RESPONSE TO SGX QUERY
The Board of Directors of GuocoLand Limited (the "Company") refers to the query raised by the Singapore Exchange Regulation ("SGX RegCo") on 6 October 2022 in respect of the Company's Annual Report for the financial year ended 30 June 2022 and wishes to respond as follows:
SGX Query
We refer to the Company's Annual Report for the financial year ended 30 June 2022 ("AR 2022") as well as its Notice of AGM announced on 29 September 2022. We note that Mr. Wee Lieng Seng and Mr. Kwek Leng Hai are candidates for re-election to the Board at the upcoming AGM. It was stated in the Notice of AGM that the information as set out in Appendix 7.4.1 of the SGX-ST Listing Manual on Mr. Wee Lieng Seng and Mr. Kwek Leng Hai could be found under "Board of Directors" in the Company's AR 2022. No such information was found in the Company's AR 2022. Please provide the information relating to each candidate as set out in Appendix 7.4.1.
Company's Response
The respective profiles of Mr Wee Lieng Seng and Mr Kwek Leng Hai have been provided under "Board of Directors" in the Company's AR2022. Supplemental Information on the said Directors who are seeking reelection at the Company's 46th AGM are provided in the table below:
Name of Director | Mr Kwek Leng Hai | Mr Wee Lieng Seng |
Country of principal | Hong Kong | Singapore |
residence | ||
The Board's comments on | Having regard to the recommendation | Having regard to the recommendation |
this appointment (including | of the Nominating Committee ("NC") | of the Nominating Committee ("NC") |
rationale, selection criteria, | which had considered the contribution | which had considered the contribution |
board diversity | and performance of the Directors, the | and performance of the Directors, the |
considerations, and the | Board concurred that Mr Kwek Leng Hai, | Board concurred that Mr Wee Lieng |
search and nomination | who would be retiring from office and | Seng, who would be retiring from office |
process) | being eligible, to offer himself for re- | and being eligible, to offer himself for |
election by shareholders at the 46th | re-election by shareholders at the 46th | |
AGM in accordance with the Company's | AGM in accordance with the Company's | |
Constitution. | Constitution. | |
Shareholding interest in the | 35,290,914 ordinary shares in | Nil |
listed issuer and its | GuocoLand Limited | |
subsidiaries | ||
226,800 ordinary shares in | ||
GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad | ||
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RESPONSE TO SGX QUERY
Name of Director | Mr Kwek Leng Hai | Mr Wee Lieng Seng |
Any relationship (including | Mr Kwek is a brother of Mr Quek Leng | Nil |
immediate family | Chan who is a Director, shareholder and | |
relationships) with any | deemed substantial shareholder of the | |
existing director, existing | Company. | |
executive officer, the issuer | ||
and/or substantial | Mr Kwek is also a shareholder of the | |
shareholder of the listed | Company and Executive Chairman of | |
issuer or of any of its | Guoco Group Limited (the Company's | |
principal subsidiaries | intermediate holding company) as well | |
as a Director of GuoLine Capital Assets | ||
Limited (the Company's ultimate | ||
holding company). | ||
Conflict of interest | Nil | Nil. |
(including any | ||
competing business) | ||
Undertaking (in the format | Yes | Yes |
set out in Appendix 7.7) | ||
under Rule 720(1) has been | ||
submitted to the listed | ||
issuer | ||
Information required under | Mr Kwek has confirmed that the | Mr Wee has confirmed that the |
items (a) to (k) of Appendix | responses for items (a) to (k) of | responses for items (a) to (k) of |
7.4.1 of the SGX-ST Listing | Appendix 7.4.1 of the SGX-ST Listing | Appendix 7.4.1 of the SGX-ST Listing |
Manual | Manual are all "No". | Manual are all "No". |
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
MARY GOH SWON PING
Group Company Secretary
7 October 2022
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