2. Equitable Treatment of Shareholders

Company has devised policies and guidelines of fair treatment of all shareholders, whether minor investors or institutional ones, both in and outside the country, to exercise their rights as follows:
  1. Monitoring of inside information
    The directors formulate a policy to monitor the use of inside information and Company's securities transactions on the basis of equality and fairness of all shareholders and for the prevention of relevant directors and executives from undertaking dishonest securities transactions for their own benefit or the benefit of others. Directors, executives, and all employees must not use the Company’s inside information, significant and undisclosed, for their own benefit or the benefit of others and must strictly comply with the policy on the Holding the Company’s Securities, as follows:
    • The Company’s personnel have the freedom to invest in and trade the Company’s securities. However, in order to prevent conflicts of interest, directors, executives1 and related employees, including spouses or those living together as husband and wife, and their minor children, are prohibited from buying, selling, transferring, or accepting transfers of the Company’s securities during the 30-day period prior to the disclosure of the Company’s financial statements or operating results until the Company has disclosed such information to the Stock Exchange of Thailand for at least 24 hours so that general investors have the opportunity to receive and study the Company’s information adequately in a reasonable period of time.
    • The directors and executives are responsible for reporting changes in their securities holdings, including those of their spouses or those living together as husband and wife, and those of their minor children, to the Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 59 of the Securities and Exchange Act B.E.2535 (and any amendment) within 3 business days.
    • The directors and executives are responsible for reporting their securities holdings to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board of Directors or the person assigned by the board must be notified at least 1 day prior to trading the Company’s securities.
    • The Company Secretary must file a quarterly report on the shareholding of directors and executives and submit it to the Board at quarterly.
    • If a director, executive, or employee violates Company's rules on the Company's securities holding, or other rules issued by applicable regulators, he or she is subject to Company's disciplinary action and punishable by law.
  2. Monitoring of conflicts of interest
    It is Company's policy to conduct business with honesty, open-mindedness, transparency, and fairness. Company forbids its directors, executives, and employees to compete with Company, avoid making connected transactions relating to them or people/entities that may cause conflicts of interest with Company. The Board ensures that the company strictly performs duties according to criteria, method, and disclosure of connected transactions as specified by law or the monitoring agency.
    If it is necessary to undertake connected transactions, they must be in line with general business conditions as specified and approved by the Board, based on transparency and fairness, as if the transactions were undertaken with other parties, taking into account Company's maximum benefit. Stakeholders with conflicts of interest are forbidden to take part in the consideration of connected transactions. If the connected transactions are not in line with general business conditions as specified and approved by the Board and may cause conflicts of interest, the transaction must be submitted to the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee for opinions before submitting to the Board or shareholders for approval.

  3. Disclosure of vested interests
    The directors and the executives are responsible for disclosing vested interests held by themselves and relevant people that may relate to Company's management according to the rules, conditions, and methods of the Capital Market Supervisory Board. The Company Secretary is responsible for compiling and submitting a copy of the report of such interests to the Chairman and the Chairman of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee within seven days after receiving the report.