PPC: Dividend Payment in Cash

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

Name of the listed firm:   Pha Lai Thermal Joint-stock Company

Short name:   PLPC

Stock symbol:   PPC

Stock type:  Common stock

Par value:  VND 10,000

Ex-right date:  October 28, 2008

Record date:  October 30, 2008

Dividend pay-out ratio:    3%/ par value (VND300/ share)

Payment date:  November 20, 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 Pha Lai Thermal Joint-stock Company, Pha Lai Town, Chi Linh District, Hai Duong Province.

Vietnam Securities Depository _ HCMC Branch will temporarily suspend the depository activities for PPC on October 29, 30 & 31, 2008.

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