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| Additional Text | The Company's Board of Directors Meeting which was held on 22 November 2023 approved the book closure date for the share transfer with respect to the entitlement to final dividend payment ("Dividend") on 8 February 2024 ("BCD"). |
| Registration Details | This is to permit investors to trade their shares on a cum-basis until one day after our 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders which is scheduled to be held on 29 January 2024 at 10.00 hrs. (Bangkok Time) in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Registration Details | We would like to clarify that although Thailand Securities Depository Co., Ltd. ("TSD") determines that the rights of shareholders are based on shareholders whose names appear in TSD register on the BCD; |
| Registration Details | however, the Central Depository (Pte) Limited ("CDP") determines that investors rights are based on shareholders whose names appear in CDP register as at 17.00 hrs. (Singapore Time) on 7 February 2024. |
| Registration Details | Accordingly, investors who holds shares through the CDP will only be entitled to receive Dividend through CDP if their names appear in CDP register as at 17.00 hrs. (Singapore Time) on 7 February 2024. |
| Narrative version | Annual dividend 2023 is Baht 0.60 per share. We already paid the interim dividend of 2023 of Baht 0.15 per share in June 2023. Therefore, the balance dividend of 2023 to be paid at this time is Baht 0.45 per share. |
| Taxation Conditions | The dividends payable on 28 February 2024 in respect of shares of ThaiBev are subject to Thai income tax withholding at a rate of 10% where the dividends are paid to either non-Thai resident corporate investors or to non-Thai resident individual investors. |
| Additional Text | The entitled shareholders whose shares are held through CDP will receive their proposed final dividend through CDP in Singapore Dollars (SGD). The conversion from Baht to SGD will be made based on the prevailing exchange rate within two (2) business days after receiving the relevant information from TSD. |
| Additional Text | This replacement announcement is to reflect the "Gross Rate (Per Share)" and "Net Rate (Per Share)" in Singapore Dollars (SGD) and to specify the exchange rate used for the conversion from Baht to SGD |
| Additional Text | The other details in this announcement remain unchanged. |
| Additional Text | The Company has made the necessary arrangement to convert the Dividend from Baht to SGD for entitled shareholders at the rate of Baht 26.6377 per SGD. (the "Issuer Declared Exchange Rate"). |
| Additional Text | Please note that the SGD amounts of the dividend specified in the "Gross Rate (Per Share)" and "Net Rate (Per Share)" fields below have been converted based on the Issuer Declared Exchange Rate and the interim dividend amount received by entitled shareholders may differ due to rounding. |