Daily Brief Equity Bottom-Up: Smartkarma Corporate Webinar | StarHub: Driving Growth in Singapore’s Evolving Telco Landscape and more

For our next Corporate Webinar, engageIR by Smartkarma is glad to welcome StarHub Ltd (STH SP)’s CEO, Mr. Nikhil Eapen.

In the upcoming webinar, Nikhil will share a short company presentation after which he will engage in a fireside chat with Smartkarma Insight Provider, Alec Tseung. The Corporate Webinar will include a live Q&A session.

The Corporate Webinar will be hosted on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 17:00 SGT.

About StarHub

StarHub is a leading homegrown Singapore company that delivers world-class communications,
entertainment, and digital services. With their extensive fibre and wireless infrastructure and
global partnerships, they bring to people, homes and enterprises quality mobile and fixed
services, a broad suite of premium content, and a diverse range of communication solutions. They develop and deliver solutions incorporating artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data analytics, Internet of Things, and robotics for corporate and government clients.

StarHub is committed to conducting their business sustainably and responsibly. StarHub is named among TIME’s World’s Most Sustainable Companies 2025 and ranked as the world’s most
sustainable wireless telecommunication provider on the Corporate Knights Global 100 (2025).
StarHub also ranks 187 on the FORTUNE Southeast Asia 500 in 2025. Listed on the Singapore
Exchange mainboard, StarHub is a component stock of the SGX iEdge Singapore Low Carbon
Index, iEdge-OCBC Singapore Low Carbon Select 50 Capped Index; as well as the FTSE4Good
Index series.

For more information on StarHub, please visit https://ir.starhub.com/

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• Investor Action: Shareholders should tender into the offer to lock in value, as risk‑reward does not justify holding out.

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