(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, 11 May 2011, 23 May 2011, 20 June 2011, 23 June 2011, 28 June 2011, 5 July 2011, 25 July 2011 and 29 July 2011 unless otherwise stated.)

We refer to the announcements dated 6 January 2011, 12 January 2011, 5 May 2011, 10 May 2011, 11 May 2011, 23 May 2011, 20 June 2011, 23 June 2011, 28 June 2011, 5 July 2011, 25 July 2011 and 29 July 2011 in relation to the above.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Maybank, Maybank Investment Bank Berhad wishes to announce that on 22 September 2011, Mayban IB Holdings and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kim Eng, have respectively submitted Form 246-2 in relation to the completion of the internal restructuring (“Internal Restructuring”) whereby Mayban IB Holdings has transferred all the 159,320,319 Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) Public Company Limited (“KEST”) shares, representing approximately 27.99% of the total paid-up KEST shares (“KEST Stake”) to Kim Eng. Mayban IB Holdings had acquired the KEST Stake pursuant to acceptances of the Thai Tender Offer.

Post completion of the Internal Restructuring, the Mayban IB Holdings group's aggregate shareholding in KEST of approximately 83.74% remains unchanged.

Please refer to the attached announcement by KEST and Forms 246-2 for further details.

This Announcement is dated 22 September 2011.