NOTIFICATION OF THE PROGRESS OF THE OFFERING OF DEBENTURES
15 October 2002
Translation
AIS 395/2002
October 14, 2002
Re : Notification of the progress of the offering of debentures
To : President
The Stock Exchange of Thailand
Pursuant to the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Advanced Info
Service Public Company Limited (the Company) No. 1/2545, held on March 8, 2002,
the meeting approved the issuance and offering of unsubordinated and unsecured
debentures of the Company in the amount not exceeding Baht 20,000 million. On
March 21, 2002, debentures in the amount of Baht 10,000 million were issued and
offered, leaving a remainder of Baht 10,000 million of unissued debentures. As
the Company is in the process of issuing and offering debentures No. 4/2002 in
the amount not exceeding Baht 6,000 million, the Company would like to report
the preliminary features of the debentures as follows:
Type of Debentures Amortizing unsubordinated, unsecured
debentures, bearing debentureholders' name
and having a debentureholders' representative
Maturity Five years from the issue date
Placement Institutional investors
Amount to be Offered 5 million units at par value of Baht 1,000,
totaling Baht 5,000 million
Greenshoe Option 1 million units totaling Baht 1,000 million
Total Amount to be Offered Not exceeding 6 million units, totaling Baht
6,000 million
Offering Price Baht 1,000 (at par)
Interest Rate 3.35%-3.55%
Interest Payment The Company will pay interest every 6 months,
on April 21 and October 21 of every year
Amortizing Features The Company will pay 5 equal installments
commencing at the end of year 3. The first
redemption payment will be on October 21,
2005.
Credit Rating AA- rating by Thai Rating Information Service
Co., Ltd. (TRIS)
Redemption The Company will redeem the debentures on
the last due date by paying the remaining
principal and last interest payment
Subscription period October 17-18, 2002
Debentureholders' representative Siam Commercial Bank
Lead Arrangers for Debentures Standard Chartered Bank, Bangkok Branch
Deutsche Bank, Bangkok Branch
Co-Arrangers for Debentures DBS Vickers Securities (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Barclays Capital Securities (Thailand)
Co., Ltd.
The details of the registration statement of securities offering and the draft
prospectus of the Company can be viewed at www.sec.or.th
Please be informed accordingly.
Yours Faithfully,
-Signed-
Mr. Somprasong Boonyachai
Director
Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited