<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): Pensonic Holdings Bhd executive director Tan Sri Tan King Tai has ceased to be a substantial shareholder of the electrical appliance maker, after disposing of 361,200 shares.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>According to Pensonic's filing with Bursa Malaysia today, Tan had disposed of the shares at 58.6 sen apiece on Oct 30.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Following the disposal, Tan now holds a direct 4.865% stake and an indirect 0.793% stake in Pensonic.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Tan emerged as a substantial shareholder in Pensonic on Nov 25 last year, after he acquired 491,000 shares, bringing his direct stake to 5.14% and indirect stake to 2.24%.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>As at 4.58pm, Pensonic shares were traded up 5.93% or 3.5 sen to 62.5 sen, with 1.71 million shares changing hands, for a market capitalisation of RM81.04 million.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><span style="font-size:12px"><em>(Note: The Edge Research's fundamental score reflects a company's profitability and balance sheet strength, calculated based on historical numbers. The valuation score determines if a stock is attractively valued or not, also based on historical numbers. A score of 3 suggests strong fundamentals and attractive valuations.)</em></span></p></div>

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