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Telia Lietuva

Quarterly Report Jul 18, 2024

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Interim Report January-June 2024

Telia Lietuva, AB

Telia Lietuva, AB | Interim Report January-June 2024

Table of Content

Management Report

Financial Statements

04. CEO comment

23. Corporate governance

Corporate Governance

Management Report

CEO comment

The second quarter of 2024 was marked with the completion of one of the largest B2B projects – modernization of data transmission network (WAN) of Lithuanian Railways (LTG). The project which was implemented over two years together with our partners reached the value of EUR 12 million and covered all aspects of technology levels – starting from replacement of network nodes, implementation of security and network management systems and finishing with cable installation and transfer of the existing services to the upgraded network.

The Company's resilience to cybersecurity threats was rated 9.7 out of 10 by globally recognized RiskRecon cybersecurity rating. Over the past years, we have invested in advanced threat detection and response systems that have significantly reduced the risk of network intrusions. This ensures that our customers can confidently operate their private data on the Internet and not be afraid that an unexpected disconnection will prevent them from making important purchases or disrupt their daily agenda.

All in all, it proves that Telia Lietuva is well positioned to be the first choice for business customers regardless of their size when it comes to not only connectivity but integrated IT and cybersecurity solutions.

Revenue generated from IT and billed mobile communication services fueled total revenue growth during the first half of 2024. Compared with the first half of 2023, total mobile data usage during January-June 2024 increased by 38 per cent, while using 5G network alone has grown 2.8 times. During the second quarter of 2024, the number of mobile communication service subscribers increased by 29 thousand and over the last 12 months – by 44 thousand.

Despite the fact that total number of broadband Internet connection over the last 12 months went down by 4 thousand (solely DSL connections), revenue from Internet services went up. Revenue from TV services increased in line with higher number of Telia Play services users notwithstanding shrinking pay TV market and tough competition.

The higher total revenue in combination with the costs saving initiatives resulted in an adjusted EBITDA margin increase by 1.2 percentage points to 37.2 per cent, as compared with the previous year.

In May 2024, following the revised dividend policy and the Annual General Meeting decision the Company paid out EUR 0.09 of dividend per share for the year 2023 (EUR 0.06 for the year 2022).

During the second quarter an important milestone was achieved in implementing mobility business transformation program – 90 per cent of residential customers has been migrated into SAP customer relationship management (CRM) system streamlining the legacy systems shut-down.

In June, the first part of the full mobile gadgets buy-back service came to life and online tool for evaluation of old devices was launched, confirming Telia's commitment to circular economy solutions as part of our sustainability agenda.

Continuing its support to Ukraine Telia Lietuva will continue to provide calls from Lithuania to Ukraine and from Ukraine to Lithuania as well as mobile data services in Ukraine at special tariffs applied from the start to the war and we intend to do this at least until the end of 2024.

Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters CEO of Telia Lietuva

What is Telia Lietuva?

By combining fixed and mobile connections, we provide people and businesses in Lithuania with the most advanced telecommunications, TV, and IT services and solutions. Throughout Lithuania, our team of 2,000 professionals provides services to residents, enterprises, public sector institutions, and non-governmental organizations. We are also a service provider to other local and international telecommunications operators.

We are a part of the international Telia Company Group, operating in the Nordic and Baltic countries. By working together and sharing experiences and ideas, we provide millions of customers in six countries with more opportunities and quality.

Telia Company owns 88.15 percent of Telia Lietuva shares. Since 2000, Telia Lietuva shares have been traded on the Nasdaq Vilnius Stock Exchange (symbol – TEL1L). In total, Telia Lietuva has more than 15 thousand shareholders.

Being the largest telecommunications operator in Lithuania, we have been designated by the Communication Regulatory Authority (CRA) of Lithuania as an operator with significant market power (SMP) in five telecommunications markets:

  • Voice call termination on the mobile network.
  • Call termination on individual public telephone networks provided at a fixed location.
  • Wholesale local access provided at a fixed location.
  • Wholesale central access for mass-market products.
  • Wholesale high-quality data transmission services via the terminating segment.

Together with the other largest Lithuanian telecommunications operators, Bitė Lietuva and Tele2, we have established the non-profit organization VšĮ Numerio Perkėlimas, which administers a central database for ensuring telephone number portability in Lithuania. The company has no other investments in subsidiaries or associates and has no branches or representative offices.

Our activities are certified for compliance with the following ISO standards: IT Management (ISO/IEC 20000-1), Information Security Management (ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27017), Quality Management (ISO 9001), Data Security (PCI DSS), Environmental Management (ISO 14001), and Occupational Health & Safety (ISO 45001).

Telia Lietuva, AB is a public company (joint-stock company) incorporated on 6 February 1992. The company is headquartered in Vilnius, the capital of the Republic of Lithuania. The address of its registered office is Saltoniškių str. 7A, LT-03501, Vilnius, Lithuania. Our other offices are in Kaunas and Šiauliai.

Photo courtesy of invest Lithuania @Norbert Tukaj Photo: STRUCTUM @Vaidotas Darulis

Financial highlights of Q2 2024

Telia Lietuva operating model is based on customers' segment. The Company's operations are managed and reported by the following segments: business and residential customers. Business customers segment (B2B) implies telecommunication and IT services, equipment sale and customer care for large, medium and small business, public institutions and enterprises, local and international telecommunication operators. Residential customers segment (B2C) implies telecommunication and TV services to private individuals. Other operations include operations of Technology and Support units of the Company. The financial statements of the Company have been prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union.

Financial highlights of H1 2024

Revenue grew by 5.7%

and amounted to EUR 119.5 million (2023: EUR 113.1 million)

EBITDA increased by 7.3% and amounted to EUR 44 million (2023: EUR 41 million)

Profit for the period went up by 17.1% to EUR 18.3 million (2023: EUR 15.6 million)

Capital investments down by 21.1%

and amounted to EUR 11.4 million (2023: EUR 14.5 million)

EUR 52.4 million of dividends

were paid for the year 2023 (EUR 0.09 per share) (EUR 35 million or EUR 0.06 per share for the year 2022)

Adjusted EBITDA up by 7.5%

to EUR 44.7 million (2023: EUR 41.6 million)

Revenue grew by 3.5%

and amounted to EUR 238.5 million (2023: EUR 230.5 million)

EBITDA increased by 7.2%

and amounted to EUR 87.4 million (2023: EUR 81.5 million)

Profit for the period went up by 14.4% to EUR 36.4 million (2023: EUR 31.8 million)

Capital investments down by 4.6%

and amounted to EUR 29.2 million (2023: EUR 30.6 million)

Free cash flow went up by 63.4%

and amounted to EUR 51.6 million (2023: EUR 31.6 million)

Adjusted EBITDA up by 6.8% to EUR 88.7 million (2023: EUR 83 million)

Financial figures

January -
June
January -
June
January -
June
(in thousands of EUR unless otherwise stated) 2024 2023 Change (%) 2022
Revenue 238,481 230,471 3.5 214,901
Adjusted EBITDA excluding non-recurring items 88,677 83,003 6.8 73,067
Adjusted EBITDA margin excluding non-recurring items (%) 37.2 36.0 34.0
EBITDA 87,371 81,496 7.2 73,206
EBITDA margin (%) 36.6 35.4 34.1
Operating profit (EBIT) excluding non-recurring items 45,452 40,441 12.4 31,391
EBIT margin excluding non-recurring items (%) 19.1 17.5 14.6
Operating profit (EBIT) 44,146 38,934 13.4 31,530
EBIT margin (%) 18.5 16.9 14.7
Profit before income tax 41,067 36,306 13.1 30,408
Profit before income tax margin (%) 17.2 15.8 14.1
Profit for the period 36,417 31,829 14.4 26,272
Profit for the period margin (%) 15.3 13.8 12.2
Earnings per share (EUR) 0.063 0.055 14.4 0.045
Number of shares (thousand) 582,613 582,613 - 582,613
Share price at the end of period (EUR) 1.545 1.895 (18.5) 1.935
Market capitalisation
at the end of period
900,137 1,104,052 (18.5) 1,127,356
Total assets 602,376 611,442 (1.5) 606,167
Shareholders' equity 340,810 325,063 4.8 298,065
Cash flow from operations 80,404 74,792 7.5 71,550
Free cash flow 51,638 31,600 63.4 38,647
Capital investments (Capex) 29,226 30,649 (4.6) 31,909
Net debt 76,743 114,856 (33.2) 117,218

Operating figures

30-06-2024 30-06-2023 Change (%) 30-06-2022
Mobile service subscriptions, in total (thousand) 1,655 1,611 2.7 1,582

Post-paid (thousand)
1,343 1,288 4.3 1,265

Pre-paid (thousand)
312 323 (3.4) 317
Broadband Internet connections, in total (thousand) 423 427 (0.9) 424

Fiber-optic (FTTH/B) (thousand)
315 314 0.3 309

Copper (DSL, VDSL) (thousand)
108 113 (4.4) 115
TV service customers (thousand) 260 258 0.8 254
Fixed telephone lines in service (thousand) 167 188 (11.2) 215
Number of personnel (headcounts) 1,894 1,979 (4.3) 2,050
Number of full-time employees 1,792 1,855 (3.4) 1,904

Financial ratios*

30-06-2024 30-06-2023 30-06-2022
Return on capital employed (%) 19.4 16.1 13.3
Return on average assets
(%)
13.8 11.5 9.9
Return on shareholders' equity (%) 19.3 18.9 18.0
Operating cash flow to sales (%) 34.4 31.3 32.5
Capex (excl. mobile licenses) to sales (%) 12.2 17.3 21.8
Net debt to EBITDA ratio 0.45 0.74 0.82
Gearing ratio (%) 22.5 35.3 39.3
Debt to equity ratio (%) 28.5 38.0 51.1
Current ratio (%) 64.3 54.7 65.3
Rate of turnover of assets (%) 79.0 74.4 69.0
Equity to assets ratio (%) 56.6 53.2 49.2
Price to earnings (P/E) ratio 13.2 17.8 19.5

Notes: *Description of financial ratios and their calculation is provided at https://www.telia.lt/eng/investors/financial-results

Revenue

Fixed services
Voice telephony services
Internet services
Datacom and network ca
TV services
IT services
Other services
Mobile services
Billed services
Other mobile service
Equipment
(in thousands of EUR) April -
June
2024
April -
June
2023
Change (%)
Fixed services 52,640 52,067 1.1
Voice telephony services 9,377 11,067 (15.3)
Internet services 19,948 18,821 6.0
Datacom and network capacity services 4,652 4,516 3.0
TV services 9,431 9,339 1.0
IT services 7,352 6,447 14.0
Other services 1,880 1,877 0.2
Mobile services 44,091 39,967 10.3
Billed services 41,962 37,878 10.8
Other mobile service 2,129 2,089 1.9
Equipment 22,765 21,034 8.2
Total 119,496 113,068 5.7
January -
June
January -
June
(in thousands of EUR) 2024 2023 Change (%)
Fixed services 104,635 102,935 1.7
Voice telephony services 18,776 21,265 (11.7)
Internet services 39,512 37,215 6.2
Datacom and network capacity services 9,208 8,978 2.6
TV services 18,883 18,673 1.1
IT services 14,112 12,428 13.6
Other services 4,144 4,376 (5.3)
Mobile services 86,852 79,712 9.0
Billed services 82,805 74,326 11.4
Other mobile service 4,047 5,386 (24.9)
Equipment 46,994 47,822 (1.7)
Total 238,481 230,469 3.5

(in thousands of EUR) April -
June
2024
April -
June
2023
Change (%) January -
June
2024
January -
June
2023
Change (%)
Cost of goods and services (43,441) (42,292) 2.7 (88,022) (88,743) (0.8)
Operating expenses (32,510) (30,322) 7.2 (63,754) (60,754) 4.9
Employee related (17,636) (15,518) 13.6 (34,180) (30,543) 11.9
Other (14,874) (14,804) 0.5 (29,574) (30,211) (2.1)
Non-recurring expenses (764) (800) (4.5) (1,466) (1,532) (4.7)
Operating expenses (excl. non-recurring expenses) (31,746) (29,522) 7.5 (62,288) (59,215) 5.2
Employee related (17,307) (15,284) 13.2 (33,554) (29,996) 11.9
Other (14,439) (14,238) 1.4 (28,734) (29,219) (1.7)

Cost of goods and services for the first half of 2024 compared with the same period a year ago decreased mainly due to lower networks' interconnection and roaming cost. The annual salaries' increase and higher annual bonuses for the year 2023 resulted in increase in employee related expenses in 2024. During January-June 2024, expenses for energy were by 11.4 per cent higher due to employment of 5G technology, while marketing expenses were by 22 per cent lower that a year ago.

During January-June 2024, the total number of employees (headcount) decreased by 41 – from 1,935 to 1,894. In terms of full-time employees (FTE), the total number of employees decreased by 37 – from 1,829 to 1,792. Over the last 12 months total number of employees went down by 85 and in terms of number of full-time employees – by 63.

Non-recurring expenses for the second quarter and the first half of 2024 were comprised from one-off redundancy payouts of EUR 329 thousand (2023: EUR 234 thousand) and EUR 626 thousand (EUR 547 thousand), respectively, and nonrecurring other expenses related to transformation program of EUR 435 thousand (EUR 566 thousand) and EUR 840 thousand (EUR 992 thousand), respectively.

Earnings

The profit tax rate in Lithuania is 15 per cent. Following the provisions of the Law on Corporate Profit Tax regarding tax relief for investments in new technologies, the profit tax relief for the year 2024 amounted to EUR 1.6 million (2023: EUR 1.8 million).

(in thousands of EUR) April -
June
2024
April -
June
2023
Change (%) January -
June
2024
January -
June
2023
Change (%)
EBITDA 43,993 40,981 7.3 87,371 81,496 7.2
Margin (%) 36.8 36.2 36.6 35.4
Depreciation and amortisation (22,259) (21,354) 4.2 (43,225) (42,562) 1.6
Operating profit (EBIT) 21,734 19,627 10.7 44,146 38,934 13.4
Margin (%) 18.2 17.4 18.5 16.9
Non-recurring expenses (764) (800) (4.5) (1,466) (1,539) (4.7)
Gain (loss) on sale of property 20 164 (87.8) 160 32 400.0
Adjusted EBITDA excluding non-recurring items 44,737 41,617 7.5 88,677 83,003 6.8
Margin (%) 37.4 36.8 37.2 36.0
EBIT excluding non-recurring items 22,478 20,263 10.9 45,452 40,441 12.4
Margin (%) 18.8 17.9 19.1 17.5
(in thousands of EUR) April -
June
2024
April -
June
2023
Change (%) January -
June
2024
January -
June
2023
Change (%)
Profit before income tax 20,179 18,075 11.6 41,067 36,306 13.1
Margin (%) 16.9 16.0 17.2 15.8
Income tax (1,927) (2,490) (22.6) (4,650) (4,477) 3.9
Profit for the period 18,252 15,585 17.1 36,417 31,829 14.4
Margin (%) 15.3 13.8 15.3 13.8

Financial position and cash flow

As of 30 June 2024, the total non-current assets amounted to 81.7 per cent (82.3 per cent a year ago), the total current assets – to 18.3 per cent (17.7 per cent), whereof cash and cash equivalent alone represented 3.4 per cent (1.4 per cent) of total assets. At the end of June 2024, shareholders' equity amounted to 56.6 per cent of the total assets (53.2 per cent a year ago).

On 23 May 2024, the Company fully repaid an outstanding EUR 30 million amount of the syndicated loan of EUR 60 million granted by SEB, Nordea and Danske banks in 2017.

(in thousands of EUR) 30-06-2024 31-12-2023 Change (%) Total assets 602,376 616,121 (2.2) Non-current assets 492,322 498,415 (1.1) Current assets 108,638 116,234 (6.5) whereof cash and cash pool arrangement 20,431 20,604 (0.8) Assets for sale 1,416 1,472 (3.8) Shareholders' equity 340,810 356,828 (4.5)

(in thousands of EUR) 30-06-2024 31-12-2023 30-06-2023
Loans from banks - 30,000 30,000
Loans from Telia Company AB 50,000 25,000 65,000
Liabilities under reverse factoring agreements 47,174 36,782 28,627
Borrowings 97,174 91,782 123,627
Cash and cash equivalents 5,714 20,604 8,771
Cash pool arrangement 14,717 - -
Net debt 76,743 71,178 114,856
Net debt to equity (Gearing) ratio (%) 22.5 19.9 35.3

In January 2023, the Company has entered into agreement with Telia Company AB regarding Revolving Credit Facility that provides the Company with the possibility to borrow any amount up to total limit of EUR 50 million for 3 or 6 months within 2 business days. In May 2024, the Company had borrowed from Telia Company EUR 50 million for 3 months and temporary (till the end of October 2024) increased borrowing limit by EUR 10 million up to EUR 60 million in total.

The Company participates in reverse factoring or Supplier Invoice Financing (SIF) program where suppliers' invoices are paid by the banks within 7 days for an agreed fee which is covered by supplier. The Company does not pay any credit fees and does not provide any additional collateral or guarantee to the banks. The Company pays to the banks full invoice amount in up to one-year period (actual term depends on few variables agreed between all three parties). One of the variables effecting the terms of repayments to the banks is Euribor interest rate. To mitigate negative impact of increased interest rates the Company has renegotiated terms and conditions of some agreements with vendors as well as onboarded new vendors to SIF program.

In January 2024, the Company has entered into agreement with Telia Company AB and Telia Global Services Lithuania, UAB, a subsidiary of Telia Company AB in Lithuania, on cash pooling at SEB bank. Cash pool arrangement provides the Company with the short-term borrowing possibility to ensure liquidity.

On 26 April 2024, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders from the Company's distributable profit of EUR 171 million to allocate EUR 52.4 million for the payment of dividends for the year 2023, i. e. EUR 0.09 dividend per share, and carry forward to the next financial year an amount of EUR 118,5 million as retained earnings (undistributed profit)

(in thousands of EUR) January -
June
2024
January -
June
2023
Change (%)
Net cash generated by operating activities 80,404 74,792 7.5
Purchase of PPE and intangible assets (Cash Capex) (30,204) (44,116) (31.5)
Proceeds from disposal of PPE and intangible assets 1,438 924 55.6
Free cash flow 51,638 31,600 63.4
Increase (decrease) in lease liabilities (5,005) (8,036) (37.7)
Operational free cash flow 46,633 23,564 97.9

Capital investments

(in thousands of EUR) January -
June
2024
January -
June
2023
Change (%)
Fixed network 8,939 8,960 (0.2)
Mobile network 7,909 7,793 1.5
IT systems and infrastructure 5,832 6,696 (12.9)
Transformation program 6,424 6,983 (8.0)
Other 122 217 (43.7)
Total capital investments 29,226 30,649 (4.6)
Capital investments to revenue ratio (%) 12.3 13.3

In 2024, the Company continues to invest into upgrade and expansion of its core network and network infrastructure to ensure further 5G mobile network roll-out with deployment of ultra-high-speed base stations at existing sites. As a result of fiber optic backbone network (DWDM) upgraded 800 Gbps data speed between Vilnius and Kaunas is reached.

According to the latest Communication Regulatory Authorities measurement data, the average mobile data download speed in Telia Lietuva network remains the highest in the country and during the first half of 2024 amounted to 240.9 Mbps (193 Mbps a year ago).

