The Board's resolutions concerning the issuance of CS and DR

1600/010/2547 January 21, 2004 Subject : The Board of Directors' resolution concerning the issuance and offering of BCP ordinary shares and depository receipts of benefits in BCP ordinary shares Attention : President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand The Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited (BCP) would like to inform the Board of Directors' resolutions no. 1/2004, held on January 21, 2004, concerned about the issuance and offering of the Company's ordinary shares and DRs to Siam DR Company Limited (Siam DR) and investors on January 26 - 28, 2004 as follows: 1. Approve the issuance and offering of 231 million ordinary shares to Siam DR on behalf of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) at Baht 13 per share, or approximately Baht 3,000 million, in order to be the underlying securities to the offering of the depository receipts, which will be offer to the investors. 2. Approve the issuance and offering of 400,000 units of convertible bonds to Siam DR on behalf of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) at Baht 10,000 per unit, or Baht 4,000 million, in order to be the underlying securities to the offering of the depository receipts, which will be offer to the investors. 3. Approve the allotment of 280 million ordinary shares to support the exercise of right of the convertible bonds issued and offered. Please be informed accordingly. Sincerely yours, (Watcharapong Saisuk) Assistant Vice President Corporate Planning Office Corporate Planning Office Tel : 0-2335-4583