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Financial Statements & Independent Auditor's Report

Tabuk Cement Company has announced its final financial statements for the year 1997. The following is a detailed presentation of these statements along with the Independent Auditor's report. (Negative values are in red):

Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1997 - SR

Year 1997 Year 1996
Assets    
Current Assets    
Bank Balances 369.667 813.760
Prepayments and other assets 5.764.415 1.700.402
Accrued revenue 141.535 15.533.517
Total current assets 6.275.617 18.047.679
Investments 295.519.419 438.211.295
Advances to contractors for projects under construction 15.584.228 61.772.649
Projects under construction 969.143.879 595.183.295
Propety and equipment, net 3.623.205 2.655.122
Pre-operating expenses 5.709.548  ___
Deferred expenses 25.190.000 24.800.000
Total Assets 1.321.045.896 1.140.670.040
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity    
Current Liabilities    
Acounts payable 34.144.629 59.296.648
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 2.382.111 1.657.689
Contract retentions 135.497.780  ___
Provision for Zakat and income tax 497.350 1.117.726
Total current liabilities 172.521.870 62.072.063
Contract retentions  ___ 101.769.218
Saudi Industrial Development Fund Loan 359.803.000 200.000.000
End of service benefits 716.072 415.099
Total liabilities 533.040.942 364.256.380
Shareholders' Equity    
Capital 700.000.000 700.000.000
Statutory reserve 8.800.495 7.641.366
Retained earnings 79.204.459 68.772.294
Total shareholders' equity 788.004.954 776.413.660
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity 1.321.045.896 1.140.670.040

Statement of Incoe for the year ending Dec, 31, 1997 - SR

  Year 1997 Year 1996
Reveue 18.708.267 34.280.140
General and administrative expenses 6.053.831 8.487.415
Directors' Remuneration 138.000 132.000
Net income for the year before Zakat and Taxes 12.516.436 25.660.725
Zakat and Taxes 925.142 942.339
Net income for the year after Zakat and Taxes 11.591.294 24.718.386

Changes in Shareholders' Equity up to Dec 31, 1997 - SR

  Year 1997 Year 1996
Capital 700.000.000 700.000.000
Statutory Reserve    
Beginning of the year 7641.366 5.169.527
Transfer from retained earnings 1.159.129 2.471.839
End of the year 8.800.495 7.641.366
Retained earnings    
Beginnig of the year 68.772.294 46.525.747
Net income for the year 11.591.294 24.718.386
Transfer to the statutory reserve 1.159.129 2.471.839
End of the year 79.204.459 68.772.294
Total Shareholders' Equity 788.004.954 776.413.660

Statement of Cash Flows up to Dec 31, 1997 - SR:

  Year 1997 Year 1996
Cash Flows from Operating Activities    
Net income for the year 11.591.294 24.718.386
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities    
Depreciation 776.558 626.795
Changes in Assets and Liabilities    
(Increase) decrease in prepayments and other assets 4.064.013 890.976
Decrease in accrued revenue 15.391.982 9.128.626
Increase in pre-operating expenses 5.709.548  ___
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable 25.152.019 55.403.980
Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities 724.422 646.000
Increase in end of service benefits 300.973 196.064
Decrease in Zakat and taxes provision 620.376 400.522
Total adjustments 18.352.021 66.491.919
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities 6.760.727 91.210.305
Cash Flows from investing activities    
Increase in deferred expenses 390.000 630.000
Decrease in contract retentions 33.728.564 98.686.599
Decrease in advances to contractors for projects under construction 46.188.421 53.706.898
Increase in projects under construction 373.960.584 554.149.178
Purchases of property and equipment 1.744.643 646.404
Decrease in investments 142.691.876 184.322.611
Net cash used in investing activities 153.486.366 218.709.474
Cash Flows from Financing Activities    
Loan Proceeds from SIDF 159.803.000 127.891.000
Net cash from financing activities 159.803.000 127.891.000
Net increase in bank balances 444.093 391.831
Beginning bank balances 813.760 421.929
Ending bank balances 369.667 813.760

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, 1997 and the related statement of income. Changes in Shareholders' Equity and Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 1997 and the notes from 1 to 15 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, 1997 and 1996 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1997 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 - 22 Jan, 1998.