ANNUAL REPORT 2025 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Notes to the Financial Statements (Cont’d) For the Financial Year Ended 31 March 2025 170 39. STAFF COSTS Group Company 2025 2024 2025 2024 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 Salaries and other benefits 59,245 57,167 13,149 11,250 Defined contribution plan 6,932 7,248 1,479 1,388 ESOS expense 5,257 - 2,041 - 71,434 64,415 16,669 12,638 40. FINANCE COSTS Group Company 2025 2024 2025 2024 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 Interest expense on financial liabilities at amortised cost 2,439 3,166 21 60 Interest expense on lease liabilities (Note 30) 28 52 9 39 2,467 3,218 30 99 41. PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION Group Company 2025 2024 2025 2024 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 Profit before taxation is arrived at after charging/(crediting):- Auditors’ remuneration: - Auditor of the Company (i) Statutory 272 279 62 58 (ii) Non-statutory 60 - 60 - - Member firm of the auditors of the Company - 4 - - - Other auditors 27 23 - - Directors’ remuneration (Note 46) 5,376 4,122 5,125 3,950 Amount owing by a subsidiary (Note 18): - Written back - - - (2,075) - Written off - - 160 - - Allowance for impairment loss - - 2,909 - Amortisation of development expenditure (Note 12) 275 3,852 - - Depreciation of right-of-use assets (Note 7) 994 1,087 735 920 Fair value gain on: - short-term investments (2,266) (3,042) (1,103) (985) - other investments (13,275) - (13,275) - Goodwill (Note 11): - Allowance for impairment loss 2,693 1,460 - - Inventories (Note 15): - Allowance for impairment loss 106 - - - - Written back (4) (42) - - - Written off 156 1,796 - - Investment in an associate written off (Note 9) 1,500 - - - Loss/(Gain) on foreign exchange: - Realised 254 735 2 7 - Unrealised 883 (62) - (4) Property, plant and equipment (Note 6): - Depreciation 13,986 22,786 944 1,179 - Written off - 175 - 6 - Gain on disposal (30) (38) (30) (38)
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