Wednesday, March 26, 2008

PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk Declares Final Dividend For 2007

- And Makes Several Key Appointments At Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

Jakarta, March 26, 2008 (ANTARA) - Shareholders of PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk ("PT Inco" or the "Company") represented at its Annual General Meeting today approved a dividend of US$0.02264 per share consisting of a final dividend for 2007 in the amount of US$0.0025 per share and an extraordinary dividend of US$0.02014 per share. The decision to pay an extraordinary dividend of US$0.02014 per share was made in light of the Company's strong performance in 2007.

The final dividend of US$0.02264 per share is payable on May 7, 2008 to shareholders of record as of April 21, 2008. Indonesian shareholders will be paid the Rupiah equivalent of the U.S. dollar amount, based on the Bank of Indonesia middle rate of exchange on April 21, 2008. Foreign shareholders will be paid in U.S. dollars.

An interim dividend for 2007 of US$0.09787 per share was previously paid in December 2007, bringing the aggregate dividend for 2007 to US$0.12051 per share. This compares with an aggregate dividend of US$0.0525 per share in 2006. Per share figures noted here reflect the 10-for-1 stock split effective on January 15, 2008.

Shareholders also appointed Murilo Ferreira as President Commissioner, Rumengan Musu as Vice President Commissioner and Achmad Amiruddin, Takeshi Kubota, Jennifer Maki, Roberto Moretzsohn, Marco Pires, Rozik B. Soetjipto, Naoyuki Tsuchida and Subarto Zaini as Commissioners for the term ending at the Company's Annual General Meeting in 2010. They also reappointed Arif Siregar as President Director, Michael Winship as Vice President Director and Claudio Bastos as Director. As well, Nurman Djumiril was appointed as a new member to the board of Directors. The terms of each of the Directors will expire at the Company's Annual General Meeting in 2010.

The firm of Kantor Akuntan Publik Haryanto Sahari & Rekan (the member firm of Pricewaterhouse Coopers International in Indonesia) was reappointed as the Company's auditor for the year ending December 31, 2008.

For further information, please contact:
Indra Ginting, Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Secretary gintiin@inco.com
Claudio Bastos, Vice President and CFO cbastos@inco.com
or www.pt-inco.co.id

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