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3BB INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE FUND Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2022

Aug 4, 2022

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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4 August 2022

  • No. 1351/2022

  • Re: The termination of or amendment to the agreements in relation to the seeking of benefits from the infrastructure assets of Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund (JASIF), and other related transactions; and the fixing of the record date to determine the list of unitholders entitled to attend the extraordinary general meeting of unitholders no.1/2022

  • To: President,

The Stock Exchange of Thailand

  • Enc.: 1. Information Memorandum on Related Party Transactions in relation to the Termination of or Amendment to the Agreements in relation to the Seeking of Benefits from the Infrastructure Assets – Optical Fibre Cables, and other Related Transactions (Annex 1)

  • Comparison Table on the Key Summary of the Amendment to the Agreements in relation to the Seeking of Benefits from the Infrastructure Assets - Optical Fibre Cables (Annex 2)

On 4 July 2022, Jasmine International Public Company Limited ( “JAS ”) and Advance Info Services Public Company Limited ( “ADVANC” ) notified the Stock Exchange of Thailand (“ SET” ) of a sale of 1,520,000,000 investment units in Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund (“JASIF” or the “Fund ”), accounting for 19.00% of the total investment units in the Fund, and a sale of 7,529,234,885 ordinary shares currently held by JAS in TTT Broadband Public Company Limited ( “TTTBB” ), accounting for 99.87% of the total issued and outstanding shares in TTTBB, in each case, by JAS to Advance Wireless Network Company Limited ( “AWN” ), a subsidiary of ADVANC and/or any person designated by AWN (the “Disposal of Shares and Investment Units” ).

The Disposal of Shares and Investment Units is subject to the fulfilment of conditions precedent as agreed by JAS and ADVANC, including, but not limited to, an approval having been obtained from a unitholders’ meeting of the Fund to amend the Benefits Seeking Agreements (as defined below).

Currently, the Fund is a party to the following agreements entered into with JAS, TTTBB and/or TTT Internet Co., Ltd. ( TTTI ) which relate to the seeking of benefits from the Infrastructure Assets – optical fibre cables (collectively, the “Benefits Seeking Agreements” ):

  1. the Amended and Restated Main Lease Agreement between the Fund and TTTBB (the “Main Lease Agreement” );

  2. the Amended and Restated Rental Assurance Agreement between the Fund and TTTBB (the “Rental Assurance Agreement” );

  3. the Amended and Restated Marketing Services Agreement between the Fund and TTTBB (the “Marketing Services Agreement” );

  4. the Amended and Restated OFCs Maintenance Agreement between the Fund and TTTBB (the “OFCs Maintenance Agreement” );

  5. the Amended and Restated Assignment of Network Services Agreement between the Fund and TTTBB (the “Assignment Agreement” );

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  1. the Escrow Account Agreement in relation to the Rental Service Reserve Account among the Fund, TTTBB and Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (the “Escrow Account Agreement” ); and

  2. the Amended and Restated Undertaking Agreement among the Fund, JAS, TTTBB and TTTI (the “Undertaking Agreement” ).

On the same day (i.e. 4 July 2022), BBL Asset Management Co., Ltd. (the “Management Company” ), acting as a management company for the Fund, received a letter on the details of the proposed amendments to certain agreements relating to the Fund, dated 4 July 2022 (the “Letter dated 4 July 2022” ), from JAS, requesting the Management Company to call a unitholders’ meeting of the Fund to consider and approve the proposed amendments to the Benefits Seeking Agreements, as follows:

  1. the termination of, and amendment to, the following agreements:

  2. (a) the termination of the Rental Assurance Agreement and the Marketing Services Agreement; and

  3. (b) the amendment to the key terms of the Main Lease Agreement as follows:

    • (i) the term of the Main Lease Agreement shall be extended from 29 January 2032 to 31 December 2037 and the rental fee payable from 30 January 2032 to 31 December 2032 shall be THB 402.37 per core kilometre per month. The rental fee payable from 1 January 2033 to 31 December 2037 will be subject to annual review on every 1 January according to the consumer price index (CPI) published by the Ministry of Commerce; however, the rental fee will increase by no more than 3% (but no less than 0%) per annum each year; and

    • (ii) the right of the Fund to renew the Main Lease Agreement shall be revoked.

