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Message from the Chairman of the Board of Directors
   
 
The Board of Directors of Thai Tap Water Supply Public Company Limited makes a strong commitment to monitoring the Company’s business operations to be transparent and auditable, with the aim of ensuring that the Company’s business operations would be efficient and derive optimum benefits to the shareholders, as well as concurrently take into account those interested parties. Therefore, the good corporate governance policies and principles are gathered to prepare the “Corporate Governance Principles of Thai Tap Water Supply Public Company Limited” for compliance by the Board of Directors, executives and staff of the Company as guidelines in the performance of their respective tasks.

In this regard, the Board of Directors shall exercise best endeavors to strictly comply with the principles as set out herein as well as to review and follow up the development in respect of the good corporate governance in order to improve and revise the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles to stay up to date at all times.

The Board of Directors truly hopes that this establishment of the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles would build up confidence and trust for all shareholders as well as investors and the general public so as to achieve the foregoing commitment and aim.
 
  Plew Trivisvavet
Chairman of the Board of Directors
………..July, 2006
 
Corporate Governance Principles of Thai Tap Water Supply Public Company Limited
   
 
1. Principles and Rationale 2. Corporate Governance Policy 3. Board of Directors
4. Rights and Equality of Shareholders 5. Roles of Interested Parties 6. Disclosure of Information and Transparency
7. Internal Control and Internal Audit 8. Risk Management 9. Business Codes of Conduct and Ethics
 
 
1. Principles and Rationale
 
To ensure transparency and auditability of the operations of Thai Tap Water Supply Public Company Limited so that the Company’s business operations would be efficient and generate optimum benefits to the shareholders, as well as concurrently take into account the interested parties, it is thus deemed appropriate to establish the Corporate Governance Principles for strict compliance by the Board of Directors and staff at all levels as guidelines in the performance of their work
 
2. Corporate Governance Policy
 
2.1 The Board of Directors is committed to creating value added to the Company’s operations in the long run through monitoring as well as        due care and prudence within its capacity, thereby giving rise to optimum benefits to the shareholders, preventing any conflicts of        interest and assuming responsibility for making any decision and actions undertaken in the capacity as directors on the Board of        Directors.

2.2 The Board of Directors shall treat the shareholders and interested parties equally and fairly.

2.3 The Board of Directors shall perform duties transparently and auditably by way of accurate and complete disclosure in a timely manner        to all relevant parties.

2.4 The Board of Directors shall, in the business operations, always take into account various risks through appropriate risk control and        management.

2.5 The Board of Directors shall also introduce the code of conduct for compliance by directors, executives and staff. In this regard, the        Board of Directors shall set a good example to executives and staff relating to the code of conduct in accordance with the Company’s        Corporate Governance Principles.
 
3. Board of Directors
 
3.1 Composition, Qualifications and Appointment
 
  1. The Board of Directors consists of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and directors, totaling at least five persons, but no more than 15 persons, provided that at least two-thirds of all directors shall be non-executive directors, and at least three persons or at least one-third of all directors, whichever is greater, shall be independent directors.

  2. The directors shall have such qualifications and shall not have any prohibited characteristics as set forth in the Public Limited Companies Act, with a three-year term of office.

  3. The appointment of directors shall be transparent and comply with the Articles of Association as well as the criteria and procedures as established by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee. Names and backgrounds of candidates nominated for appointment as directors shall be submitted through the Nomination & Remuneration Committee and the Board of Directors for consideration to seek approval from the shareholders meeting. The said nomination process should allow the minority shareholders to nominate candidates for consideration and selection.
3.2 Independence
 
  1. The Board of Directors shall have leadership, visions, ability, knowledge and experiences which are useful for the Company’s business operations, and shall also be independent to provide opinions, consider, conclude opinions and make decisions, significantly taking into account the optimum benefits to both the Company and its shareholders.

  2. To ensure that the Board of Directors led by the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be able to efficiently supervise the performance of the management, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall not be the same person as the Managing Director.

  3. Notwithstanding the qualifications in respect of independence as required under the Notification of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company also establishes additional qualifications for independent directors as follows:

    1) Holding no more than 1 (one) percent of all voting shares of the Company, its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliated companies     or any legal entity which may have a conflict of interest;

    2) Not being an employee, staff, advisor regularly receiving salary, or person with power to control the Company, its parent company,     subsidiaries, affiliated companies or any legal entity which may have a conflict of interest, for a period of at least three years.
3.3 Roles, Duties and Responsibilities
 
  1. The Board of Directors shall have the duty to supervise the Company’s operations to ensure its compliance with the laws, objectives and the Articles of Association, as well as resolutions of the shareholders meetings, by performing its duties with integrity, good faith and due care to protect the Company’s interest, including compliance with the rules and regulations as specified by the Stock Exchange of Thailand and the Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  2. The Board of Directors shall give priority to the establishment of visions, missions, strategies, policies, directions and goals of the Company’s operations, as well as ensuring that the management has put the said policies and strategies into practice and achievement with efficiency, including regular review of the said visions, missions, strategies, policies, directions and goals in line with the surrounding circumstances at all times.

