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Jakarta, March 10th, 2008 - PT
Antam Tbk (ASX - ATM; IDX - ANTM) is pleased to
announce audited consolidated net profit increased
230% to Rp5,132 billion, and Earnings per Share
(EPS) of Rp538.08 for the full year of 2007, from
the Rp1,553 billion and EPS of Rp162.79 of the full
year of 2006. The significant increase is mostly due
to higher prices of nickel as well as gold and
higher sales volumes of nickel ore and nickel
contained in ferronickel. A relatively lower
increase of Antam's cost of sales boosted Antam's
net margin to 43% .
Antam's President Director,
Mr. Dedi Aditya Sumanagara said:
"With
this record setting performance, due to not only
higher prices but also significant output expansion,
we have created a robust financial foundation and
are now ready to launch our next phase of growth
investments."
Net Sales
Antam's net sales for the full year of 2007 rose a
significant 113% to a record Rp12,008 billion from
Rp5,629 billion. The growth is due to increased
production and sales volumes of Antam's ferronickel,
nickel ore and gold and higher prices. Ferronickel
accounted for 48% of Antam's sales, followed by
nickel ore at 41% and gold at 9%. The share of the
Rp10,687 billion contribution from the nickel
segment to Antam's total sales rose to 89% from 84%
in 2006. Revenue from the gold segment which
includes gold and silver sales as well as precious
metals refinery services amounted to Rp1,171 billion
or 10% of Antam's total sales. The revenue from all
of Antam's products increased in 2007 compared to
2006 with the exception of bauxite.
Ferronickel
In 2007, sales of Antam's nickel contained in
ferronickel increased 113% to Rp5,793 billion due to
higher sales volume and average achieved selling
price, which rose 32% and 60% respectively. In 2007,
Antam sold 17,723 tonnes of nickel contained in
ferronickel with Europe, Korea and Taiwan the prime
destinations, accounting for 52%, 28% and 14% of
volumes respectively. The average achieved selling
price of Antam's nickel contained in ferronickel,
which is based upon the international price
determined by the London Metal Exchange, increased
60% to US$16.16 per pound, or US$35,627 per tonne.
Antam's ferronickel is sold CIF (cost, insurance &
freight).
Antam produced 18,532 tonnes of nickel contained in
ferronickel, which included 1,410 tonnes produced
through toll smelting agreements with European and
Japanese companies. The discrepancy in Antam's
production and sales in 2007 is due to difficulties
in securing cargo space, due to high cost and
availability of marine transportation, and due to
softening demand in Europe, due to inventory
destocking activities undertaken by stainless steel
producers, beginning at the middle of the year. To
produce this quantity of ferronickel, Antam consumed
1,310,207 wmt of saprolite nickel ore at an average
ratio of 77 wmt of ore to one tonne of nickel
contained in ferronickel. In 2007, Antam used
325,781 wmt from its own mines at Pomalaa and
Halmahera Island and 984,426 wmt from PT Inco's East
Pomalaa deposit. Production of ferronickel was 28%
higher compared to 2006 despite a shutdown at the
FeNi III smelter in June 2007 due to metal leak.
Following a partial repair of the leak, Antam
restarted operation of FeNi III at the end of August
2007. In order to maintain safety and stability of
the furnace,
Antam
currently operates the smelter at
25 megawatts, from a maximum power load of 42 MW. To
ensure long term and stable operation, Antam plans
to operate the smelter at a power load of 36—38 MW
or 85% - 90% of capacity.
Should Antam not safely be able to increase the
power load beyond 25MW, and without any toll
smelting, Antam estimates 2008 production to reach
17,000 tonnes of nickel contained in ferronickel.
Nickel Ore, Gold and Bauxite
Nickel ore sales increased 144% to Rp4,894 billion
as Antam ramped up sales inline with increased
demand from China as well as a higher average
achieved selling price for saprolite, or high grade
ore. Antam sold 6,907,367 wmt of nickel ore in 2007,
of which substantially all was high grade and low
grade saprolite and 51% of which was sold to China.
