2,122,948 1,415,904 707,044 49.9 Impairment loss on loans and debt securities 75,482 1,010,589 (935,107) (92.5) Profit from operating before income tax expenses 2,095,369 1,968,321 127,048 6.5 Income tax

) securities underwriting; (4) investment advisory service; (5) mutual fund management; (6) private fund management; (7) securities borrowing and lending; (8) venture capital management. ““Type B securities

hit merchandise exports, and domestic demand. Private consumption indicators indicated the slower expansion in most sectors. Manufacturing production and private investment contracted. Nevertheless

% in the first quarter of 2023 (%YoY) as a result of a slowdown in private investment and exports as well as a decline in public investment and government spending due to the delay in the new government

expanded, the price of agricultural products remained low, and the level of household debt remains high. Thus, sales in the third quarter did not meet the target. However, the Company continued to undertake

% growth in the previous quarter, as a result of private consumption and public investment showed contraction while export of goods, private investment and government expenditure expansion. In addition, the

fragile economy with signs of global economic slowdown despite a continuous recovery in Thailand’s tourism and the improvement in inflation that helped boost private consumptions and economic activities. In

1 August 17, 2018 Subject: Capital Increase for Offering for Sale to Specific Investors (Private Placement), Connected Transaction, Amendments to Articles of Association/Objectives of the Company and

business. Similarly, private investment sector was slowdown regarding to the concern about uncertain government spending except in the electronics group that moved production base from abroad and the

Baht appreciation, affected to production competitiveness that manufacturers made decision to shift production base or import materials from foreign. Similarly, private investment sector and employment