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Kauno Energija

Annual Report Apr 26, 2019

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AB KAUNO ENERGIJA

SET OF CONSOLIDATED AND PARENT COMPANY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR, ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018, PREPARED ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS, AS ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION, PRESENTED TOGETHER WITH CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT AND INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

Translation note

This set of Consolidated and Parent Company's Financial Statements presented together with Consolidated Annual Report and Independent Auditor's Report has been prepared in Lithuanian language and in English language. In all matters of interpretations of information, views or opinions, the Lithuanian language version of these documents takes precedence over the English version.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT…………………………………………… 3 –
9
Management's approval of the financial statements…………………………………… 10
SET OF CONSOLIDATED AND PARENT COMPANY'S FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2018
11

65
Statements of Financial Position 11

12
Statements of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income 13

14
Statements of Changes in Equity 15
Statements of Cash flows 16

17
Notes to the Financial Statements 18

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CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT………………………………………………. 66

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l(PMG Baltics, LJAB Klaipéclos filialas Liepq st. 4 LT -92114l(laipeda Lithuania

Phone: Fax: E-ma¡l: Website: +370 46 4B 00 12 +370 46 48 00 '13 klalpeda@kpmg. tt www,kpmg.lt

lndeOendent Auditor's Report

To the Shareholders of AB Kauno energija

Report on the Audit of the separate and the consolidated Financial statements

Opinion

We have audited the separate financial statements of AB Kauno energija ("the Company',) and the consolidated financial statements AB Kauno energija and its subsiãiaries (,,the Group,,). The separate financial statements of the Company and the consolidated financial statements of the Group comprise:

  • ' the separate statement of financial position of the Company and the consolidated
  • statement of flnancial position of the Group as at 31 December 2018, othe separate statements of profit (loss) and other comprehensive income of the Company and the consolidated statements of profit floss) and other comprehensive income the Group for the year then ended,
  • . the separate statement of changes in equity of the Company and the consolidated statement of changes in equity of the Group for the year then ended,
  • ' the separate statement of cash flows of the Company and the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Group for the year then ended, and
  • o the notes to the separate and consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Group, comprising signif icant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

ln our opinion, the accompanying separate and consolidated frnancial statements give a true and fair view of the unconsolidated financial position of the Company and the consolidated f inancial position of the Group as at 31 December 2018, respectively, and of their respective unconsolidated and consolidated financial performance and their non-consolidated and consolidated cash f lows for the year then ended in accordance with lnternational Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the European Union.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with lnternational Standards on Auditing (lSAs). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Separate and Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company and the Group in accordance with the lnternational Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (IESBA Code), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Law on Audit of Financial Statements of the Republic of Lithuania and the IESBA Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion,

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Conìpany code: 1 l1616158 VAT code:11114949716

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the separate and consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the separate ,and consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. Each audit matter and our respective response are described below.

We refer to the financial statements:

Significant accounting policies - .. Property, plant and equipment", ,.Use of estimates in the preparation of financial statements", Note 4 .. Property, plant and equipment"

The carrying amount of property, plant and equipment as at 31 December 2018: EUR 125.277 thousand in the consolidated statement of financial position and EUR 120. 165 thousand in the separate statement of financial position; depreciation and amortization expenses in 2018: EUR 6.972 thousand recognized in the consolidated statements of profit (loss) and other comprehensive income and EUR 6.390 thousand recognized in the separate statements of profit (loss) and other comprehensive income.

The key audit matter How the matter was addressed in our audit
Management's assessment of Property,
plant and equipment involves significant
estimation, primarily relating to their useful
life. The key assumptions applied by
management are further described in Note
2.8 Property plant and equipment.
Our audit procedures included among others:
considering the appropriateness of the

Company's and Group's accounting policy relating
to determination of useful life of property, plant
and equipment and assessing compliance of the
policies with the applicable accounting standards;
The subjectivity of the principal
assumptions required an application of a
significant amount of management's
judgment and effort. Changes to these
assessing the appropriateness of the controls

implemented by the Company with respect to
determination and subsequent revision of useful
life of items of property, plant and equipment;
assumptions could result in a material
change in the depreciation charge and result
for the year.
performing retrospective review of accuracy of

management's estimate with respect to useful
life of significant items of property, plant and
Accordingly, we consider this area to be our
key audit matter.
equipment by comparing actual useful life of fully
depreciated assets that were still in use to the
initial estimate of useful life including subsequent
revisions thereof.
comparing useful life of significant items of

property, plant and equipment applied by the
Company and the Group to useful life applied by
other companies in the same industry;
inquiring the management as to their plans to

dispose and/or replace significant items of
property, plant and equipment whose useful life is
scheduled to end in the following financial year
and assessing consistency of these plans with the
management's estimate of useful life of such
assets;
considering the adequacy of the Company's and

Group's disclosures (Note 2.8 and Note 4) in
respect of Property, plant and equipment.

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lmpairment assessment of investments ín subsídíaries (separate financial statements only)

See Note 1 and Note 5 to the f inancial statements,

The carrying amount of investments in subsidiaries in the separate f inancial statements as at 31 December 2018: EUR 2.064 thousand.

Reversal of impairmenilosses recognized in 201g: EUR 1b6 thousand.

The key audit matter How the matter was addressed in our audit
The investments in subsidiaries are carried at
cost in the separate financial statements of
the Company. As disclosed in the note 1 to
the financial statements both subsidiaries
have generated losses in 2018 which
indicates that the investments might be
impaired.
As a result, the Company performed
impairment tests for both investments as at
31 December 2018. The investments are
individually assessed for impairment.
For the assessment of recoverability of
investment in subsidiary UAB Petraðiunq
katiline the Company applied the discounted
future cash flow model.
We focused on this area as the estimate of
the recoverable amounts of the investments
in subsidiaries requires the use of significant
judgement and subjective assumptions from
the Company as to the future cash flows, the
discount rate, selection of comparable
properties and adjustments to their
valuations.
Accordingly, we have identified this area as a
key audit matter.
Our audit procedures included, among others:
involving our own valuation specialists who
assisted us in:
o assessing the appropriateness of the
valuation methodologies applied by
the Company by comparing them to
methodologies commonly used in
valuations of similar assets and the
requirements of the relevant
accounting standards;
o challenging the key assumptions used
in the discounted cash flow model by
comparing key inputs, such us
increase in revenues, expenses,
capital expenditures to our
understanding of the subsidiary,s
current operations and trends,
relevant industry data, comparing the
forecasted growth rates, the discount
rate to the ones used in the industry;
o checking mathematical accuracy of
the discounted cash flow models
used in the valuation of investment in
subsidiary.
¡
considering the Company's disclosure (Note
5) in relation to the use of estimates and
judgements regarding the recoverable amount
of investments in subsidiaries for compliance
with the applicable financial reporting
standards.

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Carrying amount of trade receivables (separate and consolidated financial statements)

See Note 7, Note 22 and Note 24 to the separate and consolidated financial statements.

The carrying value of trade receivable in the separate and consolidated f inancial statements as al 31 December 2018 amounts to EUR 10.188 thousand. The total impairment loss reversal recognized for the year ended 31 Decembe r 2018 amounts to EUR 785 thousand in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income and EUR 807 thousand in the separate statement of comprehensive income.

The key audit matter How the matter was addressed in our audit
lmpairment allowances represent the
Management's best estimate of the
expected credit losses within the trade
receivables at the reporting date. We
focused on this area as the determination of
impairment allowances requires a significant
amount of judgment f rom the Management
over both the timing of recognition and the
amounts of any such impairment.
Our audit procedures included, among others:
With respect of the IFRS g transition effects:
¡
understanding the overall transition process
activities and controls, including the process
and controls over determining the impact of
the new standard as well as the underlying
process activities that generated the related
disclosures;
Additionally, as at 1 January 2018, the
Company and the Group applied the new
financial instruments standard, IFRS 9
Financial lnstruments, whose impairment
requirements are based on the expected
obtaining the
relevant forward-looking
information and macroeconomic forecasts
used in the ECL assessment. lndependently
assessing the information by inspecting
publicly available information and through
discussions with the Management;
credit loss (ECL) model rather than the
incurred loss model, as previously used.
As required by IFRS 9, the Company and the
Group calculates impairment allowances for
o assessing whether the def inition of default and
the staging criteria were consistently applied
and in line with the requirements of IFRS 9;
trade receivables based on expected credit
losses (ECLs). ECLs determined by
modelling techniques and estimated mainly
based on historical pattern of losses and
changes in credit risk characteristics based
on qualitative and quantitative indicators
performing an analysis of IFRS g based
impairment allowances as at the standard's
initial application date and comparing them to
those calculated in accordance with IAS 3g,
and assessing their reasonableness based on
inquiries of the Management.
such as the probability of default and loss
given default.
Accordingly, the most significant areas of
For trade receivables where impairment
allowances provisions are based on modelled
expected credit losses:
estimation uncertainty and judgements
associated with recognition of impairment
allowances for trade receivables are:
¡
testing the underlying impairment model,
including model approval and validation
processes;
o Assumptions used in the expected credit
loss models to assess the credit risk
related to the exposure and the expected
f uture cash flows of the customer.
¡
obtaining the relevant forward looking
information and macroeconomic forecasts
used in the Company's ECL assessment.
lndependently assessing the information by
means of corroborating inquiries of the
o Timely identification of exposures with
significant increase in credit risk and credit
impaired exposures.
Management and through inspection of
publicly available inf ormation;
We focused on this area due to the
materiality of the trade receivable balance
challenging key parameters, by performing
back-testing of historical default and by

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and associated impairment loss allowances and the subjective nature of the impa¡rment loss estimates.

Accordingly, we have identified this area as a key audit matter,

reference to historical realized losses on defaults;

. for a sample of exposures tested collectively, assessing the application of the measurement models applied and checking that the impairment rates applied complied with those provided for in such models;

ln order to assess loss allowances in totality:

  • o critically assessing the reasonableness of the ECL allowances;
  • o evaluating the accuracy and completeness of the financial statement disclosures relating to the adoption of the new standard.

Other lnformation

The other information comprises the information included in the consolidated annual report, including the Report on the Compliance with the Governance Code for the Companies and including Corporate Social Responsibility Report, but does not include the separate and the consolidated financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. Management is responsible for the other information.

Our opinion on the separate and the consolidated financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

ln connection with our audit of the separate and the consolidated financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the separate and the consolidated financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. lf, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

ln addition, our responsibility is to consider whether information included in the consolidated annual report, including the Report on the Compliance with the Governance Code for the Companies, for the year for which the separate and consolidated financial statements are prepared is consistent with the separate and the consolidated financial statements and whether the consolidated annual report, including the Report on the Compliance with the Governance Code for the Companies, has been prepared in compliance with applicable legal requirements. Based on the work carried out in the course of audit of the separate and consolidated financial statements, in our opinìon, in all material respects:

  • ¡ The information given ìn the consolidated annual report, including the Report on the Compliance with the Governance Code for the Companies, for the for the financial year for which the separate and consolidated financial statements are prepared, is consistent with the separate and the consolidated financial statements; and
  • . The consolidated annual report, including the Report on the Compliance with the Governance Code for the Companies, has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Law on Consolidated Financial Reporting by Groups of Undertakings of the Republic of Lithuania.

We also need to check that the Corporate Social Responsibility Report has been provided. lf we identify that Corporate Social Responsibility Report has not been provided, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard,

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Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Separate and Consolidated Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation of the separate and consolidated financial statements that give a true and fair view in accordance with lnternational Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted bythe European Union, and for such internal control .. munug"r"nt determines is necessary to enable the preparation of separate and consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

ln preparing the separate and consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's and the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as appltcable, matters related to going concern and using the going cãn"ern basis of accountiig unless management either intends to liquidate the Company and the Group's or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Company's and the Group,s financial reporting process.

Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Separate and Consolidated Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the separate and consolidated financial statements as a whole are f ree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with lSAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to inf luence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these separate and consolidated f inancial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with lSAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit, We also:

  • o ldentify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the separate and consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
  • o Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's and the Group's internal control.
  • o Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
  • ¡ Conclude on the appropriateness of managemenl's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's and the Group's abilityto continue as a going concern. lf we conclude that a materìal uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the separate and consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company and the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.

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  • ' Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the separate and consolidated financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the separate and consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
  • ¡ Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. we are responsible for the direction, supervision and performan." àt ir,Ë õàup audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant auo¡it¡no¡riés, including any significànt def iciencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the sóparate and consolidated f inancial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors' report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benef its of such communication.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

Under decision of the general shareholders' meeting we were appointed on 21 July 2017 Íor 1he first time to audit the Company's and the Group's separate and consolidated financial statements The total uninterrupted period of engagement is 2 years.

We confirm that our audit opinion expressed in the Basis for Opinion section of our report is consistent with the additional report presented to the Company and the Group and the Audit Committee.

We confirm that to the best of our knowledge and belief, we have not provided any prohibited non-audit services referred to in Article b(1)of the Regulation (EU) No s37l2ol4of the European Parliament and of the Council.

On beha Baltics, UAB K

Ro Kas vlctus Partner Certified Auditor

Klaipèda, the Republic of Lithuania 20 March 2019

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Statements of Financial Position

Group Company
Notes As of 31
December
2018
As of 31
December
2017
As of 31
December
2018
As of 31
December
2017
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Intangible assets 3 22 56 22 56
Property, plant and equipment 4
Land and buildings 8,087 8,857 6,677 7,307
Structures 88,762 89,857 88,181 89,213
Machinery and equipment 21,053 24,594 18,214 21,233
Vehicles 460 648 448 620
Devices and tools 2,888 3,223 2,885 3,216
Construction in progress and prepayments 3,588 2,487 3,588 2,487
Investment property 439 282 172 -
Total property, plant and equipment 125,277 129,948 120,165 124,076
Non-current financial assets
Investments into subsidiaries 1;5 - - 2,064 1,908
Loans to the group companies 5 - - - 60
Other financial assets 1 1 1 1
Total non-current financial assets 1 1 2,065 1,969
Total non-current assets 125,300 130,005 122,252 126,101
Current assets
Inventories and prepayments
Inventories 6 1,584 1,429 1,516 1,342
Prepayments 1,259 450 1,187 406
Total inventories and prepayments 2,843 1,879 2,703 1,748
Amounts receivable within one 7
year
Trade receivables
10,188 9,993 10,188 9,993
Loans to the group companies 22;24 - - 443 -
5
Other receivables 24 969 671 938 649
Total accounts receivable 11,157 10,664 11,569 10,642
Cash and cash equivalents 8;22 8,761 6,610 8,673 6,511
Assets held for sale 4 205 - 205 -
Total current assets 22,966 19,153 23,150 18,901
Total assets 148,266 149,158 145,402 145,002

(cont'd on the next page)

Statements of Financial Position (cont'd)

Group Company
Notes As of 31
December
2018
As of 31
December
2017
As of 31
December
2018
As of 31
December
2017
EQUITY
AND LIABILITIES
Equity
Share capital 1 74,476 74,476 74,476 74,476
Legal reserve 9 6,435 3,267 6,435 3,267
Other reserve 9 100 100 100 100
Retained earnings (deficit)
Profit for the current year 1 3,963 6,861 4,414 6,046
Profit (loss) for the prior year 1 4,993 4,639 4,674 5,135
Total retained earnings (deficit) 8,956 11,500 9,088 11,181
Total equity 89,967 89,343 90,099 89,024
Payable amounts and liabilities
Amounts payable after one year
and oter long-term
liabilities
Non-current financial liabilities 10;22 19,257 18,676 17,556 18,676
Financial lease obligations 11;22 81 185 81 185
Deferred tax liability 20 5,458 4,869 5,693 5,104
Grants and subsidies 12 18,235 19,509 17,265 18,377
Employee benefit liability 13;24 704 864 698 859
Non-current trade liabilities 22 2 10 2 10
Total non-current liabilities 43,737 44,113 41,295 43,211
Current liabilities
Current portion of non-current
borrowings and financial lease
10;11;22 4,483 6,144 3,916 3,308
Current borrowings 10;22 - - - -
Trade payables 22 7,650 7,183 7,751 7,154
Employment-related liabilities 790 800 771 785
Advances received 877 475 877 475
Taxes payable 392 375 357 353
Derivative financial instruments 14.22 16 16 - -
Current portion of employee benefit
liability
13 155 406 154 406
Interest liabilities - 119 - 119
Accruals and deferred income 137 118 120 109
Other current liabilities 62 66 62 58
Total current liabilities 14,562 15,702 14,008 12,767
Total liabilities 58,299 59,815 55,303 55,978
Total equity and liabilities 148,266 149,158 145,402 145,002

(the end)

Statements of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income

Group
-------
Notes 2018 2017
Revenue
Sales income 15 61,316 59,680
Other operating income 17 1,299 1,150
Total operating income 62,615 60,830
Expenses
Fuel and heat acquired (36,267) (31,271)
Salaries and social security (7,281) (7,734)
Depreciation and amortization 3;4 (6,972) (7,363)
Repairs and maintenance (1,084) (920)
Change in impairment of accounts receivable 7 785 833
Taxes other than income tax (1,563) (1,539)
Electricity (1,145) (1,195)
Raw materials and consumables (568) (639)
Water (1,081) (1,003)
Change in net realisable value and impairment of
non-current assets 6 113 906
Other operating expenses 16 (2,289) (2,725)
Other activities expenses 17 (380) (368)
Total expenses (57,732) (53,018)
Operating profit (losses) 4,883 7,812
Other interest
and similar income
18 237 267
Impairment financial assets and short-term
investments 19 - -
Interest and other similar expenses 19 (553) (563)
Finance cost, net (316) (296)
Profit before income tax 4,567 7,516
Corporate income tax 20 19 (30)
Deferred tax income (losses) 20 (584) (600)
Net profit (loss) of the reporting period 4,002 6,886
Employee benefit liability (accumulation), which
will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss 13;20 (39) (25)
when specific conditions are met
Comprehensive income 3,963 6,861
Net profit (loss) of the reporting period
attributable to net owners of the Company 4,002 6,886
Total comprehensive income attributable to 3,963 6,861
owners of the Company
Basic and diluted earnings per share (EUR) 21 0.09 0.16

Statements of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income (cont'd)

Company

Notes 2018 2017
Revenue
Sales income 15 61,328 59,692
Other operating income 17 1,181 1,022
Total operating income 62,509 60,714
Expenses
Fuel and heat acquired (36,999) (32,087)
Salaries and social security (7,141) (7,591)
Depreciation and amortization 3;4 (6,390) (6,754)
Repairs and maintenance (1,067) (863)
Change in impairment of accounts receivable 7 807 859
Taxes other than income tax (1,536) (1,513)
Electricity (1,017) (1,050)
Raw materials and consumables (559) (630)
Water (1,080) (1,001)
Change in net realisable value and impairment of non
current assets
6 113 906
Other operating expenses 16 (2,243) (2,663)
Other activities expenses 17 (265) (259)
Total expenses (57,377) (52,646)
Operating profit (losses) 5,132 8,068
Other interest and similar income 18 239 248
Impairment financial assets and short-term investments 19 156 (1,060)
Interest and other similar expenses 19 (511) (511)
Finance cost, net (116) (1,323)
Profit before income tax 5,016 6,745
Corporate income tax 20 19 (33)
Deferred tax income (losses) 20 (584) (643)
Net profit (loss) of the reporting period 4,451 6,069
Employee benefit
liability (accumulation), which will be
reclassified subsequently to profit or loss when specific
conditions are met
13;20 (37) (23)
Comprehensive income 4,414 6,046
Basic and diluted earnings per share (EUR) 21 0.10 0.14

Statements of Changes in Equity

Group Notes Share
capital
Legal
reserve
Other
reserve
Retained
earnings
(accumulated
deficit)
Total
Balance as of 31 December 2016 74,476 2,922 2,977 6,644 87,019
Allocated to reserves 9 - 345 100 (445) -
Transferred from reserves 9 - - (2,977) 2,977 -
Dividends 1 - - - (4,537) (4,537)
Profit for the reporting period - - - 6,886 6,886
Other comprehensive income - - - (25) (25)
Balance as of 31 December 2017 74,476 3,267 100 11,500 89,343
Allocated to reserves 9 - 3,168 100 (3,268) -
Transferred from reserves 9 - - (100) 100 -
Dividends 1 - - - (3,339) (3,339)
Profit for the reporting period - - - 4,002 4,002
Other comprehensive income - - - (39) (39)
Balance as of 31 December 2018 74,476 6,435 100 8,956 89,967
Company Notes Share
capital
Legal
reserve
Other
reserve
Retained
earnings
(accumulated
deficit)
Total
Balance as of 31 December 2016 74,476 2,922 2,977 7,140 87,515
Allocated to reserves 9 - 345 100 (445) -
Transferred from reserves 9 - - (2,977) 2,977 -
Dividends 1 - - - (4,537) (4,537)
Profit for the reporting period - - - 6,069 6,069
Other comprehensive income - - - (23) (23)
Balance as of 31 December 2017 74,476 3,267 100 11,181 89,024
Allocated to reserves 9 - 3,168 100 (3,268) -
Transferred from reserves 9 - - (100) 100 -
Dividends 1 - - - (3,339) (3,339)
Profit for the reporting period - - - 4,451 4,451
Other comprehensive income - - - (37) (37)
Balance as of 31 December 2018 74,476 6,435 100 9,088 90,099

Statements of Cash Flows

Group Company
Notes 2018 2017 2018 2017
Cash flows from (to) operating activities
Comprehensive income 3,963 6,861 4,414 6,046
Adjustments for non-cash items:
Depreciation and amortization 3.4 8,665 9,049 7,905 8,237
Change in impairment of accounts receivable 7 (780) (827) (807) (853)
Interest ехpenses 19 541 563 499 512
Change in fair value of derivatives 19 - (18) - -
Loss (profit) from sale and write-off of property,
plant and equipment
17 2 (31) 2 1
(Amortization) of grants and subsidies 4 (1,327) (1,244) (1,165) (1,083)
Change in net realisable value and impairment
of non-current assets
3,4,6 (113) (906) (113) (906)
Change employee benefit liability 13 34 25 32 23
Corporate income tax expense 20 589 600 589 643
Change in accruals (8) 136 (16) 134
Impairment of investment in subsidiary 5 - - (156) 1,060
Elimination of other financial and investing
activity results
(225) (249) (227) (248)
Total adjustments for non-cash items: 7,378 7,098 6,543 7,520
Changes in working capital:
(Increase) decrease in inventories 6 (129) (13) (148) 4
(Increase) decrease in prepayments (809) 41 (781) (22)
(Increase) decrease in trade receivables 7 575 954 597 973
(Increase) decrease in other receivables 7 (530) 113 (516) 125
(Decrease) increase in non-current trade
payables
22 (8) - (8) -
(Decrease) increase in trade payables and
advances received
22 467 (85) 597 (226)
(Decrease) increase in employment-related
liabilities
(428) (73) (432) (74)
Increase (decrease) in tax payable 17 (16) 4 10
Increase (decrease) in received prepayments 402 8 402 (8)
Increase (decrease) in other current liabilities (5) (12) 3 (4)
Total changes in working capital: (448) 917 (282) 778
Net cash flows from operating activities 10,893 14,876 10,675 14,344

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Statements of Cash Flows (cont'd)

Group Company
Notes 2018 2017 2018 2017
Cash flows from (to) the investing activities
Acquisition of property, plant, equipment and
intangible assets
1 (4,052) (12,091) (4,052) (12,091)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment 3 36 3 4
Interest received 18 237 249 239 248
Loans granted 5 - - (383) (60)
Net cash flows from investing activities (3,812) (11,806) (4,193) (11,899)
Cash flows from (to) financing activities
Proceeds from loans 2,943 2,501 2,943 2,501
Repayment of loans (4,116) (3,568) (3,549) (3,001)
Interest paid (586) (591) (543) (540)
Lease payments (116) (50) (116) (50)
Penalties and fines paid 19 (12) - (12) -
Dividends paid 1 (3,338) (4,535) (3,338) (4,535)
Received
grants
295 3,498 295 3,498
Net cash flows from financing activities (4,930) (2,745) (4,320) (2,127)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash
equivalents
2,151 325 2,162 318
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the
period
8 6,610 6,285 6,511 6,193
Cash and cash equivalents
at the end of the
period
8 8,761 6,610 8,673 6,511

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

(the end)

Notes to the Financial Statements

1. General information

AB Kauno Energija (hereinafter – the Company) is a public limited liability company registered in the Republic of Lithuania. The address of its registered office is as follows: Raudondvario Rd. 84, Kaunas, Lithuania. Data about the Company is collected and stored in the Register of Legal Entities.

Jurbarko Šilumos Tinklai, the branch of the Company (hereinafter referred to as the Branch) was removed from the Register of Legal Entities on 19 March 2018, after terminating its activities on 1 March 2018, pursuant to Decision No 2017-31-2 of the Management Board of the Company of 24 November 2017 "Regarding the approval of the new management structure of AB Kauno energija". The functions performed by the Branch were transferred to the structural units of the Company in accordance with their competence starting from 1 March 2018, ensuring the continuity of Jurbarkas boiler-house activities and the continued uninterrupted supply of district heating to the residents of Jurbarkas city.

The Company is involved in heat and hot water supplies, electricity generation and distribution and also involved maintenance of manifolds. The Company are also involved in maintenance of heating systems. The Company was registered on 1 July 1997 after the reorganization of AB Lietuvos Energija. The Company's shares are traded on the Baltic Secondary List of the AB Nasdaq Vilnius Stock Exchange.

As of 31 December 2018 and as of 31 December 2017, the shareholders of the Company were as follows:

As of 31 December 2018 As of 31 December 2017
Number of
shares owned
(unit)
Percentage
of ownership
(percent)
Number of
shares owned
(unit)
Percentage
of ownership
(percent)
Kaunas city municipality 39,736,058 92.84 39,736,058 92.84
Kaunas district municipality 1,606,168 3.75 1,606,168 3.75
Jurbarkas district municipality 746,405 1.74 746,405 1.74
council
Other minor shareholders
713,512 1.67 713,512 1.67
42,802,143 100.00 42,802,143 100.00

All the shares are ordinary shares. In 2018 and 2017, the Company did not hold any own shares. All shares were fully paid as of 31 December 2018 and as of 31 December 2017.

On 26 April 2018, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders adopted a decision to pay EUR 3,339 thousand, i.e. at 7.8 cents per share in dividends from the profit of the year 2017.

On 28 April 2017, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders adopted a decision to pay EUR 4,537 thousand, i.e. at 10.6 cents per share in dividends from the profit of the year 2016.

As of 31 December 2018, the Company and the subsidiaries UAB Kauno Energija NT and UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė comprise the Group (hereinafter – the Group):

Company Principal place of
business
Share held by
the Group
Cost of
investment
Profit (loss)
for the year
Total
equity
Main
activities
UAB Kauno
energija NT
Savanorių Ave.
347, Kaunas
100 percent 1,330 (21) 1,066 Rent
UAB Petrašiūnų
Katilinė
R. Kalantos st. 49,
Kaunas
100 percent 1,894 (94) 242 Heat
production

1. General information (cont'd)

Legal Regulations

According to the Law on Heat Industry of the Republic of Lithuania, the Company's activities are licensed and regulated by the National Commission for Energy Control and Prices (hereinafter the Commission). On 26 February 2004, the Commission granted the Company the heat supply license. The license has indefinite maturity, but is subject to meeting certain requirements and may be revoked based on the respective decision of the Commission. The Commission also sets price cap for the heat supply. On 13 September 2018, the Commission adopted a decision No. 03E-283, by which new heating price components have been determined for the Company for the period till 30 September 2021. According to the heat pricing methodology, the Commission recalculates price components after the first year of base price validity and the tariff is adjusted prospectively.

In 2018, the average number of employees in the Group was 468 (522 employees in 2017). In 2018, the average number of employees at the Company was 456 (509 employees in 2017).

Operational Activity

The Group's production capacities consist of Company's production capacities and 1 subsidiary boiler-house in Kaunas. Company's production capacities include Petrašiūnai power plant, 4 boiler-houses in Kaunas integrated network, 7 district boiler-houses in Kaunas district, 1 regional boiler-house in Jurbarkas city, 13 boiler-houses in isolated networks and 28 local boiler-house in Kaunas city and 8 water heating boiler-houses in Sargėnai catchment.

The total installed heat production capacities of the Group consist of approx 607 MW (including 41 MW of condensational economizers) and total power production capacities of the whole the Group consist of approx 616 MW (including 41 MW of condensational economizers). Total installed heat production capacities of the Company amount to 588 MW (including 41 MW of condensing economizers). Electricity production capacities amount up to 8.75 MW. 314.6 MW of heat production capacities (including 17.8 MW condensing economizer) and 8 MW of electricity production capacities are located in Petrašiūnai power plant. 34.8 MW of heat production capacities (including 2.8 MW condensing economizer) are located in Jurbarkas city. Total the Company's power production capacities consist of approx. 597 MW (including 41 MW of condensing economizers).

The Company has accomplished the last (of three) investment litigation with UAB Kauno Termofikacijos Elektrinė (hereinafter – KTE), after Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration issued a decision on 29 January 2016, based on which the Peace Treaty, dated 28 December 2015, was approved. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Peace Treaty, the parties agreed to terminate the investment agreement of 31 March 2003, according to which KTE has committed to pay a compensation to the Company in an amount of EUR 2.28 million. The Company has got EUR 0.24 million during the 2018 (EUR 2.04 million during 2016 – 2017), which is disclosed in Note 17. As an additional non-financial compensation according the terms of peaceful agreement KTE transferred to the Company a part of Kaunas centralized heat supplies infrastructure (manifolds building and coherent pipelines, as well as part of technological circuit equipment, needed by the Company) and the the right to lease the land plot, coherent to the assets disposed. The Company leased out to KTE a technological circuit equipment taken from it for the 25 years period, manifolds building – for 15 years period holding the right for bargain regarding additional term. This litigation with KTE lasted from April 2013 and the litigations regarding a non-compliance of investments – from the year 2009. Until the year 2016, he Company was awarded and received from KTE the total of more than 3.6 million EUR for non-performance of the investment obligations.

The Company conducts investments taking into account the economic situation, competition and financing possibilities. Investment plans are approved by shareholders, and regulated and controlled by Commission. The Company invested EUR 4,083 thousand in own assets in 2018, and EUR 12,390 thousand – in 2017.

The Company's management has signed these financial statements on March 20 2019. The Company's shareholders have a statutory right to approve these financial statements or not to approve them and to require management to prepare new financial statements.

2. Accounting principles

2.1. Statement of Compliance

The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union (EU) and interpretations of them. The standards are issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the interpretations by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC).

2.2. Basis of the preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared on a cost basis, except for certain financial instruments, changes in fair value of which are recognised as profit or loss. Historical cost is generally based on the fair value of the consideration given in exchange for assets.

The financial year of the Company and other the Group companies coincides with the calendar year.

The amounts shown in these financial statements are measured and presented in the local currency of the Republic of Lithuania, Euro (EUR) (rounded to the nearest thousands, except when otherwise indicated), which is a functional and presentation currency of the Group.

2.3. Adoption of new and/or amended IFRS

In the current year, the Goup and the Company has adopted all of the new and revised Standarts and Interpretatios issued by the IASB and IFRIC of the IASB as adopted by the EU that are relevant to the Company and the Group operations.

IFRS 9, Financial Instruments (IFRS 9) (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018). Key features of the new standard are:

Financial assets are required to be classified into three measurement categories: those to be measured subsequently at amortised cost, those to be measured subsequently at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI) and those to be measured subsequently at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL);

Classification for debt instruments is driven by the entity's business model for managing the financial assets and whether the contractual cash flows represent solely payments of principal and interest (SPPI). If a debt instrument is held to collect, it may be carried at amortised cost if it also meets the SPPI requirement. Debt instruments that meet the SPPI requirement that are held in a portfolio where an entity both holds to collect assets' cash flows and sells assets may be classified as FVOCI. Financial assets that do not contain cash flows that are SPPI must be measured at FVTPL (for example, derivatives). Embedded derivatives are no longer separated from financial assets but will be included in assessing the SPPI condition;

Investments in equity instruments are always measured at fair value. However, management can make an irrevocable election to present changes in fair value in other comprehensive income, provided the instrument is not held for trading. If the equity instrument is held for trading, changes in fair value are presented in profit or loss.

Most of the requirements in IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (IAS 39) for classification and measurement of financial liabilities were carried forward unchanged to IFRS 9. The key change is that an entity will be required to present the effects of changes in own credit risk of financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss in other comprehensive income.

IFRS 9 introduces a new model for the recognition of impairment losses – the expected credit losses (ECL) model. There is a 'three stage' approach which is based on the change in credit quality of financial assets since initial recognition. In practice, the new rules mean that entities will have to record an immediate loss equal to the 12-month ECL on initial recognition of financial assets that are not credit impaired (or lifetime ECL for trade receivables). Where there has been a significant increase in credit risk, impairment is measured using lifetime ECL rather than 12-month ECL. The model includes operational simplifications for lease and trade receivables.

2. Accounting principles (cont'd) 2.3. Adoption of new and/or amended IFRS (cont'd)

Hedge accounting requirements were amended to align accounting more closely with risk management. The standard provides entities with an accounting policy choice between applying the hedge accounting requirements of IFRS 9 and continuing to apply IAS 39 to all hedges because the standard currently does not address accounting for macro hedging.

See Notes 2.10. and 2.17. for further details on the impact of the change in accounting policy on the Group's and the Company's financial statements.

IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (IFRS 15) (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018). The new standard introduces the core principle that revenue must be recognised when the goods or services are transferred to the customer, at the transaction price. Any bundled goods or services that are distinct must be separately recognised, and any discounts or rebates on the contract price must generally be allocated to the separate elements.

When the consideration varies for any reason, minimum amounts must be recognised if they are not at significant risk of reversal. Costs incurred to secure contracts with customers have to be capitalised and amortised over the period when the benefits of the contract are consumed.

The amendments do not change the underlying principles of the standard but clarify how those principles should be applied. The amendments clarify how to identify a performance obligation (the promise to transfer a good or a service to a customer) in a contract; how to determine whether the Company is a principal (the provider of a good or service) or an agent (responsible for arranging for the good or service to be provided); and how to determine whether the revenue from granting a licence should be recognised at a point in time or over time. In addition to the clarifications, the amendments include two additional reliefs to reduce cost and complexity for the Company when it first applies the new standard.Management has assessed the influence of the Standard when applied and considers that it will not have significant influence on the Group's and the Company's financial statements.

IFRIC 22 Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018).The interpretation applies where an entity either pays or receives consideration in advance for foreign currency-denominated contracts. The interpretation clarifies that the date of transaction, i.e the date when the exchange rate is determined, is the date on which the entity initially recognises the non-monetary asset or liability from advance consideration. However, the entity needs to apply judgement in determining whether the prepayment is monetary or non-monetary asset or liability based on guidance in IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (IAS 21), IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation (IAS 32), and the Conceptual Framework. Management has assessed the influence of the Standard when applied and considers that it will not have significant influence on the Group's and the Company's financial statements.

Share-based Payments – Amendments to IFRS 2 (IFRS 2) (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018). The amendments mean that non-market performance vesting conditions will impact measurement of cash-settled share-based payment transactions in the same manner as equity-settled awards. The amendments also clarify classification of a transaction with a net settlement feature in which the entity withholds a specified portion of the equity instruments, that would otherwise be issued to the counterparty upon exercise (or vesting), in return for settling the counterparty's tax obligation that is associated with the sharebased payment. Such arrangements will be classified as equity-settled in their entirety.

Finally, the amendments also clarify accounting for cash-settled share based payments that are modified to become equity-settled, as follows:

the share-based payment is measured by reference to the modification-date fair value of the equity instruments granted as a result of the modification;

  • the liability is derecognised upon the modification;
  • the equity-settled share-based payment is recognised to the extent that the services have been rendered up to the modification date; and
  • the difference between the carrying amount of the liability as at the modification date and the amount recognised in equity at the same date is recorded in profit or loss immediately.

2. Accounting principles (cont'd) 2.3. Adoption of new and/or amended IFRS (cont'd)

Management has assessed the influence of the Standard when applied and considers that it will not have significant influence on the Group's and the Company's financial statements.

Transfers of Investment Property - Amendments to IAS 40 (IAS 40) (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018). The amendment clarified that to transfer to, or from, investment properties there must be a change in use. This change must be supported by evidence; a change in intention, in isolation, is not enough to support a transfer. Management has assessed the influence of the Standard when applied and considers that it will not have significant influence on the Group's and the Company's financial statements.

Applying IFRS 9 Financial Instruments with IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts – Amendments to IFRS 4 (IFRS 4) (effective, depending on the approach, for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018 for entities that choose to apply temporary exemption option, or when the entity first applies IFRS 9 for entities that choose to apply overlay approach).

The amendments address concerns arising from implementing the new financial instruments standard, IFRS 9, before implementing the replacement standard that IASB is developing for IFRS 4. These concerns include temporary volatility in reported results. The amendments introduce two approaches. (1) The amended standard will give all companies that issue insurance contracts the option to recognise in other comprehensive income, rather than profit or loss, the volatility that could arise when IFRS 9 is applied before the new insurance contracts standard is issued ('overlay approach'). (2) In addition, the amended standard will give companies whose activities are predominantly connected with insurance an optional temporary exemption from applying IFRS 9 until 2021. The entities that defer the application of IFRS 9 will continue to apply the existing financial instruments standard – IAS 39. The amendments to IFRS 4 supplement existing options in the standard that can already be used to address the temporary volatility. Management has assessed the influence of the Standard when applied and considers that it will not have significant influence on the Group's and the Company's financial statements.

Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2014–2016 Cycle (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018). The improvements impact three standards:

The amendments clarify that the disclosure requirements in IFRS 12, other than those in paragraphs B10–B16, apply to an entity's interests in other entities that are classified as held for sale or discontinued operations in accordance with IFRS 5;

IFRS 1 was amended to delete some of the short-term exemptions from IFRSs after those short-term exemptions have served their intended purpose;

The amendments to IAS 28 clarify that venture capital organisations or similar entities have an investment – by – investment choice for measuring investees at fair value. Additionally, the amendment clarifies that if an investor that is not an investment entity has an associate or joint venture that is an investment entity, the investor can choose on an investment-by-investment basis to retain or reverse the fair value measurements used by that investment entity associate or joint venture when applying the equity method. Management has assessed the influence of the Standard when applied and considers that it will not have significant influence on the Group's and the Company's financial statements.

IFRS 16 Leases (IFRS 16), adopted by the EU on 31 October 2017 (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019).

IFRS 16 supersedes IAS 17 Leases and related interpretations. The Standard eliminates the current dual accounting model for lessees and instead requires companies to bring most leases on-balance sheet under a single model, eliminating the distinction between operating and finance leases.

Under IFRS 16, a contract is, or contains, a lease if it conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. For such contracts, the new model requires a lessee to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability. The right-of-use asset is depreciated and the liability accrues interest. This will result in a front-loaded pattern of expense for most leases, even when the lessee pays constant annual rentals.

2.3. Adoption of new and/or amended IFRS (cont'd)

The new Standard introduces a number of limited scope exceptions for lessees which include:

  • leases with a lease term of 12 months or less and containing no purchase options, and
  • leases where the underlying asset has a low value ('small-ticket' leases).

Lessor accounting, however, shall remain largely unchanged and the distinction between operating and finance leases will be retained.

So far, the most significant impact identified is that the Group and the Company will recognise new assets and liabilities for its operating leases of land. As at 31 December 2017, the Group's future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases amounted to EUR 2,244 thousand on an undiscounted basis. As at 31 December 2017, the Company's future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases amounted to EUR 1,880 thousand on an undiscounted basis.

In addition, the nature of expenses related to those leases will now change as IFRS 16 replaces the straight operating lease expense by a depreciation charge for right-to-use assets and interest expense on lease liabilities.

Standards, interpretations and amendments that have not been endorsed by the European Union and that have not been early adopted by the Group/Company.

