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Public Mutual declares distributions for 8 funds

Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual declares distributions for eight of its funds. The gross distributions declared are for financial year / period ended 30 November 2007:

Public Ittikal Fund - Gross distribution of 10.00 sen per unit
Public Dividend Select Fund - Gross distribution of 3.75 sen per unit
Public Islamic Equity Fund - Gross distribution of 5.00 sen per unit
Public Far-East Select Fund - Gross distribution of 4.00 sen per unit
Public Regional Sector Fund - Gross distribution of 3.50 sen per unit
Public Far-East Dividend Fund - Gross distribution of 2.00 sen per unit
Public Balanced Fund - Gross distribution of 10.00 sen per unit
Public Islamic Balanced Fund - Gross distribution of 2.25 sen per unit
Public Mutual’s Chairman Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow said Public Ittikal Fund, Public Dividend Select Fund and Public Islamic Equity Fund have generated a one-year return of 37.43%, 36.63% and 40.04% respectively for the period ended 16 November 2007, according to The Edge-Lipper Fund Table dated 26 November 2007.

As for Public Far-East Select Fund and Public Regional Sector Fund, both funds have generated a one-year return of 43.19% and 35.42% respectively for the period ended 16 November 2007. Both funds have outperformed their benchmarks of 33.10% and 29.53% respectively for the same period.

Public Far-East Dividend Fund which was launched in November 2006, has generated a six-month return of 11.69% for the period ended 16 November 2007.

Public Balanced Fund, on the other hand has also outperformed its benchmark of 21.11%, with a one-year return of 31.71% for the same period. Meanwhile, Public Islamic Balanced Fund has registered a one-year return of 23.46% for the period ended 16 November 2007.

Public Mutual is the largest private unit trust company in Malaysia and it currently manages 54 funds for more than 1,350,000 accountholders. As at 31 October 2007, the total net asset value of the funds managed by the company was RM26.7 billion.