ST8: Dividend Payment in Cash (Stage 1-08)

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

Name of the listed firm:   Sieu Thanh Joint-Stock Corporation

Short name:      SJC

Stock symbol:   ST8

Stock type:       Common stock

Par value:       VND 10,000

Ex-right date:     October 24, 2008

Record date:      October 28, 2008

Dividend pay-out ratio:    15%/ par value (VND1,500/ share)

Payment date:               November 18, 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 SJC, 254 Tran Hung Dao St., Nguyen Cu Trinh Ward, Dist.1, HCMC.

Vietnam Securities Depository _ HCMC Branch will temporarily suspend the depository activities for ST8 on October 27, 28 & 29, 2008.

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