CLARIFIES FOR LOWER PROFITS
29 May 1997
Loxley Plc. (LOXLEY) reported its reviewed quarterly financial
statements as follows:
(in thousands)
1st Quarter Ending March 31,
1997 1996
LOXLEY
Net profit (loss) 76,589 174,202
EPS (Baht) 1.91 4.36
Comment: Please verify details in financial statements, auditor's report,
and remarks from R-SIMS.
Loxley Plc.(LOXLEY) reported its reviewed quarterly consolidated
financial statements as follows:
(in thousands)
1st Quarter Ending March 31,
1997 1996
LOXLEY and its subsidiaries
Net profit (loss) 51,816 140,148
EPS (Baht) 1.30 3.50
Comment: Please verify details in financial statements, auditor's report,
and remarks from R-SIMS.
The main cause explaining for plunging performance was concerned that
it more highly reserved for interest expenses of CDs valued Bt66.3 million
and for expenses of exchange rate. So, the profits gained within Q1/1997
period dived down very much, eventhough revenue from distributing IBM
computers, for which it was supplier, was made higher.