PRESS RELEASE - Public Mutual declares distributions for 3 funds

Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual, declares distributions for
three of its funds. The total gross distributions declared for the financial year ending
31 December 2010 are as follows:

Funds Gross Distribution / Unit
Public Savings Fund   -   9.00 sen per unit

Public Focus Select Fund   -   2.00 sen per unit

Public Islamic Enhanced Bond Fund   -   3.00 sen per unit

Public Mutual’s Chief Executive Officer Ms. Yeoh Kim Hong is pleased that all the
above funds have delivered respectable returns to its investors. She said, “Public
Savings Fund and Public Focus Select Fund have recorded one-year double-digit
returns of 17.94% and 25.77% respectively for the period ended 3 December 2010
(Source: Lipper, 13 December 2010).

Both funds are open for EPF Members Investment Scheme.”  

Launched in 1981, Public Savings Fund is the company’s maiden fund. The fund aims
to achieve long-term capital appreciation and at the same time produce a reasonable
level of income. Public Focus Select Fund, which was launched in 2004, aims to
achieve capital growth through investments in medium-sized companies in terms of
market capitalisation from diversified economic sectors.

Meanwhile, Public Islamic Enhanced Bond Fund which was launched in 2006,
recorded a one-year return of 4.88% for the same period. As a Shariah-compliant
bond fund, it seeks to provide a combination of annual income and modest capital
growth primarily through a portfolio allocation across Islamic debt securities and
equities that comply with Shariah requirements.

All the above funds are distributed by Public Mutual unit trust consultants.

Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largest private unit trust company with 84 funds under
management. It has over 2,380,000 account holders and as at 30 November 2010, the
total net asset value of the funds managed by the company was RM40.2 billion.