AAX 16th AGM Minutes
AAX 16th AGM Minutes
AAX 16th AGM Minutes
Present:
Directors
1. Y. M. Tunku Dato’ Mahmood Fawzy bin Tunku Muhiyiddin (“Chairman”)
2. Y. Bhg. Datuk Kamarudin bin Meranun
3. Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Asmat bin Kamaludin
4. Y. Bhg. Dato’ Fam Lee Ee
5. Encik Ahmad Al Farouk bin Ahmad Kamal
6. Ms Chin Min Ming
Senior Management
1. En. Benyamin bin Ismail, Chief Executive Officer
2. Ms. Jaclyn Goh Shu Wai, Financial Controller
Company Secretary
Mr. Moo Kin Yew
Auditors
1. Mr. Steven Low, representative of Messrs Ernst & Young
2. Mr. Kisharn Thoolasy Das, representative of Messrs Ernst & Young
Shareholders/ Proxies
As per the Attendance List
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1.1 Y. M. Tunku Dato’ Mahmood Fawzy bin Tunku Muhiyiddin (“Chairman”) presided at the
meeting and welcomed the shareholders and proxies (“Members”) to the Sixteenth
Annual General Meeting (“16th AGM”) of the Company.
1.2 The Chairman informed that the 16th AGM was being held as a virtual meeting via live
streaming and online remote voting from the Broadcast venue, RedQ, Jalan Pekeliling 5
Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur 64000 KLIA Selangor Darul Ehsan,
Malaysia in compliance with the revised Guidance Note on the Conduct of General
Meetings for Listed Issuers issued by the Securities Commission Malaysia on 7 April
2022.
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AIRASIA X BERHAD [Registration No. 200601014410 (734161-K)]
Minutes of the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting held on 8 June 2023
2.0 QUORUM
2.1 There being a quorum present at the meeting, the Chairman declared the meeting duly
convened at 2.00 p.m.
3.0 INTRODUCTION
3.1 The Chairman drew attention to some housekeeping matters and poll voting, which
would be conducted after completion of deliberations of all items on the agenda. The
Members were informed that Tricor Investor & Issuing House Services Sdn. Bhd. (“TIIH”)
was appointed as the Poll Administrator to conduct the polling process, whilst Asia
Securities Sdn. Berhad was appointed as the Scrutineers to verify the poll results.
3.2 The Chairman informed that the 16th AGM would proceed according to the sequence in
the agenda, which was to be followed by a question and answer (“Q&A”) session.
Members would be given the opportunity to ask questions or seek clarifications on each
agenda item, which would be responded to during the Q&A session. The responses to
questions not addressed during the Q&A session due to time constraint would be e-
mailed at the earliest possible, after the 16th AGM.
3.3 For the benefit of the Members, TIIH presented a brief explanatory video on the Remote
Participation and Voting Facilities (“RPV”) Facility and procedure for remote voting.
3.4 With the consent of the meeting, the notice convening the 16 th AGM was taken as read.
4.1 The Chairman invited the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, En. Benyamin bin Ismail to
present the summary of the Company’s performance in 2021 and 2022, which is also
available on the Company’s corporate website at http://airasiax.com.
5.0 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER
2022 TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS THEREON
5.1 The Chairman informed that the first item on the agenda was to receive the audited
financial statements for the financial period ended 31 December 2022 together with the
Reports of the Directors and the Auditors thereon. This matter was meant for discussion
only as the Companies Act 2016 does not require a formal approval from the
shareholders. Therefore, this item on the agenda was not put forward for voting.
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AIRASIA X BERHAD [Registration No. 200601014410 (734161-K)]
Minutes of the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting held on 8 June 2023
6.1 The Chairman informed that the next item on the agenda was to approve the Non-
Executive Directors’ remuneration for the period from the 16th Annual General Meeting
until the next Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in the year 2024.
6.2 The Members were informed that the details of the Directors’ remuneration were
disclosed in Note B of the Notice of the 16th AGM, and the Directors’ remuneration
remain unchanged as per the previous financial year ended 31 December 2019.
7.1 The Chairman informed that the next item on the agenda was to approve the payment
of one-off advisory fee to Datuk Kamarudin bin Meranun.
