Record Date for Dividend Payment in Stock and Cash for 2007

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange announces the record date for dividend payment in stock and cash for the second time in 2007 by Dien Quang Lamp Joint Stock Company (DQ JSC).

• Stock type: Common stock
• Par value: VND10,000
• Record date: October 14, 2008
• Ex-right date: October 10, 2008
• Purpose:
  • Pay dividend in cash for the second time in 2007
    • Payout ratio: 5% (VND500 per share)
    • Payable date: November 12, 2008
  • Pay dividend in stock for the second time in 2007
    • Expected issuing volume: 3.08 million shares
    • Exercise ratio: 20%, or 5:1 (A shareholder who owns 5 outstanding shares will receive 1 new share.
    • The additionally issued shares are rounded down to units. The fractional parts (if any) are bought at VND10,000/fractional parts to keep as treasury stocks.
    • The right to receive stocks is not transferable but stocks paid as dividend are transferable.
    • Date of payment for fractional parts in cash: November 12, 2008.
    • Expected trading date: November 21, 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 – HCM City Branch will temporarily suspend the custody activities for DQC shares on October 13, 14 and 15, 2008.

(From hsx.vn; translated by FPTS)