observed a growth in subsidiary business especially in distress debt management and mobile phone distributor. The details of the Company’s performance are explained as follows: 2016 2017 Change MB % MB % MB
in debt collection which the collection rate has increased by 97.2% at the end of March 2018. The Company expected that its performance in the first quarter of this year would be the lowest of
0.0 0.0% -17.5 -2.3% -17.5 n.a. Gain on Investment 5.0 0.9% 0.0 0.0% -5.0 -100.0% Other income 1.4 0.2% 1.9 0.2% 0.5 40.0% Profit before expenses 329.0 59.5% 472.8 61.8% 143.8 43.7% Management
) (2.15) 5.41 Gross profit (90.36) 167.55 (257.91) (153.93) Selling and administrative expenses (66.82) (151.10) 84.28 (55.78) Other incomes 3.70 30.38 (26.68) (87.82) Profit before interest and expense tax
% Impairment loss of loans and debt securities 5,346 6,533 6,259 (18.2)% (14.6)% 19,200 17,753 8.2% Operating profit before tax 11,353 11,331 10,279 0.2% 10.4% 34,306 30,113 13.9% Income tax expenses 2,224 2,041
Trading securities Available-for-sale securities Held-to-maturity debt securities General investments Million Baht Item September 2017 June 2017 December 2016 Change (%) June 2017 December 2016 NPLs before
202.06 16.49 268.73 9.92 167.14 15.99 262.56 9.64 (66.67) (24.81) Administrative expenses 68.93 5.63 88.77 3.28 68.36 6.54 88.57 3.25 (19.84) (22.35) Profit before financing costs and income tax expense
(0.20) (1.81) Profit before financing costs and income tax expense 33.25 13.97 94.97 21.19 52.70 30.55 105.11 23.10 (61.72) (64.99) Financing cost 5.07 2.13 2.16 0.48 11.91 6.90 7.55 1.66 2.91 134.72
which came from additional investments in investments in associated companies and fixed assets. Net cash from financing activities was Baht 1,496.09 million mainly from increased short-term debt. As a