7.2 The details were as disclosed in Explanatory Note C of the Notice of Meeting. This
resolution was tabled for approval of the shareholders in compliance with Section
230(1) of the Companies Act 2016 and Paragraph 7.24 of the Main Market Listing
Requirements of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
7.3 The shareholders were informed that Datuk Kamarudin bin Meranun who is a Director
and shareholder of the Company has abstained from voting on this resolution. The
Chairman then put forward Ordinary Resolution 2 to the meeting for consideration.
8.1 The Chairman informed that the next item on the agenda was to re-elect Datuk
Kamarudin bin Meranun who was subject to retirement pursuant to Rule 119 of the
Company’s Constitution.
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AIRASIA X BERHAD [Registration No. 200601014410 (734161-K)]
Minutes of the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting held on 8 June 2023
As the next item on the agenda involved the re-election of Y. M. Tunku Dato’ Mahmood Fawzy
bin Tunku Muhiyiddin, the Chair was handed over to Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Asmat bin Kamaludin
9.1 Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Asmat bin Kamaludin informed that the next item on the agenda was to
re-elect Y. M. Tunku Dato’ Mahmood Fawzy bin Tunku Muhiyiddin who was subject to
retirement pursuant to Rule 124 of the Company’s Constitution.
The Chair was handed back to Y. M. Tunku Dato’ Mahmood Fawzy bin Tunku Muhiyiddin at this
juncture.
10.1 The Chairman informed that the next item on the agenda was to re-elect Encik Ahmad
Al Farouk bin Ahmad Kamal who was subject to retirement pursuant to Rule 124 of the
Company’s Constitution.
11.1 The Chairman informed that the next item on the agenda was to re-elect Ms Chin Min
Ming who was subject to retirement pursuant to Rule 124 of the Company’s
Constitution.
12.1 The Chairman informed that the next item on the agenda was to re-appoint Messrs
Ernst & Young as the Auditors of the Company and to authorize the Directors to
determine their remuneration.
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AIRASIA X BERHAD [Registration No. 200601014410 (734161-K)]
Minutes of the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting held on 8 June 2023
13.1 The Chairman informed that the next item under the agenda was to seek Members’
approval to provide the authority to the Directors to allot shares pursuant to Sections 75
and 76 of the Companies Act 2016.
13.2 The following resolution was tabled to the Meeting for the shareholders’ consideration.
“THAT pursuant to Sections 75 and 76 of the Act and subject to the Constitution of the
Company, Main Market Listing Requirements of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad
(“Bursa Securities”), and the approval of the relevant authorities, where required, the
Directors of the Company be and are hereby empowered to issue and allot shares in the
Company from time to time and upon such terms and conditions and for such purposes
and to such persons whomsoever as the Directors may, in their absolute discretion,
deem fit provided that the aggregate number of shares issued pursuant to this
resolution does not exceed 10% of the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury
shares) of the Company for the time being AND THAT the Directors be and are also
empowered to obtain approval for the listing of and quotation for the additional shares
so issued on the Main Market of Bursa Securities AND THAT such authority shall
continue to be in force until the conclusion of the next AGM, unless revoked or varied
by an ordinary resolution of the Company at a general meeting.
THAT in connection with the above, pursuant to Section 85 of the Act read together
with the Constitution of the Company, approval be and is hereby given to waive the
statutory pre-emptive rights conferred upon shareholders of the Company to be offered
new shares arising from the allotment and issuance of new shares pursuant to this
resolution, where the Board is exempted from any obligation to offer such new shares
first to the existing shareholders of the Company in respect of the allotment and
issuance of new shares pursuant to Sections 75 and 76 of the Act, provided however
that if following the passing of this resolution, this paragraph is or is found to be in any
way void, invalid or unenforceable, then this paragraph shall be ineffective to the extent
of such voidness, invalidity or unenforceability and the remaining provisions of this
resolution shall remain in full force and effect.
AND THAT all such new shares when issued shall rank equally in all respects with the
existing shares of the Company, save and except that they shall not be entitled to any
dividends, rights, allotments and/or other forms of distribution that may be declared,
made or paid to the shareholders of the Company for which the entitlement date
precedes the date of allotment and issuance of the new shares.”
