BOD's Resolution: Dividend payment, ESOP, AGM
20 February 2004
Translation
CP-AIS 011/2004
February 19, 2004
Re: Notification of the Resolutions of the Board
of Directors' Meeting No. 2/2004 regarding
issuance the Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP)
Grant III, Dividend Payment and schedule of
the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for
the year 2004.
To: The President
The Stock Exchange of Thailand
Attachments: 1. Detail of the Employee Stock Option
Plan Grant III
2. Capital Increase Form
3. Information of Memorandum on Connected
Transaction in relation to Advertising
Fees and SAP Computer System Service
Agreements
The Board of Directors of Advanced Info Service Public
Company Limited (the Company) resolved in the meeting
No. 2/2004 held on February 19, 2004 at the Board Room,
Shinawatra 1 Tower, 414 Paholyothin Road, Samsennai,
Payathai, Bangkok 10400 as the following matters:
1. Certified the Minutes of the Board of Directors'
Meeting No. 1/2004 held on January 21, 2004.
2. Approved the balance sheet, statement of income
and cash flow statements for the year 2003 ended
December 31, 2003.
3. Approved the issuance and offering of warrants
to purchase the Company's ordinary shares to directors,
employees, and advisors of the Company (ESOP Grant III).
The objective of the ESOP is to compensate and motivate
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 5 plans during a period
of 5 years. The Company will issue and offer warrants
to directors, employees, and advisors of the Company
once a year, for 5 consecutive years. The terms of
warrants issued each year will not exceed 5 years from
the date of issuance, while other details of warrants
will be similar for all five issuance. The Company
has issued and offered ESOP for the first and the
second issuances in 2002 and 2003 respectively
For the third issuance, the Board of Directors resolved
to approve the issuance and offering of warrants of
8,999,500 units to directors, employees and advisors of
the Company and the allocation of 8,999,500 ordinary
shares, at the par value of Baht 1 each, equivalent to
0.31 percent of the total paid-up capital of the Company,
to reserve for the exercise of the warrants. The detail
of the terms and conditions is shown in Attachment 1.
4. Approved the allocation of 8,999,500 new ordinary
shares, at the par value of Baht 1 each, from the
remaining 2,042.53 million unallocated shares to
reserve for the exercise of warrants under the ESOP
Grant III.
Other related details and conditions as well as taking
necessary and appropriated actions in connection with
the allocation of such new ordinary shares under the
ESOP Grant II, including the listing of such new
ordinary shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand will
be determined at the discretion of the Executive
Committee or the designated person by the Board of
Directors. (See Capital Increase Report Form)
5. Approved, with consent from the Remuneration
Committee, the allocation of warrants to the Company's
directors, employees and advisors who are eligible for
the warrants of exceeding 5% of the total ESOP Grant III.
These directors, employees and advisors are:
Name Number of Percent of
Allocated Total Warrants
Warrants
1. Mr.Somprasong
Boonyachai 914,300 10.16
2. Mrs.Suvimon
Kaewkoon 676,000 7.51
3. Ms.Yingluk
Shinawatra 676,000 7.51
4. Mr.Vikrom
Sripratak 606,400 6.74
5. Mr.Kittsanan
Ngamphathipong 537,000 5.97
6. Mrs.Arpattra
Sringkarrinkul 487,100 5.41
6. Approved the allotment of the additional ordinary
shares reserved for exercising the right in pursuance
with the ESOP warrants Grant 1 and 2 due to the entering
into terms and conditions of the Prospectus.
(See Capital Increase Report Form)
The Board of Directors' Meeting of the Company No.4/2003
held on August 7, 2003 passed a resolution to approve
the interim dividend payment for the first half of year
2003 to shareholders at the rate of two Baht per share.
Upon the resolution, the Company announced to distribute
the dividends in excess of 50% of the net profit after
income tax. This affected on exercise price and exercise
ratio of warrants to purchase the Company's ordinary
shares, which were offered to directors, employees,
and advisors of the Company (ESOP) Grant I & II, as
stated in Clause 2.6 (v) of the Prospectus. The ESOP
warrant holders shall not be decreased their rights.
The new exercise price and new exercise ratio were been
effective on in August, 2003. The Company, therefore,
will allot the additional shares to reserve for the new
exercise ratio of ESOP Grant I & II totaling 125,591
shares, comprising of 78,260 shares for Grant 1 and 47,331
shares for Grant 2.
