28 กุมภาพันธ์ 2543
OPERATING RESULTS 1999
(Translation)
011/2000
Date: February 25, 2000
Re: Reasons for over 20% change in company's operations
To: President
The Stock Exchange of Thailand
As shown in the twelve months Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company
has a net profit after tax amounting to Baht 51 million representing a significant
increase of 150% over the Net Profit after Tax of Baht 20 million achieved for the
same period prior year.
We should also highlight that the prior year's profit of Baht 20 million also
included an exchange gain of over Baht 47 million, while no exchange gain was
reported for this year.
The two major reasons for such an improvement are:
1) A significant decrease in our Selling and Administrative Expenses and, more
particularly, our Period/Fixed Expenses, which declined by over Baht 85 million or
1.8% of Total Revenues. Our total Selling and Administrative Expenses were
reduced by over Baht 159 million.
2) A large reduction in borrowings/loans of Baht 534 million combined with a
lower average interest rate from 12.5-13.5% down to 9.5-10.5% significantly
improved our interest payment, which were reduced by over Baht 157 million vs
prior year.
Yours sincerely,