Results of NAC Kazatomprom (Kazakhstan) activity for 2001

/KASE, July 29, 02/ - NAC Kazatomprom (Almaty), whose bonds are traded under category "A" of the official listing provided KASE with unaudited financial statement for 2001: the balance sheet, income statement and cash flows statement. The following indicators are results of company's financial and economic activity in 2001, based upon company's information (in th. KZT, if otherwise specified): ----------------------------------------------------------- As of As of Indicator Jan 01, 01 Jan 01, 02 Change,% ------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- Authorized capital (paid) 3,373,136 3,373,136 +0.0 Stockholders' equity 36,511,439 38,482,069 +5.4 Assets book value 51,834,268 53,726,151 +3.6 Net working capital 33,757,355 29,733,878 -11.9 Accounts receivable (net) 14,726,637 11,872,072 -19.4 Total liabilities 15,322,829 15,244,082 -0.5 Attracted loans 6,594,082 5,999,699 -9.0 Accounts payable 2,288,748 3,177,468 +38.8 Sales volume 18,361,591 19,607,973 +6.8 Cost of goods sold 13,559,914 12,539,136 -7.5 Expenses for the period 4,587,193 4,739,409 +3.3 Net income for the period 6,895,094 7,299,147 +5.9 ------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- According to issuer's data it's been calculated: Return on sales (ROS), % 26.15 36.05 +37.9 Return on equity (ROE), % 18.88 18.97 +0.4 Return on assets (ROA), % 13.30 13.59 +2.1 ----------------------------------------------------------- Relative to 2000 the following changes occurred: - Shareholders' equity of the company increased by KZT2.0bn as the result of the increase of total sum of undistributed income by KZT7.1bn and decrease of additionally not paid capital by KZT5.1bn; - assets increased by KZT1.9bn including residual value of fixed assets - by KZT2.4bn, volume of construction in progress - by KZT1.4bn, cash - by KZTKZT894.7m, other assets - by KZT33.4m with the decrease of accounts receivable by KZT2.9bn; - liabilities decreased by KZT78.7m as a result of loans settlement by KZT594.4m, decrease of other liabilities by KZT373.1m and increase of accounts payable on bills by - KZT868.7m; - sales volume increased by - KZT1.2bn; - cost of goods sold decreased by KZT1.0bn. - expenses of the period increased by KZT152.2m. By the activity results for 2001 net income of NAC Kazatomprom increased by KZT404.1m in comparison with 2000. The main activities are as follows: execution functions of a national operator in export and import of uranium and its compounds, nuclear fuel for nuclear power plant, special equipment and technologies, materials of dual use. [2002-07-29]