Haw Par Corp. Ltd. announced unaudited consolidated earnings results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2009. For the quarter, the company reported profit attributable to equity holders of the company of SGD 40.13 million on the revenue of SGD 30.92 million compared to profit attributable to equity holders of the company of SGD 47.01 million on the revenue of SGD 30.07 million for the same period last year. The company reported profit from operations of SGD 41.95 million and profit before taxation of SGD 42.1 million compared to profit from operations of SGD 45.78 million and profit before taxation of SGD 48.66 million for the same period last year. The company reported net cash provided by operating activities of SGD 38.83 million and purchase of property, plant and equipment of SGD 3.2 million compared to net cash provided by operating activities of SGD 43.5 million and purchase of property, plant and equipment of SGD 2.4 million for the same period last year. The company reported 20.3 cents diluted per share compared to 23.8 cents for the same period last year. Revenue for second quarter of 2009 was 2.8% higher, contributed by healthcare and property divisions, partially of set by lower revenue from leisure division. For the six months, the company reported profit attributable to equity holders of the company of SGD 49.17 million on the revenue of SGD 59.03 million compared to profit attributable to equity holders of the company of SGD 55.8 million on the revenue of SGD 55.8 million for the same period last year. The company reported profit from operations of SGD 51.7 million and profit before taxation of SGD 52.1 million compared to profit from operations of SGD 55.65 million and profit before taxation of SGD 58.82 million for the same period last year. The company reported net cash provided by operating activities of SGD 48.3 million and purchase of property, plant and equipment of SGD 6.82 million compared to net cash provided by operating activities of SGD 52.22 million and purchase of property, plant and equipment of SGD 4.12 million for the same period last year. The company reported 24.9 cents diluted per share compared to 28.3 cents for the same period last year. The company declared first and interim cash dividend of 6 cents per ordinary share tax-exempt (one tier) for the period ended June 30, 2009 compared to 6 cents for the same period in previous year. The company will pay the dividend on September 10, 2009 and the share transfer books and register of members of the company will be closed on September 1, 2009.

Haw Par Corp. Ltd. reported earnings results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. The company reported profit from operations of SGD 9,774,000, profit before taxation of SGD 10,012,000, profit of SGD 9,141,000, profit attributable to equity holders of SGD 9,048,000 or 4.6 cents fully diluted per share, purchase of property, plant and equipment of SGD 3,621,000, net cash provided by operating activities of SGD 9,469,000 and revenues of SGD 28,106,000 against profit from operations of SGD 9,871,000, profit before taxation of SGD 10,160,000, profit of SGD 8,899,000, profit attributable to equity holders of SGD 8,762,000 or 4.4 cents fully diluted per share, purchase of property, plant and equipment of SGD 1,774,000, net cash provided by operating activities of SGD 8,750,000 and revenues of SGD 25,878,000 for the same period a year ago. Net asset per share decreased from SGD 6.69 to SGD 5.70 mainly due to the decrease in fair value of available for sale financial assets.

Haw Par Corp. Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Apr 22, 2009, at 15:00 Singapore Standard Time. Location: 80 Raffles Place, 61st Storey, UOB Plaza 1, Singapore 048624,Singapore. Agenda: To approve the directors' report and audited financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2008 together with the auditor's report thereon; to declare a Second & Final Tax-Exempt Dividend of 14 cents per share for the financial year ended 31 December 2008; to re-appoint the directors, who are retiring pursuant to Section 153(6) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, to hold office until the next Annual General Meeting of the company; to approve the Dr. Lee Suan Yew will, upon re-appointment, continue as a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating Committee of the company. Dr. Lee is considered as an independent director; to approve the Mr. Hwang Soo Jin will, upon re-appointment, continue as a member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee of the company. Mr. Hwang is considered as an independent director; to re-elect the following directors, who are retiring by rotation pursuant to Article 98 of the company's Articles of Association.