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Telekom Malaysia Berhad ("Telekom") is pleased to announce that the Securities Commission ("SC") has approved the Company's proposed RM700 Million 7-Year Islamic Commercial Paper/Medium Term Notes Programme ("Programme"). The SC's approval is however subject to :-
(i) any subsequent changes to the terms and conditions of the Programme from that which was approved by the SC shall require the approval of the SC ;
(ii) full compliance to the requirements in respect of the abovesaid Programme as provided for in the Guidelines on the Offerings of Private Debt Securities and other requirements of the Securities Commission Act 1993
1. Utilisation of Proceeds
The proceeds from the Programme is proposed to be utilised to part finance working capital and capital expenditure requirements.
2. Terms of the Facility
A summary of the terms of the proposed Facility is set out below :-
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- Description of the Programme : Islamic Private Debt Securities Issuance Programme comprising Commercial papers ("CP") and Murabahah Notes ("MN")
- Tenure : Seven (7) years from the date of the first issuance of the Programme
- Maturity of CP : Minimum of one (1) month and maximum of twelve (12) months, subject to the maximum tenure of the Programme
- Maturity of MN : More than one (1) year and maximum of seven (7) years, subject to the maximum tenure of the Programme
- Mode of Issue : Tender without prospectus via the Fully Automated System for Tendering ("FAST") managed by Bank Negara Malaysia. The CP/MN will not be listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
- Rating : The Programme has been assigned the rating of P1 for the CP and AAA for the MN by Rating Agency Malaysia Berhad.
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Rationale for the Facility
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By tapping the Islamic Capital Market, the Company via the Programme will be in a position to procure competitive and alternative funding as well as to diversify its funding source.
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The Joint Arrangers
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The Joint Arrangers for the Programme are Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad and Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad.
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The Programme, Issuing and Paying Agent
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The Programme Agent for the Programme is Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad.
The availability of the Programme would nonetheless be subject to the completion of the Programme documentation to the satisfaction of the participating institutions and compliance of all the conditions precedent as required under the Programme documentation.