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Global Innovation & Value Summit (GIVS2022): Why ESG Evaluation Matters, to be held November 18

IAFOR, ESG-IREC, and VRC in a Symposium exploring ESG, Sustainability, and The Value Model

Opening the COP27 Conference, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres chided world leaders about their ongoing inaction, warning that immediate, real and tangible action is required to address the climate crisis, or “we are on the highway to hell, with our foot on the accelerator.”

IAFOR GIVS Symposium 2022 to be held on November 18: https://givs.iafor.org/

According to Prof. Philip Sugai, Director of the Value Research Center (VRC) in Kyoto, Japan, “Corporations are now pressed to answer to a more diverse group of stakeholders, and while there are more than a hundred different types of ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) evaluation and reporting systems, none yet offer the guidance and strategic value to businesses that are required to address the many complex issues facing business leaders today.”

The 2022 IAFOR Global Innovation and Value Summit (GIVS) is focused on providing one possible offramp from Guterres’s highway to hell, showcasing a new approach to measure and monitor the value created and destroyed by companies irrespective of their size, industry or location. The Value Model offers a powerful alternative to currently available ESG evaluation systems (ie MSCI, Bloomberg and FTSE4Good) with a new, more holistic approach for measuring, managing and creating value for a diverse group of stakeholders not yet found in any single existing ESG or sustainability reporting framework.

The 2022 GIVS event, “The Future of ESG and Value: Why ESG Evaluation Matters”, will include two panel sessions in the areas of sustainability, purpose, and value. Prof. Toshiya Hoshino, Director, ESG-Integration Research and Education Center (ESG-IREC) at Osaka University’s Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) and former Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, will deliver the keynote speech. Having attended COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, he will bring to the Symposium valuable insights on the difficult international negotiations at the COP27 conference.

The first panel session will cover critical issues that business leaders, regulators and policy makers need to focus on over the coming 12-24 months related to the implementation of ESG and sustainability within their organizations, and introduces the VRC Value Model. The second panel will explain the VRC Value Model and introduce the Value Model certification course.

The full agenda for the 2022 IAFOR GIVS event ( https://givs.iafor.org/ ) is as follows:

13:00-13:30: Keynote Address – Prof. Toshiya Hoshino, Director, ESG-Integration Research and Education Center, Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University

13:30-15:00: Session 1 – Moderator: Prof. Haruko Satoh, OSIPP; Value Measurement & Sustainability, Challenges & Opportunities (15 min presentation each, 30-minute discussion)
– Speaker 1: Mr. Paul Beddie, International Ambassador, SAP
– Speaker 2: Dr. Flocy Joseph, Singapore Management University
– Speaker 3: Prof. Philip Sugai, Value Research Center (VRC), Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

15:00-15:15: Break

15:15-16:45: Session 2 – Introducing the Value Model and Value Model Certification Program
– Speaker 1: Prof. Philip Sugai, Value Research Center (VRC)
– Speaker 2: Dr. Kumar Iyer (VRC)
– Speaker 3: Seitaro Owada (EcoRing)

16:45-17:00: Concluding address – Mr. Setsu Mori, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Alterna Magazine

This course will be provided by the Value Research Center, in collaboration with the ESG-Integration Research and Education Center (ESG-IREC) at Osaka University’s Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), as well as the VRC Juku, a new membership organization dedicated to thought leadership in value creation and measurement, with D-Bridge, a non-profit organization at Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan).

The time for action to attain UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is growing more critical every day. As neoliberal capitalism’s excessive focus on company and shareholders’ profits is increasingly identified as a major driver of environmental destruction as well as a host of social and economic inequality issues, today’s business leaders are evaluated not only on their ability to create profitable outcomes, but to do so while simultaneously delivering real, tangible value for the other stakeholders, which include customers, employees, partners, society and ultimately the planet.

About IAFOR
Founded in 2009, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) is a politically independent non-partisan and non-profit interdisciplinary think tank, conference organiser and publisher dedicated to discussion, awareness and exchange through educational interaction and academic research. Based in Nagoya, Japan, its research centre is in the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University. Visit https://iafor.org/.

About VRC
The Value Research Center (VRC) at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan was established in November 2021. Its mission: to develop a practical system called The Value Model, enabling organizations to measure, monitor, assess and report on their impacts to 7 key stakeholders: the organization itself, its shareholders, employees, customers, partners, society, and the planet.

The VRC enhances The Value Model continuously, integrating new frameworks as they are introduced, bringing greater transparency, objectivity and measurability to value creation – in ways we don’t often see. The VRC Value Model gives government and industry the eyes to see impacts they’re actually having, and the ability to fix what’s broken, and enhance what they’re doing well. Visit www.valueresearchcenter.com.

About ESG-IREC
The Osaka University Graduate School of International Public Policy – ESG Integration Research and Education Center (ESG-IREC) conducts research on practical implementable “ESG integration” models in corporate and business activities for the creation of a more sustainable future. Visit www.osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/.

