the third quarter of 2019 was 3.1%, increased from 2.5% comparing with the same period of last year. The main reasons for the increase in profit from continuing operations were mainly due to an

0.17 -12.8% Share of income from investment in associate 0.52 0.42 0.10 23.8% Corporate Income tax expenses -6.58 -14.11 7.53 -53.4% Net profit for the period 27.71 56.90 -29.19 -51.3% Profit Sharing for

sales 6.1% 7.5% (1.4%) 5.7% 7.1% (1.4%) Administrative expense per net sales 10.5% 12.5% (2.0%) 8.6% 9.8% (1.2%) Net profit margin 4.4% 3.1% 1.3% 6.7% 5.8% 0.9% Earnings per share (Bath/Share) 0.05 0.03

main drivers namely export and tourism sectors potentially slowing down partly from the continue trade tensions between the US and China. Meanwhile, consumption could potentially be limited by the

of Chinese tourist arrivals totaled 9.7 million, still exhibiting a growth of 7.9% from last year. The Thai economic growth for 2019 is expected to decelerate, with the main drivers namely export and

WPS”) to Eastern Printing Public Company Limited (the “Purchaser”) at price of Baht 9.6450 per share, amounting to the total of Baht 407.50 million. After the disposal of the Shares of WPS, WPS will

) on 3 April 2018, following the performance of the company and its subsidiaries the dividend payment has been approved for the year 2017 at Baht 1.25 per share amounting to Baht 1,872,876,000 or 59% of

proven resilient in the past and we expect this to continue into the rest of 2019. The main lime consuming sectors of the industry were not immune to the disruption: the sugar cane harvest was down after a

% Finance cost 35.09 41.36 6.27 17.87% Income tax expenses 37.04 42.24 5.20 14.04% Net profit 139.02 150.12 11.10 7.98% Net profit ratio (ROS) 19.92% 17.25% Earnings per share (Baht) 0.26 0.28 0.02 6.92

tax expenses -5.80 -4.89 0.91 19% Net income for period 24.74 23.17 1.57 7% Earnings per share (THB) 0.08 0.08 0.00 0% FY 2018 FY 2017 YoY change YoY % change Unit: Million Thai Baht (THB) Sales and