THAI BEVERAGE PUBLIC CO LTD: NOTICE OF A DIRECTOR'S (INCLUDING A DIRECTOR WHO IS A SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER) INTEREST AND CHANGE IN INTEREST

Notice of Interest/Change in Interest
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Name of Announcer *	THAI BEVERAGE PUBLIC CO LTD
Company Registration No.	0107546000342
Announcement submitted on behalf of	THAI BEVERAGE PUBLIC CO LTD
Announcement is submitted with respect to *	THAI BEVERAGE PUBLIC CO LTD
Announcement is submitted by *	Vaewmanee Soponpinij
Designation *	Company Secretary
Date & Time of Broacast	10-Oct-2008 18:30:26
Announcement No.	00159
Price Sensitivity	Yes

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>> Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer *	10/10/2008
2. Name of Director *	Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
3. Please tick one or more appropriate box(es): *
- Notice of a Director's (including a director who is a substantial shareholder) Interest and Change in Interest. [Please complete Part II and IV]

>> Part II
1. Date of change of Deemed Interest	09/10/2008
2. Name of Registered Holder	Maxtop Management Corp.
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest	Open Market Purchase
# Please specify details	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 9/10/2008 Maxtop purchased 10,500,000 THBEV shares from open market, resulting Mr. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi's deemed interest in THBEV increasing to 38.83%.
4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder
No. of Shares held before the change	9,739,355,000
As a percentage of issued share capital	38.79 %
No. of Shares which are subject of this notice	10,500,000
As a percentage of issued share capital	0.0418 %
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received	0.2224
No. of Shares held after the change	9,749,855,000
As a percentage of issued share capital

>> Part III
1. Date of change of [Select Option]
2. The change in the percentage level	From % to %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest	[Select Option]
# Please specify details
4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions

>> Part IV
1. Holdings of Director, including direct and deemed interest:
	Direct	Deemed
No. of shares held before the change	3,156,500,000	9,739,355,000
As a percentage of issued share capital	12.57 %	38.79 %
No. of shares held after the change	3,156,500,000	9,749,855,000
As a percentage of issued share capital	12.57 %	38.83 %