Parkson Holdings Berhad

Parkson Holdings Berhad (PHB) is a Malaysian public company and investment holding company. The company was incorporated in Malaysia on 26 August 1982 as a private limited liability company named Amalgamated Cement Mills Sdn Bhd. It later changed its name, became a public company, and adopted its present name in 2007. PHB has been listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad since 1993. PHB holds stakes in Parkson Retail Asia Limited (PRA) and Parkson Retail Group Limited (PRGL), which are listed respectively in Singapore and Hong Kong. The official company profile describes PRA as operating 38 Parkson department stores in Malaysia. PRGL is a retail operator in mainland China; the profile reports that it operates and manages department stores, Parkson Beauty concept stores, malls, supermarkets, fashion outlets, and food and beverage outlets across 26 major cities. The profile also identifies consumer financing among PRGL's activities through Parkson Credit Sdn Bhd. PHB's wider subsidiary businesses span department-store operations, food and beverage, property management and development, project management, consultancy and management services, cosmetics and related products, fashion-goods distribution and retail, money lending and credit services, and intellectual-property holding. The company is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and is listed in Malaysia under the stock name PARKSON. Its official corporate information names Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Cheng Heng Jem as Managing Director and Y. M. Datuk Seri Utama Raja Nong Chik bin Dato' Raja Zainal Abidin as Chairman.

Parkson Holdings Berhad (PHB) was incorporated in Malaysia on 26 August 1982 as a private limited liability company called Amalgamated Cement Mills Sdn Bhd. On 27 August 1988, it changed its name to Amalgamated Containers Sdn Bhd. The company was converted to a public limited liability company under the name Amalgamated Containers Berhad on 17 August 1992. It was listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 28 October 1993. On 19 September 2007, it adopted its present name, Parkson Holdings Berhad. PHB describes itself as an investment holding company. Its interests include Parkson Retail Asia Limited (PRA) and Parkson Retail Group Limited (PRGL), which are listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, respectively. According to PHB's corporate profile, PRA was listed on 3 November 2011 and operates 38 Parkson department stores in Malaysia. PRGL made its listing debut on 30 November 2005 and is described by PHB as a premier retail operator in the People's Republic of China. The company profile reports that PRGL operates and manages department stores, Parkson Beauty concept stores, malls, supermarkets, fashion outlets, and food and beverage outlets in 26 major cities. It also identifies consumer financing through Parkson Credit Sdn Bhd. PHB's stated subsidiary activities extend beyond retail to investment holding, property management, property development and project management, consultancy and management services, cosmetics and related products, fashionable-goods distribution and retail, money lending and credit services, and intellectual-property holding. PHB's registered office is at Lion Office Tower in Kuala Lumpur. Its corporate information identifies Raja Nong Chik bin Dato' Raja Zainal Abidin as Chairman, Tan Sri Cheng Heng Jem as Managing Director, and Cheng Hui Yen, Natalie as an Executive Director. The supplied official website identifies Bursa Malaysia as its listing venue and gives the stock name PARKSON and stock number 5657.

• Incorporated as Amalgamated Cement Mills Sdn Bhd

• Renamed Amalgamated Containers Sdn Bhd

• Converted to a public limited company as Amalgamated Containers Berhad

• Listed on Bursa Malaysia's Main Market

• Parkson Retail Group Limited made its listing debut

• Adopted the name Parkson Holdings Berhad

• Parkson Retail Asia Limited listed

A listed investment holding company with a retail-led portfolio spanning department stores and associated consumer, property, and service businesses.

• Parkson department stores

  Department-store operations in Malaysia and China through the group's retail interests.

• Parkson Beauty concept stores

  A concept-store format included in PRGL's reported China operations.

• Parkson Newcore City Malls and Lion Mall

  Mall formats reported among PRGL's managed operations.

• Consumer financing through Parkson Credit Sdn Bhd

  Consumer financing identified in PHB's profile as part of PRGL's activities.

1. 1PARKSON HOLDINGS BERHAD — Corporate Profilelion.com.my
2. 2PARKSON HOLDINGS BERHAD — Corporate Informationlion.com.my
3. 3Parkson Holdings Berhadwikidata.org