Pursuant to Paragraph 9.19(15) of the Main Market Listing Requirements of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, the Board of Directors of the Company (“the Board”) wishes to announce that the Company has on 22 October 2025, received a notice in writing dated 21 October 2025 pursuant to Section 281 of the Companies Act 2016 from Messrs KPMG PLT (“KPMG”) on their resignation as external auditors of the Company.

KPMG was re-appointed as the auditors of the Company at the last Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company held on 5 June 2025 to hold office until the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company.  

The resignation of KPMG is based on mutual consent of both parties.  The Board is of the view that it is timely to undertake a change of auditors, as KPMG has served as the Company’s auditors for the past 13 years. To the Board’s knowledge, there are no audit or professional matters related to KPMG’s resignation that need to be brought to the attention of shareholders of the Company.

Upon the Audit and Risk Management Committee’s recommendation, the Board has approved the appointment of Messrs Grant Thornton Malaysia PLT (“Grant Thornton”) as auditors of the Company after assessing their independence, capabilities, resources and proposed audit fees.  The appointment of Grant Thornton is subject to the Company receiving the written consent to act as auditors from Grant Thornton pursuant to Section 264(5) of the Companies Act 2016.

Further announcement will be made by the Company once the written consent to act from Grant Thornton has been received.

This announcement is dated 22 October 2025.