DETAILS OF ESOP PROJECT
20 December 2001
(Translation)
Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited
Details of the program regarding the issuance and offering of warrants to
purchase ordinary shares to directors, employees and advisors of the Company
(Employee Stock Option Plan - ESOP)
1. Objectives and necessities of offering securities to directors,
employees and advisors of the Company
The objective of the ESOP is to motivate and compensate the directors,
employees, and advisors to perform their duties in the best interests of the
Company. This should in turn bring about long-term benefit to the Company,
as well as retain them with the Company.
The overall program consists of five plans during a period of five
years. The Company will issue and offer warrants to directors, employees, and
advisors of the Company once a year, for five consecutive years. The terms of
warrants issued each year will not exceed five years from the date of
issuance, while other details of warrants will be similar for all five
issuance.
Total amount of warrants to be issued and offered during the five year
period is approximately 51,400,000 units, implying that about 51,400,000
ordinary shares (at Baht 1 par value) are to be reserved for the exercise of
rights pursuant to the warrants. These common shares account for about 1.75%
of the total paid-up shares.
However, the issuance and offering of warrants to directors, employees
and advisors of the Company shall be approved by the shareholders' meeting
and shall be in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Act, any other
relevant acts or legislations. Currently, the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") has issued the Notification No. KorJor. 36/2544 Re:
Offering of Newly Issued Securities to Directors or Employees dated October
19, 2001 ("Notification of the SEC") to govern such issuance and offering.
The material condition in the Notification of the SEC is that the issuance
and offering of warrants to directors or employees shall be completed within
one year from the date of SEC's approval. Accordingly, the Company shall
propose each year program in the shareholders' meeting
for approval of each program during the five year period and the Company shall
obtain an approval from the SEC prior to each offering.
Details of warrants particular to the program in the first year, which was
approved by the shareholders' meeting appear below. The Company plan to use
the proceeds from the exercise of rights pursuant to warrants as working
capital.
2. Preliminary Details of Warrants
Type of Warrants Warrants to purchase the Company's ordinary shares,
in registered form and non-transferable unless from
the subrogated securities purchaser or by hereditary
transfer (hereinafter referred to as the "Warrants")
Total Number of Warrants
to be Offered 14,000,000 units Offering
Price per Unit Baht 0 (zero)
Offering Period The offering shall be completed within one year
from the date on which the program is approved
by the SEC.
Terms Not exceeding five years from issuance and
offering date.
Reserved Shares 14,000,000 shares (at Baht 1 par value),
or 0.48 percent of the total issued shares.
Warrant Allocation
Method Allocation of warrants to the Company's directors,
employees and advisors, or allocation of warrants
to the subrogated securities purchaser for further
allocation to the Company's directors, employees
and advisors, which shall be determined by
the Board of Directors, are subjected to
the following conditions:
1. The Board of Directors shall determine
the names and the number of warrants to be allocated
to each of the Company's directors, employees, and
advisors who are entitled to receive such warrants.
However, the number of warrants to be allocated to
those directors, employees, and advisors shall not
exceed the number of warrants approved by the
Shareholders' Meeting.
2. The Board of Directors shall submit the names
and the number of warrants to be allocated to the
Company's directors, employees, and advisors to
the subrogated securities purchaser for further
allocation.
3. Warrants held by the subrogated securities
purchaser will be expired one year after the date
on which the program is approved by the SEC.
Exercise Ratio One warrant per one ordinary share.
Exercise Price Closing price of the Company's shares
traded on the SET on the business day prior to the
date of the issuance and offering the warrants.
Issuance and
Offering Date The Company's Executive Committee shall determine the
date of issuance and offering of warrants
Exercise Period The Company's directors, employees and advisors could
exercise the warrants as shown in the following details:
First Year Directors, employees and advisors are
entitled to exercise one-third of their
allocated warrants to purchase ordinary
shares one year after the warrants are
issued to them, until the warrants are
expired.
