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is unable to reimburse the Company, the Company may be compensated by other means such as
adjustment of the term of the Water Purchase and Sale Agreement or adjustment of the water
charge rate.
3.3 Risks relating to exclusive reliance on one customer
All tap water produced by the Company and Pathum Thani Water is sold exclusively to PWA, which will
thereafter distribute it to consumers. The Company and Pathum Thani Water cannot distribute tap
water directly to consumers through PWA's distribution systems. Therefore, the total reliance on PWA
as their sole customer creates inherent risks for the Company and Pathum Thani Water.
4. Risks relating to changes in legislation and regulations governing tap water operations or State policies
4.1 The Company and Pathum Thani Water may be affected by changes in the laws.
(a) Laws related to waterworks operations
The Ministry of Interior has taken steps to prepare a draft of the Water Business Act (the Draft
Water Business Act) to set up a supervisory system for overseeing water business operations
including tap water operations to ensure that they are appropriate and transparent as well as to
promote efficiency in the operations of the water business to ensure that the public receive services
from the water business which meet the required standards, are of good quality, fair and extensive.
The aim is also to promote fair competition in the water business and prevent improper use of
monopolistic power. To this end, the National Waterworks Supervisory Commission will be
established as an organisation charged with the supervision of the water business to determine
measures, rules, methods and conditions for operating the business, to determine the qualifications,
methods, criteria, conditions and term of the business license, etc. and to carry out its duties in
accordance with the objectives of the Draft Water Business Act. However, to date, this Draft Wate
Business Act has not been proposed for consideration and when that might happen is uncertain.
Therefore, the Company is unable to forecast the way in which the supervisory power of the
National Waterworks Supervisory Commission will be exercised, the nature and scope of policies and
regulations, the supervisory measures to ensure their effective implementation and the enforcement
of the laws and various regulations which will be announced in the future. Such uncertainty,
therefore, may place the Company's operations at risk. Changes in the legislation and the relevant
regulations may also have an adverse effect on the Company's business, revenue, financial
condition, results of operations and business prospects.
(b) Laws governing utilisation of raw water sources
On 29 May 2007, the Cabinet adopted a resolution approving the principles of the Draft Water
Resources Act proposed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The Draft Water
Resources Act essentially concerns the rights in water resources, the organisation for river basin
administration, the water user organisation and water resources management. In addition, the
Draft Water Resources Act divides the types of water usage into 3 classes and gives the National
Water Resources Commission general power to manage water resources as well as other powers
and responsibilities, including the consideration and grant of Class 2 licenses, which is of relevance
to the Company (i.e. use of water resources from public sources for the purpose of agriculture or
commercial animal husbandry, industry, tourism, energy generation, electricity generation,
waterworks or other activities as prescribed in the Ministerial Regulation). Permission to use water
resources must be obtained from the River Basin Commission where such public water sources are
located, under the terms and conditions prescribed in Ministerial Regulation. Currently, such
Ministerial Regulation has not been drafted. Therefore, the Company cannot forecast the way in
which the supervisory power of the River Basin Commission will be exercised with regards to the
water sources under its supervision or the nature and scope of its rules and policies. This
uncertainty may have a material adverse effect on the Company's operations, revenue, financial
condition and results of operations.
4.2 Risks relating to corporatisation/privatisation of PWA
Currently, there is still uncertainty concerning the privatisation of the waterworks sector which includes
PWA. The Company cannot, forecast what the new elected government's policy relating to
corporatisation/privatisation of state enterprises would be and, if PWA was corporatised or privatised,
whether it would have any negative effect on the Company's operations, financial condition, results of
operations and business prospects. Furthermore, after PWA's corporatisation/privatisation, there might
be a change in the waterworks management policy, which may affect PWA's ability to support the
Company in its application for licenses or consent from the relevant government authorities and in
obtaining public utility services at a lower rate than normally enjoyed by the public or the lowest rate.
This might affect the Company's ability to operate its business, results of operations, revenue and
financial condition.
