Press release on 22 December 2011

United Plantations awarded Malaysian safety and health prize

Wednesday, the Malaysian Minister for Employment presented United Plantations with the
prize for best safety and health practice in Malaysia

Only two months after being awarded the Malaysian prize for best CSR practice in Malaysia, United Plantations was presented with the National Excellent Occupational Safety and Health Award 2011 (Agricultural Category).

The prize was presented by the Malaysian Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Human Resources, Senator Datuk Maznah Mazian late Wednesday night. The winner is selected by the Malaysian Working Environment Authority based on, among others, the following criteria: implementation of safety and health measures, employee participation, safety control, safe handling of chemicals and continuous improvement of safety and health standards.

"We are very happy and proud of this important award, which stresses the importance of our efforts during the past decades to constantly improve our employees' safety and health", says Executive Director of United Plantations Dató Carl Bek-Nielsen.

For further information
Please contact

Dató Carl Bek-Nielsen
Executive Director, United Plantations
Telephone: +6056411411
E‐mail: cbn@plantations.biz

www.unitedplantations.com
www.rspo.org

or

Mr Kim Bach (Advisor to United Plantations)
Telephone: +45 21 65 64 65
E-mail: kim.bach@themessage.dk