Public Bank Fgn (Malaysia): Merger of Local and Foreign Shares
Changes in FTSE Value-Stocks Indices

3 April 2014

Public Bank is proposing to merge the Public Bank Local Shares and Public Bank Foreign Shares with an effective date of 16 April 2014. Upon completion, Public Bank will be traded on the main market of Bursa Malaysia under a single stock code, with its Foreign Ownership Restriction no longer relevant. As a result, FTSE announces the following changes:

INDEX	CHANGE	EFFECTIVE FROM START OF TRADING
FTSE Value-Stocks ASEAN Index	Public Bank (Malaysia, B012W42) will replace Public Bank Fgn (Malaysia, B012W53) in the index with an unchanged shares in issue total of 3,531,925,834 and an unchanged investability weighting of 30%.*	16 April 2014

*In order to reflect the 30% Foreign Ownership Restriction no longer be relevant upon completion of the merger, the investability weighting of Public Bank in the index will increase from 30% to 80% effective on 23 April 2014.

Please note the last trading day of Public Bank Fgn is expected to be 15 April 2014.

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