  4. the assignment of JAS’s rights and obligations under the Undertaking Agreement to AWN and/or any person designated by AWN and the amendment to the key terms of the Undertaking Agreement, as follows

  5. (a) the cancellation of, and amendment to, the Fund’s right to terminate the Main Lease Agreement and the Rental Assurance Agreement if a transfer of the shares in TTTBB to the shareholders of TT & T Public Company Limited is required by court’s order;

  6. (b) the cancellation of, and amendment to, certain negative pledges, including (a) the restriction which requires that the conduct of broadband business must be done by TTTBB and TTTI only and (b) the non-competition restriction;

  7. (c) the cancellation of, and amendment to, the undertaking in relation to the maintenance of key financial ratios and the reserve account for rental payment in relation to the optical fibre cables;

  8. (d) the cancellation of and amendment to the restriction on dividend payment of TTTBB in case of its failure to maintain the prescribed financial ratios;

  9. (e) the cancellation of and amendment to any terms relating to Financial Indebtedness – Borrowings, etc. and Financial Indebtedness – Loans.

However, the lock-up undertaking (i.e. no transfer of investment units is permitted if such transfer will cause the Sponsor’s unitholding to be lower than the minimum threshold specified in the Undertaking Agreement) will remain unchanged.

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Under the Undertaking Agreement, JAS must maintain its minimum shareholding and control in TTTBB and TTTI (indirectly) of 76% of the total shares in each of TTTBB and TTTI. In addition, JAS must maintain its minimum unitholding of 19% of the total investment units in the Fund until 20 November 2025 and its minimum unitholding of 15% from 21 November 2025 to 29 January 2032, which is the expiry date of the Main Lease Agreement, unless prior consent is granted by the Fund or otherwise permitted under the Undertaking Agreement. Therefore, in order to proceed with the above transactions, JAS needs to obtain prior consent from the Fund.

Furthermore, the Fund entered into the Facilities Agreement dated 19 November 2019 with Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (“ BBL ”), to obtain financing for the purpose of acquiring the additional optical fibre cables in 2019 (the “Facilities Agreement” ). The terms of the Facilities Agreement prohibit the Fund from amending, novating or terminating the Benefits Seeking Agreements. The termination of any of the Benefits Seeking Agreements by the Fund will constitute an event of default under the Facilities Agreement. Accordingly, the Fund needs to seek a prior waiver from BBL before proceeding with the above. The Management Company has initially informed BBL of the Disposal of Shares and Investment Units and is currently coordinating with BBL on this matter, in concurrence with, convening a unitholders’ meeting.

The Management Company has considered the proposed termination of, and amendment to, the Benefits Seeking Agreement and other matters relating to the Disposal of Shares and Investment Units. To comply with section 12.1.6 of the prospectus in respect of the Fund’s offering of investment units under which the Management Company must hold a unitholders’ meeting after receiving a written request from unitholders holding an aggregate of 10% of the Fund’s total issued and outstanding units, the Management Company considered that the extraordinary general meeting of unitholders no.1/2022 (the “EGM 1/2022” ) should be called to consider and approve all the above matters proposed by JAS in accordance with the following agenda:

  • Agenda 1. To consider and approve the waiver and/or amendment to certain provisions of the Benefits Seeking Agreements, termination the relevant Benefits Seeking Agreements, and the amendment to the Fund’s scheme to the extent necessary to comply with a resolution of the unitholders on the following matters:

  • Agenda 1.1 To consider and approve (i) JAS’s sale of its investment units in the Fund and its ordinary shares in TTTBB to AWN, (ii) the waiver of and/or amendments to certain provisions relating to the replacement of JAS with AWN and/or any person designated by AWN as the Sponsor, and (iii) the amendment to the Fund’s scheme to the extent necessary to reflect the unitholders’ resolution

  • Agenda 1.2 To consider and approve the waiver of and/or amendment to the non-competition provision and other matters under the Undertaking Agreement and the amendment to the Fund’s scheme to the extent necessary to reflect the unitholders’ resolution

  • Agenda 1.3 To consider and approve (i) the waiver of and/or amendment to certain provisions relating to the lease and rental payment of optical fibre cables, (ii) the termination of the Rental Assurance Agreement and the Marketing Services Agreement, and (iii) the amendment to the Fund’s scheme to the extent necessary to reflect the unitholders’ resolution

  • Agenda 1.4 To consider and approve (i) the waiver of and/or amendment to certain provisions relating to the Undertaking Agreement and the termination of the Escrow Account Agreement and (ii) the amendment to the Fund’s scheme to the extent necessary to reflect the unitholders’ resolution

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Please see information memorandum on the Fund’s related party transactions in Annex 1 hereto and the comparison table on the key summary of the amendment to the agreements in relation to the seeking of benefits from the infrastructure assets - optical fibre cables in Annex 2 hereto.

