Energy
Absolute Public Company Limited (EA) will convene the
Bondholders’ Meeting No. 3/2025 for 13 bond series on 9 July 2025 at 13.00
hours in a hybrid format, to be held at the Office Building of Next Point
Public Company Limited (Grand Ballroom, 1st floor), No. 999/999, Moo
4, Ban Chalong Subdistrict, Bang Phi District, Samut Prakan province, and via
electronic media. The matters for consideration are as follows:
(1) Granting an exemption for the bond
issuer’s non-compliance with the terms and conditions for not closing the
bondholder register for convening the bondholders’ meeting and for calling the
bondholders’ meeting less than seven days before the meeting date (applicable
to all 13 series);
(2) Granting an exemption from an event of
default under the terms and conditions for the bond issuer’s request to the
bondholders' meeting to restructure bond debt repayment by modifying the
proposal regarding the extension of bond maturity period from the proposal previously
presented to the Bondholders' Meeting No. 2/2025, which constitutes a debt
payment deferral by the bond issuer, including any postponement or modification
of debt repayment schedules or any adjustments related to any type of
debt, whether proposed at the Bondholders' Meeting No. 3/2025, any adjourned
meeting, or any other meeting (applicable to EA259A, EA261A, EA279A, EA281A,
EA299A, EA301A, EA329A
and EA331A series);
(3)
Extending the maturity periods by an additional five years, granting the bond
issuer the right to redeem the bonds prior to maturity (call option), increasing
the interest rate by 0.50 percent per year throughout the extended maturity
periods, and dividing the principal repayment into five annual installments,
with the final installment payable on the extended maturity date, as follows:
Installments 1-4:
10 percent of the principal value at bond issuance dates;
Installment
5: 60 percent of the principal value at bond issuance date;
(Applicable
to EA279A, EA281A, EA299A,
EA329A, EA301A
and EA331A series
granted an approval in Agenda Item 2 at the Bondholders’ Meeting 3/2025, and EA297A and EA298A series).
(4) Granting an
exemption from an event of default under the terms and conditions for the bond
issuer’s proposal to the bondholders' meeting to restructure bond debt
repayment by extending the maturity periods, granting the right to
redeem bonds prior to maturity (call option), modifying the bond interest rates
and providing for partial principal repayment that constitutes a debt payment deferral
by the bond issuer, including postponement or modification of debt payment
schedules, or any adjustments related to any type of debt, whether proposed at
the Bondholders' Meeting No. 2/2025, or the Bondholders’ Meeting No. 3/2025, any
adjourned meeting, or any other meeting (applicable to EA257A,
EA269A and EA289A series);
(5) Revising the proposal regarding the extension of the bond
maturity period by reducing the originally proposed extension from seven years
to five years, and dividing the principal repayment of the bonds into five
annual installments, as follows:
Installments 1-4: 10 percent of
the principal value at bond issuance dates;
Installment 5: 60 percent of the principal value at bond
issuance date.
(Applicable to three
series: EA257A series as approved in Agenda Item 4 at the Bondholders’ Meeting
No. 3/2025, and EA259A and EA261A series as approved in Agenda Item 2 at the
Bondholders’ Meeting No. 3/2025).
(6) Revising the bond maturity periods
from seven years to five years, granting the bond issuer the right to redeem
bonds prior to maturity (call option), increasing the interest rate by 0.50
percent per year throughout the extended maturity periods, and modifying the
principal repayment schedule from seven to five installments, as follows:
Installments 1-4: 10
percent of the principal values at bond issuance dates;
Installment 5: 60 percent of the
principal value at bond issuance date.
(Applicable
to two bond series: EA269A and EA289A series as approved in Agenda Item 4 at
the Bondholders’ Meeting No. 3/2025).
The SEC requires that the bondholders’ representatives analyze the benefits and
shortcomings as well as the potential impacts on the bondholders both in cases
of approval and decline of approval for the above matters with respective
supporting reasons and the opinions of the bondholders’ representatives. The
bondholders are, therefore, encouraged to thoroughly review the information and
exercise their rights to protect their own interests. They should also make
necessary inquiries to the bondholders’ representatives to obtain comprehensive
information before making a voting decision at the bondholders’ meeting.
Remarks:
(1) Kiatnakin
Phatra Bank Public Company Limited Public Company Limited serves as the
bondholders’ representative for 11 series of EA bonds, as follows:
- EA257A bond due on 10 July
2025
- EA259A bond due on 8 September 2025
-
EA261A bond due on 20 January 2026
- EA279A bond due on 8 September 2027
- EA281A bond due on 20 January
2028
-
EA297A bond due on 11 July 2029
-
EA298A bond due on 15 August 2029
- EA299A bond due on 8 September
2029
- EA301A bond due on 20 January
2030
- EA329A bond due on 8 September
2032
- EA331A bond due on 20 January
2033
(2) Siam
Commercial Bank Public Company Limited serves as the bondholders’
representative for two series of EA bonds, as follows:
- EA269A bond due on 29 September 2026
- EA289A bond due on 29 September
2028