By the end of June 2024, the Company had 976 thousand households passed (969 thousand a year ago), or 62 per cent of the country's households, by the fiber-optic network.

As a result of ongoing business transformation program 90 per cent of the Company's residential customers are migrated into new SAP based customer management system.

During Q2 of 2024, the total capital investments amounted to EUR 11.4 million (EUR 14.5 million a year ago).

Investment into subsidiaries / associates

As of 30 June 2024, the Company had the following entity as associate of the Company:

VšĮ Numerio Perkėlimas, a joint not-for-profit organization, established together with Lithuanian telecommunication companies (UAB Bitė Lietuva and UAB Tele2 holding a 25 per cent stakes each), from 1 January 2016 in cooperation with UAB Mediafon administers the central database to ensure telephone number portability in Lithuania. Stake in VšĮ Numerio Perkėlimas is not for public trade.

The Company has no branches or representative offices.

Name of the
company
Date of registration, code, name of
Register of Legal Entities
Contact details The Company's share
in the share capital
of the entity (%)
The Company's
share of votes (%)
VšĮ Numerio
Perkėlimas
5 September 2014,
code 3033 86211,
State Enterprise Center
of Registers
Jogailos str. 9,
LT-
01116 Vilnius,
Lithuania
- 50.00

Share capital and shareholders

The authorised capital of the Company amounts to 168,957,810.02 euro and consists of 582,613,138 ordinary registered shares with a nominal value of 0.29 euro each. The number of the Company's shares that provide voting rights during the General Meeting is 582,613,138.

582,613,138 ordinary registered shares of Telia Lietuva, AB (ISIN code LT0000123911) are listed on the Main List of Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange (code: TEL1L). Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange is a home market for the Company's shares.

From January 2011, the Company's shares are included into the trading lists of Berlin Stock Exchange (Berlin Open Market (Freiverkehr), Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Open Market (Freiverkehr), Munich Stock Exchange and Stuttgart Stock Exchange. Telia Lietuva share's symbol on German stock exchanges is ZWS.

Since 1 December 2000, the Company and SEB Bankas AB (code 1120 21238), Konstitucijos ave. 24, LT-01103 Vilnius, have an agreement on accounting of the Company's securities and services related to the accounting of securities.

During January-June 2024, the Company's share price on Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange decreased by EUR 0.12 or 7.2 per cent. The shares' turnover in terms of units, compared to the first six months of 2023, increased by 11.2 per cent. The Company's market capitalisation as on 30 June 2024 was EUR 900 million (2023: EUR 1,104 million).

Information on trading in Telia Lietuva shares on Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange during January-June 2024:

Currency Opening
price
Highest
price
Lowest price Last price Average
price
Turnover
(units)
Turnover
EUR 1.66 1.735 1.525 1.545 1.668 1,719,945 2,869,443

Share capital and shareholders

Shareholders, holding more than 5 per cent of the share capital and votes, as on 30 June 2024:

Name of the shareholder (name
of the enterprise, type and
registered office address, code
in the Register of Enterprises)
Number of ordinary
registered shares
owned by the
shareholder
Share of the share
capital (%)
Share of votes
given by the shares
owned by the right
of ownership (%)
Share of votes held
together with
persons acting in
concert (%)
Telia Company AB,
169 94 Solna, Sweden,
code 556103-4249
513,594,774 88.15 88.15 -
Other shareholders 69,018,364 11.85 11.85 -
Total: 582,613,138 100.00 100.00 -

The total number of shareholders on the shareholders' registration day (19 April 2024) for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which was held on 26 April 2024, was 15,509.

Trading in the Company's shares on Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange since beginning of listing

Source: Nasdaq Vilnius

Treasury stocks

The Company has no treasury stocks. The Company has never acquired any shares from the management of the Company.

Dividends

In 2024, the Board has revised the guidelines for the Company's dividend payout. The revised Company's dividend policy provides that:

— the Company must maintain the net debt to EBITDA ratio not higher than 1.5, and

— to pay out not more than 80% of free cash flow but not more than 100% of the Company's net profit as dividend.

On 23 May 2024, the Company paid out to the shareholders an amount of EUR 52.4 million of dividends or EUR 0.09 per share for the year 2023. In accordance with the relevant legislation, dividends were paid to the shareholders who were on the Shareholders' List of the Company on the dividend record day, 10 May 2024, i.e., the tenth business day after the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Dividends to all shareholders were paid in cash.

Dividends paid to legal entities (residents and non-residents) were subject to withholding Corporate income tax of 15 per cent and dividends paid to natural persons (residents and non-residents) were subject to withholding Personal income tax of 15 per cent.

Information about the Company's dividend pay-out during the last five years (in EUR thousand unless otherwise stated):

Year Profit for
the period
Earnings per
share (EUR)
Dividends paid Dividend per
share (EUR)
Dividends to
profit ratio (%)
2019 54,726 0.094 52,435 0.09 95.8
2020 55,866 0.096 58,261 0.10 104.2
2021 56,808 0.098 58,261 0.10 102.0
2022 56,398 0.097 34,957 0.06 62.0
2023 63,594 0.109 52,435 0.09 82.5

Information about related party transactions

Following the International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU, parties related to the Company include the Company's associate, companies within the Telia Company Group, and the Company's management team. Transactions with related parties are conducted based on the arm's length principle.

On January 10, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement regarding a Revolving Credit Facility, which allows the Company to borrow up to EUR 50 million from Telia Company AB for short-term periods (3 or 6 months). From May 2024 until the end of October 2024, the borrowing limit is temporarily increased up to EUR 60 million.

As of 30 June 2024, the outstanding amount borrowed from Telia Company amounted to EUR 50 million. The Company did not provide any loans to its associate.

Through its largest shareholder, Telia Company AB, the Company is related to the Telia Company Group, which provides telecommunication services in Nordic and Baltic countries. The main buyers and providers of telecommunications and other services to the Company, based on earlier signed agreements, include Telia Company AB (Sweden), Telia Eesti AS (Estonia), LMT (Latvia), Telia Finland Oyj (Finland), Telia Norge AS (Norway), Telia Finance AB (Sweden), and Telia Global Services Lithuania, UAB (Lithuania).

In May 2024, the Company paid out EUR 46.2 million to Telia Company as a dividend for the year 2023.

Information about new related party transactions entered by the Company during 2024:

Related party Transaction Value
Telia Company AB,
code 556103-4249,
169 94 Solna,
Sweden
On 22-05-2024, Telia Company provided a loan for 3
months to Telia Lietuva at interest rate of 3 months
Euribor + 1.2 per cent margin.
EUR 50 million

Information about volumes of the Company's transactions with related parties during January-June 2024

(in EUR thousand):

Telecommunication and other services
Telia
Company
Group:
Sales Purchase
377 6,672
Telia
Company
AB
(Sweden)
Telia
Asset
Finance
AB
(Sweden)
- 868
Telia
Försäkring
AB
(Sweden)
3,724 67
Telia
Sverige
AB
(Sweden)
265 (300)
Latvijas
Mobilais
Telefons
SIA
(Latvia)
49 8
Telia
Norge
AS
(Norway)
23 16
Telia
Eesti
AS
(Estonia)
13 71
Telia
Finland
Oyj
(Finland)
219 20
Telia
Global
Services
Lithuania,
UAB
546 370
Telia
Danmark
A/S
(Denmark)
40 23
Other - 28
5,256 7,843

Information about related party transactions is provided in Note 12 of the Company's Financial Statements for the six months' period ended 30 June 2024. Following the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania requirements, information about related party transaction concluded starting from 1 January 2018 is placed on the Company's website www.telia.lt.

Risk management

The purpose of the Company's Risk Management Strategy is the creation and protection of value by addressing uncertainty, identifying, managing, and monitoring risks and opportunities that threaten the achievement of the Company's strategic goals, essential for safeguarding our customers, employees, shareholders, assets, and brands.

The Company's risk management is developed in line with the ISO 31000 standard for risk management and the COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission) framework.

Risks that could impact Telia's operations include, but are not limited to, the following:

Financial risk management

The Company's activities expose it to the following financial The Company's activities expose it to the following financial risks: market risk (including foreign exchange risk, cash flow risk, and fair value interest rate risk), credit risk, and liquidity risk. The Group's Financial Management Policy focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimize potential adverse effects on the company's financial performance.

The Company's exposure to foreign exchange risk is not substantial, as Telia Lietuva operates in the eurozone, and the majority of services are provided to residents and businesses in Lithuania, with most services and goods purchased from local or eurozone suppliers. However, certain foreign exchange risk exposure arises from the Company's international activities with telecommunication operators and suppliers outside the eurozone, primarily related to settlements in US Dollars. The Company manages foreign exchange risk by minimizing the net exposure to open foreign currency positions; therefore, no foreign exchange hedging instruments are used.

Since 2022, the Company's income and operating cash flows have become somewhat dependent on changes in market interest rates. In May 2024 repaid EUR 30 million loan provided by SEB Bank, Danske Bank, and Nordea Bank had semi-annually set interest rate based on a 6-month EURIBOR. The Revolving credit facility, up to EUR 50 million, provided by Telia Company AB, is also priced based on 3 or 6-month EURIBOR interest rates. The Company does not use any interest rate hedging tools.

The Company participates in a reverse factoring or Supplier Invoice Financing (SIF) program where suppliers' invoices are paid by third-party banks within 7 days for an agreed fee, covered by the supplier. The Company does not incur any credit fees and does not provide additional collateral or guarantees to the banks. Payment to the banks is made in full invoice amounts within a period of up to one year. The actual term depends on several variables agreed upon by all three parties, one of which is the EURIBOR interest rate, which began to rise in the spring of 2022, resulting in a shortened term and a negative impact on the Company's working capital and cash flow. To mitigate the impact of the rising interest rate, the Company renegotiated the conditions of the SIF program.