IFRIC 23, Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019; not yet adopted by the EU).

IAS 12 specifies how to account for current and deferred tax, but not how to reflect the effects of uncertainty. The interpretation clarifies how to apply the recognition and measurement requirements in IAS 12 when there is uncertainty over income tax treatments. An entity should determine whether to consider each uncertain tax treatment separately or together with one or more other uncertain tax treatments based on which approach better predicts the resolution of the uncertainty. An entity should assume that a taxation authority will examine amounts it has a right to examine and have full knowledge of all related information when making those examinations. If an entity concludes it is not probable that the taxation authority will accept an uncertain tax treatment, the effect of uncertainty will be reflected in determining the related taxable profit or loss, tax bases, unused tax losses, unused tax credits or tax rates, by using either the most likely amount or the expected value, depending on which method the entity expects to better predict the resolution of the uncertainty. An entity will reflect the effect of a change in facts and circumstances or of new information that affects the judgments or estimates required by the interpretation as a change in accounting estimate. Examples of changes in facts and circumstances or new information that can result in the reassessment of a judgment or estimate include, but are not limited to, examinations or actions by a taxation authority, changes in rules established by a taxation authority or the expiry of a taxation authority's right to examine or re-examine a tax treatment. The absence of agreement or disagreement by a taxation authority with a tax treatment, in isolation, is unlikely to constitute a change in facts and circumstances or new information that affects the judgments and estimates required by the Interpretation. The Group and the Company are currently assessing the impact of the new standard on its financial statements.

Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2015-2017 cycle (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019; not yet adopted by the EU). The narrow scope amendments impact four standards:

IFRS 3 Business combinations (IFRS 3) was clarified that an acquirer should remeasure its previously held interest in a joint operation when it obtains control of the business;

conversely, IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements (IFRS 11) now explicitly explains that the investor should not remeasure its previously held interest when it obtains joint control of a joint operation, similarly to the existing requirements when an associate becomes a joint venture and vice versa;

the amended IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities (IFRS 12) explains that an entity recognises all income tax consequences of dividends where it has recognised the transactions or events that generated the related distributable profits, e.g. in profit or loss or in other comprehensive income. It is now clear that this requirement applies in all circumstances as long as payments on financial instruments classified as equity are distributions of profits, and not only in cases when the tax consequences are a result of different tax rates for distributed and undistributed profits;

2.3. Adoption of new and/or amended IFRS (cont'd)

the revised IAS 23 Borrowing costs (IAS 23) now includes explicit guidance that the borrowings obtained specifically for funding a specified asset are excluded from the pool of general borrowings costs eligible for capitalisation only until the specific asset is substantially complete.

Management has assessed the influence of the Standard when applied and considers that it will not have significant influence on the Group's and the Company's financial statements.

Other standards, interpretations and amendments that have not been endorsed by European Union and that have not been early adopted by the Group/Company:

  • Long-term Interests in Associates and Joint Ventures Amendments to IAS 28;
  • Insurance Contracts IFRS 17;
  • Prepayment Features with Negative Compensation Amendments to IFRS 9;

Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture – Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28;

  • Plan Amendment, Curtailment or Settlement Amendments to IAS 19;
  • Amendments to References to the Conceptual Framework in IFRS Standards.

The Company and the Group are currently assessing the impact of these amendments on their financial statements.

There are no other new or amended standards and interpretations that are not yet effective and that may have a material impact for the Group/Company.

2.4. Principles of consolidation

Principles of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements of the Group include AB Kauno Energija and its subsidiaries. The financial statements of the subsidiaries are prepared for the same reporting period as the Company. Consolidated financial statements are prepared on the basis of the same accounting principles applied to similar transactions and other events under similar circumstances.

Entities acquired or disposed during the year are included in the consolidated financial statements from the effective date of the transfer of control. Consolidation eliminates all inter-company transactions, balances and unrealized gains and losses. Total comprehensive income of subsidiaries is attributed to the owners of the Company and to the non-controlling interests even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit balance.

Subsidiary is the company which is directly or indirectly controlled by the parent company. The control is normally evidenced when the Group owns, either directly or indirectly, more than 50 percent of the voting rights of a company's share capital and/or otherwise has power to govern the financial and operating policies of an enterprise so as to benefit from its activities. The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date on which control commences until the date on which control ceases.

Changes in the Group's ownership interests in existing subsidiaries

Changes in the Group's ownership interests in subsidiaries that do not result in the Group losing control over the subsidiaries are accounted for as equity transactions. The carrying amounts of the Group's interests and the noncontrolling interests are adjusted to reflect the changes in their relative interests in the subsidiaries. Any difference between the amount by which the non-controlling interests are adjusted and the fair value of the consideration paid or received is recognized directly in equity and attributed to owners of the Company.

When the Group loses control of a subsidiary, the profit or loss on disposal is calculated as the difference between (i) the aggregate of the fair value of the consideration received and the fair value of any retained interest and (ii) the previous carrying amount of the assets (including goodwill), and liabilities of the subsidiary and any non ontrolling interests. When assets of the subsidiary are carried at revalued amounts or fair values and the related cumulative gain or loss has been recognized in other comprehensive income and accumulated in

2.4. Principles of consolidation (cont'd)

equity, the amounts previously recognized in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity are accounted for as if the Company had directly disposed of the relevant assets (i.e. reclassified to profit or loss or transferred directly to retained earnings as specified by applicable IFRS). The fair value of any investment retained in the former subsidiary at the date when control is lost is regarded as the fair value on initial recognition for subsequent accounting under IFRS 9 or, when applicable, the cost on initial recognition of an investment in an associate or a jointly controlled entity.

2.5.Investments in subsidiaries

Investments in subsidiaries in the Company's Statement of Financial Position are recognized at cost. The dividend income from the investment is recognized in the statement of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income.

The indicators of impairment in IAS 36 Impairment of Assets (IAS 36) are applied to determine whether it is necessary to recognize any impairment loss with respect to the Company's investment in a subsidiary. When necessary, the entire carrying amount of the investment (including goodwill) is tested for impairment in accordance with IAS 36 as a single asset by comparing its recoverable amount (higher of value in use and fair value less costs to sell) with its carrying amount. Any impairment loss recognized forms part of the carrying amount of the investment. Any reversal of that impairment loss is recognized in accordance with IAS 36 to the extent that the recoverable amount of the investment subsequently increases.

2.6.Intangible assets

Intangible assets acquired separately

Intangible assets acquired separately are carried at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment losses. Amortization is recognized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The estimated useful life and amortization method are reviewed at the end of each annual reporting period, with the effect of any changes in estimate being accounted for on a prospective basis. Calculation of amortization is discontinued as of the first day of the next month after the disposal of asset or when the whole acquisition cost is expensed or reclassified as a part of other asset. Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives that are acquired separately are carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses.

Derecognition of intangible assets

An intangible asset is derecognized on disposal, or when no future economic benefits are expected from use or disposal. Gains or losses arising from derecognition of an intangible asset, measured as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset, are recognized in profit or loss when the asset is derecognized.

Licenses

Amounts paid for licenses are capitalized and then amortized over their useful life (3 – 4 years).

Software

The costs of acquisition of new software are capitalized and treated as an intangible asset if these costs are not an integral part of the related hardware. Software is amortized over a period not exceeding 3 years. Costs incurred in order to restore or maintain the future economic benefits of performance of the existing software systems are recognized as an expense for the period when the restoration or maintenance work is carried out.

2.7. Accounting for emission rights

The Group and the Company apply a 'net liability' approach in accounting for the emission rights received. It records the emission allowances granted to it at nominal amount, as permitted by IAS 20 Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance.

Liabilities for emissions are recognized only as emissions are made (i.e. provisions are never made on the basis of expected future emissions) and only when the reporting entity has made emissions in excess of the rights held.

2. Accounting principles (cont'd) 2.7. Accounting for emission rights (cont'd)

When applying the net liability approach, the Group and the Company have chosen a system that measures deficits on the basis of an annual allocation of emission rights.

The outright sale of an emission right is recorded as a sale at the value of consideration received. Any difference between the fair value of the consideration received and its carrying amount is recorded as a gain or loss, irrespective of whether this creates an actual or an expected deficit of the allowances held. When a sale creates an actual deficit an additional liability is recognized with a charge to the profit or loss.

2.8. Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, excluding the costs of day-to-day servicing, less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any. Such cost includes the cost of replacing part of such property, plant and equipment when that cost is incurred if the asset recognition criteria are met.

Properties in the course of construction for production, supply or administrative purposes, or for purposes not yet determined, are carried at cost, less any recognized impairment loss. Depreciation of these assets, on the same basis as other property assets, commences when the assets are ready for their intended use.

Depreciation is recognized so as to write off the cost of purchased assets (other than freehold land and properties under construction) less their residual values over their useful lives, using the straight-line method. The estimated useful lives, residual values and depreciation method are reviewed at each year end, with the effect of any changes in estimate accounted for on a prospective basis.

The useful lives are reviewed annually to ensure that the period of depreciation is consistent with the expected pattern of economic benefits from the items in property, plant and equipment. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives:

Years
Buildings 15 –
50
Investment property 50
Structures 15 –
70
Machinery and equipment 5 –
20
Vehicles 4 –
10
Equipment and tools 3 –
16

Freehold land is not depreciated.

The Group and the Company capitalizes property, plant and equipment purchases with useful life over one year and an acquisition cost above EUR 144.81.

Assets held under finance leases are depreciated over their expected useful lives on the same basis as owned assets of the respective group.

An item of property, plant and equipment is derecognized upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain or loss arising on derecognition of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset) is included in the statement of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income in the year the asset is derecognized.

Subsequent repair costs are included in the asset's carrying amount, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Group and the Company and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognized. All other repairs and maintenance are recognized in the statement of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income in the period in which they are incurred.

2. Accounting principles (cont'd) 2.8. Property, plant and equipment (cont'd)

Construction-in-progress is stated at cost. This includes the cost of construction, plant and equipment and other directly attributable costs. Construction-in-progress is not depreciated until the relevant assets are completed and not in use or are not ready for use.

Assets held for sale

Property, plant and equipment, or disposal groups comprising assets and liabilities that are expected to be recovered primarily through sale rather than through continuing use are classified as held for sale. Immediately before classification as held for sale, the assets, or components of a disposal group, are measured in accordance with applicable IFRSs. Thereafter generally the assets, or disposal group, are measured at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell.

Property, plant and equipment held for sale are measured at the lower of carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. Property, plant and equipment are classified as held for sale if the asset's carrying amount will be recovered when sold and when the sale of the asset is highly probable. This condition is regarded as met only when the sale is highly probable and the asset is available for immediate sale in its present condition. Management must be committed to the sale, which should be expected to qualify for recognition as a completed sale within one year from the date of classification.

Impairment losses on initial classification as held for sale and subsequent gains and losses on remeasurement are recognized in profit or loss. Gains are not recognized in excess of any cumulative impairment loss.

Once classified as held-for-sale, intangible assets, items of property, plant and equipment are no longer amortized / depreciated.

Investment property

Investment property is designed to earn rental income and/ or for capital appreciation rather than for production, supply of services, administrative or selling purposes. Transfers to and from investment property are performed when and only when the purpose of the property is obviously changed.

When property, plant and equipment is transferred to investment property, the Group and the Company accounts for such assets in accordance with the accounting principles applicable to property, plant and equipment before the transfer date. The deemed cost of the transferred investment property is the carrying amount of that asset as at the transfer date.

2.9.Impairment of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets excluding goodwill

At each Statements of Financial Position date, the Group and the Company reviews the carrying amounts of its property, plant and equipment and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the Group and the Company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. Where a reasonable and consistent basis of allocation can be identified, the Group's and the Company's assets are also allocated to individual cash-generating units, or otherwise they are allocated to the smallest group of cash-generating units for which a reasonable and consistent allocation basis can be identified.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognized immediately in profit or loss. The Group and the Company has one cash-generating unit for heating business.

2.10. Financial assets

Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset (cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

Accounting policies applied until 1 January 2018

Financial assets are classified as either financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (hereafter – FVTPL), held-to-maturity financial assets, loans and receivables or available-for-sale assets, as appropriate. All purchases and sales of financial assets are recognized on the trade date. When financial assets are recognized initially, they are measured at fair value, plus, in the case of investments not at fair value through profit or loss, directly attributable transaction costs.

The Company initially recognizes loans and receivables on the date when they are originated. All other financial assets are initially recognized on the trade date.

Income is recognized on an effective interest basis for debt instruments other than those financial assets classified as at FVTPL.

Effective interest rate method

The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortized cost of a debt instrument and of allocating interest income over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts (including all fees on points paid or received that form an integral part of the effective interest rate, transaction costs and other premiums or discounts) through the expected life of the debt instrument, or (where appropriate) a shorter period, to the net carrying amount on initial recognition.

Financial assets at FVTPL

Financial assets are classified as at FVTPL when the financial asset is either held for trading or it is designated as at FVTPL.

A financial asset is classified as held for trading if:

  • it has been acquired principally for the purpose of selling it in the near term; or
  • on initial recognition it is part of a portfolio of identified financial instruments that the Group and the Company manages together and has a recent actual pattern of short-term profit-taking; or
  • it is a derivative that is not designated and effective as a hedging instrument.

A financial asset other than a financial asset held for trading may be designated as at FVTPL upon initial recognition if:

such designation eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency that would otherwise arise; or

the financial asset forms part of a group of financial assets or financial liabilities or both, which is managed and its performance is evaluated on a fair value basis, in accordance with the Group's and the Company's documented risk management or investment strategy, and information about the grouping is provided internally on that basis; or

it forms part of a contract containing one or more embedded derivatives, and IFRS 39 Financial Instruments permits the entire combined contract (asset or liability) to be designated as at FVTPL.

Financial assets at FVTPL are stated at fair value, with any gains or losses arising on remeasurement recognized in profit or loss. The net gain or loss recognized in profit or loss incorporates any dividend or interest earned on the financial asset and is included in the 'other gains and losses' line item in the Statement of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income.

Held-to-maturity financial assets

These assets are initially recognized at fair value plus any directly attributable transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition, they are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The effective interest

2. Accounting principles (cont'd) 2.10. Financial assets (cont'd)

rate is determined as the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the financial instrument to the net carrying amount of the financial asset.

Loans and receivables

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. Loans and receivables are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment. Gains or losses are recognized in profit or loss when the asset value decreases or it is amortized.

Interest income is recognized by applying the effective interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the recognition of interest would be immaterial.

Available-for-sale financial assets (AFS financial assets)

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated as AFS or are not classified as (a) loans and receivables, (b) held-to-maturity investments or (c) financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.

The Group and the Company has investments in unlisted shares that are not traded in an active market but that are also classified as available-for-sale financial assets and stated at fair value (because the directors consider that fair value can be reliably measured). Gains and losses arising from changes in fair value are recognized in other comprehensive income and accumulated in the investments revaluation reserve, with the exception of impairment losses, interest calculated using the effective interest method, and foreign exchange gains and losses on monetary assets, which are recognized in profit or loss. Where the investment is disposed of or is determined to be impaired, the cumulative gain or loss previously accumulated in the investments revaluation reserve is reclassified to profit or loss.

Dividends on available-for-sale equity instruments are recognized in profit or loss when the Group's and the Company's right to receive the dividends is established.

The fair value of available-for-sale monetary assets denominated in a foreign currency is determined in that foreign currency and translated at the spot rate at the end of the reporting period. The foreign exchange gains and losses that are recognized in profit or loss are determined based on the amortized cost of the monetary asset.

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those at FVTPL, are assessed for indicators of impairment at the end of each reporting period. Financial assets are considered to be impaired when there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the investment have been affected.

For listed and unlisted equity investments classified as AFS, a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of the security below its cost is considered to be objective evidence of impairment.

For all other financial assets, including redeemable notes classified as AFS and finance lease receivables, objective evidence of impairment could include:

  • significant financial difficulty of the issuer or counterparty; or
  • default or delinquency in interest or principal payments; or
  • it becomes probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or financial reorganization; or
  • the disappearance of an active market for that financial asset because of financial difficulties.

For certain categories of financial asset, such as trade receivables, assets that are assessed not to be impaired individually are, in addition, assessed for impairment on a collective basis. Objective evidence of impairment for a portfolio of receivables could include the Group's and the Company's past experience of collecting payments, an increase in the number of delayed payments in the portfolio past the average credit period of 30 days, as well as observable changes in national or local economic conditions that correlate with default on receivables.

2.10. Financial assets (cont'd)

Derecognition of financial assets

A financial asset (or, where applicable a part of a financial asset) is derecognized when:

  • the rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired;
  • the Group and the Company retains the right to receive cash flows from the asset, but has assumed an obligation to pay them in full without material delay to a third party under a "pass through" arrangement; or

the Group and the Company has transferred their rights to receive cash flows from the asset and either (a) has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, or (b) has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but has transferred control of the asset.

Where the Group and the Company has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset and has not transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset nor transferred control of the asset, the asset is recognised to the extent of the Company's continuing involvement in the asset.

Accounting policies applied from 1 January 2018

From 1 January 2018, financial assets are classified into three groups. The Group and the Company classifies its financial assets in the following measurement categories:

  • those to be measured subsequently at fair value (either through other comprehensive income, or through profit or loss); and
  • those to be measured at amortised cost.

The classification depends on the entity's business model for managing the financial assets and the contractual terms of the cash flows.

Recognition and initial measurement

Trade receivables and debt securities issued are initially recognised when they are originated. All other financial assets and financial liabilities are initially recognised when the Group and the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. A financial asset (unless it is a trade receivable without a significant financing component) or financial liability is initially measured at fair value plus, for an item not at FVTPL, transaction costs that are directly attributable to its acquisition or issue. A trade receivable without a significant financing component is initially measured at the transaction price.

Classification and subsequent measurement

On initial recognition, a financial asset is classified as measured at:

  • amortised cost;
  • FVOCI debt investment;
  • FVOCI equity investment; or
  • FVTPL.

Financial assets are not reclassified subsequent to their initial recognition unless the Group and the Company changes its business model for managing financial assets in which case all affected financial assets are reclassified on the first day of the first reporting period following the change in the business model.

A financial asset is measured at amortised cost if it meets both of the following conditions and is not designated as at FVTPL:

it is held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets to collect contractual cash flows; and

its contractual terms give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

Write-off

The gross carrying amount of a financial asset is written off (either partially or in full) to the extent that there is no realistic prospect of recovery. This is generally the case when the Group and the Company determines that the debtor does not have assets or sources of income that could generate sufficient cash flows to repay the amounts subject to the write-off. However, financial assets that are written off could still be subject to enforcement activities in order to comply with the Group's and the Company's procedures for recovery of amounts due.

2. Accounting principles (cont'd) 2.10. Financial assets (cont'd)

Classification of financial assets and financial liabilities on the date of initial application of IFRS 9.

The tables below lists the old valuation groups in accordance with IAS 39 and the new valuation groups according to IFRS 9 for each financial asset class of the Group and the Company at 1 January 2018.

Financial
assets
Original
classification
under IAS 39
New
classification
under IFRS 9
Original
carrying amount
under IAS 39
Remeasurement New carrying
amount
under IFRS 9
Trade
receivables
Loans and 9,993 - 9,993
Other
receivables
receivables Amortised cost 671 - 671
Cash and cash
equivalents *
6,610 - 6,610
Other financial
assets
Financial asset
held at fair
value through
profit/loss
At fair value
with its
changes
carried in
profit/loss
1 - 1
Total financial assets: 17,275 - 17,275

* Major amounts are held in the banks and financial institutions with a Standards & Poor's rating not lower than A+, the impact of adoption of IFRS 9 has not had a significant effect on the remeasurement and valuation of the Group's and the Company's cash and cash equivalents.

Financial assets Original
classification
under IAS 39
New
classification
under IFRS 9
Original
carrying
amount under
IAS 39
Remeasurement New
carrying
amount
under IFRS
9
Trade receivables Loans and 9,993 - 9,993
Other receivables receivables Amortised
cost
649 - 649
Loans to the
group companies
60 - 60
Cash and cash
equivalents *
6,511 - 6,511
Other financial
assets
Financial asset
held at fair
value through
profit/loss
At fair value
with its
changes
carried in
profit/loss
1 - 1
Total financial assets: 17,214 - 17,214

For measurement purposes, the expected credit loss (ECL) of the Group and the Company as at 31 December 2018, the Group and the Company has two groups of financial instruments:

trade receivables and other receivables for which lifetime ECL is calculated using simplified approach described below in paragraph Measurement of ECL – trade receivables and other contract assets,

other financial assets measured at amortized cost (includes loans granted to related parties). 12-month ECL is calculated for these financial assets if no significant increase in credit risk is identified, or lifetime ECL if significant increase in credit risk is identified. General individual assessment model is applied for ECL calculation, described below in paragraph Measurement of ECL – other financial assets measured at amortised cost.

2.10. Financial assets (cont'd)

Measurement of significant increase in credit risk

The Group and the Company measure the probability of default upon initial recognition of a financial asset and at each balance sheet date considers whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk since the initial recognition. To assess whether there is a significant increase in credit risk the Group and the Company compare the risk of a default occurring on the asset as at the reporting date with the risk of default as at the date of initial recognition. The following indicators are assessed when analysing whether significant increase in credit risk has occurred:

significant changes in internal credit rating (described below in paragraph "Other financial assets measured at amortised cost");

  • significant change in external credit rating (if available);
  • actual or expected significant adverse changes in business, financial or economic conditions that are expected to cause a significant change to the client's ability to meet its obligations;
  • actual or expected significant changes in the operating results of a client.

According to the overdue debt recovery statistical data of the Group and the Company the Management believes that the credit risk has not increased significantly since initial recognition even if the contractual payments are more than 30 days past due.

Write-off policy

Financial assets are written off when there is no reasonable expectation of recovery, such as a debtor failing to engage in a repayment plan and the Group does not possess any collateral or other means of recovery. After write-off the Group continues to engage in enforcement activity with attempt to recover the receivable due. Any recoveries are recognised as a gain in profit/loss.

Measurement of ECL- trade receivables and other contract assets

The Group and the Company apply the simplified approach for calculation of lifetime expected credit losses using the provision matrix for all trade receivables and other receivables. To measure the expected credit losses using provision matrix, trade receivables are split into separate pools, based on shared credit risk characteristics. Receivables in each pool are grouped according to payment delay days and loss rates are applied to each delay group. The loss rates are calculated using statistical recovery information from the last 2 years (when available) and adjusted if considered necessary taking into account forward looking information. The table below shows expected credit loss information calculated for the Group and the Company according to each delay group. As trade receivables usually do not include any collateral or other credit enhancements, expected loss rate equals probability of default.

Trade receivables: Not past
due
Past due
Group 1-60
days
61-150
days
151-240
days
241-330
days
331-690
days
More than
691 days
Total
Expected credit loss
rate %
5 20 50 60 80 90 100
Gross carrying
amount
9,128 764 148 162 577 6,534 1,424 18,737
Expected credit loss
provision for losses
458 153 74 97 462 5,881 1,424 8,549
Total 31/12/2018: 10,188

Lifetime expected credit loss is calculated for trade and other receivables applying the simplified approach and they are classified in Stage 2 in line with requirements of IFRS 9.

2.10. Financial assets (cont'd)

Trade receivables: Past due
Company Not past
due
1-60
days
61-150
days
151-240
days
241-330
days
331-690
days
More than
691 days
Total
Expected credit loss
rate %
5 20 50 60 80 90 100
Gross carrying
amount
9,128 764 148 162 577 6,534 1,424 18,737
Expected credit loss
provision for losses
458 153 74 97 462 5,881 1,424 8,549
Total 31/12/2018: 10,188

Measurement of ECL - other financial assets measured at amortised cost Other financial assets at amortised cost include loans to related parties. More in Note 2.25.

2.11. Derivative financial instruments

The Group and the Company uses derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swaps to hedge its interest rate risks. Such derivative financial instruments are initially recognized at fair value on the date on which a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently remeasured at fair value. Derivatives are carried as financial assets when the fair value is positive and as financial liabilities when the fair value is negative.

Any gains or losses arising from changes in fair value on derivatives during the year are taken directly to the profit (loss) for the period. The fair value of interest rate swap contracts is determined by the reference to market values for similar instruments.

2.12. Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Net realisable value represents the estimated selling price for inventories less all estimated costs necessary to make the sale. Costs of inventories are determined on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis.

The cost of inventories is net of volume discounts and rebates received from suppliers during the reporting period but applicable to the inventories still held in stock.

2.13. Provisions

Provisions are recognized when the Group and the Company have a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it is probable that the Group and the Company will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

The amount recognized as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the end of the reporting period, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where a provision is measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is the present value of those cash flows.

When some or all of the economic benefits required to settle a provision are expected to be recovered from a third party, a receivable is recognized as an asset if it is virtually certain that reimbursement will be received and the amount of the receivable can be measured reliably.

2.14. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash includes cash on hand, cash at banks and cash in transit. Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with original maturities of three months or less and that are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. For the purposes of the cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand, cash with banks, cash in transit, deposits held at call with banks, and other short-term highly liquid investments.

2.15. Employee benefits

Post-employment defined benefit plan obligation is calculated annually using projected unit credit method. The projected unit credit method requires the Company to attribute benefit to the current period (in order to determine current service cost) and the current and prior periods (in order to determine the present value of defined benefit obligations). The Company attributes benefit to periods in which the obligation to provide postemployment benefits arises. That obligation arises as employees render services in return for post-employment benefits that the Company expects to pay in future reporting periods. Actuarial techniques allow the Company to measure that obligation with sufficient reliability to justify recognition of a liability. Remeasurement of the defined benefit liability, which comprise actuarial gains and losses, are recognized immediately in other comprehensive income.

2.16. Borrowing costs

Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of qualifying assets, which are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to get ready for their intended use or sale, are added to the cost of those assets, until such time as the assets are substantially ready for their intended use or sale.

Investment income earned on the temporary investment of specific borrowings pending their expenditure on qualifying assets is deducted from the borrowing costs eligible for capitalization.

All other borrowing costs are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred.

2.17. Financial liabilities and equity instruments

Accounting policies applied until 1 January 2018

Classification as debt or equity

Debt and equity instruments are classified as either financial liabilities or as equity in accordance with the substance of the contractual arrangement and the definitions of a financial liability and an equity instrument.

Equity instruments

An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting all of its liabilities. Equity instruments issued by the Group and the Company are recognized at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.

Financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are classified as either financial liabilities 'at FVTPL' or 'other financial liabilities'.

Financial liabilities at FVTPL

Financial liabilities are classified as at FVTPL when the financial liability is either held for trading or it is designated as at FVTPL.

Other financial liabilities

Other financial liabilities (including borrowings) are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method.

Accounting policies applied from 1 January 2018

The Group and the Company classify financial liabilities into one of the following categories:

  • valued at amortized cost;
  • measured at fair value through profit or loss;
  • hedging financial instruments.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

The Group and the Company derecognizes financial liabilities when, and only when, the Group's and the Company's obligations are discharged, cancelled or they expire.

2.17. Financial liabilities and equity instruments (cont'd)

The Group and the Company assigns trade payables, financial liabilities, finance lease liabilities, interest liabilities and other payables at amortized cost.

Classification of financial liabilities on the date of initial application of IFRS 9.

The following table shows the original measurement categories under IAS 39 and the new measurement categories under IFRS 9 for each class of the Group's financial liabilities as at 1 January 2018.

Financial
liabilities
Original
classification
under IAS 39
New
classification
under IFRS 9
Original carrying
amount under
IAS 39
Remeasure
ment
New carrying
amount under
IFRS 9
Trade payables 7,193 - 7,193
Financial
liabilities
Financial 24,704 - 24,704
Finance lease
obligations
Other financial
liabilities
liabilities
measured at
297 - 297
Interest
liabilities
amortised cost 123 - 123
Other current
liabilities
66 - 66
Derivative
financial
instruments
Financial
liability held at
fair value
through
profit/loss
At fair value
with its
changes carried
in profit/loss
16 - 16
Total
financial liabilities:
32,399 - 32,399

The following table shows the original measurement categories under IAS 39 and the new measurement categories under IFRS 9 for each class of the Company's financial liabilities as at 1 January 2018.

Financial
liabilities
Original
classification
under IAS 39
New
classification
under IFRS 9
Original carrying
amount under
IAS 39
Remeasure
ment
New carrying
amount under
IFRS 9
Trade payables 7,164 - 7,164
Financial
liabilities
Financial
liabilities
measured at
amortised cost
21,868 - 21,868
Finance lease
obligations
Other financial
liabilities
297 - 297
Interest
liabilities
123 -
Other current
liabilities
58 - 58
Total financial liabilities: 29,510 - 29,510

2.18. Leasing

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

Rental income from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

2. Accounting principles (cont'd) 2.18. Leasing (cont'd)

The Group and the Company as lessee

Assets held under finance leases are initially recognized as assets of the Group and the Company at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the Statements of Financial Position as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognized immediately in profit or loss, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalized in accordance with the Group's and the Company's general policy on borrowing costs. Contingent rentals are recognized as expenses in the periods in which they are incurred.

Operating lease payments are recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term, except where another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leased asset are consumed. Contingent rentals arising under operating leases are recognized as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognized as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognized as a reduction of rental expense on a straight-line basis, except where another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leased asset are consumed.

2.19. Grants and subsidies

Government grants are not recognized until there is reasonable assurance that the Group and the Company will comply with the conditions attaching to them and that the grants will be received.

Government grants are recognized in profit or loss on a systematic basis over the periods in which the Group and the Company recognizes as expenses the related costs for which the grants are intended to compensate. Specifically, government grants whose primary condition is that the Group and the Company should purchase, construct or otherwise acquire non-current assets are recognized as deferred revenue in the Statements of Financial Position and transferred to profit or loss on a systematic and rational basis over the useful lives of the related assets.

Grants received in the form of non-current assets or intended for the purchase, construction or other acquisition of non-current assets are considered as asset-related grants. Assets received free of charge are also allocated to this group of grants. The amount of the grants related to assets is recognized as deferred income and is credited to profit or loss in equal annual amounts over the expected useful life of related asset. In the statement of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income, a relevant expense account is reduced by the amount of grant amortization.

Assets received free of charge are initially recognized at fair value.

Grants received as a compensation for the expenses or unearned income of the current or previous reporting period, also, all the grants, which are not grants related to assets, are considered as grants related to income. The income-related grants are recognized as used in parts to the extent of the expenses incurred during the reporting period or unearned income to be compensated by that grant.

The balance of unutilized grants is shown in the caption Grants and subsidies in the Statements of Financial Position.

2.20. Income tax

Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

2. Accounting principles (cont'd) 2.20 Income tax (cont'd)

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the statement of comprehensive income because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. Income tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. In 2018 the income tax applied to the Group and the Company was 15 percent (2017 - 15 percent).

Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognized on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognized for all taxable temporary differences and deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilized. Such deferred assets and liabilities are not recognized if the temporary difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition (other than in a business combination) of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the taxable profit nor the accounting profit.

Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, except where the Company is able to control the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax assets arising from deductible temporary differences associated with such investments and interests are only recognized to the extent that it is probable that there will be sufficient taxable profits against which to utilize the benefits of the temporary differences and they are expected to reverse in the foreseeable future.

The carrying amount of deferred income tax assets is reviewed at each Statements of Financial Position date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected for the Group and the Company to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realized, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Group and the Company expect, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.

Current and deferred tax for the period

Current and deferred tax are recognized as an expense or income in profit or loss, except

when they relate to items that are recognized outside profit or loss (whether in other comprehensive income or directly in equity), in which case the tax is also recognized outside profit or loss, or

where they arise from the initial accounting for a business combination. In the case of a business combination, the tax effect is included in the accounting for the business combination.

2.21. Basic and diluted earnings per share

Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing the net profit attributable to the shareholders by the weighted average of ordinary registered shares issued. There is no difference between the basic and diluted earnings per share.

2.22. Revenue recognition

The Group and the Company recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services, excluding value added tax, discounts and rebates. The Group and the Company recognize revenue in accordance with that core principle by applying the following steps:

2. Accounting principles (cont'd) 2.22. Revenue recognition (cont'd)

Step 1: identify the contract(s) with a customer – a contract is an agreement between two or more parties that creates enforceable rights and obligations.

Step 2: identify the performance obligations in the contract – a contract includes promises to transfer or goods, or services to a customer. If those goods or services are distinct, the promises are performance obligations and are accounted for separately.

Step 3: determine the transaction price – the transaction price is the amount of consideration in a contract to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised goods or services to a customer. The transaction price can be a fixed amount of customer consideration, but it may sometimes include variable consideration or consideration in a form other than cash. The transaction price is also adjusted for the effects of the time value of money if the contract includes a significant financing component and for any consideration payable to the customer.

Step 4: allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract – an entity typically allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation on the basis of the relative stand-alone selling prices of each distinct good or service promised in the contract. If a stand-alone selling price is not observable, an entity estimates it.

Step 5: recognise revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation – an entity recognises revenue when (or as) it satisfies a performance obligation by transferring a promised good or service to a customer (which is when the customer obtains control of that good or service). The amount of revenue recognised is the amount allocated to the satisfied performance obligation. A performance obligation may be satisfied at a point in time or over time.

The Group and the Company recognize revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity and specific criteria have been met for each of the group's activities as described below. The Group and the Company base their estimates on historical results, taking into consideration the type of customer, the type of transaction and the specifics of each arrangement.

Revenue is recognised using the methods outlined below:

Revenue from sales of heat energy and hot water

Revenue from sales of heat energy and hot water is recognized when it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the enterprise and the amount of the revenue can be measured reliably. Sales are recognized net of VAT and discounts. Revenue is recognized based on the bills issued to residential and other customers for heating and heating-up of cold water. The customers are billed monthly according to the readings of heat and water meters.

Revenue from the sale of goods

Revenue from the sale of goods have recognized when all the following conditions are satisfied:

the Group and the Company has transferred to the buyer the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods;

the Group and the Company retain neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold;

  • the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
  • it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the Group and the Company; and
  • the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Financing component

The Group and the Company do not have and do not expect to have contracts in which the period between the provision of goods or services and the payment of the customer would exceed one year. For this reason, the Group and the Company do not separately account the financing component.

Other revenue

Delay interest on overdue receivables is recognized upon receipt.

2. Accounting principles (cont'd) 2.22. Revenue recognition (cont'd)

Dividend revenue from investments is recognized when the shareholder's right to receive payment has been established (provided that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and the Company and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably).

Interest revenue is recognized when it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and the Company and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably. Interest revenue is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable, which is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the financial asset to that asset's net carrying amount on initial recognition.

The Group's and the Company's policy for recognition of revenue from leases is described in Note 2.18. above.

Adoption of IFRS 15

On 1 January 2018, the Group and the Company adopted IFRS 15 (Revenue from Contracts with Customers), interpretations of which are mandatory for future accounting periods from 1 January 2018.

Revenue recognition criteria

Until 1 January 2018, the Group recognised revenue in accordance with IAS 18 (Revenue), which requires, that revenue is recognized when it is "probable that future economic benefit will flow" to the Group.

IFRS 15 requires that revenue is recognised at the "transaction price" when certain contractual obligations are met but with any "variable consideration" elements of the price recognised when it is "highly probable" that there will be no reversal of that revenue. There are no material differences in the Group and the Company revenue policy and estimation methodology compared to the IAS 18 policy.

2.23. Expense recognition

Expenses are recognized on the basis of accrual and revenue and expense matching principles in the reporting period when the income related to these expenses was earned, irrespective of the time the money was spent. In those cases when the costs incurred cannot be directly attributed to the specific income and they will not bring income during the future periods, they are expensed as incurred.

The amount of expenses is usually accounted for as the amount paid or due, excluding VAT. In those cases when a long period of payment is established and the interest is not distinguished, the amount of expenses is estimated by discounting the amount of payment using the market interest rate.

2.24. Foreign currencies

In preparing the financial statements of the individual entities of the Group, transactions in currencies other than the entity's functional currency (foreign currencies) are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the dates of the transactions. At the end of each reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at that date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the date when the fair value was determined. Nonmonetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

The presentation currency is euro (EUR). All transactions made in foreign currency are converted into euros at the official exchange rate determined daily by the European Central Bank. Financial assets and liabilities are converted into Euros at currency rate of creation day of statements of financial state.

Gains and losses arising on exchange are included in profit or loss for the period at the moment of its appearance. Income or expenditures arising on exchange when converting financial assets or liabilities into euros are included in profit or loss. Exchange differences are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they arise.

2.25. Use of estimates in the preparation of financial statements

The preparation of financial statements requires the management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses and disclosure of contingencies, at the reporting date. However, uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that could require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the asset or liability affected in the future.

Estimates and assumptions

The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the Statements of Financial Position date, that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are discussed below:

Property, plant and equipment – useful life

The key assumptions concerning determination the useful life of property, plant and equipment are as follows:

  • expected usage of the asset, expected physical wear and tear,
  • technical or commercial obsolescence arising from changes or improvements in the services,
  • legal or similar limits on the use of the asset, such as the expiry dates of related leases (Notes 3, 4).

Property, plant and equipment - fair value measurements and valuation processes

Some of the Group's assets are measured at fair value for financial reporting purposes. In estimating the fair value of an asset, the Group uses market-observable data to the extent it is available. Where Level 1 inputs are not available, the Group engages third party qualified valuers to perform the valuation, if necessary (Notes 3, 4).

Investments to subsidiaries – impairment losses

For assessment of recoverability of investment into subsidiaries the Company management estimates the recoverable amount of the investment by discounting the future cash flows of the subsidiaries to their present value using weighted average capital cost rate (WACC) that reflects current market assessment of the time value of money (Note 5).

The net realisable value of inventory

Starting from 2011, the management of the Company forms a 100 percent impairment of the net realisable value for inventory, (from 2017 except for technological fuels) bought more than one year ago (Note 6).

Allowances for accounts receivable and loans to subsidiaries Accounting policies applied until 1 January 2018

The Group and the Company make allowances for doubtful accounts receivable. Significant judgment is used to estimate doubtful accounts. In estimating doubtful accounts historical and anticipated customer performanceare considered.

Changes in the economy, industry, or specific customer conditions may require adjustments to the allowance for doubtful accounts recorded in the financial statements (Note 7).

Accounting policies applied from 1 January 2018

The Group and the Company recognise loss allowances for expected credit losses (ECL) on financial assets measured at amortised cost: trade receivable, loans, other receivable and accrued revenue.

Loss allowances for trade receivables, loans and contract assets are always measured at an amount equal to lifetime ECL, all other financial assets with no significant increase in credit risk are measured as 12-month ECL, with significant increase in credit risk – lifetime ECL.

Lifetime ECLs are the ECLs that result from all possible default events over the expected life of a financial instrument.

12-month ECLs are the portion of ECLs that result from default events that are possible within the 12 months after the reporting date (or a shorter period if the expected life of the instrument is less than 12 months).

2.25. Use of estimates in the preparation of financial statements (cont'd)

The maximum period are exposed when estimating ECLs is the maximum contractual period over which the Group and the Company is exposed to credit risk.

When determining whether the credit risk of a financial asset has increased significantly since initial recognition and when estimating ECL, the Group and the Company consider reasonable and supportable information that is relevant and available without undue cost or effort. This includes both quantitative and qualitative information and analysis, based on the Group's and Company's historical experience and informed credit assessment and including forward-looking information.

For more detailed information about ECL modules used by the Group and the Company and significant increase in credit risk details see Note 2.10.

Loss allowances for financial assets measured at amortised cost are deducted from the gross carrying amount of the assets. The loss allowance is charged to profit or loss and is recognised in operating expenses as impairmentrelated expenses (Notes 5,7).

Deferred Tax Asset

Deferred tax assets are recognized for all unused tax losses to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the losses can be utilized. Significant management judgment is required to determine the amount of deferred tax assets that can be recognized, based upon the likely timing and level of future taxable profits together with future tax planning strategies (Note 20).