The result of the unitholders’ meeting under agenda 1.1-1.2 above are conditional upon each other but are not conditional upon the result of agenda 1.3–1.4 and the result of agenda 1.3 and 1.4 are not conditional upon each other. In other words, the Fund will be able to proceed with agenda 1.1 and 1.2 only if the unitholders’ meeting approve both of the agenda 1.1 or 1.2 and if the unitholders’ meeting disapprove the proposed matters under any of agenda 1.3 and/or 1.4, the Fund will still be able to proceed with agenda 1.1 and 1.2 as approved. Nevertheless, all actions to be taken by the Fund as permitted by the unitholders’ resolutions are subject to the Fund’s having obtained an approval from BBL as required under the Facilities Agreement as mentioned above.

Agenda 2. To consider other business (if any)

Summary of impacts of the above transactions on the Fund

The Management Company is now studying any other possible impacts of JAS’s proposed amendments to the relevant Benefits Seeking Agreements on the Fund and unitholders. The Management Company will report its findings in the notice for the EGM 1/2022. In addition, the Management Company will hold a non-deal roadshow before the date of the EGM 1/2022 so as to provide the unitholders an opportunity to access more information relating to such proposed amendments.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Management Company considers that it is appropriate to hold the EGM 1/2022 electronically (E-EGM) on Friday 23 September 2022, at 13.00 hours. The Management Company will arrange for the notice of meeting together with supporting documents to be delivered to all unitholders at least 14 days prior to the date of the meeting.

In this regard, that the Management Company has fixed Friday 19 August 2022 as the record date to determine the list of unitholders entitled to attend the EGM 1/2022.

Please be informed accordingly.

Yours faithfully,

BBL Asset Management Co., Ltd.

(Mr. Pornchalit Ploykrachang) Deputy Managing Director

Real Estate & Infrastructure Investment

Real Estate & Infrastructure Investment

Tel: 0-2674-6400 ext.551 and 554

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(Translation)

Annex 1

Information Memorandum on Related Party Transactions In relation to the Termination of or Amendment to the Agreements on the Seeking of Benefits from the Infrastructure Assets - Optical Fibre Cables, and other Related Transactions

BBL Asset Management Co., Ltd. (the “Management Company” ), acting as a management company for Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund ( “JASIF” or the “Fund” ), has considered on 4 August 2022, a letter on the details of proposed amendments to certain agreements relating to the Fund dated 4 July 2022 (the “Letter dated 4 July 2022” ), from Jasmine International Public Company Limited (“ JAS” ), which relate to (i) the sale of its ordinary shares in TTT Broadband Public Company Limited ( “TTTBB” ) and its investment units in the Fund to Advanced Wireless Network Company Limited ( “AWN” ), and (ii) the termination of or amendment to the agreements concerning the seeking of benefits from the infrastructure assets (collectively, the Benefits Seeking Agreements ). Then, the Management Company has considered to further propose the above matters and other related transactions into which the Fund may enter with its related parties to the unitholders’ meeting of the Fund for their consideration and approval. Details are set out as follows:

1. Transaction date

The entry into the transaction by the Fund is conditional upon (a) the Fund having obtained an approval from its unitholders’ meeting and the Management Company having successfully discussed terms of the Benefits Seeking Agreements with all parties concerned; (b) the Fund having been granted a waiver from Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited ( “BBL” ) under the Facilities Agreement between the Fund and BBL dated 19 November 2019 (the “Facilities Agreement ”); and (c) the conditions precedents under the shares and investment units purchase agreement between JAS and AWN having been fulfilled (or waived). The proposed transaction is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2023.

2. Parties involved, their relationship with the Fund and related person to the Fund

The parties involved consist of:

  • (a) JAS

  • (b) TTTBB;

  • (c) TTT Internet Co., Ltd. ( TTTI ),

whereby the parties under (a) to (c) are parties to the Benefits Seeking Agreements; and

  • (d) AWN (or any person designated by AWN) as the new Sponsor, which is not related to the Fund.

Related parties

(a) JAS

JAS’s unitholding in the Fund exceeds 10.00% of the Fund’s total issued units. As at 25 July 2022, JAS held 19.00% of the Fund’s total issued and outstanding units. As such, JAS is a related party of the Fund under the definition set out in the Notification of the Capital Market

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Supervisory Board no. Tor Nor. 38/2562 re: rules, conditions and procedures for the establishment and management of infrastructure funds dated 25 April 2019 (as amended) (the “Notification No. Tor Nor. 38/2562” ) and the Notification of the Office of Securities and Exchange Commission no. Sor Thor. 14/2558 re: rules on the prevention and management of conflicts of interest dated 7 April 2015 (as amended) (the “Notification No. Sor Thor. 14/2558” ).

