Issue BTS-W3 Warrants to existing shareholders (RO), amend objectives and call EGM 1/2013
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Issued Convertible Securities
Subject : Issued convertible securities
Date of Board resolution : 23-Aug-2013
Allocated to : Existing common shareholders
Type of allocated securities : Warrants
Number of allotted securities : 3,971,617,378
(units)
Reserved shares for the exercise of : Common shares
convertible securities
Number of additional shares (shares) : 3,971,617,378
Ratio (Existing shares : Convertible : 3 : 1
securities)
Record date for the right to receive : 18-Oct-2013
convertible securities
Book closing date for collecting : 21-Oct-2013
shareholders names under Section 225 of
the Securities and Exchange Act
Ex-rights date : 16-Oct-2013
Offering price (baht per unit) : 0.00
Description of warrants
Name of warrant : The Warrants to Purchase the Newly
Issued Ordinary Shares of BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited No. 3
(BTS-W3)
Exercise ratio (warrant : share) : 1 : 1
Exercise price (baht per share) : 12.00
Term of warrants :
5 years from the issuance date
Remark :
The Board of Directors' Meeting passed the resolutoin to propose to the
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No. 1/2013 to consider and approve
the issuance and allocation of the warrants to purchase the newly issued
ordinary shares of BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited No. 3 (BTS-W3) (the
"Warrants" or "BTS-W3 Warrants") in the number of up to 3,971,617,378 units, to
be allocated to the existing shareholders of the Company on a pro rata basis to
their respective shareholdings (Rights Offering), at no cost, at the allocation
ratio of 3 existing ordinary shares for 1 unit of Warrants (In calculating the
number of Warrants to be allocated to each shareholder, any fractions derived
from the calculation based on the allocation ratio shall be rounded down). The
term of the BTS-W3 Warrants shall be 5 years from the issuance date. The warrant
holders shall be entitled to exercise the Warrants for the first time on the
last business day of the first quarter after the 3rd anniversary from the
issuance date. The exercise ratio is 1 unit of Warrants for 1 ordinary share at
the exercise price of Baht 12 per share. The summary of the key features of the
BTS-W3 Warrants, such as events for the rights adjustment and other material
details are set out in Enclosure 1.
In this regard, the Company set the date for determining the names of
shareholders who shall be entitled to receive the BTS-W3 Warrants (Record Date)
on October 18, 2013 and the date for gathering 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 suspending the share transfer on October 21, 2013.
The Company will adjust the exercise price and/or the exercise ratio of the
BTS-W3 Warrants upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) in the event of any change in the par value of the Company's ordinary share
as a result of a consolidation or a split of shares
(b) in the event that the Company offers ordinary shares to its existing
shareholders and/or public and/or specific investors at the net price per newly
issued ordinary share below 90 percent of the market price per ordinary share of
the Company
(c) in the event the Company offers new securities to its existing shareholders
and/or public and/or specific investors, and such securities confer the rights
of conversion or exchange into ordinary shares or the rights to subscribe for
ordinary shares (such as convertible debentures or warrants to purchase ordinary
shares) at the net price per newly issued ordinary shares below 90 percent of
the market price per ordinary share of the Company
(d) in event that the Company distributes dividends, whether in whole or in
part, in the form of the Company's ordinary shares to its shareholders
(e) in the event that the Company distributes dividends in cash exceeding the
prescribed rate in each fiscal year as follows:
- Fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 (April 1, 2013 - March 31, 2014) : If the
Company pays dividend in excess of Baht 8,000 million from the Company's net
profit and/or retained earnings under the standalone financial statements of the
Company of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014
- Fiscal year ended March 31, 2015 (April 1, 2014 - March 31, 2015) : If the
Company pays dividend in excess of Baht 9,000 million from the Company's net
profit and/or retained earnings under the standalone financial statements of the
Company of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015
- Fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 (April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016) : If the
Company pays dividend in excess of Baht 10,000 million from the Company's net
profit and/or retained earnings under the standalone financial statements of the
Company of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016
- From the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 onwards until the expiration date of
the Warrants : If the Company pays dividend in excess of 95 percent of the
Company's net profit under the standalone financial statements of the Company of
any relevant fiscal year, from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 until the
expiration date of the Warrants
(f) any event that renders the warrant holders losing their rights and interest
they should have had pursuant to such Warrants in any way other than those
stated in items (a) - (e), the Company shall be entitled to consider adjusting
the exercise price and/or the exercise ratio (or adjusting the number of units
of the Warrants in lieu of adjusting the exercise ratio) in a fair manner.
