Financial Planning

Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual declares the final distributions for eight of its funds.

The total gross distributions declared for the financial year / period ended 31 May 2008 are as follows:

* declared and paid in December 2007.

Six of these funds have declared interim gross distributions in December 2007 ranging from 3.50 sen to 10 sen per unit. Among the eight funds declaring final dividends, Public Ittikal Fund and Public Balanced Fund declared a final gross distribution of 5 sen each, which in addition to the 10 sen already paid in December 2007, amounts to a total gross distribution of 15 sen respectively for the year ended 31 May 2008.

Public Islamic Equity Fund, Public Far-East Select Fund, Public Regional Sector Fund and Public Dividend Select Fund declared final gross distributions of 1.50 sen each, which in addition to the interim gross distributions of 5 sen, 4 sen, 3.50 sen and 3.75 sen respectively, amounts to total gross distributions of 6.50 sen, 5.50 sen, 5.00 sen and 5.25 sen respectively for the year ended 31 May 2008.

Public Mutual’s Chairman Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow said that among the regional funds, Public Far-East Select Fund, Public Regional Sector Fund and PB ASEAN Dividend Fund have generated a one-year return of 18.92%, 15.20% and 15.34% respectively for the period ended 16 May 2008. These funds have outperformed their respective benchmarks which registered gains of 6.04%, 9.57% and 3.50% respectively for the same period.

Public Mutual is the largest private unit trust company in Malaysia, and it manages 62 funds for more than 1,800,000 accountholders. As at 30 April 2008, the total NAV of the funds managed by the company was RM27.8 billion.