Trintech Celebrates the 10-Year Anniversary of Cadency(R) by Trintech

“The Avengers(TM)” came together in 2012 and have defeated numerous villains over the last 10 years. Similarly, Trintech’s finance and technology experts also came together in 2012 to launch Cadency(R) – the world’s first end-to-end Record to Report SaaS solution transforming the way enterprise finance and accounting professionals around the world close their books. Since then, Trintech has been laser-focused on continuing to help the Superheroes of Finance and Accounting defeat manual work by standardizing, streamlining, and automating their financial close processes.

“The Office of the CFO has evolved considerably over the last ten years, with CFOs serving as key superheroes within their organizations. Today, we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Cadency and the role it has played in helping global organizations vanquish compliance headaches, rescue un-reconciled balance sheets, and bring peace to the world of transaction matching,” said Teresa Mackintosh, CEO of Trintech. “The last three years have asked even more from the Office of Finance, as the pandemic introduced new challenges and increased expectations to conquer. CFOs need to be more agile than ever before and have accurate and accessible data available at any given moment, making solutions like Cadency a must-have in their Superhero toolbelt.”

Over the last decade, Cadency(R) has helped organizations around the globe streamline and automate the entire Record to Report process in a standardized control framework. To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Cadency launch and the release of Cadency 10.3 this week, Trintech has put together a look at how the heroes of Marvel and the heroes of Finance and Accounting have tallied up some impressive stats over the last ten years:

– Following the successful roll-out of Cadency, Serco now has a centralized global solution that provides greater insight into the total number of reconciliations performed as well as their timeliness and accuracy. Today, Serco is running 5,000 balance sheet reconciliations through Cadency on a monthly basis. In addition, they are auto-reconciling 15,000 accounts which has saved their team a total of 500 hours per month. That’s enough time to watch the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe (3,831 minutes of film) over the course of eight months!

– Over 10,000 crew members are listed in the credits of Avengers: Infinity War(TM). That’s a huge number, but did you know that Boston Scientific Corporation currently has 29,000+ accounts housed within Cadency, with more than 4,400 of those accounts set to auto-reconcile each month? Additionally, BSC has experienced increased productivity and time savings, greater visibility and standardization across their balance sheet reconciliation and previously manual Journal Entry processes. The automation features inside Cadency have increased their efficiency, as well in areas such as SOX sampling and testing.

– As the Avengers showed us, the best teams need to grow. While they started as a group of six superheroes in 2012, it took over 30 heroes to take down Thanos in Avengers: Endgame(TM). LKQ Corporation, a leading global distributor of vehicle parts and accessories, implemented Trintech’s Cadency solution and successfully conducted 130 acquisitions from 2003-2019, growing 38 times their original size with no additional headcount increase to their F&A team. In addition, they were able to reduce their close to six and a half business days, reduce their cash specialist headcount by nearly 50%, and achieve nearly 90% auto-reconciliation.

Looking to become the Superhero of your organization? Learn how Trintech can help. https://www.trintech.com/schedule-demo/

About Trintech

Trintech Inc., a pioneer of financial corporate performance management software, combines technical and financial expertise to create innovative, cloud-based software solutions that deliver world-class financial operations and insights. From high volume transaction matching and streamlining daily operational reconciliations, to automating and managing balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, journal entries, disclosure reporting and bank fee analysis, to governance, risk and compliance – Trintech’s portfolio of financial solutions, including Cadency(R), Adra(R), and targeted tools, ReconNET(TM), T-Recs(R), and UPCS(R), help manage all aspects of the financial close process. Trintech’s excellence in both innovation and client support have been recognized with a variety of awards over the years including most recently “Easiest to Do Business With” and “Fastest Implementation” in G2’s Fall 2022 Report. Over 3,500 clients worldwide – including the majority of the Fortune 100 – rely on the company’s cloud-based software to continuously improve the efficiency, reliability, and strategic insights of their financial operations.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Trintech has offices located across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the Nordic countries, as well as strategic partners in South Africa, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. To learn more about Trintech, visit www.trintech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Media Contact:
Kelli Shoevlin
Sr. Manager, Global Corporate Marketing & Communications
kelli.shoevlin@trintech.com

SOURCE: Trintech, Inc.

Kitchen Culture Seeking Legal Advice on Validity of New Purported Notice to Remove 5 Directors; Urges Shareholders Not to Accept Notices or Proxy Forms Unquestioningly

Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd. (Kitchen Culture or the Company) said today it will seek fresh legal advice on the validity of a letter from a law firm and fresh notice received by a group of 8 shareholders (requisitioners) seeking to remove 5 of 6 directors via an Extraordinary General Meeting (Second Intended EGM) proposed for 25 November 2022.

The directors of SGX Catalist-listed provider of solutions and products for kitchens and wardrobes received the new notice (Second Concatenation Purported Notice) as well as a lawyer’s letter yesterday. The requisitioners also published an advertisement for the Second Concatenation Purported Notice in The Business Times today.

