Bangkok--22 Apr--SEAMICO Today, Seamico Securities Public Company Limited or “ZMICO” holds a press conference to launch its new image along with the new brand concept “Values Beyond Money” — which focuses on innovative investments to offer higher returns to customers. The new corporate logo uses a blue-orange color scheme to highlight the company’s uniqueness in investment management. This year, Seamico Securities aims to achieve a market share of 5% and open three more branches, starting with the opening of its Sriworajak Building branch early this year. Mr. Chaipatr Srivisarvacha, Executive Chairman and CEO, Seamico Securities Plc., said “We are pleased to present the new corporate image and management of Seamico Securities, with the brand concept “Values Beyond Money”. We will focus on doing two things: First, we will foster our position as a professional financial service company, and second, we will provide creative investment choices and excellent services to our customers. The brand concept “Values Beyond Money” represents the best and most valuable investment choices offered to our customers, so that they will receive extra benefits aside from financial gains. Our major strategy is to initiate a creativity-focused corporate culture and work process both at the managerial and operational levels. Our stock and investment analysis will be conducted from a 360-degree perspective, thus allowing us to offer distinct and innovative investment plans that truly serve customers’ needs. Our customers will find our marketing staffs perfectly reliable, since we constantly train them and upgrade their knowledge in investment and creative investment strategies, and feed them ideas from in depth analysis. Therefore, our marketing staffs will be able to offer excellent services to our customers, and at the same time educating them to further add value to their investments with us.” Seamico also introduces a new corporate logo with a blue-orange color scheme. The blue color represents stability and professionalism in finance, while the orange color signifies creativity, innovation and energy. “Our work plan for 2008 will reflect our focus on innovative ideas and uplift our competency with creativity. For our brokerage business, we will realize our new creativity-focused corporate culture by investing in our human capital, both in marketing and research departments. We will recruit 30 more marketing staffs on top of the 300 we already have. In addition, we aim to expand our retail customer base by opening new Cyber Branch locations to facilitate our customers’ trading option. Moreover, we plan to expand our customer base to include more foreign investors and institutional clients. In 2007, our trading accounts totaled 32,000, up by 10% over the past two years, with our online trading accounts have risen by 38% over the same period. We also plan to provide offshore investment services for retail investors by offering our services through our allies abroad. As for investment banking business, starting from the second quarter of this year, we plan to offer innovative investment products to diversify our sources of income and increase our Fee-Based income. We will expand our services to Fixed Income by becoming the financial advisor and underwriter for fixed income and property funds, as well as to Structured Finance, Derivatives, Asset Management and Wealth Management. Last but not least, we expect a better performance from TFEX. Creativity will be a major feature in all of our undertakings mentioned above, to maximize values that our customers will receive in addition to financial returns,” added Mr. Chaipatr. Seamico Securities aims to achieve 4% — 5% market share and open three more branches in 2008. Currently, Seamico Securities has 12 offices nationwide, including the Sriworajak branch which was open early this year. Seamico Securities is engaged in seven business activities, which are securities brokerage, securities and derivatives trading, investment advisory, securities underwriting, financial advisory, derivatives agent and asset management. Recently, Seamico has appointed Mr. Ekamol Kiriwat as an independent director and chairman of the board of directors. For more information, please contact: ? Ms. Tippawan Wortong (Mo) Mobile: 081 421 2923, E-mail: [email protected] ? Ms. Jensiree Esaparn (Em-em) Mobile: 081 810 5440, E-mail: [email protected]