THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.

If you are in any doubt as to the next course of action to be taken, you should consult your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other professional advisers immediately.

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad takes no responsibility for the contents of this Circular, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part

of the contents of this Circular.

AIRASIA X BERHAD

(Registration No. 200601014410 (734161-K))

(Incorporated in Malaysia)

CIRCULAR TO SHAREHOLDERS IN RELATION TO THE FOLLOWING:-

  1. PROPOSED CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING COMPRISING:-
    1. PROPOSED REDUCTION OF 99.9% OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL OF AIRASIA X BERHAD ("AAX" OR THE "COMPANY") PURSUANT TO SECTION 116 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2016
      ("PROPOSED SHARE CAPITAL REDUCTION"); AND
    2. PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION OF EVERY 10 EXISTING ORDINARY SHARES IN AAX ("AAX SHARES" OR "SHARES") INTO 1 AAX SHARE ("PROPOSED SHARE CONSOLIDATION");
  1. PROPOSED FUNDRAISING COMPRISING:-
    1. PROPOSED RENOUNCEABLE RIGHTS ISSUE OF NEW AAX SHARES TO RAISE GROSS PROCEEDS OF UP TO RM300.0 MILLION ("PROPOSED RIGHTS ISSUE"); AND
    2. PROPOSED ISSUANCE AND ALLOTMENT OF NEW AAX SHARES TO RAISE GROSS PROCEEDS OF UP TO RM200.0 MILLION ("PROPOSED SHARE SUBSCRIPTION");
  1. PROPOSED GRANTING OF THE SUBSCRIPTION OPTION (AS DEFINED HEREIN) TO THE SPV (AS DEFINED HEREIN).

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROPOSED DEBT RESTRUCTURING (AS DEFINED HEREIN) PURSUANT TO SECTION 366 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2016

AND

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

PRINCIPAL ADVISER

MERCURY SECURITIES SDN BHD

(Registration No. 198401000672 (113193-W))

(A Participating Organisation of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad)

The Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company ("EGM") will be held as a fully virtual meeting via live streaming and online remote voting from the Broadcast Venue at Level 6, RedQ, Jalan Pekeliling 5, Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (klia2), 64000 KLIA, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia on Tuesday, 1 June 2021 at 3.00 p.m. or at any adjournment thereof. The Notice of EGM together with the Form of Proxy are enclosed with this Circular.

If you decide to appoint a proxy or proxies for the EGM, you must complete, sign and return the Form of Proxy and deposit it at the registered office of the Company at Unit 30-01, Level 30, Tower A, Vertical Business Suite, Avenue 3, Bangsar South, No. 8, Jalan Kerinchi, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia or alternatively, the Customer Service Centre at Unit G-3, Ground Floor, Vertical Podium, Avenue 3, Bangsar South, No. 8, Jalan Kerinchi, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia on or before the date and time indicated below or at any adjournment thereof. You also have the option to lodge the proxy appointment electronically via TIIH Online website at https://tiih.onlinebefore the lodgement cut-off time as indicated below. For further information on the electronic lodgement for Form of Proxy, please refer to the enclosed Administrative Guide of the EGM. The lodging of the Form of Proxy will not preclude you from participating and voting at the virtual EGM should you subsequently decide to do so.

Last date and time for lodging the Form of Proxy for the EGM

: Sunday, 30 May 2021 at 3.00 p.m.

Date and time of the EGM

:

Tuesday, 1 June 2021 at 3.00 p.m.

Broadcast Venue of the EGM

:

Level 6, RedQ, Jalan Pekeliling 5, Lapangan Terbang

Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (klia2), 64000 KLIA, Selangor

Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

This Circular is dated 10 May 2021

DEFINITIONS

Except where the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply throughout this Circular:-

AAX or Company

: AirAsia X Berhad (200601014410 (734161-K)),

incorporated in

Malaysia

AAX Group or Group

:

Collectively, AAX and its subsidiaries

AAX Shares or Shares

:

Ordinary shares in the capital of AAX

Act

:

Companies Act, 2016

Additional Subscription

: Such number of new AAX Shares issued and allotted pursuant to

Shares

any exercise of the Subscription Option

Board

: Board of Directors of the Company

Bursa Depository

: Bursa Malaysia Depository Sdn Bhd (198701006854 (165570-W)),

incorporated in Malaysia

Bursa Securities

: Bursa Malaysia Securities

Berhad (200301033577 (635998-W)),

incorporated in Malaysia

CCM

: Court convened meetings of the Scheme Creditors under Section

366 of the Act

Circular

:

