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<strong>TRC</strong> <strong>SYNERGY</strong> <strong>BERHAD</strong><br />
(413192-D)
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T R C S Y N E R G Y B E R H A D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 2<br />
CORPORATE PROFILE<br />
The company was incorporated as a private limited<br />
company in Malaysia under the Companies Act, 1965 on<br />
11 December 1996 under the name <strong>TRC</strong> Synergy Sdn Bhd.<br />
On 8 January 1997, the company changed its status from a<br />
private limited company to a public company and assumed<br />
the name <strong>TRC</strong> Synergy Berhad (<strong>TRC</strong>S). <strong>TRC</strong>S was listed<br />
on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange<br />
on 6 August 2002 where it offered Public Issue<br />
and Offer For Sale of 16,000,000 and 3,500,000<br />
ordinary shares respectively.<br />
<strong>TRC</strong>S is principally an investment holding<br />
company while the principal activities of its<br />
subsidiary companies and associated company<br />
are relating to general contracting works.<br />
This includes building and infrastructure<br />
construction, turnkey design and build<br />
contracts, hiring and servicing of vehicles and<br />
construction equipment, manufacturing and<br />
dealing in concrete products, property development<br />
and project management services.<br />
The <strong>TRC</strong>S group of companies employs over 800<br />
personnels of which more than 15% are in the subprofessional<br />
and professional group. It not only<br />
has the ability to undertake common projects<br />
like roads and building construction but also<br />
specialized mega projects like airports, railway<br />
trackworks, stadium, hospitals and large property<br />
development ventures.<br />
The company’s motto “As one with the nation”<br />
sums up the company’s aspiration to progress in<br />
tandem with the nation’s vision.<br />
Discussion at site office, Gua<br />
Musang, Kelantan<br />
East Malaysia Hospital,<br />
Keningau, Sabah.<br />
Maktab Perguruan Tun Abdul Razak Sarawak<br />
One of the development projects in<br />
Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan.<br />
Construction of road from Pos Blau to Kg.<br />
Kuala Betis, Gua Musang, Kelantan.
T R C S Y N E R G Y B E R H A D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 2<br />
NOTICE OF SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL<br />
MEETING<br />
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Damai<br />
Utama Function Hall, Kelab Century Paradise, Jalan Melawati 3, Taman Melawati, 53100 Ulu Klang, Selangor<br />
on Wednesday, 18 June 2003 at 10.00 a.m. for the purpose of transacting the following businesses:-<br />
AGENDA<br />
ORDINARY BUSINESS<br />
1. To receive and adopt the Audited Financial Statements, Report of the Directors and Report<br />
of the Auditors thereon for the year ended 31 December 2002. Resolution 1<br />
2. To approve the payment of a fi rst and fi nal tax-exempt dividend of 2.5 sen per share for the<br />
year ended 31 December 2002. Resolution 2<br />
3. To approve the payment of Directors’ Remuneration in respect of the year ended 31<br />
December 2002. Resolution 3<br />
4. To re-elect Dato’ Hj Sufri bin Hj Mohd Zin who shall retire as Director of the Company<br />
pursuant to Articles 84 of the Company’s Articles of Association. Resolution 4<br />
5. To re-appoint Messrs Kumpulan Naga as the Auditors of the Company to hold offi ce until the<br />
conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting and to authorize the Directors to fi x their<br />
remuneration. Resolution 5<br />
SPECIAL BUSINESS<br />
To consider and if thought fi t, to pass the following resolution, with or without modifi cation as Ordinary Resolution:-<br />
6. AUTHORITY FOR ALLOTMENT OF SHARES<br />
“THAT subject always to the Companies Act, 1965, the Articles of Association of the<br />
Company and the approvals of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and other relevant<br />
governmental/regulatory authorities, where such approvals are necessary, the Directors be<br />
and are hereby empowered, pursuant to section 132D of the Companies Act, 1965, to issue<br />
