/KASE, September 27, 02/ - Aluminium of Kazakhstan OJSC (Pavlodar), whose shares are circulating under the stock exchange's official "B" listing category, provided KASE with the financial statement for the first half year of 2002: the balance sheet and income statement.

The following indicators are results of the issuer's financial and economic activity in the six months of 2002, based upon the issuer's information (in th. KZT, unless otherwise specified):

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                                     As of       As of
Indicator                      July 01, 01 July 01, 02 Change,%
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Authorized capital (paid)        5,834,811   5,834,811        0
Shareholders' equity            18,419,490  22,929,070    +24.5
Total assets                    30,853,799  31,590,794     +2.4
Net working capital              5,891,007   6,733,042    +14.3
Accounts receivable              6,688,323   7,345,619     +9.8
Total liabilities               12,434,309   8,661,724    -30.3
Attracted credits                  653,485     743,020     13.7
Accounts payable                 9,759,124   5,805,754    -40.5
Sales volume                    14,882,312  13,169,848    -11.5
Cost of goods sold               8,618,495   9,360,010     +8.6
Net income for the period        3,549,838   1,591,075    -55.2
Book value of one share, tenge      315.68      392.97    +24.5
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Relative to similar period of 2001 there are following changes:

• Shareholders' equity of the company increased by KZT4.5bn as the result of increase of total amount of undistributed income by KZT7.0bn whereas there took place decrease of reserve capital by 2.4bn;
• assets increased by KZT737.0m, of them: residual value of fixed assets - by KZT5.6bn, accounts receivable - by KZT657.3m whereas there took place decrease of inventories by 4.1bn, long-term investments - by 725.9m and construction in progress - by 848.0m;
• liabilities decreased by KZT3.8bn, that was caused by decrease of accounts payable by KZT4.0bn whereas there took place increase of other liabilities by 180.8m;
• Sales volume decreased by KZT1.7bn;
• Cost of goods sold increased by KZT741.5m;
• Expenses of the period increased by KZT167.0m (by 14.9%).

Net income received by Aluminium of Kazakhstan OJSC by the results of the first half year of 2002 decreased by KZT2.0bn or 2.2 times relative to similar period of 2001.

The company's primary activities: production and sale of aluminum, alumina and sodium salts, extraction and concentrating of raw stuff containing aluminum, production of heat and electrical power.

[2002-09-27]