Subject: Payment of Interim Dividend

To: The President Stock Exchange of Thailand

The Directors of Univanich Palm Oil Public Company Limited, at Board meeting No. 3/2006 held on August 11, 2006, announced a net profit of Baht 197.3 million for the first six months of 2006, and approved an interim dividend payment of Baht 1.25 per share on 94,000,000 shares.

The closing date of the Company’s register for the right to receive this dividend payment shall be on Wednesday August 25, 2006, at 12.00 hours, and payment shall be completed by Friday September 8, 2006.

The Company would like to confirm that the above interim dividend will be paid without deduction of withholding tax since it is entirely derived from BOI promoted and tax exempted operations.

Yours faithfully,
Univanich Palm Oil PCL.

  John Clendon
Managing Director