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Dividend consideration Subject : Cash and stock dividend payment Date of Board resolution : 15-May-2013 Type of dividend payment : Cash and stock dividend payment Record date for the right to receive : 30-May-2013 dividends Book closing date for collecting : 31-May-2013 shareholders names under Section 225 of the Securities and Exchange Act Ex-dividend date : 28-May-2013 Payment for : Common shareholders Ratio of stock dividend payment : 10 : 1 (Existing share : stock dividend) Stock dividend payment rate (baht per : 0.10 share) Stock dividend payment rate calculated from : Par value Cash dividend payment (baht per share) : 1.40 Total dividend payment (baht per share) : 1.50 Par value (baht) : 1.00 Payment date : 17-Jul-2013 Paid from : Operating period from 01-Oct-2012 to 31-Mar-2013 Remark : The Board of Directors has passed resolution approving the allocation the profit from the operating result in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 (during April 1, 2012 - March 31, 2013) to pay dividends to the shareholders in the total amount of not exceeding Baht 809.87 million, or equivalent to 81.48 percent of the net profit after the corporate income tax in the amount of Baht 994.00 million according to the Company's stand-alone financial statements which is in line with the Company's dividend payment policy. The remaining dividend payment in the amount of not less than Baht 450.00 million (the total dividends less the interim dividends already paid in the amount of Baht 359.87 million) or equivalent to the dividends at the rate of Baht 1.50 per share which will be paid in cash dividends and stock dividends, detailed as follows: (a) The Company will pay stock dividends by issuing up to 30,000,000 newly issued ordinary shares, with a par value of Baht 1 per share, to the shareholders at the ratio of every 10 existing shares for 1 stock dividend, in the total amount of not exceeding Baht 30,000,000, or equivalent to the cash dividends at the rate of Baht 0.10 per share. Any fractional shares therefrom will receive cash at the rate of Baht 0.10 per share in lieu of the stock dividends; and (b) The Company will also pay cash dividends at the rate of Baht 1.40 per share or in the total amount of not exceeding Baht 420.00 million. The stock dividends and cash dividends shall be subject to withholding tax at the rate prescribed by law and the Company will withhold the whole amount of the withholding tax in respect thereof from the cash dividends. In this regard, the date for determining the names of shareholders who shall be entitled to such dividend payment (Record Date) will be on May 30, 2013 and the date for gathering the names of shareholders under Section 225 of the Securities and Exchange Act B.E. 2535 (as amended) by closing the share register book and suspending the share transfer will be on May 31, 2013. The dividend payment date will be on July 17, 2013. Moreover, the rights to receive dividend is uncertain as it requires an approval from the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. ______________________________________________________________________ Increasing Capital Subject : Specifying the purpose of utilizing proceeds Date of Board resolution : 15-May-2013 Details of allotment Allocated to : Reserved shares for stock dividend Type of allocated securities : Common shares Number of allotted shares (shares) : 30,000,000 Number of additional common shares : 30,000,000 (shares) Total of additional shares (shares) : 30,000,000 Par value (baht per share) : 1.00 Remark : The Company will pay stock dividends by issuing up to 30,000,000 newly issued ordinary shares, with a par value of Baht 1 per share, to the shareholders at the ratio of every 10 existing shares for 1 stock dividend, in the total amount of not exceeding Baht 30,000,000, or equivalent to the cash dividends at the rate of Baht 0.10 per share. Any fractional shares therefrom will receive cash at the rate of Baht 0.10 per share in lieu of the stock dividends ______________________________________________________________________ Meeting schedule of securities holders Subject : Schedule of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Date of Board resolution : 15-May-2013 Meeting date : 04-Jul-2013 Beginning time of meeting (h:mm) : 14 : 00 Record date for the right to attend the : 30-May-2013 meeting Book closing date for collecting holders : 31-May-2013 names under Section 225 of the Securities and Exchange Act Ex-meeting date : 28-May-2013 Significant agenda item : - Dividend payment - Capital increase Venue of the meeting : Ballroom 1, 8th Floor, Eastin Hotel Makkasan Bangkok ______________________________________________________________________ This announcement was prepared and disseminated by listed company or issuer through the electronic system which is provided for the purpose of dissemination of the information and related documents of listed company or issuer to the Stock Exchange of Thailand only. 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