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News Releases 2004

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December

• DBS Customers Donated Over S$1.8 Million To Tidal Waves Asia Fund In Less Than Three Days (31 December)
• DBS Donates S$200,000 To Help Asia's Tsunami Victims (28 December)
• Media Statement on DBS' net exposure to China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd (3 December)
• Clarification on China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd (1 December)
• DBS is First Foreign Bank to Open an Office in Dongguan (1 December)

November

• SGX Agrees To DBS Request For ATC Extension On Behalf Of Investing Public (23 November)

October

• Media Statement on Internal Investigation into Safe Deposit Box Incident and Progress with Customers (29 October)
• DBS Third Quarter 2004 Earnings Up 24% to $362 Million (29 October)

September

• DBS Bank successfully closes US$750 million subordinated note issue (24 September)
• DBS Bank to issue subordinated notes (22 September)
• DBS launches new Internet banking platform to serve more online customers at faster speed (15 September)
• DBS to manage Singapore's first loan securitisation pilot programme for SMEs (8 September)

August

• DBS to set up US$500 million debt issuance programme for Pan Asia Paper (29 August)

July

• DBS Second-Quarter 2004 Earnings Rise To $847 Million (30 July)
• DBS' Thai JV launches innovative "Life's OK" credit plan for consumers (29 July)

June

• DBS TD Waterhouse is now DBS Vickers Securities Online (30 June)
• DBS launches Pan-Asian Bond Index (18 June)

May

• DBS launches new card for women (13 May)

April

• DBS Appoints Wong Ngit Liong and Goh Geok Ling to its Board of Directors (30 April)
• DBS Reports Record Quarterly Earnings with Growth in All Key Business Segments (30 April)
• DBS Suspends First-Come, First-Served ATM IPO Share Application (27 April)
• DBS Thai Danu Bank first quarter net profit up 230% to Baht 325 Milllion (19 April)
• DBS' New Home Loan and Auto Loan Cash Rebate Offer High Interest Savings (16 April)
• DBS to divest stake in Wing Lung Bank (6 April)
• DBS and AirAsia Launch New Credit Card (5 April)

March

• DBS, DBS Thai Danu Bank, Thai Military Bank and Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand agree to merge TMB, DTDB and IFCT (8 March)

February

• DBS Full Year 2003 Net Profit Down 7% to $1.03 Billion; Fourth Quarter net Profit Up 2% At $292 Million (20 February)
• Chowiz and POSB launch innovative e-Savings plan (18 February)

January

• DBS refines first-come, first-served ATM share application (28 January)
• DBS, DBS Thai Danu, Thai Military Bank Agree To Merge TMB & DTDB (28 January)
• DBS, Thai Military Bank, DBS Thai Danu Agree To Merge TMB And DTDB (28 January)
• Clarification on Press Reports (20 January)
• DBS And Bank Mandiri Lead US$215 Mln Syndicated Loan To Indonesia's Mitra Global (20 January)
• DBS Thai Danu 2003 Operating Profit Rises 13.1% To Baht 1.245 Billion (15 January)