The Company's financial assets' exposure to credit risk is related to cash deposits and trade receivables. Credit risk of cash deposits is managed by limiting exposure to financial institutions with credit ratings lower than A (according to Fitch or equivalent ratings by Standard & Poor's or Moody's). As of 30 June 2024, the majority (95 per cent) of the Company's cash and short-term investments were held in A+ rated banks.

The Company has a Participation Agreement with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) for customer receivables. Under the agreement, SEB acquires the rights to the cash flows for certain pools of Telia Lietuva's receivables from the sales of handsets to residential customers. The objective of the agreement is to improve the Company's working capital by achieving derecognition of the receivables, transferring the risk related to the receivables to SEB using the so-called "pass-through" rules in IFRS 9 Financial Instruments.

Risk management

To manage the credit risk of trade receivables, the Company conducts credit checks on all customers (both business and residential) before entering into any new contracts, except for low-value contracts, such as additional TV packages or other value-added services (VAS). Payment control for customers' invoices involves several steps, beginning with a notification before the due date, followed by additional reminders after the due date. Services are restricted after 20 days past due, and contracts are terminated with penalties issued after 50 days past due. For residential customers with bad debts after sending additional reminder letters, the debts are either sold or handed over to external bad debt collection agencies for debt recovery.

Liquidity risk pertains to the availability of adequate funds for the Company's debt service, capital expenditure, working capital requirements, and dividend payouts. Prudent liquidity risk management involves maintaining a sufficient level of cash and cash equivalents. The Company's liquidity risk management goal is to ensure that the minimum liquidity position (calculated as cash and cash equivalents plus undrawn committed credit facilities) always exceeds 2 percent of the annual revenue. In 2024, the Company's average liquidity position amounted to 5 percent of the annual revenue.

To mitigate liquidity risk, in January 2023 the Company signed an agreement with its largest shareholder, Telia Company AB, regarding a Revolving credit facility. This facility allows the Company to borrow any amount up to a total limit of EUR 50 million for 3 or 6 months, with funds available within 2 business days. In May 2024, the credit limit was temporary (till the end of October 2024) was increased by EUR 10 million.

In January 2024, the Company has entered into agreement with Telia Company AB and Telia Global Services Lithuania, UAB on cash pooling at SEB bank. Cash pool arrangement provides the Company with the short-term borrowing possibility to ensure its liquidity.

The Company's financial risk management is conducted by employees of the Finance unit in accordance with Telia Company Group policies, in close cooperation with Telia Company Group Treasury. Further details about the Company's financial risk management can be found in Note 3 of the Company's Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Plans and forecasts

To meet the growing demand for cloud computing services, the Company has acquired a 2-hectare land plot near Vilnius, where it will construct a new data center that will be the largest one in the country. The Company is also continuing renovations and expansions of its existing data centers.

People

Number of Telia Lietuva employees at the end of period Telia Company's most valuable resource is our people. We

strive to have the most engaged employees. Without our ability to identify, hire and retain the best people, we would lose some of our unique culture and competitive edge.

People Policy defines the Company's expectations of the employees as well as what expectations our employees shall have of each other and on the Company as their employer. The policy does not form part of any employee's contract of employment and may change from time to time at the discretion of the Company.

The Telia Code of Conduct is designed to inspire and guide us in our everyday work, serving as our ethical compass as we travel forward. The Telia Code applies to Telia employees, board members, members of our extended workforce – such as suppliers, consultants, freelance and temporary workers – and anyone else who works or provides services for or on behalf of Telia.

The People Policy covers the following areas:

  • Addictive substances
  • Child labor and forced labor
  • Disclosure of conflicting interests
  • Freedom of association and collective bargaining
  • Integrity
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Occupational health, safety and well being
  • Recruitment
  • Terms of employment and working hours
  • Total remuneration
  • Travel

Any Telia Company employee who suspects violations of the Code of Conduct or People Policy must speak up and raise the issue primarily to their line manager, and secondly to the Human Resources unit, to the Ethics and Compliance Office, or through the Speak-Up Line.

The protection and improvement of the health, safety and well-being of everyone who works for or with the Company, is a guiding principle in all our operations. This definition includes our employees, contractors, suppliers and visitors. Our common approach is built on promoting good health, well-being and safe work conditions, preventing occupational risks and ill health, and rapidly reacting to injuries and unsafe conditions. This applies to both physical and psycho-social work aspects.

The Company's occupational health and safety (OHS) management system cover all requirements of ISO 45001 standard. The certificate of compliance with Occupational health and safety (ISO 45001) standard was obtained by the Company in October 2017.

The Company's objective is to maximize the effectiveness of remuneration programs to attract, retain and motivate high calibre staff needed to maintain and improve the success of the business and support the change journey of becoming a new generation telecom company. The aim of Remuneration Policy and the associated remuneration practices is to support the strategic direction and objectives of the Company.

While counting full-time employees, the number of parttime employees is recalculated into full-time employees, and this number does not include employees on maternity/paternity leave.

People

The Remuneration Policy sets out the following principles: — Competitiveness and positioning

  • Job levelling
  • Compliance
  • Cost effectiveness and administrative efficiency
  • Performance orientation
  • Equal opportunity

The Company applies total remuneration approach, which means that making remuneration comparisons with market levels and in communicating the value of remuneration to stakeholders, the emphasis is placed on the total value of the remuneration, not on the individual components. The Company offers different remuneration components to its employees differentiated based on types of businesses, functions, roles and markets. The remuneration may consist of one or more of the following components:

  • Fixed base pay
  • Short-term incentives
  • Functional incentives
  • the Company may introduce long-term incentive plans (such as share-based);
  • other financial and non-financial benefits such as additional health insurance, pension plans, etc.

The remuneration of all employees is assessed once a year. In 2024, the remuneration was increased to 90 per cent of the Company employees on average by 7.3 per cent and annual bonuses amounting to roughly two monthly salary on average were paid to all employees of the Company who worked in the Company for at least 3 months in 2023 and who did not receive sales incentive pays.

According to the policy, the remuneration structure and levels for the members of the Company's Management Team are supervised and governed by the Remuneration Committee of the Company and are approved by the Board.

The Company provides additional health insurance to all employees and offers to employee pension savings at 3rd tier pension funds. We also have Collective Bargaining Agreement which is valid for all employees. More information about these can be found in Annual and Sustainability report for the year 2023.

Employees breakdown by gender and units as of 30 June 2024

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Corporate Governance

Corporate governance

According to the By-Laws of the Company, the governing bodies of the Company are the General Shareholder's Meeting, the Board and the CEO. The Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Companies provides that Lithuanian companies at their discretion could have either two (Supervisory Council and Board) or only one collegial governing body. There is no Supervisory Council in the Company.

The decisions of the General Meeting made regarding the matters of competence of the General Meeting, are binding upon the Shareholders, the Board, the CEO and other officials of the Company. The Shareholders of the Company that at the end of the date of the record of the General Meeting are shareholders of the Company have the right to participate in the General Meeting. The date of record of the General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company is the fifth business day prior to the General Meeting or the repeated General Meeting. The person, participating in the General Meeting and having the right to vote, must deliver his/her identification proving document. In case the person is not a shareholder he/she is to present a document, proving his/her right to vote at the General Meeting.

Following the By-laws, the Board of the Company consists of six members who are elected for the term of two years and jointly act as a managing body of the Company. The Board represents the shareholders and performs supervision and control functions. The members of the Board are elected by the General Meeting in accordance with the procedure established by the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania. The Chair of the Board is elected by the Board from its members for two years. The Board institutes two Committees: Audit and Remuneration. Three members of the Board comprise each committee.

The By-laws of the Company provides that the Board of Telia Lietuva:

  • is responsible for the strategic direction of the Company;
  • considers and approves the strategy of the Company, the annual and interim reports of the Company, the structure of the Company's governance and positions of the employees, the positions to which employees shall be hired through a contest, and nominees to such positions, nominees to the positions directly reporting to the CEO, remuneration and dismissal from the positions, regulations of branches and representative offices of the Company, general principles (procedure) of payment of bonuses to Company's employees;
  • sets the information, which shall be held the commercial secret and confidential information of the Company;
  • analyses and assesses materials provided by the CEO concerning the strategy implementation, activities and financial status of the Company;
  • adopts decisions to become incorporator or participant of other legal entities, acquisition or disposal by the Company of the shares of other companies, acquisition, transfer, lease of any assets or business, assumption of new debt obligations, when the amount of the transactions exceeds EUR 1.6 million (excl. VAT);
  • adopts decisions concerning the annual financial statements of the Company and a draft of profit (loss) distribution that are proposed by the CEO and presents these drafts to the General Meeting;
  • adopts decisions on transactions with related parties as prescribed by the Law and transactions that has a significant impact on the Company, its finances, assets, liabilities;
  • is responsible for convocation of General Meetings in a timely manner.

Corporate governance

The Board elects and recalls the CEO of the Company, sets his remuneration and other conditions of the employment agreement, approves his office regulations, induces and applies penalties to him. The CEO is the Head of the Company. The Head of the Company is a one-man management body of the Company and, within his scope of authority, organizes the day-to-day operation of the Company. An employment agreement with the CEO is signed by the Chair of the Board or other person, authorized by the Board. The remuneration of the CEO comprises a fixed salary and bonuses (premiums), payable contingent on the results of the Company's activities and performance of the CEO. The Work Regulations that are approved by CEO define the duties and authority of CEO and other officers of the Company in more details.

