21 August 2002

POSTING OF "H" ON CPN'S SECURITIES

POSTING OF "H" ON CPN'S SECURITIES The SET has posted the "H" (Trading Halt) sign on the securities of Central Pattana Public Company Limited (CPN)after CPN requested as from the first trading session of August 21,2002.This is due to the major shareholders reproposing the offering of their shares and CPN have not received clearly information on this public offering about the offering price and change in shareholder structure As a result SET posts "H" sign to halt the trading of CPN's securities from the first trading session of August 21, 2002 until the company disclose the result of this public offering to the public through the SET.