SET Announcements
01 March 2007
Issue Debenture accu loss reduct No Dividend Payment Set AGM
(Translation)
No. CK-07-0000-PO-L-0063
March 1, 2007
Re: Notification of Resolutions of the Board of Directors Meeting No.
3/2007 and Scheduling of the Closing Date of the Share Register for
Suspension of the Share Transfer for the Right to Attend the 2007
Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Attn.: President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand
Reference is made to the fact that CH. Karnchang Public Company
Limited held the Board of Directors Meeting No. 3/2007 at 10:00 a.m. on
March 1, 2007 at the Conference Room on the 21st Floor, No. 587
Viriyathavorn Building, Sutthisarn Road, Dindaeng Subdistrict, Dindaeng
District, Bangkok.
The Board of Directors Meeting passed the following resolutions:
1.Resolved to approve the Minutes of the Board of Directors
Meeting No. 2/2007.
2.Resolved to approve the balance sheet and income statement for
the year ended December 31, 2006 for submission to the 2007 Annual
Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
3. Resolved to grant approval for the issuance and offering, in
whole or in part, of the Company's Baht denominated debentures in the
total amount of not exceeding Baht 3,000 Million, by way of public
offering and/or private placement and/or offering to institutional
investors, pursuant to the SEC's Notifications, with a maturity as shall
be specified by the Executive Board and/or the Chief Executive Officer.
The type of debentures will be unsubordinated bearing names of the
holders. The debentures may be secured or unsecured and with or without
a debenture holder representative. The offering of the debentures may
be made on one or several occasions. The Executive Board and/or the
Chief Executive Officer shall have the authority to set out the details
of the debentures, type, collateral, amount, maturity, par value,
offering price, interest rate, redemption right, offering method,
issuance and offering period, as well as other relevant details, as the
circumstances may allow, and as per the period deemed appropriate, and
the debentures may be issued and offered by various methods, on one or
several occasions. In this regard, the Executive Board and/or the Chief
Executive Officer shall have the authority to appoint debenture holder
representative and/or registrar and/or broker and/or underwriter and/or
advisor and other relevant person or persons, including the authority to
execute, sign, amend, negotiate contracts and/or any other documents
with the relevant parties, prepare, liaise, give information and submit
documents and evidence to the Office of the SEC, secondary market for
debt instruments, the credit rating agency and/or any other authorities
relating to such issuance and offering of the debentures, as well as to
set out the relevant criteria, conditions and details and make any
relevant arrangements to accomplish such objectives, subject to the
requirements in the applicable notifications, regulations, criteria and
laws, and take any relevant actions as appropriate.
The major characteristics of the debentures shall be as follows:
Objectives :To accommodate the Company's business expansion and
to serve as source of the capital for the Company's
business operation.
Issuer of debentures :CH. Karnchang Public Company Limited
Type of debentures :Unsubordinated debentures bearing names of the
holders, secured or unsecured, and with or without
a debenture holder representative.
Total value of debentures :The total balance of debentures to be issued
shall not exceed Baht 3,000 Million, and the
Executive Board and/or the Chief Executive Officer
may consider issuing and offering debentures by
various methods, on one or several occasions,
provided that other than the previously issued
debentures in the amount of Baht 9,000 Million.
Any number of matured debentures may be re-issued
and re-offered for sale, provided however that,
the total balance of debentures approved for
issuance and offering at any particular time shall
not exceed the total amount of Baht 12,000 Million
inclusive of the resolution of issuance of the
existing balance of debentures and the resolution
of issuance of newly issued debentures as
indicated above.
Maturity : As shall be specified by the Executive Board
and/or the Chief Executive Officer.
Interest rate : At an appropriate rate as shall be specified by
the Executive Board and/or the Chief Executive
Officer.
Offering : To be offered to general investors, namely, the
offering may be made by way of public offering
and/or private placement and/or offering to
institutional investors, pursuant to the
notifications of the Office of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC), in whole on one or
several occasions.
4. Resolved to propose the Meeting of Shareholders to consider
approving the offset of the Company's accumulated loss to the least
possible amount. As at December 31, 2006, the Company had an
accumulated loss amounting to Baht 818,129,169, with a legal reserve
amounting to Baht 129,845,770 and a share premium reserve amounting to
Baht 3,965,010,495. Such offset of the accumulated loss would be made
against the entire amount of the legal reserve and the share premium
reserve in the amount of Baht 688,000,000, thereby resulting in the
Company's remaining accumulated loss of Baht 283,399. When the Company
has better operational results and derives profit, the accumulated loss
would be completely offset faster, thereby enabling the Company to pay
dividend to its shareholders earlier as well.
