Dividend suspension, call AGM, subsidiary set up
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Ref No. BTS 2181 / 2010
June 16, 2010
Subject: Directors, dividend, amend Articles, new subsidiary, call AGM
To: President
The Stock Exchange of Thailand
Enclosure: Proposed Amendment of Articles of Association
Whereas BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited ("the Company") had the
Board of Directors' Meeting No. 5/2010 on June 16, 2010 at 10.00 a.m. The
Meeting passed the significant resolutions as follows:
1. Acknowledged the resignation of the whole Board of Directors effective
on the date of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for the Year 2010:
Name Position
1. Mr. Keeree Kanjanapas Director
2. Mr. Kavin Kanjanapas Director
3. Mr. Sutham Siritipsakorn Director
4. Mr. Rangsin Kritalug Director
5. Mr. Kong Chi Keung Director
6. Mr. Paul Tong Director
7. Mr. Cheung Che Kin Director
8. Mr. Anat Arbhabhirama Director
9. Mr. Kom Panomreongsak Director
10. Mr. Lo Yun Sum Director
11. Lt. Gen. Phisal Thepsithar Independent Director
12. Pol. Maj. Gen. Vara Ieammongkol Independent Director
13. Mr. Chaiyasit Puvapiromquan Independent Director
Approved the following persons to be nominated for the appointment as
the new Board of Directors of the Company at the Annual General Meeting
of Shareholders for the Year 2010:
No. Name
Position
1. Mr. Keeree Kanjanapas Director
2. Mr. Kavin Kanjanapas Director
3. Mr. Kong Chi Keung Director
4. Mr. Anat Arbhabhirama Director
5. Mr. Surapong Laoha-Unya Director
6. Mr. Rangsin Kritalug Director
7. Mr. Paul Tong Director
8. Mr. Craig Webster Director
9. Mr. John Sunderland Director
10. Mr. Kin Chan Director
11. Mr. Charoen Wattanasin Independent Director
12. Mr. Amorn Chandarasomboon Independent Director
13. Mr. Suchin Wanglee Independent Director
14. Lt. Gen. Phisal Thepsithar Independent Director
15. Mr. Cheong Ying Chew, Henry Independent Director
2. Determined the names and number of the directors who can sign to bind the
Company to be proposed to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for the
Year 2010 for consideration and approval as follows:
"Names and number of the directors who can sign to bind the Company are:
any one director from Group A signing jointly with any one director from
Group B, totaling 2 persons, together with the Company's seal affixed; Group A
Directors being Mr. Keeree Kanjanapas, Mr. Kavin Kanjanapas and Mr. Surapong
Laoha-Unya and Group B Directors being Mr. Kong Chi Keung, Mr. Anat
Arbhabhirama and Mr. Rangsin Kritalug"
3. Determined the directors' remuneration to be proposed to the Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders for the Year 2010 for consideration and
approval.
Monthly Directors' Remuneration
Chairman of the Board of Baht 60,000 / month
Directors
Chairman of the Audit Baht 50,000 / month
Committee
Directors Baht 30,000 / month / person
Meeting Allowance for the Members of the Audit Committee
Chairman of the Audit Baht 20,000 / attendance
Committee
Members of the Audit Baht 20,000 / person /
Committee attendance
4. Approved the suspension of dividend payment for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2010 as a result of Baht 4,211,934,885 deficit in the Company's
separate financial statements for
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the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, which will be proposed to the
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for the Year 2010 for
consideration and approval. The deficit is mainly resulted from the
deficit brought forward from previous years, loss from exchange rate,
provisions for doubtful debts and provisions for impairment of assets.
According to the Public Limited Companies Act B.E. 2535 (1992), the
Company may pay dividends only when the Company has profits from
operations and there is no deficit. Thus, the Company is unable to make
dividend payment for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.
