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31st Annual General Meeting Of Bursa Malaysia Berhad ("The Company")
BackApr 03, 2008
| We wish to inform that the Company's 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) was duly convened on Thursday, 3 April 2008 at 10.00 a.m. at Ballroom 1, 1st Floor, Sime Darby Convention Centre, 1A, Jalan Bukit Kiara 1, Bukit Kiara, 60000 Kuala Lumpur and all the resolutions as set out in the Notice of 31st AGM dated 12 March 2008 were duly passed, except for Resolution 11 which was withdrawn for reason stated as follows:- Ordinary Business Resolution 1 - Receipt and adoption of the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2007 and Reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon Resolution 2 - Re-election of Dato' Sri Abdul Wahid bin Omar as Director of the Company in accordance with Article 69 of the Company's Articles of Association Resolution 3 - Re-election of Datin Paduka Siti Sa'diah binti Sheikh Bakir as Director of the Company in accordance with Article 69 of the Company's Articles of Association Resolution 4 - Re-election of Dato' Wong Puan Wah @ Wong Sulong as Director of the Company in accordance with Article 69 of the Company's Articles of Association Resolution 5 - Re-election of Dato' Yusli bin Mohamed Yusoff as Director of the Company in accordance with Article 69 of the Company's Articles of Association Resolution 6 - Approval of the payment of final dividend of 25.0 sen per share less 26% income tax in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2007 Resolution 7 - Approval of the payment of Directors' fees amounting to RM60,000 per annum for the Non-Executive Chairman and RM40,000 per annum for each of the Non-Executive Directors in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2007 Resolution 8 - Appointment of Messrs. Ernst & Young as Auditors of the Company and authorization to the Board of Directors to determine their remuneration Special Business Resolution 9 - THAT pursuant to Section 132D of the Companies Act 1965, the Articles of Association of the Company and subject to the approvals of the relevant governmental and/or regulatory authorities, the Directors be and are hereby empowered to issue shares of the Company, from time to time, upon such terms and conditions, for such purposes and to such person or persons whomsoever as the Directors may, in their absolute discretion, deem fit, provided that the aggregate number of shares issued pursuant to this resolution does not exceed 10% of the total issued share capital of the Company for the time being in any one financial year and that such authority shall continue in force until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company. Resolution 10 - Re-appointment of Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin bin Haji Abdullah as Director of the Company in accordance with Section 129(6) of the Companies Act, 1965. Resolution 11 - Re-appointment of Dato' Seri Hwang Sing Lue as Director of the Company Dato' Seri Hwang did not offer himself for re-appointment at the 31st AGM pursuant to Section 129(6) of the Companies Act, 1965 as indicated in his letter dated 31 March 2008 to the Board of Directors of the Company. Hence, Dato' Seri Hwang retired as Director of the Company at the conclusion of the 31st AGM in accordance with Section 129(2) of the Companies Act, 1965. Resolution 12 - Proposed Amendments to the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company THAT, the proposed amendments to the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company contained in the document marked as "Appendix I" ("Proposed Amendments") which have been circulated to the members of the Company be approved and adopted; AND THAT the Board of Directors of the Company be and is hereby authorised to do all such acts, deeds and things as are necessary and/or expedient in order to give full effect to the Proposed Amendments with full powers to assent to any conditions, modifications and/or amendments as may be required by any relevant authorities |