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Financial Statements & Independent Auditor's Report

Tabuk Cement Company has announced its final financial statements for the year 1996. The following is a detailed presentation of these statements along with the Independent Auditor's report. (Negative values are in red):

Balance Sheet, December 31, 1996:

Year 1996 Year 1995
Assets    
Current Assets    
Bank Balances 813.760 421.929
Payments and other assets 1.700.402 2.591.378
Accrued Revenue 15.533.517 24.662.143
Total Current Assets 18.047.679 26.765.450
Investments 438.211.295 662.533.906
Advances to Contractors for Projects Under Construction 61.772.649 115.479.547
Projects Under Construction 595.183.295 41.034.117
Property & Equipment, net 2.655.122 2.635.513
Deferred Expenses 24.800.000 24.170.000
Total Assets 1.140.670.040 833.825.533
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity    
Current Liabilities    
Accounts Payable 59.296.648 3.892.668
Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities 1.657.689 4.094.308
Provision for Zakat and Income Tax 1.117.726 1.518.248
Total Current Liabilities 62.072.063 9.505.244
Contract Retentions 101.769.218 3.082.619
Saudi Industrial Development Fund Loan 200.000.000 72.109.000
End of Service Benefits 415.099 219.035
Total Liabilities 364.256.380 81.833.259
Shareholders' Equity    
Capital 700.000.000 700.000.000
Statutory Reserve 7.641.366 5.169.527
Retained Earnings 68.772.294 46.525.747
Total Shareholders' Equity 776.413.660 751.695.274
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity 1.140.670.040 833.528.533

Income Statement for the year 1996/ SR:

  Year 1996 Year 1995
Revenue 34.280.140 73.093.391
General, Administrative, and Depreciation Expenses 8.487.415 18.953.869
Directors' Remuneration 132.000 962.000
Net income for the year/period before Zakaet and Taxes 25.660.725 53.213.522
Zakat and Taxes 942.339 1.518.248
Net Income for the Year/Period after Zakat and Taxes 27.718.386 51.695.274

Changes in Shareholders' Equity

  Year 1996 Year 1995
Capital 700.000.000 700.000.000
Statutory Reserve    
Beginning of the Year/Period 5.169.527  ____
Transfer from Retained Earnings 2.471.839 5.169.527
End of Year/Period 7.641.366 5.169.527
Retained Earnings    
Begining of the Year/Period 46.525.747  ___
Net Income for the Year/Period 24.718.386 51.695.274
Transfer to Statutory Reserve 2.471.839 5.169.527
End of the Year/Period 68.772.294 46.525.747
Total Shareholders' Equity 776.413.660 751.695.274

Statement of Cash Flows

  Year 1996 Year 1995
Cash Flows from Operting Activities    
Net Income for the Year/Period 24.718.386 51.695.274
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities    
Depreciation 626.795 1.042.110
Changes in Assets and Liabilities    
Decrease (Increase) in prepayments and other assets 890.976 2.591.378
Decrease (Increase) in accrued revenue 9.128.626 24.662.143
Increase in accounts payable 55.403.980 3.892.668
Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities 646.000 1.011.689
Increase in end of service benefit 196.064 219.035
Decrease (Increase) in Zakat and incme tax provision 400.522 1.518.248
Total Adjustments 66.491.919 19.569.771
Net Cash from Operating Activities 91.210.305 32.128.503
Cash Flows from Investing Activities    
Increase in deferred expenses 630.000 170.000
Increase in contract retentions 98.686.599 3.082.619
Decrease (Increase) in advances to contractors for projects under construction 53.706.898 115.479.547
Increase in projects under construction 554.149.178 41.034.117
Purchases of property and equipment 646.404 3.677.623
Decrease (Increase) in investments 218.709.474 622.533.906
Net cash used in investing activities 218.709.474 782.895.193
Cash Flows from Financing Activities    
Capital  ___ 700.000.000
SIDF loan proceeds 127.891.000 48.109.000
Net cash from financing activities 127.891.000 748.109.000
Net increase in bank balances 391.831 421.929
Beginning bank balances 421.929  ___
Ending bank balances 813.760 421.929

Independent Auditor's Report

To: Shareholders
Tabuk Cement Company
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of TABUK CEMENT COMPANY (a Saudi joint stock company) as of December 31, 1996 and the related statement of income. Changes in Shareholders' Equity and Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 1996 and the period from inceptin on November 1, 1992 up to December 31, 1995, and the notes from 1 to 14 which are an integral part of these financial statements which were prepared by the management in accordance with article (123) of the companies by-laws and presented to us together with all the information and explanations which we requested. We express our opinion on these financial statements based on our audit and the information and explanations we obtained which we considered necessary for the purposes of our audits.

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we pland and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statements presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Tabuk Cement Company as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1996, and the period from inception on November 1, 1992 to December 31, 1995 based on the presentation and disclosure of the information included in the financial statements and in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as summarized in Note 2.

We are also of the opinion that the preparation and presentation of the above financial statements comply with the commercial code and the company's by-laws and are in agreement with the accounting records which are maintained in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and are computerized in accordance with the related commercial books regulations.

Arther Andersum AlMohandis & Co.
Arfan K. Ayass - License No. 98

Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - 18 Feb, 1997.