(b) TTTBB and TTTI

TTTBB and TTTI are the Fund’s related parties under the definition of the Notification No. Tor Nor. 38/2562 and the Notification No. Sor Thor. 14/2558. This is because TTTBB and TTTI are the persons whose major shareholder is a major unitholder of the Fund, which means a holder of more than 10% of the Fund’s total issued and outstanding units, i.e. TTTBB and TTTI are subsidiaries of JAS. As at 25 July 2022, JAS (directly or indirectly) held 99.87% and 99.99% of the total issued and outstanding shares in TTTBB and TTTI, respectively, and JAS is a major unitholder of the Fund owning 19.00% of the total issued and outstanding units as at 25 July 2022.

(c) AWN

After the completion of the proposed transaction, AWN will become a holder of 19.00% of the Fund’s total issued and outstanding units (which is more than 10% of the Fund’s total issued and outstanding units) and so AWN will be considered as a related party of the Fund under the definition of the Notification No. Tor Nor. 38/2562 and the Notification No. Sor Thor. 14/2558.

3. General information about the Transaction

  • 3.1. Approval of (i) the sale of investment units in the Fund and the sale of shares in TTTBB by JAS to AWN and/or any person as designated by AWN and (ii) the waiver of and/or amendment to certain provisions relating to the replacement of JAS with AWN and/or any person as designated by AWN as the Sponsor

Under the Amended and Restated Undertaking Agreement to which the Fund, JAS, TTTBB and TTTI are parties (the “Undertaking Agreement” ), JAS is required to maintain its minimum shareholding and control in TTTBB and TTTI (indirectly) of 76% of the total shares in each of TTTBB and TTTI. In addition, JAS is required to maintain its minimum unitholding of 19% of the total investment units in the Fund until 20 November 2025 and its minimum unitholding of 15% from 21 November 2025 to 29 January 2032, which is the expiry date of the Main Lease Agreement, unless prior consent is granted by the Fund or otherwise permitted under the Undertaking Agreement.

Therefore, the sale of 7,529,234,885 ordinary shares in TTTBB held by Acumen Co., Ltd. ( “ACU” ) (ACU is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JAS), accounting for 99.87% of the total issued and outstanding shares in TTTBB, to AWN and/or any person designated by AWN (the “Disposal of Shares ”) and the sale of 1,520,000,000 investment units in the Fund held by JAS, accounting for 19.00% of the total investment units in the Fund, to AWN and/or any person designated by AWN (the “Disposal of Investment Units” ), requires prior consent from the Fund.

In line with the Disposal of Shares and the Disposal of Investment Units, JAS must further assign its rights and obligations under the Undertaking Agreement to AWN and/or any person designated by

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AWN in accordance with the original terms and conditions. As such, JAS, AWN and/or any person designated by AWN and the Fund must enter into a new agreement and the waivers and/or amendments to certain provisions of the Benefits Seeking Agreements which relate to the replacement of JAS with AWN and/or any person designated by AWN as the Sponsor, which requires prior consent from the Fund.

Furthermore, the terms of the Facilities Agreement entered into between the Fund and BBL prohibit the Fund from amending, novating or terminating the Benefits Seeking Agreements. The termination of any of the Benefits Seeking Agreements by the Fund will constitute an event of default under the Facilities Agreement. Accordingly, the Fund also needs to seek a prior waiver from BBL before proceeding with the above. The Management Company has initially informed BBL of the Disposal of Shares and the Disposal of Investment Units and is currently coordinating with BBL on this matter, in concurrence with, convening a unitholders’ meeting.

Set out below is the general information of AWN for consideration.

General information of AWN

Company name : Adv anced Wireless Network Company Limited
Business : Tele
cell
corp
secu
communication service provider, for example
ular telephone network, high speed internet,
orate service including cloud, data center, cyber
rity and ICT solution
Company registration number : 010 5548115897
Registered capital (as at 3 August 2022) : TH B 1,350,000,000
Head office : 414
Pha
Phaholyothin Road Samsen Nai Sub-District
yathai District Bangkok
List of directors : 1. Mr. Kan Trakulhoon
2. Mr. Allen Lew Yoong Keong
3. Mr. Somchai Lertsutiwong
4. Mr. Krairit Euchukanonchai
5. Mr. Surasak Vajasit
6. Miss Jean Low Ngiap Jong
7. Mr. Gerardo C. Jr. Ablaza.
8. Mr. Sarath Ratanavadi
9. Miss Yupapin Wangviwat
10. Mr. Smith Banomyong

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  1. Mr. Arhur Lang Tao Yih

List of shareholders :

