Dividend Payment and Set date of AGM.No.32nd
No. Sor.Kor.0125/2010
February 25,2010
Subject : Notification of the Resolutions of BOD's meeting and set date of the
AGM No.32nd
To : Managing and Director,
The Stock Exchange of Thailand
The Board of Directors's meeting No.3/2010 held on Thursday, February 25,2010
has passed resolution to
set date of the Annual general meeting of shareholders No.32nd should be held
on Thursday, April 22,2010
from 9.00 a.m. at the meeting room,2nd floor,Sikarin Hospital which located
at 4/29 moo 10 Srinakarin
Road, Bangna District ,Bangkok. The agendas for the meeting are as follows :
Agenda 1. Comments from the Chairman,
Agenda 2: To consider and approve the Minutes of the 31 Ordinary General
Shareholders' Meeting,
Facts and reasons: The 31 Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting was held on
Thursday, April 23, 2009,
shown in the minutes of the meeting sent to shareholders along with the
notification of this meeting.
Board's opinions: The Board feels appropriate to put forward the minutes of
the 31 Ordinary General
Shareholders' Meeting to shareholders for their approval.
Agenda 3. To acknowledge the Company's 2009 operating results
Facts and reasons: The report of the Company's operating results in 2009 is
shown in Annual Report, earlier
sent to shareholders along with the notification of this meeting.
Board's opinions: The Board feels appropriate to present that report to
shareholders for their
acknowledgement.
Agenda 4. To consider and approve the Balance Sheets and Profit-Loss
Statements for the year ended December 31, 2009
Facts and reasons: The Balance Sheets and Profit-Loss Statements for the year
ended December 31, 2009,
shown in the Annual Report have been approved by the auditor and Audit
Committee.Board's opinions: The Board feels appropriate to put the Balance
Sheets and Profit-Loss Statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 forward
to shareholders in the General Meeting for their approval.
Agenda 5. To consider and approve profit sharing and dividend payment
Facts and reasons: According to the law, the Company shall set aside at least
5 percent of its net profit as a reserve fund or Bt5,763,172 and according to
the Company's dividend payment policy, the Company can pay not more than 70
percent of its net profit, ended December 31, 2009 or Bt115,263,428. In this
case, the Company agreed to pay dividend in 2009 at Bt0.50 per share.
Board's opinions: The Board feels appropriate to put forward to shareholders
to approve the allocation to the reserve fund from the net profit and payment
of the 2009 dividend at Bt0.50 per share to shareholders whose names appear in
record date for the right to receive the dividend on 29 March 2010 and the
closing of the share register book for gathering the list of shareholders
under the section 225 of the Securities and Exchange Act on 30 March 2010,
were approved. will be paid on 26 April 2010. (The proposed dividend Subject
to shareholders' approval).
Agenda 6. To consider the appointment of an auditor and auditing fees in 2010
Facts and reasons: According to Section 19 of the Articles of Association and
Section 120 of the Public Limited Company Act as well as the rotation
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, an auditor cannot audit
and approve a company's financial statements for five consecutive years but
those provisions do not prohibit the appointment of another auditor attached
to the auditing firm related to the former auditing firm.
Board's opinions: The Board feels appropriate to ask shareholders in the
meeting to appoint Dhammaniti Auditing Co., Ltd. by Miss Chandra
Wongsri-udomporn, Registration Number 4996 or Mr. Pot Asawasantichai,
Registration Number 4891 or Miss Wannisa Ngambuathong, Registration Number
6838 or
any other auditor in that auditing firm as the Company's auditor for 2010 and
fix auditing fees in 2010 at Bt810,000, equal to the fees last 2 years.
Agenda 7. To elect Directors to replace Directors whose terms expires
Facts and reasons: Section 19 of the Articles of Association and Section 71 of
the Public Limited Company Act require one third of the number of Directors to
leave the office but the outgoing Directors may be
reinstated. Out of the 15-director Board, the following 5 Directors have to
leave the office are as follows:
(1) Pol. Lt. Gen. Jarax Sangtaweep, Chairman of the Executive
Committee and
Vice Chairman of the Board of
Director,
(2) Mr. Sakchai Tanaboonchai, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the
Compensation Committee,
(3) Mr. Pramuanchai Taweesedt, Director and Chairman of the Audit
Committee,
(4) Mrs. Ratana Chantrawongsakorn, Director and Director of the Audit
Committee,
(5) Mr. Raj Tanta-nanta, Director and Director of the
Compensation Committee.
The Recruitment Committee resolved to advise the Board of Directors to propose
to shareholders in the
general meeting to reinstate the 5 outgoing Directors.
Board's opinions: The Board agrees with the Recruitment Committee's opinions
and advice to propose to
shareholders in the general meeting to reinstate the 5 outgoing Directors as
follows:
(1) Pol. Lt. Gen. Jarax Sangtaweep, Chairman of the Executive Committee
and
Vice Chairman of the Board of
Director,
(2) Mr. Sakchai Tanaboonchai, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the
Compensation Committee,
(3) Mr. Pramuanchai Taweesedt, Director and Chairman of the Audit
Committee,
(4) Mrs. Ratana Chantrawongsakorn, Director and Director of the Audit
Committee,
(5) Mr. Raj Tanta-nanta, Director and Director of the
Compensation Committee.
The profile of each Director is enclosed.
Agenda 8. To consider compensation to the Directors
Facts and reasons: The Compensation Committee agrees to advise the Board of
Directors to ask the
shareholders in the general meeting to fix compensation to every Director in
the Board of Directors as well
as every committee in the form of position allowances, meeting allowances and
pension totaling
Bt9,500,000 equal to the amount paid in the past two years.
Board's opinions: The Board agrees with the Compensation Committee's opinions
to ask shareholders in the
Annual General Meeting to approve Bt9,500,000 compensation to Directors in 2010.
Agenda 9. Others (if any)
Shareholders register book for the right to receive for 32 Ordinary
General Meeting of
Shareholders shall be recorded on March 29, 2010. Also, March 30, 2010 shall
be the book closing date on
which the shareholders list as specified in section 225 of the Securities and
Exchange Act shall be complied
We look forward to seeing you in the meeting.
By the Board of
Director's resolution
( Pol.Lt.Gen.Jarax
Sangtaweep )
Position Chief Executive Officer &
Vice Chairman