Fair value of financial instruments

Fair value is defined as the price at which the financial assets or liabilities could be exchanged between knowledgeable willing parties in an arm's length transaction at the measurement date. Fair values are obtained from quoted market prices, discounted cash flow models and option pricing models as appropriate.

A number of the Company's accounting policies and disclosures require determination of fair value, for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair values are obtained from quoted market prices, discounted cash flow models as appropriate.

Fair value hierarchy

The base for determination of fair values of financial assets and liabilities, traded in the active markets, are the market prices and prices determined by brokers. Fair value of all other financial instruments is determined using other valuation methods.

When measuring the fair value of an asset or a liability, the Company uses observable market data as far as possible. Fair values are categorized into different levels in a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used in the valuation techniques as follows:

• Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

• Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices);

• Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

If the inputs used to measure the fair value of an asset or a liability might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the same level of the fair value hierarchy as the lowest level input that is significant to the entire measurement.

The Company recognized transfers between the fair value hierarchy from the end of the reporting period in which the change occurred. Below listed are financial assets and financial liabilities:

The tables below present the residual and fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities, including their levels according to the fair value hierarchy.

2.25. Use of estimates in the preparation of financial statements (cont'd)

The Group and the Company's categories of financial instruments as of 31 December 2018:

Group Carrying Fair value hierarchy level
amount Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 All in:
Other financial assets 1 - - 1 1
Trade receivables 10,188 - - - -
Other receivables 969 - - - -
Cash and cash equivalents 8,761 - - - -
Non-current borrowings and lease
obligations
(23,821) - (23,821) - (23,821)
Trade payables and other current liabilities (7,851) - - - -
Derivative financial instruments (16) - (16) - (16)
- (23,837) 1 (23,836)
Company Carrying Fair value hierarchy level
amount Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 All in:
Other financial assets 1 - - 1 1
Loans to entities of the entities group 443 - - - -
Trade receivables 10,188 - - - -
Other receivables 938 - - - -
Cash and cash equivalents 8,673 - - - -
Non-current borrowings and lease
obligations
(21,553) - (21,553) - (21,553)
Trade payables and other current liabilities (7,935) - - - -
- (21,553) 1 (21,552)

The Group and the Company's categories of financial instruments as of 31 December 2017:

Group Fair value hierarchy level
Carrying Level
amount Level 1 Level 2 3 All in:
Other financial assets 1 - - 1 1
Trade receivables 9,993 - - - -
Other receivables 671 - - - -
Cash and cash equivalents 6,610 - - - -
Non-current borrowings and financial lease
obligations
(25,005) - (25,005) - (25,005)
Trade payables and other current liabilities (7,496) - - - -
Derivative financial instruments (16) - (16) - (16)
- (25,021) 1 (25,020)
Company Fair value hierarchy level
Carrying Level
amount Level 1 Level 2 3 All in:
Other financial assets 1 - - 1 1
Loans to entities of the entities group 60 - - - -
Trade receivables 9,993 - - - -
Other receivables 649 - - - -
Cash and cash equivalents 6,511 - - - -
Non-current borrowings and financial lease
obligations
(22,169) - (22,169) - (22,169)
Trade payables and other current liabilities (7,450) - - - -
- (22,169) 1 (22,168)

2.26. Contingencies

Contingent liabilities are not recognized in the financial statements. They are disclosed unless the possibility of an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits is remote.

A contingent asset is not recognized in the financial statements but disclosed when an inflow of economic benefits is probable.

2.27. Subsequent events

Post-balance sheet events that provide additional information about the Group's and the Company's position at the balance sheet date (adjusting events) are reflected in the financial statements. Post-balance sheet events that are not adjusting events are disclosed in the notes when material.

2.28. Offsetting and comparative figures

When preparing the financial statements, assets and liabilities, as well as revenue and expenses are not set off, except the cases when certain IFRS specifically require such offsetting.

2.29. Segments

The activities of the Group and the Company are organized in one operating segment in Kaunas city, Kaunas district and Jurbarkas city. The Company's Management estimates, that UAB Kauno Energija NT and UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė are not significant segments on the Group level; therefore further information on segments has not been disclosed in these financial statements.

3. Intangible assets

Movements of intangible assets for the current and prior reporting periods are as follows:

Group Company
Acquired
rights and
software
Acquired
rights and
software
Acquisition cost:
Balance as of 31 December 2016 1,446 1,446
Additions - -
Disposals and write-offs (28) (28)
Transfers from construction in progress 5 5
Balance as of 31 December 2017 1,423 1,423
Additions 5 5
Disposals and write-offs (23) (23)
Transfers from construction in progress 2 2
Balance as of 31 December 2018 1,407 1,407
Amortization:
Balance as of 31 December 2016 1,339 1,339
Charge for the year 56 56
Disposals and write-offs (28) (28)
Balance as of 31 December 2017 1,367 1,367
Charge for the year 41 41
Disposals and write-offs (23) (23)
Balance as of 31 December 2018 1,385 1,385
Net book value as of 31 December 2016 107 107
Net book value as of 31 December 2017 56 56
Net book value as of 31 December 2018 22 22

As of 31 December 2018, part of the non-current intangible assets of the Group and the Company with the acquisition cost of EUR 1,340 thousand (as of 31 December 2017 – EUR 1,303 thousand) were fully amortised but were still in active use.

4. Property, plant and equipment

Group Land
and
buildings
Structures Machinery
and
equipment
Vehicles Devices and
tools
Construction
in progress
and
prepayments
Investment
property
Total
Acquisition cost:
Balance as of 31
December 2016
18,818 154,737 57,121 1,994 11,787 974 382 245,813
Additions - - 195 292 404 11,499 - 12,390
Disposals and - (662) (357) (154) (205) - - (1,378)
write-offs
Reclassifications
Transfers to
55 8,565 826 33 502 (9,981) - -
intangible assets - - - - - (5) - (5)
Impairment loss(-) - (24) - - - - - (24)
Balance as of 31
December 2017
18,873 162,616 57,785 2,165 12,488 2,487 382 256,796
Additions - - 36 1 393 3,648 - 4,078
Disposals and - (10) (49) (15) (86) - - (160)
write-offs
Reclassifications
(297) 2,213 189 - 143 (2,545) 297 -
Transfers to
intangible assets - - - - - (2) - (2)
Transfers to current (338) - - - - - - (338)
assets
Impairment loss(-)
87 1 (1) - - - - 87
Balance as of 31
December 2018
18,325 164,820 57,960 2,151 12,938 3,588 679 260,461
Accumulated depreciation:
Balance as of 31
December 2016
9,528 69,818 29,701 1,497 8,601 - 83 119,228
Charge for the year 488 3,599 3,846 174 869 - 17 8,993
Disposals and - (658) (356) (154) (205) - - (1,373)
write-offs
Reclassifications
Balance as of 31
10,016 - 72,759 - 33,191 - -
1,517
-
9,265
-
-
-
100
-
126,848
December 2017
Charge for the year
Transfers to current
480 3,308 3,761 189 871 - 15 8,624
assets (133) - - - - - - (133)
Disposals and - (9) (45) (15) (86) - - (155)
write-offs
Reclassifications
(125) - - - - - 125 -
Balance as of 31
December 2018 10,238 76,058 36,907 1,691 10,050 - 240 135,184
Net book value as
of 31 December
2016
9,290 84,919 27,420 497 3,186 974 299 126,585
Net book value as
of 31 December
2017
8,857 89,857 24,594 648 3,223 2,487 282 129,948
Net book value as
of 31 December
2018
8,087 88,762 21,053 460 2,888 3,588 439 125,277

Detailed information on the Group's and the Company's property, plant and equipment:

4. Property, plant and equipment (cont'd)

Company Land
and
buildings
Structures Machinery
and
equipment
Vehicles Devices and
tools
Construction
in progress
and
prepayments
Investment
property
Total
Acquisition cost:
Balance as of 31 December 2016 16,525 153,905 51,938 1,656 11,722 974 - 236,720
Additions - - 195 292 404 11,499 - 12,390
Disposals and write-offs - (662) (357) (154) (205) - - (1,378)
Reclassifications 55 8,565 826 33 502 (9,981) - -
Transfers to intangible assets - - - - - - - -
Transfers to intangible assets - - - - - (5) - (5)
Impairment loss(-) - (24) - - - - - (24)
Balance as of 31 December 2017 16,580 161,784 52,602 1,827 12,423 2,487 - 247,703
Additions - - 36 1 393 3,648 - 4,078
Transfers to current assets (338) - - - - - - (338)
Disposals and write-offs - (10) (49) (15) (86) - - (160)
Reclassifications (297) 2,213 189 - 143 (2,545) 297 -
Transfers to intangible assets - - - - - (2) - (2)
Impairment loss(-) 87 1 (1) - - - - 87
Balance as of 31 December 2018 16,032 163,988 52,777 1,813 12,873 3,588 297 251,368
Accumulated depreciation:
Balance as of 31 December 2016 8,935 69,698 28,431 1,208 8,547 - - 116,819
Charge for the year 338 3,531 3,294 153 865 - - 8,181
Charge for the year from subsidiary 6 - - - - - - 6
Disposals and write-offs - (658) (356) (154) (205) - - (1,373)
Reclassifications - - - - - - - -
Balance as of 31 December 2017 9,273 72,571 31,369 1,207 9,207 - - 123,627
Charge for the year 340 3,245 3,239 173 867 - - 7,864
Transfers to current assets (133) - - - - - - (133)
Disposals and write-offs - (9) (45) (15) (86) - - (155)
Reclassifications (125) - - - - - 125 -
Balance as of 31 December 2018 9,355 75,807 34,563 1,365 9,988 - 125 131,203
Net book value as of 31 December
2016
7,590 84,207 23,507 448 3,175 974 - 119,901
Net book value as of 31 December
2017
7,307 89,213 21,233 620 3,216 2,487 - 124,076
Net book value as of 31 December
2018
6,677 88,181 18,214 448 2,885 3,588 172 120,165

The depreciation costs of the Group's and the Company's property, plant and equipment in 2018 amounts to EUR 7,302 thousand and EUR 6,704 thousand respectively (as of 31 December 2017 – EUR 7,751 thousand and EUR 7,100 thousand respectively). The depreciation expenses, amounting to EUR 7,244 thousand and EUR 6,662 thousand (as of 31 December 2017 – EUR 7,641 thousand and EUR 7,010 thousand, respectively) were included in the operating expenses in the statements of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income, the remaining amounts EUR 58 thousand and EUR 42 thousand (as of 31 December 2017 – EUR 110 thousand and EUR 90 thousand) were included into other activity expenses in statements of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income.

The management of the Group and the Company, having assessed the internal and external features, has determined an additional impairment of property, plant and equipment in an amount of EUR 42 thousand (EUR 24 thousand – during 2017 year) and reversed the impairment of EUR 129 thousand during 2018 year.

As of 31 December 2018, part of the property, plant and equipment of the Group with acquisition cost of EUR 55,102 thousand (EUR 51,275 thousand as of 31 December 2017) and the Company – EUR 54,945 thousand were fully depreciated (EUR 51,230 thousand as of 31 December 2017), but were still in active use. The management reviewed the useful lives of non-current assets. Given the fact that most of the depreciated assets are made up of heat supply networks, no adjustments have been made as some of these assets will be reconstructed in the coming years.

As of 31 December 2018 and as of 31 December 2017, the major part of the Group's and the Company's construction in progress consisted of reconstruction and overhaul works of boiler-houses equipment and heat supply networks.

4. Property, plant and equipment (cont'd)

As of 31 December 2018, the Group and the Comoany had contractual commitments for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment amounting to EUR 21,833 thousand (as of 31 December 2017 – EUR 8,070 thousand).

As of 31 December 2018, property, plant and equipment of the Group with the carrying amount of EUR 49,624 thousand (EUR 52,225 thousand as of 31 December 2017) and the Company of EUR 46,005 thousand (EUR 48,036 thousand as of 31 December 2017) was pledged to banks to secure the loans (Note 10).

In 2018, the Group and the Company capitalized interest was equal to EUR 31 thousand (in 2017 – EUR 31 thousand). The capitalization rate varied from 0.93 percent to 1.10 percent in 2018 (in 2017 – from 0.93 percent to 1.09 percent).

As of 31 December 2018, the Group and the Company accounted for assets, not yet ready for use, amounting to EUR 182 thousand in the category Devices and tools (EUR 241 thousand as of 31 December 2017).

The Group and the Company in their operations use the assets, acquired under leasing contracts. The acquisition cost of this asset was EUR 280 thousand as of 31 December 2018 (EUR 358 thousand in 2017, respectively), and the net book value respectively EUR 216 thousand and EUR 308 thousand, respectively. Unpaid part of it is disclosed in Note 11. After the evaluation of the internal and external indications, the management of the Group and the Company did not determine any impairment.

As at December 31 2018, the Group and the Company reclassified part of the property, plant and equipment with the book value of EUR 205 thousand into assets held for sale. In the Statement of Financial Position, assets are stated at the lower of carrying amount (EUR 205 thousand) and fair value, less costs to sell (EUR 399 thousand). Sales auction has taken place.

5. Investments in subsidiaries and loans to group companies

The management of the Company used valuation reports prepared by an independent appraiser UAB Corporation Matininkai to determine recoverable amount of the investmets in UAB Kauno Energija NT. The valuation was performed on 31 August 2017. The independent appraiser used asset-based approach (adjusted balance sheet method) to determined recouvarable amount of investments. According to the Company's management and the evaluators, without significant changes in the physical condition of the property, the value of the company's real estate as at 31 December 2018, has also not changed significantly due to market changes (such assets in Kaunas city) and it is approximately equal to the value set on 31 August 2017.

An impairment test for investments in UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė as at 31 December 2018, was performed according IAS 36. The value of the shares is determined on a basis of the cash flows generated according to projections made for 5 years along with the eternal (continuing) value.

As of 31 December 2018 As of 31 December 2017
Investment to subsidiaries Acquisition
Impairment
costs
Net
book
value
Acquisition
costs
Impairment Net
book
value
UAB Kauno Energija NT 1,330 (258) 1,072 1,330 (258) 1,072
UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė 1,894 (902) 992 1,894 (1,058) 836
Total 3,224 (1,160) 2,064 3,224 (1,316) 1,908

As a result of impairment teste performed as at 31 December, the impairment allowance (EUR 902 thousand in 2018 and EUR 1,058 thousand in 2017) was recognised for UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė and (EUR 258 thousand in 2018 and EUR 258 thousand in 2017) for UAB Kauno Energija NT.

5. Investments in subsidiaries and loans to group companies (cont'd)

The cash flow projections used in the calculations were based on the results of UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė of the year 2018, long-term business plans, signed contracts and management's expectations regarding changes in the regulatory environment in the short and medium term. Continuous value (cash flows for a period of more than five years) was calculated by applying 1.50 percent constant growth factor. In forecasting cash flows, the Company also used the following key assumptions:

• upon enforcement of changes in the legal base and the new Schedule of the Procedure and Conditions of Heat Purchase from Independent Heat Producers become valid, UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė got an opportunity to plan more efficiently the fuel purchases at best prices and to increase the revenue. Heat sales auctions held during the 1 st quarter of 2019 showed that the sales price was by 15-20 percent higher than last year;

• after the start of operation of Kaunas Cogeneration Power Plant in 2020, the competition between heat producers increases during the warm period, so the Company's heat sales are planned to reduce by approximately 10 %;

• it is forecasted, that biofuel prices will be lower in 2019 than last year, taking into account historical information and market forecasts. The projected increase in biofuel prices by 2020 is 5 percent for each year;

• predicted costs are projected to increase annually by the planned annual inflation rate (2 percent);

• it is forecasted that UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė will operate 9 months in 2019 and 7 months each year from 2020 onwards. In this context, the assets will not be fully depreciated over the specified 15-year period, so investments in the tangible fixed asset will only take place in 2023 by performing yearly maintenance;

• the change in net working capital and net debt was taken into account when forecasting cash flows.

The discounted cash flow is based on the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). The weighted average cost of capital is calculated at 8.0 percent. Calculation of the recoverable amount is particularly sensitive to the WACC and change in selling price. The table below shows possible impairment of the investment in UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė, if

the actual income remains as currently forecasted and if the WACC rates, used for impairment test would be 9 percent or 10 percent;

the WACC rates, used for impairment test would 8 percent, and selling price would change (from -1 percent to 2 percent).

Additional impairment losses
WACC base As of 31 December 2018 Selling price As of 31 December 2018
9 % 370 minus 1% 458
10% 658 plus 1% (310)
plus 2% (610)

Loans to the subsidiaries

As of 31 December 2018, the Company granted a loan for working capital needs in an amount of EUR 443 thousand (as of 31 December 2017 – EUR 60 thousand) to the subsidiary UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė. The loan bears 6-month EURIBOR plus 1.2 % margin. The maturity date of the loan is 31 December 2019. The outstanding balance of the loan was accounted for as the loans to entities of the entities group in the Company's Statements of Financial Position.

6. Inventories

Group Company
As of 31 As of 31 As of 31 As of 31
December December December December
2018 2017 2018 2017
Technological fuel 1,358 1,182 1,291 1,096
Spare parts 415 466 415 466
Materials 437 433 436 432
2,210 2,081 2,142 1,994
Less: write-down to the net realisable
value
of inventory at the end of the
(626) (652) (626) (652)
period
Carrying amount of inventories 1,584 1,429 1,516 1,342

6. Inventories (cont'd)

As of 31 December 2018, the write-down of the Group's and the Company's inventories to the net realisable value amounted to EUR 626 thousand (as of 31 December 2017 – EUR 652 thousand). Changes in the writedown to the net realisable value of inventories for the 2018 and for the year 2017, were included into change in write-down to the net realisable value of inventories caption in the Group's and the Company's statements of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income.

7. Current accounts receivable

Group Company
As of 31
December 2018
As of 31
December 2017
As of 31
December 2018
As of 31
December 2017
Trade receivables, gross 18,734 20,005 18,736 20,024
Less: expected credit losses* (8,546) (10,012) (8,548) (10,031)
10,188 9,993 10,188 9,993

*In this table and in the financial statements for 2017 the balances are presented on the basis of the accounting principles and IAS 39, effective as at 1 January 2018.

Change in the impairment of doubtful receivables in 2018 and 2017 is included into the caption of write-offs and change in allowance for accounts receivables in the Group's and the Company's statements of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income.

Change in expected credit losses of the Group's and the Company's receivables were as follows:

Group Company
Balance as of 31 December 2016 11,255 11,293
Expected credit losses recognised (830) (849)
Write-off (413) (413)
Balance as of 31 December 2017 10,012 10,031
Expected credit losses recognised (770) (787)
Write-off (696) (696)
Balance as of 31 December 2018 8,546 8,548

In 2018, the Group and the Company wrote-off EUR 696 thousand and EUR 696 thousand of bad debts respectively (in 2017 – EUR 413 thousand and EUR 413 thousand). In 2018, the Group recovered EUR 5 thousand and the Company – EUR 5 thousand (in 2017 the Group and the Company – EUR 6 thousand) of doubtful receivables, which were written-off in the previous periods.

The ageing analysis of the Group's net value of trade receivables as of 31 December 2018 and 31 December 2017 is as follows:

Trade receivables not past Trade receivables past due
due Less than
60 days
60 -
150
days
151 -
240
days
241 -
360
days
More than
360 days
Total
2018 8,670 611 74 65 115 653 10,188
2017 8,381 760 150 144 138 420 9,993

The ageing analysis of the Company's net value of trade receivables as of 31 December 2018 and as of 31 December 2017 is as follows:

Trade receivables not Trade receivables past due
past due Less than
60 days
60 -
150
days
151 -
240
days
241 -
360
days
More than
360 days
Total
2018 8,670 611 74 65 115 653 10,188
2017 8,381 760 150 144 138 420 9,993

7. Current accounts receivable (cont'd)

As of 31 December 2018 and 31 December 2017, the Group's and the Company's other receivables included taxes receivable from the state budget, compensations from municipalities for low income families, receivables for sold inventories (metals, heating equipment) and services supplied (maintenance of manifolds and similar services).

Group Company
As of 31 As of 31 As of 31 As of 31
December 2018 December 2017 December
2018
December 2017
Taxes 490 - 490 -
Other receivables 772 974 795 1,011
Less: expected credit
losses*
(293) (303) (347) (362)
969 671 938 649

Change in expected credit losses of the Group's and the Company's other receivables were as follows:

Group Company
Balance as of 31 December 2016 300 366
Expected credit losses recognised 3 (4)
Write-off - -
Balance as of 31 December 2017 303 362
Expected credit losses recognised (10) (15)
Write-off - -
Balance as of 31 December 2018 293 347

The ageing analysis of the Group's other receivables (excluding receivable taxes) as of 31 December 2018 and as of 31 December 2017 is as follows:

Other receivables not Other receivables past due
past due Less than 60
days
60 -
150
days
151 -
240
days
241 -
360
days
More than 360
days
Total
2018 380 65 15 8 5 6 479
2017 499 123 20 18 2 9 671

The ageing analysis of the Company's other receivables (excluding receivable taxes) as of 31 December 2018 and as of 31 December 2017 is as follows:

Other receivables not Other receivables past due
past due Less than 60
days
60 -
150
days
151 -
240
days
241 -
360
days
More than 360
days
Total
2018 349 65 15 8 5 6 448
2017 477 123 20 18 2 9 649

The Group's and the Company's other receivables are non-interest bearing and the payment terms are usually 30 – 45 days.

As to trade receivables and other receivables that are neither impaired nor past due, the management is of the opinion that there are no indications as of 31 December 2018, that the debtors will not meet their obligations.

8. Cash and cash equivalents

Group Company
As of 31 As of 31 As of 31 As of 31
December 2018 December 2017 December 2018 December 2017
Cash in transit 154 428 154 428
Cash at bank 8,607 6,180 8,519 6,081
Cash on hand - 2 - 2
8,761 6,610 8,673 6,511

8. Cash and cash equivalents (cont'd)

The Group's accounts in banks amounting to EUR 2,332 thousand as of 31 December 2018 (as of 31 December 2017 – EUR 4,815 thousand) and the Company's to EUR 2,255 thousand as of 31 December 2018 (as of 31 December 2017 – EUR 4,749 thousand) are pledged as collateral for the loans (Note 10).

9. Reserves

Legal and other reserves

A legal reserve is a compulsory reserve under Lithuanian legislation. Annual transfers of not less than 5 percent of net profit until the reserve reaches 10 percent of the share capital. The legal reserve cannot be distributed as dividends but can be used to cover any future losses.

On 26 April 2018, the Company's shareholders took a decision to cancel other reserves (EUR 100 thousand) and to transfer EUR 3,168 thousand from retained earnings to the legal reserve and EUR 100 thousand to other reserves. A reserve of EUR 100 thousand was established for sponsorship purposes.

On 28 April 2017, the Company's shareholders took a decision to cancel other reserves (EUR 2,977 thousand) and to transfer EUR 345 thousand from retained earnings to the legal reserve and EUR 100 thousand to other reserves. A reserve of EUR 100 thousand was established for sponsorship purposes.

10. Borrowings

All loans of the Group and the Company are accounted for and repaid in euros. The weighted average of the interest rate (%) on the outstanding loans as at the year-end was as follows:

Group Company
As of 31 As of 31 As of 31 As of 31
December 2018 December 2017 December 2018 December 2017
Current borrowings - - - -
Non-current borrowings 2.22 2.25 2.39
Terms of repayment of non-current borrowings
are as follows:
Group Company
As of 31
December
2018
As of 31
December
2017
As of 31
December
2018
As of 31
December
2017
Non-current borrowings: 19,257 18,676 17,556 18,676
Payable in 2 to 5 years 11,780 10,207 10,079 10,207
Payable in more than 5 years 7,477 8,469 7,477 8,469
Current portion of non-current borrowings
(except
leasing which is disclosed in Note 11)
4,272 6,028 3,705 3,192

According to loan agreement signed between Luminor Bank AB and the Group's subsidiary UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė on 22 August 2012, the subsidiary has to comply with following covenants: equity capital ratio (including support granted by the Lithuanian Business Support Agency) at least 40 %, DSCR not less than 1.3, and total financial debt to EBITDA ratio should be not more than 3.5 in 2017 and not more, than 3.0 in later years.

23,529 24,704 21,261 21,868

UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė does not comply with the financial ratios determined by the Luminor Bank AB. As a result, the carrying amount of the loan as of 31 December 2017 (EUR 2,836 thousand) is accounted under the current portion of non-current borrowings and financial lease caption of the Group's Statements of Financial Position, as the bank as of 21 December 2018 has confirmed, that it will not require early repayment of the loan. The Company has provided a guarantee to the bank for this loan, as described in Note 23.

10. Borrowings (cont'd)

Detailed information on the loans of the Group as of 31 December 2018:

Credit institution Date of
contract
Effective
interest
rate
Sum
EUR
thousand
Term of
maturity
Balance as of
31/12/2018 EUR
thousand
A part of
2019, EUR
thousand
1 MF Lithuania* 09/04/2010 3.948 2,410 15/03/2034 1,497 94
2 MF Lithuania* 26/10/2010 3.948 807 15/03/2034 616 39
3 MF Lithuania* 02/09/2011 4.123 1,672 01/09/2034 1,391 87
4 Luminor** 22/08/2012 1.179 3,403 29/04/2022 2,268 567
5 AB SEB Bank 03/06/2013 1.42 799 30/06/2020 200 133
6 AB SEB Bank 03/06/2013 1.32 1,228 30/06/2020 302 205
7 AB SEB Bank 10/09/2013 1.78 1,506 30/09/2020 439 251
8 Luminor** 27/09/2013 1.92 377 30/09/2020 13 7
9 MF Lithuania* 15/01/2014 3.36 793 01/12/2034 665 41
10 AB SEB Bank 31/03/2014 1.73 1,564 15/01/2021 529 261
11 MF Lithuania* 31/03/2014 3.342 7,881 01/12/2034 6,616 414
12 AB SEB Bank 09/03/2015 1.63 579 28/02/2022 318 96
13 AB SEB Bank 09/03/2015 1.63 579 28/02/2022 171 97
14 OP Corporate*** 02/12/2015 0.98 4,842 02/12/2022 2,767 692
15 AB SEB Bank 09/05/2016 0.94 459 30/04/2023 331 76
16 AB SEB Bank 09/05/2016 0.96 1,000 30/04/2021 467 200
17 AB SEB Bank 09/05/2016 0.94 579 30/04/2023 418 96
18 Luminor** 25/10/2016 1.12 1,894 29/09/2023 1,350 284
19 AB SEB Bank 22/12/2016 0.79 4,127 30/11/2024 2,504 511
20 AB SEB Bank 26/07/2017 0.92 697 30/07/2024 667 121
21 Danske Bank A/S 18/12/2017 - 2,340 18/12/2024 - -
22 OP Corporate*** 17/05/2018 - 10,070 30/04/2023 - -
23,529 4,272

Detailed information on the loans of the Company as of 31 December 2018:

Credit institution Date of Effective
interest
Sum
EUR
Term of Balance as of
31/12/2018 EUR
A part of
2019, EUR
contract rate thousand maturity thousand thousand
1 MF Lithuania* 09/04/2010 3.948 2,410 15/03/2034 1,497 94
2 MF Lithuania* 26/10/2010 3.948 807 15/03/2034 616 39
3 MF Lithuania* 02/09/2011 4.123 1,672 01/09/2034 1,391 87
4 AB SEB Bank 03/06/2013 1.42 799 30/06/2020 200 133
5 AB SEB Bank 03/06/2013 1.32 1,228 30/06/2020 302 205
6 AB SEB Bank 10/09/2013 1.78 1,506 30/09/2020 439 251
7 Luminor** 27/09/2013 1.92 377 30/09/2020 13 7
8 MF Lithuania* 15/01/2014 3.36 793 01/12/2034 665 41
9 AB SEB Bank 31/03/2014 1.73 1,564 15/01/2021 529 261
10 MF Lithuania* 31/03/2014 3.342 7,881 01/12/2034 6,616 414
11 AB SEB Bank 09/03/2015 1.63 579 28/02/2022 318 96
12 AB SEB Bank 09/03/2015 1.63 579 28/02/2022 171 97
13 OP Corporate*** 02/12/2015 0.98 4,842 02/12/2022 2,767 692
14 AB SEB Bank 09/05/2016 0.94 459 30/04/2023 331 76
15 AB SEB Bank 09/05/2016 0.96 1,000 30/04/2021 467 200
16 AB SEB Bank 09/05/2016 0.94 579 30/04/2023 418 96
17 Luminor** 25/10/2016 1.12 1,894 29/09/2023 1,350 284
18 AB SEB Bank 22/12/2016 0.79 4,127 30/11/2024 2,504 511
19 AB SEB Bank 26/07/2017 0.92 697 30/07/2024 667 121
20 Danske Bank A/S 18/12/2017 - 2,340 18/12/2024 - -
21 OP Corporate*** 17/05/2018 - 10,070 30/04/2023 - -
21,261 3,705

*Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania, **Luminor bank AB, ***OP Corporate Bank Plc Lithuanian branch.

10. Borrowings (cont'd)

AB SEB Bankas has determined that the Company must comply with the quarterly net financial debt / EBITDA ratio, which must not exceed 4.5. According to loan agreement between the Company and OP Corporate Bank Plc Lithuanian branch, the Company's own equity ratio (equity/total assets), shall not be lower than 35 %. The Company complied with financial covenants as at 31 December 2018 and 31 December 2017.

There are certain restrictions prescribed in the loan agreements. The Company cannot distribute dividends, issue or/and obtain new loans, provide charity, sell or rent pledged assets without banks written consent. The written consents were received from banks.

The immovable property (Note 4), bank accounts (Note 8) and land lease right of the Group and the Company were pledged as collateral for the borrowings.

11. Finance lease obligations

The assets leased by the Group and the Company under finance lease contracts mainly consist of vehicles. The terms of financial lease are 3 years. The finance lease agreements are in EUR and bear fixed interest.

Future minimal lease payments were:

Group Company
As of 31 As of 31 As of 31 As of 31
December December December December
2018 2017 2018 2017
Within one year 105 122 105 122
After one year 81 185 81 185
Total financial lease obligations 186 307 186 307
Interest (5) (10) (5) (10)
Present value of financial lease obligations 181 297 181 297
Financial lease obligations are accounted for as:
-
current
101 116 101 116
-
non-current
80 181 80 181

12. Grants and subsidies

Group Company
As of 31
As of 31
As of 31 As of 31
December
December
December December
2018 2017 2018 2017
Balance at the beginning of the reporting period 19,509 17,469 18,377 16,176
Received during the period 53 3,284 53 3,284
Amortization (1,327) (1,244) (1,165) (1,083)
Balance at the end of the reporting period 18,235 19,509 17,265 18,377

The Group accounted EUR 1,322 thousand grants amortization related to property, plant and equipment, EUR 5 thousand – related to costs in 2018 (EUR 1,242 thousand and EUR 2 thousand – in 2017), and the Company – EUR 1,160 thousand and EUR 5 thousand (EUR 1,081 thousand and EUR 2 thousand – in 2017, respectively).

As of 31 December 2018, the balance of the Group's projects listed below amount to EUR 3,589 thousand, not specified – EUR 14,646 thousand, of the Company – EUR 3,589 thousand and EUR 13,676 thousand, respectively.

On 29 December 2016, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "The modernisation of main pipeline 3Ž of Kaunas integrated network", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 450 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled. The Company received the financial support in the amount of EUR 450 thousand by 31 December 2018. The project is accomplished.

12. Grants and subsidies (cont'd)

On 29 December 2016, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "The reconstruction of Kaunas integrated network in Eiguliai catchment" according to which a financing in amount of EUR 894 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled. The Company received the financial support in the amount of EUR 889 thousand by 31 December 2018. The project is accomplished.

On 29 December 2016, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "The reconstruction of Kaunas integrated network in Kalniečiai catchment" according to which a financing in amount of EUR 905 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled. The Company received the financial support in the amount of EUR 888 thousand by 31 December 2018. The project is accomplished.

On 29 December 2016, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "The modernisation of main pipeline 4T of Kaunas integrated network", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 447 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled. The Company received the financial support in the amount of EUR 441 thousand by 31 December 2018. The project is accomplished.

On 29 December 2016, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "The reconstruction of heat supply network built from "Pergalė" boiler-house" according to which a financing in amount of EUR 449 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled. The Company received the financial support in the amount of EUR 265 thousand by 31 December 2018. The project is accomplished.

On 29 December 2016, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "The reconstruction of Kaunas integrated network in P. Lukšio str.", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 983 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled. The Company received the financial support in the amount of EUR 457 thousand by 31 December 2018. The project is accomplished.

On 29 December 2016, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "The reconstruction of main pipeline 2Ž of Kaunas integrated network", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 548 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled. The Company received the financial support in the amount of EUR 272 thousand by 31 December 2018. The project is accomplished.

On 29 December 2016, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "The modernisation of main pipeline 6T of Kaunas integrated network", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 184 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled. The Company received the financial support in the amount of EUR 2 thousand by 31 December 2018.

On 29 December 2016, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "The modernisation of main pipeline 1T of Kaunas integrated network", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 967 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled. The Company received the financial support in the amount of EUR 70 thousand by 31 December 2018.

On 22 August 2017, the Company together with partners applied for funding under Horizon 2020 (Horizon 2020), the EU's largest research and innovation program. The project code name FLEXCHX (Flexible Combined Production of Power, Heat and Transport Fuels from Renewable Energy Sources). The essence of the project is to ensure that biomass plants can operate at full load all year round. The goal of the project is to develop a flexible energy production process that could be used in future for various energy sources in Europe to achieve high efficiency at the lowest cost. The European Commission was asked EUR 4.5 million support. Project Coordinator is VTT – Finnish Applied Research Institute, partners: Enerstena UAB, Lithuanian Energy Institute, German Airspace Centre, Neste and technology companies from Germany, Finland and the United

12. Grants and subsidies (cont'd)

Kingdom. On 28 February 2018, the Company and 9 other European companies and research institutions with the Innovation and Network Program Institution (INEA), which manages infrastructure and research programs in the EU transport, energy and telecommunications sectors, signed a financing agreement that will provide financial support to the Company for participation in an international research project "Flexible Combined Production of Power, Heat and Transport Fuels from Renewable Energy Sources" (FLEXCHX). The Company received the financial support in the amount of EUR 42 thousand by 31 December 2018.

On 9 March 2018, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "Installation up to 1 MW biofuel burned boiler in Noreikiškės boiler-house", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 147 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled.

On 23 May 2018, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "Reconstruction of Kaunas city main 1T", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 1,083 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled.

On 23 May 2018, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "Reconstruction of Kaunas city main 1Ž and 7Ž", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 968 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled.

On 23 May 2018, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "Reconstruction of Kaunas city main 4T", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 1,427 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled.

On 23 May 2018, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "Reconstruction of Kaunas city main 5T", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 2,288 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled.

On 23 May 2018, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "Reconstruction of Kaunas city main 8K", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 609 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled.

On 23 May 2018, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "Reconstruction of Kaunas city main 8Ž and 9Ž", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 996 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled.

On 23 May 2018, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "Reconstruction of district heating networks of Kaunas city in Chemijos and Medvėgalio streets", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 2,489 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled.

On 16 November 2018, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "Biofuel boiler installation in Jurbarkas boiler house", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 528 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled.

On 16 November 2018, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "Biofuel boiler installation in Raudondvaris boiler house", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 288 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled.

12. Grants and subsidies (cont'd)

On 16 November 2018, the Group and the Company signed the agreement on the financing and administration of the project "Development of district heating supply in Kaunas City in Aleksotas District", according to which a financing in amount of EUR 1,903 thousand is allocated to the Company from the European Regional Development Fund after terms and conditions of the agreement are fulfilled.

13. Employee benefit liability

According to Lithuanian legislation and the conditions of the collective employment agreement as of 31 December 2018, each employee of the Group and the Company is entitled to 0.5 – 4 months' (as of 31 December 2017, respectively 1 – 6 months') salary payment when leaving the job at or after the start of the pension period and at the age of 40, 50 or 60 years, and having not less than 15 years of work experience in the Company – jubilee gift of the value fixed in the collective employment agreement.

For calculation of the non-current employee benefits, the Group and the Company evaluated an impact of the mortality level in Lithuania, the discount rate, the retirement age, age and turnover of employees, growth of remuneration and inflation and other factors. Actuarial gain or loss related to the mentioned liabilities are presented under Employee benefit liability (accumulation) line in Statements of other comprehensive income as well as under Non-current employee benefit liability and current portion of employee benefit liability in the Statements of Financial Position.

The Group's and the Company's total employee benefit liability is stated below:

Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Employee benefit liability at the beginning of the year 1,270 1,331 1,265 1,328
Paid (445) (86) (445) (86)
Formed 34 25 32 23
Employee benefit liability at the end of the year 859 1,270 852 1,265
Non-current employee benefit liability 704 864 698 859
Current employee benefit liability 155 406 154 406

During the year 2018, total amount of the benefit paid to the employees by the Group amounted to EUR 445 thousand (in 2017 – EUR 86 thousand), and by the Company – EUR 445 thousand (in 2017 – EUR 86 thousand) and are included in the caption of salaries and social security expenses in the Group's and the Company's statements of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income.

The principal assumptions used in determining the benefit obligation for the Group's and the Company's plan is shown below:

As of 31 December 2018 As of 31 December 2017
Discount rate 1.298
percent
1.099
percent
Employee turnover rate 6,621
percent
3.370
percent
Expected average annual salary increases 3.668
percent
1.500
percent

14. Derivative financial instruments

On 16 December 2016, the Group entered into an interest rate SWAP agreement. According to the agreement, the Group pays to the bank a fixed interest rate (0.21 %), while the bank pays to the Group a variable interest rate of 6 months EURIBOR. The nominal value of the transaction was EUR 2,268 thousand as at 31 December 2018. This derivative instrument is recognized at fair value calculated by the bank as at 31 December 2018 – EUR 16 thousand (31 December 2017 – EUR 16 thousand).

The change in the market value is recognised in the statement of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income under other interest and similar income, as according to management's decision, financial instrument is not held for hedging.

15. Sales income

The Group's and the Company's activities are heat supplies, maintenance of manifolds, electricity production and other activities. Starting from the year 2010, a part of inhabitants chose the Company as the hot water supplier. Those activities are inter-related, so consequently for management purposes the Group's and the Company's activities are organised as one main segment – heat energy supply. The Group's and the Company's sales income according to the activities are stated below.

Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Heat supplies 57,387 56,084 57,399 56,096
Hot water supplies 3,260 2,981 3,260 2,981
Maintenance of hot water meters 408 355 408 355
Maintenance of manifolds 250 250 250 250
Maintenance of heat and hot water systems 11 10 11 10
61,316 59,680 61,328 59,692

Sales income by user groups:

Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Residents 46,511 45,555 46,511 45,555
Other users 5,949 5,536 5,961 5,548
Budgetary organizations financed from the state
budget
4,774 4,597 4,774 4,597
Budgetary organizations financed from
municipal budgets
3,343 3,279 3,343 3,279
Institutions funded by Territorial Health
Insurance funds
371 360 371 360
Industrial users 368 353 368 353
61,316 59,680 61,328 59,692

16. Other expenses

Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Equipment verification and inspection 406 542 404 541
Maintenance of manifolds 381 396 381 396
Cash collection expenses 195 180 195 180
Expenses of ash utilization 145 125 127 105
Information technology expenses 132 137 132 137
Consulting expenses 124 72 124 72
Employees related expenses 102 83 102 83
Customer bills issue and delivery expenses 98 117 98 117
Membership fee 84 81 84 81
Maintenance of long term assets and related
services
76 95 76 95
Transport expenses 70 116 69 116
Debts collection expenses 60 102 60 102
Insurance 56 68 48 60
Communication expenses 51 54 50 53
Advertising expenses 44 54 44 54
Audit expenses 44 52 44 41
Rent of equipment and machinery 16 24 16 24
Sponsorship 5 287 5 287
Other expenses 200 140 184 119
2,289 2,725 2,243 2,663

17. Other operating income and expenses

Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Income from other operating activities
Sold inventories 394 408 394 408
Various services rendered 382 375 264 259
Damage compensation received 241 241 241 241
Income from previous periods 180 1 180 1
Gain from sale of non-current assets 1 15 1 3
Other 101 110 101 110
1,299 1,150 1,181 1,022
Group Company
Expenses from other operating activities 2018 2017 2018 2017
Cost of rendered services (273) (258) (158) (149)
Cost of inventories sold (65) (2) (65) (2)
Expenses from previous periods (7) (70) (7) (70)
Write off of non-current assets (3) (4) (3) (4)
Other (32) (34) (32) (34)
(380) (368) (265) (259)

The Group and the Company rent real estate, supply technical water, provide services of maintenance of heating equipment, transportation services. The compensation received from KTE is described in Note 1.

