Shareholder Information
Major Shareholders
List of Major Shareholders
Listed are the names and shareholdings of the largest shareholders as of April 9, 2024, the latest closing date of the shareholder register book.
| Names | As of April 9, 2024 | ||
| Number of Shares | Percentage of Shareholding | ||
| 1. | Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited | 4,499,394,589 | 39.315 |
| 2. | The Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited | 4,469,534,816 | 39.054 |
| 3. | TISCO Bank Public Company Limited | 874,888,641 | 7.645 |
| 4. | Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited | 184,310,286 | 1.610 |
| 5. | Prachuap Port Company Limited | 159,817,180 | 1.396 |
| 6. | Sahaviriya Group Corporation Limited | 159,756,038 | 1.396 |
| 7. | Mr. Sushin Rattanasirivilai | 100,079,689 | 0.874 |
| 8. | Sahaviriya Plate Mill Public Company Limited | 86,000,000 | 0.751 |
| 9. | J.P. Morgan (S.E.A.) Limited | 64,217,144 | 0.561 |
| 10. | Mr. Wiroj Ungphaiboon | 59,966,879 | 0.524 |
| Distribution of shareholding by nationality | As of April 9, 2024 | ||
| Total Number of Shares | Percentage of Shareholding | ||
| THAI SHAREHOLDERS 14,128 shareholders | 11,085,101,909 | 96.86 | |
| FOREIGN SHAREHOLDERS 116 shareholders | 359,356,410 | 3.14 | |
Foreign Limit
The Company’s foreign shareholding was limited at 49% of the paid-up capital. As of 30 December 2024, the Company’s foreign shareholding was 2.58% of the paid-up capital.
Dividend Payment
Dividend Policy
The Company has a policy to pay dividend at a rate of not less than 25% of net profit after income tax, legal reserve, and other reserves, from the Company’s separated financial statements in each year. Dividend payment; nonetheless, depends on economic conditions, operating profit, investment plans, covenant in various contracts, and other appropriated factors, both at present and in the future.
According to the Board of Directors’ resolution on the dividend payment, the shareholders’ meeting shall approve dividend payment unless there is an interim dividend payment in which the Board of Directors is authorised to approve interim dividend payment. In this case, such payment should be submitted to the next meeting of shareholders for acknowledgement.
As for the dividend policy of the Company’s subsidiaries, the Company does not fix any particular rates of dividend payment. It depends on the operational results of each subsidiary, and the Board of Directors of that subsidiary will make the decision concerning dividends on a case-by-case basis.
In 2024, the 27th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on 29 April 2024 considered and approved that no dividend payment shall be made for the operating results of the year 2023, as at 31 December 2023, the Company had retained deficit. Therefore, the Company was unable to allocate as dividend payment to shareholders.