Genting Berhad (“GENT”) had, on 7 April 2021, issued the notice of its Fifty-Third Annual General Meeting (“53rd AGM”) to be held on a virtual basis with live streaming from the Broadcast Venue, 25th Floor, Wisma Genting, Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday, 2 June 2021 at 2.30 p.m.

On 28 May 2021, a statement was issued by the Prime Minister’s Office subsequent to the special meeting of the National Security Council where the decision was made to implement a lockdown in phases with the initial phase of a total lockdown starting from 1 June 2021 to 14 June 2021 nationwide to curb the sharp increase in COVID-19 infection in Malaysia.

In response, the Securities Commission issued a revision to its Guidance Notes and FAQs on the Conduct of General Meetings (“Updated SC Guidance”), which takes effect on 1 June 2021 when the nationwide total lockdown is implemented. The Updated SC Guidance  requires GENT to conduct a FULLY virtual General Meeting during the total lockdown period where all meeting participants including the Chairperson of the meeting, board members, senior management and shareholders participate in the meeting online.

As the planned live streaming of the 53rd AGM proceedings from the Broadcast Venue is no longer feasible during the total lockdown period, the Board of Directors of GENT has decided to postpone the 53rd AGM of GENT to a later date which will be notified in due course.

This announcement is dated 31 May 2021.