Wah Seong Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2019

74 WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD TREASURY SHARES During the financial year, the Company did not purchase any of its issued share capital from the open market on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia”). As at 31 December 2019, the total number of treasury shares held by the Company was 4,426,938 shares. On 18 February 2020, a total of 3,849,884 treasury shares were declared as single tier share dividend by the Directors, to be distributed to the shareholders of WSC in respect of the financial year ending 31 December 2020, on the basis of one (1) WSC treasury share for every two hundred (200) existing WSC ordinary shares held at the entitlement date on 12 March 2020. Details of the treasury shares are set out in Note 26 to the financial statements. DIRECTORS The Directors in office during the financial year and during the period from the end of the financial year to the date of this report are: Dato’ Seri Robert Tan Chung Meng Chan Cheu Leong Giancarlo Maccagno Halim Bin Haji Din Professor Tan Sri Lin See Yan Tan Jian Hong, Aaron Tan Sri Saw Choo Boon The names of Directors of subsidiaries are set out in the respective subsidiaries’ statutory accounts and the said information is deemed incorporated herein by such reference and made part thereof. DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS According to the Register of Directors’ Shareholdings required to be kept under Section 59 of the Companies Act, 2016, none of the Directors who held office at the end of the financial year held any shares or debentures in the Company or its subsidiaries during the financial year except as follows: Number of ordinary shares As at 1.1.2019 Acquired Disposed As at 31.12.2019 The Company Dato’ Seri Robert Tan Chung Meng - direct interest 11,761,308 - - 11,761,308 - deemed interest# 310,511,267 - - 310,511,267 Chan Cheu Leong - direct interest 20,200,651 374,411 - 20,575,062 - deemed interest* 41,080,327 2,602,800 - 43,683,127 Giancarlo Maccagno - direct interest 16,680,277 467,500 - 17,147,777 By virtue of his interests of more than 20% in the shares of the Company, Dato’ Seri Robert Tan Chung Meng is deemed to be interested in the shares of all the subsidiaries to the extent that the Company has an interest. # Deemed interest held through Wah Seong Enterprises Sdn. Bhd., Wah Seong (Malaya) Trading Co. Sdn. Bhd. and Tan Kim Yeow Sendirian Berhad pursuant to Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2016 (“the Act”). * Deemed interest held through Midvest Asia Sdn. Bhd. and Midvest Properties Sdn. Bhd. pursuant to Section 8 of the Act and includes interests of his spouse and children. DIRECTORS’ REPORT