Annual Report 2012, PDF - Axiata Group Berhad - Investor Relations

MAJORMILESTONES‘12JANUARY 2012Launched AYTP, a developmental scholarship for youngMalaysians, going beyond academics. Axiata will beinvesting at least RM100 million towards the programmevia the Axiata Foundation.FEBRUARY 2012Axiata together with the Badminton Asia Confederation(BAC) and Total Sports Asia (TSA), announced theAxiata Cup, the world’s richest prize money team eventof USD1 million.JUNE 2012Etisalat, divested 9.1% of their shares in XL through anaccelerated book build offering to institutional investors.This led to an increase in XL’s public float from 20.2% to33.5%. XL continued its focus in the data businessand invested further in end-to-end network andinfrastructure, with more than 11,000 new BTS successfullyinstalled in 2012.JUNE 2012Axiata completed the incorporation of Axiata SPV2Berhad, a public company limited by shares, under theCompanies Act, 1965.JUNE 2012Hello completed the incorporation of Axiata Towers(Cambodia) Company Limited (ATC), a private companylimited by shares to undertake activities and operationsrelated to telecommunication infrastructure.JUNE 2012ATC was granted a 30-year tower operating licencefrom the Government of CambodiaJULY 2012Axiata successfully priced its inaugural issuance of a2-year RMB1 billion Sukuk via its wholly-owned Malaysianincorporated special purpose vehicle, Axiata SPV2Berhad. The Sukuk issuance is issued under Axiata’sMulti-Currency Sukuk programme with an aggregatenominal value of up to USD1.5 billion or its equivalent inother currencies.34