NOTIFICATION OF THE RESOLUTIONS OF BOD'S MEETING 8/2002
15 November 2002
-Translation-
AIS 436/ 2002
November 14 2002
Subject:Notification of the Resolutions of the Board of Directors' Meeting No.
8/2002
To: The President
The Stock Exchange of Thailand
The Board of Directors of Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (the
"Company") at the meeting No. 8/2002 held on November 14 2002 at 2.00 p.m.
at the Board Room 20th Floor 414 Phaholyothin Road Samsennai Phayathai
Bangkok 10400 resolved the matters as follows:
1.Certified the Minutes of the Board of Directors' Meeting No. 7/2002 held on
September 5,2002.
2.Approved the appointment of Mr. Boonchoo Direksathapon as a director and
Member of the Audit Committee to replace Mrs. Charintorn Vongspootorn who
has resigned.
3.Approved the amendment of authorized signatories as follows:
"Mr.Boonklee Plangsiri Mr.Somprasong Boonyachai Mrs.Siripen Sitasuwan-
Any two of the three aforementioned directors may act on behalf of
the Company by jointly signing and affixing the Company's seal"
4. Approved the Balance Sheet Profit and Loss Statements and Cash Flow
Statements for the third quarter ended September 30,2002.
5. Approved the Corporate Governance Policy of the Company
The Board of Directors is determined for the company to be an organization
with good corporate governance in order to maximize the wealth and returns
to the shareholders and stakeholders of the company in the long term.
Therefore the Board of Directors has established the Corporate Governance
Policy comprising of 5 sections summarized as follows.
Section I the Board of Directors
This corporate governance policy refers to the vision of the organization
and the structure and composition of the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors shall consist of the experts in various areas totalling not less
than 5 persons with at least one director having direct experience in
related industry and at least one director having experience in accounting
and finance. Sub-committees such as Audit Committee Nominating Committee
and Remuneration Committee shall be separately set up to share the workload
and perform duty for the balance of power mechanism. With regards to the
independence of directors the Board of Directors shall consist of
independent directors at least one-third of the total number of directors or
at least 3 persons. The Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chairman
of Executive Committee must be knowledgeable competent and qualified
individuals and they shall not be the same person to create a balance of
power by separating supervision duties and management duties. In addition
the policy also define the qualifications and responsibilities of each
committee as well as the scheduling of meetings and evaluation of the
Board of Directors.
Section II Rights and Equality of Shareholders and Treatment of Stakeholders
The company has a policy to conduct shareholders meeting according to the
law and the guidelines set by the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The Company
encourage equal treatments for all shareholders in accessing information
and giving opinions as well as honoring the rights of the various
stakeholders.
Section III - Information Disclosure and Transparency
The Board has a duty to disclose material information that is complete
adequate reliable and timely so that the Company's shareholders and
stakeholders are equally well aware of the information.In addition the
Company has provided an Investor Relations unit to represent the Company in
communication with shareholders and investors.
Section IV Control and Risk Management
The Company has a policy to manage internal and external risk factors which
might affect the Company and contain them at appropriate and acceptable
level. Therefore the Company has set up Risk Management Committee with
the Managing Director as the Chairman of the committee. Internal Audit
department has been set up and directly reports to the Audit Committee.
The duties of Internal Audit department are to give recommendations to
examine and evaluate the adequacy of internal control system and risk
management system of the Company.
Section V - Philosophy and Code of Conduct
In accordance with the philosophy of business ethics the Company has a
policy regarding code of conduct towards stakeholders to be complied by
the Board of Directors the management and employees at all levels.
6. Approved the appointment of Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee
The Nomination Committee shall comprise at least 3 directors. The Nomination
Committee will be as follows:
1. Mr. Paiboon Limpaphayom (Ph.D) Chairman of the Nomination Committee
2. Mr. Boonklee Plangsiri Member of Nomination Committee
3. Mr. Arun Churdboonchart Member of Nomination Committee
Authority and duties of Nomination Committee:
1. Define the principles and policy of nomination for the Board of Directors
and sub-committees of the Company.
2. Nominate qualified candidates for the positions of directors of the Board
and propose to the Board and/or the shareholders.
3. Nominate qualified candidates for the position of Chairman of the
Executive Committee in case of a vacancy in the position and define
the principles and policy of election of the top executives.
The Remuneration Committee shall comprise at least 3 directors. The
Remuneration Committee will be as follows:
1. Mr. Paiboon Limpaphayom (Ph.D) Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
2. Mr. Boonklee Plangsiri Member of Remuneration Committee
3. Mr. Arun Churdboonchart Member of Remuneration Committee
Authority and duties of Remuneration Committee:
1. Determine necessary and appropriate remuneration both in terms of cash
and non-cash in order to attract and retain directors of the Board
sub-committee members as well as top executives in each year.
2. Prepare the principles and policy of remuneration for the Board and top
executives and propose for approval of Board and/or the shareholders.
3. The Remuneration Committee shall have the accountability to the Board of
Directors and have the duty to give explanation answer questions
concerning the remuneration of the directors and top management at the
shareholders' meetings.
7. Approved the Treasury Stock Program in the amount of Baht 3 500 million
details of which are available in the attached Share Repurchase Disclosure
Form.
Please be informed accordingly.
Respectfully Yours
-Signed-
Mr. Somprasong Boonyachai
Director
Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited
Compliance Department
Tel. 0-22995226 5221