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AIRASIA X BERHAD [Registration No. 200601014410 (734161-K)]
Minutes of the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting held on 8 June 2023
14.1 The Chairman informed that the next item on the agenda was to seek Members’
approval on the renewal of the existing shareholders’ mandate new shareholders’
mandate for the recurrent related party transactions of a revenue or trading nature
(“RRPT”).
14.2 The Members were informed that the details of the proposal were set out in the Notice
of the 16th AGM and in the Circular to Shareholders dated 28 April 2023.
15.1 The Chairman informed that the proposed resolution was to consider the proposed
retention of Tan Sri Asmat bin Kamaludin, who had served the Board of Directors for a
cumulative term of more than nine (9) years, as an Independent Non-Executive
Chairman of the Company, pursuant to Practice 5.3 of the Malaysian Code on Corporate
Governance.
15.2 The Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Board of Directors, with the
exception of Tan Sri Asmat bin Kamaludin, had assessed the performance of Tan Sri
Asmat bin Kamaludin, and with his consent, had recommended him to continue serving
as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.
15.3 The Members were informed that the Board of Directors’ detailed justifications for the
retention of Tan Sri Asmat bin Kamaludin as an Independent Non-Executive Chairman
were set out in the Notice of the 16th AGM.
15.4 The Members were also informed that the voting of this resolution will be carried out
via a two-tier voting process as recommended under Practice 5.3 of the Malaysian Code
on Corporate Governance.
16.1 The Chairman was advised by the Company Secretary that the Company had not
received any notice to transact any other business.
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AIRASIA X BERHAD [Registration No. 200601014410 (734161-K)]
Minutes of the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting held on 8 June 2023
17.1 The Chairman declared the commencement of the Q&A session and reiterated that the
questions received would not be answered in any particular sequence in relation to the
business of the 16th AGM.
17.2 For the benefit of the Members participating remotely, En. Amzar, the emcee of the 16 th
AGM, read out the questions submitted by the Members via TIIH platform prior to the
commencement of the 16th AGM, followed by those submitted during the 16th AGM.
The questions and answers provided by the Company annexed hereto as “Annexure I”.
17.3 The Chairman informed that the responses to the questions not addressed during the
Q&A session due to time constraint would be e-mailed to the shareholders at earliest
possible, after the 16th AGM. The Chairman further informed that the shareholders
could contact the Investor Relations team of the Company at [email protected] after
the 16th AGM, for any further clarification.
17.4 The Chairman then invited the Poll Administrator to brief the Members on the polling
procedures, and thereafter, the polling process took place.
18.1 The Chairman informed that the Scrutineers appointed by the Company, had verified
the poll voting results and that the said results were projected on the screen for
Members’ viewing. The poll voting results annexed hereto as “Annexure II”.
18.2 Based on the poll voting results as verified by the Scrutineers, the Chairman declared
the following all the ordinary resolutions stated in the Notice of the 16 th AGM dated 28
April 2023, carried:-
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AIRASIA X BERHAD [Registration No. 200601014410 (734161-K)]
Minutes of the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting held on 8 June 2023
(ix) Resolution 9 – Renewal of Existing Shareholders’ Mandate and New
Shareholders’ Mandate for RRPT.
(x) Resolution 10 – Retention of Independent Director.
19.1 There being no other business, the 16th AGM was closed at 3.30 p.m.
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Chairman
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ANNEXURE I
AIRASIA X BERHAD
(“AirAsia X” or “the Company”)
Company No. 200601014410 (734161-K)
Answer The Company will not be providing door gifts for attendance in the Annual General
Meeting.
2. Will there be any extension to the redemption and travel validity period for
IPO Shareholders’ Benefit Programme and Complimentary Flight Vouchers
from AGM 2019?
Answer The Company confirms that no further extension shall be applicable for the
Shareholders’ Benefit Programme and Complimentary Flight Vouchers from AGM
2019. For reference, the Company has previously provided three rounds of
extension to the programs, with the final one being an extension until 30 June
2023.
3. What is the Company’s expansion plan in the next five years, ensuring
sustainable revenue and profit?
