Interim Dividend Payment

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Dividend consideration Subject : Cash dividend payment Date of Board resolution : 13-Jan-2012 Type of dividend payment : Cash dividend payment Record date for the right to receive : 30-Jan-2012 dividends Book closing date for collecting : 31-Jan-2012 shareholders names under Section 225 of the Securities and Exchange Act Ex-dividend date : 26-Jan-2012 Payment for : Common shareholders Cash dividend payment (baht per share) : 0.02393 Par value (baht) : 0.64 Payment date : 10-Feb-2012 Paid from : Operating period from 01-Apr-2011 to 30-Sep-2011 and retained Earnings Remark : The Board of Directors' Meeting No. 1/2012 of BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited (the "Company"), held on January 13, 2012 passed the resolutions to approve the payment of the interim dividend from the Company's retained earnings and net income (on a standalone basis) for the six-month periods ended September 30, 2011 in the total amount not exceeding Baht 1,368,515,413. At present, the Company has 57,188,274,676 issued shares and, therefore, the dividend payment will be at Baht 0.02393 per share (2.393 Satang per share). These dividends are exempted from the computation of the Company's corporate income tax and, therefore, the individual shareholders are not entitled to any dividend tax credits under Section 47 bis of the Revenue Code. In this regard, the Company set the record date, the share register closure date and the interim dividend payment date as follows: (1) The date of determining the names of shareholders who shall be entitled to receive the interim dividend (Record Date) : January 30, 2012 (2) The date to gather the names of shareholders under Section 225 of the Securities and Exchange Act B.E. 2535 (as amended) by closure of the share register book and suspension of share transfer : January 31, 2012 (3) The payment date of the interim dividend : February 10, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________