【GCB 5102 交流专区】源宗集团 (前名GUANCHG)

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Type	Announcement
Subject	TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS) NON RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Description	GUAN CHONG BERHAD ("GCB" OR "THE COMPANY") PROPOSED ACQUISITION BY GCB COCOA SINGAPORE PTE LTD, A SUB-SUBSIDIARY OF GCB OF 25,000 REGISTERED SHARE CAPITAL WITH A SINGLE NOMINAL VALUE OF EUR1 AND A TOTAL NOMINAL VALUE OF EUR 25,000 IN SCHOKINAG HOLDING GMBH (SHG), REPRESENTING 100% OF THE TOTAL REGISTERED SHARE CAPITAL IN SHG, FROM SCHOKINAG HOLDING B.V FOR A TOTAL PURCHASE CONSIDERATION OF EUR 29,930,048 (EQUIVALENT TO APPROXIMATELY RM 137,842,836)
Pursuant to Rule 10.05 of the Main Market Listing Requirements of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“MMLR”), the Board of Directors of GCB (“Board”) wishes to announce that GCB Cocoa Singapore Pte Ltd (“GCBCS”), a sub-subsidiary of GCB has on 19 December 2019 entered into Sale and Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with Schokinag Holding B.V. incorporated under the laws of Netherlands and having its address at Driebergseweg 17, 3708 JA Zeist, The Netherlands (“the Vendor”) to acquire 25,000 registered share capital with a single nominal value of EUR1 and a total nominal value of EUR 25,000 in SHG, representing 100% of the total registered share capital in SHG, for a total purchase consideration of EUR 29,930,048 (equivalent to approximately RM 137,842,836*) (“Purchase Price”) (“the Proposed Acquisition”). GCBCS and the Vendor are collectively referred to as the “Parties”. Please refer to the attached file for full details of the Proposed Acquisition. This announcement is dated 19 December 2019.

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3010830

Attachments Bursa announcement - Proposed acquisition of Schokinag.pdf

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 31 Dec 2019

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		31 Dec 2019	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2019	31 Dec 2018
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	796,402	663,370	2,942,145	2,273,424
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	61,804	54,509	268,006	208,721
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	44,728	63,881	219,397	190,114
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	44,728	63,881	219,397	190,114
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	8.09	13.37	39.66	39.78
6	Proposed/Declared dividend per share (Subunit)	1.00	2.00	5.00	4.00
		AS AT END OF CURRENT QUARTER		AS AT PRECEDING FINANCIAL YEAR END
7	Net assets per share attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent ($$)	0.9433		1.3961

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Type	Announcement
Subject	TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS) NON RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Description	GUAN CHONG BERHAD ("GCB" OR "THE COMPANY") PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF 5,550,000 REGISTERED SHARE CAPITAL WITH A SINGLE NOMINAL VALUE OF RM1 AND A TOTAL NOMINAL VALUE OF RM5,550,000 IN FUJI GLOBAL CHOCOLATE (M) SDN BHD ("FGC") (FORMERLY KNOWN AS GCB SPECIALITY CHOCOLATES SDN BHD), REPRESENTING 27.75% OF THE TOTAL SHARE CAPITAL IN FGC, TO FUJI OIL ASIA PTE. LTD.   FOR A TOTAL CONSIDERATION OF RM32MILLION
The Board of Directors of GCB wishes to announce that GCB  ("the Vendor") has accepted the notice of exercise of call option from Fuji Oil Asia Pte. Ltd. (“the Purchaser”) to dispose of 27.75% equity interest in Fuji Global Chocolate (M) Sdn Bhd (“FGC”) (formerly known as GCB Speciality Chocolates Sdn Bhd), representing 5,550,000 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each (“Sale Shares”) for a total cash consideration of RM32,000,000 (“Disposal Consideration”) (“Proposed Disposal”). Please refer to the attached file for full details of the Proposed Disposal. This announcement is dated 26 February 2020.

