OREANDA-NEWS. MMK announces its consolidated financial statements under IFRS for H1 2015.

Revenue decreased primarily due to the decrease in the average steel price in US dollars during the year by USD 94 per tonne or 16.1% (from USD 585 per tonne in H1 2014 to USD 491 per tonne in H1 2015).

Cost of sales decreased (faster than revenue) primarily due to the rouble devaluation, implementation of the cost-cutting programme and decrease in production volume. SG&A expenses in H1 2015 also decreased y-o-y. Combined, these factors had an impact on growth in operating profit.

EBITDA in H1 2015 amounted to USD 963 mln, up 39.0% y-o-y. EBITDA margin amounted to 30.5%, while profit for H1 2015 incrased by nearly 6 times y-o-y.

Free cash flow in H1 2015 amounted to USD 369 mln, which resulted in annualised free cash flow yield of 25.5%.

The Company's management decided to include on the Board of Directors' agenda an item on recommending that the extradordinary shareholders meeting pay dividends based on the financial results for H1 2015.

The amount of dividend will be calculated based on the existing Dividend policy, which stipulates for payment of no less than 20% of consolidated net profit for the reporting period.