【MYNEWS 5275 交流专区】（前名 BISON）

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

MYNEWS HOLDINGS BERHAD

Particulars of Substantial Securities Holder

Name	ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD
Address	Suite 26.3, Level 26, Menara IMC Letter Box No. 66 No. 8, Jalan Sultan Ismail Kuala Lumpur 50250 Wilayah Persekutuan Malaysia.
Company No.	690313-D
Nationality/Country of incorporation	Malaysia
Descriptions (Class)	ordinary shares
Name of registered holder	Citibank Berhad
Address of registered holder	165 Jalan Ampang, Menara Citibank, 50450 Kuala Lumpur

Date interest acquired & no of securities acquired
Date interest acquired	13 Oct 2020
No of securities	34,509,000
Circumstances by reason of which Securities Holder has interest	Acquisition of ordinary shares by the registered holder which is a custodian appointed by one or more funds managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd ("ASIMSB").
Nature of interest	Direct Interest
Total no of securities after change
Direct (units)	34,509,000
Direct (%)	5.059
Indirect/deemed interest (units)	0
Indirect/deemed interest (%)	0
Date of notice	15 Oct 2020
Date notice received by Listed Issuer	15 Oct 2020

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MYNEWS HOLDINGS BERHAD

Date of change	01 Nov 2020
Name	MR DANG TAI WEN
Age	46
Gender	Male
Nationality	Malaysia
Designation	Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Directorate	Executive
Type of change	Others
Description	Re-designation from Chief Executive Officer - Retail to Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer

Date of change	01 Nov 2020
Name	MADAM LOW CHOOI HOON
Age	49
Gender	Female
Nationality	Malaysia
Type of change	Appointment
Designation	Chief Executive Officer

Qualifications

No Qualifications Major/Field of Study Institute/University Additional Information 1 Degree i) ICF (International Coaching Federation) Trained and Certified Professional Coach ( 2010)ii) Bachelor of Business Administration(BBA) with First Class Hons. (1995)(Finance and Investment) •        Corporate Coach Academy Malaysia•        University Utara Malaysia - Completed Leadership Program under L’Oreal Paris in France 2013 and Sara Lee International with IMD Switzerland in 2007.-Multiple Regional and Int'l Award Winners for Brand & Marketing Campaigns.
Working experience and occupation	- Sept 2019 to Oct 2020 : Consultant with myNEWS Retail Sdn Bhd with focus on Business Strategies and Process Streamlining- February 2017 to July 2019: Chief Operating Officer for Etika Sdn Bhd. Commercial & P&L Responsibilities for Etika Sdn Bhd  which consist of Etika Distribution S/B. Etika Vending S/B, Etika Fresh Milk S/B and Etika Private Limited for Singapore.  Full Commercial Scope for Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.  - July 2014 to August 2016: General Manager for Disposable Soft Goods (M) S/B and Disposable Soft Goods Private Limited Singapore which are  wholly owned by Disposable Soft Goods International ( public listed in Thai Stocks Exchange). Country Head for Malaysia, Brunei  and Singapore.  Full Commercial, Manufacturing and Export  with full P&L responsibilities. - April 2012 to May 2014: General Manager for Consumer Division for Loreal Malaysia Sdn Bhd (60% Revenue Contribution) with scope of P&L responsibility and direct control of Sales, Customer Relationship, Marketing, Finance and Trainers. - July 2000 to Oct  2011 : Joined Sara Lee Malaysia as Marketing Manager, promoted to Marketing Director in 2003 with scope in Marketing, Innovation, R&D, Regulatory, QA and Corporate PR. Assumed additional responsibilities as Director to Sara Lee South East Asia S/B. Board Member for both companies.- July 1995 to June 2000 : Started as Management Trainee  Unilever Malaysia S/B and promoted to Brand Manager in within 3 years with focus in full 360 Brand Development and Management.

SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 31 Oct 2020

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

1	Revenue	115,829	129,633	489,992	517,793
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	-6,928	4,702	-13,142	32,966
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	-7,270	2,657	-15,272	24,324
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	-5,145	4,335	-9,214	27,564
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	-0.75	0.64	-1.35	4.04
6	Proposed/Declared dividend per share (Subunit)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
		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 ($$)	0.4200		0.4400

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 31 Jul 2022

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		31 Jul 2022	31 Jul 2021	31 Jul 2022	31 Jul 2021
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	170,200	93,887	450,732	296,503
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	-2,338	-16,299	-22,485	-37,881
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	-2,398	-16,712	-22,676	-39,167
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	-1,454	-14,917	-19,536	-34,177
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	-0.21	-2.19	-2.86	-5.01
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 ($$)	0.3300		0.3600

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Type	Announcement
Subject	MATERIAL LITIGATION
Description	Petition for Winding-Up of Mynews Retail Sdn Bhd
The Board of Directors of MYNEWS wishes to announce that a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Mynews Retail Sdn. Bhd. (“Mynews Retail” or “Tenant”) had on 5 October 2022 received a Winding-Up Petition presented on 28 September 2022, with hearing date scheduled on 8 February 2023 in the Shah Alam High Court (“the Case”) by Kumpulan Hamzah Kwong Hing Realty Sdn. Bhd. (“the Petitioner” or “Landlord”) via its solicitors. The details of the announcement is attached. This announcement is dated 6 October 2022.

