Ron Sim and Osim send legal letter of demand to Trek 2000 International’s current and former chairman

Ron Sim alleges fraudulent misrepresentations before he acquired shares of Trek 2000 in 2015

MASSAGE chair and appliance manufacturer Osim International and its founder Ron Sim have named the current and former chairmen of mainboard-listed technology company Trek 2000 International (Trek) in a legal letter of demand.

In a bourse filing on Wednesday (Dec 11), Trek said the executives named are Wayne Tan, the executive chairman, executive director and group president of Trek, and Henn Tan, the founder and ex-chairman, who stepped down in 2018. Henn Tan is the father of Wayne Tan.

The letter alleges that Henn Tan made fraudulent misrepresentations which Ron Sim and Osim relied on to purchase shares of Trek in 2015, and that Sim had been treated “unfairly and contrary to his legitimate expectations as a minority shareholder”.

Ron Sim is the founder of massage chair manufacturer Osim International. In August 2015, Osim announced the acquisition of 24,000,000 ordinary shares and 4,000,000 treasury shares of Trek.

Wayne Tan has engaged a legal counsel and “ intends to take all appropriate steps to vigorously contest the legal matter”.

Trek said its board is of the view that the allegations have no basis and this legal matter is of no relevance to Wayne Tan during the period of share purchase. It added that the Nominating Committee of the board (excluding Wayne Tan) has assessed that he is suitable to continue in his present role.

In 2022, Henn Tan was sentenced to one year and four months’ jail for accounting fraud that covered up the company’s dismal financial performance.

Trek has been on the SGX Watchlist since June 2023. Shares of Trek ended Wednesday trading down 1.4 per cent, or S$0.001 at S$0.072, before the update.

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