17 July 2009
IM on the Connected Transaction (Revised)
Information Memorandum on the Connected Transaction and the Acquisition
and Disposition of Assets
According to the meetings of the Investment Committee (the "Investment
Committee") of CPN Retail Growth Leasehold Property Fund (CPNRF) (the "Fund")
managed by TMB Asset Management Company Limited (the "Management Company")
held on 9 July 2009 and 16 July 2009, the Investment Committee resolved that
the fund shall invest in additional real properties and resolved additionally
on the capital increase size, number of additional Investment Units, and
determining the price of the additional Investment Units with details as
follows:
1. The Date of Entering into the Transaction
After the Fund has obtained the resolutions to enter into the transaction
from the unitholders' meeting and received an approval from the Office of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Office of the SEC") on related
issues, as well as offered for sale of the additional Investment Units, the
transaction is expected to be completed by November 2009.
2. The Parties Involved and Its Relationship with the Fund
Central Pattana Public Company Limited, who is a major unitholder of the
Fund and holds 33.33 percent of the total Investment Units as at 8 June 2009,
is the property manager and has the same management personnel as that of the
Fund, namely Mr. Naris Cheyklin, the Senior Executive Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer of Central Pattana Public Company Limited.This management
is also a member of the Investment Committee of the Fund.
3. The General Characteristics of the Transaction
The Fund shall use the proceeds received from its capital increase and
loan (if any) to invest in the additional real properties by leasing and
subleasing the real properties in the CentralPlaza Pinklao Project from
Central Pattana Public Company Limited for the total value not exceeding
Baht 6,495.60 million. The final price of the real properties in which the
Fund will invest will not be higher than the lowest price obtained from the
valuation report of the independent property valuers in excess of 20 percent.
The details of the real properties are as follows:
Details of the real properties in which the Fund will invest
CentralPlaza Pinklao Project
The Fund will consider investing by (1) leasing certain parts of
shopping complex and 2 office buildings (the whole buildings), including
parking spaces (according to the proportion of the utilized areas of the
shopping complex and the office buildings in which the Fund will invest), (2)
leasing and/or receiving transfer of ownership of utilities systems and other
assets relevant to CentralPlaza Pinklao Project, and (3) subleasing
the land where the shopping complex, office buildings, parking spaces, as well
as the surrounding road and the entrances and exits of CentralPlaza Pinklao
Project are located, from Central Pattana Public Company Limited. The
properties in which the Fund will invest in (1) - (3) are together called
"Real Properties of CentralPlaza Pinklao Project". The Fund will consider
investing in the Real Properties of CentralPlaza Pinklao Project for
approximately 15 years at the total price not exceeding Baht 6,495.60 million.
4. Size of the Transaction and the Total Value of Consideration
- The transaction referenced in Section 3. is considered as a
connected transaction. The aggregate value of the investment in additional
properties is not exceeding Baht
1/4
6,495.60 million to be paid by cash and/or cheque and/or bank transfer in the
amount not exceeding Baht 6,495.60 million. The final price of the real
properties in which the Fund will invest will not be higher than the lowest
price obtained from the valuation report of the independent property valuers
in excess of 20 percent. The size of all transactions referenced in Section 3.
is more than 3 percent of net tangible assets as at 31 March 2009, which
equals to Baht 11,353.56 million.
- The transaction referenced in Section 3. is considered as an
acquisition of assets. The aggregate size of the transaction is not exceeding
Baht 6,495.60 million which is classified as a transaction which has the value
of the transaction more than 50 percent but less than 100 percent of the
assets of the Fund as at 31 March 2009, which equals to Baht 11,931.17 million.