18. Other interest and similar income

Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Interest from late payment of accounts receivable 237 249 237 248
Change in market value of derivative financial
instruments
- 18 - -
Interest - - 2 -
237 267 239 248

19. Financial assets and short-term investments impairment, interest and other similar expenses

Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Interest (541) (563) (499) (511)
Impairment of non-current financial assets - - 156 (1,060)
Penalties and fines (12) - (12) -
(553) (563) (355) (1,571)

20. Corporate income tax

In 2018 and 2017, deferred tax asset and liability were accounted for by applying 15 percent rate.

The recorded corporate income tax for the year can be reconciled with the theoretical calculated income tax, which is computed by applying the standard income tax rate to profit before taxes as follows:

20. Corporate income tax (cont'd)

Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Profit before tax, before the accumulation of employee
benefit liability
4,567 7,491 5,016 6,722
Profit (loss) from the accumulation of employee benefit
liability
(34) - (32) -
Corporate income tax (expenses) calculated at statutory rate
from profit (loss) before the accumulation of employee
benefit liability
(685) (1,124) (752) (1,008)
Corporate icome tax (expenses) calculated at statutory rate
from profit (loss) of the accumulation of employee benefit
liability
(5) - (5) -
Influence of permanent and temporary differences 322 572 396 415
Change of unrecognized deferred tax asset (221) (78) (228) (83)
Adjustments to income tax of prior periods 19 - 19 -
Corporate income tax (expenses) reported in the statement of
comprehensive income
(570) (630) (570) (676)
Effective rate of income tax ( percent) 12.48 8.41 11.36 10.06
Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Components of the corporate income tax expense
Current income tax for the reporting year 19 (30) 19 (33)
Deferred tax income (expenses) (589) (600) (589) (643)
Corporate income tax (expenses) recorded in the statement
of comprehensive income
(570) (630) (570) (676)

As of 31 December 2018, net deferred income tax (expenses) EUR 584 thousand recorded in the Group and the Company statements of Profit (loss) and other Comprehensive Income and EUR 5 thousand accounted for as the loans Employee benefit liability (accumulation), which will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss when specific conditions are met of the Group and the Company statements of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income.

All changes in deferred tax are reported in the Group's and the Company's the statement of Profit (loss) and Other Comprehensive Income. As of 31 December, the deferred income tax consists of:

Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Deferred tax asset
Tax losses 2,567 2,824 2,510 2,767
Accruals 140 220 136 216
The change in value of financial assets 19 19 19 19
Deferred tax asset 2,726 3,063 2,665 3,002
Deferred tax liability
Differences of depreciation (8,162) (7,904) (8,162) (7,904)
Investment relief (22) (28) (22) (28)
Revaluation of the assets transferred to subsidiary - - (174) (174)
Deferred tax liabilities (8,184) (7,932) (8,358) (8,106)
Deferred tax, net (5,458) (4,869) (5,693) (5,104)

Deferred income tax assets have been recognised in full amount as the Group's and the Company's management believes it will be realized in the foreseeable future, based on taxable profit forecasts. At 31 December unrecognized deferred tax assets of the Group and the Company consisted of:

20. Corporate income tax (cont'd)

Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Credit losses expected from trade receivables 1,282 1,502 1,282 1,505
Property, plant and equipment depreciation 44 44 44 44
ECL allowance for other accounts receivable 43 40 49 50
Impairment for the investment into subsidiary - - 122 122
Accruals 94 98 94 98
Unrecognized deferred tax asset, net 1,463 1,684 1,591 1,819

21. Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share

Calculations of the basic and diluted earnings per share of the Group are presented below:

Group Company
2018 2017 2018 2017
Net profit
(loss) of the reporting period
4,002 6,886 4,451 6,069
Number of shares (thousand), opening balance 42,802 42,802 42,802 42,802
Number of shares (thousand), closing balance 42,802 42,802 42,802 42,802
Average number of shares (thousand) 42,802 42,802 42,802 42,802
Basic and diluted earnings per share (EUR) 0.09 0.16 0.10 0.14

22. Financial instruments - fair value and risk assessment

Credit risk

The Group and the Company do not have any credit concentration risk because they work with a large number of customers (units).

Customers Group Company
As of 31
December 2018
As of 31
December 2017
As of 31
December 2018
As of 31
December 2017
Private
persons
114,965 114,843 114,965 114,843
Other legal entities
Legal
entities
financed
from
municipalities' and state budget
2,438
658
2,380
678
2,439
658
2,381
678
118,061 117,901 118,062 117,902

Trade receivables of the Group and the Company by the customer groups:

Group Company
As of 31 As of 31 As of 31 As of 31
December 2018 December 2017 December 2018 December 2017
Private
persons
8,025 7,950 8,025 7,950
Other legal entities 1,288 1,186 1,288 1,186
Legal
entities
financed
from
municipalities' and state budget
875 857 875 857
10,188 9,993 10,188 9,993

The Group and the Company considers that maximum risk is equal to the sum of receivables from buyers and other receivables, less expected credit losses as of the date of balance sheet (note 7).

Cash and cash equivalents in banks, which were evaluated in accordance with long-term borrowing ratings*:

22.Financial assets and liabilities and risk management (cont'd)

Group Company
As of 31
As of 31
As of 31 As of 31
December 2018 December 2017 December 2018 December 2017
AA- 7,161 2,716 7,073 2,617
A+ 1,174 3,350 1,174 3,350
A 249 60 249 60
Bank with no rating attributed 23 54 23 54
8,607 6,180 8,519 6,081

*- external credit ratings set by Standart & Poor's agency.

With respect to credit risk arising from the other financial assets of the Group and the Company, which comprise cash and cash equivalents and available-for-sale financial investments, the Group's and the Company's exposure to credit risk arises from default of the counterparty, with a maximum exposure equal to the carrying amount of these instruments.

Interest rate risk

Non-current borrowings of the Group and the Company, except for the loans, signed with Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania, bear variable interest rates (1, 3, 6 and 12 month EURIBOR). Therefore the Group and the Company faces an interest rate risk. As of 31 December 2018 and as of 31 December 2017, the Group had valid interest rate swap agreement to Luminor Bank AB credit EUR 3,403 thousand of 22 August 2012, in order to manage variable rate risk, described in Note 14.

The following table demonstrates the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in interest rates (increase and decrease in basis points was determined based on Lithuanian economic environment and the Group's and the Company's historical experience), with all other variables held constant, of the Group's and the Company's profit before tax (estimating debts with floating interest rate). There is no impact on the Group's and the Company's equity, other than current year profit impact.

Increase/decrease in basis points Effect on net profit (loss) of the reporting period
2018
EUR 50 (52)
EUR (50) 52
2017
EUR 50 (52)
EUR (50) 52

Liquidity risk

The Group's and the Company's policy is to maintain sufficient cash and cash equivalents or have available funding through an adequate amount of overdrafts and committed credit facilities to meet its commitments at a given date in accordance with its strategic plans. The Group's liquidity (total current assets / total current liabilities) and quick ((total current assets – inventories) / total current liabilities) ratios as of 31 December 2018, were 1.58 and 1.47 respectively (1.22 and 1.13 as of 31 December 2017). The Company's liquidity and quick ratios as of 31 December 2018, were 1.65 and 1.54 respectively (1.48 and 1.38 as of 31 December 2017). As of 31 December 2018, the Groups' and the Company's net working capital was plius respectively (EUR 8,404 thousand and EUR 9,142 thousand) (as of 31 December 2017, it was also plius – EUR 3,451 thousand and EUR 6,134 thousand).

In order to increase liquidity the Group and the Company implemented the following action plan:

  • Considering the current situation the Group and the Company started to reduce its expenses;
  • The Company increased heat production in its own effective production sources;
  • The new measures of reducing losses in production and supply were implemented;
  • The Company has shortened the money cycle by increasing the turnover of purchaser's debts and reducing turnover of debts to suppliers.

22.Financial assets and liabilities and risk management (cont'd)

The table below summarises the maturity profile of the Group's financial liabilities as of 31 December 2018 and as of 31 December 2017, based on contractual undiscounted payments (scheduled payments including interest):

Financial liabilities Carrying
amount
Contractual
cash flows
Less
than 3
months
Less
than 1
year
2 to 5
years
More than
5 years
Borrowings and financial lease
obligations
23,821 (27,123) (1,330) (3,542) (13,258) (8,993)
Trade payables 7,451 (7,451) (7,393) (56) (2) -
Payables to contractors 201 (201) (201) - - -
Derivative financial instruments 16 (16) (16) - - -
Balance as of 31 December 2018 31,489 (34,791) (8,940) (3,598) (13,260) (8,993)
Financial liabilities Carrying
amount
Contractual
cash flows
Less
than 3
months
Less
than 1
year
2 to 5
years
More than
5 years
Borrowings and financial lease
obligations
25,005 (28,836) (3,774) (2,901) (11,892) (10,269)
Trade payables 5,444 (5,444) (5,409) (25) (10) -
Payables to contractors 1,749 (1,749) (1,749) - - -
Derivative financial instruments 16 (16) (16) - - -
Balance as of 31 December 2017 32,214 (36,045) (10,948) (2,926) (11,902) (10,269)

The table below summarises the maturity profile of the Company's financial liabilities as of 31 December 2018 and as of 31 December 2017, based on contractual undiscounted payments (scheduled payments including interest):

Financial liabilities Carrying
amount
Contractual
cash flows
Less
than 3
months
Less
than 1
year
2 to 5
years
More than
5 years
Borrowings and financial lease
obligations
21,553 (24,807) (1,040) (3,243) (11,531) (8,993)
Trade payables 7,552 (7,552) (7,494) (56) (2) -
Payables to contractors 201 (201) (201) - - -
Balance as of 31 December 2018 29,306 (32,560) (8,735) (3,299) (11,533) (8,993)
Financial liabilities Carrying
amount
Contractual
cash flows
Less
than 3
months
Less
than 1
year
2 to 5
years
More than
5 years
Borrowings and financial lease
obligations
22,169 (25,992) (930) (2,901) (11,892) (10,269)
Trade payables 5,415 (5,415) (5,380) (25) (10) -
Payables to contractors 1,749 (1,749) (1,749) - - -
Balance as of 31 December 2017 29,333 (33,156) (8,059) (2,926) (11,902) (10,269)

Trade payables

Trade payables of the Group and the Company by supplier groups:

Group Company
As of 31 As of 31 As of 31 As of 31
December 2018 December 2017 December 2018 December 2017
For heat purchased 4,072 3,740 4,528 3,976
To contractors 201 1,749 201 1,749
To other suppliers 3,379 1,704 3,024 1,439
7,652 7,193 7,753 7,164

22.Financial assets and liabilities and risk management (cont'd)

30 day settlement period is set with independent heat producers for purchased heat energy, 90–180 day settlement period – with contractors, 5–30 day settlement period – with other suppliers.

As of 31 December 2018, the Group and the Company had an EUR 18 thousand (as of 31 December 2017 – EUR 16 thousand) of overdue trade payables.

Foreign currency risk

All sales and purchases transactions as well as the financial debt portfolio of the Group and the Company are denominated in EUR, therefore, material foreign currency risk is not incurred.

Capital management

The primary objectives of the Group's and the Company's capital management are to ensure that the Group and the Company comply with externally imposed capital requirements and that the Group and the Company maintains healthy capital ratios in order to support its business and to maximise shareholders' value.

The Group and the Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it in the light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of its activities. To maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group and the Company may issue new shares, and return capital to shareholders. No changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes of capital management as of 31 December 2018 and as of 31 December 2017.

The Group and the Company is obliged to upkeep its equity of not less than 50 percent of its share capital, as imposed by the Law on Companies of Republic of Lithuania. The Group and the Company complies with equity requirements imposed by the Law on Companies of Republic of Lithuania. There were no other externally imposed capital requirements on the Group and the Company.

The Group and the Company monitor capital using debt to equity ratio. Capital includes ordinary shares, reserves, earnings retained attributable to the equity holders of the parent. There is no specific debt to equity ratio target set out by the Group's and the Company's management, however current ratios presented below are treated as sustainable performance indicators: as satisfactory performance indicators and as creditable performance indicators:

Group Company
As of 31
December 2018
As of 31
December 2017
As of 31
December 2018
As of 31
December 2017
Non-current liabilities (including
deferred tax and grants and 43,737 44,113 41,295 43,211
subsidies)
Current liabilities 14,562 15,702 14,008 12,767
Liabilities 58,299 59,815 55,303 55,978
Equity 89,967 89,343 90,099 89,024
Debt* to equity ratio ( percent) 64.80 66.95 61.38 62.88

*Debt contains all non-current (including deferred income tax liability and grants and subsidies) and current liabilities.

Market risk

External risk factors that make influence to the Group's and the Company's main activity: increase in fuel prices, unfavourable law and legal acts of Government and other institutions, decisions of local municipality, decrease of number of consumers, the cycle of activity, environmental requirements.

23. Commitments and contingencies

No full-scope tax audits were carried out by the tax authorities at the Company or the Group during the period starting 1 January 2014 and ending 31 December 2018. Pursuant to the effective laws, the State Tax Inspectorate is authorized to inspect the Company's and the Group's books and records at any time within 5 years (2014 – 2018) and consequently may additionally impose taxes or penalties. The Company's management is not aware of any circumstances, which may in the future give rise to potential significant tax liability in that respect.

23. Commitments and contingencies(cont'd)

UAB Energijos Taupymo Centras has placed a claim to the Company for the annulment of the decision of the Public Procurement Commission on termination of the tender. In case the decision is not canceled, the plaintiff to compensate EUR 775 thousand for damages. The trial is still in process. No provision has been established for the mentioned amount.

UAB Katlita Engineering has placed a claim against the Company for termination of the contract and for payment of EUR 76 thousand for works that were not performed properly. The trial is still in process. No provision has been established for the mentioned amount.

The Company has issued support letters to the subsidiaries UAB Kauno Energija NT and UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė, that it will continue supporting the subsidiaries financially until 1 January 2020 and will ensure that the subsidiaries fulfill their liabilities as they fall due.

Leasing and construction work purchase arrangements

Future liabilities of the Group and the Company under valid purchase arrangements as of 31 December 2018, amounted to EUR 24,567 thousand.

Guarantees

On 28 November 2016, the Company provided a guarantee in an amount of EUR 3,913 thousand to Luminor bank AB regarding the liabilities of the subsidiary UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė to this bank according to credit agreement concluded on 22 August 2012, for the amount of EUR 3,403 thousand. On 28 November 2016, the Company provided guarantee in amount of EUR 95 thousand to Nordea Bank AB (publ) regarding liabilities of subsidiary UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė to this bank according to transaction of derivative financial instruments, described in Note 14. The carrying amount of the loan is EUR 2,268 thousand.

24. Related parties transactions

The parties are considered related when one party has the possibility to control the other or have significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions.

In 2018 and 2017, the Group and the Company did not have any significant transactions with the other companies controlled by Kaunas city municipality except for the purchases or sales of the utility services. The services provided to the Kaunas city municipality and the entities controlled by the Kaunas city municipality were executed at market prices. A list of companies related to the Municipality of Kaunas can be found here: http://www.kaunas.lt/administracija/struktura-ir-kontaktai/pavaldzios-imones-ir-istaigos/.

In 2018 and 2017, the Group's and the Company's transactions with Jurbarkas city municipality, Kaunas city municipality and the entities, financed and controlled by the Municipality of Kaunas and their amounts receivable and payable at the end of the year were as follows:

2018 Purchases Sales Receivables Payables
Kaunas city municipality and entities financed and
controlled by Kaunas city municipality
1,228 5,520 6,693 237
Jurbarkas city municipality 15 465 40 2
2017 Purchases Sales Receivables Payables
Kaunas city municipality and entities financed and
controlled by Kaunas city municipality
1,144 4,755 960 239

Sales include amounts of compensations for deprived people for housing heating costs, cold and hot water and also wastewater costs.

As of 31 December 2018, the Group's and the Company's allowance for overdue receivables from entities financed and controlled by municipalities amounted to EUR 265 thousand (as of 31 December 2017 –

24. Related parties transactions (cont'd)

EUR 271 thousand). The amounts outstanding are unsecured and will be settled in cash. No guarantees on receivables have been received.

As of 31 December 2018 and as of 31 December 2017, the Company's transactions with the subsidiaries and the inter-company balances at the end of the year were as follows:

UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė Purchases Sales Receivables Payables
2018 1,957 5 443 456
2017 1,813 2 60 236
UAB Kauno Energija NT Purchases Sales Receivables Payables
2018 5 11 64 -

Receivables from UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė comprise a loan granted to the subsidiary. More in Note 5.

As of 31 December 2018, the Company has determined an impairment in amount of EUR 64 thousand (as of 31 December 2017, in amount of EUR 90 thousand) for the receivables from subsidiaries.

UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė supplied all goods and services to the Company in 2018 and 2017. In the year 2018, expenditure of UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė has increased the expenditure of the Group by EUR 220 thousand (expenditure of the purchased fuel and energy decreased by EUR 732 thousand, and of depreciation and all other expenses have increased by EUR 952 thousand), in the 2017 – increased by EUR 214 thousand (expenditure of the purchased fuel and energy decreased by EUR 815 thousand, and of depreciation and all other expenses have increased by EUR 1,029 thousand) respectively.

Remuneration of the management and other payments

As of 31 December 2018, the Group's and the Company's management team comprised 4 and 1 persons respectively (as of 31 December 2017 – 7 and 4).

Group Company
2018 m. 2017 m. 2018 m. 2017 m.
Key to management remuneration 169 195 128 161
Calculated post-employment benefits to management 3 21 1 20

In the year 2018 and 2017, the management of the Group and the Company did not receive any loans or guarantees; no other payments or property transfers were made or accrued.

25. Post balance sheet events

On 15 January 2019, the European Commission proposed allocate a financial support of 1.66 million for the project No. 847056 "Residential Building Energy Renovations with On-Bill Financing" ("Ren-on-Bill"). The application for this project was submitted under Horizon 2020 program.The Company will participate in this project as a partner with 8 other companies from Lithuania, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Spain. The project will be coordinated by Creara Consultores SL (Spain). The Company will receive EUR 72 thousand support from the European Commission. The aim of "Ren-on-Bill" project is to increase investments in residential renovation by promoting the use of OBF (On-Bill Financing) return financing schemes based on cooperation between energy suppliers and financial institutions.

At the date of signing these reports, the Company's profit distribution project was not prepared.

There were no other events that would have a significant impact on the financial statements or require a disclosure occurred subsequent to the reporting date.

***

Kaunas, 2019

AB KAUNO ENERGIJA Company code 235014830 Raudondvario Rd. 84, LT-47179 Kaunas, Lithuania

CONTENTS

1. Reporting period of the consolidated annual report 69
2. Companies composing the group of companies and their contact details 69
3. Nature of core activities of the companies composing the group of companies 69
4. Issuer's agreements with credit institutions 70
5. Trade in securities of companies composing the group of companies in regulated markets 70
6. Overview of the condition, performance and development of the group of companies 71
6.1. Overview of the condition, performance and development of the company
71
6.2. Description of exposure to key risks and uncertainties we confront with and their impact on company's
results 75
7. Analysis of financial and non-financial performance results, information related to environmental issues
79
8. References and additional explanations 86
9. Significant events after the
end of the year
86
10. Plans and forecasts of activities of the group of companies 86
11. Information on research and development activities of the group of companies 87
12. Information on own shares acquired and held by the issuer 89
13. Information on the aims of financial risk management, hedging instruments in use 89
14. Information on the issuer's branch office and subsidiary undertakings 89
15. Structure of authorized capital 91
16. Data on shares issued by the issuer 91
17. Information on the issuer's shareholders 93
18. Employees 95
19. Procedure for amending the issuer's articles of association
98
20. Issuer's management bodies 98
20.1. Data on the committees in the company 99
21. Members of collegiate bodies, company's manager, chief financier 101
21.1. Information about the members of the company's supervisory board: 101
21.2. Information on the members of the company's management board 103
21.3. Information on the general manager and chief accountant of the company:
104
22. Information on significant agreements
105
23. Information on agreements of the issuer and its managerial body members or employees 105
24. Information on major transactions with related parties
105
25. Information on harmful transactions concluded on behalf of the issuer during the reporting period
105
26. Information on compliance with the governance code of companies and the company's corporate social
initiatives and policies 105
27. Data on publicised information 105
27.1. Annex 1 –
Company's
report on the compliance with the Governance Code for the companies listed on the
Stock Exchange Nasdaq
Vilnius………………………………………………………………………….………
107
27.2. Annex 2 –
AB Kauno Energija Corporate Social Responsibility Report 138

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 Comparison of financial indicators of the Group of the year 2018
with the indicators of
80
Table 2 the years 2014–2017
Comparison of financial indicators of the Company of the year 2018
with the indicators
of the years 2014–2017
81
Table 3 Comparison of non-financial indicators of the Company of the year 2018
with the
indicators of the years 2014–2017
82
Table 4 Comparison of the Company's pollutions to the atmosphere from stationary air pollution
sources in 2018
with the amount in 2014-2017
85
Table 5 Structure of authorized share capital by types of shares 91
Table 6 History of trade in Company's securities in 2014–2018 92
Table 7 Information on Shareholders of the Issuer who owned as at 31 December 2018
more
than 5 per cent of the authorised capital of the Company
93
Table 8 Repartition of shareholders in accordance with groups at the end of the
reporting period
94
Table 9 The shareholders, who owned more than 5 per cent of the shares issued for public
trading
94
Table 10 The shareholders, who owned more than 5 per cent of the shares issued for non-public
trading 95
Table 11 Changes in the number of employees of the Group in 2014–2018 95
Table 12 Changes in the number of employees of the Company in 2014–2018 96
Table 13 Education of employees of the Group at the end of the reporting period 96
Table 14 Education of employees of the Company
at the end of the reporting period
96
Table 15 Average conditional number of employees and average monthly salary Eur 96

LIST OF CHARTS

Chart 1 Fuel structure 72
Chart 2 Heat purchase and production 72
Chart 3 Repartition of Company's heat consumers by groups 73
Chart 4 Dynamics of consumer's connections and disconnections 75
Chart 5 Implementation of investments by funding sources 75
Chart 6 Heat supplied to the network 83
Chart 7 Price of heat, supplied by AB Kauno Energija 83
Chart 8 Structural constituents of heat price 84
Chart 9 Heat price constant constituent 84
Chart 10 Heat price variable constituent in December 2018 85
Chart 11 Activity results of UAB Kauno Energija NT 90
Chart 12 Activity results of UAB Petrašiūnų katilinė 91
Chart 13 Historical data on share prices (in euro) and turnovers in 2014–2018 92
Chart 14 Comparison of Company's share price with the index of own sector (utility services) 93
and OMX Vilnius index
Chart 15 Structure of shareholders as at 31 December 2018 94

1. Reporting period of the Consolidated Annual Report

Reporting period, for which the Consolidated Annual Report of AB Kauno Energija was prepared, is the year 2018.

2. Companies composing the group of companies and their contact details

AB Kauno Energija (hereinafter referred to as the Company or the Issuer) prepares both the Company's and the consolidated financial statements. The group (hereinafter referred to as the Group) consists of AB Kauno Energija and its subsidiaries – UAB Kauno Energija NT, in which the Issuer directly controls 100 per cent of the shares and UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė, which also became the part of the Group starting from 27 October 2016 and the Issuer also directly controls 100 per cent of the shares of this company.

Main details of the Company:
Name of the Company: Public
Limited Liability Company Kauno Energija
Legal-organizational form: Public
Limited Liability Company
Headquarters address Raudondvario pl. 84, 47179 Kaunas
Code of legal entity: 235014830
Telephone (8 37) 305 650
Fax (8 37) 305 622
E-mail: [email protected]
Webpage www.kaunoenergija.lt
Registration date and place 22 August 1997, Kaunas, Order No 513
Register manager Kaunas Branch of State Enterprise Centre of Registers
VAT payer code LT350148314

Main information about the subsidiaries:

Company name
Legal-organizational form
Headquarters address
Code of legal entity
Telephone
Registration date and place
Register manager
Private Limited Liability Company Petrašiūnų Katilinė
Private Limited Liability Company
R. Kalantos
str. 49, 52303
Kaunas
304217723
+370
687 48413
1
April
2016, Kaunas
Kaunas Branch of State Enterprise Centre of Registers
Company name
Legal-organizational
form
Headquarters address
Code of legal entity
Telephone
E-mail
Registration date and place
Private Limited Liability Company Kauno Energija
NT
Private Limited Liability Company
Savanorių pr. 347, 49423 Kaunas
303042623
(8 37) 305 693
[email protected]
16 April 2013, Kaunas
Register manager Kaunas Branch of State Enterprise Centre of Registers

3. Nature of core activities of the companies composing the group of companies

The nature of core activities of the Group is manufacture and rendering of services. The Company is the parent company of the Group. The Company generates and supplies heat to consumers (for the purposes of heating and hot water making) in the cities of Kaunas and Jurbarkas and in Kaunas district (Akademija town, Ežerėlis town, Domeikava village, Garliava town, Girionys village, Neveronys village, Raudondvaris village), (hereinafter referred to as Kaunas district).

Also, following provisions of the Law on Heat Sector, the Company supplies hot water (is engaged in hot domestic water supplier activities) from 1 May 2010 for consumers in the cities of Kaunas and Jurbarkas and

Kaunas district (hereinafter the supplies of heat and hot domestic water without cold water are referred to as heat, with the exception of information provided in Tables 7 and 8), who chose the Company as a hot water supplier. As at 31 December 2018, the Company was a hot water supplier for 681 residential buildings in Kaunas and Kaunas district and 7 in Jurbarkas. Income from hot water supplies amounts to approximately 5.3 per cent of all of Company's sales revenue.

In addition, the Company maintains engineering structures (collectors – manifolds) and operates heat and electricity production facilities. The Group and the Company carries out a supervision of indoor heat and hot water supply systems, maintenance of heat unit equipment, repairs of heat units and other heating equipment, provides rental services premises under particular agreements. The Group and the Company are engaged in licensed activity in accordance with the licenses held. On 26 February 2004, the National Commission for Energy Control and Prices (hereinafter – NCC) issued a heat supplier licence to the Company. The licence is valid indefinitely. Maintenance of indoor heat and hot water supply systems is pursued following the provisions of Article 20 of The Law on Heat Sector of the Republic of Lithuania.

The vision of the Group and the Company is to be an innovative, competitive, and added value for shareholders creating group of companies engaged in heat and cooling generation and centralized supply, and maintenance of indoor heating and hot water supply systems.

Values of the Group and the Company:

  • More than 50 years of experience in heat production and supply;
  • Responsibility towards consumers for reliable heat and hot water supply;
  • High qualification of employees allowing to reach the highest efficiency indicators;
  • Ability to apply innovative solutions in everyday activities.

Strategic goals of the Group and the Company are as follows: AB Kauno Energija is the most advanced and innovative DH company in Lithuania.

Principled guidelines of Company's heat economy strategy are as follows:

  • Increase and expansion of heat economy Kaunas city needs at least one bigger than 100 MW capacity modern, up-to-date production facility – cogeneration power-plant, using renewable energy sources (hereinafter – RES) and / or waste, and / or natural gas. New power-plant should ensure tankage / use of reserved fuel, reservation of heat production facilities, stable hydraulic mode of centralized heat supply, flexible reaction to network peak demand changes, should have an emergency replenishment system and should be economically "balanced";
  • Increase of safety and reliability of heat supply the Company intends to formulate an expert assessment of safety / vulnerability of heat supply system, to implement update and modernization of system of parameters data transfer, collection and evaluation, to implement optimization of the network hydraulic mode and increase of speed of parameters reaction / change, to reconstruct and optimize sections of thermofication pipelines and elements (average age of pipelines of district heating network (hereinafter – DHN) reaches approximately 38 years), to implement update and development of the system of DHN water reserve – emergency replenishment, to implement technical solutions and / or use a good practice increasing reliability and safety, ensuring stability of thermofication mode;
  • to actively participate in formation of policy of Kaunas city supply with heat and in increase of Company's desirability and in expansion of district heating market;
  • formation of good practice and its publicizing;

4. Issuer agreements with credit institutions

On 13 September 2018, the Issuer Service Agreement with AB SEB Bankas (company code 112021238, Gedimino pr. 12, Vilnius), represented by the Finance Markets Department, has been concluded.

5. Trade in securities of companies composing the group of companies in regulated markets

20,031,977 (twenty million thirty-one thousand nine hundred seventy-seven) of the Issuer ordinary registered shares (VP ISIN code LT0000123010) with the total nominal value equal to EUR 34,855,639.98 (thirty-four

million eight hundred fifty-five thousand six hundred thirty-nine euro and 98 cents) as at 31 December 2018, were listed in the secondary trade list of Nasdaq Vilnius Baltic stock exchange. The beginning of listing of the Company's shares is on 28 December 1998.

6. Overview of the condition, performance and development of the group of companies 6.1.Overview of the condition, performance and development of the Company

In the year 2018, the Company performed its activities with a focus on development of capacities of production sources and increase of reliability of CHS network, considering Strategic guidelines of centralized heat supplies of Kaunas city.

When planning its activities, the Company also considers the AB Kauno Energija Strategy for the Heating System Development for the years 2017–2020 developed in 2016, by the Lithuanian Energy Institute under initiative of the Company. The main provisions and guidelines for heat supply to the city until 2021, reaching to ensure technical, economical and management effectiveness of the system of centralized heat supply and reliability of heat supply, without prejudice environmental requirements and considering provisions of Lithuanian legislation and obligatory aspirations of European Union (hereinafter – EU) directives are determined in the strategy.

On 7 February 2019, The Supervisory Board of the Company approved the "Adjustment report of AB Kauno Energija Strategy, implementing the directions of the development of the energy sector until 2021".

The Company covers a major part of heat production and supply market in the cities of Kaunas and Jurbarkas and Kaunas district. Group's generation capacities consist of Company's boiler-houses capacities and subsidiary's UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė capacities in Kaunas city. Company's generation capacities consist of Petrašiūnai power plant, 4 boiler-houses in Kaunas integrated network, 7 district boiler-houses in Kaunas district, 1 boiler-house in Jurbarkas city, 13 boiler-houses of isolated networks and 28 local gas burning boilerhouses (27 burned with gas and 1 with wooden pellets) in Kaunas city, also 8 local water heating boiler-houses in Sargėnai catchment. Total installed heat generation capacity is approximately 607 MW, and total energy generation capacity of the whole Group is approx. 616 MW (including 41 MW capacities of condensational economizers). Total installed heat production capacity of the Company consists of approx. 588 MW (including 41 MW capacities of condensational economizers), electricity generation capacities – 8.75 MW. 314.6 MW of heat generation capacities (including 17.8 MW capacities of condensational economizers) and 8 MW of electricity production capacities amongst them are in Petrašiūnai power plant. 34.8 MW of heat generation capacities (including 2.8 MW capacities of condensational economizer) are in Jurbarkas city. Total Company's power generation capacity is 597 MW (including 41 MW of condensational economizers' capacities).

Almost 39.2 per cent of heat supplied to consumers in 2018, was produced in Company's heat production facilities. The rest of required quantity of heat was purchased from independent heat producers (hereinafter – IHP). The required amount of heat was purchased at auctions organized each month in accordance with the applicable normative documents. Starting from May 2018, electronic heat purchase auctions are organized by energy resource operator Baltpool UAB. Electronic auctions are conducted in accordance with the Heat Auction Regulation approved by the NCC. Description of the Procedure and Conditions for Heat Purchase from Independent Heat Producers, Methods for Determining Heat Prices, Rules for Information of Energy, Drinking Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment, Surface Wastewater Treatment Companies, Terms of Use of Heat Transmission Networks, Description of Publicly Available Information Procedure, have been amended accordingly.

The fuel used for Company's heat production in 2018, is presented in Chart 1.

Chart 2

In the year 2018, the Company purchased heat from 11 IHP in Kaunas and Kaunas district: from UAB Kauno Termofikacijos Elektrinė, UAB Danpower Baltic Taika, UAB Danpower Baltic Taika elektrinė, UAB Lorizon energy, UAB Ekoresursai, UAB Petrašiūnų katilinė, UAB Aldec General, UAB ENG, UAB Danpower Baltic Biruliškių, UAB Ekopartneris and UAB Foksita. Total purchases consisted of 872.9 thousand MWh of heat, i.e. 60.8 per cent of heat supplied to the network (in the year 2017 – 61.5 per cent). Amounts of heat purchased from IHP and produced with Company's equipment during the period of 2014–2018 are presented in chart 2, thousand MWh:

As at 31 December 2018, the Company supplied this produced and purchased heat with integrated heating and local area networks to 3,500 businesses and organizations as well as to 115,990 households, in total – to 119,490 consumers (objects by addresses).

Repartition of Company's heat consumers by groups

Investments

Company's investments in the latest technologies (the reconstruction of heat generation facilities installing economizers, new biofuel burned boilers, automation of boiler-houses of integrated network, systems of electronic services, system of remote reading of heat meters and data transmission, customer service using "one stop" principle, etc.) help the Company to reduce the price of heat sold. Reconstruction of heat supply networks reduces Company's heat supply losses. All these investments help the Company to adapt to market changes and to be an advanced company of heat and hot water supply, also of maintenance of heat production facilities in Kaunas and Jurbarkas cities and Kaunas district.

Investments are made in accordance with Company's revised investment plan for the year 2018, which was approved by decision No T-14 of Kaunas City Municipality Council of 6 February 2018, "Regarding investment plans of AB Kauno Energija for the year 2018 and 2017–2020 and their financing" (hereinafter – Investment plan).

The Company implements trunk pipeline replacement projects co-financed by the European Union structural funds, it also optimizes pipeline diameters, connects new objects to the DHN and modernises heat production facilities according to Investment plan.

Amendments to the Law on Heat Sector of the Republic of Lithuania and changes in NCC's regulation allowed favourable conditions to invest to construction and reconstruction of heat production facilities, thus increasing competition in heat production sector and effectively reducing heat price for consumers.

In February 2018, a new boiler burned with natural gas or diesel fuel, with a total capacity of 16.4 MW with a condensing economizer, was brought to Pergalė boiler-house and started to be installed. The new unit will produce up to 143 GWh of heat per year. The new installation complies with the new stricter requirements of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from medium combustion plants, which will come into force from 2020 onwards. For natural gas combustion, it is anticipated that the concentration of NOx (nitrogen oxides) will not exceed 80 mg/m³. Project value – EUR 2.4 million. It is carried out with the Company's funds, consistently implementing Kaunas City Municipal District Heating Strategy approved by Kaunas City Municipality.

According to the financial support contracts signed with the Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LBSA) in December 2016, the Company will complete two projects in 2020, i.e. "Modernization of Trunk Pipeline 6T of Kaunas City Integrated Network" (code 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102-01-0010) and "Modernization of Trunk Pipeline 1T of Kaunas City Integrated Network" (code 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102-01-0024). Value of the projects is EUR 2.3 million, incl. EUR 1.15 million of European Union structural support.

On 9 March 2018, the Company signed a contract with LBSA for the support for the project "Installing up to 1 MW Capacity Biofuel Burned Boiler in Noreikiškės Boiler-house" (code 04.1.1-LVPA-K-109-01-0006). Project value is EUR 0.25 million, icnl. EUR 0.15 million of European Union structural support. The project is focused on the efficiency of heat production facilities and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The new boiler will replace the natural gas used to produce heat into biofuels.

On 23 May 2018, the Company signed 7 agreements with the LBSA under the measure No. 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102 "Modernization and development of heat supply networks" of the 4th priority "Promoting energy efficiency and production and use of renewable energy" of Operational Programme for the European Union Funds' Investments in 2014–2020:

  • "Modernization of trunk pipeline 1T of Kaunas city" (code 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102-02-0028);
  • "Modernization of trunk pipelines 1Ž and 7Ž of Kaunas city" (code 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102-02-0029);
  • "Modernization of trunk pipeline 4T of Kaunas city" (code 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102-02-0030);
  • "Modernization of trunk pipeline 5T of Kaunas city" (code 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102-02-0031);
  • "Modernization of trunk pipeline 8K of Kaunas city" (code 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102-02-0032);
  • "Modernization of trunk pipelines 8Ž and 9Ž of Kaunas city" (code 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102-02-0034);

"Modernization of heat supply networks in Chemijos and Medvėgalio streets" (code 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102- 02-0035).

Accomplishment of these projects is scheduled in 2019–2020. Total value of the projects is EUR 19.7 million. European Union Structural support in amount of EUR 9.86 million is included.

On 16 November 2018, the Company signed an agreement with the LBSA under the measure No. 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102 "Modernization and development of heat supply networks" of the 4th priority "Promoting energy efficiency and production and use of renewable energy" of Operational Programme for the European Union Funds' Investments in 2014-2020 for financing of the project "Development of Kaunas City District Heating Supply Network in Aleksotas Catchment" (code 04.3.2-LVPA-K-102-04-0001). Value of the project is EUR 3.8 million, inc. EUR 1.9 million of European Union structural support.

On 16 November 2018, the Company signed two contracts with the LBSA for financing of the project "Installation of Biofuel Burned Boiler in Raudondvaris Boiler-house" and "Installation of Biofuel Burned Boiler in Jurbarkas Boiler-house". Raudondvaris boiler-house will be equipped with a 1.5 MW capacity biofuel burned boiler. Value of the project is EUR 0.5 million, incl. EUR 0.3 million of European Union structural support. A 4.6 MW capacity biofuel burned boiler will be installed in Jurbarkas boiler-house. Value of the project is EUR 0.8 million, incl. EUR 0.5 million of European Union structural support.

In order to expand the consumer market, the Company built the new heat supply trunk pipeline to a residential block under construction in Brastos street, Kaunas in 2018. The 966-meter-long 250 mm-diameter pipeline which will provide heat to the entire block under construction, was built in Brastos Street, which is currently being reconstructed. The new pipeline has been connected ("ringed") to the Company's first heat supply pipeline to Brastos Street, built 2 years ago. The pipeline system will ensure high levels of heat supply for the entire Brastos Street block. In other words, if the heat supply is interrupted on one side, the residents of the block will receive heat from the other side of the network and will not feel any disturbance. The project was executed by the Company itself and using Company's funds. Value of the project is EUR 0.7 million.

The dynamics of consumer's connections to Company's DHN and disconnections from it in 2014–2018 is shown in Chart 4.

Dynamics of consumer's connections and disconnections

A total installed capacity of objects disconnected from DHN in 2018, was approx. 0.86 MW. Disconnection of heat equipment from centralized heat supply networks and the change of heating method is pursued following the order determined by the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania, the Law on Heat Sector of the Republic of Lithuania, the Law on Construction of the Republic of Lithuania and sub statutory legal acts implementing these Laws.

In 2018, a major part of the investments was assigned for modernization of heat supply networks and renewal of heat production boilers. A part of investments was assigned for connection of new objects to DHN, a total consumption capacity of whose is 4.22 MW. Company's investments by funding sources for the years 2014–2018 are shown in Chart 5.

