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References are made to the (i) Circular to Shareholders in relation to the Proposed Bonus Issue (the “Circular”) and (ii) notice of extraordinary general meeting (the “EGM”) of Pentamaster Corporation Berhad (the “Company”) dated 30 March 2020 in respect of the EGM of the Company scheduled to be held on Tuesday, 5 May 2020 at 2.30 p.m. at Conference Room, Plot 18 & 19 Technoplex, Medan Bayan Lepas, Taman Perindustrian Bayan Lepas, Phase IV, 11900 Penang, Malaysia (the “2020 EGM”).  Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings given to them in the Circular.

DEFERMENT OF 2020 EGM

On 16 March 2020, the Government of Malaysia (the “Government”) announced an imposition of Movement Control Order (“MCO”) from 18 March 2020 to 31 March 2020 to contain the coronavirus pandemic (“COVID-19”) infection in Malaysia. On 25 March 2020 and 10 April 2020, the Government announced the further extension of the MCO to 14 April 2020 and 28 April 2020 respectively. In the latest announcement made on 23 April 2020, the Government has further extended the MCO  to 12 May 2020. The MCO, imposes, among others, a ban on mass gatherings, travel ban and closure of all Government and private premises except for those involved in the provision of essential services during the MCO period.

In view of the above, the Company wishes to inform Shareholders that the 2020 EGM which was scheduled to be held on 5 May 2020 shall be deferred to a later date and the Company will publish a further announcement in due course to inform the Shareholders of the place, date, and time of the deferred 2020 EGM.

This announcement is dated 24 April 2020.