Pursuant to Circular No. 96/2020/TT-BTC dated 16/11/2020 of the Ministry of Finance guiding the disclosure of information on the stock market, Pinetree would like to announce the disclosure obligations of investors who are insiders and related persons of insiders when making transactions for related securities codes, As follows:

1. Insiders and related persons of insiders must disclose information and reports before and after transactions to the State Securities Commission, Stock Exchange (for listed shares, transaction registration, listed public fund certificates), public companies, securities investment fund management companies when (i) the expected transaction value of the day is VND 50 million or more up; or (ii) the expected transaction value in each month is VND 200 million or more in par value (for shares, convertible bonds, fund certificates) or at the latest issue price (for secured warrants) or transfer value (for stock purchase rights,  right to purchase convertible bonds, right to purchase fund certificates), including in cases of transfer not through the trading system at the Stock Exchange (such as transactions for or to be given, gifted or gifted, inheritance, transfer or receipt of securities transfers and other cases),  As follows:

• At least 03 working days before the expected date of transaction, Insiders and related persons of insiders must announce information on the expected transaction according to the form specified in Appendix XIII or Appendix XIV issued together with Circular No. 96/2020/TT-BTC.

• The time limit for making transactions must not exceed 30 days from the date of registration for transaction execution. Insiders and related persons of insiders must execute according to the time, volume and value announced by the Stock Exchange and may only make the first transaction on the trading day immediately following the date of publication from the Stock Exchange.

• In case of making purchase transactions in the issuance of shares, fund certificates or public offer transactions, the subjects subject to disclosure of information are exempt from the obligations specified at Point b and comply with the law on offering and issuing activities,  public offer to buy.

• Insiders and related persons of insiders may not simultaneously register, purchase and sell shares, stock purchase rights, convertible bonds, convertible bond purchase rights, fund certificates, rights to purchase fund certificates or secured warrants in the same registration or transaction and may only be registered,  execute the next trade when the end of the previous trading period has been reported; except in the case of fund management companies, branches of foreign fund management companies in Vietnam, NLQ, registering, buying and selling securities for ETFs or investments as designated by trust clients, but must ensure that each trust client is not simultaneously registered,  Buy and sell transactions in the same subscription batch.

• Within 05 working days from the date of completion of the transaction (in case the transaction ends before the registration deadline) or the end of the expected transaction period, the Insiders and related persons of insiders must announce information about the transaction results and explain the reasons for the failure to perform the transaction or fail to fulfill the registration volume (if any) according to the form specified in Appendix XV or Appendix XVI issued together with Circular No. 96/2020/TT-BTC.

2. This provision on disclosure obligations does not apply to the case where Pinetree sells shares of customers who are Insiders and related persons of insiders.

3. In case after registering a transaction, the investor is no longer an Insiders and related persons of insiders, the investor must still report and disclose information according to regulations.

The above content is for reference and may change from time to time depending on current laws and/or requirements and instructions of competent State agencies. Please comply with the provisions of Circular No. 96/2020 / TT-BTC, documents amended, supplemented and replaced from time to time and consult the legal advice of the competent consultant (if necessary) in case you plan to make transactions.

According to Official Letter No. 5876/UBCK-VP dated 25/08/2023 of the State Securities Commission, securities companies are obliged to warn and control transactions of investors who are Insiders and related persons of insiders when placing orders with a value higher than the reportable level, if you are Insiders and related persons of insiders in such a case, please see specific trading instructions here.