17 พฤษภาคม 2547

Operating Results Quarter 1/2004

May 14th ,2004 Subject : Clarification of Operation Result for the 1st Quarter of the Year 2004 To : Secretary - General The Office of Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand. The Union Mosaic Industry Public Company Limited has submitted the Company's Financial Statement for the 1st quarter of the year 2004 as ended March 31st ,2004, reviewed by certified auditor including an explanation on differences of operation result. The Company reported the net profit of 53.3 million Baht, an increase of 65.8 million Baht from net loss of the previous year of 12.5 million Baht, due mainly to the following matters: 1. The revenues from sales has been increased by 29.6 million Baht or 6 percent of revenues from the same period of the previous year of 489.2 million Baht an increase to 518.9 million Baht. This was a result from the increase of ceramics tile's usage in domestics sales. 2. The interest expense has been decreased by 44.7 million Baht or 83 percent, because the rate of interest paid the same period of the previous year was a penalty rate and the amount of debt for this year has also been decreased. 3. The gross profit margin reported at 24 percent of sales revenues an increase from the previous year of 20 percent. The result was by the effectively decreasing cost of good sold continuously from the development of production efficiency using TQM : Total Quality Control. Please be informed accordingly Your sincerely, (Miss Paweena Laowiwatwong) President