Temporary Halt on the Trading of MACO securities

30 Mar 2004
ACC.008/47 30 March 2004 President The Stock Exchange of Thailand 62 Rachadapisek Road, Klongtoey Bangkok 10110 Subject : Temporary Halt on the Trading of MACO security. Master AD PLC (MACO or the Company) has scheduled to have the Annual General Meeting (AGM) NO.1/2004 on Tuesday 30 March 2004. The agenda 4 is to consider the profit allocation for legal reserve and the dividend payment. The Board of Director 's resolutions on this matter are proposed in the AGM with following details; 1. In case there is a dividend payment, the dividend will be 0.20 Baht per share with total amount of 25 million baht. The payment schedule will be within 1 month after the AGM. 2. In case that shareholders decline to receive dividend, the Company Will invest the money for business expansion according to the Board of Director's resolution. Since the above matter might affect on the decision making of MACO's Securities, therefore the Company would like to request the SET for temporary trading halt of MACO's securities effective from the afternoon session of 30 March 2004 until this matter is finalized Please be kindly informed accordingly. Yours Sincerely , Master Ad PLC. (Noppadon Tansalarak) President & CEO (Phiched Maneerattanaporn) Director