OOWAY Group Ltd. (OOWAY) – the Company’s largest shareholder – and 7 individuals who own an aggregate of 21.71% of the Company’s shares had issued Purported Notices under Section 177 of the Companies Act 1967 – on 30 September 2022 and 14 October 2022 – to remove the 5 directors. Kitchen Culture responded that the Purported Notices were defective and that any resolution passed on 1 November 2022 would be invalid.

Kitchen Culture’s Board, with the exception of Madam Hao Dongting, has said that there are no grounds to justify the resignations of the 5 directors – Mr Lim Wee Li (Executive Director), Mr Lau Kay Heng (Non-Executive Director and Vice-Chairman), and 3 Independent Directors, Mr Ang Lian Kiat, Mr William Teo Choon Kow and Mr Peter Lim King Soon.

Mr Lau Kay Heng and Mr Peter Lim King Soon were named as new directors to on 15 July 2022, the same day that Mr Lincoln Teo, an OOWAY representative and former Interim CEO of Kitchen Culture, ceased to be Executive Director. The Company stressed that OOWAY had in fact supported the re-appointments of Mr William Teo Choon Kow and Mr Ang Lian Kiat at the Annual General Meeting held on 18 March 2022.

Addressing the letter and notices received yesterday from a law firm, which did not confirm for whom they were acting, Kitchen Culture said:

The undated Second Concatenation Purported Notice contained resolutions for the proposed for Second Intended EGM scheduled for 25 November 2022 that were substantially similar to those proposed for the 1 November 2022 EGM that was ‘postponed’. Yet it made no mention nor explained the so-called ‘postponement’ advertised by requisitioners on 29 October 2022 in The Business Times despite having issued a press release on 24 October 2022 urging shareholders to attend;
As the above documents gave notice of the “Second Intended EGM” “to be convened and held only be electronic means” on 25 November 2022, it remains unclear if requisitioners have detracted from the “postponed” 1 November 2022 EGM which they had earlier urged shareholders to attend;
The letter received from the law firm failed to explain how 2 earlier notices filed by requisitioners ahead of the earlier EGM (1 November 2022) can be “reissued” as a “composite” in the form of the Second Concatenation Purported Notice to call for the Second Intended EGM; and
The requisitioners did not confirm whether the requisitioners regard the Second Intended EGM to be in anyway connected with the 1 November 2022 EGM that was called off.

The Company will seek to communicate with the requisitioners to minimise, if not to clear up, the confusion among shareholders which might have been caused by the requisitioners’ actions or by the documents or omissions contained in the documents received yesterday.

Kitchen Culture urged shareholders in the meantime “NOT to accept unquestioningly the Second Concatenation Purported Notice of EGM or its related Proxy Form, or the validity the Second Intended EGM. Instead, they should await further announcements of the Company to give updates on this subject.”

Kitchen Culture shares have been suspended from trading since July 2021. Its Board has seen several changes since the involvement of OOWAY in October 2020.

Issued by:
Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd.
9 Raffles Place, #52-02, Republic Plaza
Singapore 048619
Tel: +65 6471 6776, Fax: +65 6472 6776

Media & Investor Contact
Whatsapp (Text): +65 9748 0688
kitchenculture@wer1.net

This press release has been reviewed by the Company’s sponsor, SAC Capital Private Limited (the “Sponsor”). It has not been examined or approved by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the “SGX-ST”) and the SGX-ST assumes no responsibility for the contents of this press release, including the correctness of any of the statements or opinions made or reports contained in this press release.

The contact person for the Sponsor is Ms. Lee Khai Yinn (Tel +65 6232 3210), at 1 Robinson Road, #21-00 AIA Tower, Singapore 048542.

Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd. [SGX: 5TI] [BBG: KCH:SP] [RIC: KCHL.SI] https://kcholdings.com.sg

Kitchen Culture’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to be held on 25th November 2022, 9am

Relevant Shareholders[1] of Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd. today announced that the new Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company (EGM) will be convened on 25th November 2022 at 9am. The Live EGM Webcast and the Live EGM Audio Feed has been arranged in place of a physical EGM.

The Relevant Shareholders have informed the Company’s Board on 2nd November 2022 in a letter of the same date of their intention to convene an EGM pursuant to Section 177 of the Companies Act[2]. The full notice of the EGM has been published on The Business Times on 3rd November 2022. The EGM seeks to remove 5 of Kitchen Culture’s current Board of Directors and to appoint 5 new members to the Board. (See Annex A for details)

Shareholders who have pre-registered will be able to watch or listen to the EGM proceedings through the Live EGM Webcast or the Live EGM Audio Feed via mobile phone, tablet, computer or any such electronic device.

Details of the steps for pre-registration for the Live EGM Webcast or Live EGM Audio Feed, submission of substantial and relevant comments, queries and/or questions in advance of the EGM or through real-time electronic communication during the EGM, and voting live at the EGM by members themselves via real-time remote electronic voting or voting by appointing of a proxy(ies) or the Chairman of the EGM as proxy are set out in the Notice of EGM which has been published on The Business Times on 3rd November 2022.

All Shareholders including those who have bought shares using SRS monies must pre-register online at https://registration.ryt-poll.com/home/index/kchl-egm by 9.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 22nd November 2022 (being not less than 72 hours before the time appointed for holding the EGM) to enable verification of their status.

