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2025 MarsdenLR 3096

HIGH COURT MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR
LEE LENG CHEN – Appellant
Versus
ADDEKOH SDN BHD & ORS – Respondent


Table of Content
1. just and equitable grounds for winding-up (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7)
2. court's recognition of mutual distrust (Para 8 , 14 , 15)
3. established precedence on substratum loss (Para 9)
4. breakdown of mutual trust between shareholders (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13)
Ahmad Murad Abdul Aziz J:

Introduction

[1] Enclosure 1 is the Petition to wind-up the 1st Respondent ("the Company") based on the just and equitable principles provided by s 465(1)(b) of the Companies Act 2016 (" CA 2016").

[2] The Petitioner is a minority shareholder holding 38% shares, while Kong Siong Chen (R2) holds 62%. However, when the Company was first incorporated the shares were held 50-50 between the parties.

[3] The Company was set-up between the Petitioner and R2. When it was set-up the Petitioner's shares was held by his nominee one Madam Ong because the Petitioner was still employed in a different company.

[4] Although the Company was set-up like a partnership, nevertheless R2 held the majority shares.

[5] The grounds by the Petitioner to wind-up the Company are as follows:

(a) The whole substratum and objective of setting up the Company has vanished (loss of substratum).

(b) Loss of mutual trust

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