GP Ocean Food Berhad
GP Ocean Food Berhad
GP Ocean Food Berhad
GP Ocean Food Bhd was incorporated in 1980 and subsequently listed on the Main Board of
Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in ! March 00"# GP Ocean Food Bhd located in the
Federal $erritory of %abuan# GP Ocean Food Bhd is an in&est'ent holdin( co'pany of the
GP Group and is the Malaysia)s first and lar(est fully inte(rated seafood producer# $he
principal acti&ities enco'pass trawlin(* aquaculture of fish and prawns and seafood
processin( and tradin( with operations in %abuan and Sabah# $he +ey product of GP Ocean
Food Bhd are fro,en prawns* fish* other processed seafood products and &alue-added seafood
products which are e.ported worldwide* which na'ely to /S* 0urope* 1apan* 2on( 3on(*
4ustralia* 5hina* Sin(apore and Brunei#
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GP Ocean Food Bhd has two subsidiaries which is Gropoint Fisheries and Gropoint Seafood#
6n 4pril 007* GP in&ol&ed in shri'p far'in( with 187 shri'p ponds in 'an(ro&e swa'p#
GP Ocean Food Bhd is inte(rated fisheries co'pany in which owns fishin( &essels* fish#
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subsidiary co'panies of GP Ocean Food Bhd are principally in&ol&ed in seafood processin(
and culturin( of prawns* fishes and crabs# GP Ocean Food Bhd Besides that* 'ostly* 809 of
sales of the GP Ocean Food Bhd e.ported to /S* 0/ countries* 1apan and others#
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Background of the top management
$he top 'ana(e'ent that in&ol&ed in 'isleadin( the infor'ation $an Sio+ :an* %ee Sin
$ec+* %i' 3i' Min( and %i' 3i' 2ai#
Lim Kim Ming
%i' 3i' Min(* Malaysian a(ed ;8 is the 0.ecuti&e <irector and 5hief 0.ecuti&e Officer of
GP Ocean Food Berhad =GP Ocean># %i' 3i' Min( and %i' 3i' 2ai are siblin(s#
Lim Kim Hai
%i' 3i' 2ai* Malaysian a(ed !; is the 0.ecuti&e <irector and Finance <irector of GP
Ocean and a 'e'ber of audit co''ittee# 2e is a fellow 'e'ber of the 4ssociation of
5hartered 5ertified 4ccountants# 2e is a 'e'ber of the Malaysia 6nstitute of 4ccountants*
Malaysian 6nstitute of $a.ation and Financial Plannin( 4ssociation in Malaysia# 2e ?oined
$an 5he @ 4ssociates as an 4udit and $a. 4ssistant in 1997# 6n 1998* he ?oined :3 2on( @
5o as an 4udit and $a. Mana(er and was pro'oted to 4ssociate Partner in 00# Besides* he
was appointed as an 6ndependent Aon-0.ecuti&e <irector of Masteel on " 1uly 00;#
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Lee Sin Teck
%ee Sin $ec+ a(ed ;7 is the 0.ecuti&e Bice 5hair'an* and also Mana(in( <irector of GP
Ocean Food Bhd# %ee Sin $ec+ is a co-founder of GP Ocean Food Bhd wor+in( with its
corporate ad&isor 4lliance Merchant Ban+ to co'plete listin( e.ercise within the ne.t three
'onths#
Tan Siok Wan
$an Sio+ :an a(ed ;8 is GP Ocean Food Bhd 0.ecuti&e <irector snd 5hief Operatin(
Officer# $an Sio+ :an is %ee Sin $ec+ wife#
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Top five sharehoders
!atuk "i #in "#du Kadir
One of the shareholder of GP Ocean Food Bhd is <atu+ 4li bin 4bdul 3adir* a Malaysian
a(ed "* for'er 5hair'an of GP Ocean Food Bhd# Besides* also is a 6ndependent Aon-
0.ecuti&e 5hair'an# <atu+ 4li is also the 5hair'an of the Ao'ination 5o''ittee and a
'e'ber of the 4udit 5o''ittee# <atu+ 4li is a Fellow of the 6nstitute of 5hartered
4ccountants in 0n(land and :ales =6540:>* ha&in( started his career in accountin( in 19"9
and qualifyin( as a 'e'ber of the institute in 198;# <atu+ 4li is currently the 5hief
0.ecuti&e Officer and 2ead of 4sia of <6G 4sia Sdn Bhd* a wholly owned subsidiary of
<ubai 6n&est'ent Group %i'ited# <atu+ 4li sits on the board of %abuan Offshore Financial
Ser&ices 4uthority#
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Pre&iously* <atu+ 4li was appointed by the Minister of Finance as the 5hair'an of Securities
5o''ission on 1 March 1999* ser&in( in this capacity until 00;# <atu+ 4li was a $rustee of
the Financial Ceportin( Foundation* which o&ersees the financial reportin( fra'ewor+ in
Malaysia* and had ser&ed on the Finance 5o''ittee on 5orporate Go&ernance# 6n addition*
<atu+ 4li was also a $rustee of the 4ccountin( and 4uditin( Or(anisation for 6sla'ic
Financial 6nstitutions fro' Ao&e'ber 000 to October 00!# <atu+ 4li also was appointed as
a 5hair'an of Securities 5o''ission and e.ecuti&e 5hair'an and partner of 0rnst @ Doun(
and its related fir's# 2owe&er* <atu+ 4li only bein( the 5hair'an of Securities 5o''ission
until February 00;# <atu+ 4li is one of the substantial shareholder in GP Ocean Food Bhd#
On 1uly !1 00"* <atu+ 4li resi(ned as director and chair'an of GP Ocean Food Bhd# <atu+
4li has resi(ned so'e two 'onths after the fir' called off its listin( followin( a probe by
Securities 5o''ission =S5>#
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"uditor
GP Ocean Food Bhd e.ternal auditor is one of the Bi( ; audit fir' in Malaysia which is 0rnst
@ Doun(# $he auditor of 0rnst @ Doun( (i&e the reliance state'ent# 2owe&er* 'ostly* the
auditor prepared the audited financial state'ent that the nu'bers were actually (i&en by GP
Ocean# Besides that* when the audit was conducted on GP Ocean* the auditor only selected
between 7 to !0 sa'ples to test to 'a+e sure that procedures are in place at e&ery process of
sales 'ade# $he auditor did not (o to GP Ocean)s custo'ers to &erify the sales but only
chec+ed the sales in&oices* bill of ladin(s and %5 docu'ents to see if the fi(ures stated in the
(eneral led(ers corresponds to the supportin( docu'entation# Mostly* these supportin(
docu'ents were pro&ided by the co'pany and the auditors did not (o throu(h all of the' but
selected a few on sa'ple basis# $herefore* the auditors ?ust are rely on the 'ana(e'ent of the
co'pany to disclose and pro&ide truthful infor'ation and docu'ents#