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 Song Da 19 Joint Stock Company.

• Stock code: SJM
• 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: 10% (VND1,000 per share)
• Expected payment date: December 25, 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

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

(From hastc.org.vn; translated by FPTS)