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Preventive Measures for COVID-19 . Notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 Of MBK Public Company Limited The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, beginning at 2:00 P.M. at Jamjuree on the M floor of Pathumwan Princess Hotel whose address is No. 444, MBK Center Building, Phayathai Road, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok. Preventive Measures for COVID-19 Following an outbreak of COVID-19, the SEC and other relevant regulatory bodies have encouraged the shareholders to appoint independent directors as proxy instead of attending the EGM themselves. Guidelines and Measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 of MBK Public Company Limited According to MBK Public Company Limited (“the Company”) set the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 (“the EGM”) on November 18, 2020. The ongoing situation of the spread of the Coronavirus 2019 (“COVID-19”) is concerned and attention to the health of the shareholders’ MBK, therefore the Company has specified guideline in the EGM as follows: 1 The Company encourages the shareholders to consider granting proxy to the Company’s director to attend and vote in the meeting and send the proxy form to the Company prior to the date of the meeting. 2 In the case, if any shareholder or proxy-holder still wants to attend the Meeting, the Company would like to request attendees for cooperation and understand the guidelines for conducting meetings in accordance with the Government measures to prevent and reduce the risk of the spread of the virus COVID-19 as follows: 2.1 Shareholders or proxies must present at the screening point in accordance with the guidelines of the Department of Disease Control that the Company set up a screening point in front of the meeting room. The Company reserves the right to not allow shareholders or proxies with any of the following symptoms to participate in the meeting. 1) Who are fever, with temperatures from 37.5 Celsius up 2) Who have respiratory symptoms, such as fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, Anosmia, Asthma. In the case, if any person has been at risk or shown any respiratory insufficiency symptoms, The Company will reserve the right to deny entry into the meeting room. However, shareholders (only those who come in the Meeting) could give a proxy to the Company’s Independent Director to attend the meeting on their behalf. 3) The queue line at the screening point, document checking, and registration zones will be with distancing at least 1 meter. 2.2 The Company has arranged seats for the attendees in accordance with the Government measures to prevent the spread of the virus COVID-19, with at least 1 meter of distance each seat, which will result in a limited number of seats in the meeting room. When the seats are fully occupied, no more participants will be allowed to enter the meeting venue. To protect shareholder voting right, Shareholders who attend the meeting in persons, are required to grant proxy to the Company’s Independent Directors to attend the Meeting instead of participating in persons. 2.3 The venue will be sanitized and cleaned prior to the meeting. 2.4 Due to limited meeting venue, the Company does not allow followers to participate in the meeting venue. 2.5 The company kindly requests everyone to prepare and wear a face mask all time during the meeting. 2.6 Due to reduce the risk of spread the virus COVID-19, the Company may be not prepare microphone for attendees to ask questions at the meeting but preparing paper for written questions. Attendees can submit their questions to the Company’s staff to submit it to the Company’s Chairman of the Meeting. 2.7 If the situation of the spread the virus COVID-19 is change before the EGM No.1/2020 or Government have any additional announces about Meeting the Company will inform Shareholders via the Company’s website www.mbkgroup.co.th If there are many attendees or they arrive at the same time, there may be delay in screening and registration for the meeting. The Company hereby apologizes for any such inconvenience that may arise. Yours Sincerely, MBK Public Company Limited Notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 Table of Contents Supporting documents for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 Page ➢ Notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders 1 - 8 for the Year 2020 ➢ Copy of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for 9 - 61 the Year 2020 (for considering Agenda 1) ➢ Capital Increase Report form (F53-4) (for considering Agenda 2,4-6 62 - 68 and Agenda 8-9) ➢ Preliminary details of warrants to purchase ordinary shares of MBK 69 - 74 Public Company Limited No. 1 (MBK-W1) (for considering Agenda 4-5 and Agenda 8) Supporting documents for attending the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 ➢ Guidelines on proxy appointment and registration relating to the 75 - 76 attendance of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 ➢ Profile of Independent Director for Appointment of Proxy 77 ➢ Procedures relating to the attendance of the Extraordinary General Meeting of 78 Shareholders No.1/2020 ➢ Copy of the Articles of Association relating to the shareholders meeting 79 - 81 of MBK Public Company Limited ➢ Location Map of Pathumwan Princess Hotel which is the venue for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 Ref: MBK 045/2020 OCTOBER 22,2020 Subject: Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 To: Shareholders MBK Public Company Limited Attachments: 1. Invitation to the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 and Registration Form in QR Code 2. Copy of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders For the Year 2020 3. Capital Increase Report form (F53-4) 4. Preliminary details of warrants to purchase ordinary shares of MBK Public Company Limited No. 1 (MBK-W1) 5. Proxy form B 6. Guidelines on proxy appointment and registration relating to the attendance of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 7. Procedures relating to the attendance of the Extraordinary General Meeting 8. Copy of the Articles of Association relating to the shareholders meeting 9. Location Map of Pathumwan Princess Hotel which is the venue for the the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders No.1/2020 At its Meeting No. 10/20, the Board of Directors of MBK Public Company Limited adopted a resolution to hold the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday, November 18,2020 beginning at 2:00 P.M. in Jamjuree on the M floor of Pathumwan Princess Hotel whose address is 444 MBK Center Building, Phayathai Road, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok. The hotel is part of the complex which is the location of the Company’s headquarters. The objective of the meeting is to consider various matters in line with the following agenda and the related opinions of the Board of Directors. Agenda 1 To certify the minutes of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for the Year 2020 “the AGM” Objective and Rationale The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for the Year 2020 was held on August 5, 2020. The shareholders considered various matters at this meeting. The Company also prepared an annual report and sent it to the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The annual report was also made Juristic Person Tel. 02-853-7834 MBK 2020045 FM-DOC-006-R04 (วันที่บังคับใช้ 21/08/ 2560) page 1/8 available through the Company’s website. In this connection, it is necessary for the Company to submit the minutes of the meeting to the shareholders for consideration. The minutes are presented in the supporting document from Pages 9 - 61 The Opinion of the Board of Directors The minutes of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for the Year 2020 was correctly reported. Thus the EGM should approve the minutes. Agenda 2 Approved the decrease of the registered capital of the company from the original registered capital of THB 2,194,923,000 to new registered capital of THB 1,694,923,000 by reducing the ordinary shares reserved for the increase of registered capital under the General Mandate amount of 500,000,000 shares with a par value of THB 1 per share which have been not allocated in the whole according to the resolution AGM 2020 Objective and Rationale As the company increased its registered capital by 500,000,000 baht to support the capital increase under the general mandate, but because the company intends to issue and allocate MBK-W1 warrants to the shareholders. And the company has not yet issued and offered the said capital increase shares. Therefore, in order to comply with the Public Limited Act 2535 on capital increase under Section 136, the company has to decrease its registered capital. The Opinion of the Board of Directors The board of directors deems it appropriate to propose the EGM No. 1/2020, has approved to decrease of the registered capital of the company from the original registered capital of THB 2,194,923,000 to new registered capital of THB 1,694,923,000 by reducing the ordinary shares reserved for the increase of registered capital under the General Mandate amount of 500,000,000 shares. The supporting document from Pages 62 - 68 Agenda 3 Approved to amend the Article 4 of the memorandum of the company to be in accordance with the decrease of the registered capital Objective and Rationale To be in accordance with the reduction of the Company's registered capital of the company in Agenda 2 The Opinion of the Board of Directors The board of directors deems it appropriate to propose the EGM No.
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