Year 2007

1. The Section on Shareholders’ Rights
1.1 Awareness of Significance of Shareholders’ Rights
The Company gives priority to and respects the rights of all shareholders, who are regarded as the business’s owner.
Thus, all shareholders, either major or minor, are encouraged to exercise their rights equally based on the criteria defined by law,
for instance, the right to purchase, sell or transfer shares; right to receive the Company’s profit share; right to attend shareholders’
meeting; right to give a mandate to any person to attend the meeting instead and vote on his behalf; right to nominate a Board
director; right to vote for a Board director and determine his remuneration; right to appoint an auditor and determine audit
remuneration, and right to obtain sufficient data and information. In addition, shareholders will be equally and transparently
provided with accurate, complete and updated information at every meeting. Details of shareholders’ rights are given in the
Company’s policy on good corporate governance, and rules and regulations.
1.2 Promotion of Shareholders’ Rights
Shareholders’ meeting is regarded as a good opportunity for them to exercise their rights in making a decision
regarding the Company’s performance on various issues. The Company will, 14 days in advance of every meeting, which is
normally held once a year at an appropriate date, time and place, send out invitation letters to all shareholders, informing them of
the meeting’s agenda and the Board’s recommendations, together with the necessary documents and information to guide their
decisions on voting on significant issues. Generally, the meeting is held within 4 months of the Company’s accounting year-end, or
when there is an urgent need on special issues affecting or involving shareholders’ interests, or relating to conditions or
regulations and laws that have to be approved by shareholders. Based on the above cases, the extraordinary shareholders’
meeting will be convened. In this regard, the Company will disseminate the news on an invitation letter for the meeting through the
SET and the company’s website. Nevertheless, if a shareholder cannot attend the meeting, he/she can still exercise his/her right
by giving a mandate to any person or the Board’s independent director, who also sits on the Audit Committee and whose name is
identified in the mandate, to attend the meeting and vote on his/her behalf. The Company has also notified the independent
director of its nomination of him to receive a shareholder’s mandate so that the latter (director) can attend the meeting.
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