The By-laws of the Company provides that CEO of Telia Lietuva:

  • supervises the day-to-day operation and ensure the implementation of the Company's Business Plan;
  • prepares annual financial statements and annual report of the Company;
  • prepares a draft decision on the allocation of dividends;
  • reports on the current operations of the Company at each meeting of the Board;
  • performs the functions delegated to him by the Board and implement decisions adopted by the General Meeting;
  • represents or procures the representation of the Company before companies, authorities, organizations, courts, arbitration and in relations with any third party;
  • opens or closes accounts with banking institutions and dispose of the funds therein;
  • executes the Company's transactions pursuant to the By-laws, decisions of the General Meeting and the Board;
  • issues authorizations to other persons to perform his functions within the scope of his authority;
  • issues procurations;
  • issues internal documents regulating the work of the administration, and other structural units;
  • appoints and dismisses employees of the Company, signs, amends and terminates on behalf of the Company employment agreements with employees of the Company (except where, in cases provided in these By-laws, Board approval is required);
  • determines employees' salaries and bonuses (except where, in cases provided in these By-laws, Board approval is required); presents the procedure for payment of bonuses to the Board for approval;
  • ensures the protection and increases of the Company's assets, normal working conditions, and protection of commercial secrets;
  • represents or gives another person a power of attorney to represent the Company in general meetings of shareholders of other companies in which the Company has invested;
  • approves, amends and supplements the work regulations of the administration;
  • provides reports to the Shareholders and the Board on major events that are relevant to the Company's activities;
  • complies with legal requirements when concluding transactions with related parties;
  • executes other functions, ascribed to the competence of the head of a Company in the valid legal acts.

The Company essentially follows a recommendatory Corporate Governance Code for the Companies Listed on Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange (hereinafter 'the Governance Code') adopted in August 2006, amended in December 2009 and newly worded from January 2019. The Company does not have a Supervisory Council, but supervision functions set by the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania are performed by the Board, which is a non-executive managing body of the Company and is comprised from four representatives of the largest shareholder, Telia Company, and two independent members of the Board. The Company does not have a Nomination Committee as its functions are performed by the Remuneration Committee. Former CEO of the Company, Dan Strömberg, from March 2023 till April 2024 was Chair of the Board.

The Company prepared the disclosure of compliance with the principles and recommendation set by the Governance Code in Telia Lietuva, AB Corporate governance reporting form for the year ended 31 December 2023, which is a part to this Annual Report.

Procedure for amending the Company's By-laws

The Company's By-laws provide that the By-laws of the Company can be amended upon the initiative of the Board or Shareholders, whose shares grant them no less than 1/20 of the whole votes. The decision on amendment of the By-laws shall be taken by the 2/3 majority of the votes of participants of the General Meeting. In case the General Meeting takes the decision to amend the By-laws of the Company the whole text of the amended By-laws shall be drawn and signed by the person, authorized by the General Meeting.

Shareholders' rights

None of the shareholders of the Company have any special controlling rights. Rights of all shareholders are equal. As of 30 June 2024, the number of the Company's shares that provide voting rights during the General Meeting of Shareholders amounted to 582,613,138. One ordinary registered share of the Company gives one vote in the General Meeting of Shareholders.

The Company is not aware of any agreements between the shareholders that could limit transfer of securities and/or their ability to exercise their voting rights.

Shareholders' meeting

The Annual General Meeting held on 26 April 2024 decided to:

  • approve of the Company's annual financial statements for the year 2023,
  • allocate the Company's profit for the year 2023,
  • allocate EUR 37 thousand for tantiemes for the year 2023 to two independent members of the Board – Leda Iržikevičienė and Mindaugas Glodas – EUR 18.5 thousand each,
  • approve the Company's Remuneration Report for the year 2023,
  • approve new edition of the Company's CEO and Board members remuneration policy
  • recall UAB Deloitte Lietuva as the Company's auditor and elect KPMG Baltics, UAB as the Company's audit enterprise for the year 2024 and 2025,
  • elect Stefan Backman to the Company's Board for current term of the Board to succeed Dan Strömberg, who resigned from the Board as of 25 April 2024.

Corporate governance

The Board Activities

On 4 April 2024, Dan Strömberg, Chair of the Board, has submitted his letter of resignation from the Board of the Company as of 25 April 2024. Following the largest Company's shareholder, Telia Company AB, proposal the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 26 April 2024 elected Stefan Backman, Executive Vice President, Group General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs at Telia Company AB, to the Board of Telia Lietuva for the current term of the Board till 27 April 2025..

On 25 June 2024, the Board of Telia Lietuva elected Stefan Backman as a Chair of the Board.

During January-June 2024, four ordinary and one extraordinary meetings of the Board were held. Ordinary meetings were convened according to the preliminary approved schedule of the Board meetings, while extraordinary meeting was held for appointment of new members of the Management Team. During all Board meetings there was quorum prescribed by legal acts. All meeting were chaired by the then Chair of the Board.

During its meetings the Board, besides the ongoing follow up of the Company's business plan implementation and supervision of transformation program approved:

  • financial statements for the 12 months of 2023 and 3 months of 2024,
  • financial statements and the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2023,
  • convocation of the Annual General Meetings of Shareholders and agenda of the Meeting,
  • proposal of profit allocation for the year 2023,
  • Remuneration Report for the year 2023,
  • new edition of the Company's CEO and Board members remuneration policy,
  • audit enterprise for the year 2024-2025,
  • internal audit plan for the year 2024,
  • payment of annual bonuses for the year 2023,
  • resignation of the Chair of the Board and election of new Chair of the Board,
  • changes in organizational structure of the Company,
  • appointment of new Heads of B2B and Digital Transformation units,
  • updates of the Company's Policies.

The Board regularly considered reports of the Audit and Remuneration Committees, as well as reports of the Company's management.

The Remuneration Committee of the Company is responsible for making recommendations to the Board on creating a competitive compensation structure aimed at attracting and retaining key management talent. It also ensures the integrity of the Company's compensation and benefit practices, links compensation to performance, and safeguards the interests of all shareholders. The Remuneration Committee reviews and establishes general compensation goals and guidelines for the Company's employees, determines bonus criteria, recommends compensation for executives and management, plans executive development and succession, assists the Chair of the Board in CEO recruitment, and aids the CEO in recruiting managers who report directly to them.

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During the first six months of 2024, the Remuneration Committee held two ordinary meetings The committee discussed the following issues during these meetings: — evaluation of the Company's Management team members' performance and approval of short-term incentives for Management team for the year 2023,

  • base salary review for Management team members,
  • short-term incentive KPI's for the year 2024,
  • short-term incentives procedure update,
  • Company's CEO and Board members remuneration policy,
  • Remuneration Report for the year 2023,
  • change of organizational structure of the Company
  • changes in Management team.

All members of the Committee attended all meetings. The meetings were chaired by the Chair of the Committee, Claes Nycander.

The purpose of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities. It reviews the financial reporting process, internal control systems, management of financial risks, audit processes, and the Company's compliance monitoring with laws, regulations, and internal policies.

During the first half of 2024, two meetings of the Audit Committee were held, during which the following issues were considered:

— the report by external auditors regarding the financial statements for the year 2023,

  • draft of audited financial statements and the Annual Report for the year 2023,
  • draft of Profit allocation statements for the year 2023 (dividends and tantiemes),
  • internal audit and risk management reports,
  • internal audit plan for the year 2024,
  • election of the Company's audit enterprise for the years 2024 and 2025,
  • related party transaction increase of Revolving Credit Facility limit,
  • report of GREC (Governance, Risk, Ethics and Compliance) meeting,
  • update on funding and liquidity.

All members of the Committee attended all meetings of the Committee. Both meetings were chaired by Chair of the Committee, Agneta Wallmark.

Auditors

Taking into consideration that UAB Deloitte Lietuva has audited Telia Lietuva, AB for 10 years and Telia Company, a parent company of Telia Lietuva, has chosen KPMG as the audit enterprise, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on 26 April 2024 recalled UAB Deloitte Lietuva as the Company's audit enterprise and elected KPMG Baltics, UAB as the Company's audit enterprise for the year 2024 and 2025.

Information about the Board members' attendance of the meetings in 2024 (number of attended/to be attended meetings):

Meeting attendance
Name, surname Position Board Audit
Committee
Remuneration
Committee
Tantiemes for
2023 paid-out
in 2024 (EUR)
Dan
Strömberg
Chair of the Board, member of
the Board till 25 April 2024
3/3 -
Stefan
Backman
Chair of the Board, member of
the Board from 26 April 2024
2/2
Claes
Nycander
Member of the Board, Chair of
the Remuneration Committee
5/5 2/2 -
Agneta
Wallmark
Member of the Board, Chair of
the Audit Committee
5/5 2/2 -
Hannu-Matti
Mäkinen
Member of the Board, member of
the Remuneration Committee
5/5 2/2 -
Leda
Iržikevičienė
Independent member of the
Board, member of the Audit
Committee
5/5 2/2 18,500
Mindaugas
Glodas
Independent member of the
Board, member of the Audit and
Remuneration Committees
5/5 2/2 2/2 18,500

Corporate governance

Member of the Board since 29 April 2014, re-elected for the two-year terms on 29 April 2015, 27 April 2017, 26 April 2019, 27 April 2021 and 27 April 2023 (nominated by Telia Company AB), Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

Education: Uppsala University (Sweden), Master of Business and Administration; Stanford University Palo Alto (U.S.A.), Master of Science in Electrical Engineering; Institute of Technology at University of Linköping (Sweden), Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, and University of Linköping (Sweden), Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.

