Record Date for First Dividend Payment in Cash for 2008

The Hanoi Securities Trading Center announces the record date for dividend payment in cash for the first time in 2008 by PetroVietnam Insurance Joint Stock Corporation.

• Stock code: PVI
• Par value: VND10,000
• Stock type: Common stock
• Record date: November 25, 2008
• Ex-date:
  • For T+3 transactions: November 21, 2008
  • For T+2 transactions: November 24, 2008
    Note: Note applied to T+1 transactions on November 21 and 24, 2008
• Purpose: Pay dividend in cash for the first time in 2008
  • Payout ratio: 7% (VND700 per share)
  • Expected payment date: December 12, 2008
• Place to receive dividend:
  • Shareholders whose shares have been deposited: At the securities firms where shares have been deposited
  • Shareholders whose shares have not been deposited: At the company
    • Head office: 20 Ngo Quyen Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
      Tel: 042789898; Fax: 042788989
    • PetroVietnam Securities
      Address: 7th floor No 1-5, Le Duan Street, Ben Thanh ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh city
      Tel: 089111818
      Fax: 089111919

The Vietnam Securities Depository will temporarily suspend the custody for PVI shares on November 24, 25 and 26, 2008.

(From hsx.vn; translated by FPTS)