Antam had initially targeted nickel ore sales in
2007 at between 5.5 to 5.8 million wmt, yet due to
huge unexpected demand from Chinese pig iron
producers, Antam's exports far exceeded the initial
target. Antam's nickel ore is sold to Japan, Eastern
Europe and China, with the high grades generally
going to Japan and Eastern Europe and lower grades
to China. The Chinese use the lower grade ore as
feed for their blast furnaces to produce nickel
contained in pig iron for sale to domestic stainless
steel producers. For Antam, the sale of the low
grade saprolite ore is part of the effort to
conserve its reserves as Antam uses the high grade
nickel ore for ferronickel processing at Pomalaa.
Japan accounted for 33% of saprolite nickel ore
sales and Eastern European stainless steel producers
accounted for 18% of total saprolite sales, while
the rest was exported to China. The average price of
saprolite, which is sold FOB (free on board)
increased 49% to US$82.43 per wmt. The price is
determined according to the price on the LME, the
grade, moisture content and the specified recovery
rate.
Gold sales jumped 72% to Rp1,034 billion on the back
of strong sales volumes and a higher average
achieved selling price. Despite 3% lower gold
production of 2,791 kg (89,733 troy oz), sales of
gold increased 50% to 5,000 kg (160,754 troy oz) due
to extensive gold trading activities that began in
March 2007. The trading is conducted by Logam Mulia,
Antam's precious metals refinery, which also refines
and sells the gold and silver of Antam and other
companies. In 2007, 44% of gold sales came from
trading gold bought from third parties, such as
retail outlets and individuals, as well as that from
the Cikotok mine currently operated by Antam's
subsidiary, PT Antam Resourcindo. In 2007, the price
of Antam's gold rose 15% to US$702.63 per troy ounce
and is based upon the international price as
determined by the London Bullion Market Association.
Revenue from silver, a by-product of gold
processing, rose 47% to Rp108 billion, inline with a
28% increase of silver sales to 26,949 kg (866,430
troy oz) and production of 24,126 kg (775,669 troy
oz). The average achieved selling price of Antam's
silver rose 15% to US$13.64 per troy ounce. Antam
estimates 2008 gold production will reach 2,980 kg
(95,809 troy oz) and 20,703 kg (665,617 troy oz) of
silver. In addition to conducting Antam's gold and
silver sales, Logam Mulia provides refinery services
for third parties, which generated Rp29 billion in
revenue in 2007, a 60% increase compared to 2006.
Bauxite sales decreased 32% to Rp130 billion as
sales volume dropped 37% to 975,009 wmt. Lower sales
volume occurred due to decreased demand for Antam's
bauxite which comes from a nearly exhausted mine
site and is therefore relatively low quality due its
high silica content. Sales revenue from bauxite was
lower despite a 7% increase in sales price to
US$14.58 per wmt. Antam's bauxite is sold FOB (free
on board).
Similar with previous years, exports accounted for
the majority of Antam's revenues, contributing 97%
to consolidated net sales. Antam's domestic revenues
came from gold sales (a quarter of gold revenues are
from domestic sales) and precious metals refinery
services. Antam's ferronickel customers were mainly
stainless steel producers from Europe, such as
Thyssen Krupp Nirosta, Outokumpu, AvestaPolarit and
Arcelor and North Asia, such as Nisshin Steel,
Nippon Yakin Kogyo and Yieh United while Antam's
gold exports go to Standard Bank London in
Singapore. Ferronickel sales to Europe, which are
handled by Avarus AG, accounted for the largest
portion, or 29% of Antam's total sales. The second
largest customer was South Korean leading stainless
steel producer, Posco, with Rp1,438 billion of
Antam's total sales. Yieh United from of Taiwan was
Antam's next largest customer with Rp1,155 billion
or 10% of Antam's total sales.
