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BANK MUAMALAT MALAYSIA BERHAD




          DIRECTORS’
          REPORT







          DIRECTORS’ BENEFITS
          Since the end of the previous financial year, no Director has received nor become entitled to receive a benefit (other than benefits
          included in the aggregate amount of emoluments received or due and receivable by the Directors from or the fixed salary of a
          full-time employee of the Bank as shown in Note 36 to the financial statements or from related corporations) by reason of a contract
          made by the Bank or a related corporation with the Director or with a firm of which, the Director is a member, or with a company
          in which the Director has a substantial financial interest.
          The  Directors’  benefits  paid  to  or  receivable  by  Directors  in  respect  of  the  financial  year  ended  31  December  2023  are  as
          follows:
                                                                                                          From  the
                                                                                           From  the     subsidiary
                                                                                               Bank       company
                                                                                            RM’000         RM’000
          Directors  of  the  Bank:
           Director fees                                                                       1,504           55
           Director’s other emoluments                                                         1,010           18
           Estimated  money  value  of  any  other  benefits                                     76              -

                                                                                               2,590           73

          Neither at the end of the financial year, nor at any time during that year, did there subsist any arrangement to which the Bank
          was a party, whereby Directors might acquire benefits by means of the acquisition of shares in, or debentures of the Bank or
          any other body corporate.


          INDEMNITY AND TAKAFUL COST
          Directors’ and Officers’ liability takaful is in place to protect the Directors and Officers of the Group and of the Bank against
          potential  costs  and  liabilities  arising  from  claims  brought  against  the  Directors  and  Officers.  The  Bank  has  maintained  a
          Directors’ and Officers’ liability takaful up to an aggregate limit of RM40.0 million against any liability incurred by the Directors
          and  Officers.  The  gross  amount  of  takaful  contribution  paid  by  the  Bank  for  the  Directors  and  Officers  of  Bank  Muamalat
          Malaysia Berhad (“Bank Muamalat”) and its subsidiaries for the current financial year was RM215,000.

          OTHER STATUTORY INFORMATION

          (a)   Before  the  statements  of  profit  or  loss,  statements  of  comprehensive  income  and  statements  of  financial  position  of
              the Group and of the Bank were made out, the Directors took reasonable steps:
              (i)   to ascertain that proper action had been taken in relation to the writing off of bad debts and the making of allowance
                   for  doubtful  debts  and  satisfied  themselves  that  all  known  bad  debts  had  been  written-off  and  that  adequate
                   allowance had been made for doubtful debts; and

              (ii)   to  ensure  that  any  current  assets  which  were  unlikely  to  realise  their  value  as  shown  in  the  accounting  records  in
                   the ordinary course of business had been written-down to an amount which they might be expected so to realise.

          (b)   As at the date of this report, the Directors are not aware of any circumstances not otherwise dealt with in this report or
              the financial statements which would render:
              (i)   the amount written-off for bad debts, or the amount of the allowance for doubtful debts in the financial statements
                   of the Group and of the Bank inadequate to any substantial extent; and
              (ii)   the values attributed to current assets in the financial statements of the Group and of the Bank misleading.



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