/KASE, Aug 23, 00/ - According to listing requirements, Komirbank OJSC (Ekibastuz, official list of KASE securities, category "A) provided Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) with its financial statements for the I half of 2000: balance sheet and income statement.

Following are the results of the company in the first half of 2000 by the data of the issuer (in th. KZT): As of As of Change, Ratio July 1 '99 July 1 '00 %

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Authorized capital         1,000,000   1,500,000    +50.0
Shareholders' equity       1,051,492   1,587,229    +51.0
Total assets               1,475,089   4,448,466   +201.6
Liquid assets                121,228     374,287   +208.7
Total liabilities            423,597   2,861,237   +575.5
Loans and deposits           410,649   2,480,541   +504.1
Loans granted              1,071,687   3,140,956   +193.1
Operating income             273,002     447,022    +63.7
General expenses             269,609     417,390    +54.8
Net income of the period       3,393      29,632   +773.3
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Compared to the first six months of 1999 growth took place in:

• shareholders' equity increased by KZT535.7 mln, or 51.0% (increase in authorized capital as a result of a merger with Latur Alliance Bank OJSC by KZT500.0 mln, resulting amount of undistributed income - by KZT53.7 mln with the decrease in accumulations in the funds by KZT18.0 mln); - assets grew by KZT2,973.4 mln, or 201.6%; - liabilities grew by KZT2,437.6 mln, or 575.5%; - deposits attracted grew by KZT2,023.1 mln, or 554.6%; - operating income grew by KZT174.0 mln, or 63.7%; - expenses grew by KZT147.8 mln, or 54.8%.

As a result, net income of Komirbank OJSC in the I half of 2000 totaled KZT29.6 mln, which is by KZT26.2 mln or 8.7 times more than in similar period of 1999.