Public Mutual declares distributions for 11 funds

 Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual, declared distributions for
11 funds totalling more than RM143 million. The gross distributions declared for
the respective funds for the financial year ended 30 June 2010 are as follows:

Fund name and its respective Gross Distribution / Unit
Public Far-East Consumer Themes Fund 3.50 sen per unit
PB Growth Fund 8.00 sen per unit
PB Asia Equity Fund 2.00 sen per unit
PB China ASEAN Equity Fund 3.50 sen per unit
PB Islamic Asia Equity Fund 1.50 sen per unit
PB Balanced Fund 7.00 sen per unit
PB Fixed Income Fund 5.00 sen per unit
PB Islamic Bond Fund 5.00 sen per unit
Public Islamic Money Market Fund 2.00 sen per unit
PB Cash Management Fund 2.00 sen per unit
PB Islamic Cash Management Fund 1.90 sen per unit

Public Mutual Chief Executive Officer Ms. Yeoh Kim Hong said Public Far-East
Consumer Themes Fund has generated a one-year return of 23.58% for the period
ended 18 June 2010 (Source: Lipper, 22 June 2010).  

Meanwhile, PB Growth Fund, PB Asia Equity Fund and PB China ASEAN Equity
Fund have generated one-year returns of 23.43%, 7.47% and 18.34% respectively
for the period ended 18 June 2010. PB Growth Fund, which was launched in 2002,
is an award-winning fund, having received a total of seven awards in its category
from The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Fund Awards and The Star/Standard & Poor’s
Investment Fund Awards Malaysia. Within the same period, PB Islamic Asia Eq-
uity Fund generated a one-year return of 11.56%.

PB Balanced Fund, which was launched in 1998, is also an award-winning fund,
having received a total of 17 awards in its category from The Edge-Lipper Malaysia
Fund Awards, Morningstar Fund Awards (Malaysia) and The Star/Standard &
Poor’s Investment Fund Awards Malaysia. This fund generated a one-year return of
13.67% for the period ended 18 June 2010.