  1. Advanced Info Service Company Limited (13,499,998 shares)

  2. Miss Chutima Anantachatri (1 share)

  3. Mr. Thanet Preuksomboon (1 share)

3.2. Approval of the termination of or amendment to the Benefits Seeking Agreements

Apart from the Disposal of Shares and the Disposal of Investment Units, according to the Letter dated 4 July 2022, JAS also requested the Management Company to call a unitholders’ meeting of the Fund in order to consider and approve the proposed amendments to the Benefits Seeking Agreements as follows:

  • (a) the termination of, and amendment to, the following agreements:

  • (1) the termination of the Rental Assurance Agreement and the Marketing Services Agreement; and

  • (2) the amendment to the key terms of the Main Lease Agreement as follows:

    • (i) the term of the Main Lease Agreement shall be extended from 29 January 2032 to 31 December 2037 and the rental fee payable from 30 January 2032 to 31 December 2032 shall be THB 402.37 per core kilometre per month. The rental fee payable from 1 January 2033 to 31 December 2037 will be subject to annual review on every 1 January according to the consumer price index (CPI) published by the Ministry of Commerce; however, the rental fee will increase by no more than 3% (but no less than 0%) per annum each year; and

    • (ii) the right of the Fund to renew the Main Lease Agreement shall be revoked.

  • (b) the assignment of JAS’s rights and obligations under the Undertaking Agreement to AWN and/or any person designated by AWN and the amendment to the key terms of the Undertaking Agreement, as follows

  • (1) the cancellation of and amendment to the Fund’s right to terminate the Main Lease Agreement and the Rental Assurance Agreement if a transfer of the shares in TTTBB to the shareholders of TT & T Public Company Limited is required by court’s order;

  • (2) the cancellation of and amendment to certain negative pledges, including (a) the restriction which requires that the conduct of broadband internet services must be done by TTTBB and TTTI only and (b) the non-competition restriction;

  • (3) the cancellation of, and amendment to, the undertaking in relation to the maintenance of key financial ratios and the reserve account for rental payment in relation to the optical fibre cables;

  • (4) the cancellation of, and amendment to, the restriction on dividend payment of TTTBB in case of its failure to maintain the prescribed financial ratios.

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(5) the cancellation of, and amendment to, any terms relating to Financial Indebtedness – Borrowings, etc. and Financial Indebtedness – Loans.

However, the lock-up undertaking (i.e. no transfer of investment units is permitted if such transfer will cause the Sponsor’s unitholding to be lower than the minimum threshold specified in the Undertaking Agreement) will remain unchanged.

If the unitholders’ meeting of the Fund resolves to approve the above matters and BBL grants a waiver as required under the Facilities Agreement to the Fund, the Management Company will proceed to grant consent to JAS, TTTBB and TTTI in order to terminate or amend the Benefits Seeking Agreements as approved by the unitholders’ meeting.

4. Transaction size and total consideration value

The entry into the aforementioned transaction is the extension of the Main Lease Agreement between the Fund and TTTBB from the original expiry date on 29 January 2032 to 31 December 2037, which has the transaction size between THB 38,442,081,945 – 41,482,696,665, accounting for 43.37%46.80% of the net asset value of the Fund as at 31 March 2022, which is THB 88,630,859,480.

Moreover, the Fund will terminate the Rental Assurance Agreement between the Fund and TTTBB in respect of the optic fibre cable in the amount of 196,100 core kilometers invested by the Fund on 11 February 2015 and the optic fibre cable in the amount of 140,000 core kilometers invested by the Fund on 20 November 2019 (based on the assumption that the transaction will be completed by 31 December 2022 and the Rental Assurance Agreement will be terminated on the same day). The size of this transaction is between THB 17,661,332,462 to 19,984,212,784, accounting for 19.93%-22.55% of the net asset value of the Fund as at 31 March 2022, which is THB 88,630,859,480.

5. Expected Benefits to the Fund and the Appropriateness of the Entry into the Related Party Transactions

The Management Company is now studying any other possible impacts of JAS’ proposals indicated in the Letter dated 4 July 2022 and the above amendments to the Benefits Seeking Agreements on the Fund and unitholders. The Management Company will report its findings in the notice for the EGM 1/2022.

6. Consideration in respect to the entry into Transactions

The Management Company has considered the proposed transactions referred to in paragraph 3 above and considered that the extraordinary general meeting of unitholders should be called to consider and approve all the above matters proposed by JAS.

