Bursa Malaysia - Annual Report 2010

Calendar of Events

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9 March	21^st Annual Palm Oil & Lauric Oils Conference Bursa Malaysia's flagship conference featured leading industry speakers from Malaysia and around the world, with a special address by YB Tan Sri Bernard Giluk Dompok, Minister of Plantation Industries & Commodities. POC 2010 attracted more than 1,500 participants from around the world with broad representation from various industry organisations.

29 March	33^rd Annual General Meeting The 33^rd AGM, which was held at the Sime Darby Convention Centre, was attended by about 450 shareholders.

30 March	Invest Malaysia 2010 The 6^th edition of Invest Malaysia, organised in collaboration with Maybank Investment Bank and Nomura Holdings, attracted more than 800 foreign and local fund managers, institutional investors and analysts from 185 foreign and local organisations. Aptly themed 'Powering Global Excellence', the event offered an opportunity for first-hand access to key personalities who have propelled their companies to become regional champions, and have contributed to the Malaysian success story. This annual conference was officiated by YAB Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak, the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

16 April	Recognition Award for a Public Organisation Bursa Malaysia was granted the Recognition Award for being a Public Organisation that has supported and contributed towards the Malaysia Venture Capital & Private Equity Industry by the Malaysian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.

5 May	Malaysia GEMS 2010 Share Investor collaborated with Singapore Press Holdings' business daily, The Singapore Business Times and Bursa Malaysia to organise the inaugural Malaysia GEMS 2010 seminar, a cross-border investor roadshow in Singapore.

June	Talk Futures Roadshow BMD, in collaboration with nine futures brokers, embarked on a nationwide educational roadshow called 'Talk Futures' primarily aimed at informing and educating Malaysian retail investors about equity, commodity and financial futures trading. The six month programme attracted more than 1,800 participants from the public.

23 June	Approval from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission BMD was granted approval from the US CFTC which permitted member brokers of BMD to solicit and accept orders and customer funds directly from US customers without the need to register separately as a futures broker in the US.

24 June	Issuance of Sukuk 1Malaysia Bursa Malaysia facilitated the issuance of the Malaysian Government's Sukuk 1Malaysia through Bursa Suq Al-Sila', the world's first Shari'ah compliant commodity trading platform.

28 June	Securities Commission - Bursa Malaysia Corporate Governance Week 2010 The SC and Bursa Malaysia hosted the annual Corporate Governance Week from 28 June - 2 July 2010 to promote good CG practices among PLCs.

30 July	Scholarships to Six Undergraduates Bursa Malaysia presented academic scholarships valued at RM264,000 to six deserving undergraduates through its community investment arm, Yayasan Bursa Malaysia.

3 August	The Edge-Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Rat Race Corporate Malaysia's unique charity event raised RM1.75 million which was channeled towards 20 charitable organisations in the country.

17 August	Introduction of Electronic Share Payment The SC, Bank Negara Malaysia and Bursa Malaysia introduced the Electronic Share Payment facility for share transactions, in a move to promote the use of e-payments in the stock market.

24 August	Listing of Islamic Development Bank Inaugural Ringgit Sukuk The Islamic Development Bank, the first multilateral Islamic development bank listed its RM1.0 billion sukuk Medium Term Note Programme on Bursa Malaysia. The sukuk was issued via IDB's special purpose vehicle, Tamadun Services Berhad, and is the first local currency sukuk by IDB.

1 September	Commencement of e-Dividend Payment All listed companies on Bursa Malaysia were mandated to effect e-Dividend payment on cash dividends when any book closure date is announced from 1 September 2010. The e-Dividend service allows shareholders to receive cash dividends directly into their bank accounts.

20 September	Migration to CME's Electronic Trading Platform Bursa Malaysia Derivatives successfully migrated all its derivatives products onto CME Globex®, the electronic trading platform of CME. The migration enabled global traders to access BMD products electronically.

23 September	Approved Designated Offshore Securities Market The US Securities and Exchange Commission recognised Bursa Malaysia Securities and the electronic trading platform operated by Bursa Malaysia Bonds as a 'Designated Offshore Securities Market' under Regulation S of the US Securities Act of 1933.

October	Market Chat Market Chat, the annual programme to educate, retain and reactivate retail investors commenced its 2010 schedule. Bursa Malaysia is supported by eight participating organisations and investment banks in this direct engagement exercise. By the time the programme finishes its current run in March 2011, some 8,000 members of the investing public are expected to have participated.

20 October	CMDF-Bursa Malaysia Research Scheme Phase 3 CMDF-Bursa Malaysia Research Scheme embarked on the third phase after a successsful run since its inception five years ago. CBRS is aimed at ensuring that under-researched PLCs get adequate research coverage by analysts.

5 November	Partnership on China International Oils and Oilseeds Conference Bursa Malaysia Derivatives and Dalian Commodity Exchange cemented an agreement on joint collaboration for the annual China International Oils and Oilseeds Conference for the next three years. The collaboration reflected the commitment by Malaysia and China to promote the edible oils markets.

23 November	Bursa Malaysia's Business Sustainability Programme YAB Prime Minister of Malaysia officiated Bursa Malaysia's inaugural Business Sustainability Programme for Corporate Malaysia which is in line with Bursa Malaysia's call to Malaysian listed companies to integrate sustainability elements into their business strategies. The Programme consists of a guide on sustainability for directors, a knowledge portal, a project matching facility and thought leadership sessions.