Notification of the adjustment of ESOP
24 สิงหาคม 2552
-Translation-
AIS-CP 075/2009
August 24, 2009
Subject: Notification of the adjustment to exercise price and exercise ratio
of ESOP Warrants Grant IV and V
To: The President
The Stock Exchange of Thailand
According to the Board of Director Meeting of Advanced Info Service Public
Company Limited (the "Company") No. 5/2009, which was held on August 13, 2009
had passed a resolution to approve an interim dividend payment for the first
half operating result of 2009 at the rate of Baht 3.00 per share,
approximately totaling Baht 8,889.87 million to shareholders.
Upon the resolution, the Company has announced to distribute the dividends in
excess of 50% of the net profit after income tax of its consolidated financial
statement. This has affected on the adjustment to exercise price and exercise
ratio of warrants to purchase the Company's ordinary shares, which were
offered to directors and employees of the Company (ESOP) Grant IV and V as
stated in Clause 2.6 (v) of the Prospectus offering the ESOP Program. The ESOP
warrant holders shall not be decreased their rights. Therefore, the adjustment
to exercise price and exercise ratio of ESOP warrants are shown as follow;
ESOP Grant IV Before adjustment After adjustment
Exercise price (Baht per share) 90.851 89.292
Exercise ratio (warrant:common shares) 1:1.17405 1:1.19454
Number of shares to be allotted (shares) 10,841,434 11,003,027*
ESOP Grant V Before adjustment After adjustment
Exercise price (Baht per share) 80.409 79.029
Exercise ratio (warrant:common shares) 1:1.13751 1:1.15737
Number of shares to be allotted (shares) 9,591,786 9,679,317*
Number of additional shares to be allotted Total 249,124 shares*
after adjustment of exercise price and
exercise ratio of ESOP
* The Company will allot the additional shares to reserve for the new exercise
ratio of ESOP in the AGM 2010.
The new exercise price and new exercise ratio shall be effective immediately
on August 25, 2009, which is the first day of XD sign posting onwards. As a
result, the Company currently has sufficiently reserved shares for the
exercise of ESOP warrants. The Company will allot the additional shares to
reserve for the new exercise ratio of ESOP Grant IV and V in the 2010 Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders.
Yours faithfully,
-Signed-
Mr. Pong-amorn Nimpoonsawat
Chief Finance Officer
Advanced Info Services Plc.
Cc: The Securities and Exchange Commission