Chart 5

Implementation of investments by funding sources, million

6.2.Description of exposure to key risks and uncertainties we confront with and their impact on Company's results

External risk factors affecting the Company's core business:

  • Increasing competition between heat producers in Kaunas;
  • Increase in final (i.e. including all expenditures) price of natural gas and biofuel;
  • Ever-changing legal environment;
  • Heat production pricing policies.

Competition environment risk factors. To operate effectively and reliably in creation the added value for shareholders, the Company is facing threats specific to the sphere of its activity, but also takes advantage of opportunities to work efficiently and effectively by exploiting the available potential. One of the biggest threats that the Company may face is a relatively high price for heat purchased from IHP, who are ranked as private business units committed to profit generation. Purchase of heat is pursued following valid law and the Description of procedure for purchase of heat from independent suppliers of heat approved by NCC. In turn, the Company invests extensively in modernization and construction of its own manufacturing facilities, to reduce the comparative costs of heat production. In this way, the regulatory environment is used, competition is increased and the cost of purchasing and selling heat to consumers is reduced.

Together with coming of new IHP the Company faced additional technical, economical, legal and other issues that need to solve: management of heat supply network and balancing of power of these producers in case of emergency stop of them, retaining of optimum working parameters of the network, regulation, change and applying of order of heat purchase from IHP.

Commercial risk factors: The Company is a major supplier of the heat produced centrally to the city of Kaunas, part of Kaunas district and the city of Jurbarkas. To retain this market, it is necessary to implement modern and efficient heat production technologies in own production facilities and to focus on production at the lowest cost, benefiting from price differences of different types of fuel.

The Company's sales of heat are directly dependent on heat demand, i.e. heat consumption, which is mostly affected by the average outdoor air temperature, the amount of investment of consumers in energy-saving and rational use of heat and the pace of development of the heat sales.

Changes in fuel prices and the price of heat, produced by IHP have an impact on cost of Company's heat and electricity production.

Company's performance is affected by the decline in sales due to reduced and further reducing heat demand (in pursuance of residential buildings renovation and by installing a heat saving equipment), due to consumer's disconnections from DHN (due to the various reasons). Risks can be mitigated by Company current and further investments in heat production facilities, using renewable energy sources, reducing heat production expenditures and the price heat, purchased from IHP as well as the price of heat supplied for consumers, and continually reasonably informing customers on the benefits of DHN systems (safety, reliability, correlation with one sort of fuel, fuel conversion, local pollution sources in residential areas, total environmental pollution, etc.) in comparison with autonomous heating.

The effects of other competing companies, propagating the only usage of natural gas, irrespective of approved Special Heat Supply Plan are disconnections of consumers from DHN system. Heating equipment disconnection from the DHN is carried out in accordance with the procedures specified in the "Rules on heat supply and consumption" approved by order No 1-297 of 25 October 2010, of the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania (and their further amendments) and the Description of procedure for disconnection of the building or heating facilities of premises from heat supply networks at the initiative of consumers approved by order No A 1830 of the director of administration of Kaunas City Municipality of 14 May 2012. Kaunas City Municipality has approved a Special Heat Supply Plan, which provides a way to separate the heat supply in different urban areas. Disconnection of buildings in the district heating area from the DH network is only possible with the appropriate permit of Kaunas City Municipality. A Special Heat Supply Plan of Kaunas District Municipality was approved by the decision of Kaunas District Municipality No TS-43 of 26 January 2012. A Special Heat Supply Plan of Jurbarkas City and District was approved by the decision of Jurbarkas District Municipality No T2-67 of 10 March 2005.

Operational risk: Limited consumers' solvency and the debts. Risks can be mitigated by the factoring of debts and current charges of some user groups and applying more stringent debt collection techniques / methods. Other possible operational risk – changes in interest rates in the banking market.

Detailed information on risk management policy and credit, exchange rate, interest rate, liquidity risk is provided in Note 22 of explanatory notes to the Financial Statements of AB Kauno Energija Consolidated and Company's Report of the year 2018.

During the year 2018 in comparison with the year 2017, heat consumer debts decreased by approximately 14 % and consisted of EUR 9.609 million in 2018. During the year 2017 in comparison with the year 2016, heat consumer debts decreased by approximately 12 % and consisted of EUR 11.152 million. Decrease was affected by application of effective methods of debts administration.

To recover these debts as soon as possible, the Company actively uses a variety of legal debt management measures, such as pre-trial actions, judicial recovery and cooperation with Law Company. In addition, when a debt becomes big, a restriction of heat supplies was started to apply as a prevention measure (if there are technical possibilities and according to the law).

In all cases, the Company first notifies the user of his indebtedness. When debtors respond to warnings and contact the Company, the Company discusses the options of debt settlement with them, signs documents guaranteeing the repayment of the debt. If the debtor does not respond to warnings and if pre-trial measures are not effective, the judicial recovery begins. The Company then applies to the court and after a decision accompanied with receiving-order – to bailiff. In such case the debtor must pay not only the debt but also the court and execution expenditures. Several debt prevention and pre-trial actions were made in 2018. There were several debt management measures applied: more than 21,759 of written notices, 1,342 of telephone notices, 373 bills of exchange, 106 peaceful agreements concluded, and 138,972 of notices in bills.

Starting from 2 January 2018, the unified service centre of Kaunas "Mano Kaunas" started functioning at Statybininkų str. 3, Kaunas, at the premises of UAB Kauno Švara. Residents can get operative information / advice on services provided by the municipal companies – AB Kauno Energija, UAB Kauno Švara, UAB Kauno Autobusai, UAB Kauno Butų Ūkis, UAB Kauno Gatvių Apšvietimas and UAB Kauno Vandenys in it. They also can conclude agreements there, pay bills, place their applications, requests, get warrants, etc.

Activities of the Company are cyclical. During the heating season (October – April) the highest operating income is earned. During the non-heating season, the Company's revenues are at their lowest since only heat for hot water is used. In addition, during the non-heating season, the Company incurs more costs because it must prepare for the upcoming heating season, i.e. to carry out the repairs and reconstruction of heat supply networks and heat production facilities.

Legal conformity risk: Energy activities are governed by the Law on Heat Sector, the Law on Energy, the Law on Electricity, the Law on Natural Gas, the Law on Drinking Water Supply and Wastewater Management, Government resolutions, Heat supply and consumption rules, Methodology of heat prices and payments for heat of NCC and other legislation. Their amendments affect the heating industry.

With new amendments of articles 2, 3, 20, 22, 28, 31, and 32 of the Law on Heat Sector No XI-1608 of the Republic of Lithuania that came in affect from 1 November 2011, in accordance with Article 7, the heat and hot water prices may not include any costs related with the indoor building heating (including heat units), and hot water systems. In implementing the legislation, from 1 November 2011, all these costs directly reduce the profit of the Company.

Legal conformity risk is a risk of increase in losses and (or) loss of prestige, an (or) decrease in confidence, which can be determined by the external environment factors (for example, violation of external legal acts, non-compliance of requirements of supervising institutions, etc.) or internal factors (for example, violation of internal legal acts and ethical standards, cases of employee's abuse, etc.).

The Company accomplished the last (of three) investment litigation with Kauno Termofikacijos Elektrinė (hereinafter – KTE), after Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration approved on 29 January 2016, a peaceful agreement concluded on 28 December 2015. Following the terms of agreement, the sides agreed to terminate Investment agreement of 31 March 2003, KTE taking obligations to pay compensation for the Company in amount of EUR 2.3 million paying in equal parts yearly until 28 February 2018. As an additional non-financial

compensation according, the terms of peaceful agreement KTE disposed to the Company a part of Kaunas centralized heat supplies infrastructure (manifolds building and coherent pipelines, as well as part of technological circuit equipment, necessary to the Company) and the rights of lease of land plot, coherent to the assets disposed.

This juridical litigation with KTE continued from April 2013 and the litigations regarding a non-compliance of investments – from the year 2009.

Social factors: consumers' disconnections from the system of centralized heat supply can have a negative impact on Company's operations. Consumers with total consumption capacity of 0.86 MW were disconnected in 2018; also limited purchasing power of consumers and slow growth of it, unemployment and exceptionally negative opinion about district heating supplier in the public domain.

However, an increased number of consumers (from 118,891 in the year 2017, to 119,490 in the year 2018) had a positive impact. Total installed capacities of new consumer's amounts to 4.22 MW (mostly business organizations owning big, i.e. heated areas).

Social risk: Company's activities are socially sensitive to many Kaunas region residents and businesses due to the conditionally high costs for heating and hot water. These costs constitute a significant part of expenses for households. But as the price of heat sold is decreasing, several complaints regarding big bills also decrease. This decrease was determined by the latest Company's investments in production facilities that allowed reducing the prices of heat and hot water significantly. As measured in terms of Lithuania, the Company's heat price in the year 2018, was close to the average heat price of all heat supply companies.

This risk is mitigated by reasonably informing consumers about the Company's activities. Articles on Company's activities are coherently published in Company's website and in national or local media. The Company analyses consumer's complaints, provides written responses, advises consumers verbally (in Company's premises), also by phone and e-mails. Heat consumers periodically are invited to meet Company's specialists and discuss consumer issues related to the Company's activities. Thus, an image of modern and socially responsible company is being created.

Technical and process factors: greatest process risks are so shaded with the condition of heating systems. Company's trunk pipelines are an average about 38 years old. Modernization rate of them is determined by lack of funds – it is necessary to reconstruct more than 13.5 km of pipelines per year to condition of age of heat supply system and the minimum investments should consist of approximately 6 million euros. Hydraulic testing identifies their weakest points. Every year, about 200 points where cracks occur are identified during the tests. Upon discovery of defects, pipes are exposed and promptly repaired.

Trunk pipelines of heating networks are reconstructed in the most worn out places using support from the EU Structural Funds. New industrially (polyurethane foam insulation in polyethylene shell) insulated pipes not requiring concrete channels are mounted in the reconstructed sections of the heat supply network. Heat loss is very low in reconstructed sections (process level), while the pipelines no longer pose a threat of rupture and ensure reliable heat supply to consumers.

The greatest technical risk factor for heat generation facilities is their age. Some of heat generation facilities are already renewed now. Every year boiler repairs and preventive work is carried out during the non-heating season. They are necessary to make secure heat supplies and reliability, i.e. securing of heat production facilities and fuel reserves.

The other technical risk factor is the lack of own heat generation capacities after selling the main heat generation facility – Kaunas Termofication power-plant in 2003. Existing Company's own capacities of approx. 467 MW cannot secure customers demand in Kaunas integrated network. In addition, heat supplies companies must have reserve capacities that must be a 50 per cent more, than the maximum instantaneous demand of heat according to Lithuanian legal acts. Therefore, the Company is obliged by NCC to buy a reserve capacity security service. In the year 2018, this service was bought from KTE. Considering that and estimating common trends in development of heat economies in Kaunas and Lithuania, one of the aims of the Company

is to continually reasonably invest in own heat production facilities, i.e. to modernize existing and to build new heat production capacities. More detailed information on Company's investments and modernization of production facilities is provided in chapters 6.1 and 7.

Technical risk can be reduced by reconstructing heat production facilities and supply pipelines, utilizing the latest and advanced technologies and thereby increasing the efficiency of the thermal system, capacity of own heat production facilities necessary for secure of reliability. In addition, significant investments in the modernization of the Company's assets must be made according to the country standards and regulations in line with European Union standards and normative acts regulating qualitative and technical indicators of heat supply systems.

Ecological factors: In terms of the Company they may be divided into those affecting the Company and there was influenced by the Company's operations.

In order not to adversely impact the environment and comply with the pollution limits, vibration and noise values, the Company is guided by the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol, the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) and environmental constraints of Helsinki Convention, as well as the European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/80/EB of regulating energy emissions and Lithuanian environmental normative document LAND 43-2013. Other legal acts for the use of natural resources, and releases and emissions of air pollutants to the environment in its activities. Main sources of pollution of the Company: burning fossil fuel in the Company's heat sources, production of heat and waste water, are used in the industrial processes.

The Company pays taxes for atmospheric and water pollution. If allowable emission rate limits or annual limits are exceeded, the Company must pay the fines under the applicable laws of the Republic of Lithuania. There have been no pollution-related incidents and the Company was not imposed any penalties in 2018.

Main Company's emission reduction measures: modernization of heat generation sources, heat transfer loss reduction by replacing the existing pipes to the pipes with polyurethane foam insulation, installation of new technology and improvement of existing facilities, use of less polluting fuels, and continuous emission monitoring (in 2018, the fuel balance was dominated by solid biofuel – 70.42%, natural gas – 29.43%, other fuels – 0.15 %).

7. Analysis of financial and non-financial performance results, information related to environmental issues

The result of Company's activities of the year 2018, reflects an impact of investments that were implemented by the Company during the years 2014–2015. The Company implemented 3 big investment projects, focused to the development of production sector, reaching to reduce costs of heat production and purchase, ensure reliable heat supplies, reduce losses of heat transmission, and increase effectiveness of heat supply system.

Company's sales revenue of the year 2018, was EUR 61,328 thousand and in comparison, with the year 2017, increased by 2.74 per cent (in the year 2017, it consisted of EUR 59,692 thousand). Sales revenue of the Group of the year 2018, was EUR 61,316 thousand (in the year 2017, it consisted of EUR 59,680 thousand).

This change was mainly affected by higher price of heat, the main part of which consist of fuel and purchased heat constituent, notwithstanding decreased amount of heat sold. Amount of heat sold in 2018, in comparison with the year 2017, decreased at 0.77 per cent. Average price of heat in the year 2018, increased at 3.31 per cent (in 2018, it was 4.99 ct/kWh, and in 2017, it was 4.83 ct/kWh).

The comprehensive income of the Group consisted of EUR 3,963 thousand in 2018, and the Company's – EUR 4,414 thousand. Comprehensive income of the year 2018, in comparison with the year 2017, decreased by EUR 2,898 thousand and EUR 1,632 thousand respectively. The heat price was reduced by an additional contribution of 0.62 ct/kWh (0.29 ct/kWh from December 2018) by the decision of the Board of the Company starting from May 2018 until December 2018 in order to bring back an additional earned income in 2015–2016 to consumers before the new base heat price is approved. EUR 2.7 million is brought back to consumers during 2018.

The Group and the Company accounts impairment loss in doubtful receivables. Change of impairment loss in doubtful receivables in 2018 is included in the article of expenses of the change in the carrying amount of receivables of the Group's and the Company's Statement of Profit (Loss) and Other Comprehensive Income and amounted to EUR -770 thousand and EUR -787 thousand respectively in 2018, i.e. expenses decreased an because of that profit increased (in 2017 – EUR -830 thousand and EUR -849 thousand). During 2018, the Group and the Company wrote of EUR 696 thousand and EUR 696 thousand of bad debts respectively (in 2017 – EUR 413 thousand and EUR 413 thousand). During 2018, the Group and the Company recovered EUR 5 thousand (in 2017 – EUR 6 thousand) of bad debts which were written off in prior years.

Comparison of financial indicators of the Group of the year 2018, with the indicators of the years 2014–2017 is presented in Table 1.

Table 1
No Indicator of the Group 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
1 Revenue from sales, thousand euros 75,746 60,725 61,178 59,680 61,316
1.1 Including: Heat energy 72,484 57,396 58,004 56,084 57,387
1.2 Electric energy 220 253 38 0 0
1.3 Maintenance of indoor heating and hot
water supply systems, heating
substation facilities
27 21 10 10 11
1.4 Income from the maintenance of
collectors
227 226 227 250 250
1.5 Hot water supply including cold water
price
2,633 2,569 2,611 2,981 3,260
1.6 Income from maintenance of hot
water meters
155 260 288 355 408
2 Profit, thousand euros 862 4,509 6,957 6,861 3,963
3 EBITDA (earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization),
thousand euros
7,344 12,083 14,787 15,861 12,417
4 Profitability of core business, per cent
(operating profit / sales and services)*
100
0.9 9.1 10.0 11.7 6.4
5 Net profitability, per cent (net profit /
sales and services)*100
1.1 7.4 11.4 11.5 6.5
6 Assets, thousand euros 145,130 134,442 145,073 149,158 148,266
7 Equity, thousand euros 77,382 81,860 87,019 89,343 89,967
8 Return on equity (ROE), per cent
(net profit / average equity)*100
1.1 5.7 8.5 8.2 4.7
9 Return on assets (ROA), per cent
(net profit / average assets)*100
0.6 3.2 5.0 4.8 2.8
10 Asset turnover ratio
(sales and services
/ assets)
0.52 0.45 0.42 0.40 0.41
11 Return on tangible assets,
per cent
(net profit/ average value of tangible
assets)*100
0.7 3.7 5.6 5.4 3.2
12 Debt ratio (liabilities /assets) 0.47 0.39 0.40 0.40 0.39
13 Debt-to-equity ratio (liabilities /
equity)
0.9 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6
14 General liquidity ratio (short-term
assets
/ short-term liabilities)
0.69 1.10 1.18 1.22 1.58
15 Quick ratio ((short-term assets
inventory) / short-term liabilities)
0.68 1.07 1.14 1.13 1.47

Raudondvario Rd. 84, LT-47179 Kaunas, Lithuania

No Indicator of the Group 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
16 Cash ratio (cash in hand and at bank /
short-term liabilities)
0.01 0.21 0.49 0.42 0.60
17 Net earnings per share (net profit
/
average weighted number of shares in
issue)
0.02 0.11 0.18 0.16 0.09
18 Equity per share, euros 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.09 2.1
19 Last share market price of the year
/net profit /number
of shares at year
end (P / E ratio)
6.99 4.36 3.45 7.36 10.80
20 Share capital, thousand euros 74,378 74,476 74,476 74,476 74,476
21 Share capital-to-assets ratio 0.51 0.55 0.51 0.5 0.5
22 Return on equity (capital), per cent
(net profit / capital and reserves)*100
1.1 5.8 8.7 8.8 4.9
23 Dividend payment ratio 0.03 0.38 0.66 0.49

Comparison of financial indicators of the Company of the year 2018 with the indicators of the years 2014– 2017 is presented in Table 2.

Table 2
No Indicator of the Company 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
1 Revenue from sales, thousand euros 75,755 60,733 61,188 59,692 61,328
1.1 Including: Heat energy 72,494 57,404 58,013 56,096 57,399
1.2 Electric energy 220 253 38 0 0
1.3 Maintenance of indoor heating and hot
water supply systems, heating
substation facilities
26 21 10 10 11
1.4 Income from the maintenance of
collectors
227 226 227 250 250
1.5 Hot water supply including cold water
price
2,633 2,569 2,611 2,981 3,260
1.6 Income from maintenance of hot water
meters
155 260 288 355 408
2 Profit, thousand euros 867 4,528 6,901 6,046 4,414
3 EBITDA (earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization),
thousand euros
7,339 12,085 14,631 14,391 12,227
4 Profitability of core business, per cent
(operating profit / sales and services)*
100
1.0 9.2 9.9 12.2 6.8
5 Net profitability, per cent (net profit /
sales and services)*100
1.1 7.5 11.3 10.13 7.2
6 Assets, thousand euros 145,853 135,173 141,071 145,002 145,402
7 Equity, thousand euros 77,915 82,412 87,515 89,024 90,099
8 Return on equity (ROE), per cent
(net profit / average equity)*100
1.1 5.6 8.1 7.05 5.12
9 Return on assets (ROA), per cent
(net profit / average assets)*100
0.6 3.2 5.0 4.32 3.1
10 Asset turnover ratio
(sales and services
/ assets)
0.52 0.45 0.43 0.41 0.42
11 Return on tangible assets,
per cent
0.7 3.7 5.7 4.9 3.7

No Indicator of the Company 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
(net profit/ average value of tangible
assets)*100
12 Debt ratio (liabilities /assets) 0.47 0.39 0.38 0.39 0.38
13 Debt-to-equity ratio (liabilities / equity) 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
14 General liquidity ratio (short-term
assets
/ short-term liabilities)
0.69 1.10 1.48 1.48 1.65
15 Quick ratio ((short-term assets
inventory) / short-term liabilities)
0.68 1.07 1.44 1.38 1.54
16 Cash ratio (cash in hand and at bank /
short-term liabilities)
0.01 0.21 0.51 0.51 0.62
17 Net earnings per share (net profit
/
average weighted number of shares in
issue)
0.02 0.11 0.17 0.14 0.10
18 Equity per share, euros 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.08 2.11
19 Last share market price of the year /net
profit /number of shares at year-end (P /
E ratio)
6.95 4.34 3.47 8.35 9.70
20 Share capital, thousand euros 74,378 74,476 74,476 74,476 74,476
21 Share capital-to-assets ratio 0.51 0.55 0.53 0.51 0.51
22 Return on equity (capital), per cent (net
profit
/ capital and reserves)*100
1.1 5.8 8.6 7.8 5.4
23 Dividend payment ratio 0.03 0.38 0.66 0.56

A more detailed analysis of financial indicators of the Group and the Company is provided in notes to Consolidated and Company's financial statements for the year 2018.

Comparison of non-financial indicators of the Company of the year 2018, with the indicators of the years 2014–2017 is provided in Table 3.

Table 3
No Denomination of Indicator 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
1. Energy produced, purchased and
supplied to the network, thous. MWh
1,364.8 1,326.3 1,428.1 1,447.1 1,436.2
1.1. thermal energy 1,362.1 1,323.0 1,427.6 1,447.1 1,436.2
1.2. electric energy 2.7 3.3 0.5 0 0
2. Energy sold thous. MWh 1,113.9 1,098.6 1,188.0 1,201.7 1,192.4
2.1. thermal energy 1,111.2 1,095.3 1,187.5 1,201.7 1,192.4
2.2. electric energy 2.7 3.3 0.5 0 0
3. Reconstructed heat supply pipelines, m 4,197 1,835 6,201 7,315 1,850
4. Newly built heat supply pipelines, m 759 1,062 2,468 4,391 2,688

Heat supplied to the network, thous. MWh

Environmental impact on operations: The Company's performance can be affected by changes in sales turnovers caused by changed heat demand, which can be caused by consumer investments in the renovation of buildings, heat saving and rational consumption, average higher of lower outdoor temperature during the heating season, changes in fuel prices, heat purchase price from IHP.

Company's reconstructed heat production facilities changing fossil fuel to biofuel will make a serious competition with their costs of production to IHP, operating in Kaunas. With modernization of its own production facilities the Company reduced heat price for its consumers by 25 per cent during the last 5 years.

The dynamics of average price of heat of the Company in 2014–2018 is provided in Chart 7.

Chart 7

Average price of heat, supplied by AB Kauno energija, ct/kWh

Components of Company's heat price structure in 2014–2018 are provided in Chart 8.

Chart 9

Structural constituents of the heat price, ct/kWh

The prices for heat and hot water are calculated and approved in accordance with the Methodology for the determination of heat prices, approved by the Resolution No. O3-96 of NCC of 8 July 2009. The base heat price constituent is determined for a period of 3-5 years. In the case of pricing of regulated services (products), the mechanism of long-term prices applies to heat pricing, i.e. the base heat price (price constituents) is determined for the base period, and it is adjusted in the second and subsequent years by setting the recalculated heat price (price constituents).

Management Board of AB Kauno Energija determined by its decision of 24 October 2018, No. 2018-26-2 the heat price constituents for the first year of validity of basic heat price, which were agreed by NCC's decision of 16 November 2018, No. O3E-390. Constant constituent of heat price, valid until 30 November 2018, was 1.95 ct/kWh (including profit), and the new constant constituent, valid from 1 December 2018, is 1.81 ct/kWh (including profit) (decrease in constant constituent was determined by the change in expenditures of assurance of reserve capacities from 0.26 ct/kWh to 0.15 ct/kWh). Details of constant heat price constituent are provided in Chart 9.

The Company recalculates values of variable constituents of heat price and final heat prices every month, considering changes in prices of fuel and purchased heat. In order to compensate the difference between the purchase price of the fuel and the purchase price of heat included in the heat price, an additional constituent was determined by the decision of the Management Board of the Company and it was valid from May 2018 to November 2018. It reduced the price of heat to consumers by 0.62 ct/kWh. After determination of the new

base heat price, an additional constituent reduces the price by 0.29 ct/kWh starting from December 2018. Detailed variable heat price constituents of December 2018, are provided in Chart 10.

Chart 10

Heat price variable constituent in June 2018, per cent

Information related to environmental issues. In carrying out their activities, the Group and the Company seek to prudently use natural resources, install less polluting technologies, and follow the environmental legislation and apply preventive measures to minimize the negative impact on the environment.

Waste management. The Group and the Company have organized the waste collection, sorting and disposal of them to waste managers, i.e. to licensed waste management businesses. In 2018, the Group and the Company disposed for recycling 3 tons of absorbent and filter materials; 1.04 tonnes of packages containing or contaminated with dangerous chemical residues; 2.78 tons of paper and cardboard; 87.1 tonnes of insulating materials containing asbestos; 1.05 tonnes of used tires; 21.44 tonnes of bituminous mixtures; 0.233 tons of batteries and accumulators; 0.0725 tons of daylight lamps; 79.12 tonnes of concrete; 1,452.14 tons of bottom ash, 1,929.72 tons of iron and steel.

Wastewater management. In accordance with the schedule agreed with Kaunas Regional Environmental Protection Department, the Group and the Company constantly monitor the effluent discharges from stationary sources are within the permissible limits set out in the integrated pollution prevention and control permits.

Air pollution. The measurement laboratory of stationary air pollution sources of the Group and the Company, having the permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, continuously monitors the emissions to the atmosphere from stationary sources would not exceed the permissible limits established in integrated pollution prevention and control permits. Company's Šilkas, Ežerėlis, Girionys and Noreikiškės boiler-houses, and starting from 2015 – Inkaras boiler-house and Petrašiūnai power-plant use biofuel, thus reducing atmospheric pollution. Below in Table 4 you will find the comparison of the Company's pollutions to the atmosphere from stationary air pollution sources in 2018, with the amount in 2014–2017.

Table 4
Period Particulates, t Nitrogen
oxides, t
Carbon
monoxide, t
Sulphur
dioxide, t
Hydrocarbons, t Other pollutants, t
2018 48.7984 283.0412 1,082.9366 31.6210 1.1982 0.1509
2017 79.7242 285.6461 1,236.7667 145.0571 1.1982 0.4297
2016 53.7542 265.0797 1,155.3349 231.4719 4.2871 0.2818
2015 43.5783 203.6775 904.8513 193.3228 20.1586 0.2818
2014 23.613 154.570 534.443 47.158 16.294 0.440

Cyclones for smoke cleaning from particulates are installed in Šilkas, Ežerėlis, Girionys, Noreikiškės, Inkaras boiler-houses and Petrašiūnai power-plant. Their working efficiency is checked every year. The Company is involved in the greenhouse gas emissions trading system. This system includes emission allowances (EA) allocated to Petrašiūnai power-plant, Šilkas, Pergalė, Garliava, Jurbarkas boiler-houses and Noreikiškės boilerhouse with a cogeneration power-plant.

8. References and additional explanations

Main financial data of the Group and the Company are provided in the explanatory notes to the consolidated and Company's financial statements for the year 2018.

Internal control over consolidated statements. When preparing its consolidated financial statements, the Company combines the itemised financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, by summing up the items of assets, liabilities, equity, revenue and expenses. Afterwards, it eliminates the book value of the Company's investment in the subsidiary and Company's share of equity in the subsidiary; amounts on balance sheets, transactions, income and expenses inside the Group (for this purpose, it prepares a reconciled report of all transactions, income and expenses for the period); difference in depreciation of contribution in kind measured at market value as compared to its book value.

For the consolidated financial statements of the Group, the financial statements of the Company and subsidiaries are prepared for the same date.

It's controlled if the accounting policy of the company and its subsidiaries for accounting of similar transactions is the same. The subsidiaries' income and expenses are included into the consolidated financial statements as of the date of acquisition.

9. Significant events after the end of the year

Tomas Bagdonavičius resigned from the Company's Supervisory Board on 21 February 2019.

On 20 March 2019, the audit of the financial statements for 2018 is completed. It was performed by KPMG Baltics, UAB. The Company's audit company, performing the audit of the financial statements for 2018, was nominated by the Management Board for the General Meeting of Shareholders following the results of the Company's 2017, public procurement. This Company's Annual Report is presented in conjunction with the Audited Financial Statements for the year 2018 and the independent auditor's report on it.

10. Plans and forecasts of activities of the group of companies

Inasmuch investments allow continual business development and profitability, the aims of the Group's and the Company's investment program for the year 2019 is further increase in volumes of heat production and effectiveness, expansion of heat selling market, through increase of use of biofuel for heat production, development of heat transmission and distribution increasing safety and reliability, developing services of maintenance of engineering systems and further improvement of consumers services quality.

In compliance with the provisions of the plan for the facilities on the implementation of the National Renewable Energy Development Strategy, in order to implement the Company's key business objectives and the provisions of the National Energy Independence Strategy related to the assurance of technical requirements for reliability of heat facilities and heat supply networks, to guarantee the quality keeps apply to consumers, Kaunas city municipality decided to approve Company's investment plans for the new regulation period by the decision No T-63 "Regarding Investment Plans of AB Kauno Energija for the Year 2019 and for the years 2017–2020 and its Financing".

The main investment goals of the Company for the regulation period of the years 2017–2020 are as follows: use of renewable energy sources, increase in reliability of heat supply to consumers in Kaunas and Jurbarkas cities an Kaunas district, and anticipated reception of EU Structural support under the 4 priority "Promoting

energy efficiency and production and use of renewable energy" of Operational Programme for the European Union Funds' Investments in 2014–2020.

In 2019, the implementation of Company's investment program will involve further modernization of boilerhouses owned by the Company automating the production process and installing condensational economizers; reconstruction of heat networks; replacement of heat meters. Implementation of these measures will allow to reduce losses of heat transmission and to perform optimization of heat supply to the consumers and to ensure heat supplies reliability.

It is planned that in 2019, in comparison with 2018, the Group's sales turnover and the amount of heat sold will remain in the similar level as in 2018. The greatest impact on the Group's and the Company's income and expenses will be made by fuel and purchased heat price changes, as the price of heat under the requirements of the law is recalculated every month. A significant influence on the price of purchased heat is provided by the procedure established by the NCC (for example, a description of the procedure and conditions for the purchase of heat from independent heat producers), the conditions of competition between the heat supplier and IHP. The Group's profit in comparison with 2018, is planned to be less due to the recalculated constituents of heat price and compensation to consumers. Planned results may be adjusted by change in heat demand, i.e. consumption, which is mainly affected by the average outdoor air temperature, the size of user investment in housing renovation, energy-saving and its rational use, NCC's decisions on pricing issues as well as changes in the economic situation in Lithuania.

11. Information on research and development activities of the group of companies

It's indicated in EU Directive of renewable sources and in Lithuanian national legal acts, that a part of renewable sources in total end energy consumption must consist not less, than 23 per cent until the year 2020, and the part falling on heating – up to 40 per cent. Meanwhile in Kaunas this indicator exceeds 80 per cent already.

Company's representatives are constantly invited to work in committees of preparation of Energy Engineering studies programs of Kaunas University of Technology and in groups of external and self-evaluation. Working in these groups and committees Company's representatives analyse aims of programs and goals of studies, composition of training plans, appropriateness of staff, material basis, process and evaluation of studies, as well as program management. Performing external and self-evaluation, committees apply recommendations for improvement of program structures and implementation process, to satisfy the needs of employers and to meet the requirements of national and European legal acts in the field of higher education.

Like every year Company's representatives take part in national conference "Heat energetics and technologies" organized by Kaunas University of Technology at the beginning of February. This year, the Company introduced how competition between heat producers is developing in Kaunas and what benefits this competition brings to consumers. It was emphasized that competition in the heat sector is beneficial for consumers, but it works only in the warm season of Kaunas city, when the demand for heat is low. Meanwhile, in winter, when the demand for heat is high, there is virtually no competition between producers, because (apart from Kaunas CHP, which due to the specifics of its activities is not working well recently) the existing capacity of the producers is not enough. It was also emphasized that the basic heat prices of heat supply companies are recalculated according to the procedure established by the law, and this will certainly not be the merit of independent producers if the base heat price of the heat supply company decreases after the statutory conversion.

On 11 April 2018, the delegation of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek Heat Supply Company visited the Company under initiative of World Bank. The World Bank has chosen the Company as an example of good practice for the renovation of district heating systems in the Kyrgyz capital. The achievements of Lithuania and Kaunas in the development of biofuel energy were presented to guests from Bishkek. It was emphasized that the use of biofuel for heat production in Kaunas, as well as competition in the heat production sector since 2012 has allowed to reduce the price of heat supplied to consumers by more than half. The guests were interested in the experience of Kaunas city colleagues in modernizing district heating systems, moving from open to closed

systems, installing modern measuring devices with remote data reading, installing data collection and billing systems.

On 12 April 2018, a discussion "Looking to the Future: How to Purchase Heat in Kaunas during the 2018–2019 heating season" was organized at the hall of the Lithuanian Energy Institute, where representatives of public authorities, heat supply companies, independent heat producers and research institutions shared their insights on the problems of the heat sector in Lithuania and individually, about changes in the heat purchase regime and suggested what could be done to reduce the heat price for consumers even more. The discussion was attended by Vidmantas Macevičius, Vice-Minister of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, Valdas Lukoševičius, President of the Lithuanian Association of Heat Suppliers, Members of the NCC, representatives of CHP and representatives of heat supply companies.

On 3 April 3 2018, the Company, together with Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuanian Energy Institute and UAB Enerstenos Grupė, in the light of the importance of science and new technology development and presentation to the public, has signed a cooperation agreement, which has developed an agreement to develop research and experimental development in the field of energy production and biofuel. to implement research results in industry, to improve energy production equipment and processes, to reduce energy production costs and emissions, to develop new technologies for biofuel production and biomass, to participate in Lithuanian and international research and experimental development projects and to cooperate in the development and improvement of study programs. This agreement is the formation of a future large research and science cluster that will be the energy leader in the development of future science, innovation trends and energy market in Lithuania. One of the biggest energy challenges of today is the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and the increase of energy efficiency, so this cluster, by joining the biggest energy players in Kaunas region, will help to solve the most pressing energy issues.

Starting from 11 June 2018, the Company started using mobile devices – tablet computers for checking the status and readings of domestic hot water meters in flats. From now on, the Company's employees, who come to the customers to check the hot water meter, will not write the paper check documents, but will record the meter readings and status on the tablet. The special software installed on the tablet is online connected to the accounting system. It allows you to refrain from completing and checking the paperwork and entering data into the accounting system. It is sufficient for an employee arriving to check the meter to enter its actual readings and transmit them immediately to the accounting system. The program automatically generates an electronic checklist of the operating conditions and readings of the hot water meter. This will save labour costs, eliminate paperwork, and perform all the verification and accounting activities much faster and more accurately. There will be no human intervention at all in the transmission chain, so the probability of error is minimized.

On 12 June 2018, the Company was honoured for its significant contribution to urban welfare at growing business awards K.A.V.A. 2018. This first-ever event was aimed at thanking the most initiative enterprises that contributed most to urban welfare and glorification. In its activities, the Company strictly follows the provisions of regulatory acts, observes the highest ethical and moral standards. The Company has a collective agreement that provides employees with better working conditions and protection than the Labour Code. All investments made by the Company reduce the demand for fossil fuels, increase the reliability of heat production and transmission and reduce the cost of heat to consumers. For these reasons, centralized heat supply is more a social service than a profitable business.

In November 2018, the solar power plant was installed on the administrative building of the Company located at Raudondvario pl. 84, in Kaunas. The Company benefits from solar power to meet the energy needs of the building. The solar power plant has been installed by the Company to develop advanced technologies for renewable energy production and to further reduce electricity costs.

The Company along with Lithuanian Energy Institute takes part in READY project ("Resource efficient cities implementing advanced smart city solutions") supported by European Commission. 23 companies from Denmark, Sweden, Austria, France and Lithuania take part in it. Project will be pursued until the year 2022 by applying the latest measures of effective energy consumption in Kaunas city.

On 28 February 2018, the Company together with 9 other European companies and educational institutions signed a financing agreement with the Innovation and Networking Program Executive Agency (INEA), which administers EU transport, energy and telecommunications infrastructure and research programs, to provide financial support to the Company to participate in the international research project FLEXCHX (Flexible Combined Production of Power, Heat and Transport Fuels from Renewable Energy Sources). The essence of the project is to ensure biomass plants can operate full load all year round. The goal of the project is to develop a flexible energy production process that could be used in future for various energy sources in Europe to achieve high efficiency at the lowest cost.

On 15 January 2019, the European Commission has proposed EUR 1.66 million support for project no. 847056 "Ren-on-Bill" (Renovation of Residential Buildings Using a Billing Model). The application for this project was submitted under the Horizon 2020 program. The Company will participate in the project as a partner with another 8 companies from Lithuania, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Spain. The project will be coordinated by Creara Consultores SL (Spain). EUR 71.5 thousand of EU support is allocated to the Company. The aim of Ren-on-Bill is to increase investment in residential renovation by promoting the use of OBF (On-Bill Financing) return financing schemes based on cooperation between energy suppliers and financial institutions.

Furthermore, the Company takes part in programmes "Green Light" and "Motor Challenge", supported by European Commission, the aim of whose is effective energy consumption in lighting and pumps operation systems.

12. Information on own shares acquired and held by the Issuer

The Company does not hold the shares of its own. The Company's subsidiaries have not purchased any of the Company's shares. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries purchased or sold own shares during the reporting period.

13. Information on the aims of financial risk management, hedging instruments in use

All relevant information on this issue is provided in Notes 2.11, 14, 22 to the consolidated financial statements for the year 2018, of AB Kauno Energija.

14. Information on the Issuer branch office and subsidiary undertakings

On 19 March 2018, the branch of the Company Jurbarko Šilumos Tinklai was removed from the Register of Legal Entities, having terminated its activities on 1 March 2018, in accordance with the decision of the Management Board of the Company No. 2017-31-2 of 24 November 2017, "Regarding the approval of the new management structure of AB Kauno Energija", on the basis of which the structural management reorganizations optimizing Company's administrative activities were performed. The functions of the branch (their administration), ensuring the continuity of Jurbarkas boiler-house operation, were transferred from 1 March 2018, to the structural units of the Company in accordance with their competence, fully ensuring the operation of Jurbarkas boiler-house as the Company's heat production facility, supplying district heating to the residents of Jurbarkas. The changes in the management structure of the Company terminating the activities of the branch as a structural unit of the Company from 1 March 2018, had no impact on the reliability and uninterrupted supply of district heating in Jurbarkas city.

Company's Management Board approved by its decision of 6 April 2012, a reorganization of subsidiary UAB Pastatų Priežiūros Paslaugos by separating assets from activities and by creating on the base of separated assets a new company with the same legal form, named UAB Kauno Energija NT.

After completion of the procedures of reorganisation in the way of separation of AB Kauno Energija subsidiary UAB Pastatų Priežiūros Paslaugos, a statutes of the newly established entity UAB Kauno Energija NT were registered in the Register of Legal Entities on 16 April 2013. Company's headquarter address is Savanorių pr. 347, 49423 Kaunas, company number 303042623.

The authorised capital of UAB Kauno Energija NT registered in the Register of Legal Entities on 31 December 2018, in total of 1,329,872 euros is divided into 45,921 ordinary nominal shares with the par value of 28.96 euros each.

UAB Kauno Energija NT has no holdings directly or indirectly managed in other companies.

Activities of UAB Kauno Energija NT include the real estate development, management, leases, purchase and sale.

Turnover of UAB Kauno Energija NT of the year 2018, was EUR 125 thousand, Comprehensive income was amounted to EUR (21) thousand.

As at 31 December 2018, UAB Kauno Energija NT had 4 employees.

Comparison of financial indicators of UAB Kauno Energija NT of the year 2018, with the indicators of the years 2014–2017 is provided in Chart 11.

Chart 11

Procedures of acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares of UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė accomplished on 27 October 2014 y. 2015 y. 2016 y. 2017 y. 2018 y.