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3297647

Attachments Announcement details- Mynews Retail Winding up Petition (final).pdf

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 31 Jul 2023

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		31 Jul 2023	31 Jul 2022	31 Jul 2023	31 Jul 2022
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	185,786	170,200	544,076	450,732
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	-1,237	-2,338	-9,674	-22,485
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	-3,267	-2,398	-15,481	-22,676
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	-2,161	-1,454	-11,651	-19,536
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	-0.32	-0.21	-1.70	-2.86
6	Proposed/Declared dividend per share (Subunit)	0.50	0.00	0.50	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 ($$)	0.3100		0.3300

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MYNEWS HOLDINGS BERHAD

Date of change	30 Sep 2023
Name	MR DANG TAI WEN
Age	49
Gender	Male
Nationality	Malaysia
Designation	Group Chief Executive Officer
Directorate	Executive
Type of change	Appointment

Qualifications

No	Qualifications	Major/Field of Study	Institute/University	Additional Information
1	Degree	Environmental Design	Universityof Manitoba, Canada.	Bachelor of Environmental Design

Working experience and occupation	Dang Tai Wen ("Wen") was first appointed to the Board of Mynews Holdings Berhad ("Mynews") on 25 April 2013. He was the then Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Mynews and, subsequently, re-designated as Chief Executive Officer-Retail and Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer on 1 August 2019 and 1 November 2020 respectively. Wen resigned as Mynews Director on 1 June 2022 to adhere to a recommended best practice of the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance as to at least half of the Board comprises Independent Directors. However, Wen remains as a senior management holding the position of Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer until present.Wen began his retail career with Mynews after working from ground up with many retailers such as Macs CVS and McDonalds in Canada. He has accumulated more than 20 years of experience in the retail and convenience sector.Apart from overseeing the entire outlets operations, he is instrumental for Mynews branding, store concept and business development.
Directorships in public companies and listed issuers (if any)	None.
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer	Wen is a brother to Dang Tai Luk and Dang Tai Hock, Directors of Mynews and shareholders of D&D Consolidated Sdn. Bhd., a major shareholder of Mynews.
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer	None.
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries	Direct interest - Nil.Indirect interest - 401,695,600 ordinary shares (53.53%) in Mynews.

Date of change	30 Sep 2023
Name	MR DANG TAI LUK
Age	63
Gender	Male
Nationality	Malaysia
Type of change	Redesignation
Previous Position	Group Chief Executive Officer
New Position	Executive Chairman
Directorate	Executive

Qualifications

No	Qualifications	Major/Field of Study	Institute/University	Additional Information
1	Degree	Computer Science	University of Manitoba, Canada	Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)
2	Masters	Computer Science	University of Manitoba, Canada	Master of Science in Computer Science

Working experience and occupation	Mr Dang Tai Luk ("Luk") was appointed to the Board of Mynews Holdings Berhad ("Mynews") on 5 February 2015 and re-designated as Chief Executive Officer from Managing Director on 3 January 2017. He was again re-designated as Group Chief Executive Officer on 1 August 2019.Luk was engaged in information technology industry from 1985 to 1996, mostly in banking applications, mainframe systems and computer network support. During those years, he was attached to the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Malaysia, the Development Bank of Singapore and Gendis Inc Canada.Luk left employment to be an entrepreneur and together with his family opened their first newsstand under the name of MAGBIT on 25 December 1996. This 200 sq. ft. run-of-the-mill newsstand evolved to become the largest homegrown convenience chain store in the country today, known as myNEWS. Under his leadership the Group operates several popular retail brands and diversified into bakery and fresh food production.Luk was awarded the title of EY Entrepreneur of The Year 2019 Malaysia.
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer	Luk is a brother to Dang Tai Hock and Dang Tai Wen, Directors of Mynews. Luk and his siblings are shareholders of D&D Consolidated Sdn Bhd, a major shareholder of Mynews.
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer	None.
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries	Direct interest - Nil.Indirect interest - 401,695,600 (53.53%) in Mynews.

Date of change	30 Sep 2023
Name	MR DING LIEN BING
Age	63
Gender	Male
Nationality	Malaysia
Designation	Executive Chairman
Directorate	Executive
Type of change	Resignation
Reason	To focus on other commitments due to time constraints (as more particularly stated in the 'Remark' column hereinunder).
Details of any disagreement that he/she has with the Board of Directors	No
Whether there are any matters that need to be brought to the attention of shareholders	No

Qualifications

No

Qualifications

Major/Field of Study

Institute/University

Additional Information

Working experience and occupation	N/A
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer	N/A
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer	N/A
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries	Direct interest - 1,370,200 ordinary shares (0.18%) in Mynews Holdings Berhad

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MYNEWS HOLDINGS BERHAD

Entitlement subject	Interim Dividend
Entitlement description	Single-tier interim dividend of 0.5 sen per ordinary share in Mynews Holdings Berhad in respect of the financial year ending 31 October 2023.
Ex-Date	17 Oct 2023
Entitlement date	18 Oct 2023
Entitlement time	5:00 PM
Financial Year End	31 Oct 2023
Period
Share transfer book & register of members will be	to  closed from (both dates inclusive) for the purpose of determining the entitlement
Payment Date	09 Nov 2023
a.Securities transferred into the Depositor's Securities Account before 4:30 pm in respect of transfers	18 Oct 2023
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) 0.0050

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 31 Jan 2024

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		31 Jan 2024	31 Jan 2023	31 Jan 2024	31 Jan 2023
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	195,518	184,094	195,518	184,094
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	3,189	-2,853	3,189	-2,853
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	1,183	-4,458	1,183	-4,458
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	1,265	-3,213	1,265	-3,213
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	0.17	-0.47	0.17	-0.47
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 ($$)	0.3200		0.3200