Public Bank Berhad reported audited group and standalone earnings results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. For the quarter, on group basis, the company reported profit attributable to equity holders of MYR 876,987,000 or 25.0 sen basic and diluted earnings per share on operating revenue of MYR 3,321,633,000 compared to profit attributable to equity holders of MYR 846,188,000 or 24.2 sen basic and diluted earnings per share on operating revenue of MYR 2,971,194,000 for the corresponding period of last year. Operating profit was MYR 1,320,565,000 against MYR 1,269,739,000 of previous year period. Net fee and commission income was MYR 271,303,000 against MYR 290,677,000 for the comparable period of last year. For the year ended, profit attributable to equity holders was MYR 3,483,810,000 or 99.5 sen basic and diluted earnings per share on operating revenue of MYR 12,756,360,000 compared to profit attributable to equity holders of MYR 3,048,224,000 or 87.2 sen basic and diluted earnings per share on operating revenue of MYR 11,035,597,000 of previous year. Operating profit was MYR 5,199,886,000 against MYR 4,738,265,000 of previous year. Net fee and commission income was MYR 1,118,909,000 against MYR 1,031,770,000 for the last year. Net cash used in operating activities was MYR 15,655,681,000 against MYR 5,614,854,000 of prior year. Purchase of property and equipment was MYR 199,894,000 against MYR 128,040,000 of prior year. The company reported a 12.8% increase in pre-tax profit to MYR 4.61 billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2011 from MYR 4.086 billion ($1.34 billion) in the previous year. For the quarter, on standalone basis, profit was MYR 837,420,000 or sen basic and diluted earnings per share on operating revenue of MYR 2,488,384,000 compared to profit of MYR 799,243,000 or sen basic and diluted earnings per share on operating revenue of MYR 2,218,250,000 for the comparable period of last year. Operating profit was MYR 1,137,275,000 against MYR 1,085,956,000 of previous year. Net fee and commission income was MYR 117,480,000 against MYR 131,300,000 of previous year period. For the year, on standalone basis, profit was MYR 3,268,756,000 or sen basic and diluted earnings per share on operating revenue of MYR 9,436,092,000 compared to profit of MYR 2,931,561,000 or sen basic and diluted earnings per share on operating revenue of MYR 8,165,635,000 for the last year. Operating profit was MYR 4,367,162,000 against MYR 4,071,875,000 of previous year. Net fee and commission income was MYR 450,004,000 against MYR 411,589,000 of previous year. Net cash used in operating activities was MYR 16,602,712,000 against MYR 4,982,393,000 of prior year. Purchase of property and equipment was MYR 154,241,000 against MYR 75,806,000 of prior year. The company announced a second interim single tier dividend of 28% for the financial year ended December 31, 2011, amounting to MYR 980,595,036 or 28.0 sen per share computed based on the outstanding issued and paid-up share capital excluding treasury shares as at December 31, 2011, has been declared by the directors; Entitlement date: February 17, 2012 and payment date: February 27, 2012.