4.3 Changes in the State's policy on groundwater
According to the report on the situation of groundwater and land subsidence and the directions for
groundwater management in Bangkok and its Periphery of the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment by the Department of Groundwater Resources, proposed to the Cabinet's meeting for its
information on 11 September 2007, the situation of ground water and land subsidence have improved,
thanks to the Government's various remedial and preventive measures regarding the groundwater crisis
and land subsidence. However, the Department of Groundwater Resources, the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment, which is the authority in charge, continues to strictly control the use of
groundwater. Nonetheless, the Company cannot assure that there will not be any change in policy or
that the groundwater use control measures in the crisis areas will not be relaxed. If such measures
were relaxed to allow increased groundwater usage, the Company's revenue, financial condition and
business prospects may be affected.
5 Risks relating to major shareholders
Under the terms of the financing agreements between the Company and the financial institutions that
have granted loans to the Company, two of the Company's shareholders, CH. Karnchang and Mitsui,
agreed to pledge 1,077.4 million and 580.1 million of their shares, respectively, to the lenders. In
addition, Bangkok Expressway Plc. agreed to pledge its 325.0 million shares in the Company to the
lenders in accordance with the condition prescribed in the financing agreement to which Bangkok
Expressway Plc. is a party. The numbers of shares pledged by the three Major Shareholders are equal
to 27.0%, 14.5% and 8.1% of the fully paid-up shares after the initial public offering. All of such shares
are pledged as security for three shareholders' debts to the creditors. The pledged shares are part of
the shares subject to the lock-up period during which the sale of shares is prohibited under the SET
rules. However, the SET Notification Re: Prohibition on the sale of shares and securities by a company's
executives and shareholders during the lock-up period (No. 5), dated 20 February 2008, allows a
financial institution as lender to force the sale of shares which is subject to the lock-up requirement only
if the sale is to pay debt. Thus, if the Company or Bangkok Expressway Plc. defaults on these loan
agreements, the Syndicate of Lenders may foreclose on those pledged shares which could be sold at a
public auction. This could result in a change of the Company's major shareholders and control of the
Company. The new major shareholders' policy may differ from the 2007 policy. Moreover, the sale of
shares at a public auction could adversely affect the Company's share price, resulting in a decrease in
the share price.
Legal disputes
1. As at 27 February 2008, there are no legal disputes which may adversely impact the Company's assets
for more than 5% of its shareholders' equity as at 31 December 2007 or may adversely affect the
Company's business in any material respect.
2. Legal dispute relating to Pathum Thani Water
In December 2006, a person (the plaintiff) began the legal proceedings against PWA (the first
defendant) and Pathum Thani Water (the second defendant) in the Central Administrative Court, asking
the court to reverse the arbitration award which dismissed the dispute in which the plaintiff claimed co-
liability and compensation from PWA and Pathum Thani Water for Baht 64,474,000 in respect of
trespass. In the plaint, the plaintiff asked the court to order the defendants to pay compensation of
Baht 64,474,000 to the plaintiff. The plaintiff asserted in the plaint that the arbitration award was based
on a mistake of facts and the arbitral tribunal failed to determine the compensation to which the plaintiff
was entitled under the Act on Liability for Wrongful Acts of Officials, B.E. 2539 (1996), due to the
damage suffered from the wrongful acts of administrative bodies in relation to the Water Production and
Distribution Licence Agreement. At the current stage, the Central Administrative Court is investigating
the facts relevant to the case in accordance with the legal procedure.
No. of Employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries
The total number of employees (including executives) as at 31 December 2007 was 224.
Company Background
The Company
In 2000
On 11 September, the Company was incorporated under the name of VKCS (Thailand) Ltd. ("VKCS")
(which later changed its name to Thai Tap Water Supply Ltd.) to engage in the business of land
management and development for the purpose of carrying out the work under the Tap Water Production
and Distribution Project (the "Project"), which was a 50:50 joint venture between the CH. Karnchang Group
and the Thames Water Group (which consisted of Thames Water International Services Ltd., Thames Water
International (Thailand) Ltd. and Thames Water Plc.), with Baht 100,000 registered paid-up capital (with the
par value of Baht 100 per share).
