Additional Dividend Payment for year 2009

25 มีนาคม 2553
No. Esso/SET/002/53 March 25, 2010 Subject: Additional Dividend Payment for year 2009 To: President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand Dear Sir, Esso (Thailand) Public Company Limited would like to notify the Stock Exchange of Thailand that the Board of Directors' Meeting No. 2/2010 held on March 25, 2010 approved the significant matters as follows: 1. The following matters are approved for submission to the shareholders for approval at the 2010 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders: (1) The allocation for reserve under Section 116 of the Public Limited Company Act B.E. 2535 in the amount of Baht 205,013,549; and (2) Payment of an additional dividend of Baht 0.25 per share for year 2009 to all eligible shareholders whose names appear in the register of shareholders on the Record Date and the dividend payment date be May 26, 2010. Note: The individual shareholders will not be able to claim a tax credit under Section 47 bis of the Revenue Code with respect to this dividend because the net profit from which this dividend is paid has been completely offset by a net loss carried forward from prior accounting periods not exceeding 5 years for corporate income tax purposes. 2. The Record Date for ascertaining entitlement to an additional dividend is May 7, 2010 and the share register book closing for collecting the name of shareholders pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act, Section 225 is May 10, 2010. Please be informed accordingly. Yours truly, Esso (Thailand) Public Company Limited ............................................................ (Mr. Robert Michael Cooper)