09:32 C.P. POKPHAND<00043> - Announcement & Resumption (8) Note: 1. Assuming none of the outstanding Share Options is exercised. Apart from the outstanding Share Options, there are no outstanding convertible debts, options or warrants of the Company as at the date of this announcement. If the outstanding Share Options are fully exercised, 460,896,156 Shares (or Adjusted Shares, as the case may be) (subject to adjustment) will be issuable. 2. As at the date of this announcement, CPI, Worth Access and other parties acting in concert hold Share Options entitling them to subscribe for 51,200,000 Shares (or Adjusted Shares, as the case may be) (subject to adjustment). THE WHITEWASH WAIVER Worth Access together with the parties acting in concert with it (including CPI) collectively hold 1,066,662,834 Shares as at the date of this announcement, representing approximately 49.42% of the issued share capital of the Company. Upon completion of the Subscription, the shareholding interest of Worth Access together with the parties acting in concert with it (including CPI) in the Company will be increased from approximately 49.42% to approximately 62.22% immediately after completion of the Subscription but before exercise of the subscription rights attached to any Warrants and approximately 68.51% immediately after completion of the Subscription and assuming full exercise of the subscription rights attaching to the Warrants. Worth Access and the parties acting in concert with it (including CPI) will incur a mandatory offer obligation under Rule 26.1 of the Takeovers Code upon the taking up of the Subscription Shares under the Subscription by Worth Access. The shareholding structure of Worth Access as at the date of this announcement is as follows: Note: "Others" comprise of 45 shareholders with shareholding interest ranging from 0.01 % to 5.76%. An application will be made to the Executive for the grant of the Whitewash Waiver to waive such mandatory offer obligation. The Whitewash Waiver, if granted by the Executive, would be subject to, among other things, the approval of the Independent Shareholders at the SGM by way of poll. The Subscription is conditional, among other things, on the Executive granting the Whitewash Waiver to Worth Access and the parties acting in concert with it. GENERAL The Independent Board Committee will be established to advise the Independent Shareholders on the Whitewash Waiver and the Subscription. An independent financial adviser will be appointed to advise the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders in that connection. A circular containing, among other things, (i) information relating to the Capital Reorganisation, the Subscription and the Whitewash Waiver; (ii) a letter from the Independent Board Committee; (iii) the opinion of the independent financial adviser to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders; and (iv) a notice of the SGM, will be despatched to Shareholders as soon as practicable. As at the date of this announcement, the Directors comprise nine executive Directors, namely Mr. Jaran Chiaravanont, Mr. Montri Jiaravanont, Mr. Dhanin Chearavanont, Mr. Sumet Jiaravanon, Mr. Prasert Poongkumarn, Mr. Min Tieanworn, Mr. Thirayut Phitya-Isarakul, Mr. Thanakorn Seriburi and Mr. Veeravat Kanchanadul, and three independent non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Budiman Elkana, Mr. Chidchai Vanasatidya and Mr. Cheung Koon Yuet, Peter.