shares in the Company from time to time at such price, upon such terms and conditions,<br />
for such purposes and to such person whomsoever as the Directors may deem fi t provided<br />
that the aggregate number of shares issued pursuant to this resolution does not exceed<br />
10% of the issued share capital of the Company for the time being and that the Director be<br />
also empowered to obtain the approval for the listing and the quotation of the additional<br />
shares so issued on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and that such authority shall continue<br />
to be in force until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting.” Resolution 6<br />
To transact any other business of which due notice shall be given in accordance with the Articles of Association of<br />
the Company and the Companies Act, 1965.<br />
NOTICE OF DIVIDEND ENTITLEMENT AND PAYMENT<br />
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that a fi rst and fi nal tax-exempt dividend of 2.5 sen per share for the year ended 31 December<br />
2002, if approved by the shareholders at the forthcoming Sixth Annual General Meeting will be paid on 30 July 2003.<br />
The entitlement date shall be fi xed on 3 July 2003 and a Depositor shall qualify for entitlement only in respect of:-<br />
a) Shares transferred into the Depositor’s Securities Account before 4.00 p.m. on 3 July 2003 in respect of ordinary<br />
transfers; and<br />
b) Shares bought on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange on a cum entitlement basis according to the Rules of the Kuala<br />
Lumpur Stock Exchange.<br />
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD<br />
ABDUL AZIZ MOHAMED (LS 007370)<br />
TANG SWEE GUAN (MIA No. 5393)<br />
Company Secretaries<br />
Selangor Darul Ehsan<br />
23 May 2003<br />
Notes:<br />
1. A proxy may but need not be a member of the Company and the previous of section 149 (1) (b)<br />
of the Act shall not apply to the Company.<br />
2. To be valid the proxy form duly completed must be deposited at the registered offi ce of the<br />
Company not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time for holding the meeting or any<br />
adjournment thereof.<br />
3. A member shall be entitled to appoint more than one (1) proxy to attend and vote at the same<br />
meetings.<br />
4. Where a member appoints more than one (1) proxy the appointment shall be invalid unless he<br />
specifi es the proportions of his holdings to be represented by each proxy.<br />
5. Where a member is an authorized nominee as defi ned under the Central Depositories Act, it may<br />
appoint at least one proxy in respect of each Securities Account it holds with ordinary shares of<br />
the Company standing to the credit of the said Securities Account.<br />
6. If the appointer is a corporation, the proxy form must be executed under its Common Seal or<br />
under the hand of its attorney.<br />
EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE SPECIAL BUSINESS<br />
Ordinary Resolution No. 6 – Authority for allotment of shares<br />
Ordinary Resolution proposed under item 6, if passed, will give power to the Directors of the<br />
Company to issue shares up to a maximum 10% of the issued share capital of the Company for the<br />
time being for such purposes as the Directors consider would be in the interest of the Company.<br />
This would avoid any delay and cost involved in convening general meeting to specifi cally approve<br />
such an issue of shares. This authority, unless revoked or varied at a general meeting, will expire at<br />
the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.<br />
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T R C S Y N E R G Y B E R H A D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 2<br />
STATEMENT ACCOMPANYING<br />
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING<br />
1. Director who is standing for re-election at the 6th Annual General Meeting of <strong>TRC</strong> Synergy Berhad:i)<br />
Dato’ Hj Sufri bin Hj Mohd Zin<br />
2. Details of Board of Directors’ Meeting:–<br />
Four (4) Board Meetings were held during the financial year ended 31 December 2002, details of which are set<br />
out in the Statement on Corporate Governance.<br />
3. Particulars of Director standing for re-election at the 6th Annual General Meeting of <strong>TRC</strong> Synergy Berhad:-<br />
