(Tempatan 43072-A) MALAYSIA SMELTING CORPORATION BHD (Incorporated in Malaysia) The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the unaudited consolidated results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2001. CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT 1 (a) Revenue (b) Investment Income (c) Other income 2 (a) Operating profit/(loss) before finance cost, depreciation and amortisation, exceptional items, income tax, minority interests and extraordinary items (b) Finance Cost (c) Depreciation and amortisation (d) Exceptional items (e) Profit/(loss) before income tax, minority interests and extraordinary items (f) Share of profits and losses of associated companies (g) Profit/(loss) before income tax, minority interests and extraordinary items after share of profit and losses of associated companies (h) Income Tax (i) Profit/(loss) after income tax before (i) deducting minority interests (ii) Minority interests (j) Pre-acquisition profit/(loss), if applicable (k) Net Profit/(loss) from ordinary activities attributable to members of the company (l) (i) Extraordinary items (ii) Minority interests (iii) Extraordinary items attributable to members of the company (m) Net Profit/(loss) attributable to members of the company 3 Earnings per share based on 2(m) above after deducting any provision for preference dividends, if any : (a) Basic (based on 75,000,000 ordinary shares - sen) (b) Fully diluted (based on ordinary shares - sen) 4 (a) Dividend per share (sen) (b) Dividend Description 5 Net tangible assets per share (RM) Note : N/A – not applicable 3rd Quarter 30.09.01 30.09.00 RM'000 RM'000 127,220 129,782 626 731 Year to Date 9 Months 30.09.01 30.09.00 RM'000 RM'000 420,144 435,223 2,134 1,906 10,130 343 757 - 6,242 272 742 - 29,060 1,165 2,202 - 19,529 1,106 2,337 - 9,030 5,228 25,693 16,086 198 298 539 798 9,228 2,751 5,526 1,739 26,232 7,719 16,884 5,148 6,477 - 3,787 - 18,513 - 11,736 - 6,477 - 3,787 - 18,513 - 11,736 - - - - - 6,477 3,787 18,513 11,736 8.6 5.0 24.7 15.6 N/A N/A N/A 8.0 N/A 8.0 As at end of current quarter 2.08 As at preceding financial year 1.89