  3. Investment budget and annual budget shall be established, along with supervision of the performance of the management to ensure that budgets are utilized to achieve results and for the optimum benefits to the Company and its shareholders.
  4. Adequate, complete and accurate financial information and general information which are material to the shareholders shall be reported in a timely manner.

  5. Efficient internal control and internal audit systems shall be introduced, along with such appropriate risk management measures and regular follow-up on the proceeding of such matters.

  6. Roles, duties and responsibilities shall be clearly separated among the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, subcommittees and the management, with regular communication regarding such roles, duties and responsibilities to the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, subcommittees, the management and staff of the Company.

  7. The Board of Directors shall take responsibility towards the shareholders in respect of the Company’s business operations, and supervision of the Company’s operations to be in line with the guidelines and goals, which would give rise to the optimum benefits to the shareholders, by taking into account the benefits of all interested parties.
3.4 Board of Directors Meetings
 
  1. The Board of Directors shall regularly meet at least once every three months, with special meetings as necessary. The management shall prepare reports on results of operations for submission to the Board of Directors on a monthly basis.

  2. Agenda of each meeting shall be clearly determined in advance. Notice of the meeting, together with agenda of the meeting, shall be delivered at least 10 days prior to the meeting date, and such documents in support of the meeting shall be delivered at least three days in advance, so as to allow the Board of Directors to have sufficient time to review such information prior to attending the meeting.

  3. Any director who may be involved or have any interest in any agenda item of the meeting shall refrain from providing any opinion and shall abstain from voting on such matter.
  4. Non-executive directors shall meet at least once a year to discuss management problems without participation of the management, and the results of such meeting shall be reported to the Managing Director.

  5. The Company’s secretary shall be appointed to organize the holding of all meetings of both the shareholders and the Board of Directors, as well as the subcommittees, and to provide advice relating to laws and regulations of which the Board of Directors should be aware.
3.5 Subcommittees
 
To ensure careful and efficient performance of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors therefore establishes five subcommittees as follows :
 
  1. Executive Committee: At least three up to five members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed as members of the Executive Committee, with the duties to lessen the burdens of the Board of Directors in respect of administration and management as well as routine work beyond the power and authority of the Managing Director, so as to allow the Board of Directors to have more time to focus on policy-making and supervision of the management.

  2. Audit Committee: At least three members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed as members of the Audit Committee, provided that all of them shall be independent directors having the qualifications as prescribed in Clause 3.2, and that at least one of them shall have knowledge in accounting and/or finance, with the duties to audit and supervise the Company’s operations, including to monitor the preparation of financial reports, internal control system, selection of the auditor, and consideration of conflicts of interest.

  3. Nomination & Remuneration Committee: At least three members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed as members of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee, provided that at least one of them shall be an independent director and one independent director shall act as Chairman of the Committee, with the duties to establish criteria and procedures for recruiting persons qualified to take office as directors and the Managing Director, including ensuring the transparency of selection in accordance with the specified nomination procedures, as well as arranging for Succession Plan for key positions in management, determining the criteria for consideration of remuneration for directors and the Managing Director on the basis of fairness, relatively comparable to those of other companies in the same or similar industry, which shall be proposed to the Board of Directors for consideration and approval or for submission to the shareholders for consideration and approval, as the case may be.

  4. Corporate Governance Committee: At least three members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed as members of the Corporate Governance Committee, provided that the majority of which shall be independent directors and one independent director shall act as Chairman of the Committee, with the duties to propose guidelines for good corporate governance to the Board of Directors, including to regularly review and update the said guidelines.

  5. Risk Management Committee: At least three members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed as members of the Risk Management Committee, provided that at least one of them shall be an independent director and one independent director shall act as Chairman of the Committee, with the duties to set out the Risk Management Policy for the Company as a whole, and assign the management to perform in compliance with such Policy, including to develop and review the Company’s Risk Management System to ensure its continual efficiency, by way of regular evaluation and follow-up of the risk management procedures, with reports on risks and suggestions to the Board of Directors once a year.

Furthermore, to ensure the total independence of the subcommittees in the performance of their duties, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall neither act as Chairman nor member of any subcommittees.

 
3.6 Self-Evaluation
 
To allow the Board of Directors to participate in consideration and review of its performance, including problems and difficulties, for further improvement, the Board of Directors shall carry out a self-evaluation of its overall performance at least once a year.
 