Answer In the coming years, the Company will prioritise recovery, maximising profitability
and ensuring sustainable earnings. We have established a fine-tuned network that
focuses on proven historical profitability, and our fleet size has been optimised to
meet the requirements of this network. We are carefully reviewing our long-term
expansion plans to ensure rational and viable growth.
Given the current scarcity of capacity in the market, we are observing positive
trends in demand and fares, as well as ancillary takeu-up - both in our existing
markets and in new promising markets. We are actively engaging with relevant
stakeholders to assess the viability and profitability of these new markets, such as
Istanbul and Central Asia. Our key goal is to expand our presence in these new
markets while also recovering our pre-pandemic markets.
Answer The Company will always serve markets with viable demand and profitability,
taking into account slot availability. Currently, our services encompass first-tier
cities in China, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Chengdu. However, we
remain receptive to the potential opportunities that second and third-tier cities in
China may present.
We are conducting ongoing studies on our operations in Europe and the USA,
taking into consideration the range, fuel efficiency and capabilities of our existing
fleet. Regarding our operations in North Asia, we currently provide services to
ANNEXURE I
AIRASIA X BERHAD
(“AirAsia X” or “the Company”)
Company No. 200601014410 (734161-K)
Tokyo, Osaka, and Hokkaido in Japan, as well as Seoul and Busan in South
Korea. At this time, we do not anticipate adding any new destinations in North Asia
in the near future.
5. What is the alternative or back up plan in case there's another similar covid
occurrence in future?
Answer The COVID-19 pandemic has served as a critical lesson for the Company in many
ways. For mitigative purposes, the Company is now sure that should there be any
such issue in the future, it has in place a comprehensive business continuity plan
to ensure that essential operations and business can continue during any crisis. It
is also exploring more opportunities and partnerships so as to diversify its revenue
stream - for instance, it has partnered with Teleport, Capital A’s logistics arm to for
its cargo business, and with Ikhlas Com for pilgrimage travel business. The
Company also maintains its prudence in cash and cost management - stringent
daily monitoring and management of its cash position and cost-saving initiatives
continue to be practised to ensure that its cash and cost management are resilient
enough for upcoming crisis, if any.
6. What is the timeline for the completion of the PN17 regularisation and why
was there few rounds of delay? What will be the impact if there is a failure to
submit the regularisation plan within the stipulated timeline?
Answer The Company currently has been granted an extension until 28 July 2023 to
submit its regularisation plan and it will ensure that the submission will adhere to
the timeline granted.
7. What are the steps taken by management to leave PN17 status? And how
many percent management can ensure the regularisation plan will approved
by regulatory agents and BURSA?
Answer The Company is working closely with its advisors to formulate a comprehensive
regularisation plan to ensure that upon emergence from the PN17 classification,
the Company’s long-term viability is guaranteed. The Company’s earnings for the
past few quarters have been stellar, and all options are being considered for
submission to the regulators. Further announcements will be made in due course.
Answer For clarification, the Company’s debt restructuring exercise was completed on 16
March 2022. The proposal in Ordinary Resolution 2 was put forth following a
review and approval by the Board, with consideration for Datuk Kamarudin
Meranun’s contribution to the Company’s restructuring exercise and recovery
journey. By way of a summary, first and foremost, Datuk Kamarudin is vastly
ANNEXURE I
AIRASIA X BERHAD
(“AirAsia X” or “the Company”)
Company No. 200601014410 (734161-K)
instrumental in for the Company’s re-entry into Saudi Arabia via Jeddah and
maiden venture into Istanbul and Central Asia, as well as for the Company’s debt
restructuring.
In addition, between 2020 - 2022, while the Company’s debt restructuring was
progressing, Datuk Kamarudin is core to the discussion with the lessors which
ultimately resulted in the approval of the debt restructuring in November 2021, and
the eventual reduction in the lease rates across the Company’s fleet.
- How would the Company increase its visibility and reach to the general
public to ensure that more people opt for AAX as compared to the airlines
under Capital A?
With the strong trends observed in the near term fare and ancillary income levels,
we are confident that we are on the right direction. We are carefully reviewing our
upcoming expansion plans to ensure rational and viable growth for the long term.
For the second part of the question, the Company is persistent in ensuring its
visibility is maximised in the market, particularly to expand its customer base and
subsequently its passenger takeup.
