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Nature/ Background of Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad ("Dutch Lady Malaysia") is a branded manufacturer of dairy products in Malaysia. It was incorporated in 1963 as a manufacturer of sweetened condensed milk called Pacific Milk Industries (Malaya) Sdn Bhd. Dutch Lady Berhad then converted into a public company and became the first milk company in Malaysia listed on the Bursa Malaysia in 1968. Dutch Lady Berhad is a subsidiary company of the Royal FrieslandCampina in Netherlands, one of the world’s largest dairy companies. The second largest shareholder of the company is Permodalan Nasional Berhad. Dutch Lady Berhad obtains benefits from its holding company by obtaining global procurement services and …show more content…

There are four Non-executive Directors whose remuneration falls in the range of RM50,001-RM100,000 while there are two Executive Directors whose remuneration falls in the range of above RM500,000. (ii) The other key management personnel receive a total of RM4,138,000 short-term employee benefits and total contributions of RM165,000 Employee Pension Fund. (d) The Company’s risk and control framework is based on the COSCO Internal Control Framework. During year 2012, the Company completed the implementation of the new Group’s Internal Control Framework. (i) The Company defines credit risk as the risk of financial loss to the Company if a debtor fails to meet settle its accounts. To diminish the risk of financial loss from defaults, the Company has adopted a policy of only dealing with creditworthy customers based on careful evaluations of customers’ financial condition and credit history. To limit high credit concentration in a single customer, the Company also deals with a large number of customers. 3 (ii) The Company classifies liquidity risk as the risk of failing to meet financial obligations. The Company’s management team maintains a deemed adequate level of cash and cash equivalents to meet payables when they fall due. (iii) The Company recognizes market risk as the fluctuations in market prices. The Company’s market risk can be categorized into currency risk, interest rate risk and other prices that will affect the Company’s financial position.

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