Malaysia Building Society Berhad (“MBSB” or “the Company”) would like to announce its Economic Profit and Loss Statement for the period ended 30 June 2015.

ECONOMIC PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 JUNE 2015

Economic profit or loss is an amount earned for a period by a business after deducting the operating expenses and a charge of opportunity cost of capital employed. The economic profit and loss statement set out in Table 1 is disclosed on a voluntary basis.

The assumptions used in computing the economic profit/loss are set out below:

(i) The cost of equity is calculated based on the following formula:
Cost of equity = (Beta x Market Risk Premium) + Risk Free Rate

(ii) The Beta used in the calculation is the 5 years adjusted Bloomberg Rate:
Quarterly Period Beta
4th Quarter 2013=1.41

2nd Quarter 2014=1.40

4th Quarter 2014=1.26

2nd Quarter 2015=0.92

(iii) The risk free rate is the rate of return of a 10-year Malaysian Government Securities at the closing of the reporting period:
Risk Free Rate

At 31 December 2013=3.77%

At 30 June 2014=3.70%

At 31 December 2014=3.92%

At 30 June 2015=3.87%

(iv) The market risk premium is assumed at 4.26%, which represents the market return in excess of the return earned on risk free asset.

This announcement is dated 6 August 2015.