ข่าวแจ้งตลาดหลักทรัพย์
Allotment of newly issued shares to institutional investors
-TRANSLATION-
1000/ 124 /2006
May 3, 2006
Subject: Report on the Resolutions of the Board of Directors' Meeting
Attention: President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand
Pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Directors meeting of The Bangchak
Petroleum Public Company Limited ("the Company") No. 9/2005, held on August 29,
2005 and the resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting No. 1/2005 held on
October 11, 2005, which resolved and approved for the allotment of the newly
issued shares not exceeding 161 million ordinary shares to specific investors
and/or institutional investors, either domestic or foreign. The proceeds of
which shall be used for the Product Quality Improvement Project ("PQI"). The
offering price shall be in a range of 14 to 16 Baht per share. Moreover, The
Board of Directors and/or any person authorized by the Board of Directors
shall have the authority to set and/or change the terms and conditions of
to the issuance and to do any acts of such shares offering.
The Company would like to further inform the resolution of the Board of
Directors meeting No. 6/2006 held on May 3, 2006 at 4 P.M. that the Board of
Directors has approved the offering price of such shares at 14 Baht per share
for the total amount of not exceeding 161 million shares to specific investors
which shall not exceed 35 persons and/or institutional investors as per
regulation of the Securities Exchange Commission and authorized the President
of the Company to have authority to set timing, procedure, number of shares
to be offered and any detail of the offering. In addition, the President shall
have authority to sign, execute agreements, understandings, documents and
representations and to report result of the offering to the relevant
authorities as relate to the offering transaction.
As the transaction is in being processed, the list of the specific investors
and/or institution investors including the number of shares to be subscribed
by each investor is expected to complete on the Settlement date which is
May 15, 2006. The Company will further inform to the SET accordingly. When
the settlement process is completed, the Company shall have funds sufficient
for completion of the PQI and be ready to have the PQI financial close by
May 16, 2006.
Please be informed accordingly.
Yours sincerely,
-signed-
(Patiparn Sukorndhaman)
Senior Executive Vice President
Accounting and Finance
Corporate Planning and Investor Relation Office
Tel: 0-2335-4583