Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited ("Mermaid") refers to its previous announcement on SGXNET dated 29 November 2012 titled "Proposed Final Dividend for the Financial Year ended 30 September 2012 and Notice of Book Closure Date".

Mermaid is pleased to announce that the proposed Final Dividend was approved by the shareholders at Mermaid's Annual General Meeting No. 01/2013 held today, 28 January 2013.

The following dates apply to the Final Dividend as follows:

Ex-Dividend Date: 29 January 2013
Book Closure Date: 31 January 2013 (5:00 p.m., Singapore Time)
Exchange Rate Fixing Date: 5 February 2013
Payment Date: 22 February 2013

Please be informed accordingly.

Vincent Siaw
Company Secretary