Following the verification and upon the closure of pre-registration, authenticated shareholders will receive email instructions to access the Live EGM Webcast and the Live EGM Audio Feed of the EGM proceedings by 9.00 a.m. on 24 November 2022 (being 24 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the EGM). The email instructions will contain the user ID, password details, and URL link to access the Live EGM Webcast and the Live EGM Audio Feed.

Reasons for changing to a new EGM date

The Relevant Shareholders of Kitchen Culture wish to highlight that the Company had previously refused to publish a Notice of EGM on SGXNet and on the Company’s website, contrary to Catalist Rule 704(14) of the SGX Listing Manual (“Rule”). Under the Rule, the Company is required to immediately announce the details of any general meeting, such as publishing a copy of the Notice of the EGM on SGXNet and the Company’s website regardless of any advice sought or action to be taken.

The failure to do so is a breach of the Rule and unfairly disenfranchises shareholders who wish to attend and exercise their vote at a general meeting.

The Relevant Shareholders[3] said,

By requisitioning for a new EGM date, we want to ensure that this time round, all shareholders of Kitchen Culture are given the opportunity to attend and vote at the EGM on 25th November 2022 (9:00am). Alternatively, those who are unable to attend the EGM can vote by proxy by 23rd November 2022 (9:00am).

As shareholders, they should have the right to decide who they wish to appoint to act in their interests as the directors of the Company.

We would like to thank all shareholders of Kitchen Culture who have supported our efforts thus far in the proposed appointment of our new board of directors, whom if elected, will make a significant difference in providing strong leadership and strategic direction to take the Company forward.”

“We also wish to inform all shareholders that the requisitioning of the previous EGM, was in compliance with all relevant statutes/rules, but we decided to take the difficult (but correct) decision to postpone the EGM date to ensure that all shareholders can make informed decision and vote accordingly.”

We have sought legal advice to review Article 71 of the Company’s Articles of Association and was advised to reschedule the EGM, giving 21 days’ notice to pre-empt any possible dispute on the length of the notice period.”

[1] “Relevant Shareholders” refer to OOWAY Group Ltd., Koh Cher Chow, Lin Xiao Long, Ling Chui Chui, Koh Ngin Joo, Lim Cheng Huat, Chew Yu Sheng and Soh Koon Eng who together hold more than 10% of Kitchen Culture’s issued share capital.
[2] Section 177 Notice constituting a special notice under Section 152(2) read with Section 185 of the Companies Act 1967 of Singapore (the “Companies Act”) of the intention of the Relevant Shareholders to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company (the “EGM”) pursuant to Section 177 of the Companies Act.
[3] See Annex B

Issued by Relevant Shareholders of Kitchen Culture Ltd.

Media and Investors Contact:
Email: query@oowayasia.com

Annex A: Extract of Agenda for EGM:

At the upcoming EGM, the 2 main agenda items among others to be raised are:
1. Removal of the following 5 Directors on the existing Board:
a. Mr. Lau Kay Heng
b. Mr. Lim Wee Li
c. Mr. William Teo Choon Kow
d. Mr. Ang Lian Kiat and
e. Mr. Peter Lim King Soon

2. Appointment of the following individuals to the Board:
a. Mr James Beeland Rogers, Jr. to be appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company;
b. Mr Yip Kean Mun to be appointed as an Executive Director of the Company;
c. Mr Lam Kwong Fai to be appointed as an Independent Director of the Company;
d. Mr Tan Meng Shern to be appointed as an Independent Director of the Company; and
e. Mr Cheung Wai Man to be appointed as an Independent Director of the Company.

This Notice of EGM has been advertised on 3rd November 2022, one English Language daily newspaper circulating in Singapore, namely The Business Times, pursuant to Article 71 of the Company’s Constitution.

Printed copies of this Notice of EGM and Proxy Form will NOT be sent to members. Instead, these documents ought to be made available by the Company to shareholders solely by electronic means via publication on the Company’s website and on the SGXNet.

Copies of the redacted curriculum vitae, Form 45 (Consent to Act as Director), confirmations of independence (where applicable) and Catalist Rules undertakings of these new directors proposed to be appointed to the board will be made accessible at these links:

Link 1: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1iEag3gqRV_OAMPuErTOrWmTsji4KRyvp?usp=sharing
Link 2: https://tinyurl.com/5bkvtepr

Annex B: Notice to Company

The Relevant Shareholders have also informed the Kitchen Culture Board that prior to the conclusion of the EGM, the Company, including the current Directors of the Company, should not:

1. Take any action to effect any casual appointment of Director(s) or action that will affect the number of existing issued shares of the Company or carry out any corporate action that is dilutive in nature to the minority shareholders of the Company;
2. Carry out any transaction that would result in the divestment or acquisition of any business interest or asset for or on behalf of the Company;
3. Enter into any transaction committing or exposing the Company to any potential liability of a significant nature.

Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd. [SGX: 5TI] [BBG: KCH:SP] [RIC: KCHL.SI] https://kcholdings.com.sg

Trintech Client Serco Named Winner in 15th Annual Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards

“We want to congratulate Serco for its use of Trintech’s solution in applying automation in its accounting close to speed processes in a complex business, enable staff to focus more of their time on high-value efforts and promote greater confidence in the integrity of its financial statements,” remarked Robert Kugel, Senior Vice President and Research Director at Ventana Research.

Following the successful roll-out of Cadency, Serco has achieved a single, standardized approach to balance sheet management on a global scale. Reconciliations now require less manual effort thanks to increased automation and the application of a risk-based strategy. In addition, the use of a centralized global solution has provided greater insight into the total number of reconciliations performed as well as their timeliness and accuracy.

“I am honored to accept this award on behalf of the Project Team who implemented Cadency and the BAU team who continues to use and promote continuous improvement within our reconciliation process,” said Paul Adams, Head of New Business & R2R at Serco. “The transformative success our team has been able to achieve with Trintech’s Cadency solution has been remarkable and we look forward to additional successes as we continue our financial transformation journey with Trintech.”

Automation has not only reduced Serco’s cost but also allows their team to focus on more value-added tasks. “Competition for talent is a big focus and challenge for many organizations today,” continued Adams. “Automation can help retain your resources by allowing them to focus on value-added tasks instead of the manual, transactional processes.”

Today, Serco is running 5,000 balance sheet reconciliations through Cadency on a monthly basis. In addition, they are auto-reconciling 15,000 accounts which has saved their team a total of 500 hours per month. To gain even further efficiencies, Serco also utilizes Trintech’s pre-built Cadency SAP(R)-Certified Connector. “This connector automatically interfaces data flows from our SAP instance into Cadency so our team can begin analyzing it within minutes. Having the direct interface from SAP also gives confidence in the data matching between the two systems,” continued Adams. From a reporting perspective, Serco’s leadership team also now has full visibility into a Reporting dashboard that allows them to drill-down into any account and identify risk on the balance sheet.

Looking ahead, Serco is looking to continue to expand its automation strategy to gain further efficiencies across their processes. “If it is a repeatable process, the benefits of having technology doing it is far superior to any human. Automation is vital for process efficiency and cost-effectiveness,” concluded Adams.

About Trintech

Media Contact:
Kelli Shoevlin
Sr. Manager, Global Corporate Marketing & Communications
kelli.shoevlin@trintech.com

SOURCE: Trintech, Inc.

Trintech Expands Partner Program with the Launch of Adra Partner Accreditation

Partners to Advance Product Knowledge with New NASBA-Certified CPE Learning Courses

Trintech, a leading global provider of cloud-based financial close solutions for the Office of Finance, today announced the expansion of its partner offerings with the launch of its Adra Partner Accreditation Program. This new program builds upon the already extensive training offerings within the Trintech Partner Success Center, a training and accreditation platform designed to empower Trintech partners to advance their knowledge of its portfolio of financial solutions, including Cadency (for large enterprises) and Adra (for mid-market organizations).

“The demand for reconciliation and financial close automation solutions continue to rise as organizations around the world look to reduce costs, drive efficiencies and mitigate risk across their financial close processes,” said Mekaela Davis, VP, Partner Ecosystem Success & Global Advisory at Trintech. “As the Office of Finance has evolved in recent years, so too has the partner ecosystem that works together to provide a holistic business vision and strategy. Together, Trintech and our Partners share a common goal in helping Finance & Accounting teams solve these challenges which is why we are committed to providing our partners with the necessary resources to deepen their product knowledge to better meet the needs of our customers.”

Over the past year, Trintech has seen a 315% increase in Partner Training consumption within the Trintech Partner Success Center by Global Advisory & Consulting firms, Global System Integrators, and in-region specific consulting partners. The Trintech Partner Success Center offers comprehensive online, NASBA-certified courses that provide training for all partner skill levels and roles including sales, pre-sales, and implementation. The eLearning curriculum is just one way Trintech Partners can effectively build knowledge while adopting best practices with its’ solutions. Trintech’s Partner Enablement team also provides “Office Hours” twice a week, which encourages regular dialogue to build upon Trintech’s training and certification programs and allows Partners to collaborate 1:1 with Trintech team members. Monthly training webinars also provide opportunities to dive deep into product features so partners can continually adopt additional functionality and drive toward optimization.

Over 3,500 clients across industries such as, retail, food and beverage, financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and software rely on Trintech’s solutions to increase their efficiency and effectiveness, reduce costs, and improve governance and transparency across their finance and accounting processes. When you partner with Trintech, you are not getting a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. You are getting a complete solution, designed for the customers’ unique needs, and a team of experienced professionals who will work hands-on to achieve fruitful partnerships underscored by successful client outcomes. Interested in becoming a Trintech Partner? Learn more here. https://www.trintech.com/about/partners/become-a-partner/

Trintech, Inc., is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.org.

