F&NHB - Announcement of AGM

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fortieth Annual General Meeting of Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd will be held at the Junior Ballroom, Level 2, Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur, 165 Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday 23 January 2002 at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes:

AGENDA

Routine Business

1 To receive and adopt the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2001 and the Reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon. (Resolution 1)

2 To approve the payment of a final tax-exempt dividend of 5 sen per share for the year ended 30 September 2001. (Resolution 2)

3 To re-elect the following directors

Under Article 97 of the Articles of Associationa) Y.A.M Tengku Syarif Bendahara Perlis Syed Badarudin Jamalullail Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullailb) Mr. Ian Alastair MacLeanc) Dr Radzuan bin A RahmanUnder Article 103 of the Articles of Associationd) Puan Zaida Khalida binti Shaarie) Mr. Leslie Oswin Struysf) Mr. Tan Ang Meng (Resolution 3a)(Resolution 3b)(Resolution 3c)(Resolution 3d)(Resolution 3e)(Resolution 3f)

4 To approve directors’ fees of RM 414,194 payable by the Company for the year ended 30 September 2001.(2000 : RM417, 406) (Resolution 4)

5 To re-appoint Messrs Ernst & Young as Auditors of the Company for the year ending 30 September 2002 and to authorise the directors to fix their remuneration. (Resolution 5)

Others

6 To transact any other business which may properly be brought forward.

Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd
Notice of Annual General Meeting - continued

NOTICE OF DIVIDEND PAYMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, the proposed final tax-exempt dividend of 5 sen per share will be paid to shareholders on 27 March 2002. The entitlement date for the proposed dividend shall be 6 March 2002.

A depositor shall qualify for the entitlement to the dividend only in respect of:

a) Shares transferred to the depositor’s securities account before 12.30 p.m. on 6 March 2002 in respect of ordinary transfer; and

b) Share bought on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange on a cum entitlement basis according to the Rules of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

By Order of the Board
Tony Lee Cheow Fui
Company Secretary

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
31 December 2001

NOTE:
1. A member entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting may appoint a proxy to attend and vote on his behalf and such proxy need not be a member of the Company.
2. This instrument appointing such a proxy must be deposited with the company secretary at the registered office of the Company, at 95 Jalan Yew, Off Jalan Sungei Besi, 55100 Kuala Lumpur not less than 48 hours before the meeting.