KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): Casino and hotel operator Genting Singapore Ltd has awarded 750,000 shares to its executive chairman Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay.
Genting Singapore said in a bourse filing on Tuesday (Feb 22) that Lim’s direct interest in the company was increased to 15.7 million (0.13%) following the share award.
If including deemed interest, Lim’s total shareholding in the company stood at 52.76%.
In a separate bourse filing, Genting Singapore announced that it had transferred 7.23 million shares to its performance share scheme.
The value of the treasury shares transferred was S$5.81 million (about RM18.07 million).
Following the transfer, the number of treasury shares in the company stood at 21.99 million — 0.18% against the total number of issued shares.