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16               l  Introduction  l  Nature of Business  l  Organisation and Shareholding Structure  l  Business Review  l  Corporate Governance  l  Financial Statements  l  Other Information  l






               1.5      IMPORTANT EVENTS DURING
                        THE PAST THREE YEARS



            BTS GROUP                                                                 Debentures

            Business Restructuring and New Strategy                                   During FY 2019/20 – FY 2021/22, BTS Group and BTSC issued 5 series of
            Over the past 20 years, BTS Group has built, and expanded its businesses;   debentures to institutional investors and high net worth investors as follow;
            initially from a property company to a multi-industry conglomerate covering
            transportation and media sectors. Our capability to transform beyond the                                        Issue rating/   No. of   Average
            borders of our existing business model is the source of our new slogan;     Issuance date     Issuer/ Issue    outlook by TRIS  tranches coupon rate
            Borderless, Transform, Solutions. We have now developed our proprietary    24 May 2019  THB 13.0bn unsubordinated  A / Negative  5     3.41%
            Transportation and O2O Solutions network to a scale, and ready to apply our               and unsecured Green
            innovative 3M strategy; MOVE, MIX and MATCH. For more details, please                     Bond / BTSG
            see section 2.1 BTS Group Overview.                                        6 November 2020  THB 8.6bn unsubordinated   A / Negative  5  2.72%
                                                                                                      and unsecured Green
            Dividend Policy and Payment                                                               Bond / BTSG
            The Company’s dividend policy is to pay ‘no less than 50% of the net       6 July 2021  THB 13.0bn unsubordinated  A / Negative  3     3.21%
                                                                                                      and unsecured
            income after tax in accordance with the Company’s financial statements                    Debentures / BTSG
            (on a standalone basis). The Company normally pays dividend twice a year;
            interim dividend (payment from the operating results of the six-month period)   8 November 2021THB 10.2bn unsubordinated  A / Negative  4  3.06%
                                                                                                      and unsecured Green
            in February and final dividend in August. The summaries are as per below;                 Bond / BTSC
                                                                                       6 May 2022   THB 11.0bn senior       A / Negative    4      3.99%
                                              FY 2021/22  FY 2020/21  FY 2019/20 1                    unsecured Sustainability-
             Total dividend (THB mn)            4,820 2     4,081       6,315                         linked Bonds
             Dividend per share (THB per share)  0.31        0.31        0.48         For more details of the issuance of debentures, please see in “credit rating
                                                                                      and outlook” in section 4.1 Capital Markets Review and IR Activities.
            1   includes special dividend payment in May 2020 of THB 1,973.2mn as a way to extent our support and
              care to all shareholders during the COVID-19 pandemic
            2   subject to shareholders’ approval, the Board of Directors approved the final dividend of THB 0.16 per
              share or equivalent to the dividend payment in the amount of not exceeding THB 2,845.8mn, calculated
              based on the assumption that BTS-WD, BTS-WE, BTS-W6, BTS-W7, BTS-W8 Warrants which are entitled
              to exercise are fully exercised. The number of shares with the rights to receive dividend will be equivalent
              to 17,786.4mn shares.
            More details of dividend policy and payment, please see section 3.4 Dividend
            Policy.
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