DIGI - Annual Report 2021

Chief Executive Officer’s Statement On behalf of the Management team, I would like to thank all our customers and shareholders for your support and continued confidence in Digi during the last year.We also appreciate the engagement and collaboration with the MCMC and our industry colleagues in achieving many shared successes in the year.We are grateful to the Board for their leadership in guiding and governing Digi. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank outgoing Chief Human Resource Officer, Elisabeth Stene for playing a pivotal role in driving Digi’s People agenda through a most critical period. Best wishes from us as she heads home to Norway for another opportunity within the Telenor Group. We want to also thank all our dedicated Digizens who have been working tirelessly to deliver reliable network services and support our customers throughout the various phases of movement control orders last year. Lastly, we express our appreciation to Malaysia’s first responders, enforcement agencies, and government authorities working determinedly to keep society safe and lead us on the path of recovery in 2022. In parallel, the proposed merger of Celcom Axiata Berhad and Digi Telecommunications Sdn. Bhd. announced last year is proceeding as planned at this time of writing. We look forward to the exciting prospect of creating a Malaysian market leader through the proven capabilities of the two established operating companies and the strength of two international telecom leaders Axiata and Telenor. This underpins a shared vision to create value through product and market innovation and high-quality data connectivity to all Malaysian consumers and businesses, to power the nation’s digital ambitions in the years to come. 5G networks are among the critical infrastructure in the development of this digital ambition.We are committed to supporting the government’s MyDigital initiative and look forward to working closely with the government in charting Malaysia’s 5G deployment. Underlying all these ambitions is the trusted Digi brand, built on a responsible business impulse to include, advance, and safeguard society.We continue to draw inspiration from our customers, who are the lifeblood of our business, recognising that we play a crucial role in enabling them to make real, positive impact – big and small – in the world today. 13 Integrated Annual Report 2021 Governance Audited Financial Statements Other Information

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