Name Dato’ Hj Sufri bin Hj Mohd Zin<br />
Age 46<br />
Nationality<br />
Malaysian<br />
Position in the Company Executive Chairman/Managing Director<br />
Working experience/<br />
Qualification/Occupation<br />
Other directorship of public companies Nil<br />
Securities holdings in the<br />
Company and its subsidiaries as at<br />
28 April 2003<br />
Family relationship with any director<br />
and/or substantial shareholder of the<br />
Company.<br />
Any conflict of interest with the Company<br />
List of convictions for offences (other than<br />
traffic offences) within the past 10 years<br />
Dato’ Hj Sufri is a graduate of Insititute Teknologi MARA<br />
with a Diploma in Business Studies. He started his career as a<br />
banker with Bank Bumiputera Malaysia Berhad in 1982 before<br />
participating in the building and construction industry in<br />
1984 by incorporating Trans Resources Corporation Sdn Bhd,<br />
presently a wholly-owned subsidiary of <strong>TRC</strong> Synergy Berhad.<br />
For details, please refer to his profile on page 7 of the Annual<br />
Report.<br />
10,575,000 (15.11%) Direct and 32,400,000 (46.29%) Indirect<br />
shares in the Company.<br />
Nil<br />
None except that he is a substantial shareholder of Andaman<br />
Budi Sdn. Bhd. which is an associated company of Trans<br />
Resources Corporation Sdn. Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary<br />
of the Company.<br />
Nil
T R C S Y N E R G Y B E R H A D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 2<br />
CORPORATE INFORMATION<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Dato’ Hj Sufri bin Hj Mohd Zin<br />
(Executive Chairman/Managing Director)<br />
Abdul Aziz bin Mohamad<br />
(Executive Director)<br />
Rahman bin Ali<br />
(Independent Non-Executive Director)<br />
Noor Zilan bin Mohamed Noor<br />
(Independent Non-Executive Director)<br />
Noor Asiah bte Dato’ Mahmood<br />
(Independent Non-Executive Director)<br />
(Resigned on 24 February 2003)<br />
Company Secretaries<br />
Abdul Aziz bin Mohamed (LS 007370)<br />
Tang Swee Guan (MIA No. 5393)<br />
Registered Offi ce /<br />
Principal Place of Business<br />
Wisma <strong>TRC</strong>, No. 217 & 218, Jalan Negara 2,<br />
Taman Melawati, 53100 Ulu Klang, Selangor.<br />
Tel No. : 603-41080105 / 603-41080106<br />
Fax No : 603-41080104<br />
e-mail : trc@tm.net.my<br />
Branch Offi ce<br />
Lot 3626, Block 16, KCLD, Taman Timberland,<br />
Lorong Rock 2, 93200 Kuching, Sarawak<br />
Tel No. : 082-239998<br />
Fax No. : 082-421998<br />
Website<br />
www.trc.com.my<br />
Auditors<br />
Messrs Kumpulan Naga<br />
25 Jalan Thamby Abdullah Satu,<br />
Off Jalan Tun Sambanthan, 50470 Kuala Lumpur<br />
Share Registrar<br />
Malaysian Share Registration Services Sdn. Bhd.<br />
7th Floor, Exchange Square, Bukit Kewangan<br />
50200 Kuala Lumpur<br />
Tel No. : 603- 20268099<br />
Fax No : 603-20263736<br />
Principal Bankers<br />
EON Bank Berhad<br />
Malayan Banking Berhad<br />
Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Berhad<br />
Affi n Bank Berhad<br />
Solicitors<br />
Messrs Noorzilan & Partners<br />
Messrs C.C. Choo & Co.<br />
Stock Exchange Listing<br />
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange<br />
(Main Board)<br />
(Stock No. : 5054)<br />
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T R C S Y N E R G Y B E R H A D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 2<br />
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS<br />
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2002<br />
Balance Sheet (Group) In RM’ 000<br />
Property, plant and equipment 56,421<br />
Other non-current assets 399<br />
Currents assets 231,716<br />
Total tangible assets 288,536<br />
Issued and paid up capital<br />
Share capital 70,000<br />
Reserve 42,658<br />
Shareholders’ fund 112,658<br />
Net tangible assets per share (RM) 1.61<br />
Ratios and statistic<br />
Turnover 303,225<br />
Net profit for the year 17,786<br />
In sen<br />
Earnings per share 37.88<br />
In % of turnover<br />
Operating profit 11<br />
In RM’ 000<br />
No. of ordinary shares 70,000<br />
In times<br />
Gearing ratio (net) 0.71<br />
Current ratio 1.40<br />
FINANCIAL CALENDAR<br />
Financial year end 31 December 2002<br />
