PPB Group Berhad announced unaudited consolidated earnings results for second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2016. For the quarter, the company reported revenue of MYR 1,056,591,000, loss before tax of MYR 28,856,000, loss for the period of MYR 58,886,000, loss attributable to owners of the company of MYR 78,720,000, basic loss per share attributable to owners of the company of 6.64 sen, compared to the revenue of MYR 986,019,000, profit before tax of MYR 198,939,000, profit for the period of MYR 183,006,000, profit attributable to owners of the company of MYR 182,636,000, basic earnings per share attributable to owners of the company of 15.41 sen, for the same quarter a year ago. The increase in revenue was primarily driven by higher revenue from the Grains and agribusiness, Environmental engineering and utilities, Consumer products and Property segments. For the year to date, the company reported revenue of MYR 2,179,205,000, profit before tax of MYR 254,560,000, profit for the period of MYR 200,010,000, profit attributable to owners of the company of MYR 167,520,000, basic earnings per share attributable to owners of the company of 14.13 sen, net cash generated from operating activities of MYR 336,897,000, purchase of property, plant and equipment, investment properties, biological assets and other intangible assets of MYR 60,119,000 compared to the revenue of MYR 1,963,005,000, profit before tax of MYR 465,480,000, profit for the period of MYR 417,681,000, profit attributable to owners of the company of MYR 415,551,000, basic earnings per share attributable to owners of the company of 35.05 sen, net cash generated from operating activities of MYR 121,432,000, purchase of property, plant and equipment, investment properties, biological assets and other intangible assets of MYR 96,268,000 for the same period a year ago. The change in profit before tax was due to substantially lower profit contribution from Wilmar.