BST: Notice of record date for Dividend Payment

HaSTC notices the record date for Dividend Payment as follows:

- Name of the issuer: Binh Thuan Book and Equipment JSC

- Stock code: BST

- Par value: VND 10,000

- Stock type: common stock

- Record date: 14/01/2009

- Ex-date:

+ For T+3 transactions: 12/01/2009

+ For T+2 transactions: 13/01/2009

(Note: For T+1 transactions, buyers still enjoy the rights for transactions on 12/01/2009 and 13/01/2009)

- Reasons: dividend payment in cash for 2008

- Exercise rate:.12% (shareholders receive VND 1,200 for every share they own)

- Expected exercise date: 12/02/2009

+ For deposited shares: securities companies where shares of shareholders have been deposited.

+ For undeposited shares: Administrative Division, Binh Thuan Book and Equipment JSC from 12/02/2008 on working days.

Securities certificate and Identification Card (original copy) are required. In case of authorization, a proxy with certified seal of the local authority is further requested in addtion to the mentioned above.

Vietnam Securities Depository suspends the depository of BST on  13/01, 14/01 and 15/01/2009.

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