Datuk Lin Yun Ling will still be committed to his role as a managing director and no management reshuffling is likely to happen, says a company official SHARES of Gamuda Bhd, Malaysia's second biggest builder, suffered their biggest drop in 10 years yesterday, after managing director Datuk Lin Yun Ling reduced his stake in the company to 1.73 per cent from 5.23 per cent.Lin sold 70 million Gamuda shares through Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Ltd on Wednesday, reducing his stake to 34.7 million shares from 104.7 million in a deal believed to be valued at around RM350 million.While the news came as a surprise to the industry, Lin reiterated that he will be retaining the remaining shares and his management position, which he has held since 1981."I am undertaking this partial disposal for estate planning purposes as I last sold shares in April 2002," Lin said in a statement, without elaborating on his future plans. Read more
(New Straits Times 22-2-2008)
