Energy
Absolute Public Company Limited (EA) convened a bondholders’ meeting for EA269A
and EA289A bond series on 9 July 2025. The meeting did not meet the quorum
requirement under the terms and conditions. Accordingly, the company will
reconvene the meeting for both bond series on 16 July at 10.00 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;
(2) 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 principals 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;
(3)
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 period, and modifying the principal repayment schedule from seven to five
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 the bond series granted
approval for Agenda Item (2)].
The SEC requires that the bondholders’ representative 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’
representative. 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.
Remark:
Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited is the bondholders’ representative
for two bond series, as follows:
- EA269A series, to be due on 29
September 2026
- EA289A series, to be due on 29
September 2028