In case the exercise of the warrants
creates a fraction of share(s) less than
the board lot determined by the Stock
Exchange of Thailand (the SET"), such
fraction will be exercisable at the last
exercise of warrants.
Second Year Directors, employees and advisors are
entitled to exercise one-third of their
allocated warrants to purchase ordinary
shares two years after the warrants are
issued to them, until the warrants are
expired.
In case the exercise of rights pursuant
to warrants creates a fraction of
share(s) less than the board lot
determined by the SET, such fraction will
be exercisable at the last exercise
of warrants.
Third Year Directors, employees and advisors are
entitled to exercise the remaining of
their allocated warrants to purchase
ordinary shares three years after the
warrants are issued to them, until
the warrants are expired.
In case the exercise of rights pursuant
to warrants creates a fraction of
share(s) less than the board lot
determined by the SET, such fraction will
be exercisable at the last exercise of
warrants.
Assistance from the Company
in Respect of Sources of
Funds for Directors,
Employees and Advisors -None-
Rights and Interests Other
than those Normal Rights and
Interests from Ordinary
Shares -None-
3. Other Principle and Conditions for Exercise of Warrants
3.1 Exercise Period of Warrants Directors, employees and advisors
of the Company have to submit their intention to exercise their warrants on
the exercise date and during the exercise hours, provided that for the Last
Exercise Period, the intention shall be made 15 days prior to the Last
Exercise Period and can be made until the last day of the Last Exercise Period.
Ordinary shares purchased in each of the warrants exercise shall be
in whole number of a board lot on the main board of the SET, except for the
exercise of warrants for the Last Exercise Period.
The warrants exercise date shall be the last five business days of
each month as shall be determined by the Executive Committee
(the "Exercise Date").
3.2 Exercise Time Between 09.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. of any of
the Exercise Date.
3.3 Qualifications of Directors, Employees and Advisors Eligible
for Warrant Allocation
3.3.1 Any director, employee or advisor of the Company with a
minimum of one year of service, and not being an employee who is sent from
a joint venture on a temporary term;
3.3.2 Any selected director, employee or advisor who is beneficial
to the Company (as the case may be);
3.3.3 In exception to Clause 3.3.1 and 3.3.2, the case will be
proposed to the Executive Committee meeting for consideration; and
3.3.4 The number of warrants allocated to respective directors,
employees and advisors of the Company will not necessarily be in the
same number, varied on the position, working experience, years of service,
working performance and potential, as well as benefits providing to the
Company.
3.4 Obligations between the Company and Directors, Employees
and Advisors of the Company in Warrant Allocation
3.4.1 If any director or advisor of the Company vacate of office
or any employee retire from the Company pursuant to the Company's work rules,
prior to exercising the rights under the warrants, such vacated directors or
advisors, retired employee shall be entitled to exercise their allocated
warrants;
3.4.2 If any director, employee or advisor be transferred due to
the Company's order, such director, employee or advisor shall be entitled
to exercise their warrants only the allowed portion and shall not be entitled
to exercise the remaining warrants which are not due; and
3.4.3 If any director, employee or advisor of the Company die or
disappear, such warrants shall then pass on to the person named as executor
or beneficiary of such director, employee or advisor, as the case may be.
The person will be entitled to exercise their warrants only the allowed
portion, and shall not be entitled to exercise the remaining warrants which
are not due; and
3.4.4 If any director, employee, or advisor vacate of office for
any reason other than as specified in Clause 3.4.1, 3.4.2, or 3.4.3 above,
such director, employee or advisor shall be entitled to exercise their
warrants only the allowed portion within three months after such director,
employee or advisor vacated of office.
The remaining warrants which any director, employee or advisor unable to
exercise for any of the reasons as stipulated in Clause 3.4.2, 3.4.3 or
3.4.4 shall be returned to the Company for cancellation.