On 21 September, the Water Purchase and Sale Agreement was entered into with PWA for a term of 30
years under the Build-Own-Operate ("BOO") arrangement.
In 2001
On 27 April, the Office of the National Water Resources Commission granted the Company permission to
withdraw water from the Tha Chin River (previously known as the Nakorn Chaisri River) for its production of
tap water for distribution to the public at the rate of 320,000 cubic metres per day.
On 12 June, the Operation and Maintenance Agreement was entered into with Waterflow.
In 2004
On 21 July, the Company started to sell tap water to PWA in accordance with the Water Purchase and
Sale Agreement.
In 2005
On 11 March, the Company received a concession to operate a waterworks business in Nakornpathom
Province (in the districts of Nakorn Chaisri, Sampran and Phutthamonthon) and Samutsakorn Province (in
the districts of Kratoomban and Muang Samutsakorn) from the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment.
On 2 August, the Thames Water Group disposed of all of their ordinary shares in the Company to CH.
Karnchang, and all of their ordinary shares in Waterflow to C.K. Office Tower Ltd., whose majority
shareholders are the same as those of CH. Karnchang.
From September to December, CH. Karnchang disposed of 4.83%, 2.50% and 2.50% of its ordinary
shares in the Company to Bangkok Expressway Public Company Limited, Bangkok Bank Public Company
Limited and TMB Bank Public Company Limited, respectively, at the price of Baht 290 per share (with a par
value of Baht 100 each).
In 2006
On 27 February, Waterflow was bought, for Baht 700 million, from Advance Assets Associates Limited, a
company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and not related to the Company.
On 24 March, Mitsui Water Holdings (Thailand) Ltd. ("Mitsui"), a non-affiliate of the Company, purchased
11,375,000 shares in the Company from CH. Karnchang; that was equal to 35% of the Company's total
issued and paid-up shares, at the price of Baht 320 per share.
On 6 July, the Company was converted into a public company and the par value of its shares was
changed from Baht 100 per share to Baht 1 per share.
In 2007
On 29 June, the Company purchased 10,698,283 ordinary shares in Pathum Thani Water, or 89.15% of
its total shares, from CH. Karnchang.
On 18 December, the Company acquired additional 1,061,452 ordinary shares in Pathum Thani Water,
which was equal to 8.85% of the total paid-up capital in Pathum Thani Water. As a result, as at 31
December 2007, the Company held 98.0% of the total paid-up capital in Pathum Thani Water.
Pathum Thani Water
In 1995
On 29 May, Pathum Thani Water was incorporated under the name of PCKT (Thailand) Ltd. to engage in
the business of procuring and developing land for the purpose of carrying out the work under the Tap Water
Production and Distribution Project (the "Project"). Its registered paid-up capital was Baht 200 million (with
the par value of Baht 100 per share). It was a joint venture between CH. Karnchang, Thames Water
International (Thailand) Ltd., Berli Jucker Plc, Capital Rice Bovis Limited and PWA, each holding of 30%,
30%, 15%, 15%, 5% and 5% of the total shares, respectively.
On 31 August, Pathum Thani Water and PWA entered into the Water Production and Distribution Licence
Agreement, which is a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer contract, with a term of 25 years
In 1996
On 24 January, the National Water Resources Commission granted the Company permission to withdraw
water from the Chao Phraya River at the rate of 300,000 cubic metres per day for its production of tap water
under the private participation in the improvement and expansion of Pathumthani-Rangsit waterworks
project.
In 1998
On 15 October, Pathum Thani Water began to produce and distribute tap water to PWA pursuant to the
Water Production and Distribution Licence Agreement.
In 2000
On 13 January, Pathum Thani Water received a concession from the Ministry of Interior to conduct
waterworks operations in Pathumthani-Rangsit service areas in Pathumthani Province.
