Corporate Upstream Downstream Certification Community Corporate Year Event 1963 Datuk Yaw Teck Seng, the founder of our Group, started his logging business in Sarawak, Malaysia. 1976-1993 The Group expands forest concession areas in Sarawak, awarded by the Sarawak state government; invest in other businesses such as sawmilling, quarrying and property investment and development. 1990 Samling Strategic Corporation Sdn Bhd becomes a controlling shareholder of Lingui Developments Berhad. Lingui is a listed company on the Malaysia Stock Exchange. 1991 The Group expands into Guyana, South America, and establishes Barama Company Limited (BCL). 1994 Lingui acquires a substantial stake in Glenealy Plantations (Malaya) Berhad, a listed company on the Malaysia Stock Exchange. 2000 Group restructuring is complete with Lingui and Glenealy rationalizing their businesses by a series of asset swaps. This results in Lingui putting focus on timber-related operations, including the Radiata Pine plantation in New Zealand, while Glenealy focuses on oil palm plantations. 2005 Samling Global incorporates on June 27 in preparation for the listing of our shares on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. 2006 Completion of the reorganization steps to transfer interests in the Malaysian companies (including Lingui), Guyana and China companies to Samling Global in preparation for the listing on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. 2007 Samling Global's listing on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong with overwhelming response. The Hong Kong retail tranche offer was more than 920 times oversubscribed and the institutional tranche was well over 100 times oversubscribed. In line with the Group's strategy to expand its distribution network, on 20 December 2007 it completed the acquisition of a 100% stake in Brewster Ltd, an Australian company involved in the sales and distribution of building materials, including panels and wood engineered products, timber and hardware with a business presence across Australia. 2008 On 15 August 2008, Samling Global completed the acquisition of Anhui Tongling Wood Plantation Co., Ltd. The acquisition comes with a 3,079 ha tree plantation, in line with the Group's strategy of increasing its woodflow through acquisition of plantations. On 26 August 2008, the Group completed the acquisition of the business of Elegant Living (Hong Kong) Limited, Elegant Living International Holdings Limited and New Elegant Living Timber Manufacturing (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. Elegant's main business is in flooring and is the current market leader in China for hand sculpted engineered flooring. Upstream Year Event 1976 Datuk Yaw establishes Syarikat Samling Timber Sdn Bhd, the first company in our Group, for log contracting. 1976-1993 The Group expands forest concession areas in Sarawak, awarded by the Sarawak state government; invest in other businesses such as sawmilling, quarrying and property investment and development. 1991 BCL is granted a forest concession license for approximately 1.6 million hectares in the Northwest region of Guyana. 1992-1999 Partnered with the Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Forests in Guyana to assist in the development of our sustainable forest management model, in preparation for FSC certification. 1996 BCL establishes sawmill operation in Guyana. 1997 Glenealy acquires Hikurangi Forest Farms Ltd, which operates a Radiate Pine plantation in New Zealand. 1998-2000 The Sarawak state government awards the Group forest plantation areas for the development and establishment of tree plantations in Sarawak. 1998-2000 Partnered with GTZ (the German Agency for Technical Cooperation), an international cooperation for sustainable development, together with the Sarawak Forest Department. Our collaboration was part of a pioneer project which later helped us to identify Sela'an-Linau for the journey to the forest management certification. 2000 Establish first tree planting nursery in Segan for the production of seedlings to support the various reforestation projects in Sarawak. 2003 Establish second tree planting nursery in Paong for the production of seedlings to support the various reforestation projects in Sarawak. 2005 Establish third tree planting nursery in Layun for the production of seedlings to support the various reforestation projects in Sarawak. 2007 Establish 4th tree planting nursery in Lana for the production of seedlings to support the various reforestation projects in Sarawak. 2008 Acquisition of a 3,079 ha tree plantation with land rights for 70 years (since 1996) in China via Anhui Tongling Wood Plantation Co., Ltd. The plantation is planted with the poplar species. Downstream Year Event 1991-1995 Four plywood mills are established in Sarawak in order to focus on the downstream processing of our timber resources. These mills begun as joint-ventures with the Japanese and Korean firms. 1993 BCL establishes a plywood operation to add value to forest resources. 1994-2000 Value-added processing capabilities are established in Malaysia to include fibreboard, flooring, furniture and components, door facing and door production facilities. 