Cost of Sales
Antam's cost of sales increased 66% to
Rp4,795 billion inline with higher production
volumes as well as higher cost of productions.
Meanwhile, Antam's cost of production, which is the
cost of sales before adjustments due to changes in
inventory, increased 65% to Rp5,171 billion. The top
five contributors accounted for
74%
of Antam's total cost of production and these
components, in descending order, were: materials
used, ore mining service, fuels, labour costs and
depreciation.
Materials Used
Antam's materials cost represented the largest
component of Antam's cost of production in 2007.
Accounting for 27% of the overall cost of
production, materials cost increased 126% to
Rp1,379 billion mainly due to the higher production
volume of ferronickel as well as higher cost of
sourcing nickel ore from PT Inco Indonesia, which
was used as ore feed for most of Antam's ferronickel
production.
Under an agreement signed in 2003, Antam
annually sources 1,000,000 wmt of saprolite nickel
ore (+/- 10%) from PT Inco's East Pomalaa deposit,
the price of which is correlated to the
international spot price. As the average
international spot nickel price increased
significantly in 2007, so did the cost of sourcing
the saprolite nickel ore from PT Inco. Despite the
increased cost of nickel ore feed, Antam plans to
continue sourcing ore from PT Inco. In so doing,
Antam preserves its own high grade ore reserves for
later development. Antam also frees up ore
extraction capacity in order to increase production
of lower quality ore (ore that Antam could
not use for its own ferronickel production) for
export to pig iron blast furnaces in China.
The consumption and prices of
other consumables such as coal and anthracite also
increased. Coal consumption increased 24% to
105,000 tonnes while its price increased 10% to
Rp559,000 per tonne. Meanwhile Anthracite
consumption increased 49% to 12,352 tonnes while its
price increased 7% to Rp1.26 million per tonne
The nickel segment accounted for 58% of
materials costs, followed by the gold segment
accounting which accounted for 41%.
Ore Mining Services
Ore mining services increased 81% to Rp
863 billion due to significantly higher nickel ore
production. The increase was also due to the higher
production costs of Antam's mining contractors such
as higher fuel.. Ore mining services in 2007 was the
second largest component accounting for 17% of the
total cost of production, up from third position in
2006 when it accounted for 15%. Antam uses third
party as well as related party contractors for its
ore mining services. The terms of the related party
transactions are based on arms length negotiations
and are on par with those of third party
contractors. The largest component of ore
mining services was for nickel ore mining, which
accounted for 90% of the total ore mining services
cost. Bauxite and gold mining fees were second and
third largest at 9% and 1% of the total cost,
respectively. Ore mining services would have been
higher if Antam had not sourced most of its ore feed
from PT Inco.
Fuel
Fuel costs increased 23% to Rp636
billion inline with higher nickel contained
ferronickel production, which increased 28% to
18,532 tonnes and higher international oil prices.
Fuel contributed 12% to Antam's cost of production
and was the third largest component down from the
second largest in 2006. Fuel swapped positions with
ore mining services as nickel ore production
increased at higher rate than ferronickel
production. About 98% of Antam's fuel consumption
was attibuted to Antam's ferronickel production in
Pomalaa. In order to produce 1 tonne of nickel in
ferronickel, it will normally require about 10,000
litres of fuel. Since 2005 Antam has been switching
its main source of diesel fuel from the
higher priced IDO to the lower priced MFO. In 2007,
Antam used around 20,000 litres of IDO and around
136,000 litres of MFO. IDO was less than 13% of
Antam's overall diesel fuel consumption in 2007.
To lower its fuel cost, and the main
strategy to lower overall production costs, is to
convert to less expensive fuels such as coal, hydro
or natural gas.
Labor Costs
Labor costs, which include salaries,
wages, bonuses and employee benefits, increased 9%
to Rp484
billion and accounted for 9% of Antam's total
cost of production. The rather slight increase
in labor costs in 2007 is attributed to the
fact that
Antam slightly lowered its number of
permanent employees to 2,716 in 2007 from 2,749 in
2006 and charges related to the pension plan and
some of other post-retirement benefits also
decreased. Antam had conducted several large page
increases over the past few years. The largest
component of labor costs was health benefits for
retirees
which accounted for 21% of the labor cost,
followed by bonus payments and remote area
incentives which were
20% and 10%
of the labor cost respectively.
Depreciation
Depreciation was the fifth largest
contributor at 9% of Antam's cost of production.
With the commencement of commerical operations of
FeNi III in early 2007, depreciation charges
increased 7% to Rp455 billion. Depreciation at
Antam's ferronickel facilities in Pomalaa
contributed 78% of Antam's total depreciation
costs. Depreciation at Pongkor facilities was the
second largest component and attributing to 21% of
Antam's total depreciation costs in 2007.
Toll Smelting Sevices
Another significant component of Antam's
cost of production was toll smelting services, which
accounted for 6% of Antam's cost of production and
increased 1,624% to Rp319 billion in 2007. In 2007,
Antam toll smelted 1,408 tonnes of nickel in
ferronickel via third parties as compared to 206
tonnes in 2006. The increase of toll smelting was
conducted to compensate for the loss of production
due to the June 2007 leak at FeNi III and subsequent
reduced power load at FeNi III once it resumed
operation, following the completion of partial
repairs on August 26th, 2007.
Gross Profit
Despite the higher costs of sales,
Antam's gross profit increased 163% to Rp7,213
billion as the growth of Antam's sales outpaced the
increase in cost of sales. Antam's gross margin
widened 23% to 60% in 2007 from 49% in 2006.
Operating Expenses and Profit
Antam's operating expenses rose 24% to
Rp417 billion mainly due to the 18% increase in
general and administrative expenses to Rp348
billion. The largest component of general and
administrative expenses was salaries which increased
23% to Rp209 billion and accounted for 60% of the
total general and administrative expenses. Other
expenses, the second largest component of general
and administrative expenses, increased 0.8% to Rp41
billion in 2007.
Besides the increase in general and administrative
expenses, the increase in Antam's operating expenses
was also due to a 90% increase in exploration
expenses to Rp61 billion despite a 24% decrease in
Tokyo office's selling and marketing activities to
Rp8.63 billion.
Antam's operating profit increased 183%
to Rp6,796 billion, which resulted in a significant
jump of operating margin to 57% in 2007 from 43% in
2006.
Other Income and Net Income
In 2007, Antam booked other income of
Rp506
billion compared to other expenses of Rp184
billion in 2006 due to higher interest
income, higher dividend income, lower interest
expenses. Antam booked foreign exchange gains in
2007 as opposed to foreign exchange losses in 2006.
Gains on hedging transactions, penalties and
insurance claims also contributed to other income.
Antam generated interest income of Rp126
billion, a 301% increase over 2006, as Antam's cash
position increased 317% to Rp4,744 billion and
average interest rates increased. Antam's dividend
income increased 117% to Rp140 billion due to
increased profits of PT Nusa Halmahera Minerals
(NHM), Antam's gold joint venture with Newcrest
Ltd. Due to a larger US Dollar cash position, the
repayment of Antam's US Dollar bonds, and a weaker
Rupiah, Antam booked a foreign exchange gain of
Rp181 billion as opposed to Rp58 billion loss in
2006. Antam's interest expenses decreased 48% to
Rp74 billion. Antam's hedging transactions created
gains on hedging contract transaction in 2007 for
Rp15 billion as opposed to losses on hedging
contract in 2006 for Rp95 billion.
Antam received settlements for claims
made for compensation due to the late delivery of
FeNi III from Mitsui & Co., Ltd and Kawasaki Heavy
Industries, Ltd for Rp 78 billion. Antam also
received a Rp8 billion settlement for insurance
claims related to the 2005 breakdown of FeNi II.
In 2007, Antam generated net income of
Rp5,132 billion (US$562 million), a significant 230%
jump over its net income in 2006. As a result,
Antam's net profit margin also widened significantly
to 43% in 2007 from 28% in 2006.
Cash Cost and Cost Reduction Program
Antam's cash costs increased for all of
its products due to higher materials, labour and
transportation costs, similar to other players in
the industry. Both Antam's limonite and bauxite cash
costs increased 30% to US$11.26/wmt and US$13.44/wmt
respectively mainly due to lower production in 2007
which resulted in higher cost per unit as well as by
higher ore mining costs. Antam's saprolite cash cost
increased slightly to US$20.32/wmt. Gold cash cost
increased 35% due to higher fuel prices. Antam's
ferronickel cash cost increased 26% to US$5.55/lb
due mainly to the higher price of nickel ore feed
sourced from PT Inco and higher fuel prices.
Despite increases in Antam's cash costs,
Antam remained a competitive low cost producer of
its products - with the exception of ferronickel. To
lower the ferronickel cash cost, Antam will convert
to a less expensive fuel such as hydropower, coal or
natural gas.
In 2007, Antam signed a power purchase
agreement with PT Tamboli Energy (Tamboli) for the
supply of 15MW peak load capacity of electricity to
Antam's Pomalaa ferronickel facilities (representing
about 15% of the power required to produce
ferronickel at full capacity) from Tamboli's
run-of-river hydropower plant. Following the
commencement of the hydropower purchase in 2009, it
is expected that Antam could lower its ferronickel
power cost by upto 8-10% which will result in a
saving of upto 3-4% of Antam's ferronickel cash
cost. For the remaining 85% of Antam's ferronickel
energy needs, Antam is still actively studying
various alternatives. It is expected Antam will make
a decision in 2008 as to which alternative source of
energy will be chosen.
Balance Sheet
Total Consolidated Assets
In 2007, Antam's total consolidated assets increased
significantly, growing 65% to Rp12,038 billion
mainly due to increased current assets which rose
mostly due to much higher cash receipts. Antam's
non-current assets did not contribute to the total
assets growth as no significant new fixed asset
investments were made and increases in deferred
exploration and development expenditure and deferred
tax assets were offset by lower fixed assets due to
depreciation.
Current Assets
Antam's current assets increased 143% to Rp8,048
billion as cash and cash equivalents grew 317% to
Rp4,744 billion, accounting for 59% of total current
assets. The increase of current assets amounted to
Rp4,730 billion due largely to the Rp3,606 increase
of cash, which was 76% of the current assets growth.
Trade receivables and inventories also contributed
to the growth. At the end of 2007, the USD/IDR
exchange rate increased 4% to Rp9,419 such that
Rp146 billion of the increase in cash was the effect
of foreign exchange fluctuations. In 2006, the
movement of the exchange rate had the opposite
effect.
With this strong cash position, Antam is ready to
make growth investments. Antam placed Rp4,384
billion of cash in time deposits, 93% of it in USD
and 7% in IDR at several local and international
banks with a range of annual interest rate deposits
from 3.75% - 11.75% (USD) which were generally
higher than in 2006 until rates were cut at the end
of the year. The trend was the same for IDR rates
which ranged from 3.25% - 11.50% (IDR).
Trade receivables also contributed to the increase
in current assets, climbing 86% to Rp1,680 billion
due to higher receivables with Avarus AG
(ferronickel agent in Europe), Pohang Iron & Steel
Co (ferronickel), Raznoimport Nickel (UK) Limited
(nickel ore) and Mitsui & Co (ferronickel). Antam's
trade receivables included new customers such as
Zhejiang Grand IMP and Sino Add (Singapore) PTE Ltd.
Antam's allowance for doubtful accounts was
insignificant as Antam believes it is sufficient to
cover losses from the non-collection of the
accounts.
Antam's inventories rose 39% to Rp1,319 billion due
to the 64% increase in products inventory, which are
accounted for at the lower of cost or net realizable
value. Ferronickel inventory rose 85% to Rp457
billion inline with the higher cost of production of
ferronickel. Antam also booked a 95% increase in
gold and silver inventory to Rp172 billion as Antam
increased gold trading activities from third
parties, including from retail customers.
Inventories of gold and silver were insured against
the risk of physical damage and theft under blanket
policies.
Non-Current Assets
Antam's non-current assets slightly increased from
Rp3,975 billion to Rp3,990 billion as increases in
deferred exploration, development and tax
expenditures were not offset by decreased in fixed
assets net of accumulated depreciation. Antam did
not acquire significant new fixed assets as the
significant expenditures on the most recent
expansion came to an end when commercial operations
of FeNi III began in the beginning of 2007. Antam
increased its investments in shares of stock up 51%
to Rp55.8 billion consisting of Rp13.5 billion for
PT Indonesia Chemical Alumina (Tayan Chemical Grade
Alumina project), Rp35.7 billion for PT Nusa
Halmahera Minerals (gold mine operated by Newcrest),
Rp5.8 billion for PT Cibaliung Sumberdaya (gold mine
under development by Austindo) and Rp836 billion for
the new investment in a 5% stake of PT Mega Citra
Utama, a mining exploration and operator. Antam
consolidated the investment of a 60% stake in PT
Borneo Edo International, a mining license holder
for bauxite exploration in West Kalimantan, which
occurred in September 2007. Antam's deferred
exploration and development expenditure increased
30% to Rp487 billion, deferred tax assets rose 86%
to Rp309 billion and other non-current assets rose
227% to Rp85
billion.
Total Consolidated Liabilities
Antam total consolidated liabilities increased 9% to
Rp3,273 billion due to higher current liabilities
which rose 52% compared to 2006 to Rp1,799 billion
or 55% of total consolidated liabilities. Due partly
to debt reduction, Antam's non-current liabilities
decreased 19% to Rp1,474 billion.
Current Liabilities
Antam's current liabilities increased to Rp1,799
billion mainly due to higher taxes payable, which
increased 134% to Rp988 billion and accrued expenses
which rose 36% to Rp452 billion. Taxes payable
increased inline with higher taxable income.
Accrued expenses increased due to the signicantly
higher raw material and services fees. Accrued raw
material purchases amounted to Rp141 billion and
Rp131 billion for mining and transportation services
fees.
Antam's total trade payables decreased 38% to Rp80
billion mainly due to the elimination of a payable
position for nickel ore bought from PT Inco
Indonesia. Of total trade payables, 76% were owed in
Rupiah and 70% were due within 30 days.
The total current maturities of investment loans
decreased 17% to Rp220 billion, consisting of a
reduction in the current maturity from PT Bank
Central Asia Tbk (BCA) to Rp126 billion and a
reduction in the current maturity from PT Bank
Mandiri (Persero) Tbk (Mandiri) to Rp94 billion. On
December 21st, 2006, Antam
withdrew US$71 million from the BCA loan and US$50
million from the Mandiri facility to help refinance
the remainder of Antam's outstanding USD bonds,
issued in 2003. Both
credit facilities have a repayment period of five
years, starting from June 2007 until December 2011.
Each facility has an interest rate of SIBOR 3 months
plus 1.5%. On February 2007, Antam entered an
interest rate swap agreement with Barclay Capital
for the Mandiri loan at a fixed rate of 6.75% and
BCA for the BCA loan at fixed rate of 6.61%. The
average interest rate in 2007 was 6.83%.
Non-Current Liabilities
In 2007, due to debt repayment, Antam
lowered its non current liabilities 19% to Rp1,474
billion. Antam's long term debt decreased 35% to
Rp700 billion. Antam's lowered total debt 31% to
Rp920 billion. For the first time in many years
Antam reduced its pension and other post-retirement
obligations, which decreased 6% to Rp644 billion due
to lower post-employment medical, and other
post-retirement and pension benefits.
Total Consolidated Stockholders' Equity
Antam's total consolidated stockholders'
equity rose 105% to Rp8,764 billion due to the 136%
increase in retained earnings to Rp7,785 billion.
Antam had appropriated Rp2,653 billion of retained
earnings. The significant increase in retained
earnings is due to significantly higher net income
generated by increasing production and higher
commodity prices.
Cash Flows
Due to increased production and sales volumes and
higher prices, Antam's cash flows from operations
surged to a record high. Antam's nickel contained in
ferronickel sales volumes increased 31% following
the commencement of commercial operations of the
third smelter, FeNi III, nickel ore sales volumes
increased 60% due to strong demand from China and
gold sales increased 50% due to stable production
combined with increased trading activities. Due
mostly to strong demand from China, as well as muted
global supply increases, the achieved selling prices
for all of Antam's main products increased. The
prices for nickel contained in ferronickel rose 56%,
saprolite nickel ore rose 49% and gold rose 15%.
With few capital expenditures, amounting to only
Rp197 billion, Antam was very much cash flow
positive, as in 2006, and cash holdings grew as
Antam completed its latest growth phase. Antam's
free cash flow in 2007 grew significantly to Rp4,639
billion. In 2005 Antam was free cash flow negative
Rp569 billion, as it had been since 2003, in line
with expenditures made to more than double
ferronickel production capacity. With the
significant 317% build up in cash holdings to
Rp4,744 billion, Antam is ready to pursue
opportunities to enhance shareholder value, such as
making acquisitions, investing in expanding and
upgrading operations, paying dividends and further
lowering debt.
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
In 2007, Antam's net cash receipts from operations
rose Rp3,990 billion, or 182% to Rp6,183 billion.
The increase is primarily due to the 116% increase
in receipts from customers, which rose Rp6,038
billion to Rp11,229 billon. Antam's payments to
suppliers increased Rp1,845 billion or 76% to
Rp4,277 billion and payments to commissioners,
directors and employees increased 48% to Rp793
billion. The greater pace of increase for customer
receipts compared to payments to suppliers and for
management and employees enhanced the rate of growth
for net cash receipts.
Despite higher interest income and lower interest
payments due to larger cash holdings and higher US
dollar interest rates, Antam's net cash provided by
operating activities did not increase at the same
pace of net cash receipts due to a significantly
larger payment for tax. Antam's cash flow for
interest income rose 306% to Rp126 billion while
interest payments, due to loan repayment, lowered
62% to Rp78 billion. Antam's tax payments increased
Rp1,095 billion or 191% to Rp1,669 billion, due to
tax paid on Antam's much higher taxable income.
Cash Flows Used In Investing Activities
Antam's cash flows used in investing activities
increased 37% to Rp262 billion. The increase is
mainly due to higher acquisitions of property, plant
and equipment as well as exploration and development
expenditure. In 2007, Antam spent Rp197 billion, an
increase of 129% or Rp111 billion, on acquisitions
of property, plant and equipment. As well, Antam
ramped up investment on exploration and development
63% to Rp195 billion. These increases were not
offset by Antam's dividend income, related to
Antam's 17.5% stake in a gold company run by
Newcrest Ltd called PT Nusa Halmahera Minerals,
which rose 2,114% to Rp155 billion.
Cash Flows Used in Financing Activities
In 2007 Antam made smaller, yet still significant,
repayments of long term borrowings, which in total
decreased 74% to Rp462 billion. Antam's total long
term debt decreased 35% to Rp700 billion. However,
due to a much larger dividend payment, Antam's cash
flows used in financing activities increased 16% to
Rp1,114 billion. In line with higher net income in
2006, Antam's cash flows for payment of dividends
rose 117% to Rp621 billion.
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