NOTIFICATION OF THE CONNECTED TRANSACTION
13 February 2003
-Translation-
AIS 036/2546
February 12, 2003
Re: Notification of the Connected transaction
To: The President
The Stock Exchange of Thailand
Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (the "Company") would like to inform
you that the Company has entered into the computer system service agreements with
Shinawatra Information Technology Company Limited (SIT) and I.T. Applications and
Service Co., Ltd. (ITAS), both of the companies are the subsidiaries of Shin
Corporation Public Company Limited (SHIN) that detailed as follows:
Date of Transaction within February 2003
Parties involved Employers: the Company and Digital Phone Co., Ltd. (DPC),
which is a 98.55% subsidiary of the Company.
Contractors: Shinawatra Information Technology Company
Limited (SIT) and I.T. Applications and
Service Co., Ltd. (ITAS)
Relationship The Company is 43.06% owned by Shin Corporation
Public company Limited and SIT and ITAS are 99.99%
owned by Shin Corporation Public Company Limited.
General Characteristics of the Transaction
- SIT shall provide services of the computer
system to the Company and DPC, totaling
advising and management fees of Baht 41
million per year.
- The Company engages ITAS for the improvement
and development of computer programs, on a
job by job basis,totaling advising and
management fees of Baht 131.86 million per
year. The fee of charges are based on
comparative rates of other contractors,
which service the same characteristics of
SIT and ITAS.
Connected Transaction and its Conditions
The entering into the computer system service
agreements of the Company and its subsidiary,
are considered to be connected transaction
of listed company prescribed in the
Notification of the Stock Exchange of
Thailand (SET) in relation to rules,
procedures and disclosure of connected
transactions of listed company. The size of
transaction is 0.58% of net tangible assets
as of September 30, 2002, which is over
0.03% but less than 3.00% of net tangible
assets, thus requiring the Company to report
the transaction to SET.
Please be informed accordingly,
Sincerely yours,
-Signed-
Mr. Somprasong Boonyachai
Director
Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited
Compliance Department
Tel. 0-2299-5561