FACTBOX-Malaysian govt shareholdings in companies

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 (Reuters) - The Malaysian government directly owns large chunks of some of the country's biggest companies with state-run pension funds owning more, making it hard for private investors to buy significant quantities of shares, which means liquidity is low.

The largest state-linked investors include Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the government's investment arm, Permodalan Nasional Berhad, a state-controlled fund management firm and the Employees Provident Fund, the country's largest pension fund.

These state funds own controlling stakes in key players in the country's strategic sectors such as telecommunications, utilities and financial services.

The following table shows shareholdings of the government in some of the largest companies listed on the Malaysian stock market:

Company name RIC Shareholdings

Sime Darby (SIME.KL) 72.21 pct

Tenaga (TENA.KL) 70.72 pct

Bumi-Commerce BUCM.KL 43.60 pct

Petronas Gas (PGAS.KL) 93.92 pct

Maybank (MBBM.KL) 73.76 pct

Telekom Malaysia (TLMM.KL) 66.94 pct

RHB Capital (RHBC.KL) 85.84 pct

Malaysia Airlines (MASM.KL) 83.21 pct *

Astro All Asia (AAAN.KL) 22.46 pct

Malaysia Airports (MAHB.KL) 72.74 pct *

Proton Holdings (PROT.KL) 74.36 pct

Sources: Thomson One Analytics, *company data (Reporting by Julie Goh and Soo Ai Peng; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)