Employment – Telia Company AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 556103-4249, Vice President, Head of Chief Operating Officer Office & part of management support for Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Current Board Assignments:

— Telia Towers AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 559196-

  • 5164, member of the Board;
  • Telia Towers Finland Oy, Pasilan asema-aukio 1, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland, code 2933075-9, member of the Board;

Members of the Board

  • Telia Towers Norway AS, Lørenfaret 1 A, 0585 Oslo, Norway, code 921589298, member of the Board;
  • Svenska UMTS-Nät AB, Warfvinges Väg 45 4tr, 11251 Stockholm, Sweden, code 556606-7996, Chair of the Board;
  • Svenska UMTS-licens AB, Warfinges Väg 45, 112 51 Stockholm, Sweden, code 556606-7772, Chair of the Board;
  • Telia Eesti AS, Mustamäe tee 3, 15033 Tallinn, Estonia, code 10234957, member of the Supervisory Council;
  • Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (LMT) SIA, Ropažu iela 6, Rīga, LV-1039 Latvia, code 50003050931, member of the Supervisory Council;
  • Tilts Communications A/S, Holmbladsgade 139, 2300 København, Denmark, code 17260642, member of the Board;
  • Telia Company Danmark A/S, Holmbladsgade 139, 2300 København S, Denmark, code 18530740, Chair of the Board.

Claes Nycander has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Claes Nycander

Chair of the Board, member of the Board since 26 April 2024 (nominated by Telia Company AB).

Education – University of Uppsala (Sweden), Master of Laws.

Employment – Telia Company AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 556103-4249, Executive Vice President, Group General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

  • Telia Sverige AB, Stjarntorget 1, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 556430-0142, member of the Board
  • TV4 AB, Tegeluddsvägen 3, 115 41 Stockholm, Sweden, code 556242-7152, Chair of the Board
  • Telia Finland Oyj, PL 106, FI-0051 Sonera, Finland, code 1475607-9, Chair of the Board
  • Telia Eesti AS, Mustamäe tee 3, 15033 Tallinn, Estonia, code 10234957, member of the Supervisory Council;
  • Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (LMT) SIA, Ropažu iela 6, Rīga, LV-1039 Latvia, code 50003050931, member of the Supervisory Council.

Stefan Backman has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Stefan Backman Agneta Wallmark

Hannu-Matti Mäkinen

Members of the Board

Member of the Board since 25 April 2018, re-elected for the two-year terms on 26 April 2019, 27 April 2021 and 27 April 2023 (nominated by Telia Company AB), Chair of the Audit Committee.

Education: Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden), B. Sc. Econ with special focus on Accounting and Finance and Stockholm University (Sweden), LL M with special focus on Tax and Economics.

Employment – Telia Company AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 556103-4249, Vice President, Head of Group Treasury.

Current Board assignments:

  • Telia Försäkring AB (Telia Insurance), 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 516401-8490, Chair of the Board;
  • Swedish Pension Fund of Telia, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, member of the Board;
  • Andra AP-fonden, Östra Hamngatan 26, 404 24 Gothenburg, Sweden, member of the Board;
  • Skandia Life Insurance (Mutual), Lindhagensgatan 86, 112 18 Stockholm, Sweden, code 516406-0948, Chair of Nomination Committee for General Council elections.

Agneta Wallmark has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Member of the Board since 25 April 2018, re-elected for the two-year terms on 26 April 2019, 27 April 2021 and 27 April 2023 (nominated by Telia Company AB), member of the Remuneration Committee.

Education: University of Arizona (U.S.A), College of Law, LL.M (Master of Laws) in International Trade Law, and University of Lapland (Finland), School of Law, LL. B (Bachelor of Laws) and LL.M (Master of Laws) in Finnish and EU-Law.

Employment – Telia Company AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 556103-4249, Chief Legal Counsel, Telia Asset Management.

Current Board Assignments:

  • Telia Finland Oyj, PL 106, FI-0051 Sonera, Finland, code 1475607-9, member of the Board;
  • Tilts Communications A/S, Holmbladsgade 139, 2300 København, Denmark, code 17260642, member of the Board;
  • Tet SIA, Dzirnavu iela 105, Rīga, LV-1011 Latvia, code 40003052786, member of the Supervisory Council;
  • Valokuitunen Oy, Hämeentie 15, 00500 Helsinki, Finland, code 3101706-7, member of the Board;
  • Telia Towers AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 559196- 5164, Chair of the Board;
  • Telia Towers Finland Oy, Pasilan asema-aukio 1, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland, code 2933075-9, Chair of the Board;
  • Telia Towers Sweden AB (Sweden), 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 559162-3342, Chair of the Board;
  • Telia Towers Norway AS, Lørenfaret 1 A, 0585 Oslo, Norway, code 921589298, Chair of the Board.

Hannu-Matti Mäkinen has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Leda Iržikevičienė

Mindaugas Glodas

Independent member of the Board since 16 March 2023, re-elected for the two year's term on 27 April 2023 (as independent member of the Board nominated by Telia Company AB), member of the Audit Committee..

Education: Baltic Management Institute (Lithuania), Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), and Vilnius University (Lithuania), Bachelor's degree in business administration and Master's degree in business administration

Employment – OP Corporate Bank plc Lithuanian branch, Konstitucijos ave. 29, LT-08105 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 302535257, Country Manager

Involvement in activities of other entities :

— Association 'Lyderė', Jogailos g. 9, LT-01116 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 304439065, member of the Board.

Leda Iržikevičienė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Members of the Board

Independent member of the Board since 25 April 2018, re-elected for the two-year terms on 26 April 2019, 27 April 2021 and 27 April 2023 (as independent member of the Board nominated by Telia Company AB), member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Education: University of Antwerp, Centre for Business Administration UFSIA (Belgium), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and Vilniaus University, Faculty of Economics (Lithuania), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).

Employment:

  • NRD Companies AS, Løkketangen 20 B, 1337 Sandvika, Norway, code 921985290, General Manager;
  • Norway Registers Development AS, Løkketangen 20 B, 1337 Sandvika, Norway, code 985221405, General Manager;
  • Norway Registers Development AS Lithuanian branch, Gynėjų g. 14, LT-01109 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 304897486, General Manager.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

  • Association Žinių Ekonomikos Forumas, Saulėtekio al. 15, LT-10221, Vilnius, Lithuania, code 225709520, member of the Council;
  • Lithuanian National Committee for UNICEF, Aušros Vartų g. 3, LT- 01304 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 191588169, Chair of the Board;
  • MB Vox Proxima, Perkūno g. 32, Gilužių k., LT-14195 Vilniaus r., Lithuania, code 303481474, member of partnership (50 per cent);
  • UAB Privacy Partners Group, Smolensko g. 6, LT-03201 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 302415083, shareholder (39 per cent).

Mindaugas Glodas has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Governing structure of Telia Lietuva

valid from 1 July 2024

In April 2024, the Board has approved a new organization structure of Telia Lietuva valid from 1 July 2024. The Digital and Transformation business functions were merged into new Digital Transformation unit, Business Assurance and Transformation unit was renamed into Business Assurance, Resilience and Sustainability (BARS) unit, and all IT competences concentrated in Technology unit.

Vygintas Domarkas was appointed as Head of Digital Transformation unit from 1 July 2024.

Daniel Karpovič, Head of Enterprise (B2B), left the Company as of 1 July 2024, and Aurimas Žlibinas was appointed to lead the Company's business customers' unit.

Management Team

Head of Enterprise (B2B) from 1 June 2024.

Education – Lithuanian University of Educational Science, Bachelor of Science, Sociology.

He is not involved in activities of other entities. Aurimas Žlibinas has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Aurimas Žlibinas

Head of Consumer (B2C) from 1 July 2022.

Education – Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (Latvia), Bachelor degree in Economics and Business Administration.

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Elina Dapkevičienė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva, AB and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 percent of the share capital of any company.

Elina Dapkevičienė

CEO from 1 March 2023.

Education: Maastricht University (The Netherlands), Doctor of Law; BPP Law School, London (United Kingdom), law conversion studies, juris doctor equivalent; Oxford University (United Kingdom), MPhil in International Relations; London School of Economics (United Kingdom), Bachelor of Science in International Relations.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

  • Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vokiečių g. 10-403, Vilnius, Lithuania, code 125745184, member of the Board of Trustees;
  • Association Investors' Forum, Totorių str. 5-21, LT-01121 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 224996640, member of the Board;
  • 4 procentai, VšĮ, Konstitucijos pr. 21A, LT-08130 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 306689509, member of the Board.

Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters

Head of Sales & Customer Care from 1 March 2023.

Education – Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania), Master's degree in Law and Management, and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania), Bachelor's degree in Business Management

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Lina Bandzinė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva, AB and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 percent of the share capital of any company.

Lina Bandzinė Head of Technology from 18 August 2014.

Education – Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania), Bachelor's degree in Engineering Informatics and Master's degree in Engineering Informatics.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

— SIA Tet, Dzirnavu iela 105, Rīga, LV-1011, Latvia, code 40003052786, member the Supervisory Council

Andrius Šemeškevičius has 8,761 shares of Telia Lietuva that accounts to 0.0015 per cent of the total number of the Company's shares and votes. He has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Management Team

Head of Finance from 4 July 2022.

Education: Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), Bachelor of Business Administration and MBA, Finance and Banking.

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Daina Večkytė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Andrius Šemeškevičius

Daina Večkytė

Head of Digital Transformation from 1 July 2024.

Education: Vilnius University (Lithuania), bachelor's degree in Informatics.

He is not involved in activities of other entities. Vygintas Domarkas has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva, AB and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 percent of the share capital of any company.

Vygintas

Domarkas

Head of People and Engagement from 1 June 2014.

Education: Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), Master of Business Administration; Baltic Management Institute (BMI) (Lithuania), Executive Master of Business Administration.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

  • Association of Personnel Management Professionals, Galvydžio g. 5, LT-08236 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 300563101, Chair of the Board;
  • UAB EPSO-G, Laisvės pr. 10, LT-04215 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 302826889, member of Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Ramūnas Bagdonas has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva. He has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Ramūnas Bagdonas

Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs from 25 January 2019.

Education – Vilnius University (Lithuania), Law Master's degree.

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Daiva Kasperavičienė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva. She has no shareholdings that exceed 5 percent of the share capital of any company.

