Dividend consideration Subject : Cash dividend payment Date of Board resolution : 16-Aug-2013 Type of dividend payment : Cash dividend payment Record date for the right to receive : 02-Sep-2013 dividends Book closing date for collecting : 03-Sep-2013 shareholders names under Section 225 of the Securities and Exchange Act Ex-dividend date : 29-Aug-2013 Payment for : Common shareholders Cash dividend payment (baht per share) : 1.62 Derived from profit under non-BOI : 1.05 privilege (baht per share) Derived from profit under BOI privilege : 0.57 (baht per share) Par value (baht) : 10.00 Payment date : 12-Sep-2013 Paid from : Retained Earnings Remark : (Translation) Ref No: 01-673/2013 August 16, 2013 Subject: Interim Dividend Payment To: President, The Stock Exchange of Thailand PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (PTTGC) ("the Company") is pleased to inform that the Company's Board of Directors at the meeting No. 8/2013 held on August 16, 2013 has approved a resolution for the payment of interim dividend for the first 6 months period of 2013 (January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013) to the Company's shareholders at the rate of Baht 1.62 per share, amounting to approximately Baht 7,304 million or 45% of the net profit for the first 6 months period of 2013, which will be paid from the unappropriated retained earnings with details as follows: (1) Dividend payment of Baht 0.35 per share. The payment was derived from the retained earnings which was subject to corporate income tax of 23% whereby individual shareholders are entitled to claim tax credit equaling the product of dividend times 23/77. (2) Dividend payment of Baht 0.70 per share. The payment was derived from the retained earnings which was subject to corporate income tax of 20% whereby individual shareholders are entitled to claim tax credit equaling the product of dividend times 20/80. (3) Dividend payment of Baht 0.57 per share. The payment was derived from tax exemption profit portion according to Board of Investment (BOI) privilege so there is no tax credit for this portion for individual. Thus, the Record Date for the right to receive the dividend will be on September 2, 2013 and the share registration book closing date for gathering the Shareholders' names will be on September 3, 2013. The dividend shall be paid on September 12, 2013. Please be informed accordingly. Sincerely yours, (Mr. Anon Sirisaengtaksin) Chief Executive Officer Corporate Finance and Investor Relations Tel. +66 (0) 2 265 8421, +66(0) 2 265 8327, +66 (0) 2 140 8714 ______________________________________________________________________ This announcement was prepared and disseminated by listed company or issuer through the electronic system which is provided for the purpose of dissemination of the information and related documents of listed company or issuer to the Stock Exchange of Thailand only. The Stock Exchange of Thailand has no responsibility for the correctness and completeness of any statements, figures, reports or opinions contained in this announcement, and has no liability for any losses and damages in any cases. In case you have any inquiries or clarification regarding this announcement, please directly contact listed company or issuer who made this announcement.