It comes just two days after the company, which publishes the Utusan Malaysia Malay-language daily, announced that Umno was letting off its stake in the company.
Utusan chairman Abdul Aziz Sheikh Fadzir emerged as the single largest shareholder in the company when he acquired a 31.6% stake on Friday.
A Bursa Malaysia filing showed he acquired the stake, comprising 35 million shares, at 19 sen each for a total consideration of RM6.65 million.
He had not owned any shares in the company prior to the acquisition.
Utusan was classified as a Practice Note 17 (PN17) company on Aug 20 last year due to its dire financial position.
The company had said it was in the midst of formulating a regularisation plan to address its PN17 status.
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