The Company is in a Closed Period pending the announcement of its results for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2012.

This is to notify that the Company has received notification from the following director of Protasco Berhad (“PB” or “Company”) that he intends to deal in the securities of PB during the current closed period pending the announcement by the Company of its results for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2012:-

The current shareholdings of the director concerned is as follows: -

Name of Director(s)	Direct Shareholding		Indirect Shareholding
	No. of Shares held	%	No. of Shares held	%
Dato' Chong Ket Pen	45,190,142	15.23	837,000	0.28

This announcement is dated 30 January 2013.