About Trintech
Trintech Inc., a pioneer of financial corporate performance management software, combines technical and financial expertise to create innovative, cloud-based software solutions that deliver world-class financial operations and insights. From high volume transaction matching and streamlining daily operational reconciliations, to automating and managing balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, journal entries, disclosure reporting and bank fee analysis, to governance, risk and compliance – Trintech’s portfolio of financial solutions, including Cadency(R) Platform, Adra(R) Suite, and targeted tools, ReconNET(TM), T-Recs(R), and UPCS(R), help manage all aspects of the financial close process. Trintech’s excellence in both innovation and client support have been recognized with a variety of awards over the years including most recently “Easiest to Do Business With” and “Fastest Implementation” in G2’s Fall 2022 Report. Over 3,500 clients worldwide – including the majority of the Fortune 100 – rely on the company’s cloud-based software to continuously improve the efficiency, reliability, and strategic insights of their financial operations.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Trintech has offices located across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the Nordic countries, as well as strategic partners in South Africa, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. To learn more about Trintech, visit www.trintech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Media Contact:
Kelli Shoevlin
Sr. Manager, Global Corporate Marketing & Communications
kelli.shoevlin@trintech.com

SOURCE: Trintech, Inc.

Kitchen Culture Criticises Requisitioners for ‘Diametrically Changing’ Minds by Publishing Advertisement to Call off EGM to Remove 5 Directors; Company Affirms 1 November EGM Will Not Proceed

Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd. (“Kitchen Culture” or the “Company”) said today that a group of 8 shareholders (“the requisitioners”) seeking to remove 5 of 6 directors has caused confusion among shareholders and the public by publishing a newspaper advertisement calling off the Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) with 1 working day’s notice before it was due to be held.

The Company said it was made aware of a relatively small advertisement published by the requisitioners in The Business Times on 29 October 2022 (Saturday) to ‘postpone’ the EGM – originally proposed for 9.00 am on 1 November 2022 (Tuesday) at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel – even though the requisitioners had not communicated this to the Board of Directors (“the Board”).

While the requisitioners had published a significantly larger advertisement in The Sunday Times – a different newspaper – on 16 October 2022 calling for the EGM and had issued a press release via ACN newswire 8 days later urging shareholders to attend, they now “… appear, suddenly and without giving any explanation, to have diametrically changed their minds with just 1 working day before 1 November 2022,” Kitchen Culture said.

The Company said that some shareholders may not be aware of the latest advertisement by the requisitioners whose conduct has continued to cause confusion. Kitchen Culture has been receiving calls from shareholders expressing confusion and frustration as they had not received the Purported Notices and proxy forms in the days leading up to the EGM.

OOWAY Group Ltd. (“OOWAY”) and 7 individuals who own an aggregate of 21.71% of the Company’s shares had issued Purported Notices issued under Section 177 of the Companies Act 1967 – on 30 September 2022 and 14 October 2022 – to remove the 5 directors.

Kitchen Culture has said that 2 law firms have advised that Purported Notices were defective and that any resolutions passed on 1 November 2022 would be invalid.

The Company reminded shareholders today that based on the requisitioners’ advertisement on 29 October 2022, the intended EGM tomorrow will not be proceeding, and that they should not show up in person nor provide proxy forms.

Kitchen Culture also stressed that, as advised by its lawyers, it is incorrect for the requisitioners to state in the advertisement that they are “postponing” the intended EGM or to “announce” another date “in due course”. The Company will write to the requisitioners for clarifications and confirmations on this and other relevant points, as appropriate.

Kitchen Culture’s Board, with the exception of Madam Hao Dongting, has said that there are no grounds to justify the resignations of the 5 directors – Mr Lim Wee Li (Executive Director), Mr Lau Kay Heng (Non-Executive Director and Vice-Chairman), and 3 Independent Directors, Mr Ang Lian Kiat, Mr William Teo Choon Kow and Mr Peter Lim King Soon.

Mr Lau Kay Heng and Mr Peter Lim King Soon were named as new directors to the SGX Catalist-listed provider of solutions and products for kitchens and wardrobes on 15 July 2022, the same day that Mr Lincoln Teo, an OOWAY representative and former Interim CEO of Kitchen Culture, ceased to be Executive Director.

The Company stressed that OOWAY had in fact supported the re-appointments of Mr William Teo Choon Kow and Mr Ang Lian Kiat at the Annual General Meeting held on 18 March 2022.

Kitchen Culture shares have been suspended from trading since July 2021. Its Board has seen several changes since the involvement of OOWAY in October 2020.

Issued by:
Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd.
9 Raffles Place, #52-02, Republic Plaza
Singapore 048619
Tel: +65 6471 6776, Fax: +65 6472 6776

Media & Investor Contact
Whatsapp (Text): +65 9748 0688
kitchenculture@wer1.net

This press release has been reviewed by the Company’s sponsor, SAC Capital Private Limited (the “Sponsor”). It has not been examined or approved by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the “SGX-ST”) and the SGX-ST assumes no responsibility for the contents of this press release, including the correctness of any of the statements or opinions made or reports contained in this press release.

