15 ธันวาคม 2549
Free Float Rate
Translation
December 15, 2006
Subject: Free Float Rate
To: The President
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)
Reference: 1. SET's letter No. BorJor 967/2549
2. Notification of the sale of DTC's treasury stocks to the minority
shareholders of Royal Princess Plc. (RPP) and Dusit Hotels and Resorts Company
Limited (DHR)
Attachment: The DTC Free Float Report
Due to Dusit Thani Public Company Limited ("Company") had free float rate less
than SET regulation for consecutive 2 years, as of April 10, 2006 the Company
had free float amounts to 1,018 persons holding 12,546,476 shares or 14.76% of
total paid-up capital. The Company has rectified the issue as the approval of
the Board of the Company No.6/2006 held on August 8, 2006 to sell 2,760,500
treasury stocks to minority shareholders of Royal Princess Public Company
Limited (RPP) and Dusit Hotels and Resorts Company Limited (DHR) who are not
connected persons of the Company during November 10-20, 2006 under the
condition that the shareholders of RPP and DHR must pay for the share price
with their ordinary shares held by them.
Since the Company has free float rate according to the SET regulation already
by selling 636,805 treasury stocks to the 217 minority shareholders of RPP and
91,200 treasury stocks to the 56 minority shareholders of DHR, the share sale
represents 0.86% of the total paid-up capital. The remaining 2,032,495 treasury
stocks were all sold out through the Stock Exchange of Thailand during November
28 to December8, 2006.
Therefore, the sale of treasury stocks to those minority shareholders of RPP
and DHR including the sale of treasury stocks through the SET was increased
the total minority shareholders of DTC as of December 8, 2006 up to 1,172
persons holding 15,504,561 shares or 18.24% of total paid-up capital.
With this letter, the Company has submitted the Free Float Rate Report for
your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
Dusit Thani Public Company Limited
Mr. Chanin Donavanik
Director and Managing Director