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35.   Provident fund

                   The Company and its subsidiaries and their employees have jointly established a provident
                   fund in accordance with the Provident Fund Act B.E. 2530. The Company, its subsidiaries

                   and their employees each contribute to the fund monthly at the rate of 5 percent to 15 percent
                   of basic salary. The fund, which is managed by Tisco Master Pooled Registered Provident Fund

                   and  Krungthai Master  Pooled  Registered Provident Fund,  will  be  paid to  employees  upon
                   termination in accordance with the fund rules. During 2020, the Group contributed Baht 13
                   million and the Company only of Baht 8 million (2019: Baht 13 million and Baht 8 million,

                   respectively) to the fund.

             36.   Dividends

                   Dividends  declared for  the years  ended 31 December 2020 and 2019 consisted of
                   the following:

                                                                                                 Dividend

                          Dividends                  Approved by           Total dividends      per share
                                                                          (Unit: Million Baht)  (Unit: Baht per share)

                   Final dividends for 2019   Annual General Meeting of the
                                              shareholders on 9 April 2020        267                0.25
                   Interim dividends for 2020  Board of Directors’ meeting on

                                              14 August 2020                      107                0.10
                   Total dividends for 2020                                       374                0.35



                   Final dividends for 2018   Annual General Meeting of the
                                              shareholders on 24 April 2019       181                0.17

                   Interim dividends for 2019  Board of Directors’ meeting on
                                              14 August 2019                      214                0.20

                   Total dividends for 2019                                       395                0.37


             37.   Commitments and contingent liabilities

             37.1  Capital commitments

                   As at 31 December 2020, the subsidiaries had capital commitments of approximately Baht
                   87 million and VND 21 billion  (2019: Baht 68 million  and VND  38 billion), relating to the
                   construction of ready built factories and infrastructure systems.









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