No. Esso/SET/004/52 March 23, 2009 Subject: Announcement on passage of Board Resolution regarding no additional dividend for year 2008 and appointment of Company's external auditors and their remuneration To: President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand Dear Sir, Esso (Thailand) Public Company Limited ("Company") would like to notify the Stock Exchange of Thailand that at the Board of Directors' Meeting No. 2/2009 held on March 23, 2009 the following significant matters were resolved: 1. As a dividend payment of Baht 0.50 (fifty satangs) was already paid in September 2008, and as the Company made a net loss for the full year 2008, a recommendation not to pay an additional dividend for year 2008 was approved for submission to the 2009 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for approval by the shareholders. 2. The appointment of Mr. Prasan Chuaphanich C.P.A. (Thailand) No. 3051, Ms. Unakorn Phruithithada C.P.A. (Thailand) No. 3257, and Ms. Nattaporn Phan-Udom C.P.A. (Thailand) No. 3430; all of PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Ltd, as the Company's auditors and to authorize any of them to conduct the appropriate audits and to render the relevant opinions in the financial statements, at a fixed remuneration of Baht 4,300,000 was approved for submission to the 2009 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for approval by the shareholders. Please be informed accordingly. Yours truly, Esso (Thailand) Public Company Limited ....................................................................... (Mr. Daniel E. Lyons)