The contact person for the Sponsor is Ms. Lee Khai Yinn (Tel +65 6232 3210), at 1 Robinson Road, #21-00 AIA Tower, Singapore 048542.

Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd. [SGX: 5TI] [BBG: KCH:SP] [RIC: KCHL.SI] https://kcholdings.com.sg

Leading Crypto Market Intelligence Provider Glassnode Acquires Crypto Portfolio Tracking Tax Platform Accointing

Glassnode, the global leader in on-chain and market data intelligence, has acquired the popular crypto tax and portfolio tracking platform Accointing.com. This acquisition combines the services provided by both companies bringing users more value than ever before.

Glassnode provides digital asset traders and investors with a comprehensive market intelligence suite, encompassing cutting-edge metrics across on-chain and crypto-financial data, delivered through intelligible and actionable charts. Glassnode’s intelligence and insights are utilized by hundreds of thousands of investors daily, helping them navigate the intricate complexities of the crypto space. Glassnode’s ultimate mission – to build crypto’s leading market and portfolio intelligence platform that empowers investors to compound and protect their digital assets – is now one significant step closer to fruition thanks to the recent acquisition of Accointing.com. Glassnode users can now take advantage of Accointing.com’s conveniently contextualized, holistic view of their portfolio assets across wallets and exchanges, as well as Accointing.com’s automated crypto tax compliance and reporting features.

“Accointing.com is one of the industry’s leading tax and portfolio tracking platforms with hundreds of thousands of users on web and mobile. Its precise tracking and tax reporting capabilities across decentralized and centralized services have made it a perfect companion for our path forward,” said the Glassnode Team.

With the integration of Accointing.com, users now have the ability to track their portfolio in a single holistic view, empowering investors to understand tradeoffs between new profitable opportunities, existing portfolio positions, and tax-optimized trades. Integrating Accointing.com’s product lines with Glassnode will ultimately unlock the true value of market intelligence by contextualizing insights to users’ portfolios and helping them maximize their ROI.

In the coming months, Glassnode will combine the entire user journey – from market intelligence over portfolio management to tax-reporting compliance – in a single platform. While currently, the portfolio tracking features are free for all users for unlimited transactions, the integration of the two platforms will eventually allow Glassnode users to create a personalized view of the market with respect to their specific investment strategies and portfolio holdings.

As of now, every user can access both platforms using the same login, making it easier to navigate seamlessly between products. This way, Glassnode users can enjoy free access to valuable features such as portfolio tracking and tax reporting, including Accointing.com’s unique Trading Tax Optimizer that helps preserve capital and minimize potential losses during the current crypto bear market.

To learn more about Accointing by Glassnode visit www.glassnode.com/accointing. For more information on Glassnode’s Market Intelligence, visit www.glassnode.com.

About Glassnode
Glassnode is the industry’s leading blockchain data and intelligence platform. We equip investors with the most comprehensive library of on-chain and financial metrics to help them make better investment and trading decisions.

About Accointing.com
Accointing.com is a crypto portfolio tracking and crypto tax report generation software. We make tracking your crypto net worth easier and streamline the creation of crypto tax reports that abide by country-specific legislation.

Media Contact:
Email: contact@glassnode.com

SOURCE: Accointing

Serco Named a Finalist in 15th Annual Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards

Recognized for increasing efficiencies and reducing enterprise risk by automating financial processes with Trintech’s Cadency Platform

Trintech, a leading global provider of cloud-based financial close solutions for the Office of Finance, announced today that its customer, Serco, a leading provider of professional, technology, engineering and management services, has been named a finalist in the “Office of Finance” category of the 15th annual Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards. Serco was recognized for its innovative use of Trintech’s Cadency Platform to standardize and automate its reconciliation and financial close processes.

“Automation is an integral part of our ongoing Finance strategy and vision to become a world-class finance function,” said Paul Adams, Head of New Business & R2R at Serco. “By automating our controls, it enables us to prevent errors, gives us confidence over our reporting and that our processes are operating as efficiently as possible.”

Following the successful roll-out of Cadency, Serco has achieved a single, standardized approach to balance sheet management on a global scale. Reconciliations now require less manual effort thanks to increased automation and the application of a risk-based strategy. Serco has seen significant benefits since implementing automation including:

Reduction in financial risk as it improves reporting accuracy
Reduction in error rate
Reduction in manual data entry tasks and related human error
Increased speed in processing financial data
Improved decision making due to reports being accurate, up-to-date, and delivered in real-time
Improved compliance procedures
Increased employee productivity and job satisfaction
Improved auditable records
Increased scalability

“We are proud that our Cadency Platform has been instrumental in Serco’s efforts to become a world-class finance function and achieve a single, standardized approach to balance sheet management on a global scale,” said Teresa Mackintosh, CEO at Trintech. “As a leading provider of financial solutions for large enterprises, we understand the unique complexities and requirements that come with an organization of Serco’s size. The transformation efforts they have been able to achieve and implement with Cadency is truly remarkable and I look forward to continuing our partnership for years to come.”

This year’s winners will be announced the week of November 2nd.

