The Board of Directors of the Company wishes to announce that the Company had on 1 September 2026 received the Notice of Resignation as the Company's Auditors dated 28 August 2026 given pursuant to Section 281(1) of the Companies Act 2016 ("CA 2016") from Messrs. TGS TW PLT [202106000004 (LLP0026851-LCA) & AF002345] ("TGS") on their resignation as the External Auditors of the Company. Pursuant to Section 281(2) of the CA 2016, TGS's term of office will end after twenty-one (21) days from 28 August 2026.

The resignation of TGS was made on a voluntary basis due to the firm's internal resource allocation and portfolio management considerations.

Save for the above, the Board wishes to inform that the Board is not aware of any other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.

Manforce will identify and appoint new External Auditors to fill the casual vacancy pursuant to Section 271(2)(b) of the CA 2016. Further announcement on the appointment of the new External Auditors will be made by the Company in due course once the appointment of the new External Auditors is finalised.

This announcement is dated 1 September 2026.