Report on the Success and Completion of the Infrastructure Fund Transaction
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Reference is made to the resolutions of the Extraordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders of BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited (the "Company") No.
1/2012, held on December 18, 2012, which resolved to approve the Company to
enter into the Infrastructure Fund Transaction consisting of (1) the Net Revenue
Sale Transaction whereby Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited
("BTSC"), a subsidiary of the Company, in which the Company holds 97.46% of the
total issued shares, will sell the Net Farebox Revenue from its Core BTS
SkyTrain System to the Infrastructure Fund, (2) the Security Transaction whereby
the Company will provide certain support and a limited guarantee to secure the
obligations of BTSC owed to the Infrastructure Fund under the Net Revenue
Purchase and Transfer Agreement to be entered into between BTSC and the
Infrastructure Fund and will pledge the BTSC shares and enter into an agreement
to sell and purchase the BTSC shares with the Infrastructure Fund to secure the
obligations of the Company owed to the Infrastructure Fund under the Sponsor
Support and Guarantee Agreement to be entered into between the Company and the
Infrastructure Fund, and (3) The Unit Subscription Transaction whereby the
Company will subscribe for one-third (or approximately 33.33%) of the total
issued investment units of the Infrastructure Fund. The details are as per the
Company's letter No. BTS 21018/2012 dated December 18, 2012 to which the Company
released through the Stock Exchange of Thailand's information disclosure
channel.
The Company would like to inform you that today the Office of the Securities and
Exchange Commission approved the registration of the assets pool pursuant to
the BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund Scheme as the
infrastructure fund, name: BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund
("BTSGIF"). Total investment units of BTSGIF are 5,788,000,000 units. The
offering price per investment unit as well as the par value per investment unit
is Baht 10.80. The fund size of BTSGIF from the offering of total investment
units is Baht 62,510.4 million.
In addition, the Company would like to inform you of the success and completion
of the entry into and the execution of the Infrastructure Fund Transaction in
accordance with the resolutions of the Extraordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders of No. 1/2012, held on December 18, 2012 as follows:
1. The Net Revenue Sale Transaction BTSC, the subsidiary, sold to BTSGIF the
future net farebox revenue that BTSC will receive from the operation of the core
BTS SkyTrain system, covering the Sukhumvit Line and Silom Line with a combined
track length of 23.5 km under the concession agreement dated April 9, 1992 and
its amendments entered into between the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and
BTSC for the remaining period of the concession agreement to BTSGIF. BTSC and
BTSGIF entered into the Net Revenue Purchase and Transfer Agreement dated April
17, 2013. The selling price of the net farebox revenue sold to BTSGIF is in the
total amount of Baht 61,399 million (the net amount after deduction of fund set
up cost of around Baht 1,111 million).
2. The Security Transaction The Company has provided certain support and a
limited guarantee to secure the obligations of BTSC owed to BTSGIF under the Net
Revenue Purchase and Transfer Agreement dated April 17, 2013 entered into
between BTSC and BTSGIF. The Company entered into the Sponsor Support and
Guarantee Agreement dated April 17, 2013 with BTSGIF and pledged the BTSC shares
under the Share Pledge Agreement dated April 17, 2013 and entered into the
Agreement to Sell and Purchase the Shares (BTSC shares) dated April 17, 2013
with BTSGIF to secure the obligations of the Company owed to BTSGIF under the
Sponsor Support and Guarantee Agreement dated April 17, 2013.
3. The Unit Subscription Transaction The Company has subscribed and holds
1,929,000,000 units of BTSGIF at Baht 10.80 per unit (Baht 20,833.2 million in
total) or equivalent to one-third (33.33%) of the total units of BTSGIF offered.
The Company obtained the bridge loan from the commercial bank to support the
subscription of these investment units. Today the Company already repaid the
bridge loan to such commercial bank in full to which the Company used the
intercompany loan proceeds from BTSC as the source of repayment for the bridge
loan to such commercial bank.
Furthermore, the Company and BTSC also entered into other agreements in relation
to or in association with the entry into of the Infrastructure Fund Transaction
which corresponded with the above-mentioned contracts or agreements relating to
the Infrastructure Fund Transaction. The Company will provide the material
terms of the important agreements in the FY 2012/13 Annual Registration
Statement Disclosure Form for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 accordingly.
The first day of trading of BTSGIF's units is expected to be 19 April 2013.
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