In this respect, the definitions, rights adjustment formula, as well we other
details shall be in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.
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Increasing Capital
Subject : Specifying the purpose of utilizing
proceeds
Date of Board resolution : 23-Aug-2013
Details of allotment
Allocated to : Reserved shares for the exercise of
convertible securities
Type of allocated securities : Common shares
Number of allotted shares (shares) : 3,971,617,378
Number of additional common shares : 3,971,617,378
(shares)
Total of additional shares (shares) : 3,971,617,378
Par value (baht per share) : 4.00
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Meeting schedule of securities holders
Subject : Schedule of Extra-General Meeting of
Shareholders
Date of Board resolution : 23-Aug-2013
Meeting date : 11-Oct-2013
Beginning time of meeting (h:mm) : 14 : 00
Record date for the right to attend the : 10-Sep-2013
meeting
Book closing date for collecting holders : 11-Sep-2013
names under Section 225 of the
Securities and Exchange Act
Ex-meeting date : 06-Sep-2013
Significant agenda item :
- Capital increase
- The issuance of convertible securities
Venue of the meeting : Rama Gardens Hotel Bangkok,
Convention Center, 9/9 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Laksi, Bangkok 10210
Remark :
The Company determined the date, time, place and agenda for the Extraordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders No. 1/2013 on Friday October 11, 2013 at 14.00
hrs., at Rama Gardens Hotel Bangkok, Convention Center, 9/9 Vibhavadi Rangsit
Road, Laksi, Bangkok 10210. The agenda is as follows:
Agenda 1 Message from the Chairman to the Meeting
Agenda 2 To consider and adopt the Minutes of the 2013 Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders
Agenda 3 To consider and approve the issuance and allocation of the warrants to
purchase the newly issued ordinary shares of BTS Group Holdings Public Company
Limited No. 3 (BTS-W3) to the existing shareholders of the Company through the
Rights Offering in the number of up to 3,971,617,378 units
Agenda 4 To consider and approve the reduction of the registered capital of the
Company by Baht 179,700,888, from the existing registered capital of Baht
47,945,776,096 to Baht 47,766,075,208, by cancelling 44,925,222 unissued
registered shares with a par value of Baht 4 per share
Agenda 5 To consider and approve the amendment of Clause 4. of the Memorandum of
Association of the Company to be in line with the reduction of the Company's
registered capital
Agenda 6 To consider and approve the increase of the registered capital of the
Company by Baht 15,886,469,512, from the existing registered capital of Baht
47,766,075,208 to Baht 63,652,544,720, by issuing 3,971,617,378 new ordinary
shares with a par value of Baht 4 per share
Agenda 7 To consider and approve the amendment of Clause 4. of the Memorandum of
Association of the Company to be in line with the increase of the Company's
registered capital
Agenda 8 To consider and approve the allocation of up to 3,971,617,378 newly
issued ordinary shares with a par value of Baht 4 per share to accommodate the
exercise of the warrants to purchase the newly issued ordinary shares of BTS
Group Holdings Public Company Limited No. 3 (BTS-W3)
Agenda 9 To consider and approve the amendment of the Company's objectives
Agenda 10 To consider other business (if any)
Since the matters listed in Agenda 3 to Agenda 8 to be proposed to the
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No. 1/2013 relate to the issuance
and allocation of the Warrants to Purchase the Newly Issued Ordinary Shares of
BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited No. 3 (BTS-W3) and are related to one
another, the approval on each of such matters are conditional upon one another.
Therefore, if any of such matters is disapproved by the Extraordinary General
Meeting of Shareholders No. 1/2013, the other matters having been formerly
approved shall be cancelled and no other related matters shall be further
considered. In such event, it shall be deemed that the issuance and allocation
of the Warrants to Purchase the Newly Issued Ordinary Shares of BTS Group
Holdings Public Company Limited No. 3 (BTS-W3) is disapproved by the
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No. 1/2013.
The Company determined the date for determining the names of shareholders who
shall be entitled to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
No. 1/2013 on September 10, 2013 and the date for gathering 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 suspending the share transfer on
September 11, 2013.
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