5. The Value of Assets Purchased or Disposed of
- The appraisal values of CentralPlaza Pinklao Project conducted by
Thai Property Appraisal Lynn Phillips Company Limited ("TPALP") as of 9 July
2009 and 15 Business Advisory Limited ("15BIZ") as of 25 June 2009, which are
in the approved list of appraisal companies of the Office of the SEC by income
approach method, are as follows:
Building Floors Gross Area in whice Appraised Value
the Fund will in vest (Baht million)
(Square Meters) TPALP 15BIZ
CentralPlaza Pinklao 7-storey 67,082 4,802.0 4,471.0
Shopping Complex with 1
(certain part) basement
Central Tower A 26-storey 32,174 683.9 646.0
Pinklao Office
Building
(in whole)
Central Tower B 18-storey 18,479 327.8 296.0
Pinklao Office
Building
(in whole)
Indoor Parking 10-storey 67,936
Areas (With with
approximately basement
1,800 parking
spaces
Total 185,671 5,813.7 5,413.0
6. Basis Used to Determine the Value of Consideration
- For this capital increase, the Management Company determined the
offering price of the Investment Units which will reflect the value of the
real properties that is acceptable to the owner of the real properties and by
taking into account, among other things, the following considerations:
- the prevailing market price of the Fund's Investment Units on the
Stock Exchange of Thailand (the "SET") during the period when the additional
Investment Units are issued and offered for sale;
2/4
- the value of the real properties provided by independent property
valuers;
- general market conditions;
- indication of interests received from investors.
The price at which the Fund will be investing in the real properties
will be determined by the proceeds which the Fund will receive from its
capital increase, and loan (if any) deducted by estimated expenses related to
the capital increase and the additional investment in real properties. The
price of the investment in these real properties will not be higher than the
lowest price obtained from the valuation report of the independent
property valuers in excess of 20 percent.
7. Expected Benefit of the Fund
- Expect to increase the operating result of the Fund, which will
enhance the unitholders' opportunity to receive higher returns in the form of
increased dividend per unit and will also help diversify the Fund's source of
income and enhance potential of the Fund.
8. Source of Fund for Investing in the Additional Real Properties
- From the offering and sale of the additional Investment Units to
the existing unitholders and the investors under the private placement basis
and/or investors under the public offering basis in the amount not exceeding
Baht 6,706.00 million.
- From the borrowing in the amount not exceeding 10 percent of net
asset value of the Fund only in the case where the Management Company deems
appropriate.
9. Approval of the Connected Transaction and the Acquisition of Assets
- The Investment Committee of the Fund comprises 2 committee members
as follows:
1) Mr. Phiphat Phisunuwongrak Chairman
2) Mr. Naris Cheyklin Committee Member
10. Conditions of the Transaction
- The transaction referenced in Section 3. must be approved by a
unitholders' meeting by an affirmative vote of more than three-fourth of the
total number of Investment Unit of the Fund held by unitholders who attending
the meeting and haveing the rights to vote.In this regard, the unitholders'
meeting for seeking such approval shall have the unitholders not less than 25
person or not less than half of the total unitholders of the Fund attending
the meeting. Thus, the quarum of such meeting shall be consisted of the
number of unitholders of the Fund who attending such meeting shall hold
Investment Unit not less than one-third of the total investment unit of the
Fund. The Management Company, in calculating such vote, will not
include the votes of the
unitholders who has conflict of interest in the real properties from the
additional investments by the Fund.
3/4
- As at 8 June 2009, the unitholder who has interest in the
transaction pursuant to the SET notification is as follows:
Name Number of Units Investment Ratio (%)
1. Central Pattana Public 363,796,900 33.33
Company Limited
The name, number of units held by the unitholder(s) and investment
ratio of the unitholder(s) may vary according to the list of unitholders as at
28 July 2009, which is the closing date of the unitholders' register to
suspend the transfer of the Investment Units for determining the rights of
unitholders to attend the unitholder's meeting No.
1/2552.
11. Opinion of the Investment Committee in the Transaction
- The Investment Committee considered the investment in these
additional real properties and is of the opinion that such real properties are
interesting and appropriate and comply with the objective and strategy of the
Fund to create growth by searching for opportunities to invest in additional
real properties with the aim to generate income and returns to the
unitholders. Two independent property valuers were contracted to
appraise the additional real properties in which the Fund will invest for the
consideration of the unitholders. In this regard, the Investment Committee is
of the opinion that the value of the investment in the additional real
properties will not be higher than the lowest price obtained from the
valuation report of the independent property valuers in excess of 20 percent
according to the notification of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Therefore, the Investment Committee resolves that the Transaction shall
be proposed to the unitholders' meeting for approval.
4/4