Date

:

7th March 2024

Subject

:

Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders for the year 2024

in the form of Hybrid Meeting

Attention

:

All Shareholders of the Company

Enclosures : 1. Proxy Forms and details of Independent Directors (Proxy for Shareholders)

  1. Documents for registration, Manual for registration and meeting, and voting method, both onsite and online
  2. Annual Report 2023 (Form 56-1 One Report) and copy of the audited Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended 31st December 2023 (QR CODE format)
  3. Details of the nominees proposed to be elected as Directors of the Company to replace the Directors who retire by rotation and definition of Independent Director
  4. Details of the Auditors
  5. Content of the Company's Articles of Association regarding the shareholders meeting
  6. Map to the venue of the shareholders meeting and other related information

The Board of Directors Meeting of True Corporation Public Company Limited (the "Company") resolved to convene the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders ("AGM") for the year 2024 on 5th April 2024 at 2:00 p.m. which will be held in the form of Hybrid Meeting. The Shareholders can choose to attend the 2024 AGM through electronic means, according to the Emergency Decree on Electronic Meetings B.E. 2563 (2020) or at the Auditorium Room on 21st Floor, True Tower, located at No. 18 Ratchadapisek Road, Huai Khwang Sub-District, Huai Khwang District, Bangkok. The Company has announced the schedule and agenda of the 2024 AGM on the websites of the Company (www.truecorp.co.th) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (www.set.or.th) since 22nd February 2024.

In this connection, the Company has posted the Notice and Enclosures of 2024 AGM in advance on its website since 7th March 2024 in order to provide sufficient time for shareholders to consider the meeting materials prior to receiving a hard copy from the Company.

Furthermore, the Company provided opportunities for minority shareholders to propose agenda items for the Board of Directors' consideration in advance of the AGM and to nominate person(s) to be director(s) by announcing the criteria of such proposal on the Company's website from 1st October 2023 to 31st December 2023. For the 2024 AGM, there is no suggested agenda item were proposed by minority shareholders. Therefore, the Board of Directors sets forth the agenda as follows:

Agenda Item 1

To acknowledge the report on the result of business operation

of the Company

Background Information

The report on the result of business operation of the Company appears

under Topic 4 the "Management's Discussion and Analysis" of Part 1

of the Annual Report (Form 56-1 One Report) which is distributed

to the shareholders along with this Invitation (Enclosure No. 3).

Opinion of the Board

The Board of Directors was of the opinion that the result of business

operation of the Company should be reported to the shareholders

meeting for acknowledgement.

Required Vote

This agenda item is for informational purposes only. The resolution

is not required for this Agenda Item.

Agenda Item 2

To consider and approve the Statements of Financial Position

and the Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Fiscal Year

ended 31st December 2023 of the Company

Background Information

The Statements of

Financial

Position and

the Statements

of Comprehensive Income of the Company for the fiscal year ended

31st December 2023, which have been audited by the auditor,

are summarized as follows:

Total Assets

Baht

565,861

Million

Total Liabilities

Baht

260,699

Million

Total Revenues

Baht

14,681

Million

Net Profit

Baht

3,999

Million

Details of which is as appeared in the copy of the Financial Statements under Part 3 "Financial Statements" of the Annual Report 2023 (Form 56-1 One Report) which is distributed to the shareholders with this Invitation (Enclosure No. 3).

Opinion of the Board

The Board of Directors concurred with the Audit Committee's

recommendation and was of the opinion that the Statements of

Financial Position and the Statements of Comprehensive Income,

which were the report on the financial activities occurred in the fiscal

year ended 31st December 2023, and had been audited by the auditor,

should be proposed to the shareholders meeting for approval.

Required Vote

This matter requires affirmative resolution of a majority vote of

the total number of votes of shareholders attending and casting votes

at the meeting.

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Agenda Item 3

To consider and approve the appropriation of net profit for

the Year 2023 as a legal reserve required by law and omission of

dividend payment for the Year 2023

Background Information

The dividend payment policy of the Company is to pay no less than 50%

of its net profit based on the separate financial statements of the Company

(after deduction of legal reserve), depending on its financial position

and future business plans.

