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In addition, SET revised guidelines to increase efficiency in the governance and support of listed company and member company transactions in order to provide consistent and effective responses to the situation, per the examples below.
Messages from
the Chairman & President
Circuit Breaker &
Market Disruption
measures were essential for the capital market during the COVID-19 pandemic
SET Revised the Circuit Breaker Measures from 2 levels to 3 levels to provide investors more time to analyze information vital to making investment decisions. This adjustment is also in line with the guidelines of foreign stock exchanges, as follows.
Original Criteria
Revised Criteria
30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes
Communication of Information Between Listed Companies and Investors: Required newly listed companies to organize meetings to present and clarify information regarding their business and performance through the ‘Opportunity Day’ activity at least once during their first year of listing. This measure aims to provide a channel for shareholders, investors, analysts and related parties to communicate with management and gain access to the listed company’s important information.
Transaction Support for Listed Companies and Member Companies: Examples include revisions to the regulations relating to circumstances where a listed company undergoes shareholder restructuring, facilitating short selling transactions by stipulating guidelines for securities companies to amend short selling transactions for Outstanding Short Positions upon the 60-day expiration date after the investor’s short sales order date.
SET Index
Trading Suspension Period
SET Index
Trading Suspension Period
10% decline
30 minutes
8% decline
20% decline
30 minutes
15% decline
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20% decline
Level
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Establishing Measures for Circumstances Potentially Leading to Market Disruption: The SET Board of Governors was able to make decisions and enact measures to resolve or mitigate the impacts of COVID-19.
Quality Promotion of Pre-IPO Companies:
Terminating the criteria for accepting ordinary shares according to market capitalization for mai listings and implementing the criteria for accepting ordinary shares for companies operating as an Infrastructure Company in the process of mai listing. This measure aims to support small infrastructure projects beneficial to national development and that are valued at no lower than 20 billion baht.
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