In 2005
On 2 August, Thames Water International (Thailand) Ltd. sold all of its ordinary shares in Pathum Thani
Water to Mahasiri Siam Ltd.
In 2006
On 30 June, Berli Jucker Public Company Limited sold all of its ordinary shares in Pathum Thani Water to
CH. Karnchang
On 15 September, Pathum Thani Water signed the Water Purchase and Sale Agreement with PWA for
the purchase and sale of tap water at the rate of 70,000 cubic metres per day.
In 2007
On 25 January, Pathum Thani Water increased its registered capital from Baht 1,102 million to Baht
2,752 million through a rights offering.
On 26 January, the Operation and Maintenance Agreement with Pathum Thani Operations Ltd. was
terminated. Pathum Thani Water purchased all of BJT Water Co., Ltd. ("BJT")'s shares and signed the
Operation and Maintenance Agreement with BJT.
On 11 June, the registered capital was reduced on a pro rata basis from Baht 2,752 million to Baht
1,200 million.
On 29 June, the major shareholder was changed from CH. Karnchang to the Company. Consequently,
the Company held 89.15% of the total paid-up capital in Pathum Thani Water.
On 18 December, CH. Karnchang, Capital Rice and the other persons sold to the Company the additional
shares in Pathum Thani Water representing in aggregate 8.85% of the total issued shares in Pathum Thani
Water.
Investment in Subsidiaries as at 31 December 2007 is detailed as follows:
Unit: Baht million
Paid-up % of Investment
Name Type of business capital shareholding amount
1. Pathum Thani Water Tap water production and 1,200 98 3,998.4
Co., Ltd. distribution
2. Waterflow Company Operation and maintenance of 10 100 700
Limited tap water production system
3. BJT Water Company Operation and maintenance of 50 98 305
Limited tap water production system
(in which 100% of the
total shares are indirectly
held through Pathum
Thani Water)
History of the shareholding restructuring during the past five years of the following companies:
The Company
26 September 10 November 29 November 27 February 2006
19 April 2004 1 August 2005 2 August 2005
2005 2005 2005 (Capital Increase)*
CH. Karnchang CH. Karnchang CH. Karnchang CH. Karnchang CH. Karnchang CH. Karnchang CH. Karnchang
15% 50% 100% 97.50% 92.67% 90.17% 90.34%
(transferred from (transferred to (transferred to (transferred to (Baht 290
General Akkradej Bangkok Bank Pcl. Bangkok TMB Bank Pcl. per share)
Sasiprapa 35%) 2.5% at Baht 290 Expressway Pcl. 2.5% at Baht 290
per share) 4.83% at Baht 290 per share)
per share)
Thames Water Thames Water - - - - -
Group Group (transferred to
0.10% 0.10% CH. Karnchang
0.1% at no more
than Baht 240
per share)
Thames Water Thames Water - - - - -
Group Group (transferred to
1% 1% CH. Karnchang
1% at no more
than Baht 240
per share)
Thames Water Thames Water - - - - -
Group Group (transferred to
48.90% 48.90% CH. Karnchang
48.9% at no more
than Baht 240
per share)
General Akkradej - - - - - -
Sasiprapa (transferred to
35% CH. Karnchang
35% at Baht
211.70 per share)
- - - Bangkok Bank Pcl. Bangkok Bank Pcl. Bangkok Bank Pcl. Bangkok Bank Pcl.
2.50% 2.50% 2.50% 2.50%
(transferred from
CH. Karnchang)
- - - - Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok Expressway
Expressway Pcl. Expressway Pcl. Pcl.
4.83% 4.83% 4.84%
(transferred from
CH. Karnchang)
- - - - - TMB Bank Pcl. TMB Bank Pcl.
2.50% 2.31%
(transferred from
CH. Karnchang)
Remark: * On 27 February 2006 there was a capital increase and the shareholding structure was changed because the existing
shareholders at that time did not exercise its pre-emptive right to purchase the shares.
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