Management Team

Daiva Kasperavičienė

Head of Marketing & Communication from 1 July 2022.

Education: Kaunas Technology University (Lithuania), Bachelor of Business Administration (following Norwegian Business School BI program) and Master in Economics studies.

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Vaida Jurkonienė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Vaida Jurkonienė

Head of Business Assurance, Resilience & Sustainability from 15 December 2017.

Education: Baltic Management Institute (BMI) (Lithuania), Executive Master of Business Administration; Kaunas Technology University (Lithuania), Bachelor of Management of Production and Master of Marketing.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

  • Member of the Cyber Security Council (Lithuania)
  • Association INFOBALT, A. Goštauto g. 8-313, LT-Chair of Cybersecurity Committee.

01108 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 122361495, Deputy

Vytautas Bučinskas has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva. He has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Vytautas Bučinskas

Financial Statements

Statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income

April –
June
January

June
Notes 2024 2023 2024 2023
Revenue 119,496 113,069 238,481 230,471
Cost of goods and services (43,441) (42,292) (88,022) (88,743)
Employee related expenses (17,636) (15,518) (34,180) (30,543)
Other operating expenses (14,874) (14,804) (29,574) (30,211)
Other income - - - -
Other gain / (loss) –
net
448 526 666 522
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment of fixed assets
and assets classified as held for sale 6 (22,259) (21,354) (43,225) (42,562)
Operating profit 21,734 19,627 44,146 38,934
Finance income 566 302 1,075 586
Finance costs (2,121) (1,854) (4,154) (3,214)
Finance and investment activities –
net
(1,555) (1,552) (3,079) (2,628)
Profit before income tax 20,179 18,075 41,067 36,306
Income tax 3 (1,927) (2,490) (4,650) (4,477)
Profit for the year 18,252 15,585 36,417 31,829
Other comprehensive income:
Other comprehensive income for the period - - - -
Total comprehensive income for the period 18,252 15,585 36,417 31,829
Profit and comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the Parent 18,252 15,585 36,417 31,829
Non-controlling interests - - - -
Basic and diluted earnings per share for profit attributable
to the equity holders of the Company (expressed in EUR
per share) 4 0.031 0.027 0.063 0.055

Statement of financial position

As at
30 June
As at
31 December
Notes 2024 2023
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment 6 247,819 253,738
Goodwill 7 26,769 26,769
Intangible assets 7 138,670 141,742
Right-of-use assets 8 47,019 45,134
Costs to obtain contract 5,493 5,477
Contract asset 592 718
Trade and other receivables 19,647 18,855
Finance lease receivables 6,313 5,982
492,322 498,415
Current assets
Inventories 13,659 12,617
Contract asset 1,200 1,012
Trade and other receivables 67,141 75,900
Current income tax assets - 249
Finance lease receivables 6,207 5,852
Interest bearing receivables (cash pool) 14,717 -
Cash and cash equivalents 5,714 20,604
108,638 116,234
Assets classified as held for sale 1,416 1,472
Total assets 602,376 616,121
EQUITY
Company
LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
Current liabilities
As at
30 June
As at
31 December
Notes 2024 2023
EQUITY
Capital and reserves attributable to equity holders of the
Company
Issued capital 9 168,958 168,958
Legal reserve 10 16,896 16,896
Retained earnings 154,956 170,974
Equity attributable to owners of the Company 340,810 356,828
Non-controlling interests - -
Total equity 340,810 356,828
LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings - -
Lease liabilities 44,089 42,495
Deferred tax liabilities 16,913 16,965
Deferred revenue and accrued liabilities 18,618 19,036
Contract liability - -
Provisions 11 13,010 13,039
92,630 91,535
Current liabilities
Trade, other payables and accrued liabilities 52,194 58,576
Current income tax liabilities 1,164 -
Borrowings 97,174 91,782
Contract liability 2,953 2,895
Lease liabilities 15,451 14,505
Provisions 11 - -
168,936 167,758
Total liabilities 261,566 259,293
Total equity and liabilities 602,376 616,121

Statement of changes in equity

Share
capital
Legal
reserve
Retained
earnings
Total
equity
Balance at 1 January 2023 168,958 16,896 142,337 328,191
Profit for the year - - 31,829 31,829
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of income tax - - - -
Total comprehensive income for the year - - 31,829 31,829
Dividends paid for 2022 - - (34,957) (34,957)
Balance at 30 June 2023 168,958 16,896 139,209 325,063
Balance at 1 January 2024 168,958 16,896 170,974 356,828
Profit for the year - - 36,417 36,417
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of income tax - - - -
Total comprehensive income for the year - - 36,417 36,417
Dividends paid for 2023 - - (52,435) (52,435)
Balance at 30 June 2024 168,958 16,896 154,956 340,810

Statement of cash flows

January –
June
Notes 2024 2023
Operating activities Investing activities
Profit for the year 36,417 31,829
Adjustments for:
Income tax expenses recognized in profit or loss 3 4,650 4,477
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment charge 6 44,380 43,803
Other gain / (loss) –
net
(729) (710)
Interest income (1,074) (1,099)
Interest expenses 4,125 3,693
Financing activities
Changes in working capital (excluding the effects of
acquisition and disposal of subsidiaries):
Inventories / Assets held for sale (1,205) (3,390)
Trade and other receivables 7,026 (2,654)
Decrease/(increase) in contract assets (62) 81
Decrease/(increase) in contract costs (16) 96
Trade, other payables and accrued liabilities, deferred tax
liability (5,977) 6,220
Increase/(decrease) in contract liabilities 58 217
Increase/(decrease) in deferred revenue and accrued Movement in cash and cash equivalents
liabilities (418) (756)
Increase/(decrease) in provisions 11 (29) (33)
Cash generated from operations 87,146 81,774
Interest paid (3,605) (3,567)
Interest received 151 135
Income taxes paid (3,288) (3,550)
Net cash generated by operating activities 80,404 74,792
January –
June
Notes 2024 2023
Investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangible
assets (30,204) (44,116)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment and
intangible assets 1,438 924
Proceeds from / repayments for finance sublease receivables 237 2,986
Increase / decrease in interest bearing receivables
(cash pool)
(14,717) -
Net cash used in investing activities (43,246) (40,206)
Financing activities
Repayment of borrowings (87,783) (100,460)
Proceeds from borrowings 93,175 110,539
Increase (decrease) in lease liabilities (5,005) (8,036)
Dividends paid to shareholders (52,435) (34,957)
Net cash received in financing activities (52,048) (32,914)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (14,890) 1,672
Movement in cash and cash equivalents
At the beginning of the financial year 20,604 7,099
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (14,890) 1,672
At
the
end
of
the
financial
year
5,714 8,771

1 Basic of preparation

Notes to the financial statements

The investments included in the Company's financial statements are indicated below:

Associate
VšĮ
Numerio
Ownership interest in %
Country of 30 June 31 December
Associate incorporation 2024 2023 Profile
VšĮ
Numerio
Perkėlimas
Lithuania 50% 50% A
non-profit
organization
established
by
Lithuanian
telecommunications
operators
administers
central
database
to
ensure
telephone
number
portability

As at 30 June 2024 and 31 December 2023, the Company had no investments in subsidiaries.

2 Investments in subsidiaries and associates

The interim financial statements for the three months' period ended 30 June 2024 are prepared in accordance with the International Financial Accounting Standards, as adopted by the European Union, includes IAS 34. In all material respects, the same accounting principles have been followed as in the preparation of financial statements for 2023.

The presentation currency is euro. The financial statements are presented in thousands of euro, unless indicated otherwise.

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention.

These financial statements for the period ended 30 June 2024 are not audited. Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 are audited by the external auditor Deloitte Lietuva UAB.

As at 1 January 2009, amendments to Law on Corporate Profit Tax came into effect which provides tax relief for investments in new technologies. As a result, the Company's calculated profit tax relief amounts for 2024 to EUR 1.6 million (2023: EUR 1.8 million). Investments in new technologies are capitalised as property, plant and equipment, and their depreciation is deductible for tax purposes, therefore, the tax relief does not create any deferred tax liability.

The tax authorities may at any time inspect the books and records within 3 years from the end of the year when tax declaration was submitted and may impose additional tax assessments with penalty interest and penalties.

The Company's management is not aware of any circumstances, which may give rise to a potential material liability in this respect.

3 Income tax

April – June January –
June
2024 2023 2024 2023
Current
tax
expenses
2,339 2,486 4,702 4,758
Deferred
tax
change
(412) 4 (52) (281)
Total 1,927 2,490 4,650 4,477

The tax expenses for the period comprise current and deferred tax.

Profit for 2024 is taxable at a rate of 15 per cent in accordance with Lithuanian regulatory legislation on taxation (2023: 15 per cent).

April –
June
January –
June
2024 2023 2024 2023
Net
profit
18,252 15,585 36,417 31,829
Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (thousands) 582,613 582,613 582,613 582,613
Basic
earnings
per
share
(EUR)
0.031 0.027 0.063 0.055

4 Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing the net profit (loss) for the period by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period. The Company has no dilutive potential ordinary shares and therefore diluted earnings per share are the same as basic earnings per share. The weighted average number of shares for both reporting periods amounted to 582,613 thousand.

5 Dividends per share

A dividend that relates to the period to 31 December 2023 was approved by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 26 April 2024. The total amount of allocated dividend, that was paid off in May 2024, is EUR 52,435 thousand or EUR 0.09 per ordinary share.

