Clarification of a change in net profit by more than 20%

13 สิงหาคม 2552
- Translation - AIS-CP 072/2009 August 13, 2009 Subject: Submission of reviewed consolidated and company financial statements for the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09) and clarification of a change in net profit by more than 20% To: The President The Stock Exchange of Thailand Enclosure: 1. Reviewed consolidated and company financial statements for 2Q09 in Thai and English 2. Management and Discussion Analysis (MD&A) for 2Q09 3. Reports Review Quarterly Financial Statements (F45-3) Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited ("the Company") would like to submit the reviewed consolidated and company financial statements for 2Q09. In addition, the Company would like to clarify the reasons of a difference in net profit, which decreased by more than 20% from the same period of last year as follows; In 2Q09, consolidated net profit was Baht 4,197 million, decreased from Baht 6,333 million in 2Q08 or 33.7% y-o-y. For 1H09, net profit was Baht 8,765 million, a decrease of 23.5% y-o-y from Baht 11,456 million in 1H08. This resulted from a one-time gain from dispute settlement of Baht 1,217 million after tax between Digital Phone Co., Ltd. ("DPC") and Total Access Communication Plc ("DTAC") that was booked as other income in 2Q08. Excluding this gain and other non-recurring item, net profit in 2Q09 would decline 18.0% y-o-y and in 1H09 would decline 14.5% y-o-y, respectively. Consolidated financial statements for the 3 months period (Baht: million) 2Q09 2Q08 y-o-y Net profit 4,197 6,333 (33.7%) Deduct: Gain on DPC settlement after tax - (1,217) n/a Normalized net profit 4,197 5,116 (18.0%) Consolidated financial statements for the 6 months period (Baht: million) 1H09 1H08 y-o-y Net profit 8,765 11,456 (23.5%) Add: Impairment of goodwill of Advanced Data - 15 n/a Network Communications Co., Ltd. (ADC) Deduct: Gain on DPC settlement after tax - (1,217) n/a Normalized net profit 8,765 10,254 (14.5%) Please be informed accordingly. Yours faithfully, - Signed - Mr. Vikrom Sriprataks Director Advanced Info Service Plc.