouraged to have garnered such positive response from investors. We are committed to draw on our strong business fundamentals in order to strengthen our presence in Singapore and Malaysia, as well as to look for opportunities to build a robust specialist medical ophthalmology practice in markets throughout Asia that we have identified to have high growth potential.

Lawrence Wong, Head of Listings, SGX, said: We are proud to welcome ISEC Healthcare to SGX. With a team of highly qualified doctors and offering one-stop specialist medical eye care services, ISEC Healthcare is well positioned to take advantage of growing demand for private eye care services in Asia. We look forward to ISEC Healthcare leveraging on Catalist to further expand its business.

The listing of ISEC Healthcare brings the total number of SGX-listed companies in the healthcare sector to 26, with a combined market capitalisation of more than S$35 billion.

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