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Connected Transaction Sub-Lease Assets Lardprao Project
(Attachment 1)
Information Memorandum on Connected Transaction and Acquisition and
Disposal of Assets
Subject : The Agreement to Sub-Lease Assets on which the CentralPlaza Lardprao
Project is Located
1. Date of Transaction and Involved Parties
1.1 Date of Transaction
The Board of Directors Meeting No.1/2009 of Central Pattana Public Company
Limited held on
February 20, 2009 approved the Company to propose the entering into the
Agreement to Sub-Lease
Assets on which the CentralPlaza Lardprao Project is Located with Central
International Development
Company Limited to seek for an approval resolution from the Extraordinary
Shareholders Meeting
No.1/2009 to be held on March 25, 2009.
1.2 Involved Parties
Sub-Lessee: Central Pattana Public Company Limited ( CPN )
Sub-Lessor: Central International Development Company Limited (
CID )
2. Relationship between CPN and CID
CPN and CID have a common major shareholder, namely the Chirathivat
Group, and some
common directors who are from the Chirathivat Group as well. The
Chirathivat Group holds a
shareholding stake in both companies as follows:
1) Directly and indirectly holding a 59.66 % stake in CPN
2) Directly and indirectly holding a 100.00 % stake in CID
CPN and CID have some common directors as follows:
1) Mr.Vanchai Chirathivat
2) Mr.Suthichai Chirathivat
3) Mr.Suthikiati Chirathivat
4) Mr.Suthichart Chirathivat
5) Mr.Sudhisak Chirathivat
6) Mr.Prin Chirathivat
3. Characteristics of the Connected Transaction
3.1 Category of the Connected Transaction
CPN as the sub-lessee will enter into the Agreement to Sub-Lease
Assets on which the
CentralPlaza Lardprao Project is Located (the New Sub-Lease Agreement
) for 20 years ended
December 18, 2028 with CID as the sub-lessor after obtaining an
approval resolution from the
shareholders meeting. The transaction in which CPN will enter into the New
Sub-Lease
Agreement with CID is classified as a class-4 connected transaction
regarding assets and
services under the Stock Exchange of Thailand ( SET ) Notification Re;
Disclosure of Information
and Other Acts of Listed Companies concerning the Connected Transactions,
2003 and the
Amendment as per the Notification of the Capital Market Supervisory Board
Tor.Jor. 21/2551. Re:
Connected Transaction Rules. The purpose of entering into such New
Sub-Lease Agreement is to
renew the reciprocal agreement that was expired on December 18, 2008
(previous agreement)
and to continue its operation of CentralPlaza Lardprao Project that is one
of the flagship project
of CPN.
The transaction is also categorized as Class 2 transactions under the
Notification of the Capital
Market Supervisory Board Tor.Jor. 20/2551 regarding Disclosure of
Information and Other Acts of
Listed Companies concerning the Acquisition and Disposition of Assets and
the Notification of the
Board of Governors of the SET Re: Disclosure of Information and Other Acts
of Listed Companies
Concerning the Acquisition and Disposition of Assets, 2004.
3.2 Transaction Size
CPN is obligated to make annual sub-lease payment totaling THB 16,178.32
million to CID. Such
payment shall be made on an installment basis throughout the sub-lease term.
1) Under the regulations for connected transaction, the total payment
throughout the sub-lease
term accounts for 116.94% of CPN s net tangible assets value(NTA) as
per the reviewed
consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2008 which is
more than 20 million
Baht and higher than 3% of NTA. Consequently, disclosure of such
connected transaction
and opinion from independent appraiser and financial advisor is needed.
In addition, CPN is
required to seek for an approval resolution from the shareholders
meeting with the vote of at
least three-fourths of the total number of votes of the shareholders or
their proxies (if any)
who attend the meeting and have the right to vote, excluding the
connected shareholders
who have conflict of interest.
2) Under the regulations for acquisition and disposal of assets, the total
payment throughout the
sub-lease term accounts for 40.51% of total assets as per the reviewed
consolidated
financial statements as of September 30, 2008 based on value of
consideration approach.
The transaction is required to immediately notify to the SET and,
within 21 day of notifying to
SET, send a notice to all shareholders. However, as the size of the
connected transaction in
1) is required an approval from the shareholders , CPN will propose to
the shareholders
meeting for the acquisition and disposal of assets at the same time.
Please note that the total
size of acquisition and disposal of assets for the last 6 months are
not more than 50% of total
assets.
3.3 Assets in the CentralPlaza Lardprao Project that CPN will Sub-Lease
from CID
In accordance with the New Sub-Lease Agreement to be entered into
between CPN and CID, the
assets in the CentralPlaza Lardprao Project that CPN will sub-lease
from CID consist of land and
buildings, with details as follows:
Assets in the CentralPlaza Lardprao Project that CPN will sub-lease
from CID ( Sub-Leased Assets )
1) Land
Part of land on which the CentralPlaza Lardprao Project is located.
Its approximate size is 28 rais.
2) Buildings
Buildings and Other Gross Leasable Area Net Leasable Area
Occupancy Rate
Constructions (SQ.M.) (SQ.M.)
As of December 31, 2008
(%)
1) Shopping Complex 95,000 55,531*
97%
2) Office Building 23,000 17,719
97%
3) Car Park 90,000 -
-
*Note: The total net leasable area of the Shopping Complex also
includes the total net leasable
area of cinemas totaling 7,500 SQ.M. and the total net leasable area
of the convention hall
totaling 9,000 SQ.M.
4. Criteria Used in Determining a Transaction s Total Value and Total
Consideration
Cost of lease that CID paid for the right of lease agreement plus
operation costs of CID, which shall
be allocated to CPN for collection of lease payment based on the
proportion of the appraised value of
the sub-leased assets to the total appraised value of the CentralPlaza
Lardprao Project.
5. Source of Funds
In entering into the New Sub-Lease Agreement, CPN is obligated to make
annual lease payment to
CID on an installment basis throughout the sub-lease term. Source of funds
for making annual lease
payment to CID will be from CPN s cash flows from operation.
6. Opinion of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee
According to information of the transaction including the opinion from
independent financial advisor,
the Board of Directors and Audit Committee have an opinion that the
nature of the transaction and
the criteria used in determining a transaction s value, terms and
conditions are reasonable and
acceptable. It also will generate a good return for CPN. In addition, as
CentralPlaza Lardprao Project
is one of the flagship project of CPN, the entering into the New
Sub-Lease Agreement with CID will
ensure the continuity of the income stream for CPN. As a results, the
Board of Director approved to
propose this transaction to seek for an approval from shareholders. In
the approval process,
directors who have interests are not attend the meeting and have no right
to vote in the meeting.