  1. The residence address of newly established legal entity is R. Kalantos str. 49, 52303 Kaunas, code 304217723. Statutes were registered at the Register of Legal Entities on 22 May 2017.

Authorized capital of UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė registered at the Register of Legal Entities as at 31 December 2018, amounts to EUR 231,696 and is divided into 800 ordinary registered shares at par value of EUR 289.62 each.

UAB Petrašiūnų katilinė has no holdings directly or indirectly managed in other companies.

Activities of UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė include production of heat.

UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė had 10 employees as at 31 December 2018.

UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė financial indicators of the year 2018, are as follows: operating revenue is EUR 1,957 thousand, operating expenses are EUR 2,007 and Comprehensive income is EUR (94) thousand.

Comparison of financial indicators of UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė of the year 2018, with the indicators of the years 2016–2017 is provided in Chart 12.

Activity results of UAB Petrašiūnų katilinė, thous. euros

Chart 12

15. Structure of authorized capital

The authorised capital of the Company registered in the Register of Legal Entities of the Republic of Lithuania on 31 December 2018, is EUR 74,475,728.82 (seventy-four million four hundred seventy-five thousand seven hundred twenty eight euros and 82 cents).

Structure of authorized share capital by types of shares is specified in Table 5.

Table 5
Type of shares Number of
shares, units
Nominal
value, euros
Total nominal
value, euros
Municipal share in
the authorised
capital, per cent
Share of private
shareholders in
the authorised
capital, per cent
Ordinary
nominal shares
42,802,143 1.74 74,475,728.82 98.33 1.67

16. Data on shares issued by the Issuer

The authorised capital of AB Kauno Energija was registered on 18 May 2015, by the decision of General Meeting of Shareholders held on 28 April 2015, and amounts to EUR 74,475,728.82 (seventy-four million four hundred seventy five thousand seven hundred twenty eight euros and 82 cents) and it is divided to 42,802,143 (forty two million eight hundred and two thousand one hundred forty three) ordinary shares of par value of 1.74 euros each.

There are no limitations on the transfer of securities.

16.1. Main characteristics of shares released into free circulation of securities (as at 31 December 2018).

Securities registration No A01031430
ISON code of securities LT0000123010
Number of shares 20,031,977 ordinary nominal shares
Nominal value EUR
1.74
Total nominal value of shares EUR
34,855,639.98
16.2. Main characteristics of shares issued and registered for non-public trading (as at 31 December 2018).
ISON code of securities LT0000128407
Number of shares 22,770,166 ordinary nominal shares
Nominal value EUR
1.74
Total nominal value of shares EUR
39,620,088.84

History in trade in Company's securities in 2014–2018 is provided in Table 6.

Table 6
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
0.589 0.486 0.459 0.592 1.18
0.600 0.479 0.600 1.180 1.24
0.430 0.400 0.401 0.571 1
0.486 0.459 0.560 1.180 1
70,160 41,193 190,801 229,220 147,516
0.04 0.02 0.10 0.19 0.16
9.74 9.19 11.22 23.64 20.03

Historical data on share prices (in euro) and turnovers in 2014–2018 is provided in Chart 13.

Comparison of Company's share price with the index of own sector (utility services) and OMX Vilnius index is given in Chart 14.

Data of Chart 14:

Index/Shares 01/01/2014 12/31/2018 +/-%
OMX Baltic Benchmark GI 613.5 873.81 42.43
OMX Vilnius 421.6 616.9 46.32
B7000GI Utilities 1,344.55 2,378.81 76.92
KNR1L 0.589 EUR 1.0 EUR 69.78

17. Information on the Issuer shareholders

The total number of Company's shareholders (securities of other accounts keepers (not AB SEB bank) clients accounting them as one shareholder) as at 31 December 2018, was 289.

Information on Shareholders of the Issuer who owned as at 31 December 2018, more than 5 per cent of the authorised capital of the Company registered on 18 May 2015, (42,802,143 ordinary nominal shares), is provided in Table 7 and Chart 15.

Table 7
Full name of shareholder
(company name, type,
headquartered dress, code)
Number of ordinary
nominal shares owned
by the shareholder,
units
Owned
share in
the
authorised
capital, per
cent
Share of votes
carried by owned
shares. per cent
Share of votes
owned by the
shareholder
together with acting
entities, per cent
Kaunas City Municipality
Laisvės al. 96, 44251 Kaunas
Code
111106319
39,736,058 92.84 92.84 -
Other shareholders 3,066,085 7.16 7.16 -
Total: 42,802,143 100 100 -

Chart 15

Structure of shareholders as at 31 December 2018

Repartition of shareholders in accordance with groups at the end of the reporting period is provided in table 8. Table 8

The name of the Group Number of shares owned
by the Group, pcs.
Own part of share
capital, per cent from all the
shares
Local authorities 42,088,631 98.33
Households 311,003 0.73
Securities of other accounts keepers clients 323,801 0.76
Private non-financial enterprises 53,508 0.12
Other financial brokers, except insurance companies and
pension funds and other auxiliary enterprises
25,200 0.06
Other shareholders (non-financial enterprises controlled
from abroad, financial auxiliary enterprises, companies
holing deposits, except central bank
0 0.00
Total 42,802,143 100

17.1. The shareholders, who owned more than 5 per cent of the shares (20,031,977 ORS) issued for public trading (reg. No. A01031430, VP ISIN code – LT0000123010) as at 31 December 2018, are listed in Table 9. Table 9

Name Type of
shares
Number of
shares,
units
Total
nominal
value of
shares, euros
Percentage of
shares from those
released into the
public circulation
Share of the
authorised
capital (%)
Kaunas City Municipality
Laisvės al. 96, 44251
Kaunas
Code 111106319
Ordinary
registered
shares
16,965,892 29,520,652 84.69 39.64
Kaunas District
Municipality
Savanorių pr. 371, 49500
Kaunas,
Code 111100622
Ordinary
registered
shares
1,606,168 2,794,732 8.02 3.75
Other shareholders Ordinary
registered
shares
1,459,917 2,540,256 7.29 3.41
Total: 20,031,977 34,855,640 100 46.80

17.2. The shareholders, who owned more than 5 per cent of the shares (22,770,166 ORS) issued for non-public trading (VP ISIN code – LT0000128407) as at 31 December 2018, are listed in Table 10.

Table 10
Name Type of shares Number of
shares,
units
Total
nominal
value of
shares, Euro
Percentage of
shares from
those released
into the public
circulation
Share of
the
authorised
capital
(%)
Kaunas City Municipality
Laisvės al. 96, 44251
Kaunas
Code 111106319
Ordinary
registered
shares
22,770,166 39,620,089 100 53.20

None of the shareholders of the Issuer holds any special rights of control. The rights of all shareholders are the same; they are specified in article 4 of the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania. The number of shares carrying votes at the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company is 42,802,143 units.

The Company has not been notified on the limitations of voting rights or any other mutual agreements of shareholders which may limit the transfer of securities and / or voting rights.

In 2014, the dividends from the profit of the year 2013, were allocated and paid to the shareholders of the Issuer. Dividend per share was EUR 0.0028962, in total – EUR 0.124 million. The profit was allocated to the statutory reserve, other reserves, support and annual payments for members of the Board. A total of EUR 0.333 million was allocated for sponsorship and charity.

In 2015, the dividends from the profit of the year 2014, were allocated and paid to the shareholders of the Issuer. Dividend per share was EUR 0.003, in total – EUR 0.129 million. The profit was allocated to the statutory reserve, other reserves. A total of EUR 0.2 million was allocated for sponsorship and charity.

In 2016, the dividends from the profit of the year 2015, were allocated and paid to the shareholders of the Issuer. Dividend per share was EUR 0.042, in total – EUR 1.798 million. The profit was allocated to the statutory reserve, other reserves, bonuses for the members of the Management Board and bonuses for employees. A total of EUR 0.05 million was allocated for sponsorship.

In 2017, the dividends from the profit of the year 2016, were allocated and paid to the shareholders of the Issuer. Dividend per share was EUR 0.106, in total – EUR 4.537 million. The profit was allocated to the statutory reserve, to other reserves, bonuses for employees. A total of EUR 0.1 million was allocated for sponsorship.

In 2018, the dividends from the profit of the year 2017, were allocated and paid to the shareholders of the Issuer. Dividend per share was EUR 0.078, in total – EUR 3.339 million. The profit was allocated to the statutory reserve, to other reserves, bonuses for employees. A total of EUR 0.1 million was allocated for sponsorship.

18. Employees

A total of 441 employees were employed in the Group as at 31 December 2018. Changes in the number of employees of the Group in 2014–2018 are specified in Table 11.

Table 11
Actual number of employees Group
2014-12-31
Group
2015-12-31
Group
2016-12-31
Group
2017-12-31
Group
2018-12-31
Total: 545 526 521 513 441
including: management 6 4 6 6 3
specialists 290 279 284 272 238
workers 249 243 231 235 200

Table 12
Actual number of employees Company
2014-12-31
Company
2015-12-31
Company
2016-12-31
Company
2017-12-31
Company
2018-12-31
Total: 542 523 508 501 427
including: management 4 3 4 4 1
specialists 290 278 280 269 234
workers 248 242 224 228 192

Changes in the number of employees of the Company in 2014–2018 are specified in Table 12.

Education of employees of the Group at the end of the reporting period.

Table 13
No Education Group
2014-12-31
Group
2015-12-31
Group
2016-12-31
Group
2017-12-31
Group
2018-12-31
1 Secondary incomplete 6 7 5 5 3
2 Secondary 206 195 187 185 156
3 College 77 72 73 75 62
4 Higher 256 252 256 248 220
Total: 545 526 521 513 441

Education of employees of the Company at the end of the reporting period.

Table 14
No Education Company
2014-12-31
Company
2015-12-31
Company
2016-12-31
Company
2017-12-31
Company
2018-12-31
1 Secondary incomplete 6 7 5 5 3
2 Secondary 205 194 183 181 151
3 College 77 72 71 73 60
4 Higher 254 250 249 242 213
Total: 542 523 508 501 427

Average conditional number of employees and average monthly salary Eur (at the end of 2018 before taxes)

Table 15
No Employees Company Group
1.1. Average conditional number of managers 1.67 3.51
1.2. Average monthly salary of managers 4,830.3 2,993.0
2.1. Average conditional number of specialists 230.1 238.9
2.2. Average monthly salary of specialists 1,080.0 1,080.1
3.1. Average conditional number of workers 189.7 190.17
3.2. Average monthly salary of workers 818.6 823.9

Company's management pays a lot of attention to increase in work efficiency, to improve working conditions, to supply of the latest working tools, professional development, planning of internal activities and control implementation, also for improvement of consumer service quality. Executive and professional qualification levels suit their positions, and work experience and practical knowledge of subject of other employees makes them possible to work in their positions. Staff turnover in the Group and the Company is inconsiderable.

In order to increase work efficiency, the Company conducts an annual work performance evaluation of managers of structural units, the main goal of which is to evaluate the employee's qualifications and abilities

to perform functions assigned in job regulations, to properly evaluate employees' activities, provide feedback on the goals execution in order to increase employee loyalty, satisfaction with conducted work, encouraging them to improve. The result of this process is information allowing for better coordination of the Company's activities and for encouraging employees to improve their working activities.

The Company actively cooperates with educational institutions and allow high school students to apply their theoretical knowledge and gain practical skills. 10 students performed their internship in the Company in 2018. With demand for new workers, the most active and best students are provided with access to employment in the Company.

The salary of employees of the Issuer consists of the constant part of salary, variable part of salary, benefits and allocations paid according to the Labour Code of the Republic of Lithuania and other laws, Collective agreement of the Company, and bonuses. Bonuses are paid from net profit, if the General Meeting of Shareholders allocates part of the profit for the bonuses of the Company employees. From 1998 till 2014, the General Meeting of Shareholders has never allocated any part of the profit for the bonuses of the Issuer's employees. EUR 500 thousand were allocated as bonuses to employees from the profit of the year 2017, by the meeting of shareholders in 2018.

The Collective agreement provides the special rights and responsibilities of the Issuer's employees or part of them. Under the Collective agreement that became effective in the Company on 1 January 2019:

  1. For continuous employment within the Company employees are granted additional paid leave.

  2. The length of service of employees of the Lithuanian power system companies transferred to the Company according to the corporate employer agreement, i.e. when the transfer was carried out according to the Labour Code or the Law on Employment Contract, is considered not interrupted, and such employees are granted additional paid leave for a continuous period of employment with the Company.

  3. At the agreement of the employer and employee, the employee may be granted unpaid leave for family related issues and other important reasons.

  4. Company's employees are entitled to additional paid leave.

The employer obligates:

  1. To ensure the conditions of preventive health check and, if necessary, rehabilitation treatment of employees, to provide free health services at the Company's occupational health unit;

  2. In case of death of an employee, the Company pays an allowance in the amount of two monthly average salaries of the last year of the Company or a branch (depending on where the employee has worked), gives free transport or covers transport costs. The allowance is granted to the burying person;

  3. In case of death of a close relative of the employee (father, mother, child, or spouse), the employee is granted the allowance of the average salary of the previous year of the Company or an affiliate (depending on where the employee works), given free transport or transport costs are covered;

  4. In case of birth of one or more children, employees are granted 50 per cent of the of the average salary of the previous year of the Company or an affiliate (depending on where the employee works) for each child;

  5. In case of wedding, employees are granted 50 per cent of the of the average salary of the previous year of the Company or an affiliate (depending on where the employee works);

  6. Employees who are raising three or more children under the age of 16, widows (widowers) and unmarried persons who raise one child or children alone, if they are studying at secondary schools until the age of 19, and while studying at higher schools or colleges full-time till the age of 21, or if they are caring for other family members with heavy or moderate disability level or lower than 55 per cent working ability level, or family members who have reached the retirement age, which according to the laws are established a major or moderate level of special needs, once a year are granted 50 per cent of the of the average salary of the previous year of the Company or an affiliate (depending on where the employee works) according to the date of request;

  7. For the 40th, 50th and 60th anniversary, as proposed by the head of the division, for excellent performance of employees having the 15 and 20 years of continuous employment with the Company are granted a monetary gift of 25 per cent, and having over 20 years of continuous work experience – a monetary gift of 50 per cent of the average salary of the previous year of the Company or an affiliate (depending on where the employee worked);

  8. In other cases, where the material support is needed (loss due to natural disasters or other reasons beyond the employee's control), at the agreement of the representatives who have signed the Collective

Agreement, the Company pays an allowance in the amount of three monthly average salaries of the last year of the Company;

  1. In the event of a serious illness or accident of the employee, he is granted an allowance of up to 5 average salaries of the previous year of the Company or an affiliate (depending on where the employee worked) at the agreement of the representatives who have signed the Collective Agreement;

  2. For the occasions of the Lithuanian Energy Day and jubilees of the Company deserving employees are granted a monetary gift of up to 150 euros.

19. Procedure for amending the Issuer Articles of Association

The statutes of the Issuer say that the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company has the exceptional right to amend the statutes other than the exceptions provided in the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania. The resolution on the amendment of the Company's statutes 2/3 qualified majority of votes of the members participating in the meeting of shareholders is needed.

The statutes of the Company were amended on 22 February 2018, by the decision of the General Meeting of Shareholders. Scope of competence and functions of Supervisory Board, Management Board and General Manager were specified in these Statutes. The new version of the statutes was registered in the Register of Legal Entities of the Republic of Lithuania on 13 March 2018. It can be found in the Internet website of the Company at www.kaunoenergija.lt.

20. Issuer management bodies

According to the Statutes of the Company, the management bodies of the Company include the General Meeting of Shareholders, a collegial management body – the Supervisory Board, a collegial management body – the Management Board, and a sole management body – General Manager.

Decisions of the General Meeting of Shareholders made on the issues within the competence of the General Meeting of Shareholders provided for in the Statutes of the Company are binding to its shareholders, the Supervisory Board, the Management Board and the General Manager, and to other employees of the Company.

All persons who are the shareholders of the Company on the date of the General Meeting of Shareholders have the right to attend the Company's General Meeting of Shareholders personally or by proxy or be represented by persons with whom they had entered into the agreement on the transfer of the voting right. The record date of the meeting of the Company is the fifth working day before the General Meeting of Shareholders or the fifth working day before the repeat General Meeting of Shareholders. A person attending the General Meeting and entitled to vote shall provide a document which is a proof of his personal identity and sign the registration list of the Meeting of Shareholders. A person who is not a shareholder shall additionally provide a document attesting to his right to vote at the General Meeting of Shareholders.

2 (two) General Meetings of Shareholders were convoked in 2018. Company's General Manager and the Chief Finance Officer took part in them. Issuers' shareholders can ask questions and to get answers or explanations from Company's managers and speakers.

The collegial management body – Supervisory Board is elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders according to the procedure specified in the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania. The Supervisory Board consists of 7 (seven) members. The Supervisory Board is elected for a term of 4 (four) years. The Supervisory Board elects the chairman of the Supervisory Board from among its members. The General Meeting of shareholders may remove from office the entire Supervisory Board or its individual members before the expiry of the term of office of the Supervisory Board. Where individual members of the Supervisory

Board are elected, they shall be elected only until the expiry of the term of office of the current Supervisory Board.

The Supervisory Board elects and dismisses the Board members and supervises the activities of the Board and the General manager of the Company; submits its comments and proposals to the General Meeting of Shareholders on the Company's operating strategy, set of annual financial statements, draft of profit / loss allocation and the annual report of the Company as well as the activities of the Board and the General manager of the Company; submits proposals to the Board and the General manager of the Company to revoke their decisions which are in conflict with laws and other legal acts, the statutes of the Company or decisions of the General Meeting of Shareholders; addresses other issues assigned to the scope of powers of the Supervisory Board by decisions of the General Meeting of Shareholders regarding the supervision of the activities of the Company and its management bodies. The Supervisory Board shall not be entitled to assign or delegate the functions assigned to the scope of its powers by the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania and the statutes of the Company to other organs of the Company.

The Supervisory Board, following resolution No 1K-18 of 21 August 2008, of the Securities Commission of the Republic of Lithuania "On the requirement for Audit Committees", "Guidelines for the application of requirements for Audit Committees", approved in the decision of 28 November 2008, of the Securities Commission, approves the internal rules of procedure for forming the Audit Committee, and electing the Audit Committee members.

The Supervisory Board of the Company approved a new version of the internal rules of procedure of the Audit Committee of AB Kauno Energija on 26 October 2015.

The Management Board is a collegial management body of the Company. The Management Board is comprised of 5 (five) members. The Management Board is elected for the period of 4 (four) years by the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board can remove from office the entire Management Board incorpore or its individual members before the expiry of their term. If individual members of the Management Board are elected, they shall serve only until the expiry of the term of office of the current Management Board. The Management Board elects the chairman of the management Board from among its members.

The General Manager is the manager of the Company. The manager of the Company is a sole person management body of the Company organising its activities. Powers and responsibilities of the administration members of the Company are established in the order of the General Manager.

20.1. Data on the committees in the Company

Full name Position Beginning of term End of term*
Edita Plūkienė Independent member of Audit Committee 27 October 2015 29 May
2019
Židrūnas Garšva Independent member of Audit Committee 27 October 2015 29 May 2019
Audrius
Lukoševičius
Independent member of Audit Committee 27 October 2015 29 May 2019
Inga Šliačkuvienė Member of Audit Committee 27 October 2015 29 May 2019
Aušra Smolskienė Member of Audit Committee 27 October 2015 29 May 2019
Juozas Gontis Member of Audit Committee 27 October 2015 29 May 2019

On 26 October 2015, the Supervisory Board appointed by the decision No. 2015-4 the members of Audit Committee:

* The term of office of the Audit Committee coincides with the term of office of the Supervisory Board of the Company.

In carrying out its activities, the Audit Committee follows the internal rules of procedure of the Company's Audit Committee approved by decision No 2015-4 of 26 October 2015, of the meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Company. The Audit Committee performs its functions provided for in article 52 of the Law on Audit of the Republic of Lithuania. In 2018, the Audit committee supervised the independent auditor's audit of the financial statements audit process and held one meeting. The interim financial statements of 9 months of the Company reviewed on the meeting. Considering the end of an independent auditor's contract in 2019, options for new independent auditors working in the market were discussed. Requirements and recommendations for a new independent auditor were formulated.

Mrs. Edita Plūkienė is a Project Manager at UAB Aksa Holdingas, Director of UAB Amžiaus Pasaka, Director of UAB Savas Kazino, and member of Public election committee "United Kaunas", member of Kaunas city municipality council. She was elected as a member of Company's independent Audit Committee on 26 October 2015. Education – University degree, master in agricultural economy from Aleksandras Stulginskis University (1993). Mrs. Edita Plūkienė holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Mr. Židrūnas Garšva is a member of the Kaunas City Municipality Council, member of City Maintenance and Services Committee, General Manager of UAB Dextera, member of supervisory board of Public Institution K. Grinius Nursing and Sustaining Treatment Hospital, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Public institution Kaunas Central Clinic, also involved in personal business (activities such as head offices and management consultancy activities). He was elected as a member of Company's independent Audit Committee on 26 October 2015. Education – University degree, bachelor's in economy from Kaunas University of Technology (2007). Workplaces and positions held over the last 10 years: 1996–2008 and from 2015 – General Manager of UAB Dextera. Mr. Židrūnas Garšva holds no shares of the Company. Mr. Ž. Garšva holds the shares of UAB Dextera Holding.

Mr. Audrius Lukoševičius. Head of internal audit service in Alytus Credit Union, Credit Union Neris, Aukštaitija Credit Union, Kaunas Region Credit Union, Credit Union Moterų Taupa, Central Credit Union, Achema Credit Union, Credit Union Memel Savings Bank. Member of the board of UAB Kauno Autobusai, Palanga Credit Union, association Kauno mažoji beisbolo lyga. Member of loan committee in Lithuanian Central Credit Union. Lector at Public Institution Kauno Kolegija. He was elected as an independent member of Company's Audit Committee on 26 October 2015. Education – University degree, bachelor's in business administration and management from Vilnius University (1996), master's in business administration and management from Vilnius University (1998). Workplaces and positions held over the last 10 years: 08.2004– 12.2013 – Manager of customer service centre at Swedbank, AB, 04.2015–12.2015 – Specialist of supervision of credit unions of Lithuanian Central Credit Union. Mr. Audrius Lukoševičius holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Mrs. Inga Šliačkuvienė is a Deputy Chief Accountant of the Company. She was elected as a member of Company's Audit Committee on 26 October 2015. Education – University degree, bachelor's in economy from Faculty of Economy and Management of Kaunas University of Technology (2007). Workplaces and positions held over the last 10 years: 08.2009–05.2014 – senior accountant of the Company. Mrs. Inga Šliačkuvienė holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Mrs Aušra Smolskienė is a senior economist of Economy and Planning Division of the Company. She was elected as a member of Company's Audit Committee on 26 October 2015. Education – University degree, bachelor's in management and business from Faculty of Economy and Management of Kaunas University of Technology (2008), master's in economy from Faculty of Economy and Management of Kaunas University of Technology (2010). Mrs. Aušra Smolskienė holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Mr. Juozas Gontis is a senior lawyer of the Law Division of the Department of Law and Purchases of the Company. He was elected as a member of Company's Audit Committee on 26 October 2015. Education – University degree, bachelor in English philology from Vilnius University (1998), master's in international law from Vytautas Magnus University (2002). Workplaces and positions held over the last 10 years: 08.2002–06.2010 – senior solicitor of Kaunas branch of Bank of Lithuania, 08.2010–03.2012 – lawyer of

UAB Vilniaus Valda, 04.2014–11.2014 – lawyer of AB Kauno Dujotiekio Statyba, 09.2010–12.2014 – lawyer of UAB Rotada, 08.2010–12.2014 – lawyer of UAB KDS Group. Mr. Juozas Gontis holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

21. Members of collegiate bodies, Company's manager, chief financier

21.1. Information about the members of the Company's Supervisory Board:

Members of the Supervisory Board of the Company as at 31 December 2018:

Full name Position Beginning of term End of term
Visvaldas
Matijošaitis
Chairman of the Supervisory
Board
29 May 2015 29 May
2019
Tomas
Bagdonavičius
Member of the Supervisory Board 29 May 2015 21 February
2019
Visvaldas Varžinskas Member of the Supervisory Board 29 May 2015 29 May 2019
Rimantas Mikaitis Member of the Supervisory Board 29 May 2015 29 May 2019
Darius
Razmislevičius
Member of the Supervisory Board 22 February
2018
29 May 2019
Andrius Palionis Member of the Supervisory Board 29 May 2015 29 May 2019

The Company's Supervisory Board consists of seven dependant members, who are also the members of the Kaunas City Municipality Council, as they partially represent the controlling shareholder, i.e. Kaunas City Municipality, holding 92.84 per cent of the Company's voting shares.

1 session of the Supervisory Board was held during the year 2018. More than ½ of members of the Supervisory Board attended the session.

Mr. Visvaldas Matijošaitis is a Mayor of Kaunas city (code 111106319, Laisvės al. 96, LT-44251 Kaunas), Member of the Kaunas City Municipality Council. He is also a founder, leader and Chairman of the board of Public election committee United Kaunas, Chairman of the board of association Mentor Lietuva, President of association ŽALGIRIO FONDAS (ŽALGIRIS FUND).

Mr. Visvaldas Matijošaitis holds no shares of the Company. Mr. V. Matijošaitis holds the shares of Vičiūnai Group of companies.

Mr. Rimantas Mikaitis is a member of the Kaunas City Municipality Council (Chairman of City Maintenance and Services Committee); Director of Athletics Federation of Lithuania (code 190722989, Kareivių g. 6, LT-09117 Vilnius).

Mr. Rimantas Mikaitis holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Dr. Visvaldas Varžinskas is a member of the Kaunas City Municipality Council, Chairman of Sustainable Development and Investment Committee (code 111106319, Laisvės al. 96, LT-44251 Kaunas), Docent of Environmental Engineering Institute of Kaunas University of Technology, Head of Centre of Packaging Innovations and research of Kaunas University of Technology, member of the Committee of Circular Economics Policy Formation of the European Commission (Urban Agenda), expert of Lithuanian Standards Board (LST) Technical Committee TK 42, member of the board of Public election committee United Kaunas, member of council of National Cluster of Renewable Energy of Baltic Littoral.

Mr. Visvaldas Varžinskas holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Mr. Tomas Bagdonavičius is a member of the Kaunas City Municipality Council, head of Business planning and analysis of UAB Vičiūnai Group (code 303211678, V. Krėvės av. 97, LT-50369 Kaunas), member of Public election committee United Kaunas. Mr. Tomas Bagdonavičius holds no shares of the Company. Mr. T. Bagdonavičius holds the shares of UAB Baltic Fish Export.

Member of Company's Supervisory Board until 21 February 2019.

Mr. Darius Razmislevičius is a member of the Kaunas City Municipality Council, Chairman of Health and Social Affairs Committee, Deputy director of the budget institution Parkavimas Kaune (code 134929849, Puodžių g. 24-1, LT-44239 Kaunas). Mr. Darius Razmislevičius holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Member of Company's Supervisory Board since 23 February 2018.

Mr. Andrius Palionis is a Deputy Mayor of the Kaunas City (code 111106319, Laisvės al. 96, LT-44251 Kaunas), Director of Irena Matijošaitienė fund (303033453, V. Krėvės pr. 97, LT-50369 Kaunas), Director of Public election committee United Kaunas, Deputy Chair of Sports, Tourism and Leisure Committee, member of Kaunas city Youth Affairs Council. Mr. Andrius Palionis holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Members of Company's Supervisory Board until 22 February 2018:

Mr. Židrūnas Garšva. Member of the Kaunas City Municipality Council, member of City Maintenance and Services Committee, General Manager of UAB Dextera (code 134665673, Jonavos g. 260, LT-44131 Kaunas), member of supervisory board of Public Institution K. Grinius Nursing and Sustaining Treatment Hospital, also involved in personal business (activities such as head offices and management consultancy activities).

Member of Company's Supervisory Board from 29 May 2015 until 22 February 2018.

Mr. Židrūnas Garšva holds no shares of the Company. Mr. Ž. Garšva holds the shares of UAB Dextera Holding.

Members of Company's Supervisory Board until 16 October 2018:

Mr. Povilas Mačiulis. Lithuanian political and public person, director of Public Institution Maironio Fondas (code 300648929, Trakų Str. 35-17 Kaunas).

Holds no shares of the Company. Holds the shares of UAB Munava, UAB Erudito Licėjus and UAB Pakelti Antakiai.

Member of Company's Supervisory Board from 29 May 2015 until 16 October 2018.

21.2. Information on the members of the Company's Management Board

Members of Company's Management Board as at 31 December 2018:

Full name Position Beginning of term End of term
Nerijus Mordas Deputy chairman of the
Management Board
1 June 2015 1 June 2019
Algimantas Stasys
Anužis
Member of the Management
Board
1 June 2015 1 June 2019
Eugenijus Ušpuras Member of the Management
Board
1 June 2015 1 June 2019
Giedrius Bielskus Member of the Management
Board
1 June 2015 1 June 2019

31 sessions of Company's Management Board were held in the year 2018. More than 2/3 members of the Management Board attended all the sessions.

Mr. Nerijus Mordas is a Chief Finance Officer of UAB Vičiūnai Group (code 303211678, V. Krėvės pr. 97, LT-50369 Kaunas).

Member of Company's Management Board from 1 June 2015.

Mr. Nerijus Mordas holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Mr. Nerijus Mordas charged EUR 9.11 thousand of remuneration under agreement of activity of member of the Management Board, no bonuses, nor any assets were transferred or guarantees issued during the reporting period.

Mr. Algimantas Stasys Anužis is a member of the Management Board of UAB Kauno Švara (code 132616649, Statybininkų g. 3, LT-50124 Kaunas), member of the Council of Kaunas Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, president of Veterans Basketball League.

Member of Company's Management Board from 1 June 2015.

Mr. Algimantas Stasys Anužis holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Mr. Algimantas Stasys Anužis charged EUR 9.11 thousand of remuneration under agreement of activity of member of the Management Board, no bonuses, nor any assets were transferred or guarantees issued during the reporting period.

Mr. Eugenijus Ušpuras is a habilitated doctor, chief of Laboratory of Nuclear Installation Safety, of Lithuanian Energy Institute (code 111955219, Breslaujos g. 3, LT-44403 Kaunas); famous person of Lithuanian energy sector, full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, professor.

Member of Company's Management Board from 1 June 2015.

Mr. Eugenijus Ušpuras holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies. Mr. Eugenijus Ušpuras charged EUR 9.11 thousand of

remuneration under agreement of activity of member of the Management Board, no bonuses, nor any assets were transferred or guarantees issued during the reporting period.

Mr. Giedrius Bielskus is a director of public institution S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno Sporto Centras (code 133556183, Perkūno al. 5, LT-44221 Kaunas.

Member of Company's Management Board from 1 June 2015.

Mr. Giedrius Bielskus holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Mr. Giedrius Bielskus charged EUR 9.11 thousand of remuneration under agreement of activity of member of the Management Board, no bonuses, nor any assets were transferred or guarantees issued during the reporting period.

Members of Company's Management Board until 8 June 2018:

Mr. Ramūnas Paškevičius. Director of UAB Frostera (code 302431988, Draugystės g. 12, 3 floor, LT-51260 Kaunas), member of Supervisory Board of AB Panevėžio Stiklas.

Member of Company's Management Board from 10 April 2017 until 8 June 2018.

Mr. Ramūnas Paškevičius holds no shares of the Company. He holds the shares of UAB Frostera (12.5 %), UAB CARGO WAGONS (12.5 %), UAB Stiklo Investicija (25 %), UAB Keturtaktis (25 %), UAB Balduva (33 %).

Mr. Ramūnas Paškevičius charged EUR 6.58 thousand of remuneration under agreement of activity of member of the Management Board, no bonuses, nor any assets were transferred or guarantees issued during the reporting period.

21.3. Information on the General Manager and Chief accountant of the Company:

Mr. Rimantas Bakas is Doctor in Technical sciences. Company's General Manager from 24 November 2008 until 10 December 2018. Member of the Lithuanian Thermal Engineers Association, member of council of PI Kaunas Regional Energy Agency, member of Council of The Lithuanian District Heating Association, member of Scientific Council of Lithuanian Energy Institute, chairman of Master Qualification Committee of the Thermal and Nuclear Energy Department of Kaunas University of Technology, certified expert of the PET Lithuanian Committee on Energy approved by the Lithuanian committee of the World Energy Council, member of the Company's Management Board from 3 May 2011 to 2 January 2012, and from 28 September 2012 to 1 June 2015. Mr. Rimantas Bakas has a higher university education of Kaunas University of Technology, graduated in 1985, industrial thermal energy engineer. Workplaces and positions over the last 10 years: Manager of Strategy Division – 01.2006–11.2008.

Company's General Manager Rimantas Bakas was awarded with letters of appreciation from the Lithuanian District Heating Association (2007), Lithuanian Electricity Association (2008), Lithuanian Committee of World Energy Council (2010), Minister of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania (2013), Chairman of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (2013), Lithuanian Committee of World Energy Council (2013), and the 600th Anniversary medal of Kaunas City Municipality (2008), Medal of Honour of Lithuanian energetics (2011), silver-plated brassy medal of Jonas Vileišis, burgomaster of Kaunas city for the merits in development of energy economy of the city (2015).

Mr. Rimantas Bakas holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Mr. Vaidas Šleivys. Director of the Production Department of the Company (and Interim Director General) since 11 December 2018. Education – University education from Kaunas University of Technology, graduated in 2001, Thermal Engineering. Director of Production Department since 14 April 2014. Project Manager of UAB Nomine Consult (code 304493084, Lvovo g. 25-701, Vilnius) since 5 March 2018.

Mr. Vaidas Šleivys holds no shares of the Company. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Mrs. Violeta Staškūnienė is a Company's Chief Accountant since 16 January 2003. She has a University education from Vilnius University, graduated in 1984, labour economics, profession – economist.

Mrs. Violeta Staškūnienė holds 2,641 of the Company's shares, which represent less than 5 per cent of the authorised capital. No interest in the capital of other Lithuanian companies.

Company's General Manager and the Chief Accountant charged EUR 110.8 thousand of remuneration during the year 2018, and the average amount per member is EUR 55.4 thousand. No other assets have been transferred, no guarantees granted.

22. Information on significant agreements

There are no significant agreements that would come into force, change or termination in case of change in controls of Issuer (their impact as well, except cases when due to the character of agreements the disclosure of them would make a significant harm).

23. Information on agreements of the Issuer and its managerial body members or employees

There are no agreements of the Issuer or its managerial body members or employees (which provide for compensation in case of their resignation or termination of employment on no grounds or in case their employment is terminated due to changes in controls of the Issuer).

24. Information on major transactions with related parties

There were no larger individual transactions. More detailed information is provided in Note 25 of the explanatory notes to financial statements.

25. Information on harmful transactions concluded on behalf of the Issuer during the reporting period

There are no harmful transactions concluded on behalf of the Issuer during the reporting period (not complying with the Company's objectives, normal market conditions, detrimental to the interests of shareholders and other interest groups etc.) which were or are likely to have an adverse effect on the Issuer's activities and (or) performance in the future, as well as information on transactions entered into in a conflict of interest between the Issuer's management, controlling shareholders or other related parties' obligations to the Issuer and their private interests and (or) other duties.

26. Information on compliance with the Governance Code of Companies and the Company's corporate social initiatives and policies

Information on compliance with the corporate governance code is provided in Annex 1 to this annual report. Annual reports on the Company's corporate social initiatives and policies are provided in Annex 2 to this annual report named AB Kauno Energija Consolidated Sustainability Report in Accordance with GRI Standards and on the Company's website.

27. Data on publicised information

In performing its obligations under the applicable legislation regulating the securities market, the Issuer has announced the following information starting from 1 January 2018, over the GlobeNewswire news distribution service, in which notices are disseminated within the European Union. This information was also posted on the website of the Issuer. All information is available on Nasdaq Vilnius websites (http://www.baltic.omxgroup.com/?id=3304) and the issuer's website (http://www.kaunoenergija.lt).

Title Announcement
category
Language Time
Information on resignation of the member of Supervisory
Board of AB Kauno Energija
Notification on
material event
EN, LT 2019-02-21
12:00
Update: Activity results of 12 months of the year 2018 Interim
information
EN, LT 2019-01-31
09:00

Title Announcement
category
Language Time
Interim 2019-01-30
Activity results of 12 months of the year 2018 information EN, LT 15:49
Regarding the resignation of General Manager of AB Notification on EN, LT 2018-12-11
Kauno Energija material event 12:57
Activity results of 9 months of the year 2018 Interim EN, LT 2018-10-29
information 15:05
Information on resignation of the member of Supervisory Notification on EN, LT 2018-10-16
Board of AB Kauno Energija material event 14:12
AB Kauno Energija interim reports and unaudited Half-Yearly EN, LT 2018-09-28
financial statements for the 1 half of the year 2018 information 10:00
Business activity results of the 1 half of the year 2018 Notification on EN, LT 2018-07-30
material event 15:39
Regarding resignation of Chairman of the Management Notification on EN, LT 2018-06-08
Board material event 12:50
Activity results of the 1 quarter of the year 2018 Interim EN, LT 2018-04-27
information 15:00
Resolutions of the General Meeting of Shareholders of General meeting EN, LT 2018-04-26
AB
Kauno Energija
of shareholders 15:00
Audited annual information of AB Kauno energija for Annual EN, LT 2018-04-26
2017 information 15:00
The audited activity results of AB Kauno Energija of the Notification on EN, LT 2018-03-30
year 2017 material event 16:20
Convocation of General Meeting of Shareholders of AB General meeting EN, LT 2018-03-30
Kauno Energija of shareholders 16:08
Notification on removal of Jurbarko Šilumos Tinklai, the Notification on EN, LT 2018-03-20
branch of AB Kauno Energija from the Register of Legal material event 15:00
Entities
Resolutions of the Extraordinary General Meeting of General meeting EN, LT 2018-02-22
Shareholders of AB Kauno Energija of shareholders 15:00
Supplement of the agenda of the Extraordinary General General meeting EN, LT 2018-02-08
Meeting of Shareholders of PLLC Kauno Energija of shareholders 15:17
Activity results of 12 months of the year 2017 Interim EN, LT 2018-01-30
information 15:41
Convocation of the Extraordinary General Meeting of General meeting EN, LT 2018-01-18
Shareholders of PLLC Kauno Energija of shareholders 15:22

AB Kauno Energija report on the compliance with the Governance Code for the companies listed on the Stock Exchange Nasdaq Vilnius

AB Kauno Energija (hereinafter – the Company), following paragraph item 3of Article 22 of the Law on Securities of the Republic of Lithuania and item 24.5 of The Listing Rules of AB Nasdaq Vilnius, discloses its compliance with the Governance Code, approved by the Stock Exchange Nasdaq Vilnius, for the companies listed on the regulated market, and its specific provisions.

