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- Asian Pay Television Trust (APTT) is a Singapore-based business trust that acquires controlling interests in and owns, operates, and maintains mature, cash-generative pay-TV and broadband businesses primarily in Taiwan, with an investment mandate extending to Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore. The Trust's sole investment is Taiwan Broadband Communications Group (TBC), established in 1999, which operates a fibre network covering more than 1.4 million homes in five closely clustered franchise areas in northern and central Taiwan; TBC delivers basic cable TV services with access to over 100 channels and subscription revenue supplemented by non-subscription revenue from channel leasing to third parties, airtime advertising, and set-top box installation fees; premium digital TV packages including bundled DVR or DVR-only services; high-speed fixed-line broadband access with speeds up to 1 Gbps including data backhaul services; and electronic programme guide data sold to other system operators. APTT, constituted on 30 April 2013 and listed on the Singapore Exchange on 29 May 2013, is headquartered at 420 North Bridge Road, North Bridge Centre, Singapore, and is managed by APTT Management Pte. Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynami Vision Pte. Ltd.. In April 2025, APTT successfully refinanced its onshore and offshore facilities, reducing the total facility size by 12% or approximately S$153 million, shifting about S$40 million of higher-cost offshore debt to onshore, and entering new interest rate swaps hedging approximately 91% of onshore facilities (88% of total debt) at an average fixed rate of 1.54% through June 2028, enhancing financial stability for at least three years. For the first half of 2025 ended 30 June, APTT added about 10,000 net subscribers to reach approximately 1.364 million revenue generating units, driven by broadband growth of around 9,000 subscribers and 8.3% revenue increase in NT$ terms, while declaring an interim distribution of 0.525 Singapore cents per unit and reaffirming full-year guidance of 1.05 cents per unit; in October 2025, TBC announced a proposed issuance of 4,375,000 new ordinary shares representing 12.73% of its enlarged issued share capital, with key conditions fulfilled by late November 2025. The Trustee-Manager targets 100% distribution of distributable free cash flows on a half-yearly basis after operating expenses, debt servicing, liquidity needs, and capital expenditure within industry norms of 10% to 15% of revenue, serving residential and business customers in a competitive landscape facing IPTV, online video, and mobile data alternatives.