/KASE, Nov 29, 01/ - Kazakhstan Temir Zholy RSE (Astana) provided the KASE with its financial statements for 9 months of 2001: balance sheet and income statement.

By the data of the issuer following are the results of the company in nine months of 2001 (in th. KZT unless otherwise specified):

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                                          As of        As of  Change,
Ratio                                 Oct 1 '00    Oct 1 '01        %
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Authorized capital                      904,631      971,382     +7.4
Shareholders' equity                150,835,126  154,750,313     +2.6
Total assets                        186,100,715  193,774,027     +4.1
Net working capital                  17,144,107   19,250,303    +12.3
Accounts receivable                  19,945,841   17,640,190    -11.6
Liabilities, total                   35,265,589   39,023,714    +10.7
Long term credits                    17,257,541   19,435,611    +12.6
Short terms credits                   3,344,645    2,947,835    -11.9
Accounts payable                     14,510,406   16,507,388    +13.8
Volume of sales (services offered)  117,238,876  123,987,723     +5.8
Cost of goods sold                   81,481,209   88,023,940     +8.0
Net income (loss) of the period      11,720,882   15,094,236    +28.8
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Compared to nine months of 2000:

• shareholders' equity increased by KZT3.9bn, including final amount of undistributed income - by KZT10.6bn, the authorized capital - by KZT66.8m with a decrease of fixed assets revaluation fund- by KZT6.7bn;
• assets increased by KZT7.7bn, as a result of increase of inventory holdings by KZT2.4bn, construction in progress - by KZT9.6bn with decrease of accounts payable by KZT2.3bn, cash - KZT1.5bn, other assets - KZT505.1m;
• liabilities increased by KZT3.8bn, including accounts receivable increase - by KZT2.0bn with an increase in attracted credits - by KZT1.8bn.
• the volume of rendered services increased by KZT6.7bn;
• cost of goods sold grew by - KZT6.5bn.

Expenses of period decreased - by KZT1.0bn (7.7%). Revenues from non- operating activity totaled KZT761.1m against KZT2.1bn of losses in the same period of last year.

By the results of nine months of 2001 Kazakhstan Temir Zholy RSE received a net income of KZT15.1bn, that is KZT3.4bn more than in same period of last year.

The following table represents dynamics of some parameters of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy RSE for year 2001 quarterly not cumulating result (in millions tenge):

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                                        Change,            Change,
Ratio                 I-2001   II-2001        %  III-2001        %
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Volume of services  34,140.9  60,819.2    +78.1  29,027.7    -52.3
Net income           7,760.3   4,972.5    -35.9   2,361.4    -52.5
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Second issue inscribed coupon bonds (KZ2EUY03A368, TMJLb2; $100, $30 m, July 10, 01 - July 10, 04, semiannual coupon 8.0% APR) of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy RSE were admitted to the official list of the KASE under category "A" on July 10, 2001.

Bonds of the first issue were repaid in full volume on June 23 of 2001.

Primary activities of the company: transportation of cargoes and passengers, export and import of products, supplying with external economic relations of the Republic.