Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) is pleased to announce that it was awarded a landmark contract via an open tender process to develop and construct a new submarine cable system, called Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). The project will be established through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement between MCMC and TM utilising the Universal Services Provision Fund (USP), which is under the purview of MCMC.

TM wishes to inform that none of the Directors and major shareholders of TM as well as persons connected to them have any interest, direct or indirect, in the transaction.

This is a voluntary announcement under Paragraph 10.05(2) of the Main Market Listing Requirements of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

The media release in relation to the said contractis attached.