/KASE, June 2, 00, Galina Chudinova, Galina Tsalyuk/ - According to listing requirements, OJSC "Komirbank" (Ekibastuz, official list of securities, category "A") provided Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) with its financial statements for the I quarter of 2000: balance sheet and income statement.

Following are the results of the issuer in the I quarter of 2000 (in th. KZT):

Ratio As of Apr.1'99 As of Apr.1'00 Change, %

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Authorized capital                   1,000,000        1,500,000       +50.0
Shareholders' equity                 1,055,581        1,564,201       +48.2
Total assets                         1,295,856        4,241,658      +227.3
Liquid assets                          129,923          749,951      +477.2
Total liabilities                      240,275        2,677,457    +1 014.3
Loans and deposits                     410,649        2,081,908      +407.0
Loans granted                        1,028,102        2,833,206      +175.6
Income from operating activities        95,646          183,069       +91.4
General expenses                        93,754          178,520       +90.4
Net income of the period                 1,892            4,549      +140.4
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Compared to similar period of 1999 growth took place in: - shareholders' equity - by KZT508.62 mln, or 48.2% (increase in authorized capital as a result of a merger with OJSC "Latur Alliance Bank" - by KZT500.00 mln, resulting undistributed income - by KZT37.97 mln, with the decrease in accumulations in the funds - by KZT29.35 mln);
- assets - by KZT2.95 bln, or 3.3 times;
- liabilities - by KZT2.44 bln, or 11 times;
- attracted deposits - by KZT1.81 bln, or 9 times;
- operating income - by KZT87.42 mln, or 91.4%;
- expenses - by KZT84.77 mln, or 90.4%.

As a result of income surpassing the expenses, net income received by OJSC "Komirbank" in the I quarter of the year 2000 equaled KZT4.55 mln, that is by KZT2.66 mln, or 2.4 times more than that received during similar period of last year.