【APPASIA 0119 交流专区】（前名 EXTOL）

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Type	Announcement
Subject	OTHERS
Description	APPASIA BERHAD ("APPASIA" OR THE "COMPANY")- COLLABORATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN EXTOL CORPORATION SDN BHD, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF APPASIA AND  MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANTS
INTRODUCTION The Board of Directors of AppAsia Berhad ("AppAsia" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Extol Corporation Sdn Bhd (“ECSB”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AppAsia, had on 12 June 2018, entered into a Collaboration Agreement with Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”) to develop and promote of an Industry-wide Electronic Bank Confirmation Platform to facilitate the bank confirmation process in Malaysia. The Collaboration Agreement is for a period of ten (10) years commencing from the date of the Collaboration Agreement, unless earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Collaboration Agreement. INFORMATION ON MIA MIA is a national accountancy body established under the Accountants Act 1967 that regulate, develops, supports and enhances the integrity, status and interests of the profession in Malaysia. FINANCIAL EFFECTS The Collaboration Agreement will not have any impact on the issued and paid-up capital of the Company and the earnings and net assets of the Company for financial year ending 31 December 2018. DIRECTORS' AND MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS' INTEREST None of the Directors or major Shareholders of AppAsia or persons connected to them has any interest, direct or indirect, in the Collaboration Agreement. STATEMENT BY DIRECTORS The Directors are of the opinion that the Collaboration Agreement is in the best interest of the Group after considering, amongst others, the potential financial contribution to the earnings of the Group. APPROVAL REQUIRED The Collaboration Agreement being incurred in the ordinary course of business, does not require approval from any authority or shareholders. This announcement is dated 12 June 2018.

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 30 Jun 2018

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		30 Jun 2018	30 Jun 2017	30 Jun 2018	30 Jun 2017
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	33,399	7,723	94,243	9,220
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	-687	20	1,128	-2,018
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	-641	20	834	-2,018
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	-641	20	834	-2,018
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	-0.19	0.01	0.24	-0.70
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 ($$)	0.0796		0.0771

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Type	Announcement
Subject	OTHERS
Description	APPASIA BERHAD ("APPASIA" OR THE "COMPANY")PROPOSED REDUCTION OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL OF APPASIA PURSUANT TO SECTION 116 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2016 ("PROPOSED SHARE CAPITAL REDUCTION")
On behalf of the Board of Directors of AppAsia, TA Securities Holdings Berhad (“TA Securities”) wishes to announce that the Company proposes to undertake the Proposed Share  Capital Reduction. Please refer to the attachment for further details of the Proposed Share Capital Reduction. This announcement is dated 1 October 2018.

http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/listed-companies/company-announcements/5928649

Attachments Announcement.pdf

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Name	RICHMOND VIRGINIA TOBACCO SDN BHD
Address	37A, Lorong Bunga Matahari 1B Taman Maju Jaya Kuala Lumpur 56100 Wilayah Persekutuan Malaysia.
Company No.	942517-M
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	12 Oct 2018	12,000,000	Acquired	Direct Interest
	Name of registered holder	Richmond Virginia Tobacco Sdn Bhd
	Address of registered holder	37A, Lorong Bunga Matahari 1B, Taman Maju Jaya, 56100 Kuala Lumpur
	Description of "Others" Type of Transaction

Circumstances by reason of which change has occurred	Acquisition of 12,000,000 Shares via Direct Business Transaction
Nature of interest	Direct Interest
Direct (units)	42,000,000
Direct (%)	12.17
Indirect/deemed interest (units)	0
Indirect/deemed interest (%)	0
Total no of securities after change	42,000,000
Date of notice	12 Oct 2018
Date notice received by Listed Issuer	15 Oct 2018

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 30 Sep 2018

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		30 Sep 2018	30 Sep 2017	30 Sep 2018	30 Sep 2017
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	44,220	65,002	138,463	74,222
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	-304	1,766	824	-251
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	-286	1,740	548	-277
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	-286	1,740	548	-277
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	-0.08	0.57	0.16	-0.09
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 ($$)	7.8800		7.7100

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Type	Announcement
Subject	OTHERS
Description	APPASIA BERHAD ("APPASIA" OR "THE COMPANY")- PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF 20% EQUITY INTEREST IN APPASIA EXPRESS SDN. BHD., AN ASSOCIATE COMPANY OF APPASIA ("PROPOSED DISPOSAL")
The Board of Directors of APPASIA BERHAD (“AppAsia” or “the Company”) wishes to announce that the Company had on 27 November 2018 entered into a Sale & Purchase Agreement for Shares (“SPA”) with Mr Chiam Siong Keng (“the Purchaser”) to dispose 100,000 ordinary shares in AppAsia Express Sdn. Bhd. (Company No. 1200488-K) (“AESB”), representing 20% equity interest in AESB for a total cash consideration of RM10,000.00 (“Proposed Disposal”). Upon completion of the Proposed Disposal, AESB shall cease to be an associate company of AppAsia. Please refer to the attachment for further details. This announcement is dated 27 November 2018.

