15 พฤษภาคม 2544
OPERATING RESULTS
May 14, 2001
To: President
Stock Exchange of Thailand
Re: Submission of financial statements for the 1st quarter of 2001 and
explanation on the difference over 20 per cent from the same period
last year.
Enclosures: Financial statements for the 1st quarter of 2001
We are sending you herewith the enclosed financial statement of the
Company and the consolidated statement of the group for the 1st quarter of 2001
ended 31st March, 2001 which were reviewed by both the Auditor and our
Audit Committee.
The operating result of the group for this 1st quarter of 2001 is a profit
of Baht500 million, higher than the profit of the same period last year by
forty-eight percent. The increase of our profitability is the direct result of the
increase over 28% of our sales revenues over the same period of last year.
The additional revenues came from an increase in volume of business, from
the increase of our air-time rates during the evening slots which was effective
since last October and from the BEC-Tero's revenues from movie and shows.
As the increase of our revenues was much higher than the inflation of costs and
expenses, which were mostly fixed in nature, thus the profit of the group improved
a lot.
Please be informed accordingly.
Sincerely Yours,
(Chatchai Thiamtong)
Vice President - Finance