PRINCIPLES/ RECOMMENDATIONS YES/NO
/NOT
APPLIC
ABLE
COMMENTARY
Principle I: Basic Provisions
The overriding objective of a company should be to operate in common interests of all the shareholders by
optimizing over time shareholder value.
1.1. A company should adopt and make public
the
company's
development
strategy
and
objectives by clearly declaring how the company
intends to meet the interests of its shareholders
and optimize shareholder value.
Yes The Company prepares and revises the strategies
of
heat
production
and
supply
system
development every year, specifies investment
plans
and
the
sources
of
their
financing.
Investment
plans
are
being
presented
for
ratifying to Kaunas city, Kaunas region and
Jurbarkas region municipalities as well as to The
National Control Commission for Prices and
Energy
(NCC).
The
provisions
of
the
Company's
strategy
which
contain
no
confidential
information
and
the
decisions
making process, as well as the Company's
development
policies
and
objectives
are
published in Company's interim and annual
reports and company's website.
Periodic reports
and notifications are disclosing the directions for
Company's growth. Those reports, notification
on stock event and notifications are presented by
the Company's managers and are published in
press.
1.2. All management bodies of a company
should
act
in
furtherance
of
the
declared
strategic objectives in view of the need to
optimize shareholder value.
Yes The Company's board accepts strategic decisions
and approves Company's activities strategy.
The
Company's board has also created a long-term
and
short-term
Company's
development
strategic
objectives.
Company's
Supervisory
Board renders responses and suggestions for
shareholders
regarding
Company's
activities
strategy. The management
of the Company, the
heads of the areas concerned are making their
every
effort
in
order
to
implement
those
objectives –
the structure of the Company and of
the subdivision of the Group is optimised.
1.3. A company's supervisory and management
bodies should act in close co-operation in order
to attain maximum benefit for the company and
its shareholders.
Yes The Supervisory Board and the Management
Board
are
formed.
All the
bodies of the
Company (Manager, the Management board and
the Supervisory board) aim to implement this
recommendation,
mutual
meetings
of
the
Management board and the
Supervisory board
are held
during the year.
1.4. A company's supervisory and management
bodies should ensure that the rights and interests
of
persons
other
than
the
company's
shareholders
(e.g.
employees,
creditors,
suppliers,
clients,
local
community),
participating in or connected with the company's
operation, are duly respected.
Yes The
Company's
supervisory
and
managing
bodies aim
to ensure with their activities all
interests
of
the
persons
concerned.
The
Company's
management and the separate
areas
managers spend
a lot of
time
communicating
with
customers,
suppliers,
contractors,
representatives of the municipalities, in order to
find optimal
solutions, related to the Company's
activities.
Company's politics in respect of employees,
customers
and
local
society
is
stated
in
Company's
Social Responsibility politics and
implementation of this politics is described in
Company's
Corporate
Social
Responsibility
reports.
The specific
of Company's
activities ensures
that consumers (customers) are periodically, i.e.
2-3
times per year
invited to attend meetings
where the relevant issues related to the activity
of the Company
are discussed.
In addition the
"Open doors days" are being arranged in order
to better inform customers and to ensure closer
relations with them.

Principle II: The corporate governance framework

The corporate governance framework should ensure the strategic guidance of the company, the effective oversight of the company's management bodies, an appropriate balance and distribution of functions between the company's bodies, protection of the shareholders' interests.

2.1. Besides obligatory bodies provided for in Yes The General Meeting of Shareholders and the
the Law on Companies of the Republic of Company's
general manager are compulsory
Lithuania

a general shareholders' meeting and
management bodies of the Company set by the
the chief executive officer, it is recommended Law on Joint Stock Companies of the Republic
that a company should set up both a collegial of Lithuania. The collegial supervisory body -
supervisory body and a collegial management the
Supervisory
Board
and
the
collegial
body. The setting up of collegial bodies for management body

the Management Board are
supervision and management facilitates clear also
being formed.
separation
of
management
and
supervisory
Division
of Company's management bodies'
functions in the company, accountability and competences and responsibility is determined
in
control on the part of the chief executive officer, Company's statute, regulations of management
which, in its turn, facilitate a more efficient and bodies'
activities, are published Company's web
transparent management process. site
and
in
Company's
managers'
job
description.
2.2. A collegial management body is responsible Yes A collegial management body of the Company –
for the strategic management of the company the Management Board is responsible for the
and performs other key functions of corporate strategic management of the Company and also
governance. A collegial supervisory body is performs other key functions of the Company
responsible for the effective supervision of the management. A collegial supervisory body –
the
company's management bodies. Supervisory
Board
is
responsible
for
the
effective
supervision
of
activities
of
the
Company's managing bodies.
2.3. Where a company chooses to form only one Not The Supervisory Board and the Management
collegial body, it is recommended that it should applicable Board is
being
formed.
be a supervisory body, i.e. the supervisory
board. In such a case, the supervisory board is
responsible for the effective monitoring of the
functions performed by the company's chief
executive officer.
2.4. The collegial supervisory body to be elected Yes The
Supervisory Board of the Company is
by the general shareholders' meeting should be elected
and it acts partly in compliance with the
set up and should act in the manner defined in principles III and IV
set out in the procedures
Principles III and IV. Where a company should and basic principles for the requirements are not
decide not to set up a collegial supervisory body violated.
but rather a collegial management body, i.e. the
board, Principles III and IV should apply to the
board as long as that does not contradict the
essence and purpose of this body.1
2.5. Company's management and supervisory Yes According to the Statute
of the Company the
bodies should comprise such number of board Supervisory Board of
7 (seven) members is
(executive
directors)
and
supervisory
(non
elected and the Supervisory Board elects the
executive directors) board members that
no
Management Board.
It is
elected
of
5
(five)
individual or small group of individuals can members.
dominate decision-making on the part of these
bodies.2
2.6. Non-executive directors or members of the Yes The Supervisory Board of the Company is
supervisory board should be appointed for elected for 4 (four) years.
According to the
specified terms subject to individual re-election, Statute
of the Company and to the practice it is
at maximum intervals provided for in the not forbidden to re-elect the single members of
Lithuanian legislation with a view to ensuring the
Supervisory
Board
for
the
new
term
necessary
development
of
professional
(Supervisory Board member's number of terms
experience
and
sufficiently
frequent
of office is not limited).
Also the General
reconfirmation of their status. A possibility to meeting of shareholders is able to recall the
remove them should also be stipulated however Supervisory Board in-corpore or its individual
this procedure should not be easier than the members before the end of term of Supervisory
removal procedure for an executive director or a Board
and the member of Supervisory Board is
member of the management board. able to resign before the end of term giving a 14
days written warning.

1 Provisions of Principles III and IV are more applicable to those instances when the general shareholders' meeting elects the supervisory board, i.e. a body that is essentially formed to ensure oversight of the company's board and the chief executive officer and to represent the company's shareholders. However, in case the company does not form the supervisory board but rather the board, most of the recommendations set out in Principles III and IV become important and applicable to the board as well. Furthermore, it should be noted that certain recommendations, which are in their essence and nature applicable exclusively to the supervisory board (e.g. formation of the committees), should not be applied to the board, as the competence and functions of these bodies according to the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania (Official Gazette, 2003, No 123-5574) are different. For instance, item 3.1 of the Code concerning oversight of the management bodies applies to the extent it concerns the oversight of the chief executive officer of the company, but not of the board itself; item 4.1 of the Code concerning recommendations to the management bodies applies to the extent it relates to the provision of recommendations to the company's chief executive officer; item 4.4 of the Code concerning independence of the collegial body elected by the general meeting from the company's management bodies is applied to the extent it concerns independence from the chief executive officer.

2 Definitions 'executive director' and 'non-executive director' are used in cases when a company has only one collegial body.

2.7. Chairman of the collegial body elected by Yes The Chairman of the Company's Supervisory
the general shareholders' meeting may be a Board hasn't been the General Manager of the
person whose current or past office constitutes Company.
His current or past position is not an
no
obstacle
to
conduct
independent
and
obstacle
for
independent
and
impartial
impartial supervision. Where a company should supervision.
decide not to set up a supervisory board but
rather the board, it is recommended that the
chairman of the board and chief executive
officer of the company should be a different
person.
Former
company's
chief
executive
officer should not be immediately nominated as
the chairman of the collegial body elected by the
general shareholders' meeting. When a company
chooses
to
departure
from
these
recommendations, it should furnish information
on
the
measures
it
has
taken
to
ensure
impartiality of the supervision.

Principle III: The order of the formation of a collegial body to be elected by a general shareholders' meeting

The order of the formation a collegial body to be elected by a general shareholders' meeting should ensure representation of minority shareholders, accountability of this body to the shareholders and objective monitoring of the company's operation and its management bodies.3

3.1. The mechanism of the formation of a Yes The mechanism of forming of the Supervisory
collegial body to be elected by a general Board, which corresponds to the requirements of
shareholders' meeting (hereinafter in this the Law on Joint Stock Companies of the
Principle referred to as the 'collegial body') Republic of Lithuania, ensures the objective
should ensure objective and fair monitoring of supervision of the collegial management body.
the company's management bodies as well as
representation of minority shareholders.
3.2. Names and surnames of the candidates to Yes Information
regarding
candidates
for
the
become
members
of
a
collegial
body,
members
of
Supervisory
Board
is
being
information
about their education, qualification,
disclosed for shareholders even before and
professional background, positions taken and during
General
meeting
of
shareholders.
potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed Information
regarding
their
education,
early enough before the general shareholders' qualifications,
professional
experience,
meeting so that the shareholders would have occupation
and
other important professional
sufficient time to make an informed voting obligations is
being presented in Company's
decision. All factors affecting the candidate's annual and interim reports
and publicized
in
independence, the sample list of which is set out Company's website
as well.
It is foreseen in the
in
Recommendation
3.7,
should
be
also
work regulations of the Supervisory Board that
disclosed. The collegial body should also be every member of the body has to inform the
informed on any subsequent changes in the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and the
provided
information.
The
collegial
body
Company about his data changes
and this data is
should, on yearly basis, collect data provided in being presented in the Company's annual and
this item on its members and disclose this in the interim reports
and publicized in Company's
company's annual report. website
as well.

3 Attention should be drawn to the fact that in the situation where the collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting is the board, it is natural that being a management body it should ensure oversight not of all management bodies of the company, but only of the single-person body of management, i.e. the company's chief executive officer. This note shall apply in respect of item 3.1 as well.

3.3. Should a person be nominated for members
of a collegial body, such nomination should be
followed by the disclosure of information on
candidate's particular competences relevant to
his/her service on the collegial body. In order
shareholders and investors are able to ascertain
whether
member's
competence
is
further
relevant, the collegial body should, in its annual
report,
disclose
the
information
on
its
composition
and
particular
competences
of
individual members which are relevant to their
service on the collegial body.
Yes The shareholders of the Company by offering
candidates for the collegial body must ensure
that
these
members
have
the
required
competence. The Company publishes only the
information which is provided by the members
of the collegial body.
Information which is
presented in the annual
and in interim
report
(data on participation of the issuer's statute
capital,
data
on
participation
in
other
undertakings, bodies and organisations (title of
the company, institution or organization and
personal
occupation),
is
publicized
in
Company's website.
3.4
In order to maintain a proper balance in
terms of the current qualifications possessed by
its members, the desired composition of the
collegial body shall be determined with regard to
the company's structure and activities, and have
this periodically evaluated. The collegial body
should ensure that it is composed of members
who, as a whole, have the required diversity of
knowledge,
judgment
and
experience
to
complete their tasks properly. The members of
the audit committee, collectively, should have a
recent knowledge and relevant experience in the
fields of finance, accounting and/or audit for the
stock exchange listed companies. At least one of
the members of the remuneration committee
should have knowledge of and experience in the
field of remuneration policy.
Yes According to the
Company's
structure and
activities, the main shareholder of the Company
introduces
candidates
for
members
of
the
collegial body with relevant qualifications.
The
Collegial
body
as
a
unit
has
a
versatile
knowledge, opinions and experience enabling
them to perform their tasks
properly. Audit
Committee as a unit, has
up-to-date knowledge
and relevant experience in finance, accounting,
and (or) auditing.
3.5. All new members of the collegial body
should be offered a tailored program focused on
introducing
a
member
with
his/her
duties,
corporate
organization
and
activities.
The
collegial body should conduct an annual review
to identify fields where its members need to
update their skills and knowledge.
Yes In the practice of the Company all the new
members
of Supervisory Board are regularly
informed about
Company's activities and its
alterations, as well as substantial changes of
legal acts, regulating Company's activities and
of
circumstances,
making
an
influence
on
Company's
activities
at
the
sessions
of
Supervisory Board of individually if there is
such need or upon request of members.
3.6. In order to ensure that all material conflicts
of interest related with a member of the collegial
body are resolved properly, the collegial body
sufficient4
should
comprise
a
number
of
independent5 members.
No The Company does not
make any
influence
on
the
composition
of
the
collegial
body.
Candidates to the members of the Company's
collegial
body
are
offered
by
the
main
shareholder.
Detailed information is provided in
article 3.7.

4 The Code does not provide for a concrete number of independent members to comprise a collegial body. Many codes in foreign countries fix a concrete number of independent members (e.g. at least 1/3 or 1/2 of the members of the collegial body) to comprise the collegial body. However, having regard to the novelty of the institution of independent members in Lithuania and potential problems in finding and electing a concrete number of independent members, the Code provides for a more flexible wording and allows the companies themselves to decide what number of independent members is sufficient. Of course, a larger number of independent members in a collegial body is encouraged and will constitute an example of more suitable corporate governance.

5 It is notable that in some companies all members of the collegial body may, due to a very small number of minority shareholders, be elected by the votes of the majority shareholder or a few major shareholders. But even a member of the collegial body elected by the majority shareholders may be considered independent if he/she meets the independence criteria set out in the Code.

3.7. A member of the collegial body should be considered to be independent only if he is free of any business, family or other relationship with the company, its controlling shareholder or the management of either, that creates a conflict of interest such as to impair his judgment. Since all cases when member of the collegial body is likely to become dependent are impossible to list, moreover, relationships and circumstances associated with the determination of independence may vary amongst companies and the best practices of solving this problem are yet to evolve in the course of time, assessment of independence of a member of the collegial body should be based on the contents of the relationship and circumstances rather than their form. The key criteria for identifying whether a member of the collegial body can be considered to be independent are the following:

  • 1) He/she is not an executive director or member of the board (if a collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting is the supervisory board) of the company or any associated company and has not been such during the last five years;
  • 2) He/she is not an employee of the company or some any company and has not been such during the last three years, except for cases when a member of the collegial body does not belong to the senior management and was elected to the collegial body as a representative of the employees;
  • 3) He/she is not receiving or has been not receiving significant additional remuneration from the company or associated company other than remuneration for the office in the collegial body. Such additional remuneration includes participation in share options or some other performance based pay systems; it does not include compensation payments for the previous office in the company (provided that such payment is no way related with later position) as per pension plans (inclusive of deferred compensations);
  • 4) He/she is not a controlling shareholder or representative of such shareholder (control as defined in the Council Directive 83/349/EEC Article 1 Part 1);
  • 5) He/she does not have and did not have any material business relations with the company or associated company within the

No Elected Company's Supervisory Board consists of seven dependent members who are also the members of the Kaunas City Council. All the members of Supervisory Board meet criteria indicated in item 3.7 of recommendations, except criteria 4, because all the members of Supervisory Board partly represent controlling shareholder, i.e. Kaunas city municipality having 92.84 % of votes.

past
year
directly
or
as
a
partner,
shareholder, director or superior employee
of the subject having such relationship. A
subject is considered to have business
relations when it is a major supplier or
service provider (inclusive of financial,
legal, advisory
and consulting services),
major
client
or
organization
receiving
significant payments from the company or
its group;
6)
He/she is not and has not been, during the
last three years, partner or employee of the
current or former external audit company
of the company or associated company;
7)
He/she is not an executive director or
member
of
the
board in
some
other
company where executive director of the
company or member of the board (if a
collegial body elected by the
general
shareholders' meeting is the supervisory
board) is non-executive director or member
of the supervisory board, he/she may not
also have any other material relationships
with executive directors of the company
that
arise
from
their
participation
in
activities of other companies or bodies;
8)
He/she has not been in the position of a
member of the collegial body for over than
12 years;
9)
He/she is not a close relative to an
executive director or member of the board
(if a collegial body elected by the general
shareholders' meeting is the supervisory
board) or to any person listed in above
items 1 to 8. Close relative is considered to
be
a
spouse
(common-law
spouse),
children and parents.
3.8. The determination of what constitutes
independence is fundamentally an issue for the
Yes Company's
Supervisory
Board
does
not
determine
the
term
of
independence,
collegial body itself to determine. The collegial notwithstanding that
a particular member meets
body may decide that, despite a particular all the requirements for independence indicated
member meets all the criteria of independence in this Code, because
the elected
Company's
laid down in this Code, he cannot be considered Supervisory Board consists of seven dependent
independent due to special personal or company members who are also the members of Kaunas
related circumstances. City Municipality Council.
3.9. Necessary information on conclusions the Yes The Company discloses dependence of the
collegial body has come to in its determination members of Supervisory Board in this report.
of whether a particular member of the body
should be considered to be independent should
be disclosed. When a person is nominated to
become a member of the collegial body,
the
company should disclose whether it considers
the person to be independent. When a particular
member of the collegial body does not meet one
or more criteria of independence set out in this
Code, the company should disclose its reasons
for nevertheless
considering the member to be
independent. In addition, the company should
annually
disclose
which
members
of
the
collegial body it considers to be independent.
3.10.
When one or more criteria of independence
set out in this Code has not been met throughout
the year, the company should disclose its
reasons for considering a particular member of
the collegial body to be independent. To ensure
accuracy of the information
disclosed in relation
with the independence of the members of the
collegial body, the company should require
independent
members
to
have
their
independence periodically re-confirmed.
Not
applicable
Information
provided
by
members
of
the
Supervisory Board
regarding their professional
experience,
occupation
and
other
important
professional obligations and their relations with
the Company is being presented in Company's
annual and interim reports.
3.11. In order to remunerate members of a
collegial body for
their work and participation in
the meetings of the collegial body, they may be
remunerated from the company's funds.6
. The
general shareholders' meeting should approve
the amount of such remuneration.
Not
applicable
The members of the Supervisory Board
are not
remunerated from the Company's funds.
So, this
provision is not relevant for the Company.
Principle IV: The duties and liabilities of a collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting
effective monitoring7
company's shareholders.
The corporate governance framework should ensure proper and effective functioning of the collegial body
elected by the general shareholders' meeting, and the powers granted to the collegial body should ensure
of the company's management bodies and protection of interests of all the
4.1. The collegial body elected by the general
shareholders'
meeting
(hereinafter
in
this
Principle referred to as the 'collegial body')
should ensure integrity and transparency of the
company's financial statements and the control
system.
The
collegial
body
should
issue
recommendations
to
the
company's
management bodies and monitor and control
8
the company's management performance.
Yes The Supervisory Board presents to the general
shareholders
meeting
their
opinions
and
proposals about the
Company's activities,
set of
the annual financial statements, profit allocation
project,
the
Company's
annual
report,
the
activity of the Company's general manager and
the Management Board, and also carries out
other functions allotted to the Supervisory Board
competence regarding the Company's and it's

6It is notable that currently it is not yet completely clear, in what form members of the supervisory board or the board may be remunerated for their work in these bodies. The Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania (Official Gazette, 2003, No 123-5574) provides that members of the supervisory board or the board may be remunerated for their work in the supervisory board or the board by payment of annual bonuses (tantiems) in the manner prescribed by Article 59 of this Law, i.e. from the company's profit. The current wording, contrary to the wording effective before 1 January 2004, eliminates the exclusive requirement that annual bonuses (tantiems) should be the only form of the company's compensation to members of the supervisory board or the board. So it seems that the Law contains no prohibition to remunerate members of the supervisory board or the board for their work in other forms, besides bonuses, although this possibility is not expressly stated either.

7 See Footnote 3.

8 See Footnote 3. In the event the collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting is the board, it should provide recommendations to the company's single-person body of management, i.e. the company's chief executive officer.

4.2. Members of the collegial body should act
in good faith, with care and responsibility for
the benefit and in the interests of the company
and its shareholders with due regard to the
interests of employees and public welfare.
Independent members of the collegial body
should (a) under all circumstances maintain
independence
of
their
analysis,
decision
making and actions (b) do not seek and accept
any
unjustified
privileges
that
might
compromise
their
independence,
and
(c)
clearly
express
their
objections
should
a
member consider that decision of the collegial
body is against the interests of the company.
Should a collegial body have passed decisions
independent member has serious doubts about,
the
member
should
make
adequate
conclusions. Should an independent member
resign from his office, he should explain the
reasons in a letter addressed to the collegial
body or audit committee and, if necessary,
respective
company-not-pertaining
body
(institution).
Yes According to the knowledge
of the Company all
the members of the Supervisory Board are acting
in good faith in the interests of the Company
following the Company's but not the own
interests
or interests
of the third persons.
4.3. Each member should devote sufficient
time and attention to perform his duties as a
member of the collegial body. Each member of
the
collegial
body
should
limit
other
professional obligations of his (in particular
any directorships held in other companies) in
such a manner they do not interfere with
proper performance of duties of a member of
the collegial body. In the event a member of
the collegial body should be present in less
than a half9 of the meetings of the collegial
body throughout the financial year of the
company, shareholders of the company should
be notified.
Yes The members of the Company's Supervisory
Board
devote
enough time and pay enough
attention individually and collectively for
the
functions assigned to the competence of the
Supervisory Board to carry
properly.
All the
members of Supervisory Board took part in
more than a half sessions of the Supervisory
Board during Company's financial year.
A
quorum determined in all standard acts was
present in all sessions (was attended by more
than 2/3 of the Supervisory Board members)
of
Supervisory
Board
in
2018.
Members
of
Supervisory Board participating in session are
registered in session protocol and in list of
session participants.
4.4. Where decisions of a collegial body may
have a different effect on the company's
shareholders, the collegial body should treat all
shareholders impartially and fairly. It should
ensure that shareholders are properly informed
on the
company's
affairs,
strategies, risk
management and resolution of conflicts
of
interest. The company should have a clearly
established role of members of the collegial
body
when
communicating
with
and
committing to shareholders.
Yes The Company's Supervisory Board in its work
aim to behave honestly and impartially with all
of the
Company's shareholders and by the
knowledge of the Company, there was no such
kind of the contrary case. The Chairman of the
Company's Supervisory Board and the Chairman
of the Management Board
harmonizes and
coordinates interaction with Company's General
Manager and in the name of Supervisory and
Management
Boards
communicates
with
shareholders, informs
the shareholders about the
Company's strategy, activity and other essential

9 It is notable that companies can make this requirement more stringent and provide that shareholders should be informed about failure to participate at the meetings of the collegial body if, for instance, a member of the collegial body participated at less than 2/3 or 3/4 of the meetings. Such measures, which ensure active participation in the meetings of the collegial body, are encouraged and will constitute an example of more suitable corporate governance.

questions.
4.5.
It
is
recommended
that
transactions
(except insignificant ones due to their low
value or concluded when carrying out routine
operations
in
the
company
under
usual
conditions), concluded between the company
and
its
shareholders,
members
of
the
supervisory or managing bodies or other
natural or legal persons that exert or may exert
influence
on
the
company's
management
should be subject to approval of the collegial
body. The decision concerning approval of
such transactions should be deemed adopted
only provided the majority of the independent
members of the collegial body voted for such a
decision.
Yes Company's management bodies conclude and
approve their contracts following requirements
of legal acts and Company's Statute.
Members
of
Company's
supervision
or
management
bodies or shareholders are not concluded any
contracts with Company, including of a big
value or concluded in non-standard conditions.
More detailed information is provided in Note
25
of
explanatory
notes
to
the
financial
statements.
4.6. The collegial body should be independent
in passing decisions that are significant for the
company's operations and strategy. Taken
separately,
the
collegial
body
should
be
independent of the company's management
bodies10
Members of the collegial body should
act and pass decisions without an outside
influence from the persons who have elected it.
Companies should ensure that the collegial
body and its committees are provided with
sufficient
administrative
and
financial
resources to discharge their duties, including
the
right
to
obtain,
in
particular
from
employees of the company, all the necessary
information or to seek independent legal,
accounting or any other advice on issues
pertaining to the competence of the collegial
body and its committees. When using the
services of a consultant with a view to
obtaining information on market standards for
remuneration
systems,
the
remuneration
committee should ensure that the consultant
concerned does not at the same time advice the
human
resources
department,
executive
directors or collegial management organs of
the company concerned.
Yes As members of the Supervisory Board are
partly
related with Kaunas city
municipality
because
they are members of Kaunas City Municipality
Council,
all their decisions are made only
following
Company's
interests.
Company's
Supervisory
Board
is
independent
from
Company's management bodies.
Based on the
Company's opinion,
the collegial
body
and the Audit
Committee are
provided
with
sufficient resources, including their right to
get all the necessary information, especially
from the employees of the Company.
Remuneration
Committee is not
set up in the
Company because the salaries of the managers
of the Company, their deputies and of the chief
accountant are determined according to the
schedule
approved by Kaunas Municipality used
in the municipality enterprises.
Salary
of
Company's
General
Manager
is
determined
by the Company's
Board.
The schedule of accounting and allocation of
employees' variable part of salary is presented in
the
annex
of
the
Company's
collective
agreement. Determination of per cent of variable
part of salary, accounting and allocation of
variable part of salary is detailed in this

10 In the event the collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting is the board, the recommendation concerning its independence from the company's management bodies applies to the extent it relates to the independence from the company's chief executive officer.

4.7. Activities of the collegial body should be
organized
in
a
manner
that
independent
members of the collegial body could have
major
influence
in
relevant
areas
where
chances of occurrence of conflicts of interest
Not
applicable
Company's Audit Committee is formed by the
Supervisory Board starting from 31 March 2009.
The Supervisory Board appointed six member of
Audit Committee from 29 May 2015.
The
Nomination
and
the
Remuneration
are very high. Such areas to be considered as
highly relevant are issues of nomination of
company's
directors,
determination
of
directors'
remuneration
and
control
and
assessment of company's audit. Therefore
when the mentioned issues are attributable to
the competence of the collegial body, it is
recommended that the collegial body should
establish nomination, remuneration, and audit
committees11. Companies should ensure that
the functions attributable to the nomination,
remuneration, and audit committees are carried
out. However they may decide to merge these
functions
and
set
up
less
than
three
committees. In such case a company should
explain in detail reasons behind the selection
of
alternative approach and how the selected
approach complies with the objectives set forth
for the three different committees. Should the
collegial body of the company comprise small
number of members, the functions assigned to
the three committees may be performed by the
collegial body itself, provided that it meets
composition requirements advocated for the
committees and that adequate information is
provided
in
this
respect.
In
such
case
provisions
of
this
Code
relating
to
the
committees of the collegial
body (in particular
with respect to their role, operation, and
transparency) should apply, where relevant, to
Committees are not formed in the Company.
The Remuneration Committee is not formed
according to the circumstances shown in the
article No. 4.6.
Nomination Committee, which
would be obliged to perform all the functions
appointed for this committee is not formed in
Company
and
these
functions
are
partly
performed by the Supervisory Board and / or
Company's Board. The Company will seek to
implement this provision
In the future.
the collegial body as a whole.
4.8. The key objective of the committees is to
increase efficiency of the activities of the
collegial body by ensuring that decisions are
based on due consideration, and to help
organize its work with a view to ensuring that
the decisions it takes are free of material
conflicts
of
interest.
Committees
should
exercise independent judgement and integrity
when exercising its functions as well as present
the
collegial
body
with
recommendations
concerning the decisions of the collegial body.
Nevertheless
the
final
decision
shall
be
adopted
by
the
collegial
body.
The
recommendation on creation of committees is
Yes Audit
committee
is
being
formed
in
the
Company.
Al
least
one
member
of
this
Committee is independent. Three independent
members act in Audit committee starting from
29
May
2015.
The
Committee
acts
independently
and
principally
and
renders
recommendations and prepares reports that are
presented
to
Supervisory
Board
The
Supervisory Board is responsible for decisions
made within its competence.

11The Law on Audit of the Republic of Lithuania (Official Gazette, 2008, No 82-53233) determines that an Audit Committee shall be formed in each public interest entity (including, but not limited to public companies whose securities are traded in the regulated market of the Republic of Lithuania and/or any other member state ).

not intended, in principle, to constrict the
competence of the collegial body or to remove
the matters considered from the purview of the
collegial body itself, which remains fully
responsible for the decisions taken in its field
of competence.
4.9. Committees established by the collegial
body should normally be composed of at least
three
members.
In companies
with small
number of members of the collegial body, they
could exceptionally be
composed of two
members. Majority of the members of each
committee
should
be
constituted
from
independent members of the collegial body. In
cases when the company chooses not to set up
a supervisory board, remuneration and audit
committees should be entirely comprised of
non-executive
directors.
Chairmanship
and
membership of the committees should be
decided with due regard to the need to ensure
that committee membership is refreshed and
that undue reliance is not placed on particular
individuals. Chairmanship and membership of
the committees should be decided
with due
regard to the need to ensure that committee
membership
is
refreshed
and
that
undue
reliance is not placed on particular individuals.
Yes Audit Committee acts
in the Company and it
consists of six
members, three
of whom are
independent
members. Term of office of this
Committee coincides
with the
term of office of
the
Company's Supervisory Board.
4.10. Authority of each of the committees
should be determined by the collegial body.
Committees should perform their duties in line
with authority delegated to them and inform
the collegial body on their activities and
performance on regular basis. Authority of
every committee stipulating the role and rights
and duties of the committee should be made
public at least once a year (as part of the
information
disclosed
by
the
company
annually on its corporate governance structures
and practices). Companies should also make
public
annually
a
statement
by
existing
committees on their composition, number of
meetings and attendance over the year, and
their main activities. Audit committee should
confirm
that
it
is
satisfied
with
the
independence of the audit process and describe
briefly the actions it has taken to reach this
conclusion.
No The
Company
does
not
follow
this
recommendation
partly
because there are
no
Committees of Nomination and Remuneration
at
the
Company.
The Remuneration Committee is
not formed according to the circumstances
shown
in
the
article
No
4.6.
Allocation
Committee,
which
would
be
obliged
to
implement all the functions allocated to this
committee, is not being formed in Company and
all these functions are being performed by the
Supervisoty Board and / or Management Board.
The information on composition of the Audit
Committee,
the
number
of
sessions
and
attendance
during
the
year
2018
is
being
announced in this Annual Report.
4.11. In order to ensure independence and
impartiality of the committees, members of the
collegial body that are not members of the
committee should commonly have a right to
participate in the meetings of the committee
only if invited by the committee. A committee
may invite or demand participation in the
No The
Company
does
not
follow
this
recommendation partly because there are no
Committees of Nomination and Remuneration at
the
Company. The Remuneration Committee is
not formed according to the circumstances
shown in the article No 4.6.
meeting of particular officers or experts.
Chairman of each of the committees should
have a possibility to maintain direct
communication with the shareholders. Events
when such are to be performed should be
specified in the regulations for committee
activities.
4.12. Nomination Committee.
4.12.1.
Key
functions
of
the
nomination
committee should be the following:
• Identify and recommend, for the approval of
the collegial body, candidates to fill board
vacancies. The nomination committee should
evaluate the balance of skills, knowledge and
experience on the management body, prepare a
description
of
the
roles
and
capabilities
required to assume a particular office, and
assess
the
time
commitment
expected.
Nomination
committee
can
also
consider
candidates to members of the collegial body
delegated by the shareholders of the company;
• Assess on regular basis the structure, size,
composition
and
performance
of
the
supervisory and management bodies, and make
recommendations
to
the
collegial
body
regarding the means of achieving necessary
changes;
• Assess on regular basis the skills, knowledge
and experience of individual directors and
report on this to the collegial body;
• Properly consider issues related to succession
planning;
• Review the policy of the management bodies
for
selection
and
appointment
of
senior
management.
4.12.2. Nomination committee should consider
proposals by other parties, including
management and shareholders. When dealing
with issues related to executive directors or
members of the board (if a collegial body
elected by the general shareholders' meeting is
the supervisory board) and senior management,
chief executive officer of the company should
be consulted by, and entitled to submit
proposals to the nomination committee.
No The Company does not form the committee
which would be obligated to perform all of the
tasks that were designated for the Nomination
Committee.
These functions are partly being
performed by Supervisory
Board and / or
Company's Management Board.
4.13. Remuneration Committee.
4.13.1. Key functions of the remuneration
committee should be the following:
• Make proposals, for the approval of the
collegial body, on the remuneration policy for
members of management bodies and executive
directors. Such policy should address all forms
of
compensation,
including
the
fixed
remuneration,
performance-based
remuneration schemes, pension arrangements,
Not
applicable
The Committee of Remuneration is not formed
according to the circumstances shown in the
article No 4.6.

and termination payments. Proposals considering performance-based remuneration schemes should be accompanied with recommendations on the related objectives and evaluation criteria, with a view to properly aligning the pay of executive director and members of the management bodies with the long-term interests of the shareholders and the objectives set by the collegial body;

• Make proposals to the collegial body on the individual remuneration for executive directors and member of management bodies in order their remunerations are consistent with company's remuneration policy and the evaluation of the performance of these persons concerned. In doing so, the committee should be properly informed on the total compensation obtained by executive directors and members of the management bodies from the affiliated companies;

• Ensure that remuneration of individual executive directors or members of management body is proportionate to the remuneration of other executive directors or members of management body and other staff members of the company;

• Periodically review the remuneration policy for executive directors or members of management body, including the policy regarding share-based remuneration, and its implementation;

• Make proposals to the collegial body on suitable forms of contracts for executive directors and members of the management bodies;

• Assist the collegial body in overseeing how the company complies with applicable provisions regarding the remuneration-related information disclosure (in particular the remuneration policy applied and individual remuneration of directors);

• Make general recommendations to the executive directors and members of the management bodies on the level and structure of remuneration for senior management (as defined by the collegial body) with regard to the respective information provided by the executive directors and members of the management bodies.

4.13.2. With respect to stock options and other share-based incentives which may be granted to directors or other employees, the committee should:

• Consider general policy regarding the

granting of the above mentioned schemes, in
particular stock options, and make any related
proposals to the collegial body;
• Examine the related information that is given
in the company's annual report and documents
intended for the use during the shareholders
meeting;

Make
proposals
to
the
collegial
body
regarding the choice between granting options
to subscribe shares or granting options to
purchase shares, specifying the reasons for its
choice as well as the consequences that this
choice has.
4.13.3.
Upon
resolution
of
the
issues
attributable
to
the
competence
of
the
remuneration committee, the committee should
at least address the chairman of the collegial
body and/or chief executive officer of the
company for their opinion on the remuneration
of other executive directors or members of the
management bodies.
4.13.4. The remuneration committee should
report on the exercise of its functions to the
shareholders and be present at the annual
general meeting for this purpose.
4.14. Audit Committee.
4.14.1. Key functions of the audit committee
should be the following:

Observe
the
integrity
of
the
financial
Yes However, as of
31 March
2009 the Audit
Committee was formed by the Supervisory
Board.
The
term of office of this committee
coincides
with
the
term
of
office
of
the
Company's Supervisory Board. This committee
information provided by the company, in
particular by reviewing the relevance and
consistency of the accounting methods used by
the company and its group (including the
criteria for the consolidation of the accounts of
companies in the group);
• At least once a year review the systems of
internal control and risk management to ensure
that the key risks (inclusive of the risks in
relation with compliance with existing laws
and
regulations)
are
properly
identified,
managed and reflected in the information
provided;
• Ensure the efficiency of the internal audit
function, among other things, by making
recommendations
on
the
selection,
appointment, reappointment and removal of
the head of the internal audit department and
on the budget of the department, and by
monitoring
the
responsiveness
of
the
management
to
its
findings
and
recommendations. Should there be no internal
audit authority in the company, the need for
one should be reviewed at least annually;
• Make recommendations to the collegial body
will seek to fully implement functions assigned
to it by this recommendation.

related with selection, appointment, reappointment and removal of the external auditor (to be done by the general shareholders' meeting) and with the terms and conditions of his engagement. The committee should investigate situations that lead to a resignation of the audit company or auditor and make recommendations on required actions in such situations;

• Monitor independence and impartiality of the external auditor, in particular by reviewing the audit company's compliance with applicable guidance relating to the rotation of audit partners, the level of fees paid by the company, and similar issues. In order to prevent occurrence of material conflicts of interest, the committee, based on the auditor's disclosed inter alia data on all remunerations paid by the company to the auditor and network, should at all times monitor nature and extent of the nonaudit services. Having regard to the principals and guidelines established in the 16 May 2002 Commission Recommendation 2002/590/EC, the committee should determine and apply a formal policy establishing types of non-audit services that are (a) excluded, (b) permissible only after review by the committee, and (c) permissible without referral to the committee;

• Review efficiency of the external audit process and responsiveness of management to recommendations made in the external auditor's management letter.

4.14.2. All members of the committee should be furnished with complete information on particulars of accounting, financial and other operations of the company. Company's management should inform the audit committee of the methods used to account for significant and unusual transactions where the accounting treatment may be open to different approaches. In such case a special consideration should be given to company's operations in offshore centres and/or activities carried out through special purpose vehicles (organizations) and justification of such operations.

4.14.3. The audit committee should decide whether participation of the chairman of the collegial body, chief executive officer of the company, chief financial officer (or superior employees in charge of finances, treasury and accounting), or internal and external auditors in the meetings of the committee is required (if required, when). The committee should be

entitled, when needed, to meet with any
relevant person without executive directors and
members of the management bodies present.
4.14.4. Internal and external auditors should be
secured
with
not
only
effective
working
relationship with management, but also with
free access to the collegial body. For this
purpose the audit committee should act as the
principal contact person for the internal and
external auditors.
4.14.5.
The
audit
committee
should
be
informed
of
the
internal
auditor's
work
program, and should be furnished with internal
audit's reports or periodic summaries. The
audit committee should also be informed of the
work program of the external auditor and
should be furnished with report disclosing all
relationships between the independent auditor
and the company and its group. The committee
should be timely furnished information on all
issues arising from the audit.
4.14.6. The audit committee should examine
whether the company is following applicable
provisions
regarding
the
possibility
for
employees
to
report
alleged
significant
irregularities in the company, by way of
complaints or through anonymous submissions
(normally to an independent member of the
collegial body), and should ensure that there is
a procedure established for proportionate and
independent investigation of these issues and
for appropriate follow-up action.
4.14.7. The audit committee should report on
its activities to the collegial body at least once
in every six months, at the time the yearly and
half-yearly statements are approved.
4.15. Every year the collegial body should No There was no practice of
assessment
of the
conduct the assessment of its activities. The activity of Supervisory Board at the Company
assessment
should
include
evaluation
of
and of informing shareholders about that up to
collegial body's structure, work organization now because the controlling shareholder who
and ability to act as a group, evaluation of each proposes candidates to the Supervisory Board
of
the
collegial
body
member's
and
exhaustively
knows
the
experiences
and
committee's competence and work efficiency competences of each candidate.
and assessment whether the collegial body has
achieved its objectives. The collegial body
should, at least once a year, make public (as
part of the information the company annually
discloses on its management structures and
practices) respective information on its internal
organization and working procedures, and
specify what material changes were made as a
result of the assessment of the collegial body
of its own activities.

Principle V: The working procedure of the company's collegial bodies

The working procedure of supervisory and management bodies established in the company should ensure efficient operation of these bodies and decision-making and encourage active co-operation between the company's bodies.