Although the Company is unable to make dividend payment for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2010, the Board of Directors will consider a review
of the consolidated group financial performance and status after the
completion of the acquisition of 94.6% shares in Bangkok Mass System
Public Company Limited. Within the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, the
Board of Directors will consider a plan to make good of Baht 4,211,934,885
deficit in the Company's separate financial statements by means of (i)
capital reduction to reduce the deficit, (ii) dividend income from
subsidiaries of the group, and/or (iii) other operating profits. If this
plan is successfully implemented, the Company will be able to make good
of Baht 4,211,934,885 deficit and is able to make interim dividend payment to
the Company's shareholders within the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.
The Company will further inform the public and shareholders if there is
any decision in this matter.
5. Approved the appointment of auditors from Ernst & Young Office Limited as
the Company's auditors for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, any of
the following auditors being authorized to review and give opinion on the
Company's financial statements: Mr. Narong Puntawong: Certified
Public Accountant (Thailand) No. 3315 and/or Ms. Siraporn Ouaanunkun:
Certified Public Accountant (Thailand) No. 3844 and/or Mr. Termphong
Opanaphan: Certified Public Accountant (Thailand) No. 4501, and
determined the audit fee for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 for the
Company in the amount of not exceeding Baht 3,330,000 and the audit fee
for the Company and its subsidiaries (totaling 26 subsidiaries) in the
total amount of not exceeding Baht 11,750,000 and to propose this matter
to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for the Year 2010 for
consideration and approval.
6. Approved the amendment of the Articles of Association of the Company as
per the Proposed Amendment of Articles of Association as attached and to
propose this matter to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for the
Year 2010 for consideration and approval.
7. Approved the establishment of a new subsidiary to be a technology service
provider company with the following details:
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Name : Bangkok Smartcard Technology Limited
Type of Business : Technology service provider. Initially, holding the
exclusive right to provide technology service based on
Bangkok Smartcard System Company Limited's
e-money platform such as membership program,
loyalty program and access control related project
Registered Capital : Baht 2,000,000
Initial Paid-up Capital : 25 percent
Number of Shares : 20,000 ordinary shares
Par Value : Baht 100 each
Directors : Mr. Keeree Kanjanapas
Mr. Surapong Laoha-Unya
Mr. Kavin Kanjanapas
Mr. Nelson Leung
Shareholding Structure : The Company holding 19,997 shares and each of Mr.
Keeree Kanjanapas, Mr. Surapong Laoha-Unya and
Mr. Kavin Kanjanapas holding 1 share.
8. Determined the date of determining the names of shareholders who shall be
entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for the
Year 2010 (Record Date) on July 5, 2010 and the date to gather the names
of shareholders under Section 225 of the Securities and Exchange Act B.E.
2535 (as amended) by closing the share register book and suspension of
share transfer on July 6, 2010.
9. Determined the date, venue and agenda of the Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders for the Year 2010 on Thursday July 29, 2010, at 10.00 hrs.
at Ballroom I, 8th Floor, Eastin Hotel Makkasan Bangkok, no. 1091/343 New
Petchburi Road. Makkasan Sub-district,Rajthevee District, Bangkok 10400 with
the agenda listed below:
Agenda 1 Message from the Chairman to the Meeting;
Agenda 2 To consider and adopt the Minutes of the Extraordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders No. 1/2010;
Agenda 3 To consider and approve the appointment of new Board of
Directors of the Company;
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Agenda 4 To determine the names and number of the directors who
can sign to bind the Company;
Agenda 5 To determine the directors' remuneration;
Agenda 6 To acknowledge the report on the results of the Company's
business operation for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2010;
Agenda 7 To consider and approve the Company and its subsidiaries
report and consolidated financial statements for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2010;
Agenda 8 To consider and approve the suspension of the dividend
payment for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010;
Agenda 9 To consider and approve the appointment of auditors and
determine the audit fee for the fiscal year ended March
31, 2011;
Agenda 10 To consider and approve the amendment of the Company's
Articles of Association; and
Agenda 11 To consider other business (if any),
and empowered the Executive Committee to amend, change or
determine the time, date, and venue of the Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders for the Year 2010.
Please be informed accordingly.
Yours sincerely,
BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited
- Mr. Kong Chi Keung / Mr. Rangsin Kritalug-
Directors
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