6 Property, plant and equipment

The depreciation, amortisation and impairment charge in the statement of profit or loss items:

January –
June
2024 2023
Depreciation
of
property,
plant
and
equipment
(Note
6)
22,680 24,174
Impairment
of
property,
plant
and
equipment
(Note
6)
15 11
Amortisation
of
intangible
assets
(Note
7)
14,870 13,166
Impairment
of
intangible
assets
(Note
7)
- -
Amortisation
of
right-of-use-asset
(Note
8)
5,660 5,211
Total 43,225 42,562
Impairment
of
assets
classified
as
held
for
sale
- -
Total 43,225 42,562

Ducts and
telecommu Other
Land and nication tangible Construction
buildings equipment fixed assets in progress Total
Six
months
ended
30
June
2023
Six
months
ended
30
June
2023
Opening
net
book
amount
9,776 225,343 10,943 23,591 269,653
Additions - - - 18,153 18,153
Reclassifications (1,543) 14 - (82) (1,611)
Disposals
and
write-offs
- (249) 40 - (209)
Transfers
from
construction
in
progress
1,000 21,784 1,872 (24,656) -
Depreciation
charge
(654) (21,030) (2,490) - (24,174)
Impairment
charge
- (11) - - (11)
Closing
net
book
amount
8,579 225,851 10,365 17,006 261,801
At
30
June
2023
At
30
June
2023
Cost 27,462 790,871 50,149 17,006 885,488
Accumulated
depreciation
(18,842) (563,940) (39,783) - (622,565)
Impairment
charge
(41) (1,080) (1) - (1,122)
Net
book
amount
8,579 225,851 10,365 17,006 261,801
Six
months
ended
30
June
2024
Opening
net
book
amount
Six
months
ended
30
June
2024
8,249 218,849 10,944 15,696 253,738
Additions - - - 17,240 17,240
Reclassifications 36 (36) - (189) (189)
Disposals
and
write-offs
(29) (245) (1) - (275)
Transfers
from
construction
in
progress
381 17,342 1,059 (18,782) -
Depreciation
charge
(608) (19,700) (2,372) - (22,680)
Impairment
charge
- (15) - - (15)
Closing
net
book
amount
8,029 216,195 9,630 13,965 247,819
At
30
June
2024
At
30
June
2024
Cost 27,728 762,833 49,322 13,965 853,848
Accumulated
depreciation
(19,658) (545,793) (39,692) - (605,143)
Impairment
charge
(41) (845) - (886)
Net
book
amount
8,029 216,195 9,630 13,965 247,819

7 Intangible assets

Licenses and Other
intangible
Construction
software Goodwill assets in progress Total
Six
months
ended
30
June
2023
Opening
net
book
amount
88,540 26,769 27,805 26,305 169,419
Additions - - - 12,494 12,494
Reclassifications - - - 94 94
Disposals
and
write-offs
(4) - (1) - (5)
Transfers
to
other
accounts
11,596 - - (11,596) -
Amortization
charge
(11,446) - (1,720) - (13,166)
Closing
net
book
amount
88,686 26,769 26,084 27,297 168,836
At
30
June
2023
Cost 173,723 29,408 53,122 27,297 283,550
Accumulated
amortization
(85,037) - (27,038) - (112,075)
Impairment
charge
- (2,639) - - (2,639)
Net
book
amount
88,686 26,769 26,084 27,297 168,836
Six
months
ended
30
June
2024
Opening
net
book
amount
80,763 26,769 24,366 36,613 168,511
Additions - - - 11,984 11,984
Reclassifications - - - 192 192
Disposals
and
write-offs
(378) - - - (378)
Transfers
to
other
accounts
13,116 - - (13,116) -
Amortization
charge
(13,151) - (1,719) - (14,870)
Closing
net
book
amount
80,350 26,769 22,647 35,673 165,439
At
30
June
2024
Cost 188,310 29,408 53,124 35,673 306,515
Accumulated
depreciation
(107,960) - (30,477) - (138,437)
Impairment
charge
- (2,639) - - (2,639)
Net
book
amount
80,350 26,769 22,647 35,673 165,439

6 Property, plant and equipment (continued)

8 Right-of-use-assets

Land and Dark Equipment
premises fibre rent Other Total
Six
months
ended
30
June
2023
Opening
net
book
amount
36,018 8,134 - 843 44,995
Additions 1,578 - 2,925 455 4,958
Lease
modifications
2,479 335 - 191 3,005
Disposals
and
write-offs
- - (2,925) - (2,925)
Amortization
charge
(4,457) (539) - (215) (5,211)
Closing
net
book
amount
35,618 7,930 - 1,274 44,822
At
30
June
2023
Cost 69,649 13,268 - 2,605 85,522
Accumulated
amortization
(34,031) (5,338) - (1,331) (40,700)
Net
book
amount
35,618 7,930 - 1,274 44,822
Six
months
ended
30
June
2024
Opening
net
book
amount
33,993 8,413 - 2,728 45,134
Additions 806 - 3,416 1,039 5,261
Lease
modifications
5,207 101 - 392 5,700
Disposals
and
write-offs
- - (3,416) - (3,416)
Amortization
charge
(4,605) (543) - (512) (5,660)
Closing
net
book
amount
35,401 7,971 - 3,647 47,019
At
30
June
2024
Cost 78,470 14,406 - 5,832 98,708
Accumulated
depreciation
(43,069) (6,435) - (2,185) (51,689)
Net
book
amount
35,401 7,971 - 3,647 47,019

9 Share capital

The authorised share capital comprises of 582,613,138 ordinary shares of EUR 0.29 nominal value each. All shares are

fully paid up.

10 Legal reserve

A legal reserve is a compulsory reserve under Lithuanian legislation. Annual transfer of 5% of net profit, calculated in accordance with Lithuanian regulatory legislation on accounting, is compulsory until the reserve including share premium reaches 10% of the share capital. The legal reserve can be used to cover the accumulated losses. The amount of the legal reserve surplus which exceeds the size of legal reserve required by the legislation can be added to retaining earnings for the profit distributing purpose.

As at 30 June 2024 and 31 December 2023 legal reserve – EUR 16.9 million.

11 Provisions

Assets
Provision for retirement
restructuring obligation Total
Closing
net
book
amount
at
31
December
2022
- 13,179 13,179
Additions - - -
Discounting - - -
Used
provisions
- (33) (33)
Closing
net
book
amount
at
30
June
2023
- 13,146 13,146
Closing
net
book
amount
at
31
December
2023
- 13,039 13,039
Additions - - -
Discounting - - -
Used
provisions
- (29) (29)
Closing
net
book
amount
at
30
June
2024
- 13,010 13,010

The Company leases land for the construction of mobile stations. Upon expiry of the lease term the mobile stations should be disassembled and land restored so that it could be returned to the land owner in a condition it was before the lease. Similarly, the Company has telecommunication equipment installed in the premises or on the buildings leased from third parties. This equipment will have to be disassembled when the lease agreement expires.

To cover these estimated future costs, assets retirement obligation has been recognized. The Company expects that assets retirement obligation will be realized later than after one year. Therefore, the whole amount of assets retirement obligation has been classified as non-current provision for other liabilities and charges.

12 Related party transactions

January –
June
2024 2023
Sales
and
purchases
from
Telia
Company
AB
and
its
subsidiaries:
Sales
of
telecommunication
and
other
services
5,256 4,250
Sales
of
assets
349 -
Total
sales
of
assets
and
services
5,605 4,250
Purchases
of
assets
and
services:
Purchases
of
services
7,843 9,166
Purchases
of
assets
187 1,047
Total
purchases
of
assets
and
services
8,030 10,213

The Company is controlled by Telia Company AB, registered in Sweden, and owning 88.15% of the Company's shares and votes. The largest shareholder of Telia Company AB is the State of Sweden.

The following transactions were carried out with related parties:

Balances arising from sales/purchase of assets/services and other transaction to/from Telia Company AB and its subsidiaries:

January –
June
2024 2023
Receivables
from
related
parties
523 332
Interest
bearing
receivables
(cash
pool)
14,717 -
Accrued
revenue
from
related
parties
298 451
Total
receivables
and
accrued
revenue
from
related
parties
15,538 783

In January 2023, the Company had signed an agreement regarding revolving credit facility with Telia Company AB that provides the Company with the possibility to borrow any amount up to total limit of EUR 50 million for 3 or 6 months

within 2 business days.

In May 2024, the Company paid-out to Telia Company an amount of EUR 46.2 million as dividend for the year 2023.

January –
June
2024 2023
Borrowings 50,000 65,000
Short
term
borrowings
50,000 65,000
Payables
to
related
parties
2,299 2,553
Accrued
expenses
to
related
parties
11 21
Total
borrowings,
payables
and
accrued
expenses
to
related
parties
2,310 2,574

In January 2024, the Company has entered into agreement with Telia Company AB and Telia Global Services Lithuania, UAB on cash pooling at SEB bank. Cash pool arrangement provides the Company with the short-term borrowing possibility to ensure its liquidity.

Confirmation of responsible persons

Following Article 22 of the Law on Securities of the Republic of Lithuania and the Rules on Information Disclosure of the Bank of Lithuania, we, Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters, CEO of Telia Lietuva, AB, and Daina Večkytė, Head of Finance of Telia Lietuva, AB, hereby confirm that, to the best of our knowledge, the not audited Interim Financial Statements for the 6 months' period ended 30 June 2024, prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position, profit and cash flows of Telia Lietuva, AB, and Interim Report for the 6 months' period ended 30 June 2024 includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company in relation to the description of the main risks and contingencies faced thereby.

Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters CEO

Daina Večkytė Head of Finance

Vilnius, 17 July 2024

Name of the Company Telia Lietuva, AB Date of registration 6 February 1992 Code of enterprise 1212 15434 LEI code 5299007A0LO7C2YYI075 Telephone number +370 5 262 1511 Fax number +370 5 212 6665 E-mail address [email protected]

Legal form public company (joint-stock company) Name of Register of Legal Entities State Enterprise Centre of Registers Registered office Saltoniškių str. 7A, LT-03501 Vilnius, Lithuania Internet address www.telia.lt

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