Foreign Currency Transactions and Balances Transaction with Related Parties

PT. TUNAS BARU LAMPUNG Tbk AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30,2008 AND 2007 AND FOR THE NINE MONTHS PERIOD THEN ENDED Continued - 5 - When the cost of the acquisition is less than the interest of the Company in the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiaries, the excess is recognized as negative goodwill and is amortized using the straight – line method over 20 years.

c. Foreign Currency Transactions and Balances

The books of accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are maintained in Rupiah. Transactions during the year involving foreign currencies are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the time the transactions are made. At balance sheet date, monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are adjusted to reflect the rates of exchange prevailing at that date as published by Bank Indonesia. Majority of the balances and transaction in foreign currencies are denominated in the United States Dollar. The resulting gains or losses are credited or charged to current operations.

d. Transaction with Related Parties

Related parties consist of the following : 1 Companies that, through one or more intermediaries, control or are controlled by, or are under common control with, the Company including holding companies, subsidiaries, and fellow subsidiaries; 2 Associated companies. 3 Individuals owning, directly or indirectly, an interest in the voting power of the Company that gives them significant influence over the Company, and close family members of such individuals close family members are those who can influence or can be influenced by such individuals in their transaction with the Company ; 4 Key management personnel, that is, those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing, and controlling the activities of the Company, including commissioners, directors and managers of the Company and close family members of such individuals; and 5 Companies in which a substantial interest in the voting power is owned, directly or indirectly, by any person described in 3 or 4 or over which such person is able to exercise significant influence. These included companies owned by commissioners, directors or major stockholders of the Company, and companies that have a common member of key management with that of the Company. All transaction with related parties, whether or not done under similar terms and conditions as those done with third parties, are disclosed in the consolidated financial statements.

e. Use of Estimates