7. Conditions for the Transaction

The termination of or amendment to the Benefits Seeking Agreements as set out above constitute a transaction between the Fund and its related parties, which relates to the entry into, amendment to or termination of those agreements regarding the management or seeking of interests and benefits derived from infrastructure assets worth more than THB 100 million or 30% or more of the aggregate value of the Fund’s total assets as at the date of the entry into, amendment to or termination of those agreements. As such, the above transaction must be approved by the unitholders’ meeting with no less than threequarters of the total units in the Fund held by the unitholders who are present and eligible to vote, provided that quorum for that meeting requires the presence of at least 25 unitholders or half of the

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total unitholders, in each case, holding an aggregate of one-third (1/3) of the Fund’s total issued and outstanding units. A unitholder having a special interest in this transaction is not eligible to cast a vote in this transaction, but his/her presence and the Fund’s units held by that person can be counted towards a constitution of quorum required for the meeting.

As at 25 July 2022, the unitholder having a special interest in this transaction is:

Name Amount of units held Unitholding percentage
JAS 1,520,000,000 19.00%

8. Opinion of the Management Company on the entry into the Transaction

The Management Company considered that extraordinary general meeting of unitholders no.1/2022 should be called to consider and approve all the above matters proposed by JAS so as to comply with section 12.1.6 of the prospectus in respect of the Fund’s offering of investment units under which the Management Company must hold a unitholders’ meeting after receiving a written request from unitholders holding an aggregate of 10% of the Fund’s total issued and outstanding units.

The Management Company is now studying any possible effects of JAS’ proposed actions indicated in the Letter dated 4 July 2022 and the above amendments to the Benefits Seeking Agreements on the Fund and unitholders. The Management Company will report its findings in the notice for the EGM 1/2022.

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Annex 2

Comparison Table on the Key Summary of the Amendment to the Agreements in relation to the Fund1

Conditions under the Original Agreements Proposed Amendments
1. Main Lease Agreement2
1.1. The term of the lease of the main lease OFCs shall terminate on the
expiration of TTTBB’s Type 3 telecommunications license, which is
January 29, 2032.
If TTTBB’s service income from broadband internet (FTTX and xDSL)
in 2030 is no less than THB 40,000,000,000 and all relevant licences
held by TTTBB are renewed and all approvals necessary for the
extension of the term of the Main Lease Agreement have been obtained,
the Fund has an option to extend the term of the Main Lease Agreement
for another 10 years from the expiry date of the Main Lease Agreement
(i.e. 29 January 2032).
The rental fee for such extended 10 - year period will start at THB
433.21 per core kilometre per month (VAT excluded) (which equals to
the rental fee under the Main Lease Agreement in 2019) and will be
adjusted once a year on 1 January according to the consumer price
index(CPI) published bythe Ministryof Commerce;however,the fee
To extend the term of the Main Lease Agreement to 31 December 2037 and fix
the rental fee as follows:
(1)
for the period until 31 December 2019, at the rate of THB 433.21 per
core kilometre per month (VAT excluded);
(2)
for the period from 1 January 2020 until 29 January 2032, the base rental
shall be adjusted once a year on 1 January according to the consumer
price index (CPI) published by the Ministry of Commerce; however, the
fee will increase by no more than 3% (but no less than 0%) per annum
each year;
(3)
for the period from 30 January 2032 until 31 December 2032, at the rate
of THB 402.37 per core kilometre per month (VAT excluded); and
(4)
for the period from 1 January 2033 until 31 December 2037, the rental
fee shall be adjusted once a year on 1 January according to the consumer
price index (CPI) published by the Ministry of Commerce; however, the

1 This table only sets out the key summary of the amendments to the transaction documents and does not aim to specify any non-material or consequential amendments required as a result of the amendments to the material amendments, including the amendments to the OFCs Maintenance Agreement and the Assignment Agreement.

2 The amendment in respect of other issues relating to the transaction is under an on-going discussion among the relevant parties. The Management Company will inform the unitholders of the result of such discussion when dispatching the notice of the unitholder’s meeting.

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Conditions under the Original Agreements Proposed Amendments
will increase by no more than 3% (but no less than 0%) per annum each
year.
fee will increase by no more than 3% (but no less than 0%) per annum
each year.
In addition, AWN proposed to revoke the Fund’s option to extend the term of
the Main Lease Agreement for another 10 year in case where TTTBB’s service
income from broadband internet (FTTX and xDSL) in 2030 is no less than THB
40,000,000,000 and all relevant licences held by TTTBB are renewed and all
approvals necessary for the extension of the term of the Main Lease Agreement
have been obtained. However, if the Fund wishes to extend the Main Lease
Agreement after the expiry date, the Fund shall notify TTTBB at least 36
months prior to the expiry date. TTTBB shall have the right to decline such
request to extend the Main Lease Agreement.
2. Rental Assurance Agreement
2.1 The purpose of the Rental Assurance Agreement is to give an
opportunity to the Fund, as the owner of the second lease OFCs, to lease
the second lease OFCs to third party lessees, either in whole or in part,
which is in line with the NBTC’s policy to promote the shared use of
the telecommunications infrastructure.
During the period in which there are no third party lessees leasing the
second lease OFCs from the Fund, TTTBB agrees to lease such second
lease OFCs and make rental payments for such second lease OFCs to
the Fund in order to guarantee the Fund’s rental revenue throughout the
term of the Rental Assurance Agreement.
To terminate the Rental Assurance Agreement, resulting in the Fund no longer
receiving any rental payments under the Rental Assurance Agreement.
2.2 TTTBB is responsible for any relocation expenses in relation to the
grounding of any of the OFCs and the rentals of subduct of (i) any initial
To terminate the Rental Assurance Agreement, resulting in TTTBB not having
to be responsible for anyexpenses in relation to thegroundingand the rentals