By way of a clarification, however, the Company would like to highlight that the
Company operates primarily medium-haul routes, which makes it distinctly different
that other airlines under Capital A. For the select short-haul routes that the
ANNEXURE I
AIRASIA X BERHAD
(“AirAsia X” or “the Company”)
Company No. 200601014410 (734161-K)
Company does operate alongside AirAsia Malaysia - these are extremely high
demand short-haul routes with cargo upside.
In short, there has not been any elements of cannibalism between the Company
and the airlines under Capital A; in contrast, the Company maintains advanced
level of collaboration and synergy with Capital A, especially pertaining to online
sales channel, network and product, cargo partnership, maintenance of aircraft,
ground handling and many others back-office functions.
10. Are all of AAX's plane maintenance tasks exclusively handled by ADE? If so,
I am curious to understand why there seems to be limited availability of MRO
slots. Could the board of directors shed some light on the reasons behind
the restricted MRO slot availability
Answer AirAsia X spins off it’s Part 145 maintenance to ADE. At the moment, ADE does
not cater to widebody aircraft and this will only come in the next year or so. For
AirAsia X that operates widebody aircraft such as the A330, there is requirement
for services of MRO with the capability to cater for the complete widebody aircraft
maintenance programme. Globally, as airlines restarted their operations, there has
been bottleneck world over for MRO slot availability as airlines began positioning
their aircraft for reactivation en masse.
11. Has aax refund all the money to the customers who flights cancelled due to
covid last time ?
Answer Following the completion of AirAsia X’s debt restructuring in March 2022, all
refunds have been completed via AirAsia X’s passengers’ credit accounts. The
credits would be accessible under passengers’ AirAsia accounts and can be
utilised to purchase flights and other ancillary products.
12. Please provide the average base fare & ancillary revenue per pax of FY2022
vs 2019 and 2018.
Answer AirAsia X’s average base fare is RM477 for both 2018 and 2019, and for the
Financial Period Ended 31 December 2022, the average base fare has been very
strong at RM978. In terms of ancillary revenue, it was RM169 and RM166 for 2018
and 2019 respectively, and stood at RM188 for the Financial Period Ended 31
December 2022.
13. Do you foresee adding new destinations? If so, please provide examples.
ANNEXURE I
AIRASIA X BERHAD
(“AirAsia X” or “the Company”)
Company No. 200601014410 (734161-K)
Answer The Company is currently reviewing the recommencement of its core profitable
routes that were operated prior to the pandemic. In terms of fresh, new markets,
the Company is looking at Istanbul and Central Asia; the announcements shall
follow in due course.
14. I would like to inquire about the approximate maintenance cost per plane per
year of AAX. Based on the available data, which includes maintenance costs
of 63 million in the quarter ending 31/3/2023, 10 million in the quarter ending
31/12/2022, 112 million in the quarter ending 30/9/2022, and 30 million in the
quarter ending 31/6/2022, there seems to be inconsistency between each
quarter. Could the board of directors provide a rough estimate of the
maintenance cost per plane per year?
Answer The cost of aircraft maintenance typically differs according to the type of
maintenance tasks, which in turn differs by each aircraft depending on vintage and
cycle of utilisation. Henceforth, the inconsistency across the different timeframes.
That being said, in average the cost of maintenance of each aircraft ranges
between USD300,000 - USD900,000, depending on the types of check.
15. Where will be the next focus regions or countries for traffic boost? And
whether China will be expanding more into 3rd tier cities? Batik Air is
expanding very rapidly and how you curb the challenge, for example, they
are going into north asia before AirAsia X's connection?
Answer The Company is always looking into markets with viable demand and profitability,
taking into account slot availability and the nature of the markets. Currently in
Chiina, we are focusing on our core markets in the first-tier cities in China, namely
Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Chengdu. The Company is closely reviewing
the potential opportunities that second and third-tier cities in China may present.
Commencement of flights will focus on profitability first as opposed to competition.
16. Will AirAsiaX received new aircraft by 2024? When do you think that AAX can
out from PN7?
Answer AirAsia X is looking at inducting one aircraft in 2024. In terms of PN17, the
Company currently has been granted an extension until 28 July 2023 to submit its
regularisation plan and more announcements shall follow in due course.