5. Resolved to schedule the 2007 Annual Ordinary General Meeting
of Shareholders to be held on April 30, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. at the
Conference Room on the 4th Floor, No. 587 Viriyathavorn Building,
Sutthisarn Road, Dindaeng Subdistrict, Dindaeng District, Bangkok.
6. Resolved to determine the agenda for the 2007 Annual Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders as follows:
Item 1 To consider and approve the Minutes of the 2006 Annual Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders
Opinion of the Board:It was deemed appropriate to approve the
Minutes of the 2006 Annual Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders.
Item 2 To consider and acknowledge the Company's operational results
for the year 2006
Opinion of the Board:It was deemed appropriate to acknowledge
the Company's operational results for the
year 2006.
Item 3 To consider and approve the balance sheet and income statement
for the year ended December 31, 2006
Opinion of the Board:It was deemed appropriate to approve the
balance sheet and income statement for the
year ended December 31, 2006 which had
been audited by the auditor.
Item 4 To consider and approve the allocation of profit
Opinion of the Board:It was deemed appropriate to suspend the
allocation of profit since the Company
sustained a net loss of Baht
1,212,843,994, thereby bringing the
Company's accumulated loss to Baht
818,129,169, and to suspend the dividend
payment for the year 2006.
Item 5 To consider and elect directors to replace those due to retire
by rotation
Opinion of the Board:It was deemed appropriate to re-elect Mr.
Aswin Kongsiri, Mr. Don Pramudwinai, Mrs.
Saikasem Trivisvavet and Mr. Narong
Sangsuriya, directors due to retire by
rotation, to return to their office for
another term as proposed by the Nomination
Committee.
Item 6 To consider and determine remuneration for directors
Opinion of the Board:It was deemed appropriate to determine
bonus for the year 2006 and remuneration
for directors for the year 2007 as
approved by the Remuneration Committee,
namely, bonus for the year 2006 in the
amount of not exceeding Baht 7,875,000 and
remuneration for directors for the year
2007 in the amount of not exceeding Baht
4,125,000
Item 7 To consider and appoint auditor and determine remuneration for
the year 2007
Opinion of the Board:It was deemed that the Meeting should
appoint either Miss Siraporn Ouaanunkun or
Mr. Narong Puntawong or Mr. Supachai
Phanyawattano, of Ernst & Young Office
Limited, as the Company's auditor for the
year 2007 with the remuneration of not
exceeding Baht 1,900,000
Item 8 To consider and approve the issuance and offering of debentures
Opinion of the Board:It was deemed appropriate to issue and
offer, in whole or in part, of the
Company's Baht denominated debentures in
the total amount of not exceeding Baht
3,000 Million, by way of public offering
and/or private placement and/or offering
to institutional investors, as per the
SEC's Notifications, with a maturity as
shall be stipulated by the Executive Board
and/or the Chief Executive Officer. The
type of debentures will be unsubordinated
bearing names of the holders.The
debentures may be secured or unsecured and
with or without a debenture holder
representative. The offering of the
debentures may be made on one or several
occasions. The Executive Board and/or the
Chief Executive Officer shall have the
authority to set out the details of the
debentures, type, collateral, amount,
maturity, par value, offering price,
interest rate, redemption right,
installment payment of principal, offering
method, issuance and offering period as
well as other relevant details, as the
circumstances may allow, and as per the
period deemed appropriate, and the
debentures may be issued and offered by
various methods, on one or several
occasions. In this regard, the Executive
Board and/or the Chief Executive Officer
shall have the authority to appoint
debenture holder representative and/or
registrar and/or broker and/or underwriter
and/or advisor and other relevant person
or persons, including the authority to
execute, sign, amend, negotiate contracts
and/or any other documents with the
relevant parties, prepare, liaise, give
information and submit documents and
evidence to the Office of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, secondary market
for debt instruments, the credit rating
agency and/or any other authorities
relating to such issuance and offering of
the debentures, as well as to set out the
relevant criteria, conditions and details
and make any relevant arrangements to
accomplish such objectives, subject to the
requirements in the applicable
notifications, regulations, criteria and
laws, and take any relevant actions as
appropriate.
Item 9 To consider and approve the transfer of capital reserve to
offset the Company's accumulated loss
Opinion of the Board : It was deemed appropriate to approve the
offset of the Company's accumulated loss
against the legal reserve and the share
premium reserve.
Item 10 To consider other matters (if any)
7.Resolved to grant approval for scheduling the share register to
be closed for suspension of the share transfer for the right to attend
the 2007 Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on April 9,
2007 at 12:00 p.m., until such time as the Ordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders adjourns.
Please be informed accordingly.
Very truly yours,
- Signature -
(Mr. Plew Trivisvavet)
Chief Executive Officer