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Report on Resolutions of the EGM No.1/2006
No. ST010/2006/0053
August 9th, 2006
Subject : Report on Resolutions of the Extraordinary Meeting of
Shareholders No. 1/2006
To : Directors and Manager of the Stock Exchange of Thailand
Whereas Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction Public Company Limited
(the "Company") convened the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders No.
1/2006 during 10.15 hours - 11.10 hours on August 9th, 2006 at the
Conference Room of the Company located at Sino-Thai Tower, 30th Floor,
No. 32/60 Sukhumvit 21 Road (Soi Asoke), Kwaeng Klongtoey Nua, Khet
Wattana, Bangkok Metropolis.
The Company would like to report that the Extraordinary Meeting of
Shareholders No. 1/2006 with a majority vote which exceeded
three-forths of total votes of shareholders attending the meeting,
resolved to approve the amendment of Article 8 and the addtion of new
Article 55 to the Article of Association. Details of which are as
follows:
1. The amendment of Article 8 of the Articles of Association to
enable the Company to repurchase its shares from the Company's
shareholders in the future and to comply with the Limited Public
Companies Act (amendment No. 2) B.E. 2544 as follows:
The current content of Article 8: The Company is prohibited from
owning or accepting pledge of its own shares.
The new content of Article 8: The Company may own its shares in
the following cases:
(1) The Company may repurchase its shares from shareholders who
vote against the resolution of amendments to the Company's Articles of
Association with regard to the voting rights and the rights to receive
dividend which such shareholders deem as unfair.
(2) The Company may repurchase its shares for financial
management when the Company has accumulated profit and excess
liquidity. The repurchase of shares shall not cause any financial
burden to the Company.
The shares repurchased not exceeding of 10% of the paid-up capital
must obtain approval by the Board of Directors, the shares repurchased
exceeding of 10% of the paid-up capital must obtain approval by the
shareholders meeting.
Shares held by the Company shall not be asserted in the quorum of a
Shareholders Meeting and shall not carry any voting rights or the
right to receive dividends.
For shares repurchased under the first paragraph, the Company must
dispose of them within the period prescribed by the ministerial rules.
If the disposal of shares does not take place or is not in total, the
Company must reduce the paid-up capital by decreasing the number of
the registered shares which have not been purchased.
For repurchase of shares under the first paragraph, the disposal and
decreasing of shares under the fourth paragraph shall comply with the
rules and procedure prescribed by the ministerial rules.
2. The addition of new Article 55 to the Company's Articles of
Association regarding the decrease of capital in order to comply with
the Limited Public Companies Act (amendment No. 2) B.E. 2544 as
follows:
Article 55 The Company may reduce the amount of its registered capital
by either lowering the par value of each share or by reducing the
number of shares. However, the capital of the Company shall not be
reduced to less than one quarter of its total capital.
In the case the Company has accumulated losses and has compensated for
accumulated losses according to the Public Limited Companies Act but
it still retains accumulated losses. In such case, the registered
capital of the Company may be reduced to lower than one quarter of
total capital.
The reduction of the par value or number of shares under the first
paragraph and the second paragraph to any amount and by any method may
be made upon a resolution passed at the shareholders meeting by a vote
of not less than three-fourths of total votes of the shareholders
attending the meeting who have the right to vote.
The Company provides this information for your acknowledgment and
dissemination to the public and other investors.
Sincerely yours,
Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction Plc.
(Mr. Vallop Rungkijvorasathien)
President