<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 18): Trading in the shares of Tadmax Resources Bhd was suspended from 9:00am today pending an announcement from the company.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>According to a bourse filing today, the industrial supplies company said trading in the group's shares would be suspended until it releases an announcement.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>"Kindly be advised that at the request of Tadmax, trading in the company's shares has been suspended with effect from 9.00am, Monday, Feb 18, 2019, pending an announcement," the group said.</div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>In a separate filing today, the group said it sought the suspension to provide clarification to an article written in The Edge Malaysia titled "<a href="http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/newsbreak-putrajaya-pulls-plug-tadmaxs-power-plant" target="_blank">Putrajaya pulls the plug on Tadmax's power plant</a>".</div>

Trading in the shares of Tadmax Resources Bhd was suspended from 9:00am today pending an announcement from the company.

Trading in Tadmax shares halted pending announcement

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