Thailand: Bangkok Bank approves dividend payment be paid at the rate of Baht 4.00 per ordinary share.

Section: Press Release - Bangkok Bank approved that the dividend payment for the operating results of the year 2009 be paid at the rate of Baht 4.00 per ordinary share and resolved to convene the 17th annual ordinary meeting of shareholders on April 12, 2010.

Reference is made to the meeting of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (the "Bank") No. 3/2553 held on February 25, 2010, at which the Board had adopted the following resolutions. Approved that the dividend payment for the operating results of the year 2009 be paid at the rate of Baht 4.00 per ordinary share, totaling Baht 7,635,371,576.00, a part of which had been paid as interim …