Pursuant to Paragraph 8.04 and Paragraph 2.1(e) of the PN17 of the Listing Requirements of Bursa Securities, the Board of Directors of PIB wishes to announce that the Company has triggered Paragraph 2.1(e) of PN17 of Listing Requirements as the shareholders’ equity on a consolidated basis is 50% or less of its issued share capital calculated based on the audited financial results of PIB as at 31 March 2025.
We wish to inform that the Company will submit an application for a waiver from being classified as an affected listed issuer to Bursa Securities as the Company has already taken measures by undertaking the listing and quotation of 231,789,037 Restricted Shares on the Main Market of Bursa Securities Malaysia Berhad on 13 June 2025, at an issue price of RM0.12 per Restricted Share, thereby the Company's share capital increased from RM392,942,097 to RM420,756,781.
In addition, the Scheme of Arrangement was initiated as a pre-packaged scheme of arrangement under Section 369C of the Companies Act, allowing the Court to eventually approve the Scheme without any meeting of the Scheme Creditors. Accordingly, the Company, had on 15 January 2025, successfully obtained approval from the Scheme Creditors, and had on 23 January 2025, filed an application pursuant to section 369C of the Companies Act 2016 at the Kuala Lumpur High Court for the Court to sanction the Proposed Scheme of Arrangement, which was approved and sanctioned by the Court on 28 April 2025 and the same has been lodged with the Companies Commission of Malaysia on 26 May 2025. Arising from this, the Company had on 27 May 2025, made a single payment of RM65 million to its Scheme Creditors, and obtained debt waiver of RM202 million.
We will make the necessary announcement on further development in accordance with the requirements under the Listing Requirements.
The announcement is dated 19 August 2025