• Net profits in 2005 touched SR 19.2 billion (US$5.1 billion), a 35% increase over the previous year’s figure.

• Revenues rose to SR 78 billion (US$20.7 billion), a 14% increase on the previous year.

• Average profit growth over the past five years was 58% and the average sales growth was 25%.

• Total assets stood at SR 137 billion (US$36.5 billion) at the end of 2005, an increase of 10% over the previous year’s figure. This is an increase of 54% compared with five years ago.

• The value of current assets at the end of 2005 stood at SR 56 billion (US$14.9 billion).

• Shareholders’ equity rose to SR 62 billion (US$16.5 billion), a 22% increase over the figure for 2004.

• SABIC is now the ninth-largest petrochemical company in the world.

• In 2005, SABIC was named by Bloomberg as the 13th largest company in the world by market capitalization. SABIC was also ranked as the second-largest company outside the United States and the United Kingdom by market value.

For more information on SABIC’s performance in 2005 please download our annual report from the Publications page of this website.