http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/listed-companies/company-announcements/5987073

Attachments AppAsia -Proposed Disposal AppAsia Express_(for bursa release).pdf

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Type	Announcement
Subject	TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS) NON RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Description	APPASIA BERHAD ("APPASIA" or "THE COMPANY")- PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF ENTIRE EQUITY INTEREST IN TBH BORNEO SDN BHD BY THE COMPANY FOR A TOTAL CASH CONSIDERATION OF RM500,000.00 ("PROPOSED ACQUISITION")
The Board of Directors of AppAsia Berhad (“AppAsia” or “the Company”) wishes to announce that the Company had on 27 November 2018 entered into a Shares Sale Agreement (“SSA”) with the vendors of TBH Borneo Sdn Bhd (“TBH”), namely Ng Wai Leong and Khor Chin Chye (collectively, the “Vendors”) to purchase of the entire shareholding in TBH comprising 2,000,000 ordinary shares (“Sale Shares”) which represent 100% of the issued and paid-up capital of TBH to the Company for a total cash consideration of RM500,000.00 (“Proposed Acquisition”). Upon completion of the Proposed Acquisition, TBH will become a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Please refer to the attachment for further details. This announcement is dated 27 November 2018.

http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/listed-companies/company-announcements/5987077

Attachments AppAsia - Proposed Acquisition (final to bursa).pdf

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 31 Dec 2018

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	40,082	68,617	178,545	142,839
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	-286	35	538	-216
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	-107	-138	441	-415
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	-107	-138	441	-415
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	-0.03	-0.04	0.13	-0.14
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 ($$)	0.0785		0.0771

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Changes in Sub. S-hldr's Int (Section 138 of CA 2016)

APPASIA BERHAD

Particulars of substantial Securities Holder

Name	MR TOH HONG CHYE
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	01 Apr 2019	15,000,000	Acquired	Direct Interest
	Name of registered holder	TOH HONG CHYE
	Address of registered holder	37B, Lorong Bunga Matahari 1B, Taman Maju Jaya, 56100 Kuala Lumpur
	Description of "Others" Type of Transaction

Circumstances by reason of which change has occurred	Acquisition of 15,000,000 ordinary shares via off market
Nature of interest	Direct Interest
Direct (units)	46,466,200
Direct (%)	13.45
Indirect/deemed interest (units)	42,000,000
Indirect/deemed interest (%)	12.17
Total no of securities after change	88,466,200
Date of notice	02 Apr 2019
Date notice received by Listed Issuer	02 Apr 2019

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 31 Mar 2019

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

1	Revenue	12,643	60,844	12,643	60,844
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	-71	1,816	-71	1,816
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	-161	1,476	-161	1,476
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	-161	1,476	-161	1,476
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	-0.05	0.43	-0.05	0.43
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 ($$)	0.0781		0.0785

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 30 Jun 2019

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		30 Jun 2019	30 Jun 2018	30 Jun 2019	30 Jun 2018
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	35,393	33,399	48,036	94,243
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	371	-687	300	1,128
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	268	-641	107	834
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	268	-641	107	834
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	0.08	-0.19	0.03	0.24
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 ($$)	0.0789		0.0785

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SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION 30 Sep 2019

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		30 Sep 2019	30 Sep 2018	30 Sep 2019	30 Sep 2018
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000

1	Revenue	24,187	44,220	72,223	138,463
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	152	-304	452	824
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	19	-286	126	548
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	19	-286	126	548
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	0.01	-0.08	0.04	0.16
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 ($$)	0.0784		0.0785

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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	19,195	40,082	91,418	178,545
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	-410	-262	42	562
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	-387	-83	-261	465
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	-387	-83	-261	465
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	-0.11	-0.02	-0.08	0.13
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 ($$)	0.0777		0.0785

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Type	Announcement
Subject	TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS) NON RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Description	APPASIA BERHAD ("APPASIA" OR THE "COMPANY")PROPOSED DIVERSIFICATION OF THE EXISTING BUSINESSES OF APPASIA AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES TO INCLUDE MONEYLENDING BUSINESS ("PROPOSED DIVERSIFICATION")
On behalf of the Board of Directors of AppAsia, TA Securities Holdings Berhad wishes to announce that the Company proposes to undertake the Proposed Diversification. Please refer to the attachment below for further details of the Proposed Diversification. This announcement is dated 9 March 2020.

