The official text of Ministerial Regulation No. 5 B.E. 2569<\/a>, published on 28 August 2026<\/strong>, adds two securities services and six further service categories to the exemptions and revises the derivatives provision. The eight additions are securities-purchase lending; reverse repurchase transactions; qualifying Type 1 telecommunications; treasury centres; qualifying intra-group administration, HR and IT; qualifying intra-group domestic debt guarantees; employee-service machine space rental; and petroleum drilling under a direct qualifying contract. Derivatives changes are a separate revision to an existing provision. The conditions matter: an exemption from the Foreign Business Act licence requirement does not remove a sector licence or authorise an unrelated activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For intra-group administration, HR and IT and domestic guarantees, check the relationship tests in clauses 3(15) and 3(16). These cover a majority overlap in shareholders or partners by number, a shareholder or partner holding at least 25% in each entity, or one entity holding at least 25% in the other (50% in both of those tests for domestic guarantees under clause 3(16)), or a majority overlap in authorised director<\/a>s or managing partners. A shared brand or informal group relationship is insufficient. Hotels, restaurants and tour businesses do not appear among these eight additions. Foreign ownership definitions and the prohibition on nominee arrangements remain applicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n