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Equity Instruments
Public Offering Placement (at discount)
Principles
Public Offering Placement (at discount) means in the case of a listed company offering for sales of convertible shares or covertible securities, such as convertible debentures (CD) or warrant with the offering price lower than 90 percent of the market price, to a specific investor or group of investors whether in private or public.
Calculations of the offering price
Shares : offering price
CD : offering price of CD divided by convertible rate
Warrant : offering price + exercise price
Shares with warrant : consider to separate offering price for shares and warrant
Public Offering Placement (PO Placement)
Approval criteria is the same as an offer for sale of shares / CD / warrant to the public, as the case may be
Must comply with criteria for protection of shareholders (notice calling letter, resolution of the shareholders' meeting, right to veto)
Definition of a market price can be one of the following:
Weighted average price (closing or average price of sale) for the past 7-15 consecutive business days before the date of price indication which is one of the following dates decided by resolution of the board of directors:
a. The date of the board's resolution
b. The date of the resolution of the shareholders' meeting
c.The first date of offer to investors
d. The date investors can exercise their rights pursuant to CD / warrant
A price indicated by considering demand / supply, for instance, a price acquired by book building
A fair price calculated by a financial advisor
Criteria for protection of shareholders
a. Notice of calling the Shareholders' Meeting
Be delivered 14 days in advance of the meeting
Contains sufficient information, at least on the following matter:
- The objectives
The necessity for offering to sell at a discount
The offering price / exercise price
The market price being used to compare
Dilution
Opinions of the board of directors on the necessity / appropriateness of the market price being used and the method of price indication
In case of a fixed price, it must identify a group of persons to whom it is expected to offer
The right to veto
Proxy authorization letter + information regarding independent directors
b. Shareholder Approval
A vote of not less than three-fourths of the total number of votes of shareholders attending the meeting who are entitled to vote
Shareholders who veto the decision are not more than 10 per cent of the total number of votes of shareholders who attend the meeting