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3027151

Attachments Disposal of shares in FGC.pdf

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Type	Announcement
Subject	TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS) NON RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Description	GUAN CHONG BERHAD ("GCB" OR "THE COMPANY") PROPOSED ACQUISITION BY GCB COCOA SINGAPORE PTE LTD, A SUB-SUBSIDIARY OF GCB OF 25,000 REGISTERED SHARE CAPITAL WITH A SINGLE NOMINAL VALUE OF EUR1 AND A TOTAL NOMINAL VALUE OF EUR 25,000 IN SCHOKINAG HOLDING GMBH ("SHG"), REPRESENTING 100% OF THE TOTAL REGISTERED SHARE CAPITAL IN SHG, FROM SCHOKINAG HOLDING B.V FOR A TOTAL PURCHASE CONSIDERATION OF EUR 29,930,048 (EQUIVALENT TO APPROXIMATELY RM 137,842,836) ("PROPOSED ACQUISITION")
Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, all terms used herein shall have the same meaning as those defined in the announcement dated 19 December 2019. The Board of Directors of GCB wishes to announce that the Proposed Acquisition has been completed on 30 January 2020. This announcement is dated 02 March 2020.

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Type	Announcement
Subject	TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS) NON RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Description	GUAN CHONG BERHAD ("GCB" OR "THE COMPANY") PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF 5,550,000 REGISTERED SHARE CAPITAL WITH A SINGLE NOMINAL VALUE OF RM1 AND A TOTAL NOMINAL VALUE OF RM5,550,000 IN FUJI GLOBAL CHOCOLATE (M) SDN BHD ("FGC") (FORMERLY KNOWN AS GCB SPECIALITY CHOCOLATES SDN BHD), REPRESENTING 27.75% OF THE TOTAL SHARE CAPITAL IN FGC, TO FUJI OIL ASIA PTE. LTD. FOR A TOTAL CONSIDERATION OF RM32MILLION ("PROPOSED DISPOSAL")
Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, all terms used herein shall have the same meaning as those defined in the announcement dated 26 February 2020. The Board of Directors of GCB wishes to announce that the Proposed Disposal has been completed on 28 February 2020. This announcement is dated 16 March 2020.

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GUAN CHONG BERHAD

Entitlement subject	Final Dividend
Entitlement description	Final single-tier tax exempt dividend of 1.0 sen per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2019
Ex-Date	11 Jun 2020
Entitlement date	12 Jun 2020
Entitlement time	5:00 PM
Financial Year End	31 Dec 2019
Period
Share transfer book & register of members will be	to  closed from (both dates inclusive) for the purpose of determining the entitlement
Payment Date	10 Jul 2020
a.Securities transferred into the Depositor's Securities Account before 4:30 pm in respect of transfers	12 Jun 2020
b.Securities deposited into the Depositor's Securities Account before 12:30 pm in respect of securities exempted from mandatory deposit
c. Securities bought on the Exchange on a cum entitlement basis according to the Rules of the Exchange.
Number of new shares/securities issued (units) (If applicable)
Entitlement indicator	Currency
Announced Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Disbursed Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Entitlement in Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) 0.0100

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 31 Mar 2020

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		31 Mar 2020	31 Mar 2019	31 Mar 2020	31 Mar 2019
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	909,382	648,074	909,382	648,074
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	83,410	63,843	83,410	63,843
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	72,165	53,140	72,165	53,140
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	72,165	53,140	72,165	53,140
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	7.16	5.56	7.16	5.56
6	Proposed/Declared dividend per share (Subunit)	1.00	1.50	1.00	1.50
		AS AT END OF CURRENT QUARTER		AS AT PRECEDING FINANCIAL YEAR END
7	Net assets per share attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent ($$)	1.0401		0.9937

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GUAN CHONG BERHAD

Entitlement subject	First Interim Dividend
Entitlement description	First interim single-tier dividend of 1.0 sen per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ending 31 December 2020
Ex-Date	15 Jun 2020
Entitlement date	16 Jun 2020
Entitlement time	5:00 PM
Financial Year End	31 Dec 2020
Period
Share transfer book & register of members will be	to  closed from (both dates inclusive) for the purpose of determining the entitlement
Payment Date	10 Jul 2020
a.Securities transferred into the Depositor's Securities Account before 4:30 pm in respect of transfers	16 Jun 2020
b.Securities deposited into the Depositor's Securities Account before 12:30 pm in respect of securities exempted from mandatory deposit
c. Securities bought on the Exchange on a cum entitlement basis according to the Rules of the Exchange.
Number of new shares/securities issued (units) (If applicable)
Entitlement indicator	Currency
Announced Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Disbursed Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Entitlement in Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) 0.0100

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Notice of Person Ceasing (Section 139 of CA 2016)

