Remark : * An Independent Director means a director who holds the following qualifications,
which are in line with the criteria set by the Capital Market Supervisory Board:
(1) holding shares not exceeding one per cent of the total number of voting rights of True, its parent company, subsidiary, affiliate, principal shareholder or controlling person of True, including the shares held by related persons of the independent director;
(2) neither being nor having been an executive director, employee, staff, or advisor who receives salary, or a controlling person of True, its parent company, subsidiary, affiliate, same-level subsidiary, principal shareholder or controlling person of True unless the foregoing status has ended not less than two years prior to the date of appointment;
(3) not being a person related by blood or registration under laws, such as father, mother, spouse, sibling, and child, including spouse of the children, executives, major shareholders, controlling persons, or persons to be nominated as executive or controlling persons of True or its subsidiary;
(4) not having a business relationship with True, its parent company, subsidiary, affiliate, major shareholder or controlling person of True, in the manner which may interfere with his or her independent judgement, and neither being nor having been a principal shareholder or controlling person of any person having business relationship with True, its parent company, subsidiary, affiliate, major shareholder or controlling person of True unless the foregoing relationship has ended not less than two years prior to the date of appointment.
The term ‘business relationship’ aforementioned under paragraph one includes any normal business transaction, rental or lease of immovable property, transaction relating to assets or services or grant or receipt of financial assistance through receiving or extending loans, guarantee, providing assets as collateral, including any other similar actions, which result in True or its counterparty being subject to indebtedness payable to the other party in the amount of three percent or more of the net tangible assets of True or twenty million Baht or more, whichever is lower. The amount of such indebtedness shall be calculated according to the calculation method for value of connected transactions under the Notification of the Capital Market Supervisory Board concerning rules on connected transactions mutatis mutandis. The combination of such indebtedness shall include indebtedness taking place during the course of one year prior to the date on which the business relationship with the person commences;
(5) neither being nor having been an auditor of True, its parent company, subsidiary, affiliate, major shareholder or controlling person of True, and not being a principal shareholder or controlling person, or partner of an audit firm which employs auditors of True, its parent company, subsidiary, affiliate, major shareholders or controlling person of True unless the foregoing relationship has ended not less than two years from the date of appointment
(6) neither being nor having been any professional advisor including legal advisor or financial advisor who receives an annual service fee exceeding two million Baht from True, its parent company, subsidiary, affiliate, major shareholders or controlling person of True, and neither being nor having been a principal shareholder, controlling person or partner of the professional advisor unless the foregoing relationship has ended not less than two years from the date of appointment;
(7) not being a director who has been appointed as a representative of True’s director, major shareholder or shareholders who are related to the major shareholder;
(8) not operate any business which has the same nature as and is in significant competition with the business of True or subsidiary, or not being a principal partner in any partnership, or not being an executive director, employee, staff, or advisor who receives salary; or holding shares not exceeding one per cent of the total number of voting rights of any other company operating business which has the same nature as and is in significant competition with the business of True or subsidiary,
(9) not having any characteristics which make him/her incapable of expressing independent opinions with regard to True’s business affairs.
(10) After having been appointed as independent director with qualifications complying with the criteria under the above (1) to (9), the independent director may be assigned by the Board of Directors to take part in the business decision of True, its parent company, subsidiary, affiliate, same-level subsidiary, major shareholder or controlling person of True on the condition that such decision must be a collective one.
(11) In case of any person either having or having had a business relationship or professional service exceeding the amount under the above (4) or (6), such person shall be waived from the prohibition concerning neither having nor having had a business relationship or professional service by the Board of Directors’ approval only if True provides the opinion of the Board of Directors which perform duty under Section 89/7 of the Securities and Exchange Act B.E. 2535 that the appointment of such person does not impact his or her independent judgement and True shall disclose the information required by the Capital Market Supervisory Board in the notice of shareholders’ meeting in the agenda for election of such independent director. |