The board of directors of Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Limited announced that the office of Dr. Sit Kwong Lam as the Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Company was vacated on 11 April 2019 as he was adjudged bankrupt by the High Court of Hong Kong on 11 April 2019 in HCB6051/2018 in respect of a debt in the sum of over USD 30 million owed by Brightoil Singapore Pte. Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) and guaranteed by Dr. Sit.