Golden Agri Resources : Appointment to Board of Directors and Board Committees
April 25, 2017 at 10:13 pm EDT
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4/25/2017 General Announcement::Appointment to Board of Directors and Board Committees
Issuer/ Manager
GOLDEN AGRIRESOURCES LTD
Securities
GOLDEN AGRIRESOURCES LTD MU0117U00026 E5H
Stapled Security
No
General Announcement::Appointment to Board of Directors and Board Committees Issuer & Securities
Announcement Details
Announcement Title
General Announcement
Date & Time of Broadcast
25Apr2017 18:25:15
Status
New
Announcement Sub Title
Appointment to Board of Directors and Board Committees
Announcement Reference
SG170425OTHRYCBH
Submitted By (Co./ Ind. Name)
Kimberley Lye Chor Mei
Designation
Director, Corporate Secretarial
Description (Please provide a detailed description of the event in the box below)
Further to the announcement of Golden AgriResources Ltd ("GAR" or the "Company") of 4 April 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") wishes to announce the following:
The appointment of Mr Foo Meng Kee as a NonExecutive Independent Director of the Company effective today; and as a member of each of the Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company effective 1 May 2017; and
The appointment of Mr William Chung Nien Chin as a NonExecutive Independent Director of the Company effective today.
Mr Foo is presently the principal owner of MK Capital Pte Ltd and MK Marine Pte Ltd. Since 2001, he has held various positions in several Singapore listed companies as an independent director. Prior thereto from 1976 to 1998, Mr Foo was with Hitachi Zosen Singapore Limited (now known as Keppel Shipyard Limited) where he led in its listing when he was the Managing Director. Mr Foo holds an MBA from the University of Dubuque, USA; Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from the Singapore Institute of Management; and Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the Nanyang University of Singapore.
Currently, Mr Chung is a Tax Partner of Kemp Chatteris, Chartered Accountants, Mauritius, a position he has held since 2012. Prior to that from 2002 to 2012, he was Tax Partner of Deloitte and Tax Partner of De Chazal du Mee from 1987 to 2002. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales since 1980.
For the purposes of Rule 704(8) of the listing manual of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited ("Listing Manual"), Mr Foo is considered independent by the Board.
Details on the above appointments as required under Rule 704(7) of the Listing Manual are set out in separate announcements released today.
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Golden Agri-Resources Ltd is a fully integrated agribusiness company focused on the technology-driven production and distribution of palm-based products. The Company's activities include cultivating and harvesting oil palm trees; extracting fresh fruit bunches into crude palm oil and palm kernel; to processing it into value-added products, such as cooking oil, margarine, shortening, biodiesel and oleochemicals, and merchandising palm products throughout the world. It is also engaged in the production, processing, packaging, and merchandising of palm and other vegetable oil products, including oleochemicals, specialty fats, biodiesel, and refined edible oils for both businesses and consumers. Its products and services include consumer products, food services, oleochemicals, biofuel, shipping & logistics, sugar, seeds and food & nutrition innovations. It also has complementary businesses, such as soybean-based products in China, sunflower-based products in India, and sugar businesses.
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