3.5 Un-Excercised Warrants If any director, employee or advisor of the
Company do not exercise any part of warrants before expiry date, it shall
be deemed that the director, employee or advisor forgo their rights on
such un-excercised warrants. In this respect, such directors, employees
or advisors shall not be entitled to claim any compensation from the Company.
3.6 Change in Number of Ordinary Share Reserved The Company may have to
adjust the number of ordinary shares reserved for the exercise of the warrants
in response to the SEC's regulations governing the issuance and offering
of the warrants.
4. Effects upon Shareholders from Issuance and Offering of Warrants to
Directors, Employees and Advisors of the Company on this Occasion
4.1 Effects upon price dilution due to the exercise of rights
to purchase shares by directors, employees and advisors
The issuance and offering of warrants will not create any effect
upon price dilution because the exercise price is determined as the closing
price of the Company's shares, which are traded in the Stock Market of
Thailand on the Business Day prior to the day determined by the Company as
the issuance and offering date.
4.2 Effects upon existing shareholders due to reduced ownership
ratio or control dilution in case warrants are exercised by all directors,
employees and advisors as calculated from the presently paid-up capital:
Number of the total issued shares = 2,935 million shares
(at a par value of Baht 1 each)
Number of all shares from warrant
exercise = 14 million shares
(at a par value of Baht 1 each)
Total number of share after warrant
exercise = 2,949 million shares
(at a par value of Baht 1 each)
Ratio of the existing shareholders
after warrant exercise = 99.53 percent
4.3 The number of reserved shares for warrant exercise allocated
to directors, employees and advisors at the rate not exceeding five percent
of the total issued shares on the date of applying for approval of the SEC
Number of the total issued shares = 2,935 million shares
(at a par value of Baht 1 each)
Number of reserved shares for the
warrant exercise = 14 million shares
(at a par value of Baht 1 each)
Ratio of reserved shares to total
issued shares = 0.48 percent
4.4 Ordinary shares issued under the warrants exercised shall have
the same rights and status as ordinary shares previously issued by the
Company in all respects.
4.5 List of all directors (of the Company and its subsidiaries),
employees and advisors who are eligible to be allocated warrants at the rate
exceeding five percent of warrant to be issued and offered
Name Number of Allocated % of Total
Warrants Allocated Warrants
(Unit)
1.Mr. Somprasong Boonyachai
Director and Chairman of the Executive
Committee Wireless Business not exceeding not exceeding
1,600,000 11.43%
2.Mr. Vikrom Sriprataks
Director and President of
Digital Phone Ltd. Subsidiaries) not exceeding not exceeding
1,520,000 10.86%
3.Mr. Suvimol Kaewkoon
Director of Advanced Paging and Managing
Director of Advanced Wireless Market Ltd.
(Subsidiaries) not exceeding not exceeding
1,300,000 9.29%
4.Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra
Senior Executive Vice President - Wireless
Corporate Planing not exceeding not exceeding
1,250,000 8.93%
5. Mr. Songsak Premsuk
Executive Vice President Marketing
not exceeding not exceeding
1,320,000 9.43%
Note: The amount of warrants to be issued and offered will not exceed
14 million units.
5. Description and Conditions of Warrants
Warrants to be issued and offered to directors, employees and advisors of
the Company shall be subject to rules and regulations pursuant to the
Notification of the SEC.
Warrant holders are liable to pay taxes and duties pursuant to the Revenue
Code and relevant laws in exercising their warrants.
After the Last Exercise Period, remaining warrants shall be deemed invalid
and cannot be further exercised in any case.
6. Rights of Shareholders in Opposition of Offering for Sales of Warrants
to Directors, Employees pursuant to Notification of the SEC
Pursuant to Clause 14 of the Notification of the SEC, the issuance and
offering of warrants to directors or employees shall be approved by the
shareholders' meeting with votes of not less than three quarters of all votes
of shareholders attending the meeting and having the right to vote, and must
not be opposed by shareholders with an aggregate number of shares exceeding
10 percent of all votes of shareholders attending the meeting.
