ข่าวแจ้งตลาดหลักทรัพย์
15 พฤษภาคม 2551
additional subject of risk management
ACC.013/2551
May 14, 2008
President
The Stock Exchange of Thailand
62 Rachadapisek, Klongtoey
Bangkok 10110
Subject: Clarification to make some changes in the 56-1 form
Master Ad Public Co., Ltd. wishes to add information in the 2007 annual
report (56-1 form) under the heading of risk factors in Section 1.3 as follows:
1.3 Risks from legal provisions on billboard control
Master Ad has set a clear policy on its business operation in line with the
Building Control Act of1979 and other related laws as well as ministerial
regulations, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's regulations or municipality
regulations. However, in 2007, Master Ad received a notice from the Building
Control Division, Department of Public Works about Master Ad's advertisement
billboards incorrectly built and such information was disseminated in the
Billboard and Advertisement Association's website on July 12, 2007.
Consequently, Master Ad wishes to clarify about risks of being ordered to
remove our billboards that may adversely affect MasterAd's financial status.
In 2007, Master Ad's billboards were marked as incorrect, built different from
the drawings or dangerous, most of which were built on the land of the State
Railway of Thailand on Wiphawadi Rangsit Road. In fact, Master Ad built 113
billboard structures. Their construction was applied to the Department of
Public Works based on the distance from Wiphawadi Rangsit Road to determine
the maximal height of the billboards. Later, local officials asked us to
correct the height of the billboards based on the distance from the Local Road
instead. And eventually, the local officials withdrew its order on August 11,
2006. While the Building Control Division,Department of Public Works had not
yet updated the information, Master Ad's billboards marked without license in
fact belong to the land ownership holders or other entrepreneurs from whom
Master Ad sub-rent the billboard structures. Master Ad has been attentive to
its risk management concerning those legal requirements and
has a policy to build billboards correctly licensed and sub-rent billboards
instead investing in building new billboards. Master Ad has formed a working
group to monitor related laws to make sure that legal amendments won't affect
Master Ad's advertisement media, a major source of Master Ad's income. In
addition, Master Ad is working closely with building structure and billboard
auditors, registered with the Department of Public Works and Town & Country
Planning to check and certify all the Master Ad's billboards.
Investors and parties interested may have a look in the annual report (56-1
form) in the stock market's website http://www.set.or.th and the Office of the
Securities and Exchange Commission http://www.sec.or.th or
http://www.masterad.com/investor relation under Form 56-1 2007 from May 15,
2008 onwards.
Please be informed accordingly
Yours sincerely,
(Noppadon Tansalarak)
Director
(Phiched Maneerattanaporn)
Director