7. Approved the appointment of directors and determined
the directors' remuneration for 2004 as follows;
7.1 The retiring directors due to cease of their terms
are as follows:
- Mrs.Tasanee Manorot
- Mr. Suphadej Poonpipat
- Mr. Boonchoo Direksathapon
7.2 The retiring directors having been re-appointed are
as follows:
- Mrs.Tasanee Manorot
- Mr. Suphadej Poonpipat
- Mr. Boonchoo Direksathapon
7.3 The members of the Board of Directors shall be as
follows:
- Mr.Paiboon Chairman of the
Limpaphayom (Ph.D.) Board of Directors
- Mr.Boonklee Director
Plangsiri
- Mr.Somprasong Director
Boonyachai
- Mrs.Siripen Director
Sitasuwan
- Mr.Lum Hon Fye* Director
- Mr.Chow, Wing
Keung Lucas Director
- Mrs.Tasanee
Manorot Director
- Mr. Suphadej
Poonpipat Director
- Mr. Arun
Churdboonchart Director
- Mr. Boonchoo
Direksathapon Director
* The Board of Directors has approved the appointment of
Mr. Lim Chuan Poh,the representative director of Singapore
Telecom Company, to replace Mr. Lum Hon Fye who resigned
from the Company's director to comply with Share Purchase
Agreement with effect after registration with Ministry of Commerce.
7.4 The authorized signatories are as follows:
"Mr. Boonklee Plangsiri, Mr. Somprasong Boonyachai
and Mrs. Siripen Sitasuwan any two of these three
directors jointly sign with the Company's seal
affixed."
7.5 Approved the directors' remuneration for the fiscal
year 2004 not exceeding of Baht 10,000,000. The
determination of directors' remuneration for 2004
will be proposed to the Annual General Meeting of
shareholders 2004 for further approval.
8 Approved the dividends payment for the second half of
2003 (July 1 - December 31, 2003) to shareholders at Baht
2.10 each, totaling about Baht 6,167 million. The closing
date of register book to determine the right to receive
dividend will be on April 5, 2004, at 12.00 noon and the
payment date will be on May 20, 2004. Provided that, the
treasury stock is not entitled to receive the dividends.
The Company's dividends payment of the entire year 2003
(including the interim dividend payment paid from the
operating results in the first haft of 2003 at Baht 2 per
share, which is Baht 5,869 million in total) is accounted
to be Baht 4.10 per share, or totally about Baht 12,036
million.
9 Approved the appointment of auditors of
PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Limited to be the Company's
auditors for the year ended 2004 as follow:
- Mr. Prasan Chuapanich CPA. No.3051
- Ms. Nangnoi Charoenthavesub CPA. No. 3044
- Mrs. Suwannee Bhuripanyo CPA. No. 3371
- Mr. Prasit Yuengsrikul CPA. No. 4174
One of these persons will be responsible for auditing
and giving comments on the Company's financial statements.
The auditors' remuneration for quarterly and yearly
auditing shall not exceed Baht 3.65 million.
10 Approved the holding of the Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders on April 23, 2004 at 10.00 a.m. at the
Auditorium Room, 19th Floor, Shinawatra 1 Tower, 414
Paholyothin Road, Samsennai Subdistrict, Payathai District,
Bangkok. The agenda to be considered and approved in the
meeting are as follows;
Agenda 1 Matters to be informed;
Agenda 2 To consider and certify the Minutes of the
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2003
held on April 29, 2003.;
Agenda 3 To consider and certify the results of operation
for the year 2003;
Agenda 4 To consider and approve the balance sheet,
statement of income and statement of cash flow
for the year 2003 ended December 31, 2003;
Agenda 5 To consider and approve the appointment of
directors and determine the directors'
remuneration for 2004;
Agenda 6 To consider and approve the appointment of
the Company's auditors and determine the
auditors' remuneration for the year ended 2004;
Agenda 7 To consider and approve dividend payment to
the shareholders for the fiscal year 2003;
Agenda 8 To consider and approve the issuance and
offering of warrants of 8,999,500 units to
purchase the Company's ordinary shares to
directors, employees and advisors of the
Company (ESOP Grant III);
Agenda 9 To consider and approve the allocation of
8,999,500 new ordinary shares, at par value
of Baht 1 each in order to reserve for the
exercise of warrants under the ESOP Grant III;
Agenda 10 To consider and approve the allocation of
warrants to directors, employees and advisors
who are eligible for the warrants exceeding
5 percent of the ESOP Grant III as follows:
Name Number of Percent of
Allocated Warrants Total Warrants
1.Mr.Somprasong
Boonyachai 914,300 10.16
2.Mrs.Suvimon
Kaewkoon 676,000 7.51
3.Ms.Yingluk
Shinawatra 676,000 7.51
4.Mr.Vikrom
Sripratak 606,400 6.74
5.Mr.Kittsanan
Ngamphathipong 537,000 5.97
6.Mrs.Arpattra
Sringkarrinkul 487,100 5.41
Agenda 11 To consider and approve the allotment of the
additional ordinary shares reserved for
exercising the right in pursuance with the
ESOP warrants Grant 1 and 2 due to the
entering into terms and conditions of the
Prospectus.
Agenda 12 To consider other matters (if any)
The Company will close the share register book to
determine the shareholders who are eligible to attend
and vote in the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
for the year 2004 from April 5, 2004 at 12.00 noon
until the Annual General Meeting of Shareholder for
the year 2004 is adjourned.
Please be informed accordingly
Best Regards,
-Signed-
Mr. Somprasong Boonyachai
Director
Advanced Info Services Plc.
Group Compliance
Tel. 02-2995561