BJC CLARIFIES INVESTMENT IN MANUFACTURING COMPANY Berli Jucker Plc (BJI) reported to the Stock Exchange of Thailand(SET) that the company is negotiating to purchase shares in a manufacturing company. Details are as follows: 1.The manufacturing company is a domestic, unlisted company. 2.The amount of shares to be purchased is more than 50 per cent of its paid-up registered capital. 3.The results of the negotiation are expected to be concluded within the next three months. 4.Given the size of the transaction, it is unnecessary to ask for approval at a shareholders' meeting. However the negotiations have not yet been concluded. When they are completed, the company will immediately report to the SET. BJC would like to clarify that the company has not known the reasons for the current surge in the trading volume of the company's shares.