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Directors - Boustead Holdings Berhad

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Chairman’s Statement<br />

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE<br />

The Plantation and Trading Divisions took centre stage in terms of<br />

delivering improved profitability while the Finance & Investment,<br />

Property and Manufacturing & Services Divisions recorded satisfactory<br />

results.<br />

Profit after tax was RM351 million which signified an increase of 52%<br />

when compared with the RM230 million achieved in 2005. Our increase<br />

in post tax profit is derived from the disposal of plantation assets,<br />

further augmented by the low tax rate of 9%.<br />

Profit attributable to shareholders was RM210 million compared with<br />

RM191 million last year while earnings per share ended at 35 sen (2005:<br />

32 sen) and net assets per share was RM3.22 (2005: RM2.91).<br />

Shareholders’ funds stood at RM1.9 billion for the year ended<br />

December 31, 2006 as compared with RM1.7 billion a year ago.<br />

RM Million<br />

60<br />

45<br />

30<br />

15<br />

0<br />

54<br />

33<br />

Plantation<br />

48<br />

55<br />

Property<br />

2006 2005<br />

9<br />

52<br />

Finance & Inv<br />

39<br />

Operating profit contributed by Division<br />

20<br />

Trading<br />

6<br />

10<br />

Mnfg & Services

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