FAQ

1. What does FORTH do?
Forth Corporation Public Company Limited (FORTH) was established in 1989 with registered capital amounting to Baht 1 million. The company purposed to manufacture Private Branch Exchange (PBX) under the trademark of FORTH including Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) and electronic equipment manufacturer. Then, the company expanded into related-business and had been listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 2006.
Nowadays, the company has 4 business units which are
1) EMS Business (Electronics Manufacturing Service business) Manufacture and distribution of electronic equipment under trademark of “FORTH” and under the customer brand
2) Telecommunication business Manufacture, distribution and installation telecommunication equipment as well as integration telecommunication solutions
3) Related technology business Manufacture, distribution and installation technological equipment such as LED lighting, traffic light system, closed-circuit television (CCTV), enterprise resource planning (ERP), digital electric meter, global positioning system (GPS) etc.
4) Retail business Service provider for mobile top-up and online payments via “automatic payment machine” under the trademark of “Boonterm”
2. How are the revenue and profit of FSMART and Forth Vending Company Limited recognized by FORTH

The company consolidates FSMART’s and Forth Vending Company Limited financial statements into FORTH’s consolidated financial statements by recognizing FSMART’s and Forth Vending Company Limited revenue and profit and deducted from connected transaction (if there are purchase of goods and service or intercompany service.)

3. What is FORTH’s dividend policy?
FORTH’s dividend policy is not less than 40% of the net profit after corporate income tax, accumulated loss brought forward (if any) and appropriation of statutory reserve in accordance with the Company’s separate financial statements. However, the Board of Directors may set the rate of dividend less than the one mentioned above depending on the operating results, financial situation, liquidity and the necessity to expand the operation as well as the reserve on circulating capital of the operating of the organization. A subsidiary’s dividend policy is not less than 20% of the net profit after corporate income tax in accordance with the subsidiary’s financial statement depending on the investment plan and the expanding of the business of the subsidiaries well as other necessity and propriety.