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0401Ga Ihs046000824 Aaa 2 275505-K Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Incorporated in Malaysia) Contents Page Directors' report 1 - 6 Statement by directors 7 Statutory declaration 7 Independent auditors' report 8 - 11 Corporate information and significant accounting policies 12 - 74 Statement of comprehensive income 75 Statement of financial position 76 Statement of changes in equity 77 Statement of cash flows 78 - 79 Notes to the Company financial statements 80 - 132 Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 133 - 134 Consolidated statement of financial position 135 - 136 Consolidated statement of changes in equity 137 - 138 Consolidated statement of cash flows 139 - 141 Notes to the Consolidated financial statements 142 - 355 275505-K Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Incorporated in Malaysia) Directors' report The Directors have pleasure in presenting their report together with the audited financial statements of the Group and of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2017. Principal activities The principal activity of the Company is that of investment holding. The principal activities of the subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures of the Company and of the Group are described in Note 75 and Note 76 to the financial statements, respectively. Results Group Company RM’000 RM’000 Profit from continuing operations, net of tax 8,322,794 2,751,843 Profit attributable to: Owners of the Company 8,107,931 2,751,843 Non-controlling interests 214,863 - 8,322,794 2,751,843 There were no material transfers to or from reserves or provisions during the financial year, other than as disclosed in the financial statements. In the opinion of the Directors, the results of the operations of the Group and of the Company during the financial year were not substantially affected by any item, transaction or event of a material and unusual nature, other than as disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. 1 275505-K Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Incorporated in Malaysia) Dividends The amounts of dividends declared or paid by the Company since 31 December 2016 were as follows: RM’000 In respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2016: Interim single-tier dividend of 9.2 sen per share on 5,443,953,229 ordinary shares, declared on 6 December 2016 and paid on 23 December 2016 500,000 Interim single-tier dividend of 4.2 sen per share on 1,200,000,000 redeemable cummulative convertible preference shares ("RCCPS"), declared on 6 December 2016 and paid on 31 January 2017 50,000 Special single-tier dividend of 8.3 sen per share on 1,200,000,000 RCCPS, declared on 6 December 2016 and settled on 28 April 2017 100,000 650,000 In respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2017: Interim single-tier dividend of 11 sen per share on 5,443,953,229 ordinary shares, declared on 11 December 2017 and paid on 22 December 2017 600,000 Interim single-tier dividend of RM100 per share on 1,000,000 RCCPS, declared on 11 December 2017 and paid on 30 January 2018 100,000 Special single-tier dividend of RM300 per share on 1,000,000 RCCPS, declared on 11 December 2017 300,000 1,000,000 The Directors do not recommend the payment of any final dividend for the financial year ended 31 December 2017. 2 275505-K Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Incorporated in Malaysia) Directors The names of the Directors of the Company in office since the beginning of the financial year to the date of this report are: Y.A.B. Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abd Razak Y.B. Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Md Nor bin Md Yusof Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Mohamed Azman bin Yahya Y. Bhg. Dato’ Mohammed Azlan Bin Hashim Y.M Raja Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Arshad bin Raja Tun Uda Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Sheng Len Tao Y. Bhg. Dato’ Sri Mohamed Nazir bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Datuk Wira Azman bin Hj. Mokhtar Y. Bhg. Dato’ Dr Nirmala Menon A/P Y B Menon (appointed on 18 April 2017) Yeo Kar Peng (appointed on 5 December 2017) Y. Bhg Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Utama Nor Mohamed Yakcop (resigned on 1 October 2017) The names of the directors of the Group's subsidiaries who served on the respective boards of the subsidiaries since the beginning of the current financial year to the date of this report are disclosed in Note 78 to the financial statements. Directors' benefits Neither at the end of the financial year, nor at any time during the year, did there subsist any arrangement to which the Company was a party, whereby the Directors might acquire benefits by means of the acquisition of shares in or debentures of the Company or any other body corporate. Since the end of the previous financial year, no Director has received or become entitled to receive a benefit (other than benefits included in the aggregate amount of emoluments received or due and receivable by the Directors or the fixed salary of a full time employee of the Company as shown in Note 9 and Note 39 to the financial statements), by reason of a contract made by the Company or a related corporation with any Director, or with a firm of which he is a member, or with a company in which he has a substantial financial interest. Directors' interests According to the register of Directors' shareholdings, none of the Directors in office at the end of the financial year had any interest in shares in the Company or its related corporations during the financial year. Redemption of RCCPS During the financial year, the Company redeemed 1,199,000,000 of its RCCPS, for a total consideration of RM1,199,000,000. 3 275505-K Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Incorporated in Malaysia) Indemnity and insurance costs During the financial year, the total amount of insurance effected for Directors and Officers of the Group and Company were RM1,632,672 and RM593,610 respectively. Holding company The holding and ultimate holding body is the Minister of Finance Incorporated, a body corporate, incorporated pursuant to the Minister of Finance (Incorporation) Act, 1957 ("MOF Inc."). Other statutory information (a) Before the statements of comprehensive income and statements of financial position of the Group and of the Company were made out, the Directors took reasonable steps: (i) to ascertain that proper action had been taken in relation to the writing off of bad debts and the making of provision for doubtful debts and satisfied themselves that all known bad debts had been written off and that adequate provision had been made for doubtful debts; and (ii) to ensure that any current assets which were unlikely to realise their values as shown in the accounting records in the ordinary course of business had been written down to an amount which they might be expected so to realise. (b) At the date of this report, the Directors are not aware of any circumstances which would render: (i) the amount written off for bad debts or the amount of the provision for doubtful debts in the financial statements of the Group and of the Company inadequate to any substantial extent; and (ii) the values attributed to the current assets in the financial statements of the Group and of the Company misleading. (c) At the date of this report, the Directors are not aware of any circumstances which have arisen which would render adherence to the existing method of valuation of assets or liabilities of the Group and of the Company misleading or inappropriate. (d) At the date of this report, the Directors are not aware of any circumstances not otherwise dealt with in this report or the financial statements of the Group and of the Company which would render any amount stated in the financial statements misleading. 4 275505-K Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Incorporated in Malaysia) Other statutory information (cont'd.) (e) At the date of this report, there does not exist: (i) any charge on the assets of the Group or of the Company which has arisen since the end of the financial year which secures the liabilities of any other person; or (ii) any contingent liability of the Group or of the Company which has arisen since the end of the financial year. (f) In the opinion of the Directors: (i) no contingent or other liability has become enforceable or is likely to become enforceable within the period of twelve months after the end of the financial year which will or may affect the ability of the Group or of the Company to meet their obligations when they fall due; and (ii) no item, transaction or event of a material and unusual nature has arisen in the interval between the end of the financial year and the date of this report which is likely to affect substantially the results of the operations of the Group or of the Company for the financial year in which this report is made. Significant events during the financial year In addition to the significant events disclosed elsewhere in this report, details of other significant events during the financial year are described in Note 34 and Note 73 to the financial statements. Subsequent events after the reporting date Details of significant subsequent events after the reporting date are as disclosed in Note 35 to the financial statements. 5 275505-K Independent auditors’ report to the members of Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Incorporated in Malaysia) Report on the audit of the financial statements Opinion We have audited the financial statements of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, which comprise the statements of financial position as at 31 December 2017 of the Group and of the Company, and statements of comprehensive income, statements of changes in equity and statements of cash flows of the Group and of the Company for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies, as set out on pages 12 to 355.
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