13 November 2007
Clarification of STEC's financial statement 30/9/07
Ref. No.: A/C ST.0892/2007
November 13, 2007
Subject : Clarification of STEC' s financial statement ended 30 September 2007.
To : President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand
Dear Sirs,
We, Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction Public Company Limited and Its
Subsidiaries, would like to provide the
clarification on quarterly Consolidated financial statement ended 30 September
2007 which shows net(loss) profit
in the amount of Baht 42.71 million for the three month period and Baht 204.60
million for the nine month period
comparing to the same period of the previous year at Baht 11.26 million and
Baht (1,793.99) million respectively
due to the following reasons:
1. The company and subsidiary companies's gross(loss) margin for the nine
months period was amount
Baht 396.68 million comparing to the same period of the previous year
was amount Baht (1,569.75)
million. These amounts reflect the increased of Baht 1,966.44 million
, which equal to 125.27% due to last
year the company had reserved for loss on construction for long term
project and had recorded the
whole amount of loss into its accounts.
2. During the third quarter of the current year, the Company entered into
a compromised agreement with a
local company, whereby payment of Baht 45.2 million was requested in
settlement of long outstanding
receivables totaling Baht 89.2 million, and such amount was received
in the same quarter. The Company
had previously set aside full allowance for bad debt for this
receivable and as a result of the composition
agreement, the Company therefore recorded Baht 40.7 million of the
amount received as income from
settlement of doubtful debt. The rest, which is compensations for
legal expenses, was recorded as other
income.
Please kindly be informed.
Yours sincerely,
___________________________
(Mr. Woraphant Chontong)
Director