AAS APPROVED TO ISSUE AND REGISTER 120 MILLION SHARES FOR PUBLIC OFFERING

On June 7th, SmartInvest Securities Joint Stock Company (stock code AAS – UPCOM) received the certificate of registration for public offering of shares from the State Securities Commission. Accordingly, if the issuance is successful, AAS will increase its charter capital from VND 800 billion to VND 2,000 billion by issuing 40 million shares to pay dividends and publicly offering 80 million shares at a par value of VND 10,000. Ms. Ngo Thi Thuy Linh – Chairwoman of AAS Board of Directors (center left) SmartInvest Securities primarily operates in the fields of securities investment consulting, corporate financial consulting, securities brokerage, securities depository, proprietary trading, and securities underwriting. In 2022, AAS achieved operating revenue of VND 1,122.72 billion, reaching 102% of the plan, and pre-tax profit reached 100% of the plan with VND 398.961 billion. AAS is investing in developing a new core securities software system applying advanced technologies, and promoting the individual customer segment with the goal of being among the top 10 securities companies with the largest brokerage market share on both exchanges. In the past year, AAS also continuously received prestigious domestic and international awards such as the Fast Enterprise Award, and the Leading Brand Vietnam 2022 award honored by the Vietnam Union of Science and Enterprise Development and the Asia Economic Research Institute. Also in 2022, AAS participated in the IR Awards selection council, contributing ideas to build a set of IR evaluation criteria and honoring businesses with the best IR activities in Vietnam. See details: here.