SET Announcements
11 December 2013
Signing of the Manufacturing Joint Venture - Heads of Agreement with PT Pertamina
(Translation)
Ref. No. 01-1059/2013
December 11, 2013
Subject: Signing of the Manufacturing Joint Venture - Heads of
Agreement with PT Pertamina
To: President, The Stock Exchange of Thailand
PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited ("PTTGC") would like to inform that
on December 10, 2013, the Company had signed the Manufacturing Joint Venture -
Heads of Agreement ("MJV-HOA") with PT Pertamina (Persero) ("Pertamina"), the
Indonesia National Oil Company, for the joint investment of a world scale
Petrochemical Complex in Indonesia which is expected to start commercial
operation in 2018. The joint investment will include a world scale cracker and
downstream products complex, with no investment in the refinery complex. The
preliminary investment cost is estimated to be around USD 5 billion. This
collaboration advancement comes after the completion of the extensive project
preliminary feasibility study - a part of the partnership HOA signed earlier
since April 2013.
This MJV - HOA is aimed to further materialize the agreed joint venture
principles and investment scope, as well as enable both parties to finalize the
project details by early 2014 prior to conducting the detail bankable
feasibility study and Front End Engineering Design (FEED), which shall focus on
a further detailed assessment of greater value enhancement through various
synergies and integration at the selected location to assure the complex
economics and competitiveness.
Moreover, Pertamina and PTTGC have reached the project definition understanding,
including a common goal and objective, a competitive investment model and
appropriate site specification, as well as each party's strength to be leveraged
for building Joint Venture's competitiveness. This will move forward for final
investment decision, anticipated in 2015.
This collaboration fits well with PTTGC's growth aspiration (1- step
adjacencies) to strengthen our core business as well as strengthening our
footprints in Southeast Asia. Moreover, this investment aims to capture mainly
the domestic market share that we see as potentially growing rapidly in
Indonesia in the years to come.
Pertamina would be the major shareholders, holding 51%, and PTTGC would be
holding 49% in the Joint Venture. However, based on the HoA signed, the Joint
Venture structure allowed PTTGC to seek for a potential third party to join the
investment if the third party could enhance higher benefit to the project while
Pertamina would remain a major shareholder.
In addition, Pertamina and PTTGC will also enter into a marketing and trading
joint venture to initially conduct both Pertamina's and PTTGC's polymer products
marketing and distribution throughout Indonesia in the near future.
Please be informed accordingly.
Sincerely yours,
(Bowon Vongsinudom)
President & Chief Executive Officer
Corporate Finance and Investor Relations
Tel. +66 (0) 2 265 8421, +66(0) 2 265 8574, +66 (0) 2 140 8712-14
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