Admission to the Main Board of the KLSE 6 August 2002<br />
Announcement of results<br />
2nd quarter results ended 30 June 2002 1 August 2002<br />
3rd quarter results ended 30 September 2002 22 November 2002<br />
4th quarter results ended 31 December 2002 28 February 2003<br />
Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2002 21 April 2003<br />
Published Annual Report 23 May 2003<br />
Annual General Meeting 18 June 2003
T R C S Y N E R G Y B E R H A D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 2<br />
CORPORATE DIARY<br />
29 March<br />
13 May<br />
24 June<br />
6 June<br />
18 July<br />
1 August<br />
6 August<br />
22 November<br />
REVENUE<br />
2 0 0 2<br />
Appointment ( R M M i l l i o n ) of YBhg. Dato’ Hj Sufri<br />
Bin Hj Mohd Zin and En. Abdul Aziz Bin<br />
Mohamad SHAREHOLDERS’ as Managing Director and<br />
Executive FUNDS Director respectively.<br />
( R M M i l l i o n )<br />
EARNINGS<br />
PER SHARE<br />
Appointment ( S e n ) of Puan Noor Asiah Binti<br />
Mahmood, En. Noor Zilan Bin Mohamed<br />
Noor DIVIDEND and En. Rahman Bin Ali as Directors<br />
of PER the Company. SHARE<br />
( S e n )<br />
NET TANGIBLE<br />
The ( R M ) ceremony on ISO 9001:2000<br />
certifi cate presentation to Trans Resources<br />
Corporation Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned<br />
subsidiary of the Company was held at<br />
Nikko Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.<br />
The signing of the Underwriting<br />
Agreement in conjunction with the listing<br />
of the Company on the Main Board of the<br />
KLSE was held at Renaissance Hotel, Kuala<br />
Lumpur.<br />
The Public Balloting Ceremony in relation<br />
to the listing of the Company on the<br />
Main Board of the KLSE was held at MIDF<br />
Consultancy and Corporate Services Sdn.<br />
Bhd. offi ce premises.<br />
Announcement of the 2nd quarterly<br />
unaudited fi nancial result for the period<br />
ended 30 June 2002.<br />
Listing of the Company on the Main Board<br />
of the KLSE.<br />
Announcement of the 3rd quarterly<br />
unaudited fi nancial result for the period<br />
ended 30 September 2002.<br />
21 February<br />
24 February<br />
28 February<br />
2 0 0 3<br />
Executive Chairman delivering his<br />
speech during ISO 9001:2000 certificate<br />
presentation.<br />
Submission of Semi-Annual<br />
Returns as at 31 December 2002<br />
12,000 to the KLSE.<br />
12,000 i) Resignation of Pn. Noor Asiah<br />
Binti Mahmood as Director of the<br />
Company and also as Chairman<br />
of the Audit Committee.<br />
12,000<br />
ii) Appointment of En. Noor Zilan<br />
Bin Mohamed Noor as Chairman<br />
of Audit Committee.<br />
12,000<br />
Announcement of the 4th<br />
12,000 quarterly unaudited fi nancial<br />
result for the year ended 31<br />
December 2002.<br />
Gong hitting during Listing Ceremony<br />
The signing of the Underwriting<br />
Agreement, 6 June 2002<br />
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T R C S Y N E R G Y B E R H A D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 2<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ PROFILE<br />
Dato’ Hj Sufri Bin Hj Mohd Zin<br />
(Executive Chairman/ Managing Director)<br />
Dato’ Hj Sufri Bin Hj Mohd Zin, Malaysian, aged 46, was<br />
appointed as the Managing Director of <strong>TRC</strong> Synergy<br />
Berhad (“<strong>TRC</strong>” or “the Company”) on 29 March 2002<br />
and subsequently redesignated as Executive Chairman /<br />
Managing Director on 13 May 2002. He is also currently<br />
the Managing Director of the <strong>TRC</strong> Group of Companies. He<br />
graduated from Institute of Teknologi MARA (“ITM”)in 1982<br />
with a Diploma in Business Studies. He started his career as<br />
a banker with Bank Bumiputera Malaysia Bhd in 1982. His<br />
inherent perseverance and unique business acumen led him<br />
into the building and construction industry in 1984. YBhg<br />
Dato’ Hj Sufri is a member of the Audit Committee. During<br />
the Financial year ended 31 December 2002, he attended all<br />
of the four (4) Board Meetings.<br />
He does not have any personal interest in any business<br />
arrangement involving the Company, except that he is a<br />
substantial shareholder of Andaman Budi Sdn Bhd which is<br />
