23 General Principles Good Corporate Governance Principles Directors’ Code of Business Ethics Appendix Code of Business Ethics Anti-Corruption Electricity Generating Public Company Limited 1. Shareholder’s Rights and Equitable Treatment EGCO prioritizes shareholders including institutional investors as stock investors and part-owners of the Company. As such the Board of Directors promotes exercise of shareholder’s fundamental legal rights including entitlement to dividends, trading or transfer of shares, adequate information disclosure, participation and voting at shareholders’ AGM. Furthermore, EGCO accords equal treatment towards shareholders through efforts such as disclosure of updated facts and information mainly through the corporate bilingual website in Thai and English, Shareholders’ Newsletter, Company visit, and no action to the effect of violating or undermining shareholder rights. Guideline Rationale To ensure that EGCO Group respects and protects shareholders’ legal rights as part-owners of the Company and that they are accorded equal treatment, the Board of Directors clearly stipulates this aspect of corporate governance. In essence, EGCO Group shall not undertake any action that violates or undermines shareholder rights as legislated, including entitlement to dividend payment, access to the Company’s information, right to reserve newly issued stock and right to be part of business oversight such as participating and voting at the Annual General Meeting, proposing agenda items for the Annual General Meeting (AGM), withdrawing AGM resolution, monitoring and evaluating directors’ performance. 1. Shareholder Rights
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