Reference is made to the Company’s announcements made on 23 January 2017, 15 March 2017, 27 April 2017, 14 July 2017, 20 February 2019, 5 March 2019, 3 May 2019, 3 July 2019, 22 August 2019, 30 September 2019, 1 November 2019, 14 November 2019, 19 December 2019, 27 February 2020, 29 April 2020, 7 July 2020, 3 September 2020, 8 October 2020, 15 December 2020, 25 February 2021, 25 May 2021, 25 August 2021, 30 November 2021, 28 January 2022, 30 March 2022, 31 May 2022, 5 August 2022, 8 August 2022, 27 December 2022, 19 January 2023 and 28 February 2023 respectively in relation to the Court of Appeal, Appeal No. W-02(NCC)(W)-1989-11/2019 and Writ and Statement of Claim Suit No. WA-22NCC-17-01/2017. Unless otherwise stated, the terms stated herein shall have the same meaning as defined in the earlier announcements.

The Company wishes to announce that following the case management on 27 March 2023 via the Court’s Electronic Filing System, the Appellant informed the Court that the Grounds of Judgment had not been obtained. The Court then vacated the hearing date on 11 April 2023 and fixed 17 August 2023 for hearing of the Appeal.

The Court further direct parties to file Written Submissions on or before 19 July 2023 and Written Submission in Reply on or before 2 August 2023. Case Management has been fixed on 2 August 2023 to ensure compliance with case management directions.

Any further material development of the above matter will be announced in due course.

This announcement is dated 27 March 2023.