30 Days Market Update on China business activities
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BPH GLOBAL LTD
ACN 009 104 330
Level 5, 126 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
1 September 2023
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Australian Securities Exchange
30 Days’ Market Update on China business activities
Highlights
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Executive Directors visited China, Malaysia, and Singapore to advance BP8’s
Birds’ Nest projects.
Continued activation of sales, marketing, and distribution channels for Birds’
Nest products.
Focus on finalising incorporated joint venture structure with pilot study
partners incorporating sales and distribution agreement with China Tobacco.
BPH Global Ltd (ASX: BP8) (Company) announces that Further to announcement made
by the Board of BPH Global Ltd (ASX: BP8) (Company) on 20 July 2023 (20 July
Announcement), the Board announces that the Company’s executive Directors
Matthew Leonard and Frank Cannavo visited China for a series of commercial meetings
in July and August. Mr Leonard also visited Malaysia and Singapore during this same
period.
Timetable milestones
In the 20 July Announcement, the Company announced the goals of the new Board and
management team over the coming three months arising, in particular, from the then
proposed China visit as a means to facilitate the commercialisation of the Company’s
birds’ nest products. As outlined in that announcement, the Company has structured its
activities around timeline milestones as follows:
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30 days - The China visit: Visits to China, Malaysia and Singapore were
undertaken in this first 30 days’ period.
60 days - Completion of transactions: The Company has now started the second
30 days’ period and is focused on the finalisation and execution of agreements
regarding the commercial operations opportunities that have arisen from the China
visit and visits to Malaysia and Singapore.
90 days - Execution: The Company will be seeking to commence and consolidate
operations pursuant to the new commercial operations agreements.
Visits to China, Malaysia, and Singapore
The China visit was identified as the major business development for the Company in
the first 30 days of the 90 days’ timetable. Following the China visit by the executive
Directors, the Board has further strengthened its belief in the potential for the
reactivation and expansion of the Company’s birds’ nest operations in China. Business
opportunities that have been identified in Malaysia and Singapore have the potential to
further boost the Company’s birds’ nest commercial capability in China.
In the 20 July Announcement, the Board stated it would prioritise the finalisation and
execution of agreements regarding the commercial operations opportunities that arise
from the China visit during the second 30 days of the 90 days’ timetable. In particular,
the Company will focus on the following activities from day 30 to day 60:
Birds’ nest products
The 20 July Announcement highlighted the pilot program which successfully trialled
supply and distribution channels for the sale of birds’ nest products via China Tobacco’s
outlets in Guangzhou and via social media influencers on Douyin, the China version of
TikTok, most recently from December 2022 to February 2023 (Pilot Study). Following
on from the Pilot Study, the executive Directors worked with Michael Huang during the
China visit to consolidate the Company’s plans for growing its sales and distribution
footprint for birds’ nest products in China. The executive Directors together with Michael
Huang also met with their Pilot Study joint venture partners.
The Company is now seeking to finalise the terms of an agreement with its Pilot Study
partners for the ongoing operation and expansion of their joint venture operations
pursuant to the two (2) China Tobacco sales and distribution contracts and the
trademarks that were used in the Pilot Study during this second 30 days of the 90 days’
timetable.
Birds’ nest supply arrangements
Matthew Leonard has continued to develop the Company’s options for the purchase of
raw birds’ nests and birds’ nest products from Malaysian suppliers for on-sale in China
and elsewhere. The executive Directors are holding discussions and negotiations
regarding the Company’s sourcing of birds’ nest products in Malaysia for sales and
distribution in China. Other potential supply arrangements include leveraging the
Company’s own stem cell technologies or partnering with another Singapore based
technology company to infuse nutraceuticals extracted from birds’ nests into food
products for sale in the Chinese market.
Ongoing updates
The Company will provide further updates in due course on its progress with these
matters and the achievement of the target timelines set out above.
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Authorised for lodgement by the Board of Directors.
For further information, please contact:
Mr Paul Stephenson
BPH Global Ltd
Chairman
E: pauls@bp8global.com
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