Trading of Company Securities and Insider’s Information Prevention Policy
Insider’s information or news regarding changes in securities prices that have not yet been disclosed to the public are considered internal information in business operations and confidential information of the Company. These shall affect the price of the Company's securities trading on the SET. Therefore, the Directors, Executives, and related employees must keep inside information confidentially and must not seek benefits of the internal information for themselves or those involved illegally.
Guidelines
- Assigning those at the Top Executive (C-Level) and/or Executives involved in Financial/Accounting information and/or Investor Relations and/or the Person Assigned by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), is responsible for replying to queries and disclosing the Company's information to investors, analysts or the media to prevent the leakage of internal information. The information must be clear, accurate, and precise, as well as have no impact on securities prices or any misunderstandings. The disclosure shall be in compliance with rules, regulations, and related laws.
- Defining a period for information release (Silent Period) to investors, analysts, or other media, i.e. the period after obtaining Auditor's financial statements until the Board of Directors dates of approval and disclosure to the public, and/or investment information that is accurate, precise and able to be released to the public in compliance with all relevant criteria, etc.
- Training and review the knowledge, regarding trading terms, the company's securities holdings, including reporting as specified by the Securities and Exchange Act, for the Directors, Executives, Department Manager positions or higher or equivalent in accounting or finance.
- Training the employees to adhere to prevent, maintain the confidentiality of information and news relating to the business operations’ activities, and prohibiting the seeking of benefits for oneself or related parties, in any information of the company which has not been disclosed to the public or take any action that may cause conflicts of interest to the organization.
- In the case that outsiders are engaged in specific work relating to information that has not been disclosed to the public and in the process of negotiation, these internal data are confidential which may affect the price of the Company's securities. Those third parties must enter into Confidential Agreement / Non-Disclosure Agreement with the Company until the information has been disclosed to the SET and the SEC.
- The Company focuses on data security in the information system, with a control system and/or access prevention to the Company information from outsiders and setting the rights to access the Company's information for employees at various levels according to the authority and responsibility.
- Overseeing of Insider’s Information Usage is to prevent damage that may arise to benefit from the significant insider’s information that would be market sensitive information. The Board of Directors should convene the meeting, vote on the issue with the consent from the Audit Committee, and report to the SET on the following working day. Therefore,
the Directors and Executives did not have an opportunity to use such confidential insider’s information for personal benefits.