176 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 45 LAND LEASE AGREEMENT (“LLA”) LIABILITY The land lease agreement liability is calculated based on the terms set out in the various agreements as follows: (i) Land Lease Agreement (“LLA”) The Company entered into an agreement with FELDA on 1 November 2011 to lease for a period of 99 years; (i) land with individual land titles issued to FELDA as the registered owner; (ii) existing land granted to FELDA for development but where individual land titles have not been issued to FELDA; and (iii) other land to be alienated or to be acquired by FELDA in the future. FELDA may terminate lease on certain land as follows: (a) Land with minerals, as the rights for minerals are excluded from the lease; (b) Acquisition or intended acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1960 (“LAA”), notice of reclamation by the relevant authority or such other notice of a similar nature issued pursuant to any legislation of Malaysia. In the event of termination, FELDA will provide a notice period ranging from 10 days – 18 months, depending on the size of the land and circumstances of the reclamation. Upon reclamation, compensation will be receivable from FELDA by the Group for the loss of expected future profits in respect of the land, calculated based on the average profit per hectare and the age profile of the applicable biological assets given up. For land reclaimed by FELDA on behalf of third parties under Tenancy Agreement dated on 21 January 2012, no compensation will be receivable by the Company. (ii) LLA Addendum On 2 January 2012, the Company entered into an addendum to LLA (“LLA Addendum”) to acquire certain assets and liabilities other than biological assets of the plantation estates owned by FELDA for a purchase consideration equivalent to the carrying values of the assets and liabilities acquired as at 31 December 2011 amounting to RM54,690,000, removing the requirement for consents from State Authority prior to commencement of LLA and amending the definition of categories of assets requiring to be maintained by the Company. As a result, the LLA commenced on 1 January 2012. (iii) Novation Agreement FGV Plantations (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (“FGVPM”), a subsidiary of the Company had entered into a novation agreement whereby all benefits, rights, title, interest, obligations, undertakings, covenants and liabilities of the Company under the LLA and LLA Addendum shall be transferred by the Company to FGVPM from 1 January 2012 and FELDA has consented to the transfer of all of the Company’s benefits, rights, title, interest, obligations, undertakings, covenants and liabilities to FGVPM subject to the terms and conditions of the novation agreement.
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