Eka Noodles Bhd has noted a report by the Edge on its online news portal theedgemarkets.com on 11th February 2020, with the headline “Eka Noodles sued for allegedly faking ownership of noodles brand”.

We hereby give a formal notice that the headline is misleading and out of context. It is not true that Eka Noodles is sued for allegedly faking ownership of noodles brand. Instead, the main cause of action in the suit filed by the Great Food Industries Sdn. Bhd. focus on infringement of copyright, trademark and passing off. The Eka Noodles’ subsidiaries, KBBSB and EFSB are named as the 4th and 5th Defendants only for allegedly conspiring with the other 4 defendants “to injure Great Food’s businesses” to which the Board vehemently denies all the allegations and has appointed a firm of lawyers to act on behalf of KBBSB and EFSB in defending the suit.

Eka Noodles Bhd appreciates the support of the mass media and wishes to request the media to always cross-check with the board of EKA before publishing information to avoid false or misleading information being spread out to the public, putting Eka Noddles Bhd and its subsidiaries in disrepute.

This announcement is dated 12 February 2020.