Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual declares distributions for two of its funds. The total gross distributions declared for the financial year ended 31 August 2009 are as follows:

Fund	Gross Distribution / Unit
Public SmallCap Fund	8.00 sen
PB Islamic Equity Fund	2.00 sen

Public SmallCap Fund which was launched in 2000, is an award winning fund, having received a total of 12 awards in its category from The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Fund Awards and The Star/Standard & Poor’s Investment Fund Awards Malaysia. Public SmallCap Fund was ranked No.1 for its five-year returns in its category with a return of 90.3% for the period ended 7 August 2009, according to The Edge-Lipper Fund Table dated 17 August 2009. This fund has outperformed the benchmark, which registered a return of 49.5% for the same period. Public SmallCap Fund is distributed by Public Mutual unit trust consultants.

Meanwhile, PB Islamic Equity Fund which was launched in 2005 has generated a three-year return of 29.9% for the same period. The fund is distributed by Public Bank branches nationwide.

Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largest private unit trust company with 70 funds under management. It has over 2,000,000 accountholders serviced by 40,000 unit trust consultants. As at 31 July 2009, the total net asset value of the funds managed by the company was RM32.7 billion.