| (a) | a bank that holds a licence granted under section 7 or 79 of the Banking Act (Cap. 19); [S 468/2021 wef 01/07/2021] |
| (b) | a merchant bank that holds a merchant bank licence, or is treated as having been granted a merchant bank licence, under the Banking Act; [S 468/2021 wef 01/07/2021] |
| (c) | a finance company licensed under the Finance Companies Act (Cap. 108); |
| (d) | a company or society registered under the Insurance Act (Cap. 142) as an insurer; |
| (e) | a company registered under the Trust Companies Act (Cap. 336); |
| (f) | the Government or a statutory body; |
| (g) | a pension fund or collective investment scheme; |
| (h) | the holder of a capital markets services licence for —| (i) | dealing in securities; | | (ii) | fund management; | | (iii) | providing custodial services for securities; | | (iv) | securities financing; or | | (v) | trading in futures contracts; |
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| (i) | a person which carries on the business of dealing in Bonds with —| (i) | accredited investors; or | | (ii) | persons whose business involves the acquisition and the disposal or holding of securities (whether as principal or agent); |
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| (j) | an institutional investor referred to in regulation 3(1) of the Securities and Futures (Prescribed Specific Classes of Investors) Regulations 2005 (G.N. No. S 369/2005); |
| (k) | a person who acquires the Bonds as principal, if the aggregate consideration for the acquisition is not less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction, whether such amount is paid for in cash or by exchange of shares or other assets; |
| (l) | a person who acquires the Bonds as principal and —| (i) | whose total net personal assets exceed $2 million (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) or whose income in the preceding 12 months is not less than $300,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) at the time of the acquisition; or | | (ii) | in the case of a corporation, whose total net assets exceed $10 million in value (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) as determined by —| (A) | the last audited balance-sheet of the corporation; or | | (B) | if the corporation is not required to prepare audited accounts, a balance-sheet of the corporation certified by the corporation as giving a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the corporation as of the date of the balance-sheet, which is a date that is no earlier than 12 months before the date on which the offer in respect of the Bonds is made to the corporation; or |
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| (m) | an officer of a person making an offer in respect of the Bonds or a spouse, parent, brother, sister, son or daughter of that officer or of the person making the offer or invitation, if he is an individual. |