SET Resumes Trading of BCP

Stock Exchange of Thailand Resumes Trading of BCP The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) had ordered the trading halt of Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited (BCP) because BCP had requested that the SET temporarily halt trading in its securities effective from 2.30 p.m. of December 16, 2003. Due to the cabinet had arranged the meeting to consider the additional solution in BCP's financial restructuring, which may affect the trading of BCP's securities. Now, BCP has completely clarified or disclosed the relevant material information, which has been broadly disseminated through the SET's disclosure systems. Thus, the SET permitted resumption of trading of BCP from 10.00 a.m of December 17, 2003 onwards.