KUALA LUMPUR: Consumer company Fraser & Neave Holdings posted net profit of RM127.28mil in the first quarter ended Dec 31, 2016 – which was an improvement on-quarter – but it did caution that the economic environment in Malaysia and Thailand is expected to remain soft.
Group profit before tax fell 16.2% to RM144mil from RM171.8mil mainly due to organisational restructuring costs incurred in the quarter and the realisation of the foreign exchange gain of RM18.2mil on the early redemption of the zero-coupon bond by F&N Dairies (Thailand) Ltd a year ago.