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 Pan Pacific Corporation.

• Stock code: PAN
• Par value: VND10,000
• Stock type: Common stock
• Record date: November 26, 2008
• Ex-date:
• For T+3 transactions: November 24, 2008
• For T+2 transactions: November 25, 2008
  Note: Note applied to T+1 transactions on November 24 and 25, 2008
• Purpose: Pay dividend in cash for the first time in 2008
• Payout ratio: 15% (VND1,500 per share)
• Expected payment date: December 29, 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 PAN shares on November 25, 26 and 27, 2008.

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