In the Year 2023, considering separate financial statements of

the Company, the Company had net profit from its operations and

did not have any accumulated loss, thus, the Company has a legal

obligation to appropriate not less than five percent of its annual net

profit as a legal reserve. In this connection, the Risk, Cybersecurity

and Finance Committee proposed recommendation to the Board of

Directors to propose the shareholders meeting for consideration and

approval of the appropriation from the 2023 net profit of the Company

as a legal reserve according to the law, totaling Baht 199,953,958.57,

which is equal to 5 percent of the 2023 net profit. Furthermore,

the Board of Directors also recommended to propose the shareholders

meeting for consideration and approval of the omission of dividend

payment for the Year 2023 since the consolidated financial

statements of the Company still has deficit and the Company needs

to reserve cash for future business operation.

Opinion of the Board

The Board of Directors concurred with the Risk, Cybersecurity and

Finance Committee's recommendation and was of the opinion that

the appropriation of net profit for the Year 2023 as a legal reserve

required by law at

the amount of Baht 199,953,958.57; and

the omission of dividend payment for the Year 2023 should be proposed

to the shareholders' meeting for approval, details as above-mentioned.

Required Vote

This matter requires affirmative resolution of a majority vote of

the total number of votes of shareholders attending and casting votes

at the meeting.

Agenda Item 4

To consider the election of directors to replace the directors

who retire by rotation

Background Information

The law and the Articles of Association of the Company require

an election of directors to replace the directors who retire by rotation.

The directors who will retire by rotation at the 2024 AGM are as follows:

1)

Mrs. Kamonwan

Wipulakorn 2) Mr. Vichaow

Rakphongphairoj

3)

Dr. Gao

Tongqing 4) Ms. Ruza

Sabanovic.

To comply with the Good Corporate Governance Principles, the Company provides opportunities for shareholders to nominate person(s) to be director(s) by announcing the criteria of such proposal on the Company's website from 1st October 2023 to 31st December 2023. For the 2024 AGM, there is no nominated person(s) be proposed by the shareholders to the Company.

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Opinion of the Board

The

Board of

Directors has

considered and concurred with

the Nomination and Remuneration Committee's recommendation

and opined that the above-mentioned retiring directors Nos. (1) - (4)

should be proposed to the Shareholders' meeting for re-election

as directors of the Company for another term. The Board of Directors

opined that the retiring directors Nos. (1) - (4) have undergone

the nomination procedure prescribed by the Company and were qualified

in accordance with the relevant regulations and suitable for the business

of the Company. In addition, they also had extensive knowledge and

experience which are consistent with the Company's business

strategies. With regard to the Independent Director (which is the retiring

director No. (1) above), the Board of Directors opined that she is

qualified in accordance with the regulations relevant to independent

director and corporate governance practices of the Company as well as

could express opinion independently. Therefore, the Board of

Directors was of the opinion that the following retiring 4 directors

should be proposed to the Shareholders' meeting for re-election

as directors of the Company for another term. The summary of

name list are as follows:

1)

Mrs. Kamonwan

Wipulakorn

Independent Director

2)

Mr. Vichaow

Rakphongphairoj

Director

3)

Dr. Gao

Tongqing

Director

4)

Ms. Ruza

Sabanovic

Director

To facilitate the decision making of the shareholders, summarized

qualifications of each candidate and definition of Independent Director are

provided to the shareholders along with this Invitation (Enclosure No. 4).

Required Vote

This matter requires affirmative resolution of a majority vote with

the following rules and procedures:

(1)

One shareholder shall have one vote for each share;

(2)

Each shareholder shall exercise all the votes he/she has under (1)

to appoint one or several person(s) to be director(s), provided that

he/she cannot divide his/her votes to any person to any extent;

(3) Persons receiving the most votes are those who are elected to be

directors, in descending order, to the number of directors

who are to be elected. If there is a tie in the last to be elected

and this exceeds the said number of directors, the presiding

chairman shall have an additional casting vote.

To follow the Good Corporate Governance Principles, the Company

provides opportunities for shareholders to vote on individual nominee

by

proposing

the shareholders

meeting

to cast the vote on

an individual basis.

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Agenda Item 5

To consider and approve the directors' remuneration

Background InformationThe directors' remuneration of the Company is only one type, which is on a fixed monthly basis and categorized by positions. There are no other forms of directors' remuneration. In this regard, the proposed directors' remuneration for the year 2024 is only one type of remuneration for directors, which is on a fixed monthly basis, categorized by positions, and at the same rate as approved by the 2023 AGM. The detail of the directors' remuneration is as follows:

"Directors receive remuneration on a monthly basis

Chairperson

Baht

300,000 per month

Vice Chairperson

Baht

150,000 per month

Director

Baht

100,000 per month

(Independent or not Independent)

Independent Director, who is also

a member of one or more Committees

Baht

200,000 per month

Independent Director, who is also

a Chairperson of one or more Committees

Baht

300,000 per month

In this connection, any director being the Company's employee shall not be

entitled to receive the director's remuneration. The foregoing resolutions

shall remain in effect until otherwise resolved by another shareholders meeting."