GUAN CHONG BERHAD

Particulars of Substantial Securities Holder

Name	MR TAY HOE LIAN
Nationality/Country of incorporation	Malaysia
Descriptions (Class)	Ordinary Shares
Date of cessation	01 Jun 2020
Name & address of registered holder	GUAN CHONG RESOURCES SDN. BHD.PLO 273 JALAN TIMAH 281700 PASIR GUDANG JOHOR

No of securities disposed
Circumstances by reason of which a person ceases to be a substantial shareholder	Ceased to be an indirect substantial shareholder following the disposal of shares in Guan Chong Resources Sdn. Bhd.
Nature of interest	Indirect Interest
Date of notice	02 Jun 2020
Date notice received by Listed Issuer	02 Jun 2020

Remarks :

Cessation to be an indirect substantial shareholder represented 50.522% of the total paid up shares capital of the Company (after excluding a total of 280,000 shares purchased and retained by the Company as treasury shares) as at date of this notice.

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 30 Jun 2020

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		30 Jun 2020	30 Jun 2019	30 Jun 2020	30 Jun 2019
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	910,777	753,061	1,820,159	1,401,135
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	71,590	72,044	155,000	135,887
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	56,976	60,997	129,141	114,137
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	56,976	60,997	129,141	114,137
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	5.65	6.38	12.80	11.94
6	Proposed/Declared dividend per share (Subunit)	0.00	1.50	1.00	3.00
		AS AT END OF CURRENT QUARTER		AS AT PRECEDING FINANCIAL YEAR END
7	Net assets per share attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent ($$)	1.1194		0.9937

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Type	Announcement
Subject	TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS) NON RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Description	GUAN CHONG BERHAD ("GCB" OR "THE COMPANY")ACQUISITION OF FREEHOLD PROPERTY BY GCB COCOA UK LIMITED, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GCB OVERSEA HOLDINGS CORPORATION, WHICH IN TURN A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GUAN CHONG BERHAD (GCB OR THE COMPANY) FROM PHILIPS ELECTRONICS UK LIMITED
The Board of Directors of GCB (“Board”) wishes to announce that GCB Cocoa UK Limited (“GCBC” or “Purchaser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GCB Oversea Holdings Corporation, which in turn a wholly-owned subsidiary of GCB, had on 25 September 2020 entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with Philips Electronics UK Limited (“Philips Electronics” or “Vendor”) for the acquisition of the freehold property at Philips Avent Factory, Lower Road, Glemsford, Suffolk and registered at HM Land Registry with title absolute under title numbers SK213610, SK218980, SK218963 and SK218981 (“the Property”) together with the plants and machineries at a total consideration of GBP 8,250,000 (“Acquisition Consideration”) (“Acquisition”). Please refer to the attached file for full details of the Acquisition. This announcement is dated 28 September 2020.

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3091638

Attachments Bursa announcement - UK.pdf

Type	Announcement
Subject	TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS) NON RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Description	GUAN CHONG BERHADACQUISITION OF FREEHOLD PROPERTY BY GCB COCOA UK LIMITED, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GCB OVERSEA HOLDINGS CORPORATION, WHICH IN TURN A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GUAN CHONG BERHAD ("GCB" OR "THE COMPANY") FROM PHILIPS ELECTRONICS UK LIMITED
We refer to our announcement dated 28 September 2020 (“Announcement”). Unless otherwise stated, the terms used throughout this announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the Announcement. The Board of Director of GCB wishes to announce the following additional information: The Acquisition Consideration of GBP 8,250,000 is equivalent to approximately RM 43,790,175 based on the Exchange Rate of GBP 1 = RM 5.3079 on 24 September 2020 as set out in the Bank Negara’s website. The Property is located at Lower Road, Glemsford, Suffolk with 17.76 acre of land and 300,126 sq feet of built up space. The site is strategically located close to the port of Felixstowe, which will allow convenient transportation of raw materials and cocoa-derived food ingredients. GCB aims to transform the existing factory into a value-added facility that manufactures liquid cocoa products and confectionery ingredients, subsequently supplying to major chocolate and confectionery manufacturers. This announcement is dated 30 September 2020.

Type	Announcement
Subject	TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS) NON RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Description	GUAN CHONG BERHAD ACQUISITION OF FREEHOLD PROPERTY BY GCB COCOA UK LIMITED, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GCB OVERSEA HOLDINGS CORPORATION, WHICH IN TURN A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GUAN CHONG BERHAD ("GCB" OR "THE COMPANY") FROM PHILIPS ELECTRONICS UK LIMITED ("PROPOSED ACQUISITIION")
Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, all terms used herein shall have the same meaning as those defined in the announcements dated 28 September 2020 and 30 September 2020. The Board of Directors of GCB wishes to announce that the Propsosed Acquisition has been completed on 30 October 2020. This announcement is dated 02 November 2020.

SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 30 Sep 2020

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		30 Sep 2020	30 Sep 2019	30 Sep 2020	30 Sep 2019
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	841,587	744,608	2,661,746	2,145,743
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	58,454	70,315	213,454	206,202
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	46,779	60,532	175,920	174,669
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	46,779	60,532	175,920	174,669
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	4.61	6.33	17.35	18.28
6	Proposed/Declared dividend per share (Subunit)	1.50	1.00	2.50	4.00
		AS AT END OF CURRENT QUARTER		AS AT PRECEDING FINANCIAL YEAR END
7	Net assets per share attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent ($$)	1.1456		0.9937

GUAN CHONG BERHAD

Entitlement subject	Second Interim Dividend
Entitlement description	Second interim single-tier dividend of 1.5 sen per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ending 31 December 2020.
Ex-Date	23 Dec 2020
Entitlement date	24 Dec 2020
Entitlement time	5:00 PM
Financial Year End	31 Dec 2020
Period
Share transfer book & register of members will be	to  closed from (both dates inclusive) for the purpose of determining the entitlement
Payment Date	20 Jan 2021
a.Securities transferred into the Depositor's Securities Account before 4:30 pm in respect of transfers	24 Dec 2020
b.Securities deposited into the Depositor's Securities Account before 12:30 pm in respect of securities exempted from mandatory deposit
c. Securities bought on the Exchange on a cum entitlement basis according to the Rules of the Exchange.
Number of new shares/securities issued (units) (If applicable)
Entitlement indicator	Currency
Announced Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Disbursed Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Entitlement in Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) 0.0150

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 30 Sep 2021

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		30 Sep 2021	30 Sep 2020	30 Sep 2021	30 Sep 2020
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	998,104	841,587	2,834,451	2,661,746
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	41,688	58,454	126,533	213,454
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	34,455	46,779	104,740	175,920
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	34,455	46,779	104,740	175,920
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	3.32	4.61	10.10	17.35
6	Proposed/Declared dividend per share (Subunit)	1.00	1.50	2.00	2.50
		AS AT END OF CURRENT QUARTER		AS AT PRECEDING FINANCIAL YEAR END
7	Net assets per share attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent ($$)	1.2537		1.1651

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GUAN CHONG BERHAD

Entitlement subject	Second Interim Dividend
Entitlement description	Second interim single-tier dividend of 1.0 sen per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ending 31 December 2021.
Ex-Date	22 Dec 2021
Entitlement date	23 Dec 2021
Entitlement time	5:00 PM
Financial Year End	31 Dec 2021
Period
Share transfer book & register of members will be	to  closed from (both dates inclusive) for the purpose of determining the entitlement
Payment Date	20 Jan 2022
a.Securities transferred into the Depositor's Securities Account before 4:30 pm in respect of transfers	23 Dec 2021
b.Securities deposited into the Depositor's Securities Account before 12:30 pm in respect of securities exempted from mandatory deposit
c. Securities bought on the Exchange on a cum entitlement basis according to the Rules of the Exchange.
Number of new shares/securities issued (units) (If applicable)
Entitlement indicator	Currency
Announced Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Disbursed Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Entitlement in Currency	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) 0.0100

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GUAN CHONG BERHAD

1. Details of Corporate Proposal
Involve issuance of new type/class of securities ?	No
Types of corporate proposal	Exercise of Warrants
Details of corporate proposal	CONVERSION OF WARRANTS B
No. of shares issued under this corporate proposal	42,202,772
Issue price per share ($$)	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)   1.6500
Par Value($$) (if applicable)
Latest issued share capital after the above corporate proposal in the following
Units	1,122,593,231
Issued Share Capital ($$)	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) 408,906,459.640
Listing Date	13 Sep 2022

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GUAN CHONG BERHAD

Particulars of substantial Securities Holder

Name	GUAN CHONG RESOURCES SDN. BHD.
Address	PLO 273 Jalan Timah Dua Kawasan Perindustrian Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang 81700 Johor Malaysia.
Company No.	200301032167 (634588-X)
Nationality/Country of incorporation	Malaysia
Descriptions (Class)	Ordinary shares

