Company: TGE
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DRS/A
Source: 0001013762-25-001106
Chunk: 332

Company: Generation Essentials Group
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DRS/A
Chunk 332
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 applicable subsidiary legislation and governs the newspaper permit application process. The Infocomm Media Development Authority, or the IMDA, is a statutory board of the Singapore government which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information Singapore and regulates the issuance of newspaper permits in Singapore. The Registrar of Newspapers as defined in NPPA reports to the general administration of NPPA and exercises the functions imposed by NPPA. Dr. Feridun Hamdullahpur, an independent director of AMTD, is the holder of the newspaper permit of the L’Officiel magazines. Application of NPPA Our publication of magazines in Singapore is governed by NPPA. Pursuant to Section 2 of NPPA, “newspaper” means any publication containing news, intelligence, reports of occurrences, or any remarks, observations or comments, in relation to such news, intelligence, reports of occurrences, or to any other matter of public interest, printed in any language and published for sale or free distribution at regular intervals or otherwise, but does not include any publication published by or for the government. A newspaper permit is a regulatory requirement by the IMDA aiming to ensure that newspapers published in Singapore meet content standards that promote responsible content creation and consumption. Sections 21 to 23 of NPPA provide that a newspaper permit is required for (i) printing or publishing a newspaper in Singapore; (ii) publishing, selling or distributing a Malaysian newspaper in Singapore; or (iii) selling or distributing an offshore newspaper in Singapore. An offshore newspaper is a newspaper published outside Singapore, at intervals not exceeding one week, which carries news or reports on politics and current affairs of any country in Southeast Asia, and with a circulation of 300 or more copies in Singapore. 206 Relevant Newspaper Permit As our publication of magazines is in Singapore, the newspaper permit for printing or publication of a newspaper under Section 21 of NPPA apply to our business. Newspaper permit applications and renewals shall be completed online via an online platform to connect business owners to various government e -servicesand resources in Singapore. The newspaper permit entitles us to print, publish, sell or distribute the relevant newspaper, as applied for in the newspaper permit application. We were granted three separate newspaper permits by the Minister under Section 21 of the NPPA in respect of each of the L’Officiel magazines. The active newspaper permits we hold for each of the L’Officiel magazines expires in April 2025. Section 21(4) of N