JEDDAH, 5 July 2006 — The Savola Group announced yesterday that it has achieved net profits of SR246 million for the second quarter of this year. These initial financial results for this quarter showed a jump in profits with 118 percent increase compared to the same period last year, which was SR112.5 million. As a result, the first half of 2006 net profits reached SR381.8 million against SR218.5 million for the same period last year.