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Bangkok Bank to Pay Dividend 'as Soon as Possible'.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)

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Byline: Darana Chudasri

Jan. 9--Bangkok Bank expects to pay a dividend for 2004, after clearing its current accumulated losses and redeeming its 46 billion baht in outstanding capital securities later this year.

"We may be able to pay a dividend for this year. ... We would like to do so as soon as possible," said bank chairman Chatri Sophonpanich. "But once we pay a dividend, we must have the confidence that we would be able to do so steadily into the future."

Unappropriated retained losses for Bangkok Bank stood at 103 billion baht at the end of September. The country's largest bank reported net profits of 8.19 billion baht for the first nine ...

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