28 March 2008
Issuance of the Prospectus for the Offer for Sale of Rights to the Provisional Allotment of Warrants at an issue price of RM0.25 per Warrant on the renounceable basis of one (1) warrant for every five (5) existing entitled ordinary shares held in WCT. Each warrant is exercisable into one (1) ordinary share of RM0.50 each at an exercise price of RM3.00 by the tendering of a Warrant together with a payment of RM3.00.
12 April 2008
Launch of “JULIA”, 2-storey terrace house in Phase 2E, BandarBukit Tinggi 2, Klang.
15 April 2008
Closing date for the Offer for Sale of Rights to the Provisional Allotment of Warrants which received overwhelming response with an acceptance rate of 97.64% and an oversubscription rate of 84.06%. A total of 139,887,452 Warrants were issued and listed on 28 April 2008.
17 April 2008
Launch of “CALADIUM”, 2-storey terrace house in Phase B5, Bandar Parklands, Klang
9 January 2008
Receipt of the Investment Certificate and establishment of a subsidiary to develop the Platinum Plaza Project in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
9 January 2008
Exclusive preview of The Paradigm held at One World Hotel.
22 January 2008
At the Extraordinary General Meeting held, the following, among others, were approved:- (i) the Share Split, (ii) the issue of the RM300 million of Islamic serial redeemable sukuk (“Sukuk”) with detachable warrants, (iii) the offer for sale by the subscribers to the Sukuk of up to 145,902,376 detachable provisional rights to allotment of warrants on a renounceable rights basis of 1 warrant for every 5 entitled ordinary shares held in the Company (“WCT”), and (iv) privatization of WCT Land Berhad (“WCTL”, now know as WCT Land Sdn Bhd) via a voluntary take-over offer.
12 February 2008
WCT completed the Share Split which involved the sub-division of each existing ordinary share of RM1.00 into two (2) new ordinary shares of RM0.50 each.
12 March 2008
WCTL was officially delisted from the Official List of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
26 March 2008
WCT initiated the compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares in WCTL not already held by the Company. The Company’s ordinary shares thus issued were subsequently listed and quoted on 4 April 2008. WCTL became a wholly-owned subsidiary of WCT with effect from 28 March 2008. It was converted into a private company on 18 April 2008 and assumed the name WCT Land Sdn. Bhd.
3 June 2008
WCT held its 27th Annual General Meeting.
5 June 2008
The Company changed its name from WCT Engineering Berhad to WCT Berhad.
22 June 2008
Launch of “ASPEN”, 2-storey semi-detached house in Phase B11, Bandar Parklands, Klang.
25 June 2008
Awarded a contract worth RM287.8 million for the Design and Build, Testing and Commissioning of an Aeon Shopping Mall with infrastructure works in Bandar Melaka, Melaka.
8 August 2008
WCT’s Brand Manual was officially launched to unify the Group’s corporate image and identity.
7 September 2008
Official launch of BBT One Towers, Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Klang
20 September 2008
Grand launch of d’Banyan Show Houses, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
29 September 2008
WCT’s wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into the following conditional agreements with the Employees Provident Fund Board : (i) Share Sale Agreement for the proposed disposal by WCT Land Sdn Bhd of 48 million ordinary shares of RM1.00 each representing 30% of the enlarged share capital in Jelas Puri Sdn Bhd (“JPSB”) for a total cash consideration of RM87.36 million,
(ii) Subscription Agreement for the proposed issuance by JPSB of up to RM390 million nominal value of 5-year 6% per annum Redeemable Secured Loan Stocks (“RSLS”) at 100% nominal value. EPF is a major shareholder of WCT and accordingly, shareholders’ approval is required for this related party transaction.
2 November 2008
The Company’s 50%-owned joint venture company, Cebarco-WCT WLL (Abu Dhabi Branch) (“CWCT”), was awarded a contract worth AED234.9 million (approximately RM234 million) by ALDAR for the execution and completion of the Works known as the Marina Landside Facilities for Yas Island Development, Abu Dhabi.
24 November 2008
CWCT was awarded additional works worth AED997.9 million and EUR45.5 million (totaling approximately RM1.2 billion) by ALDAR under the existing Contract for the construction and completion of the Motor Racing Circuit, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
9 April 2009
Shareholders approved the Related Party Transaction with EPF pursuant to the agreements signed on 29 September 2008.