PRTASCO - NOTICE OF BOOK CLOSURE

## para LISTING'S CIRCULAR NO. L/Q : 24461 OF 2004 ## para Final dividend of 3.6 sen net per share. ## para Kindly be advised of the following : ## para 1) The above Company's securities will be traded and quoted [ "Ex - Dividend" ] ## para as from : [ 25 June 2004 ] ## para 2) The last date of lodgement : [ 29 June 2004 ] ## para 3) Date Payable : [ 12 July 2004 ]