In case of issuance and offering warrants to any director, or employee
at the rate exceeding five percent of all warrants offered pursuant to Clause
15 (2) of the Notification of the SEC above, the shareholders' meeting will
consider the offer for sale with approval on an individual basis and the
resolution must have not less than three quarters of all votes of shareholders
attending the meeting and having the right to vote and must not be opposed
by shareholders with an aggregate number of shares exceeding five percent
of all votes of shareholders attending the meeting.
7. List of Directors and Employees Eligible to be Allocated Warrants
at the Rate Exceeding Five Percent of All Warrants
7.1 Mr. Somprasong Boonyachai, the Director and Chairman
of the Executive Committee Wireless Business, is eligible to be allocated
warrants not exceeding 1,600,000 units, or not exceeding 11.43% of total
ESOP program
Opinion of the Board of Directors and the Remuneration Committee
Detail of Opinion of the Remuneration Committee for ESOP
program as presented in the attachment.
The number of times attending the meetings and not attending
the meetings of the director during the past year.
Number of meetings 10, Attending 10 Times,
Not attending - Times
7.2 Mr. Vikrom Sriprataks, the Director and President of
Digital Phone Ltd. (Subsidiaries), is eligible to be allocated warrants not
exceeding 1,520,000 units, or not exceeding 10.86% of total ESOP program
The number of times attending the meetings and not attending
the meetings of the director during the past year.
Number of meetings 6, Attending 6 Times, Not attending - Times
Director of Shin Digital Co., Ltd. (Subsidiaries)
The number of times attending the meetings and not attending
the meetings of the director during the past year.
Number of meetings 3, Attending 3 Times,
Not attending - Times
Opinion of the Board of Directors and the Remuneration Committee
Detail of Opinion of the Remuneration Committee for ESOP
program as presented in the attachment.
7.3 Ms. Suvimol Kaewkoon, the Director of Advanced Paging and
Managing Director of Advanced Wireless Market Ltd. (Subsidiaries) is eligible
to be allocated warrants not exceeding 1,300,000 units, or not exceeding 9.29%
of total ESOP program
The number of times attending the meetings and not attending
the meetings of the director during the past year.
Number of meetings 5, Attending 3 Times, Not attending 2 Times
Managing Director of Advanced Wireless Market Co., Ltd.
(Subsidiaries)
Opinion of the Board of Directors and the Remuneration Committee
Detail of Opinion of the Remuneration Committee for ESOP
program as presented in the attachment.
7.4 Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, the Senior Executive Vice President
Wireless Corporate Planning, is eligible to be allocated warrants not
exceeding 1,250,000 units, or not exceeding 8.93% of total ESOP program
The number of times attending the meetings and not attending
the meetings of the director during the past year.
Number of meetings 2,Attending 1 Times, Not attending 1 Times
Senior Executive Vice President Wireless Corporate Planning
Opinion of the Board of Directors and the Remuneration Committee
Detail of Opinion of the Remuneration Committee for ESOP
program as presented in the attachment.
7.5 Mr. Songsak Premsuk, the Executive Vice President Marketing,
is eligible to be allocated warrants not exceeding 1,320,000 units, or not
exceeding 9.43% of total ESOP program
Opinion of the Board of Directors and the Remuneration Committee
Detail of Opinion of the Remuneration Committee for ESOP
program as presented in the attachment.
The total amount of warrants to be issued and offered will not
exceed 14 million units.
Additionally, since the exercise price will be determined as the closing price
of the Company shares traded on the SET on the business day prior to the date
of the issuance and offering the warrants, the eligible directors, employees
and advisors named in clause 7.1 7.5 above shall not entitle to any monetary
benefit from the difference between the exercise price and market price.