SET RESUMES TRADING OF BANPU, EGCOMP AND RATCH

Stock Exchange of Thailand Resumes Trading of BANPU, EGCOMP and RATCH The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) had ordered the trading suspend on the securities of the following listed companies effective from the first trading of 5 January, 2004 because Electricity Generation Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and BANPU have paticipated in the negotiation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which involves among other things the discussion of the purchase and sale of EGCOMP and RATCH. This may affect the trading of their securities. 1. BANPU PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (BANPU) 2. ELECTRICITY GENERATING PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (EGCOMP) 3. RATCHABURI ELECTRICITY GENERATING HOLDING PUBLIC CO.,LTD. (RATCH) Now, those companies have completely disclosed a Memorandum of Understanding of the relevant material information, which has been broadly disseminated through the SET's disclosure systems. Thus, the SET permitted resumption of trading of those companies from January 6, 2004 onwards.