CONSENT AWARD

1. This is a reference under section 26(2) of the Act arising out of a trade dispute between the Union and the Company pertaining to the C.A.

2. The Court fixed four mention dates to enable parties to file in their respective pleadings and bundles of documents. The Court had at the same time encouraged parties to try to settle the dispute amicably. The Court then fixed five more mention dates to enable the parties to have time to negotiate.

3. On 26 September 2008, when the matter was called up for mention, the learned counsel for the Company handed over copies of the C.A. duly signed by the parties and prayed for a consent award be handed down. The Court notes that the C.A. also contains 2 letters of Undertaking and a Joint Agreement. In one of the letters of Undertaking, the parties had agreed to extend the C.A. upon its expiry for a further period of 24 months with effect from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2010.

4. In the premises, and by consent of the parties, the C.A. shall be as hereby attached.

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

STAEDTLER (MALAYSIA) BERHAD

(TEMERLUH, PAHANG)

AND

TIMBER EMPLOYEES UNION

PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT