(TRANSLATION)
Ref: DY/SEC/003/2007
10
August 2007
Subject: Explanation
of the 2nd quarter 2007’s operating result which has varied by 20 %
over or under that of the preceding year
To: The
Secretary
The
Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Christiani &
Nielsen Thai PCL. would like to explain the reasons for the
actual operating result varying by 20% from the preceding year.
The Company would like to inform that for the
six-month period ended 30 June 2007, the Consolidated net profit of Baht 18 million decreased from the same period in previous
year by Baht 13 million, as in year
2007, the Costs of Construction increased due mainly to the increase of oil
prices, wages and transportation, which caused the cost of construction to also
increase. For this reason, the Consolidated gross
margin decreased by Baht 12 million,
with a decrease of other income by 1
million.
For
the Separate Financial Statement, the net profit for the six-month period ended
30 June 2007 of Baht 8 million decreased from the same quarter in the previous
year by Baht 28 million due to a decrease of the gross margin of Baht 9
million, for the above-mentioned reasons. In addition, in year 2007 the Company
had a decrease of dividend income from the Joint Venture and other income of
Baht 8 million and Baht 2 million respectively, including the increment of depreciation
and administrative expense of Baht 9 million.
Furthermore, the Company would like to clarify that during
the fourth quarter of 2006, the Company changed its accounting
policy for recording investments in subsidiary companies in the separate
financial statements from the equity method to the cost method, in compliance
with Notification No. 26/2549 regarding Accounting Standard No. 44
“Consolidated Financial Statements and Accounting for Investments in
Subsidiaries” (Amendment No. 1),
issued by the Federation of Accounting Professions, under which investments in
subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates are to be presented in
the separate financial statements under the cost method rather than the equity
method.
During the current period, the Company has restated the
separate financial statements for the three-month and six-month periods ended
30 June 2006, as though the investment in the subsidiary companies had
originally been recorded using the cost method. The change has the effect of
decreasing net income in the separate income statement for the three-month
period ended 30 June 2006 by approximately Baht 6 million (Baht 0.02 per share)
and increasing net income for the six-month period then ended by approximately
Baht 5 million (Baht 0.01 per
share). The cumulative effect of the change in accounting
policy has been presented under the heading of “Cumulative effect of the change
in accounting policy for investments
in subsidiary companies” in the separate statements of changes in shareholders’
equity. However, the change of accounting
policy did not have any effect on the consolidated financial statements.
Please be informed accordingly.
Yours faithfully,
Christiani & Nielsen (Thai) Public Company Limited
Signature –
(Mr. Danuch Yontararak)
Managing Director
CC: Vice
President, Listed Company Department
The
Stock Exchange of Thailand