Sasbadi Annual Report 2019

2009 ȏ Organised our first book fair, ‘Bazar Baca’. A total of 112 book fairs organised in that year 2010 ȏ Incorporation of Orbit Buku Sdn Bhd ȏ Acquired Malaysian Book Promotions Sdn Bhd 2004 ȏ Moved into our purpose-built head office in Kota Damansara, Selangor Darul Ehsan 2005 ȏ Launched ‘Total eDictionary’, our first generation electronic dictionary ȏ Secured the rights as sole distributor and partner of LEGO Education for Brunei and Malaysia ȏ Organised our first Malaysia Robot Olympiad (now known as National Robotics Competition) ® 2017 ȏ Acquired the remaining 30% of Sanjung Unggul Sdn Bhd and its subsidiaries ȏ Launched the Professional Robotics Skills Certificate with the University of Malaya during the National Robotics Competition 2017 ȏ Signed an agreement with Animasia Studio Sdn Bhd for the global rights to produce and market Chuck Chicken printed materials ȏ The Best Under Billion Award 2017 for the category of Best in Online Presence by Focus Malaysia was awarded to Sasbadi Holdings ȏ Signed an agreement with Marshall Cavendish Education Pte Ltd (“MCE”) for the exclusive right to promote, market, advertise, sell and distribute certain MCE-published titles in Malaysia 2018 ȏ Acquired Pinko Creative Sdn Bhd as a wholly-owned subsidiary of UPH ȏ MindTech Education received the renewal of the direct sales licence from the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism for a period of two years from 26 April 2018 ȏ Launched our digital Learning Engagement Platform for young learners, i-LEARN Ace Junior 2019 ȏ Signed an MoU with the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (“MELTA”) to develop two English upskilling programmes for teachers ȏ Signed an MoU with People’s Education Press China (“PEP”) to develop two initiatives - Special Education Teaching Materials for Malaysian special education schools and Situational English Learning Programme for learners in China ȏ Signed an agreement with Cambridge Assessment English as the Preferred Partner for Linguaskill in Malaysia ȏ Signed an agreement with NYC English as the Exclusive Partner for NYC English products in Malaysia ȏ Our awards this year: - Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press (“FLTRP”) Award for Best Belt & Road Category - Sasbadi Sdn Bhd - The Institution of Engineering and Technology (“IET”) Industry Excellence Award, Gold Winner for STEM Education - Sasbadi Learning Solutions Sdn Bhd 2016 ȏ Obtained direct sales license from the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism for MindTech Education ȏ Acquired United Publishing House Sdn Bhd (“UPH”) and its subsidiaries (comprising Penerbitan Daya Sdn Bhd, Penerbitan Minda Sdn Bhd, G-Apple Studio Sdn Bhd and UPH Distributor Sdn Bhd) ȏ Acquired Distinct Motion Sdn Bhd and its subsidiary, Distinct Element Sdn Bhd ȏ The BrandLaureate Great Entrepreneur Brand Icon Leadership Award 2016 was awarded to Mr Law King Hui, Group Managing Director of Sasbadi Holdings ȏ The MLM Golden Midas Award 2016 and the Asia Yes Brand Award 2016 awarded to MindTech Education & i-LEARN Ace (product of MindTech Education) respectively ȏ The High Achievers Award of the Asia Pacific Golden Crown Award 2016-2017 was awarded to Sasbadi Holdings ȏ Signed an MoA with the University of Malaya to collaborate on research and product development of robotics in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics ("STEM") education 2011 ȏ Incorporation of Sasbadi Online Sdn Bhd and launched the first online teaching product, Penjana Pentaksiran Instan ȏ Appointed as the distributor of National Instruments for a range of applied learning products for schools in Malaysia OUR MILESTONES (continued) PAGE 15 ANNUAL REPORT 2019