ALT: Dividend Payment in Cash (Stage 1-2008)

HOSE announces the record date for the first dividend payment for 2008 of the following company:

Name of the listed firm:   ALTA Company

Stock symbol:   ALT

Stock type:    Common stock

Par value:      VND 10,000

Ex-right date:  October 27, 2008

Record date:   October 29, 2008

Dividend pay-out ratio:    8%/ par value (VND800/ share)

Payment date:    November 25, 2008

Place & procedure of payment:

-Shareholders whose shares have been deposited: at the securities firms where the shares have been deposited.

-Shareholders whose shares have not been deposited: at ALTA Company, Lot II-3, Group II, Street 11 & Street 8, Tan Binh Industrial Park, Tay Thanh Ward, Tan Phu District, Hochiminh.

Vietnam Securities Depository _ HCMC Branch will temporarily suspend the depository activities for ALT on October 28, 29 & 30, 2008.

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