The Board of Directors of KPJ Healthcare Berhad ("KPJ" or "the Company") wishes to announce that the Company intends to seek the approval of its shareholders for the following transaction at the forthcoming General Meeting of the Company:-

(a) Proposed renewal of shareholders' mandate for the purchase of the Company's own shares in accordance with Section 67A of the Companies Act, 1965, the Articles of Association of the Company and the Listing Requirements of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad ("Bursa Securities' Listing Requirements") ("Proposed Renewal of the Share Buy-Back Authority").

The shareholders' approval pertaining to the Proposal was renewed in an AGM of the Company held on 31 May 2010 and will expire at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting to be convened not later than 30 June 2011.

The Circular to Shareholders containing details of the Proposal will be despatched in due course.

This announcement is dated 30 March 2011.