Of the 3 IDs, the lead ID seems OK. I dont feel good vibes from the other 2 IDs. 
http://infopub.sgx.com/FileOpen/Synear_R...eID=255598
SYNEAR FOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED 
(Incorporated in Bermuda) 
(Company Registration Number 38042) 
 
LETTER TO THE EDITOR, THE BUSINESS TIMES, FRIDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2013 – 
CLARIFICATION 
 
 
The Board of Directors (“Board”) of Synear Food Holdings Limited (the “Company”) refers to the 
“Letter to the Editor” column in The Business Times dated 6 September 2013 (the “Letter”) by Mr 
Vincent Tan. 
 
Share Price 
 
Mr Vincent Tan has stated as follows in the Letter: 
 
“Recent news of a staphylococcus bacteria contamination had hurt Synear's sales of its 
premium dumplings and hence its share price, which has dropped from previous highs of 
above $2. 
 
…I do not agree with E&Y's view that the offer is reasonable given the stock's low trading 
price, which was affected by the bacterial contamination scare.” 
 
The directors who were considered independent for the purposes of the Proposed Delisting and the 
Exit Offer (the “Independent Directors”) consider Mr Vincent Tan’s statement to be incorrect and 
misleading. 
 
The Company had on 21 October 2011 released an announcement regarding minute traces of 
bacteria in its savour dumping products (which are considered in the tolerable range under current 
PRC Ministry of Health standards). In the six months prior to this announcement, the Company’s share 
price traded in the range of S$0.115 – S$0.172 per share, with the average price traded during this 
period at S$0.1419 per share. Previous highs of above S$2.00 alluded to by Mr Vincent Tan were prior 
to 8 November 2007, before the global financial crisis came to a head. 
 
Allegations against the Independent Directors 
 
Mr Vincent Tan has also stated in the Letter that the “Independent directors…have instead assisted 
majority shareholder Li Wei and his associates to to [sic] take the company private at a price that 
shortchanges minority shareholders”. 
 
The Independent Directors strongly refute any suggestion that they have in any way assisted Li Wei 
and his associates in the Proposed Delisting and Exit Offer and take a serious view of the above 
allegation by Mr Vincent Tan and reserve their rights accordingly. 
 
Under Rule 7.1 of the Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers (the “Code”), “the board of the 
offeree company must obtain competent independent advice on any offer and the substance of such 
advice must be made known to its shareholders”. 
Ernst & Young Corporate Finance Pte Ltd (the "IFA") 
was appointed to provide such advice to the Independent Directors in accordance with Rule 7.1 of the 
Code and had set out its advice in full in the Company’s circular (“Circular”) to shareholders dated 12 
August 2013 and the Independent Directors had concurred with the views of the IFA after having 
carefully considered the IFA’s advice in detail. 
 
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD 
SYNEAR FOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED 
 
Cai Hong 
Director 
 
9 September 2013
	
"... but quitting while you're ahead is not the same as quitting." - Quote from the movie American Gangster