(For consistency, the abbreviations used hereafter throughout this Announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the announcements dated 6 January 2011, 12 January 2011, 5 May 2011, 10 May 2011 and 11 May 2011 unless otherwise stated.)

We refer to the announcements dated 6 January 2011, 12 January 2011, 5 May 2011, 10 May 2011 and 11 May 2011 in relation to the above.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Maybank, Maybank Investment Bank Berhad wishes to announce that the offer documents in respect of the mandatory unconditional cash offer to acquire all the ordinary shares in the capital of Kim Eng other than those already owned by Mayban IB Holdings, its related corporations and their respective nominees and the Thai Tender Offer for all the issued shares in Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) Public Company Limited (“KEST”) have been despatched today to the shareholders of Kim Eng and KEST respectively. 

The directors of the Offeror and Maybank (including any who may have delegated detailed supervision of this Announcement) have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the facts stated and all opinions expressed in this Announcement are fair and accurate and that no material facts have been omitted from this Announcement, and they jointly and severally accept responsibility accordingly. Where any information has been extracted or reproduced from published or otherwise publicly available sources (including, without limitation, in relation to Kim Eng), the sole responsibility of the directors of the Offeror and Maybank has been to ensure through reasonable enquiries that such information has been accurately and correctly extracted from such sources or, as the case may be, reflected or reproduced in this Announcement.

This Announcement is dated 23 May 2011.