This circular to Shareholders in relation to the Proposals

Consolidated Shares

: AAX Shares following the

completion of the

Proposed

Share

Consolidation

COVID-19

:

Coronavirus disease 2019

Cut-Off Date

: 30 June 2020, being the

cut-off date for the

Proposed

Debt

Restructuring (which may be subject to further modification and

finalisation)

Directors

:

Directors of AAX

EGM

: An extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be convened

for the Proposals

Entitled Shareholders

: Shareholders whose names appear in the Record of Depositors of

the Company at the close of business on the Rights Entitlement Date

in order to be entitled to participate in the Proposed Rights Issue

EPS

:

Earnings per share

Foreign-Addressed

: Shareholders who have not provided to the Company a registered

Shareholders

address in Malaysia for the service of documents which will be issued

in connection with the Proposed Rights Issue

FPE

:

Financial period ended

FYE

:

Financial year ended

High Court

: High Court of Malaya

LAT

:

Loss after taxation

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DEFINITIONS (cont'd)

LBT

:

Loss before taxation

Listing Requirements

:

Main Market Listing Requirements of Bursa Securities

LPD

: 16 April 2021, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of

this Circular

Market Day

:

Any day on which Bursa Securities is open for trading in securities

Maximum Scenario

:

Assuming that:-

(i)

all the Entitled Shareholders and/or their renouncee(s) fully

subscribe for their respective entitlements under the

Proposed Rights Issue; and

(ii)

all RM200.0 million of the Subscription Shares are fully

subscribed by the Placees (which may comprise the SPV

and/or other investors)

MCO

: Movement control order issued by the Government of Malaysia from

time to time under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

Act 1988 and the Police Act 1967 (including subsequent phases of

movement control orders)

Mercury Securities or

: Mercury

Securities Sdn Bhd (198401000672 (113193-W)),

Principal Adviser

incorporated in Malaysia

Minimum Scenario

:

Assuming that:-

(i)

the Proposed Rights Issue is undertaken on the Minimum

Subscription Level, i.e. RM100.0 million; and

(ii)

the SPV subscribes for RM50.0 million of the Subscription

Shares and none of the remaining Subscription Shares are

subscribed

Minimum Subscription

: Minimum subscription level of the Proposed Rights Issue to raise

Level

minimum proceeds of RM100.0 million, which is intended to be

fulfilled in the manner as set out in Section 4.1.2 of this Circular

NA

:

Net assets

PAT

:

Profit after taxation

PBT

:

Profit before taxation

Placee(s)

: Pursuant to the Proposed Share Subscription, the subscribers of up

to RM200.0 million new AAX Shares which may comprise the SPV

and/or other investors

Proposals

:

Collectively, Proposed Corporate Restructuring and Proposed

Fundraising (including the proposed granting of the Subscription

Option to the SPV)

Proposed Corporate

: Collectively, the Proposed Share Capital Reduction and Proposed

Restructuring

Share Consolidation

Proposed Debt

: Collectively, the Proposed Debt Settlement and Proposed Waiver

Restructuring

(which are subject to further modification and finalisation)

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DEFINITIONS (cont'd)

Proposed Debt

: Proposed debt settlement with Scheme Creditors of up to RM200.0

Settlement

million in the manner as set out in Section 2.2 of this Circular (which

is subject to further modification and finalisation)

Proposed Fundraising

:

Collectively, the Proposed Rights Issue and Proposed Share

Subscription

Proposed Rights Issue

: Proposed renounceable rights issue of new AAX Shares to raise

gross proceeds of up to RM300.0 million

Proposed Share Capital

: Proposed reduction of 99.9% (which was revised from 90% as

Reduction

initially announced on 6 October 2020) of the issued share capital of

AAX pursuant to Section 116 of the Act

Proposed Share

: Proposed consolidation of every 10 existing AAX Shares into 1

Consolidation

Consolidated Share

Proposed Share

: Proposed issuance and allotment of new AAX Shares to raise gross

Subscription

proceeds of up to RM200.0 million (which includes the commitment

of SPV to subscribe for the Subscription Shares of up to RM50.0

million as further described in Section 4.2.1 of this Circular)

