• reviewing any interested person transactions falling within the scope of Chapter 9 of the SGX-ST Listing Manual; • reviewing any potential conflicts of interest; • approving internal control procedures and arrangements for all interested person transactions; • reviewing and recommending hedging policies and instruments, if any, to be implemented by the Company to the Board; • enquiring the status of the existing Qualifying Assets (as defined in the Company’s prospectus dated 10 October 2012 (the “Prospectus”)) and determining if any of the Qualifying Assets should be removed from the QA List (as defined in the Prospectus); • reviewing and approving the Promoter Interest Register (as defined in the Prospectus); • undertaking such other reviews and projects as may be requested by the Board, and reporting to the Board its findings from time to time on matters arising and requiring the attention of the ARC; and • undertaking generally such other functions and duties as may be required by law or the SGX-ST Listing Manual, and by such amendments made thereto from time to time. Whistleblowing Policy The Company has put in place a whistleblowing policy which sets out the procedures for employees and external parties to raise concerns or make a report on misconduct or wrongdoing relating to any entity in the Group or any of its officers and provisions for keeping the identity of the whistleblower confidential and protection of the whistleblower from reprisal as well as arrangements for independent investigations of such concerns or reports and for appropriate follow up actions to be taken. The existence of such policy has been communicated to the employees. The policy establishes a confidential line of communication to report concerns about possible improprieties to the ARC chairman or the lead independent Director and ensures the independent investigation and follow-up of reports made in good faith. The email addresses of the ARC chairman and the lead independent Director have been made available to employees in the Group. The Company will treat all information received confidentially and protect the identity of whistleblowers. Moreover, the Company is committed to ensuring protection of whistleblowers who have acted in good faith against reprisal and detrimental or unfair treatment. The ARC is responsible for the overall oversight and monitoring of the whistleblowing policy and its implementation. In particular, the ARC reviews the whistleblowing policy from time to time and also reviews and considers all whistleblowing complaints to ensure independent, thorough investigation and appropriate follow-up 37 GEO ENERGY | ANNUAL REPORT 2025
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