The Board of Directors of EKA regrets to announce that the production plant which currently is rented to a 3
rd party located at Lot 259, Block 134, Mukah Land District, Sarawak with a total build up area of 17,446m
2 belonging to Bersatu Sago (Mukah) Sdn. Bhd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company had caught fire around 6.30 pm on 27 January 2015.
There were no injuries reported in this incident and the fire department is still conducting investigation to ascertain the cause of fire.
A site examination revealed that part of the building and some of the machineries leased to 3rd party had gutted by the flames.
Based on conservative estimations, the cost of damage is approximately RM3.0 million. However, there is no financial impact on the Group as the said building and the machineries are covered by insurance.
This announcement is dated 29 January 2015.