Under Section 12223 of the CCC and Clauses 434 of the AOA, all newly issued shares in the Company must be offered to the existing shareholders in proportion to the shares held by them. However, if a shareholder declines to accept such newly issued shares, such shares may be offered to other shareholders.
Therefore, if there is a third party wishing to become a new shareholder (the “Potential New Shareholder”) by subscribing to these newly issued shares in the Company, the following actions must be taken:
1. the existing shareholder must sell and transfer at least one share to the Potential New Shareholder to enable it to subscribe to the newly issued shares of the Company; and
2. all other shareholders of the Company must decline to subscribe to the newly issued shares and allow the Potential New Shareholder to subscribe.
In addition, as the Company has been approved by the resolution of the Thai Cabinet, it is possible that any change to the structure of the Company requires the approval of the Thai Cabinet.
C. Options and Processes
In order to comply with the legal requirement as discussed in B. above, we have set out below alternative options and their respective processes for the transfer of shares and the issuance of the new shares to the Potential New Shareholder.
OPTION 1:
Both NEDA and FERD sell and transfer one shares in the Company to the Potential New Shareholder and waive their right to subscribe to the newly issued shares of the Company.
Please see Attachment 1 for a detailed process on how to carry out this option.
OPTION 2:
Mr. Perames sells and transfers his share in the Company to the Potential New Shareholder and then NEDA and FERD waive their right to subscribe to the newly issued shares in the Company.
If there will be a lapse of time between the date of the transfer of Mr. Perames’s share to the Potential New Shareholder and the date of the subscription of the newly issued shares, NEDA and the Potential New Shareholder may enter into an agreement requiring that the Potential
3 Section 1222 of CCC
“All new shares must be offered to the shareholders in proportion to the shares held by them.
Such offer must be made by notice specifying the number of shares to which the shareholder is entitled, and fixing a date after which the offer, if not accepted, shall be deemed to be declined.
After such date or on the receipt of an intimation from the shareholder that he declined to accept the shares offered, the director may offer such shares for subscription to other shareholders or may subscribe to the shares himself.”
4 Clause 43 of AoA
“All newly issued shares must be offered to the shareholders in proportion to the shares held by them.”
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