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Ref. Ngor Nor Por. 046/2017

Date :

20 December 2017

Subject :

Renew contract regarding connected transaction on providing or receiving financial assistance

To :

President

The Stock Exchange of Thailand

Reference : IRPC's SET Notification Letter No. Ngor Nor Por. 065/2016, Dated 20 December 2016, Reference : Subject : Connected transaction on providing and/or receiving financial assistance

The Board of Directors Meeting of IRPC Public Company Limited (the "Company") No.12/2016 held on 20 December 2016 passed the resolution to grant approval to enter into Inter-Company Borrowing and Lending ("ICBL") contract between IRPC Public Company Limited (the "Company") and PTT Public Company Limited ("PTT") according to the company's aforementioned notification to SET, so as to optimally manage the Company's short-term liquidity.

To maintain optimal short-term liquidity management, the Company and PTT renewed the ICBL contract on 20 December 2017 (the latest ICBL contract was expired on 19 December 2017). Note that the renewal of the contract was performed under the management's authority delegated from the Board of Directors according to the aforementioned resolution of the Board of Directors Meeting . This renewed contract is deemed a connected transaction relating to providing and/or obtaining financial assistance as PTT being the company's major shareholder. The Company hereby discloses the details of the transaction as follows :

Transaction Date:

20 December 2017

Related Parties and Relationship

PTT, a major shareholder of the Company with 38.51% shares of the Company

Connected Transaction Type

Obtaining Financial Assistance

Providing Financial Assistance

Short-term borrowing

Short-term lending

Facility Type

Uncommitted Unsecured Short-Term Loan

Currency

THB or USD, upon the mutual agreement between both parties

Contract Length

Less than 1 Year (20 December 2017 to 19 December 2018)

Basis for Calculation of Connected Transaction Value

Calculated from annual interest expense

Calculated from principle and annual interest income

Total amount not exceeding Baht 10,000 million

Total amount not exceeding Baht 1,500 million

The total connected transactions is less than 3% of Net Tangible

Assets as of 30 September 2017

Interest Rate

Obtaining Financial Assistance

Providing Financial Assistance

Prevailing Money Market Rate, an aggregate of BIBOR (Bangkok Interbank Offered Rate) or LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) for Thai Baht-denominated loan and USD-denominated loan respectively (or mutually agreed appropriate interest rate in the case of market disruption) plus Interest Rate Spread by taking into account on the short-term interest rate that bank charge to the Company and credit rating of the Company which is equivalent to or lower than the interest rate from financial institutions.

Prevailing Money Market Rate, an aggregate of BIBOR (Bangkok Interbank Offered Rate) or LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) for Thai Baht-denominated loan and USD-denominated loan respectively (or mutually agreed appropriate interest rate in the case of market disruption) plus Interest Rate Spread by taking into account on the return on short-term investments, credit rating of the borrower which is equivalent to or better than the cost of fund of the Company.

Please be informed accordingly.

Yours sincerely,

-Signature-

(Mr. Sukrit Surabotsopon)President

Finance and Investor relations Department

Tel. 02-765-7380

Fax. 02-765-7379

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