SP SIGN POSTED AGAINST BANPU , EGCOMP ,RATCH

Stock Exchange of Thailand Changes Trading Halt of BANPU, EGCOMP and RATCH to Suspension The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) temporarily ordered the halt of BANPU Pcl. (BANPU), ELECTRICITY GENERATING Pcl.(EGCOMP) and RATCHABURI ELECTRICITY GENERATING HOLDING Pcl.(RATCH). since the morning trading session of February 24, 2004 pending receipt of the significant information. However,the SET has not yet received the information in question from the firms. Therefore, the SET has temporarily halted trading of these Companies' securities,effective from afternoon trading session of February 24,2004 until these Companies have clarified or disclosed this material information to the SET.