In 2005, KASIKORNBANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (KBANK) has assigned Thai Rating and Information Services Co., Ltd. (TRIS), an independent corporate governance rating agency approved by the Security and Exchange Commission under the Corporate Governance Rating Program for listed companies, to review the Bank Corporate Governance Rating for the third consecutive year. TRIS has completed the review and corporate governance evaluation based on criteria consisting of shareholders’ rights, composition and roles of the Board of Directors and the Management Committee, disclosure of information, and corporate governance culture.  On September 14, 2005, TRIS has announced that KBANK received Corporate Governance Rating at 8.89 from scale of 10 or “Very Good” level.