Bangkok--10 Oct--Asset Plus Asset Plus launch new foreign investment fund named “Asset Plus Asian Special Situations Fund (ASP-ASIAN)”, investing in the Asian equity market ex-Japan through the Fidelity Advisor World—Asian Special Situations Fund. The fund size is 1,700 million baht. ASP-ASIAN will be opened for Initial Public Offering (IPO) during October 15-25, 2007. Ms. Ladawan Chareon-Rajapark, Managing Director of Asset Plus Fund Management Co., Ltd. said that Asset Plus Asian Special Situations Fund (ASP-ASIAN) is the open-ended feeder fund, investing at least 80% of NAV in any accounting period in the unit trust of “Fidelity Advisor World — Asian Special Situations Fund”, which currency base in US dollar and managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR). The fund seeks long-term growth of capital primarily by investing in special-situation stocks, such as stocks of the companies which are potential M&A (Merger and Acquisition) targets, or smaller growth companies in Asia, excluding Japan. For liquidity management, the fund may invest in short term bank deposit or near cash assets, which is issued by foreign financial institution. Ms. Ladawan added that Asset Plus Fund Management has chosen Fidelity Management & Research Company not only for its global reach, experience and high standards but also because it has one of the top Asian Mutual funds called Fidelity Advisor World—Asian Special Situations. The fund has been rated as 5 stars fund by Morningstar’s Micropal rating out of 178 funds in the Equity Asia Pacific ex-Japan Category 6/30/07 — Class A*. From the great expertise and high performance of Fidelity and the potential growth of Asian economic, the company assures that this fund will bring the good performance to all clients. The performance of the Fidelity Advisor World-Asian Special Situations Fund as of August 31, 2007 are as follows; one-year yield was 48.60%, three-year yield was 36.23%, five-year yield was 26.98%, and YTD yield was 21.04% compared with the MSCI All Countries Far East ex Japan in the same period, one-year yield was 48.56%, three-year yield was 32.54%, five-year yield was 25.60%, and YTD yield was 24.64%. For more information please contact Asset Plus call center at 66 (0)2 672-1111. *Source: Fidelity International, as of June 30, 2007 **Source: Fidelity International Contact Public Relations Department: Ms.Mookpim Chulpongstorn Tel. 66(0)2 672-1019 Fax. 66(0)2 286-4481 E-mail: [email protected]