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Conditions under the Original Agreements Proposed Amendments
second lease OFCs (in which the Fund has invested upon the
establishment of the Fund) which is in excess of 20% of the estimated
relocation expense as agreed between parties since the initial public
offering of the investment units in 2015 and (ii) the additional second
lease OFCs (in which the Fund has invested upon its capital increase in
2019), in full, until the expiry date of the Rental Assurance Agreement.
of subduct of any OFCs under the Rental Assurance Agreement because such
OFCs will be returned to the Fund for benefits seeking.
3. Marketing Service Agreement
The Fund cannot lease the OFCs to any person who has not obtained
the relevant license from the NBTC; therefore, the Fund needs to
appoint a holder of telecommunications license to procure the lessees
for the Fund. The Marketing Service Agreement is entered into for the
purpose of appointing TTTBB to procure third party lessees in respect
of the second lease OFCs, in whole or in part, with the commission fee
as specified in the agreement.
To terminate the Marketing Service Agreement.
4. Undertaking Agreement
4.1 JAS is the Sponsor The Sponsor will be changed from JAS to AWN.
4.2 JAS, TTTBB and TTTI must submit the quarterly and annual financial
statements to the Fund within the prescribed period.
The obligation to submit the quarterly and annual financial statements to the
Fund within the prescribed period will only apply to TTTBB and TTTI, but not
AWN.
4.3 If there is the final judgement of a competent court requiring the
Sponsor to transfer its shares in TTTBB to any shareholder of TT&T
Public Company Limited which results in the Sponsor’s shareholding
in TTTBB and TTTI fallingbelow 76% of the total issued shares in
To remove in its entirety.

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Conditions under the Original Agreements Proposed Amendments
each of TTTBB and TTTI, if, after taking into consideration the factors
as specified in the Undertaking Agreement, including the capabilities
of the new group of shareholder(s) (the shareholders of TT&T Public
Company Limited) and new management team, policies and business
plan of the new group of shareholder(s) and the financial status and
operating results of the new group of shareholder(s), the Management
Company considers that it is likely that TTTBB or TTTI will not be
able to pay the rental under the Main Lease Agreement and the Rental
Assurance Agreement, the Management Company reserves the right to
call for a meeting of the unitholders of the Fund to consider terminating
the Main Lease Agreement and/or the Rental Assurance Agreement and
to claim for damages under the transaction documents.
4.4 TTTBB and TTTI is restricted from incurring any financial
indebtedness unless otherwise permitted under the Undertaking
Agreement, for example any financial indebtedness which, (i) in
aggregate does not exceed THB12,000,000,000, (ii) is subordinated to
all claims by the Fund, (iii) incurred between TTTI and TTTBB, (iv)
incurred with the prior written consent of the Fund, or (v) arises under
the relevant transaction document.
To remove in its entirety.
4.5 TTTBB and TTTI shall not make any loan or provide any financial
support to any person or otherwise be a creditor, including giving any
guarantee or indemnity to or for the benefit of any person or enter into
any document under which TTTBB or TTTI assumes any liability in
respect of any other person, except (a) any accounts receivable incurred
byTTTBB and TTTI in the ordinarycourse of business and on an arm's
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Conditions under the Original Agreements Proposed Amendments
length basis, (b) a loan extended by and between TTTI and TTTBB, (c)
any guarantee by TTTBB or TTTI in respect of any financial
indebtedness of TTTBB or TTTI, provided that the amount of such
guarantee, when aggregated with all other financial indebtedness of
TTTBB and TTTI shall not exceed THB12,000,000,000, or (d) a
revolving loan extended by TTTBB to the Sponsor and/or any
subsidiary of the Sponsor under a loan agreement which can be repaid
and redrawn by the Sponsor and/or such Subsidiary provided that the
subsidiaries of the Sponsor must comply with the terms of the
Undertaking Agreement.
4.6 The Sponsor, TTTBB and TTTI will only conduct its broadband
business in Thailand through TTTBB and TTTI only and not through
any other member of the Group, unless otherwise permitted under the
Undertaking Agreement.
To remove in its entirety.
4.7 TTTBB is restricted from paying any dividends unless otherwise
provided for under the Undertaking Agreement (including compliance
with the financial covenants ratios and no occurrence of default).
To remove in its entirety.
4.8 TTTBB, TTTI and the Sponsor (and the subsidiary of the Sponsor) are
restricted from building, developing, installing, or laying down any
additional optical fiber cables or any other telecommunications
infrastructure assets (i) in a manner that might, either directly or
indirectly, cause or allow or entice TTTBB to cease, terminate or not
renew any of the Main Lease Agreement and the Rental Assurance
Agreement (in whole or in part); (ii) if such additional optical fiber
cables or anyother telecommunications infrastructure assets might,
This non-competition restriction will only apply to TTTBB and TTTI and not
the Sponsor nor any company within the Sponsor’s group who provides internet
broadband services. However, the parties are under discussion as to whether
this non-competition restriction will apply to any other subsidiary of the
Sponsor or not.