More information on the Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards can be found here. https://www.ventanaresearch.com/resources/awards/leadership

About Trintech
Trintech Inc., a pioneer of financial corporate performance management software, combines technical and financial expertise to create innovative, cloud-based software solutions that deliver world-class financial operations and insights. From high volume transaction matching and streamlining daily operational reconciliations, to automating and managing balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, journal entries, disclosure reporting and bank fee analysis, to governance, risk and compliance – Trintech’s portfolio of financial solutions, including Cadency(R) Platform, Adra(R) Suite, and targeted tools, ReconNET(TM), T-Recs(R), and UPCS(R), help manage all aspects of the financial close process. Over 3,500 clients worldwide – including the majority of the Fortune 100 – rely on the company’s cloud-based software to continuously improve the efficiency, reliability, and strategic insights of their financial operations.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Trintech has offices located across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the Nordic countries, as well as strategic partners in South Africa, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. To learn more about Trintech, visit www.trintech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Media Contact:
Kelli Shoevlin
Sr. Manager, Global Corporate Marketing & Communications
kelli.shoevlin@trintech.com

SOURCE: Trintech, Inc.

Kitchen Culture’s Board, Acting on Legal Advice, Says 1 November EGM Called To Remove 5 Directors Is Invalid; Urges Shareholders Not to Attend

Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd. said today shareholders should not, and are advised not to, attend an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) called to remove 5 of 6 directors as the Purported Notices of the EGM attempted to be issued by 8 requisitioners, including its largest shareholder OOWAY Group Ltd., were defective and therefore invalid.

The Board of Directors of Kitchen Culture said that after consulting 2 law firms, it had been advised that the Purported Notices had not been properly served to shareholders in accordance with the Constitution of the Company and did not give shareholders the 21 days’ notice required. As such, the Company should not announce the Purported Notices and the EGM should not and will not proceed at 9.00 am on 1 November 2022 at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel as proposed by the requisitioners.

“Any resolutions passed during any EGM convened on the basis of the defective Purported Notices of EGM would be invalid,” said the Board of the SGX Catalist-listed provider of solutions and products for kitchens and wardrobes.

As announced on 14 October 2022, the Board received letters, including the Purported Notices – issued under Section 177 of the Companies Act 1967, on 30 September 2022 and 14 October 2022 from the requisitioners who own an aggregate of 21.71% of the Company’s shares. The Purported Notices sought to remove Mr Lim Wee Li (Executive Director) and 4 Independent Directors Mr Ang Lian Kiat, Mr William Teo Choon Kow, Mr Lau Kay Heng (also Vice-Chairman) and Mr Peter Lim King Soon.

The latter 2 were named as new directors on 15 July 2022 on the same day that Mr Lincoln Teo, an OOWAY representative and former Interim CEO of Kitchen Culture, ceased to be Executive Director. The Board, with the exception of Madam Hao Dongting, has said that there are no grounds to justify the resignations of the 5.

The requisitioners had placed a newspaper advertisement of the Purported Notice of EGM on 16 October 2022. Besides not having properly sent copies of the Purported Notices to the shareholders of Kitchen Culture, that advertisement gave only 15 days’ notice, 6 short of the 21 days’ notice in writing (exclusive of the day on which it is served and of the day on which the meeting is to be held) as required under Article 71 of the Company’s Constitution, the Board said.

In any event, the advertisement of the Purported Notice of EGM is an additional and separate requirement and does not displace the need to properly serve notices of EGM in accordance with Article 160 of the Company’s Constitution, the Board said.

The newspaper advertisement also failed to provide proxy forms. The Board said the requisitioners cannot demand the Company to publicise such a notice or the proxy forms. Also, they cannot require the Company to invoke the provisions in the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Alternative Arrangements for Meetings For Companies, Variable Capital Companies, Business Trusts, Unit Trusts and Debenture Holders) Order 2020 as there is no obligation for the Company to publish, as an announcement, the Purported Notices (or the proxy form) as demanded by the requisitioners.

As Kitchen Culture is publicly listed, “any EGM convened on the basis of the defective Purported Notices of EGM is likely to be prejudicial to shareholders. The Board has a duty to consider the interests of all shareholders, and not to promote the interests of any particular one or section of shareholders, including the interests of the OOWAY Group and the other requisitioning shareholders, at the expense of the general body of shareholders,” the Board said.

Shares of Kitchen Culture have been suspended from trading since July 2021. Its Board has seen several changes since the involvement of OOWAY in October 2020.

Issued by:
Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd.
9 Raffles Place, #52-02, Republic Plaza
Singapore 048619
Tel: +65 6471 6776, Fax: +65 6472 6776

Media & Investor Contact
Whatsapp (Text): +65 9748 0688
kitchenculture@wer1.net

The contact person for the Sponsor is Ms. Lee Khai Yinn (Tel +65 6232 3210), at 1 Robinson Road, #21-00 AIA Tower, Singapore 048542.

Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd. [SGX: 5TI] [BBG: KCH:SP] [RIC: KCHL.SI] https://kcholdings.com.sg