KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): After over one year of deferment, the RM130 million contract awarded to AWC Bhd by the federal government to maintain the Integrated Transport Terminal (Terminal Bersepadu Selatan in Malay or TBS in short) at Bandar Tasik Selatan (BTS), has been terminated.

In a filing today, AWC said its wholly-owned unit, Ambang Wira Sdn Bhd, and the government have mutually agreed to terminate the five-year contract, which was initially awarded on June 9, 2016.

The government made no payment to Ambang Wira during the contract period, said AWC, as the subsidiary did not perform any maintenance works since it was first awarded the contract.

This, it said, came as the commencement date for the maintenance of the terminal had been deferred indefinitely on Aug 26, 2016, pending the resolution of certain operational and technical matters between the government and the existing contractor for TBS-BTS.

AWC said the contract termination will negatively impact its financial performance over the intended duration of the original contract.

“However, the impact is expected to be minimal as AWC has secured other new contracts over the last three months as had been previously announced,” it added.

AWC’s share price closed 1 sen or 0.97% lower at RM1.02 today, giving it a market capitalisation of RM269.31 million.