3.7 Remuneration
 
  1. The Board of Directors shall consider the remuneration for directors in reliance on fairness and reasonableness when compared with the applicable criteria of the same or similar industry, and based on their experiences, duties, scope of roles and responsibilities of the respective directors, as well as additional duties and responsibilities from acting as subcommittee members, whereby such remuneration shall then be proposed to the shareholders meeting for approval.

  2. The remuneration for members of the Board of Directors and high level executives shall be announced in the Company’s annual report and financial statements.
 
4. Rights and Equality of Shareholders
 
4.1 Rights
 
The Board of Directors realizes the shareholders’ rights to receive accurate and complete information of the Company in a timely manner and on an equal basis, to support their decision-making in the shareholders meeting.
 
4.2  Equality
 
  1. All shareholders shall be fairly and equally treated.

  2. The Board of Directors has established the “Guidelines for Prevention of Use of Inside Information” for strict compliance by all directors, executives and staff of the Company in order to refrain from using inside information for personal gain or for the benefit of other persons.

  3. The directors and executives shall disclose information relating to their interest, as well as those of their related persons, to the Board of Directors to allow the Board of Directors to consider the Company’s transactions which may have conflicts of interest and to make decision for the Company’s overall benefit.
4.3 Shareholders Meetings
 
  1. The Board of Directors shall select place, schedule appropriate time of meeting, and facilitate the shareholders in attending the meeting, as well as ensuring equal treatment to all shareholders.

  2. The Board of Directors shall send notice of the meeting, together with agenda of the meeting, to all shareholders at least seven days prior to the meeting date, and the Board of Directors shall provide its opinions on the respective agenda items.
  3. The chairman of the meeting shall give an equal opportunity to the shareholders to offer opinions and make inquiries at the meeting on matters pertaining to the Company, and shall record significant inquiries and opinions in the minutes of the meeting.
  4. Any director who has no urgent business shall attend the shareholders meeting, and the shareholders may make inquiries to the Chairman of any subcommittee on relevant matters.

  5. Any shareholder who is unable to attend the meeting in person may appoint a proxy to attend the meeting and vote on his/her behalf.
 
5. Roles of Interested Parties
 
5.1 The Board of Directors realizes the significance of rights of all interested groups, whether inside, such as executives and staff of the        Company and its subsidiaries, or outside, such as competitors, creditors, government sector and other relevant authorities. In this regard,        the Board of Directors shall consider setting out procedures for promoting cooperation between the Company and those interested        parties in establishing prosperity, financial stability and success of the Company on a long-term basis.

5.2 The Board of Directors should indicate all interested parties of the Company, together with legal rights of the respective interested groups.

5.3 The Board of Directors shall establish an environment policy and supervise the management to implement the said policy to achieve        results.
 
6. Disclosure of Information and Transparency
 
6.1 The Board of Directors shall arrange for disclosure of material information relating to the Company, whether financial and non-financial        information, pursuant to the regulations of the Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Stock Exchange of Thailand,        by ensuring its accuracy, completeness, timeliness and transparency through easily accessible channels, including the Company’s        website.

6.2 The Board of Directors shall appoint a work unit or person to be in charge of “Investor Relations” as a channel for communicating with        other persons on a fair and equal basis.

6.3 The Board of Directors shall prepare report on its responsibility towards financial reports which shall be presented along with the auditor’s        report in the annual report, and shall disclose such roles and duties of the Board of Directors and the subcommittees as well as the        number of meetings held and the number of meeting attendance of each director.
 
7. Internal Control and Internal Audit
 
7.1 The Board of Directors realizes the significance of implementing the internal control and internal audit systems by preparing a handbook       of work regulations and practice in writing in respect of the separation of duties and responsibilities for the purpose of crosscheck, which       would enable internal auditors to independently perform their duties and submit audit reports based on actual facts, including following up       on results of correction and improvement by auditors.

7.1 At the Board of Directors meeting, the Audit Committee appointed by the Board of Directors shall report its audit of the internal control       system. The Audit Committee shall meet on a quarterly basis before the Board of Directors meeting and submit its report on audit of the       internal control system to the Board of Directors.
 
8. Risk Management
 
8.1 The Board of Directors shall set out the Risk Management Policy for the Company as a whole, and shall develop and review the        Company’s Risk Management System to ensure its continual efficiency, including regular evaluation and follow-up of the risk        management procedures, at least once a year

8.2 Cooperation for risk management at every level of the Company shall be established.
 
9. Business Codes of Conduct and Ethics
 
The Company has set out the code of conduct in the Company’s business operations and the code of ethics for compliance by all directors, executives and staff of the Company as guidelines for performance of their duties with integrity, good faith and fairness, as well as treatment towards the Company, all interested groups, shareholders, investors, society, communities, government sector and the public.
 
   
 
   
   
 
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