Oct 24, 2008
Notice Of A Director's (Including A Director Who Is A Substantial Shareholder) Interest And Change In Interest

Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer 24/10/2008
2. Name of Director Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
3. Notice Type Notice of a Director's (including a director who is a substantial shareholder) Interest and Change in Interest.
Part II
1. Date of change of Deemed Interest 22/10/2008
2. Name of Registered Holder Maxtop Management Corp.
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest Open Market Purchase

Mr. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi owns 50% interest in MM Group Limited which owns 100% interest in Maxtop Management Corp. ("Maxtop"), so he has deemed interest in Thai Beverage Public Company Limited ("THBEV") through Maxtop.

On 22/10/2008 Maxtop purchased 3,949,000 THBEV shares from open market, resulting Mr. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi's deemed interest in THBEV increasing to 39.02%.
4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder
 
No. of Shares held before the change 9,793,655,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 39.00 %
No. of Shares which are subject of this notice 3,949,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 0.0157 %
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received 0.2250
No. of Shares held after the change 9,797,604,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 39.0157 %
Part III - Not Required
Part IV
1. Holdings of Director, including direct and deemed interest :
 
  Direct Deemed
No. of shares held before the change 3,156,500,000 9,793,655,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 12.57 % 39.00 %
No. of shares held after the change 3,156,500,000 9,797,604,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 12.57 % 39.02 %