01 August 2011

Notification of interim dividend payment, replacement of Director & approved in principle to invest

Dividend consideration Subject : Cash dividend payment Date of Board resolution : 29-Jul-2011 Type of dividend payment : Cash dividend payment Record date for the right to receive : 15-Aug-2011 dividends Book closing date for collecting : 16-Aug-2011 shareholders names under Section 225 of the Securities and Exchange Act Ex-dividend date : 10-Aug-2011 Payment for : Common shareholders Cash dividend payment (baht per share) : 0.15 Derived from profit under non-BOI : 0.00 privilege (baht per share) Derived from profit under BOI privilege : 0.15 (baht per share) Par value (baht) : 1.00 Payment date : 26-Aug-2011 Paid from : Operating period from 01-Jan-2011 to 30-Jun-2011 ______________________________________________________________________ Change of director/Executive 2. Mr.Jun Aketa replacing Mr. Koichi Wakana as Board of Directors, member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee being effective from 30 July 2011 onwards. ______________________________________________________________________ Approved in principle to invest in CK Power Limited approximately 30% of its ordinary shares. Its main business are holding shares in other companies, as per the following details of recently shareholders and their shareholding percentage : Shareholders Shareholding Percentage (%) 1. CH. Karnchang Public Company Limited 49 2. Bangkok Expressway Public Company Limited 42 3. Bang Pa-in Land Development Co., Ltd. 9 In this regard, the final approval will be subject to the due diligence study, the next Board of Directors meeting as well as the Shareholders meeting. ______________________________________________________________________