ANNOUNCES A CONNECTED TRANSACTION

01 September 1998
(Translation) Thanulux Public Company Limited Announces a connected transaction Thanulux Public Company Limited would like to announce that the board of directors meeting 6/2541 held on 28 August 1998 passed resolutions concerning a connected transaction of selling common shares. The details are as follows : 1. The date on which the transaction occurred : 28 August 1998 2. The parties involved : Buyer : Ramasorn Thaveekarn Co., Ltd. is the trading and holding company. Seller : Thanulux Public Company Limited is the garment and leatherware business. 3. The general characteristics of the transaction : Disposal of assets. 4. The details of the assets involved : Common shares. Securities 4.1 The company name : Thai Hamilton Co., Ltd. The nature of business : Garment Registered capital : 200,000 shares par value Baht 100.00 Paid-up capital : Baht 20.0 million Number of securities holding before : 49,999 shares Number of securities disposed of : 11,999 shares Selling price per share : Baht 284.14 (Book value) Proportion of securities holding before : 25% of the registered capital Proportion of securities holding after : 19% of the registered capital 4.2 The company name : Total Way Image Co., Ltd. The nature of business : Leatherware business Registered capital : 200,000 shares par value Baht 100.00 Paid-up capital : Baht 20.0 million Number of securities holding before : 42,000 shares Number of securities disposed of : 4,000 shares Selling price per share : Baht 216.34 (Book value) Proportion of securities holding before : 21% of the registered capital Proportion of securities holding after : 19% of the registered capital 4.3 The company name : Thai Monster Co., Ltd. The nature of business : Garment Registered capital : 200,000 shares par value Baht 100.00 Paid-up capital : Baht 20.0 million Number of securities holding before : 42,000 shares Number of securities disposed of : 4,000 shares Selling price per share : Baht 152.20 (Book value) Proportion of securities holding before : 21% of the registered capital Proportion of securities holding after : 19% of the registered capital 4.4 The company name : Thai Cest Bien Co., Ltd. The nature of business : Fashion Accessory Registered capital : 400,000 shares par value Baht 100.00 Paid-up capital : 350,000 shares par value Baht 100.00 Number of securities holding before : 72,000 shares Number of securities disposed of : 72,000 shares Selling price per share : Baht 0.10/share for 54,000 shares and Baht 0.05/share for 18,000 shares (use the price as agreed due to the book value is lower than par value. Therefore, the agreement is to order purchase in value of duty stamp which is trans ferable the share in accordance to the law.) Proportion of securities holding before : 18% of the registered capital Proportion of securities holding after : - 5. Total the value of assets disposed of : Baht 4,889,855.86 6. The reason for the disposal of the assets : Decrease the proportion of shareholder 7. The details of the connected persons and of related persons : Names Position in the company Mr. Boonsithi Chokwatana - President of Thanulux Public Company Limited - President of Ramasorn Thaveekarn Co., Ltd. - A major shareholder of Ramasorn Thaveekarn Co., Ltd. Mrs. Varindr Leelanuwatana - Deputy managing director of Thanulux Public Company Limited - Deputy managing director of Ramasorn Thaveekarn Co., Ltd. Miss Dusadee Soontrontumrong - Executive director of Thanulux Public Company Limited - Executive director of Ramasorn Thaveekarn Co., Ltd. 8. Item of description : 0.65%