audit committee report The salient maers that the Commiee considered during the FY2025 are as described below:- 1. Financial statements and reporting The Commiee monitored the financial reporঞng processes for the Group, which included reviewing reports and discussing with Management and the external auditors, Messrs. Ernst & Young PLT (“the External Auditors”). The Commiee has reviewed the unaudited quarterly financial results and audited financial statements of the Group before recommending them for Board’s approval. The Commiee had also reviewed the External Auditors’ report on other internal controls, accounঞng and reporঞng maers and a management representaঞon leer concerning accounঞng and reporঞng maers as well as recommendaঞons in respect of control weaknesses noted in the course of their audit. There were no significant and unusual events or transacঞons highlighted by the Management as well as External Auditors during the financial year. 2. Going concern assessment The Commiee and the Board reviewed the going concern basis for preparing the Group’s consolidated financial statements, including the assumpঞons underlying the going concern statement and the period of assessment. The Commiee’s assessment was based on presentaঞon by Management and took note of the principal risks and uncertainঞes, the exisঞng financial posiঞon, the Group’s financial resources, and the expectaঞons for future performance and capital expenditure. 3. Internal audit The Group Internal Audit provides independent and objecঞve assurance and advisory services designed to add value and improve the operaঞons of the Group. Its scope encompasses, but not limited to, the examinaঞon and evaluaঞon of the adequacy and effecঞveness of the Group’s governance, risk management and internal control processes in relaঞon to the Group’s defined goals and objecঞves. The Head of Group Internal Audit, reports funcঞonally to the Commiee, and the Commiee reviewed and approved the annual Internal Audit plan and budget for acঞviঞes to be undertaken during FY2025. The Commiee also reviewed the adequacy of the scope, funcঞons, competency and resources of the internal audit funcঞon during the year. The Group Internal Audit performs rouঞne audit on and reviews all operaঞng units within the Group, with emphasis on principal risk areas. Group Internal Audit adopts a riskbased approach towards planning and conduct of audits, which is partly guided by an Enterprise Risk Management (“ERM”) framework. The Commiee reviewed the audit reports presented by Group Internal Audit on findings, recommendaঞons and management’s responses there to and ensure that material findings are adequately addressed by the Management. The total costs incurred for the internal audit funcঞon of the Group for the FY2025 was RM643,358 (FY2024: RM553,468). 4. Assessing the effectiveness of external audit process The Commiee places great emphasis on ensuring that there are high standards of quality and effecঞveness in the external audit carried out by the External Auditors. Audit quality is reviewed by the Commiee and includes reviewing and approving the annual audit plan to ensure that it is consistent with the scope of the audit engagement. In reviewing the audit plan, the Commiee discussed the significant and elevated risk areas idenঞfied by the External Auditors which are most likely to give rise to a material financial reporঞng error or those that are perceived to be of higher risk and requiring addiঞonal audit emphasis. The Commiee met with the External Auditors without the Management’s is presence, to discuss their audit plan and any issues arising from the audit. The Commiee had met with the External Auditors on 25 June 2025. 5. Other matters reviewed by the Committee The Commiee also reviewed the following maers:- i) The Group’s compliance with the relevant provision set out under the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance 2021 for preparing Statement on Corporate Governance and Statement on Risk Management and Internal Control pursuant to the Lisঞng Requirements of Bursa Malaysia. ii) The Circular to Shareholders on the proposed renewal of Shareholders’ mandate and proposed new shareholders’ mandate for recurrent related party transacঞons of a revenue or trading nature. iii) The internal audit report relaঞng to exisঞng related party transacঞons. iv) Recurrent Related Party Transacঞons on quarterly basis. v) Solvency Assessment by the Management in relaঞon to the declaraঞon of dividends. MATRIX CONCEPTS HOLDINGS BERHAD INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2025 128 06 OUR GOVERNANCE
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