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee

has reviewed

the appropriateness of the above Directors' remuneration structure

and rate, taking into account the same industry and the size of industry,

experience, obligations and responsibilities of Directors and recommended

to the Board of Directors' meeting that the directors' remuneration

for the year 2024 at the same rate as the previous year, which is

consistent with the resolution previously approved at the Annual

General Meeting of Shareholders for the year 2023 should be

proposed to the Shareholders meeting for approval.

In this regard, the Company has disclosed the information relating to

the payment of directors' remuneration under Part 2, Topic 8.1.2

"Attendance and Remuneration of the Director" of the Annual

Report 2023 (Form 56-1 One Report)

which

is

distributed to

the shareholders along with this Invitation (Enclosure No. 3).

Opinion of the Board

The Company does not propose any change of directors' remuneration;

therefore the resolution is not required according to the Law.

However, in accordance with Good Corporate Governance Principle,

the Board of Directors concurred with the Nomination and Remuneration

Committee's recommendation and was of the opinion that the aforesaid

remuneration of directors, which is the same rate as approved by

the 2023 AGM, should be proposed to the shareholders meeting for approval.

Required Vote

This matter requires affirmative resolution of not less than two-thirds

of the total number of votes of shareholders attending the meeting.

In this regard, any director who is also a shareholder of the Company

has no right to vote.

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Agenda Item 6

To consider the appointment of the Company's Auditors and

determination of the Audit Fee for the Year 2024

Background Information

In order to comply with the Laws and the Articles of Association

of the Company, the appointment of the auditor and the determination

of the audit fee for the Year 2024 shall be approved. In this regard,

the auditors of PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Limited have been

performing auditing functions for the Company since 2023. The auditor

requests the auditing fee of Baht 6 million for the Year 2024 (which

is lower than the Year 2023). In this regard, PricewaterhouseCoopers

ABAS Limited and its proposed auditors have no relationship or

interests with the Company, subsidiaries, management, major shareholders

including their related persons, which would affect the independence

of their performing. Details of the auditors are attached herewith

(Enclosure No. 5) for shareholders' consideration. In addition,

details of the audit fee for the Year 2023 of the Company and

its subsidiaries, which were categorized into audit fee and other

service fee, were disclosed on Part 2, Topic 7.6.3 "Remuneration for

Audit Firm" of the 2023 Annual Report (Form 56-1 One Report)

(Enclosure No. 3).

The Auditors of all subsidiaries and the Company are the same audit firm.

Opinion of the Board

Due to the Audit Committee's consideration and opinion, it is deemed

appropriate to propose to the Board of Directors for consideration

and submission to the shareholders' meeting for appointment of

Mr. Pisit Thangtanagul, Certified Public Accountant (Thailand)

No. 4095, Mr. Paiboon Tunkoon, Certified Public Accountant (Thailand)

No. 4298, and Ms. Nuntika Limviriyalers, Certified Public Accountant

(Thailand) No. 7358 of PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Limited as

the Company's auditors for the Year 2024, whereby any one of them

being authorized to conduct the audit and express an opinion on

the financial statements of the Company. In the absence of

the above-named auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Limited

is authorized to appoint other Certified Public Accountants of

PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Limited to carry out the work.

The audit fee for the Year 2024 should be fixed in total of Baht 6 million.

Furthermore, if there are additional auditing works beyond the regular

annual audits, the Audit Committee proposes to the Board of Directors

to request authorization at the shareholders' meeting to authorize

the Board of Directors to determine the remuneration for additional

auditing work on a case-by-case basis.