Details of changes

No	Date of change	No of securities	Type of Transaction	Nature of Interest
1	09 Sep 2022	36,000,000	Others	Direct Interest
	Name of registered holder	GUAN CHONG RESOURCES SDN. BHD.
	Address of registered holder	PLO 273 Jalan Timah Dua Kawasan Perindustrian Pasir Gudang 81700 Pasir Gudang Johor
	Description of "Others" Type of Transaction	Warrants conversion

Circumstances by reason of which change has occurred	Conversion of Warrants into Ordinary Shares
Nature of interest	Direct Interest
Direct (units)	561,666,938
Direct (%)	50.051
Indirect/deemed interest (units)	0
Indirect/deemed interest (%)	0
Total no of securities after change	561,666,938
Date of notice	12 Sep 2022
Date notice received by Listed Issuer	12 Sep 2022

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Expiry/Maturity of the securities

GUAN CHONG BERHAD

Instrument Category	Securities of PLC
Instrument Type	Warrants
Type Of Expiry	Expiry/Maturity of the securities
Mode of Satisfaction of Exercise/Conversion price	Cash
Exercise/ Strike/ Conversion Price	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) 1.6500
Exercise/ Conversion Ratio	1:1
Settlement Type / Convertible into	Physical (Shares)
Last Date & Time of Trading	18 Oct 2022 05:00 PM
Date & Time of Suspension	19 Oct 2022 09:00 AM
Last Date & Time for Transfer into Depositor's CDS a/c	28 Oct 2022 04:30 PM
Date & Time of Expiry	04 Nov 2022 05:00 PM
Date & Time for Delisting	07 Nov 2022 09:00 AM

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3296586

Attachments GCB-Notice to Warrants B Holders.pdf

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Notice of Interest Sub. S-hldr (Section 137 of CA 2016)

GUAN CHONG BERHAD

Particulars of Substantial Securities Holder

Name	EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND BOARD
Address	5th Floor, EPF Tower, No. 1, Persiaran Kwasa Utama Shah Alam 40150 Selangor Malaysia.
Company No.	EPF ACT 1991
Nationality/Country of incorporation	Malaysia
Descriptions (Class)	Ordinary Shares
Name of registered holder	CITIGROUP NOMINEES (TEMPATAN) SDN. BHD.
Address of registered holder	Level 42, Menara Citibank, 165 Jalan Ampang, 50450, Kuala Lumpur

Date interest acquired & no of securities acquired
Date interest acquired	04 Oct 2023
No of securities	288,800
Circumstances by reason of which Securities Holder has interest	Open market deal
Nature of interest	Direct Interest
Total no of securities after change
Direct (units)	58,913,600
Direct (%)	5.016
Indirect/deemed interest (units)
Indirect/deemed interest (%)
Date of notice	05 Oct 2023
Date notice received by Listed Issuer	10 Oct 2023

Remarks :

The acquisition represented 0.025% of the total issued share capital of the Company (after excluding a total of 400,000 shares purchased and retained by the Company as treasury shares) as at date of this notice.

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 30 Jun 2024

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		30 Jun 2024	30 Jun 2023	30 Jun 2024	30 Jun 2023
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	2,222,438	1,160,194	4,092,600	2,262,679
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	80,215	35,506	190,471	65,539
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	66,996	28,125	159,033	51,881
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	66,996	28,125	159,033	51,881
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	5.70	2.39	13.54	4.42
6	Proposed/Declared dividend per share (Subunit)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
		AS AT END OF CURRENT QUARTER		AS AT PRECEDING FINANCIAL YEAR END
7	Net assets per share attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent ($$)	1.6328		1.4918

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Type	Announcement
Subject	MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Description	GUAN CHONG BERHAD ("GCB" OR "THE COMPANY") MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN1) GCB COCOA SINGAPORE PTE LTD ("GCBCS"), A SUBSIDIARY OF GCB;2) CONSEIL DU CAFÉ-CACAO ("CCC"); AND3) TRANSCAO NEGOCE, A SUBSIDIARY OF CCC ("TRANSCAO NEGOCE")
The Board of Directors of GCB is pleased to announce that GCBCS, has on 08 October 2024 entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with CCC and Transcao Negoce to acquire 25% stake in Transcao Cote d’Ivoire. Please refer to the attachment for further details. This announcement is made on 09 October 2024.

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3490409

Attachments Announcement - MOU.pdf