Proposed Waiver

: Proposed waiver, in its entirety, of such amount in excess of the

Settlement Sum, and all and any other sums incurred or suffered or

which may be incurred or suffered by AAX on or after the Cut-Off

Date arising from or in connection with these debts and liabilities

(including interest, penalty interest, etc.) or any sums or amounts due

and owing to all or any of the Scheme Creditors on or after the Cut-

Off Date howsoever arising (whether actual, contingent or disputed)

Record of Depositors

: A record of securities holders established by Bursa Depository under

the Rules of Bursa Depository

Revised Business Plan

: The revised business plan of the Group as set out in Section 7.2 of

this Circular (which is subject to modification and finalisation)

Rights Entitlement Basis

: Entitlement basis for the Rights Shares to be determined and

announced later by the Board

Rights Entitlement Date

: A date to be determined and announced later by the Board, at the

close of business on which the Shareholders must be registered in

the Record of Depositors of the Company as at 5.00 p.m. in order to

be entitled to participate in the Proposed Rights Issue

Rights Issue Price

:

Issue price of the Rights Shares

Rights Shares

: New AAX Shares to be issued and allotted pursuant to the Proposed

Rights Issue to raise gross proceeds of up to RM300.0 million

RM and sen

:

Ringgit Malaysia and sen respectively

Rules

:

Rules on Take-overs, Mergers and Compulsory Acquisitions

Rules of Bursa Depository

: Rules of Bursa Depository as issued pursuant to the

Securities

Industry (Central Depositories) Act, 1991

Scheme Creditors

: Creditors of AAX whose debts are to be dealt with

under the

Proposed Debt Restructuring

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DEFINITIONS (cont'd)

Settlement Sum

: Settlement sum of up to RM200.0 million to be paid by AAX to the

Scheme Creditors pursuant to the Proposed Debt Settlement

Share Consolidation

: A date to be determined and announced later by the Board, at the

Entitlement Date

close of business on which the Shareholders must be registered in

the Record of Depositors of the Company as at 5.00 p.m. in order to

be entitled to participate in the Proposed Share Consolidation

Shareholders

:

Registered holders of the Shares

SPV

: A special purpose vehicle company, in which Dato' Lim Kian Onn (a

director of AAX) is a shareholder, which will enter into the SPV Share

Subscription Agreement with AAX. For the avoidance of doubt, the

other shareholders of the SPV may include Dato' Lim Kian Onn's

nominees and/or other investors who wish to participate in the

Proposed Share Subscription through the SPV

SPV Share Subscription

:

Conditional share subscription agreement to be entered into

Agreement

between AAX and the SPV in relation to the subscription of the (i)

Subscription Shares of up to RM50.0 million (forming part of the total

RM200.0 million of Subscription Shares which may be issued

pursuant to the Proposed Share Subscription) and (ii) Additional

Subscription Shares

Subscription Option

: Option for the SPV to subscribe for such number of new AAX Shares

representing up to 15% of the enlarged total number of AAX Shares

(excluding treasury shares, if any) at any point of time during the

Subscription Option Period pursuant to the SPV Share Subscription

Agreement

Subscription Option

: A period of 36 months for any exercise of the Subscription Option

Period

commencing from the completion of the Proposed Rights Issue

Subscription Shares

: New AAX Shares to be issued and allotted pursuant to and as part

of the Proposed Share Subscription to raise gross proceeds of up to

RM200.0 million

TEAP

:

Theoretical ex-all price

USD

:

United States Dollar

VWAP

:

Volume weighted average market price

All references to "you" in this Circular are to the Shareholders.

In this Circular, words referring to the singular shall, where applicable, include the plural and vice versa and words importing the masculine gender shall, where applicable, include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa. References to persons shall include corporations, unless otherwise specified.

Any reference in this Circular to any enactment is a reference to that enactment as for the time being amended or re-enacted. Any reference to time and date in this Circular shall be a reference to Malaysian time and date, unless otherwise stated. Any discrepancies in the tables between the actual figures, amounts stated and the totals in this Circular are, unless otherwise explained, due to rounding.

Certain statements in this Circular may be forward-looking in nature, which are subject to uncertainties and contingencies. Forward-looking statements may contain estimates and assumptions made by the Board after due enquiry, which are nevertheless subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. In light of these and other uncertainties, the inclusion of a forward-looking statement in this Circular should not be regarded as a representation or warranty that the Company's plans and objectives will be achieved.

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