UOB-KAY HIAN HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Company Registration No. 200004464C)

UOB-KAY HIAN HOLDINGS LIMITED SCRIP DIVIDEND SCHEME - DESPATCH OF NOTICES OF ELECTION

Unless otherwise defined or the context otherwise requires, all terms defined in this announcement shall have the same meanings as in the announcement dated 6 February 2014 in relation to the UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited Scrip Dividend Scheme (the "Announcement").

Further to the Announcement, the Board of Directors of UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited (the "Company") wishes to announce that notices of election ("Notices of Election") have been despatched today to all eligible Shareholders ("Eligible Shareholders") registered as holders of shares in the Register of Members of the Company or the Depository Register, as the case may be, as at Books Closure Date to whom the Scrip Dividend Scheme has been made available.
Eligible Shareholders who wish to elect to participate in the Scrip Dividend Scheme must complete, sign and return their Notices of Election to the Company's Share Registrar, B.A.C.S. Private Limited ("Share Registrar"), or The Central Depository (Pte) Limited ("CDP"), as the case may be, at their respective addresses set out below, by 5.00 p.m. on 27 May 2014.
Notices of Election received after 5.00 p.m. on 27 May 2014 will not be effective. Eligible Shareholders who do not elect to participate in the Scrip Dividend Scheme and Shareholders with registered addresses outside Singapore, and who have not provided registered addresses in Singapore to the Share Registrar or CDP, as the case may be, will receive the First and Final Dividend in cash.

Shareholders who wish to receive the First and Final Dividend in cash need not take any action.

The First and Final Dividend will be paid on or about 19 June 2014.
Eligible Shareholders who have not received their Notices of Election by 19 May 2014 should notify the Share Registrar or CDP, as the case may be, at the following addresses:
B.A.C.S. Private Limited
63 Cantonment Road
Singapore 089758
The Central Depository (Pte) Limited
9 North Buona Vista Drive #01-19/20
The Metropolis
Singapore 138588

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD Wee Ee-chao Managing Director

12 May 2014

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