an associated company of Trans Resources Corporation Sdn.<br />
Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.<br />
Encik Abdul Aziz Bin Mohamad<br />
(Executive Director)<br />
Encik Abdul Aziz Bin Mohamad, Malaysian, aged 44, was<br />
appointed as an Executive Director of the Company on<br />
29 March 2002. He joined <strong>TRC</strong> Group as a Senior Contract<br />
Executive in 1994 and was later promoted to Deputy<br />
General Manager (Contracts) in 1997. He graduated from<br />
Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham, England in 1983. He is<br />
a Quantity Surveyor by profession and a member of the<br />
Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia. He started his career as<br />
an Assistant Quantity Surveyor in England with Rider Hunt<br />
and Partners in 1982. He later joined Jabatan Kerja Raya<br />
(JKR) Kuala Lumpur in 1983 as a Quantity Surveyor where<br />
he administered the contractual aspects of projects. En.<br />
Aziz attended all of the four (4) Board Meetings held<br />
during the fi nancial year ended 31 December 2002.<br />
He does not have any personal interest in any business<br />
arrangement involving the Company, except that he is<br />
a shareholder of Andaman Budi Sdn. Bhd. which is an<br />
associated company of Trans Resources Corporation Sdn.<br />
Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
T R C S Y N E R G Y B E R H A D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 2<br />
En. Rahman Bin Ali<br />
(Independent, Non–Executive Director)<br />
En. Rahman Bin Ali, Malaysian, aged 46, was appointed as a<br />
Director of the Company on 13 May 2002. He graduated from<br />
University of Malaya in 1982 with a Degree in Accounting. He is<br />
currently a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of<br />
Accountants. He started his career as a credit offi cer with Bank<br />
Bumiputera Malaysia Berhad in 1982. He left the bank in 1986<br />
to set up his own management consultancy company under<br />
the name of Advance Management Services in 1986 before<br />
becoming a Branch Manager with a public accounting fi rm,<br />
Sahir and Co. in 1990. In 1994, he set up his own accounting<br />
fi rm by the name A. Rahman & Associates and later became<br />
a partner of Omar Arif, A.Rahman & Associates in 1996. En.<br />
Rahman is a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination<br />
Committee and Remuneration Committee. He attended all the<br />
four (4) Board Meeting held during the fi nancial year ended 31<br />
December 2002.<br />
Encik Noor Zilan Bin Mohamed Noor<br />
(Independent, Non–Executive Director)<br />
Encik Noor Zilan Bin Mohamed Noor, Malaysian, aged 43, was<br />
appointed as a Director of the Company on 13 May 2002. He<br />
graduated from ITM in 1983 with a Diploma in Law. He then<br />
joined United Malayan Banking Corporation as a Trainee<br />
Executive Offi cer before pursuing for further studies in the<br />
United Kingdom in 1984 and graduated from City of London<br />
Polytechnics with LLB (Hons) majoring in Business Law in 1987.<br />
Subsequently, he went on to read Law at Lincoln’s Inn and<br />
was called to the English Bar in 1988 and upon returning to<br />
Malaysia he was then called and admitted to the Malaysian Bar<br />
in 1989 as an Advocate & Solicitor. He then worked as a Legal<br />
Assistant before starting his own law fi rm in 1991 and is now<br />
a Senior Partner with an established law fi rm in Kuala Lumpur<br />
specializing in the area of Corporate Law, Banking, Building<br />
and Construction Law apart from civil & criminal litigation. En.<br />
Noor Zilan is the Chairman to the Audit Committee, Nomination<br />
Committee and Remuneration Committee. He attended all of<br />
the four (4) Board Meeting held during the fi nancial year ended<br />
31 December 2002.<br />
Note:-<br />
Save as disclosed above,<br />
1) none of the Directors have:i)<br />
any family relationship with any director and/or substantial shareholders of the Company;<br />
ii) any confl ict of interest with the Company; and<br />
iii) any conviction for offences (other than traffi c offences) within the past ten (10) years.<br />
2) none of the Directors holds directorship in other public companies.<br />
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