SEMBCORP MARINE LTD: NOTICE OF BOOK CLOSURE DATE FOR DIVIDEND

NOTICE OF BOOK CLOSURE DATE FOR DIVIDEND
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Name of Announcer *	SEMBCORP MARINE LTD
Company Registration No.	196300098Z
Announcement submitted on behalf of	SEMBCORP MARINE LTD
Announcement is submitted with respect to *	SEMBCORP MARINE LTD
Announcement is submitted by *	Tan Yah Sze
Designation *	Company Secretary
Date & Time of Broacast	08-Aug-2008 17:32:57
Announcement No.	00080
Price Sensitivity	No

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Corporate Action details (e.g. Rights ratio, dividend ratio, tax rate, etc) *	Interim dividend one-tier tax exempt of 5.00 cents per ordinary share for the financial year ending 31 December 2008.
Record Date *	19/08/2008
Record Time *	17:00
Date Paid	01/09/2008
Footnotes	Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Book and Register of Member of the Company will be closed from 20 August 2008 to 21 August 2008, both dates inclusive, for the preparation of dividend warrants. Duly completed transfers received by the Registrar, KCK Corpserve Pte Ltd, 333 North Bridge Road, #08-00, KH Kea Building, Singapore 188721, up to 5 p.m. on 19 August 2008 will be registered before entitlements to dividend are determined. In respect of ordinary shares in securities accounts with The Central Depository (Pte) Ltd ("CDP"), the interim dividend will be paid by the Company to CDP which will in turn distribute the dividend entitlements to shareholders.