Charters and Definition of Independent Directors

The Board of Directors and the sub-committees are committed to perform their duties as have been assigned in various aspects in accordance with the vision, mission, goal, policies and business direction of the Company. Therefore, the charters have been prepared by addressing the structures, rules of meeting and duties and responsibilities of each committee, e.g. the Board of Directors’ Charter, the Audit Committee’s Charter, the Executive Committee’s Charter, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee’s Charter, Sustainability Committee’s Charter, and Risk Management Committee’s Charter.

The Board of Directors and the sub-committees are committed to perform their duties as have been assigned in various aspects in accordance with the vision, mission, goal, policies and business direction of the Company. Therefore, the charters have been prepared by addressing the structures, rules of meeting and duties and responsibilities of each committee, e.g. the Board of Directors’ Charter, the Audit Committee’s Charter, the Executive Committee’s Charter, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee’s Charter, and the Corporate Governance Committee’s Charter.

In accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, as well as the good corporate governance, the Company has set out the Definition of Independent Director to be more stringent than the minimum requirements of the Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to ensure that the independent directors are able to freely perform their duties to effectively protect the Company and the shareholders’ interests. The details are as follows:

1. Must not hold more than 0.75% of the total number of shares having voting rights of the Company, its parent company, Subsidiary, associated company, major shareholder, or controlling person, and, for the purpose of calculation, the number of shares held by a related person of such independent director shall also be included (Remark: The Company’s criterion on this matter is more stringent than the minimum requirement of the notifications of the Capital Market Supervisory Board, which limits a holding of not more than 1%.);
2. Must not be or have been an executive director, an employee, a member of staff, an advisor who receives a regular salary, or a controlling person of the Company, its parent company, subsidiary, associated company, subsidiary of the same level, major shareholder, or controlling person, unless such status has ceased for at least 2 years;
3. Must not be a person who is related by blood or law as the father, mother, spouse, sibling, and child, including being the spouse of a child, of any other Director, executive, major shareholder, controlling person, or any person who is to be nominated as a Director, an executive, or a controlling person of the Company or its subsidiary;
4. Must not have or have had any business relationship with the Company, its parent company, Subsidiary, associated company, major shareholder, or controlling person in the manner that may obstruct the exercise of his/her independent judgment, and must not be or have been a key shareholder or a controlling person of any entity having a business relationship with the Company, its parent company, subsidiary, associated company, major shareholder, or controlling person, unless such status has ceased for at least 2 years;
   The “business relationship” as stated in the first paragraph shall include conducting ordinary business transactions, offering or taking on leases of any immovable properties, conducting transactions relating to assets or services, or granting or accepting any financial supports by way of offering or taking on loans, guarantees, asset-based collaterals, including any other similar actions, which result in the Company or the counterparty being indebted to the other party in the amount of 3% or more of the net tangible assets of the Company or Baht 20 million or more, whichever is lesser, where the consideration of such indebtedness shall include any indebtedness taking place during a period of 1 year prior to the commencement date of the business relationship with such person;
5. Must not be or have been an auditor of the Company, its parent company, subsidiary, associated company, major shareholder, or controlling person, and must not be a key shareholder, a controlling person, or a partner of any audit firm of which the auditor of the Company, its parent company, subsidiary, associated company, major shareholder, or controlling person, is a member, unless such status has ceased for at least 2 years;
6. Must not be or have been a provider of any professional services, including a legal advisor or a financial advisor who receives or has received service fees in the amount of more than Baht 2 million per year from the Company, its parent company, subsidiary, associated company, major shareholder, or controlling person, and must not be a key shareholder, a controlling person, or a partner of such professional services provider, unless such status has ceased for at least 2 years;
7. Must not be a director who has been appointed as a representative of a director of the Company, a major shareholder, or a shareholder who is a related person of the major shareholder;
8. Must not engage in the business of the same nature as and in significant competition with the business of the Company or its subsidiaries, and must not be a key partner in a partnership, an executive director, an employee, a member of staff, or an advisor who receives a regular salary, or hold more than 1% of the total number of shares having voting rights of a company that engages in the business of the same nature as and in significant competition with the business of the Company or its subsidiaries; and
9. Must not have any other characteristics that may obstruct his/her ability to give independent opinion on the Company’s operation.

After being appointed as an independent director, such independent director may be assigned by the Board of Directors to make a decision with regard to the business operations of the Company, its parent company, subsidiary, associated company, subsidiary of the same level, major shareholder or controlling person, provided that such decision shall be a collective decision.