The Board of Directors concurred with the Audit Committee's

recommendation and was of the opinion that Mr. Pisit Thangtanagul,

Certified Public Accountant (Thailand) No. 4095, Mr. Paiboon

Tunkoon, Certified Public Accountant (Thailand) No. 4298, and

Ms. Nuntika Limviriyalers, Certified Public Accountant (Thailand)

No. 7358 of PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Limited should be proposed

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Required Vote

After completion of considering all matters set forth in the agenda

to the shareholders meeting for appointment as the Company's auditors for the Year 2024, whereby any one of them being authorized to conduct the audit and express an opinion on the financial statements of the Company. In the absence of the above-named auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Limited is authorized to appoint other Certified Public Accountants of PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Limited to carry out the work. The audit fee for the Year 2024 should be fixed in total of Baht 6 million. In this connection, the Board of Directors requests the shareholders meeting to authorize the Board of Directors to have power to determine the remuneration for additional auditing work on case-by-case basis, should there be additional work.

This matter requires affirmative resolution of a majority vote of the total number of votes of shareholders attending and casting votes at the meeting.

Question and answer session for the shareholders

To follow the Good Corporate Governance Principle, the Company shall not consider other matters other than the agenda specified in the Invitation. Instead, the Company will provide opportunities to the shareholders to raise their questions regardless of whether they are related to the agenda of the meeting.

The date on which the recorded shareholders are entitled to attend the 2024 AGM (Record Date) is set for 8th March 2024.

Shareholders are provided with the singular option between participating the 2024 AGM either through electronic media (E-Meeting/Online) or attending the meeting in person (onsite), enabling them to choose the option that best suits their convenience.

If the Shareholders wish to attend the meeting through the electronic means (E-Meeting/Online) by yourself or appoint a person to attend and vote on your behalf, please study the Manual for registration and meeting through the application IR PLUS AGM (Enclosure No. 2). In order to prepare the readiness in advance of attending the Meeting, the Company will activate the E-Meeting system to allow the Shareholders or their proxies to verify their identity as from 19th March 2024, at 8:00 a.m. until 5th April 2024, at 12:00 p.m. The Shareholders or their proxies can log-in IR PLUS AGM Application to attend the Meeting on 5th April 2024 as from 12:00 p.m. onwards.

For the Shareholders who wish to attend the meeting in person (onsite) at True Tower, the registration will begin at 12.00 hour. Please bring your identification card, or government official identification card, or driving license to verify your right to attend the meeting. If you wish to appoint a person to attend and vote at the meeting on your behalf, please complete and duly execute the enclosed proxy. The duly completed and executed proxy, affixed with the stamp duty, must be deposited with the Company's officer at the registration counter prior to attending the meeting provided that the proxy holder shall bring the documents of identification to verify his right to attend the meeting, as per the details appeared in Enclosure No. 2.

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Furthermore, in case of the Shareholders may not attend the Meeting and wish to appoint the Company's Independent Directors to vote on your behalf, please complete and duly execute the proxy to assign Prof. Dr. Kittipong Kittayarak or Mrs. Pratana Mongkolkul as a proxy holder as the instruction specified in Enclosure No. 1.We would appreciate your kind cooperation to have your proxy and required documents delivered to us by 4th April 2024 at 5:00 p.m.

In case of you have any questions about the meeting, or any inquiries concerning of E-meeting registration or Log-in, please contact Call Center via Tel: 0-2022-6200 ext. 2 or 626 on Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., during 19th March - 5th April 2024.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Rangsinee Sujaritsunchai

Company Secretary

As assigned by the resolution of the Board of Directors

Remark:

Should you have any questions regarding the Agenda of the meeting or any other information related to the Company, you may send questions to the Company in advance of the meeting date via the following channels:

  • email : ir_office@truecorp.co.th
    (Your kind cooperation to send question 5 days prior to the meeting date would be most appreciated)
  • registered post to

"Investor Relations Department,

True Corporation Public Company Limited,

19th Floor, True Tower, No. 18 Ratchadapisek Road,

Huai Khwang Sub-District, Huai Khwang District, Bangkok 10310"

(Your kind cooperation to send question 7 days prior to the meeting date would be most appreciated) Kindly provide your name, address, Email and telephone number for the Company to contact you.

True Corporation Public Company Limited is dedicated to ensuring the protection of shareholders' personal data. To fulfill this commitment, the Company provides a Privacy Policy outlining guidelines for the collection, usage, and disclosure of personal data, as well as identifying relevant processing purposes in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) ("PDPA"), and current laws and practices. This Privacy Policy is available through our True Privacy Notice at website: www.truecorp.co.th, select "Privacy Policy" or via QR code.

The Company will strictly utilize and retain all personal data only for AGM-related activities as necessary. If shareholders designate a proxy holder to attend the meeting on their behalf, the Company kindly ask you to inform the proxy holder about our Privacy Policy to ensure compliance.

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