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Change In Audit Committee

BackJul 22, 2008

Reference No BM-080721-64957

Company Name	:	BURSA MALAYSIA BERHAD
Stock Name	:	BURSA
Date Announced	:	22/07/2008

Date of change

22/07/2008

Type of change

Cessation

Designation

Member of Audit Committee

Directorate

Independent & Non Executive

Name

Datuk Azman bin Abdul Rashid

Age

Nationality

Malaysian

Qualifications

Bachelor of Economics degree and Masters degree in Agriculture Development

Working experience and occupation

Datuk Azman began his career as Assistant Secretary in the Prime Minister's Department from 1972 to 1977 and served as Principal Assistant Director in the Agricultural Policy Section, Ministry of Agriculture Malaysia from 1977 to 1980. He became Deputy State Secretary and Director of the State Planning Unit, Malacca from 1983 to 1986, District Officer of Kuantan from 1986 to 1992, General Manager of Jengka Regional Development Authority from 1992 to 1997, Deputy State Secretary and Director of the State Planning Unit, Pahang in 1997 and the Federal Development Officer in Kelantan under the Implementation Coordination Unit, Prime Minister's Department from 1997 to 2000. He was appointed as the Federal Secretary for Sarawak in 2000 before becoming Secretary General in the Ministry of Rural & Regional Development from 2002 to 22 June 2004.

Datuk Azman had been a member of Audit Committee and Appeals Committee of Bursa Malaysia Berhad ("Bursa") since 23 July 2004. He was appointed as the Chairman of Risk Management Committee of Bursa since 12 May 2006 and a member of Nomination & Remuneration Committee and Option Committee of Bursa since 12 May 2007.

Datuk Azman was also appointed as member of the Industry Technology Committee and IT Review (Tender & Steering) Committee, both were ad-hoc Board Committees established by the Board of Directors of Bursa on 11 October 2007 and 29 April 2008 in respect of Bursa Trade Securities and Bursa Group's IT function respectively.

Directorship of public companies (if any)

Nil

Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer

Nil

Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries

Direct Interest: 16,000 ordinary shares of RM0.50 each in Bursa

Composition of Audit Committee (Name and Directorate of members after change)

1. Dato' Sri Abdul Wahid bin Omar (Chairman) - Independent Non-Executive Director
2. Dato' Dr. Thillainathan a/l Ramasamy (Member) - Independent Non-Executive Director
3. Encik Izham bin Yusoff (Member) - Independent Non-Executive Director
4. Encik Cheah Tek Kuang (Member) - Independent Non-Executive Director

Remarks

Datuk Azman bin Abdul Rashid's apppointment as Public Interest Director of Bursa by the Minister of Finance pursuant to Section 10 of the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 since 23 July 2004 expires on 22 July 2008.

This announcement is dated 22 July 2008.

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