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3032232

Attachments AppAsia - Announcement (09.03.2020) Final.pdf

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https://www.nst.com.my/business/ ... -multi-growth-story

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Type	Announcement
Subject	OTHERS
Description	APPASIA BERHAD ("APPASIA" OR "THE COMPANY")OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF INDUSTRY-WIDE ELECTRONIC BANK CONFIRMATION PLATFORM ("eConfirm.my")
Reference is made to the announcements made by the Company on 12 June 2018 and 30 October 2019 respectively, pertaining to the Collaboration Agreement between Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”) and Extol Corporation Sdn Bhd (“ECSB”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AppAsia on 12 June 2018 to exclusively develop and promote an Industry-wide Electronic Bank Confirmation Platform “eConfirm.my” (“Platform”) to facilitate bank confirmation process in Malaysia. The Company wishes to announce the official launch of “eConfirm.my” (“Platform”) on 26 June 2020 after the completion of the trial run and rolled out the soft launch since 5 May 2020 with eight licensed financial institutions in Malaysia as Participating Financial Institutions to the Platform. The main objective of the Platform is to improve the bank confirmation efficiency and reduce the respond time from weeks to days. This collaboration is for a period of 12 years contract period from 2018 until 2030. At the initial stage, the Platform will levy a flat transaction fee of RM15 (excluding service tax) for confirmation conducted through the Platform. The current target market of the Platform are member firms of MIA who are currently auditing approximately 1.3 million private and public limited company registered with Companies Commission of Malaysia (“CCM”) who are required to procure bank balance confirmation from licensed financial institutions for the preparation of statutory and/or non-statutory audit. As at the date of this announcement, 354 of member firms of MIA had registered as participating auditors with the Platform and the Company expects more member firms to participate in the Platform after the launch. Being the exclusive service provider through the Platform, the Company will endeavor to add more licensed financial institutions as Participating Financial Institutions. The Company will also launch campaigns to promote awareness and encourage the usage of the Platform by member firms of MIA. This announcement is dated 25 June 2020.

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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	22,187	12,643	22,187	12,643
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	-94	-71	-94	-71
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	-105	-161	-105	-161
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	-105	-161	-105	-161
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	-0.03	-0.05	-0.03	-0.05
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 ($$)	0.0773		0.0776

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Type	Announcement
Subject	OTHERS
Description	APPASIA BERHAD ("APPASIA" OR "THE COMPANY")Press release:AppAsia spearheads Malaysias first Industry-wide Electronic Bank Confirmation Platform
Reference is made to the announcement made by the Company on 25 June 2020 pertaining to the Official Launch of Econfirm Platform. We are pleased to attach herewith a press release dated 27 July 2020 entitled “AppAsia spearheads Malaysia’s first Industry-wide Electronic Bank Confirmation Platform”. This announcement is dated 27 July 2020.

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement/announcement_details?ann_id=3072102

Attachments AppAsia_press release_27.07.2020.pdf

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

APPASIA BERHAD

Particulars of Substantial Securities Holder

Name	PELABURAN MARA BERHAD
Address	Level 20, 1 Sentral Jalan Rakyat, Kuala Lumpur Sentral, Kuala Lumpur 50470 Wilayah Persekutuan Malaysia.
Company No.	196701000262 (7240-P)
Nationality/Country of incorporation	Malaysia
Descriptions (Class)	Ordinary Shares
Name of registered holder	PELABURAN MARA BERHAD
Address of registered holder	Level 20, 1 Sentral Jalan Rakyat,Kuala Lumpur Sentral,50470 Kuala Lumpur,Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.

Date interest acquired & no of securities acquired
Date interest acquired	07 Aug 2020
No of securities	4,400,000
Circumstances by reason of which Securities Holder has interest	Acquisition of shares via off market.
Nature of interest	Direct Interest
Total no of securities after change
Direct (units)	21,291,600
Direct (%)	6.06
Indirect/deemed interest (units)	0
Indirect/deemed interest (%)	0
Date of notice	07 Aug 2020
Date notice received by Listed Issuer	07 Aug 2020

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Type	Announcement
Subject	OTHERS
Description	APPASIA BERHAD ("APPASIA" OR "THE COMPANY")CLARIFICATION ON ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON THE NEW STRAITS TIMES ON FRIDAY, 7 AUGUST 2020
Reference is made to the article titled “Big Changes in AppAsia Shareholding Next Week?” published on New Straits Times on Friday, 7 August 2020 (“the Article”) which reported the following:- “A major realignment in the shareholding structure of AppAsia Bhd, the world’s second-largest secure audit confirmation service provider, is poised to take place as early as next week.” The Board of Directors of the Company wishes to inform that the Company had on 7 August 2020 received a notice of interest of substantial shareholder from Pelaburan MARA Berhad notifying the Company that Pelaburan MARA Berhad emerged as substantial shareholder of the Company. This announcement is dated 7 August 2020.