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the Company and its subsidiaries as follows: Thailand Economic Q3/18 review and outlook Thailand economic in the third quarter of 2018 continued to grow from strong expansion of Thailand’s export sector

from beauty service in Q2/2017 were THB 341 million decreased by 17% compared with the same period last year. Drop in revenues mainly came from economic crisis and high competitive situation with high

17.28 22.57 EBT 18.35 26.01 41.69 46.74 Net Profit 15.09 20.32 34.65 39.32 Total Revenues: For 2Q18, EASON recorded a 6% drop in revenues resulted from the lower export of inks and shrinking of domestic

23.30 36.38 EBT 9.37 29.36 51.06 76.10 Net Profit 7.57 25.11 42.22 64.43 Total Revenues: For 3Q18, EASON recorded a 14% drop in revenues resulted from the lower inks sales as well as diminishing in

economic downturn and the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Net Profit and Net Profit Margin • The Company reported net profit in Q4/2020 and 2020 of THB 17 million and THB 55 million, respectively, decreased

Revenue Analysis Group Sales decreased 8% in 2019 to THB 20,384m from 2018 at THB 22,264m due to market weakness from the downturn in the semiconductor cycle and the US-China trade war. USD sales were 5

prolonged economic impact from new phase of pandemic re- emerging in 2Q21. Price competition and weak consumer spending have led mobile revenue (Bt58,449mn) to drop 2.4% YoY. On contrary, fixed broadband

(72.95) (273) Profit (Loss) before tax (11.56) 76.82 (88.38) (115) Net Profit (Loss) (25.10) 59.77 (84.87) (142) Total Revenues: The company recorded a slightly drop in total revenues of THB (7M) or in

decreased net profit margin of 6.28%, compared to 8.90% of the total revenue from the previous year. This is due to the significant drop in sales as a results of the COVID-19, while expenses increase slightly