2004 Joint venture in Sarawak with Masonite International Corporation (one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of door facings and doors in the world) for the production and marketing of door facings and doors. 2005 Strategic partnership in Japan with Daiken Corporation, a building materials supplier, and Itochu Corporation, a major trading house in Japan, for the production of fiberboards. 2006 Expand into kitchen and wardrobe systems with opening of AinoKitchen retail outlets in Malaysia. 2006 A power plant with a capacity of generating 10.1MW of electricity begins operations in Tebanyi, Sarawak. Wood residue from our operations is used as biomass to generate power that is supplied to our mills. 2008 Barama Company Limited's second sawmill along with kiln dryer facilities is commissioned in Buckhall, Guyana. The acquisition of Elegant Living's flooring business gives Samling Global access to its 486 distribution outlets all over China. 2009 Second power plant with a designed capacity of generation 3.5MW of electricity is commissioned and completed in Layun, Sarawak. Certification Year Event 1996 First recipient of ISO9001:2000 Quality Management System in Malaysia for forest operations which covers design and planning of harvesting activities, transporting and marketing of merchantable timber logs. The plywood manufacturing units also received their ISO9001:2000 certification. 2003-2004 Sarawak plywood mills obtain Japanese Agricultural Standards for plywood panels exported to Japan. 2004 First privately-managed company in Malaysia and the only one in Sarawak to obtain MTCC forest management certification with respect to approximately 56,000 hectares, which represents 3.9% of our gross forest areas in Malaysia. 2004 Samling Plywood Baramas obtains MTCC certification for Chain-of-Custody for plywood in Malaysia. 2004 Sarawak plywood mills obtain CE Marking for plywood exported to Europe. 2005 FSC forest management certification for approximately 35,000 hectares, which represents all of our gross plantation area in New Zealand. 2005 Samling Fibreboard obtains Japanese Industrial Standards for fibreboard exported to Japan. 2006 First private company to receive FSC forest management certification in Guyana for approximately 570,000 hectares, representing 35.4% of our gross forest areas in Guyana. 2006 Riverside Plywood Corporation, China obtains CE Marking for plywood exported to Europe. 2007 Suspension of FSC forest management certification for BCL in Guyana. The company is committed to the reinstatement of the certificate.   FSC certification for Chain-of-Custody for plywood in the PRC. 2007 Riverside Plywood Corporation, China obtains FSC's certification for Chain-of-Custody for certain plywood, door and flooring products. 2007 Samling Plywood (Bintulu) Sdn Bhd obtains FSC's certification for Chain-of-Custody for plywood products. 2007 Sarawak plywood mills obtain ISO9001:2000/CNS 12681 Quality Management System for the manufacture of hardwood plywood and veneer accredited by Taiwan's Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI). 2007 Samling Plywood (Miri) Sdn Bhd obtains ISO 9001 : 2000 for the manufacture of hardwood plywood. 2007 Samling Housing Products Sdn Bhd (Miri) obtains British Standard's ISO 9001 : 2000 for the design and manufacture of wood-based building components and ready-to-assemble furniture 2008 Samling Plywood (Bintulu) Sdn Bhd obtains ISO 9001 : 2000 (IQNET & SIRIM QAS) for the manufacture of hardwood plywood and veneer 2008 Samling Plywood (Bintulu) Sdn Bhd obtains California Air Resources Board (CARB) Certificate for its hardwood plywood and industrial panels for exports to North America. 2008 Samling Housing Products Sdn Bhd (Port Klang) obtains ISO 9001 : 2000 (STANDARDS & UKAS) for the design and manufacturing of wood-based furniture components 2008 Samling Chipboard Sdn Bhd obtains ISO 9001 : 2000 & BS EN ISO 9001 : 2000 for the manufacture of particleboards 2009 Samling Plywood (Baramas) Sdn Bhd obtains CARB Certificate for its hardwood plywood and wall and industrial panels 2009 Daiken Miri Sdn Bhd obtains CARB Certificate for its fibreboard. Community Year Event 1991 The longest bridge in the Baram Region is built at Long San. Spanning 840 feet and costing of over RM8 million, the bridge provides access to all in the forest community and stimulates development in the area. 1993 The Community Affairs Department is established in Sarawak. 2000 The first Samling scholarship is established for Malaysian students entering tertiary education. 2001 Sela'an-Linau Forest Management Unit (FMU) establishes a Community Liaison Committee, a formal body comprising representatives of major stakeholders to discuss matters of common interests pertaining to the FMU. 2002 MOU with Wildlife Conservation Society, New York 2005 BCL establishes the Upper Pomeroon and Esseiquibo Joint Community Relations Committees. 2007 Samling Global establishes "Janji", a community self-sustaining programme to promote the art and craft of the indigenous communities in Malaysia. A "Janji" sales outlet was set up in Suria KLCC, Malaysia's leading shopping centre.