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Conditions under the Original Agreements

Proposed Amendments

either directly or indirectly, affect, compete with, replace or reduce, the usage or the lease of the Fund’s assets (in whole or in part) by TTTBB or TTTI; or (iii) on any route overlapping with the route of optical fiber cables of the Fund, unless:

  • such route has reached no less than 80% utilisation rate; and

  • TTTBB or TTTI has obtained a consent from the Fund, provided that TTTBB or TTTI must notify the Fund in writing together with evidence showing that the overlapping route has reached no less than 80% utilisation rate. If the Fund does not otherwise notify TTTBB within 30 Business Days after it has received the notice from TTTBB or TTTI, the Fund shall be deemed to have provided such consent.

However, TTTBB and TTTI are permitted to build, develop, install, or lay down additional optical fiber cables without notifying or obtaining a consent from the Fund and such operations shall be deemed as noncompetition to the Fund, if such optical fiber cables:

  • are to expand their subscriber base, by increasing coverage area to uncovered potential customers or to maintain cable redundancy in alternate routes in accordance with the industry practice;

  • are from Distribution Point (DP)/Fiber Access Terminal (FAT) to the residences of customers of TTTBB or TTTI or last miles with no more than 2 cores in such optical fiber cables;

  • do not have the same routes as the existing optical fiber cables of the Fund;

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Conditions under the Original Agreements Proposed Amendments

support the upgrade of the technology from DSL system to
FTTX system; and

increase stability to the network to provide quality service in
order to ensure continuity of data transmission, provided that a
report of such overlay is provided to the Fund within 15
business days after the end of each quarter,
provided that any such overlay, build, development or installation must
not have any adverse effect on the usage or the lease of the Fund’s
assets or on the benefit of the Fund.
In addition, any overlay, build, development or installation of any new
optical fiber cables or other telecommunication assets is permitted if
the Fund notifies TTTBB that it wishes to extend or renew the Main
Lease Agreement after its expiry date (i.e. 29 January 2032) and such
notification is made at least 36 months before the expiry date but the
Fund and TTTBB cannot reach an agreement to extend or renew the
Main Lease Agreement within 12 months after the commencement of
such negotiation to extend or renew such agreement.
4.9 TTTBB must maintain the following financial ratios:
(1)
total current liabilities not exceeding the total equity;
(2)
total liabilities not exceeding two times the total equity; and
(3)
the consolidated earnings of TTTBB before all interest, taxes,
depreciation, amortisation and rentals in respect of the OFCs
for the then most recent four fiscal quarters (“LTM
EBITDAR”)to theprojected annual rentals for aperiod of the
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Conditions under the Original Agreements Proposed Amendments
next four fiscal quarters (“NTM Rental Expenses”) not less
than 1.25 (the “Minimum Ratio”). If it appears that the ratio
of LTM EBITDAR to NTM Rental Expenses is less than the
Minimum Ratio at the end of any particular quarter, TTTBB
must deposit into the rental service reserve account an amount,
which causes the ratio of LTM EBITDAR to the NTM Rental
Expenses to be not less than the Minimum Ratio.
The definitions and details for the calculations are set out in the
Undertaking Agreement.
5.
Escrow Account Agreement
TTTBB agrees to open and maintain the rental service reserve account
with Bangkok Bank in order to ensure that the ratio of LTM EBITDAR
to NTM Rental Expenses complies with the terms of the Undertaking
Agreement.
To terminate the Escrow Account Agreement.

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