5.1.
The
company's
supervisory
and
management
bodies
(hereinafter
in
this
Principle the concept 'collegial bodies' covers
both the collegial bodies of supervision and the
collegial bodies of management) should be
chaired by chairpersons of these bodies. The
chairperson of a collegial body is responsible
for proper convocation of the collegial body
meetings. The chairperson should ensure that
information about the meeting being convened
and
its
agenda are
communicated
to
all
members of the body. The chairperson of a
collegial
body
should
ensure
appropriate
conducting of the meetings of the collegial
body. The chairperson should ensure order and
working atmosphere during the meeting.
Yes The
Company
fully
implements
this
recommendation. The Company's Supervisory
Board and Management Board are run by the
Chairman
de jure and de facto. In accordance
with the work regulations
of the
bodies
the
chairmen of Supervisory Board
and Managing
Board
convenes
meetings,
ensures
proper
informing about convening meeting and about
agenda of the meeting. This recommendation is
fully implemented by the Supervisory Board and
by the Managing
Board.
5.2. It is recommended that meetings of the
company's collegial bodies should be carried
out according to the schedule approved in
advance at certain intervals of time. Each
company is free to decide how often to
convene meetings of the collegial bodies, but it
is recommended that these meetings should be
convened at such intervals, which would
guarantee an interrupted resolution of the
essential
corporate
governance
issues.
Meetings of the company's supervisory board
should be convened at least once in a quarter,
and the company's board should meet at least
once a month12
Yes This recommendation is implemented by the
Supervisory Board and by the Management
Board.
5.3. Members of a collegial body should be
notified about the meeting being convened in
advance in order to allow sufficient time for
proper preparation for the issues on the agenda
of the meeting and to ensure fruitful discussion
and
adoption
of
appropriate
decisions.
Alongside with the notice about the meeting
being convened, all the documents relevant to
the issues on the agenda of the meeting should
be submitted to the members of the collegial
body. The agenda of the meeting should not be
changed or supplemented during the meeting,
unless all members of the collegial body are
present or certain issues of great importance to
the company require immediate resolution.
Yes The Company follows
the order foreseen in the
work regulations of the Supervisory Board and
the Management Board and the information
about the convened meeting is presented in
advance together with
an agenda and
all the
necessary information
and documents
related to
the meeting agenda.
The Supervisory Board and the Board meeting
agenda may be changed or added
during the
meeting, in the presence of all members of the
collegial body, or when there is an urgent need
to deal with Company's
certain key issues.
5.4. In order to co-ordinate operation of the Yes The chairmen of Company's supervisory and

12 The frequency of meetings of the collegial body provided for in the recommendation must be applied in those cases when both additional collegial bodies are formed at the company, the board and the supervisory board. In the event only one additional collegial body is formed in the company, the frequency of its meetings may be as established for the supervisory board, i.e. at least once in a quarter.

company's
collegial
bodies
and
ensure
management bodies coordinate dates of the
effective
decision-making
process,
meetings, their agendas and cooperate
in solving
chairpersons of the company's collegial bodies other issues of corporate governance.
of supervision and management should closely
co-operate by co-coordinating dates of the
meetings, their agendas and resolving other
issues of corporate governance. Members of
the company's board should be free to attend
meetings of the company's supervisory board,
especially where issues concerning removal of
the
board
members,
their
liability
or
remuneration are discussed.

Principle VI: The equitable treatment of shareholders and shareholder rights

The corporate governance framework should ensure the equitable treatment of all shareholders, including minority and foreign shareholders. The corporate governance framework should protect the rights of the shareholders.

6.1. It is recommended that the company's
capital should consist only of the shares that
grant the same rights to voting, ownership,
dividend and other rights to all their holders.
Yes The ordinary registered shares which make the
authorized capital of the Company give the
equal rights for all share
owners.
6.2. It is recommended that investors should
have access to the information concerning the
rights attached to the shares of the new issue or
those issued earlier in advance, i.e. before they
purchase shares.
Yes The Company allows investors to take a look at
the rights conceded by newly issued or already
issued shares. Company's Statute in which the
rights conceded to Company's shareholders are
determined,
are
publicized
in
Company's
website.
6.3. Transactions that are important to the
company and its shareholders, such as transfer,
investment, and pledge of the company's
assets or any other type of encumbrance should
be
subject
to
approval
of
the
general
meeting.13
shareholders'
All
shareholders
should be furnished with equal opportunity to
familiarize with and participate in the decision
making process when significant corporate
issues,
including
approval
of
transactions
referred to above, are discussed.
Yes In compliance with the Law on the Companies
and the Company's statutes
the
transactions
confirmation
issues
foreseen
in
this
recommendation are ascribed to the competence
of the Management Board but in individual
cases for the asset disposal
transactions the
Company
applies
to
the
Meeting
of
Shareholders, as it is prescribed in Company's
statutes.
6.4. Procedures of convening and conducting a
general shareholders' meeting should ensure
equal opportunities for the shareholders to
effectively participate at the meetings and
should not prejudice the rights and interests of
the shareholders. The venue, date, and time of
the shareholders' meeting should not hinder
wide attendance of the shareholders.
Yes There is a possibility for shareholders to vote in
advance
by filling up
a general vote bulletin.

13 The Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania (Official Gazette, 2003, No 123-5574) no longer assigns resolutions concerning the investment, transfer, lease, mortgage or acquisition of the long-terms assets accounting for more than 1/20 of the company's authorised capital to the competence of the general shareholders' meeting. However, transactions that are important and material for the company's activity should be considered and approved by the general shareholders' meeting. The Law on Companies contains no prohibition to this effect either. Yet, in order not to encumber the company's activity and escape an unreasonably frequent consideration of transactions at the meetings, companies are free to establish their own criteria of material transactions, which are subject to the approval of the meeting. While establishing these criteria of material transactions, companies may follow the criteria set out in items 3, 4, 5 and 6 of paragraph 4 of Article 34 of the Law on Companies or derogate from them in view of the specific nature of their operation and their attempt to ensure uninterrupted, efficient functioning of the company.

6.5. If it is possible, in order to ensure
shareholders living abroad the right to access
to the information, it is recommended that
documents
on the course
of the
general
shareholders' meeting should be placed on the
publicly accessible website of the company not
only in Lithuanian language, but in English
and /or other foreign languages in advance.
It
is recommended that the minutes of the general
shareholders'
meeting
after
signing
them
and/or adopted resolutions should be also
placed on the publicly accessible website of
the company. Seeking to ensure the right of
foreigners to familiarize with the information,
whenever feasible, documents referred to in
this recommendation should be published in
Lithuanian,
English
and/or
other
foreign
languages. Documents referred to in this
recommendation may be published on the
publicly accessible website of the company to
the extent that publishing of these documents
is not detrimental to the company or the
company's
commercial
secrets
are
not
revealed.
Yes Draft
decisions
of
convoked
meeting
and
decisions taken by meeting are being disclosed
publicly by the Company in Company's website
and
using
GlobeNewswire
information
dissemination system of Nasdaq Vilnius Stock
Exchange as
it is
foreseen in the Law on
Companies
not only in Lithuanian, but also in
English.
6.6. Shareholders should be furnished with the
opportunity to vote in the general shareholders'
meeting
in
person
and
in
absentia.
Shareholders should not be prevented from
voting in writing in advance by completing the
general voting ballot.
Yes The
shareholders
of
the
Company
can
implement the right to participate in the General
meeting of shareholders personally
or
through
their
representatives
if the person has a proper
authorization or the voting right delegation
agreement is made with him in compliance with
the legal acts order. The Company also creates
conditions for the shareholders to vote
in
advance in writing
by completing the general
voting bulletin
as
it is
foreseen by the Law on
the Joint Stock Companies.
6.7.
With
a
view
to
increasing
the
shareholders'
opportunities
to
participate
Not
applicable
According to the order of the Company's
shareholders
meetings
and
the
lists
of
effectively
at
shareholders'
meetings,
the
shareholders, there was no need to implement
companies are recommended to expand use of this recommendation in the Company up to now.
modern
technologies
by
allowing
the
shareholders to participate and vote in general
meetings
via
electronic
means
of
communication. In such cases security of
transmitted information and a possibility to
identify the identity of the participating and
voting person should be guaranteed. Moreover,
companies
could
furnish
its
shareholders,
especially shareholders living abroad, with the
opportunity to watch shareholder meetings by
means of modern technologies.

Principle VII: The avoidance of conflicts of interest and their disclosure

The corporate governance framework should encourage members of the corporate bodies to avoid conflicts of interest and assure transparent and effective mechanism of disclosure of conflicts of interest

regarding members of the corporate bodies.
7.1.
Any
member
of
the
company's
Yes The members of the Company's Supervisory and
supervisory and management body should of the managing bodies act in according with the
avoid a situation, in which his/her personal interests of the Company and their competences
interests are in conflict or may be in conflict and individual features suggest that they behave
with the company's interests. In case such a so as to avoid conflicts of interests and they
situation
did
occur,
a
member
of
the
were not observed in practice. The members of
company's supervisory and management body the Company's Supervisory and of the managing
should, within reasonable time, inform other bodies
did
not
conclude
deals
with
the
members of the same collegial body or the Company, including high value deals or ones
company's body that has elected him/her, or to made in not standard conditions.
the company's shareholders about a situation
of a conflict of interest, indicate the nature of
the conflict and value, where possible.
7.2.
Any
member
of
the
company's
Yes
supervisory and management body may not
mix the company's assets, the use of which has
not been mutually agreed upon, with his/her
personal assets or use them or the information
which he/she learns by virtue of his/her
position as a member of a corporate body for
his/her personal benefit or for the benefit of
any third person without a prior agreement of
the general shareholders' meeting or any other
corporate body authorized by the meeting.
7.3.
Any
member
of
the
company's
Yes The members of
the
Company's supervisory and
supervisory
and
management
body
may
management
body
are
not
entered
into
conclude a transaction with the company, a transactions with the Company, including those
member of a corporate body of which he/she consisting
of
high
value
or
non-standard
is. Such a transaction (except insignificant conditions.
ones due
to their low value or concluded when
carrying out routine operations in the company
under usual conditions) must be immediately
reported in writing or orally, by recording this
in the minutes of the meeting, to other
members of the same corporate body or to the
corporate body that has elected him/her or to
the
company's
shareholders.
Transactions
specified in this recommendation are also
subject to recommendation 4.5.
7.4.
Any
member
of
the
company's
Yes In accordance with
regulations of Company's
supervisory and management body should supervisory
and
management
bodies,
the
abstain from voting when decisions concerning provisions of the Law
on Joint
Stock companies
transactions or other issues of personal or of the Republic of Lithuania, the members of the
business interest are voted on. Company's Supervisory and of the managing
bodies must abstain from voting when decisions
on
deals
or other questions in
which they have a
personal or professional
interest.

Principle VIII: Company's remuneration policy

Remuneration policy and procedure for approval, revision and disclosure of directors' remuneration established in the company should prevent potential conflicts of interest and abuse in determining remuneration of directors, in addition it should ensure publicity and transparency both of company's remuneration policy and remuneration of directors.

8.1.
A
company
should
make
a
public
Not The Company publicizes average wages of
statement
of
the
company's
remuneration
applicable employees of the Company (by category) and
policy (hereinafter the remuneration statement) the average wage of all employees of the
which
should
be
clear
and
easily
Company. The remuneration policy as provided
understandable. This remuneration statement in this recommendation is not confirmed in the
should be published as a part of the company's Company because this is not determined
by the
annual statement as well as posted on the valid legal acts. The remuneration
for the
company's website. Supervisory Board and the Management Board
of the Company is
determined by the meeting of
shareholders. Remuneration
for the members of
the Management Board for the results of the
year 2017
was
no
allocated. Remuneration for
members of the Management Board is paid
following the order determined in Company's
Statutes. The remuneration of the
managing
director
is determined by the Managing
Board
considering the schedule of remuneration
order
of
managers
of
municipal
enterprises,
companies, municipal controlled joint-stock and
close-end companies, their deputies and chief
accountants approved by Kaunas municipality.
Considering this schedule the remuneration of
the General Manager
and chief accountant of the
Company is determined.
Estimating
this there
was no need to prepare separate remuneration
policy. Nevertheless in compliance with the
legal
acts
orders,
the
Company
publicly
announces the information on the termination
payments and loans for the members of the
Supervisory Board, the Management Board and
General
Manager,
Chief
accountant
in
the
annual
report.
The
information
regarding
average
remuneration of employees
of the
Company is also announced in Company's
website.
8.2. Remuneration statement should mainly Not Because
of
the
reasons
foreseen
in
the
focus on directors' remuneration policy for the applicable recommendation
No.
8.1
the
remuneration
following
year
and,
if
appropriate,
the
policy
according
to
which
the
report
on
subsequent
years.
The
statement
should
remuneration would be prepared is not approved
contain a summary of the implementation of by the Company.
the
remuneration
policy
in
the
previous
financial year. Special attention should be
given to any significant changes in company's
remuneration
policy
as
compared
to
the
previous financial year.
8.3. Remuneration statement should leastwise Not Because
of
the
reasons
foreseen
in
the
include the following information: applicable recommendation
No.
8.1.
the
remuneration
• Explanation of the relative importance of the policy
according
to
which
the
report
on
variable
and
non-variable
components
of
remuneration would be prepared is not approved
directors' remuneration; by the Company.

Sufficient
information
on
performance
criteria that entitles directors to share options,
shares
or
variable
components
of
remuneration;

An
explanation
how
the
choice
of
performance criteria contributes to the long
term interests of the company;
• An explanation of the methods, applied in
order
to
determine
whether
performance
criteria have been fulfilled;
• Sufficient information on deferment periods
with
regard
to
variable
components
of
remuneration;

Sufficient
information
on
the
linkage
between the remuneration and performance;
• The main parameters and rationale for any
annual bonus scheme and any other non-cash
benefits;

Sufficient
information
on
the
policy
regarding termination payments;
• Sufficient information with regard to vesting
periods
for
share-based
remuneration,
as
referred to in point 8.13 of this Code;

Sufficient
information
on
the
policy
regarding retention of shares after vesting, as
referred to in point 8.15 of this Code;
• Sufficient information on the composition of
peer groups of companies the remuneration
policy of which has been examined in relation
to the establishment of the remuneration policy
of the company concerned;
• A description of the main characteristics of
supplementary pension or early retirement
schemes for directors;
• Remuneration statement should not include
commercially sensitive information.
8.4.
Remuneration
statement
should
also
Not Because
of
the
reasons
foreseen
in
the
summarize
and
explain
company's
policy
applicable recommendation
No.
8.1
the
remuneration
regarding the terms of the contracts executed policy
according
to
which
the
report
on
with executive
directors and members of the
remuneration would be prepared is not approved
management bodies. It should include, inter
alia, information on the duration of contracts
by the Company, but the information on the
termination and other payments is publicly
with executive directors and members of the announced in the Company's annual report
management
bodies,
the
applicable
notice
Also Company publicizes average wages of
periods
and
details
of
provisions
for
employees of the Company (by category).
termination
payments
linked
to
early
termination
under
contracts
for
executive
directors and members of the management
bodies.
8.5.
Remuneration
statement
should
also
Not Because
of
the
reasons
foreseen
in
the
contain detailed information on the entire applicable recommendation
No.
8.1
the
remuneration
amount of remuneration, inclusive of other policy
according
to
which
the
report
on
benefits, that was paid to individual directors remuneration would be prepared is not approved
over the relevant financial year. This document by the Company.
should list at least the information set out in
items 8.5.1 to 8.5.4 for each person who has
served as a director of the company at any time
during the relevant financial year.
8.5.1.
The
following
remuneration
and/or
emoluments-related
information
should
be
disclosed:
• The total amount of remuneration paid or due
to the director for services performed during
the relevant financial year, inclusive of, where
relevant, attendance fees fixed by the annual
general shareholders meeting;
• The remuneration and advantages received
from any undertaking belonging to the same
group;
• The remuneration paid in the form of profit
sharing and/or bonus payments and the reasons
why
such
bonus
payments
and/or
profit
sharing were granted;
• If permissible by the law, any significant
additional remuneration paid
to directors for
special services outside the scope of the usual
functions of a director;
• Compensation receivable or paid to each
former executive director or member of the
management body as a result of his resignation
from the office during the previous financial
year;
• Total estimated value of non-cash benefits
considered as remuneration, other than the
items covered in the above points.
8.5.2. As regards shares and/or rights to
acquire share options and/or all other share
incentive schemes, the following information
should be disclosed:
• The number of share options offered or
shares granted by the company during the
relevant financial year and their conditions of
application;
• The number of shares options exercised
during the relevant financial year and, for each
of them, the number of shares involved and the
exercise price or the value of the interest in the
share incentive scheme at the end of the
financial year;
• The number of share options unexercised at
the end of the financial year; their exercise
price, the exercise date and the main conditions
for the exercise of the rights;
• All changes in the terms and conditions of
existing share options occurring during the
financial year.
8.5.3. The following supplementary pension
schemes-related
information
should
be
disclosed:
• When the pension scheme is a defined
benefit scheme, changes in the directors'
accrued benefits under that scheme during the
relevant financial year;

When
the
pension
scheme
is
defined
contribution scheme, detailed information on
contributions paid or payable by the company
in respect of that director during the relevant
financial year.
8.5.4. The statement should also state amounts
that the company or any subsidiary company
or entity included in the consolidated annual
financial report
of the company has paid to
each person who has served as a director in the
company at any time during the relevant
financial year in the form of loans, advance
payments or guarantees, including the amount
outstanding and the interest rate.
8.6. Where the remuneration policy includes Not Because
of
the
reasons
foreseen
in
the
variable
components
of
remuneration,
applicable recommendation
No.
8.1
the
remuneration
companies should set limits on the variable policy
according
to
which
the
report
on
component(s). The non-variable component of remuneration would be prepared is not approved
remuneration should be sufficient to allow the by the Company.
company to withhold variable components of
remuneration when performance criteria are
not met.
8.7.
Award
of
variable
components
of
Not Because
of
the
reasons
foreseen
in
the
remuneration
should
be
subject
to
applicable recommendation
No.
8.1
the
remuneration
predetermined and measurable performance policy
according
to
which
the
report
on
criteria. remuneration would be prepared is not approved
8.8. Where a variable component of Not by the Company.
remuneration is awarded, a major part of the applicable
variable component should be deferred for a
minimum period of time. The part of the
variable component subject to deferment
should be determined in relation to the relative
weight of the variable component compared to
the non-variable component of remuneration.
8.9. Contractual arrangements with executive Not
or
managing
directors
should
include
applicable
provisions that permit the company to reclaim
variable components of remuneration that were
awarded
on
the
basis
of
data
which
subsequently
proved
to
be
manifestly
misstated. Not
8.10. Termination payments should not exceed applicable
a fixed amount or fixed number of years of
annual remuneration, which should, in general,
not be higher than two years of the non
variable component of remuneration or the
equivalent thereof. Not
8.11. Termination payments should not be paid applicable
if
the
termination
is
due
to
inadequate
performance
8.12. The information on preparatory and Not Because
of
the
reasons
foreseen
in
the
decision-making processes, during which a applicable recommendation
No.
8.1
the
remuneration
policy of remuneration of directors is being policy
according
to
which
the
report
on
established, should also be disclosed. remuneration would be prepared is not approved
Information should include data, if applicable, by the Company.
on authorities and composition of the
remuneration committee, names and surnames
of external consultants whose services have
been used in determination of the remuneration
policy as well as the role of shareholders'
annual general meeting.
8.13. Shares should not vest for at least three Not
years after their award. applicable
8.14. Share options or any other right to Not
acquire shares or to be remunerated on the applicable
basis of share price movements should not be
exercisable for at least three years after their
award. Vesting of shares and the right to
exercise share options or any other right to
acquire shares or to be remunerated on the
basis of share price movements, should be
subject to predetermined and measurable
performance criteria.
8.15. After vesting, directors should retain a Not
number of shares, until the end of their applicable
mandate, subject to the need to finance any
costs related to acquisition of the shares. The
number of shares to be retained should be
fixed, for example, twice the value of total
annual remuneration (the non-variable plus the
variable components).
8.16. Remuneration of non-executive or Not
supervisory directors should not include share applicable
options.
8.17. Shareholders, in particular institutional Not
shareholders, should be encouraged to attend applicable
general meetings where
appropriate and make
considered use of their votes regarding
directors' remuneration.
8.18.
Without
prejudice
to
the
role
and
organization of the relevant bodies responsible
for
setting
directors'
remunerations,
the
remuneration policy or any other significant
change in remuneration policy should be
included into the agenda of the shareholders'
annual
general
meeting.
Remuneration
statement
should
be
put
for
voting
in
shareholders' annual general meeting. The vote
may be either mandatory or advisory.
Not
applicable
8.19. Schemes anticipating remuneration of
directors in shares, share options or any other
right to purchase shares or be remunerated on
the basis of share price movements should be
subject to the prior approval of shareholders'
annual general meeting by way of a resolution
prior to their adoption. The approval of scheme
should be related with the scheme itself and
not to the grant of such share-based benefits
under that scheme to individual directors. All
significant changes in scheme provisions
should also be subject to shareholders'
approval prior to their adoption; the approval
decision should be made in shareholders'
annual general meeting. In such case
shareholders should be notified on all terms of
suggested changes and get an explanation on
the impact of the suggested changes.
Not
applicable
Because
of
the
reasons
foreseen
in
the
recommendation No.
8.1.,
remuneration policy
according to which the report on remuneration
would be prepared is not approved by the
Company. Nevertheless,
the Company publishes
information on the remuneration
and other
payments
of the members of the Supervisory
Board, Management Board, General
Manager
and to the chief accountant in Company's
annual
reports
in
accordance
with
the
legislation.
Information
on
average
remuneration
of
Company's employees is also announced in
Company's website. The Company does not use
schemes under which the directors
can be paid
with
the shares, stock selection transactions or
other rights to acquire
shares,
or to be
paid by
the
stock price changes.
8.20. The following issues should be subject to
approval by the shareholders' annual general
meeting:
1) Grant of share-based schemes, including
share options, to directors;
2) Determination of maximum number of
shares and main conditions of share granting;
3) The term within which options can be
exercised;
4) The conditions for any subsequent change in
the exercise of the options, if permissible by
law;
5) All other long-term incentive schemes for
which directors are eligible and which are not
available to other employees of the company
under similar terms. Annual general meeting
should also set the deadline within which the
body responsible for remuneration of directors
may award compensations listed in this article
to individual directors.
Not
applicable
Because
of
the
reasons
foreseen
in
the
recommendation No. 8.1. the Company does not
use schemes under which the directors can be
remunerated with the shares, stock selection
transactions or other rights to acquire shares, or
to be paid by the stock price changes.
8.21. Should national law or company's Not
Articles of Association allow, any discounted applicable
option arrangement under which any rights are
granted to subscribe to shares at a price lower
than the market value of the share prevailing
on the day of the price determination, or the
average of the market values over a number of
days preceding the date when the exercise
price is determined, should also be subject to
the shareholders' approval.
8.22. Provisions of Articles 8.19 and 8.20 Not
should not be applicable to schemes allowing applicable
for participation under similar conditions to
company's employees or employees of any
subsidiary company whose employees are
eligible to participate in the scheme and which
has been approved in the shareholders' annual
general meeting.
8.23. Prior to the annual general meeting that is
intended to consider decision stipulated in
Article 8.19, the shareholders must be provided
an opportunity to familiarize with draft
resolution and project-related notice (the
documents should be posted on the company's
website). The notice should contain the full
text of the share-based remuneration schemes
or a description of their key terms, as well as
full names of the participants in the schemes.
Notice should also specify the relationship of
the schemes and the overall remuneration
policy of the directors. Draft resolution must
have a clear reference to the scheme itself or to
the summary of its key terms. Shareholders
must also be presented with information on
how the company intends to provide for the
shares required to meet its obligations under
incentive schemes. It should be clearly stated
whether the company intends to buy shares in
the market, hold the shares in reserve or issue
new ones. There should also be a summary on
scheme-related expenses the company will
suffer due to the anticipated application of the
scheme. All information given in this article
must be posted on the company's website.

Principle IX: The role of stakeholders in corporate governance

The corporate governance framework should recognize the rights of stakeholders as established by law and encourage active co-operation between companies and stakeholders in creating the company value, jobs and financial sustainability. For the purposes of this Principle, the concept "stakeholders" includes investors, employees, creditors, suppliers, clients, local community and other persons having certain interest in the company concerned.

9.1.
The corporate governance framework
should assure that the rights of stakeholders
that are protected by law are respected.
9.2. The corporate governance framework
should create conditions for the stakeholders to
participate in corporate governance in the
manner
prescribed
by
law.
Examples
of
mechanisms of stakeholder participation in
corporate
governance
include:
employee
participation
in
adoption
of
certain
key
decisions for the company; consulting the
employees on corporate governance and other
important issues; employee participation in the
company's share capital; creditor involvement
Yes The Company follows all the requirements
foreseen
by
the
law
for
the
stakeholders'
opportunities to participate in the management
of the Company, but any group of interest,
having the right to participate in management of
the Company, determined by the law, is not
created yet in accordance with law.
in governance in the context of the company's
insolvency, etc.
9.3. Where stakeholders participate in the
corporate governance process, they should
have access to relevant information.

Principle X: Information disclosure and transparency

The corporate governance framework should ensure that timely and accurate disclosure is made on all material information regarding the company, including the financial situation, performance and governance of the company.

10.1.
The
company
should
disclose
Yes
The Company discloses information, provided in
information on: this
recommendation,
in the reports, in
the
1) The financial and operating results of the annual and interim reports,
the Company's
company; website and
Centre of Registers electronic
2) Company objectives; publication, in which the public information of
3) Persons holding by the right of ownership or legal persons are announced,
except the report of
in control of a block of shares in the company; remuneration
policy
determined
in
VIII
4) Members of the company's supervisory and principle. This
report is not prepared in the
management bodies, chief executive officer of Company because of the reasons foreseen in the
the company and their remuneration; article No. 8.1., and it is not approved, as it is
5) Material foreseeable risk factors; not required by the law.
According to the Law
6) Transactions between the company and on Companies and to Company's Statute the
connected persons, as well as transactions remuneration for the members of the Company's
concluded outside the course of the company's Supervisory Board
and of the Management
regular operations; Board
can be
determined by
the meeting of
7) Material issues regarding employees and shareholders. In the year 2018
remuneration has
other stakeholders; been allotted for the members of Company's
8)
Governance structures and strategy.
Management Board for the results of the year
2017
and
it
is
paid
following
the
order
This list should be deemed as a minimum determined
in
Company's
Statutes.
The
recommendation, while the companies are company also attempts
not to disclose the
encouraged
not
to
limit
themselves
to
information that can affect the price of Securities
disclosure of the information specified in this issued by the Company in the comments,
list. interviews or other means, as long as such
10.2. It is recommended to the company, information will be publicly announced at the
which is the parent of other companies, that Nasdaq
Vilnius
Stock
Exchange
consolidated results of the whole group to GlobeNewswire dissemination system
on the
which
the
company
belongs
should
be
Company's website.
disclosed when information specified in item 1
of Recommendation 10.1 is under disclosure.
10.3. It is recommended that information on
the professional background, qualifications of
the members of supervisory and management
bodies, chief executive officer of the company
should be disclosed as well as potential
conflicts of interest that may have an effect on
their decisions when information specified in
item 4 of Recommendation 10.1 about the
members of the company's supervisory and
management bodies is under disclosure. It is
also recommended that information about the
amount of remuneration received from the
company and other income should be disclosed
with regard to members of the company's
supervisory and management bodies and chief
executive officer as per Principle VIII.
10.4. It is recommended that information about
the
links
between
the
company
and
its
stakeholders, including employees, creditors,
suppliers, local community, as well as the
company's
policy
with
regard
to
human
resources, employee participation schemes in
the company's share capital, etc. should be
disclosed when information specified in item 7
of Recommendation 10.1 is under disclosure.
10.5. Information should be disclosed in such a Yes The
Company
simultaneously
presents
the
way that neither shareholders nor investors are information using
the Nasdaq
Vilnius Stock
discriminated with regard to the manner or Exchange
information
dissemination
system
scope of access to information. Information GlobeNewswire
in
Lithuanian
and
English
should be disclosed to all simultaneously. It is languages as it possible. The Stock Exchange
recommended
that
notices
about
material
places received information on its website and in
events should be announced before or after a trading
system
assuring
simultaneous
trading session on the Vilnius Stock Exchange, presentation
of this
information to all.
In
so that all the company's shareholders and addition, the Company strives to announce the
investors should have equal access to the information before or after a trading session on
information
and
make
informed
investing
the Nasdaq
Vilnius Stock Exchange and to
decisions. present it to all the markets in whom
the trade in
Company's stocks
is being in progress at the
same time. The Company does not provide the
information which can have an influence on the
price
of
its
issued
stocks
on
comments,
interview and other ways till this information is
publicly announced using
the Nasdaq
Vilnius
Stock Exchange dissemination system.
10.6. Channels for disseminating information Yes Company's
information
is
published on its
should provide for fair, timely and cost website in
Lithuanian.
Topical information for
efficient or in cases provided by the legal acts investors is published also in English.
free of charge access to relevant information
by users. It is recommended that information
technologies should be employed for wider
dissemination of information, for instance, by
placing the information on the company's
website. It is recommended that information
should
be
published
and
placed
on
the
company's website not only in Lithuanian, but
also in English, and, whenever possible and
necessary, in other languages as well.
10.7. It is recommended that the company's Yes All
the
information
provided
in
this
annual reports and other periodical accounts recommendation is announced publicly and
prepared by the company should be placed on placed on the Company's website, on
the
the company's website. It is recommended that website of
Nasdaq
Vilnius Stock Exchange and
the company should announce information it can be reached by all the interested persons.
about material events and changes in the price
of
the
company's
shares
on
the
Stock
Exchange on the company's website too.

Principle XI: The selection of the company's auditor

The mechanism of the selection of the company's auditor should ensure independence of the firm of auditor's conclusion and opinion.

11.1. An annual audit of the company's
financial reports and interim reports should be
conducted by an independent firm of auditors
in order to provide an external and objective
opinion on the company's financial statements
Yes The
set
of annual financial statements
and the
annual report of the Company is verified by the
independent audit company.
11.2. It is recommended that the company's
supervisory board and, where it is not set up,
the
company's
board
should
propose
a
candidate firm of auditors to the general
shareholders' meeting.
No The
candidature
of
the
Company's
audit
company
which accomplished audit of financial
statements of the year 2018, was presented to the
General
meeting
of
shareholders
by
the
Management Board in compliance with the
results of the public procurement
implemented
in 2017.
11.3. It is recommended that the company
should disclose to its shareholders the level of
fees paid to the firm of auditors for non-audit
services
rendered
to
the
company.
This
information should be also known to the
company's supervisory board and, where it is
not formed, the company's board upon their
consideration
which
firm
of
auditors
to
propose for the general shareholders' meeting.
Not
applicable
The
information
provided
in
the
recommendation
was
not
presented
to
the
shareholders because
the audit company did not
provide
non-audit services for the Company in
the year 2018.

CONSOLIDATED SUSTAINABILITY REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GRI STANDARDS 2018

Introduction

This GRI Standards Report forms part of the AB Kaunas Energy "Social Responsibility Report", which is produced annually and published in conjunction with the company's consolidated annual report and financial statements.

The report has been prepared in accordance with GRI Standards 2016: Core option - providing the minimum information required in order to understand the nature of the company and how it manages its material topics and related economic, environmental, and social impacts.

GRI Standards are separated into three distinct sections: General Disclosures (GRI 102); Management Approach (GRI 103) which reports on each of the topic specific standards; and Topic Specific Standards (GRI 200, 300, and 400).

Within the set of Topic Specific Standards, only those material topics with significance (as defined by GRI 101: clause 1.3) are reported on in full. In a few cases where supporting information for a disclosure has an external reference, all efforts have been made to ensure that a specific location is referenced, as well as ensuring that this location is publicly available. These additional external sources may include other materials produced by the company such as its annual report and full financial statements. If some material topics are not provided with a full disclosure, this is allowed under GRI 101: clause 3.2 'Reasons for Omission' and the reason for omission will be given.

The material topics chosen for this report are as follows:

GRI 204 Procurement Practices GRI 205 Anticorruption

GRI 302 Energy GRI 305 Emissions GRI 307 Environmental Compliance

GRI 403 Occupational Health & Safety GRI 404 Training and education GRI 405 Diversity & Equal Opportunity GRI 406 Non-discrimination GRI 407 Freedom of Association & Collective Bargaining GRI 408 Child Labour GRI 409 Forced or Compulsory Labour GRI 415 Public Policy GRI 416 Customer Health and Safety

With this report AB Kaunas Energija seeks to provide non-financial corporate responsibility information to its stakeholders: clients (users), shareholders, investors, employees, suppliers, business and social partners and the public.This sustainability report is produced as a stand-alone report in accordance with GRI Standards 2016.

GRI 102 General Disclosures

Organizational profile

102-1 Name of the
organization
AB "Kauno energija" (Public Limited Liability Company Kaunas Energy)
102-2 Activities,
brands,
products, and
services
Provider of energy services to clients and customers in regions within
Lithuania.
102-3 Location of
headquarters
Raudondvario pl. 84, 47179 Kaunas Lithuania
102-4 Location of
operations
Lithuania – specifically Kaunas, Kaunas District and Jurbarkas.
102-5 Ownership and
legal form
Information presented in the annual report. Section 2
102-6 Markets served Information presented in the annual report. Section 3
102-7 Scale of the
Organisation:
1.
Information relating to total number of employees, the range of
company activities, net revenues, and quantity of products / services
provided is all presented in the annual report in sections 18, 7, 6 14 &
18; 5 & 14; 7 & 14; and 6.1.respectively.
2.
Information in this disclosure asking for total capitalisation broken
down in terms of debt and equity in is only for private sector
organisations and is therefore not applicable here.
102-8 Information on
employees and
other workers
Figures shown are for the full year ending 31 December 2018and are
recorded in A/R section 18 – pages 87-89.
Total Number of Employees by Employment Contract and Gender
Total
Fixed-term employment
Open-ended contracts
Number
contracts
Total Women Men Total Women Men
427 12 5 7 415 132 283
All employees are employed in and within the Kaunas and Jurbarkas
region.
Total Number of Employees by Employment Type and Gender
Total Full-time Employees Part-time Employees
Number Total Women Men Total Women Men
427 401 121 280 26 16 10
102-9 Supply chain the figures above since the last reporting period.
work they perform is not monitored.
All employee data is compiled and processed by the company's staff
and administration departments, and there are no significant changes in
The major parts of the company's activities are carried out by
company employees. Although there are external service contractors
employed on projects (selected and employed through Public
Procurement in accordance with Lithuanian law), the percentage of
The main suppliers in terms of bulk services bought are the
major suppliers were:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
activities.
UAB "Ekoresursai"
UAB "ENG"
UAB "Ekopartneris"
UAB "Foksita"
UAB Kauno termofikacijos elektrinė
UAB "Danpower Baltic Taika"
UAB "Lorizon energy"
UAB "Petrašiūnų katilinė"
UAB "Aldec General"
UAB "Danpower Baltic Biruliškių"
UAB "Danpower Baltic Taika Elektrinė"
independent heat producers of which, in accordance with legislation,
the company buys heat from 11 major suppliers in Kaunas and the
Kaunas area, and supplies heat to 119,165 consumers. In 2018, these 11
In 2018, the company engaged with a total of 675 smaller Lithuanian
suppliers and six external to Lithuania: a total of 681 suppliers providing
a range of small local services across the broad scope of the company's
102-10 Significant
changes to the
organization and
its supply chain
There were some significant changes to the structure of the company
and the way in which it communicates with clients and customers.
At the start of 2018 as part of the city municipality's efforts to centralise
and streamline the customer service centres of all municipality
controlled companies and enterprises, the single service centre 'Mano
Kaunas' was launched. Now city inhabitants can receive from this single
'one-stop-shop', information or consultation regarding services of
six enterprises including energy, waste, water, building maintenance,
and the public transport services. This takes away much of the public
interface traffic we previously received at our head office building.
Additional changes to the company structure in terms of services and
ownership of company subsidiaries; departing and new members to the
Management Board; statutes relating to competences and structure of
Supervisory Board and Management Board; are all detailed in the Annual
Report –section 1.
102-11 Precautionary
Principle or
approach
The EU policy on the environment states that it shall "aim at a high
level of protection taking into account the diversity of situations in the
various regions of the Union. It shall be based on the precautionary
principle and on the principles that preventive action should be taken,
that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source
and that the polluter should pay."
Within this understanding, the company applies where practical the
same precautionary principle in seeking not to generate significant
environmental impact, and where there is impact of any nature the
company seeks to address this quickly and clearly.
102-12 External
initiatives
April: The company supports and encourages its employees to
participate in the national and regional initiative "MesDarom.lt"
(http://mesdarom.lt/apie-mus/istorija ) - a scheme for members of the
community and companies to clean up local areas.
June: The company encouraged and supported its employees to
participate in the XXIII Lithuanian Energy Sector Sports Games in
Šventoji. These games are not only a sporting event, but also a great
opportunity to communicate with colleagues outside the office to
meet the energy of other companies.
October: As part of the Kaunas University of Technology's career
days activities (KTU 'WANTed'), the company participated in a major
exhibition of career opportunities, an event it has participated in for
over a decade.
Throughout the year, five tours of the company took place. Participants
were invited to sign up via a special Facebook page. During the tour, the
company introduced its activities, presented its production capacities,
and helped participants to understand energy efficiency and reducing
the cost of heating. In total about 120 people visited the company during
these five tours.
102-13 Membership of
associations
The company is a member of the following associations:

Lithuanian District Heating Association

Lithuanian Electricity Association

Kaunas Region Industrialists and Employers Association

Lithuanian Thermal Technology Engineers Association

Strategy

102-14
Statement from
senior decision
maker
We are proud to present this - our third GRI Standards Sustainability
Report.
In 2018, we continued to implement our new company four year
strategy, concentrating on increasing customer satisfaction, working
closer with suppliers to ensure that they are aware of our commitment
to sustainability, and continuing to train and increase the knowledge
of our employees on all aspects of our environmental management
initiatives.
In addition, we started the process of developing a closer exchange
of ideas and feedback with our stakeholders. This is something we
want to improve so that our GRI Standards report fully represents their
assessments and decisions.
Our choice of Material Topics currently reflects the company's
impact in social, economic and environmental areas. However, with
more of our customers (and some suppliers) gaining more and more
interest in our environmental performance, we will try to improve our
reporting and data collection processes so that we are gradually able to
increase the number of material topics we can report on.
The company has made great progress since it started reporting
using GRI Standards, and we want to continue this progress, and are
committed to doing so in the foreseeable future.

Ethnics and Integrity

102-16 Values,
principles,
standards,
and norms of
behaviour
Information provided on the company website under mission and
vision, and values and strategic objectives:
www.kaunoenergija.lt/bendroves-veikla/apie-bendrove/misija-ir-vertybes
The Code of Ethics is publicly disclosed within the company
and is applicable to all employees, agents, brokers, contractors,
subcontractors or suppliers of the Company. A copy of this can be
found on the company website:
www.kaunoenergija.lt/bendroves-veikla/apie-bendrove/etikos
kodeksas.
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Governance

102-18 Governance
structure
Information about the company's management structure, along with
a governance structure scheme diagram, is on the company website:
www.kaunoenergija.lt/bendroves-veikla/bendroves-valdymas
Committees
responsible
for
decision-making
on
economic,
environmental, and social topics include:

Audit Committee made up from a minimum of three members,
at least one of which is independent. There are currently six members:
three external and independent, and three from among the company's
employees (Economic, Accounting, and Judicial/Legal department).
The Audit Committee operates under the Company's audit committee's
internal rules approved by Supervisory Board on 26 October 2015:
the
(www.kaunoenergija.lt/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Audito
komiteto-vidaus-taisykl%C4%97s_20151026.pdf).
During
2018
The
Audit Committee had 1 session in which it monitored the financial
statements and audit process performed by an independent auditor
and reviewed the interim financial statements of nine months of the
Company.

Technical Board (established by order of General Director),
which examines adopted resolutions and makes recommendations to
the company's General Manager on a range of economic, social and
environmental topics. During 2018, the board met 16 times.

Occupational Health & Safety Committee established in 2017
and with no issues to deal with in 2018, it had no reason to meet.

A few permanent committees established to address specific
operational issues.

Stakeholder Engagement

102-40 List of
stakeholder
groups
These stakeholders are those individuals or groups to whom the
company considers itself accountable and those to whom we expect
to be affected by the company's activities or provision of services:

The company's heat supply customers (residents of Kaunas,
Kaunas District, and Jurbakas, and organisations consuming heat and/or
hot water from the district heating system).

The company's shareholders (among them the city of Kaunas,
and Kaunas and Jurbarkas District Municipality). A full list of the 300 or
so individual shareholders is held by our financial partner SEB Bank.

The company's managers and employees, and workers union

Non-employee workers (connected to key service providers
for the company), and service customers

Business
partners
-
including
suppliers
of
goods,
service
providers, contractors, independent heat producers
102-41 Collective
bargaining
agreements
The company has a 'Collective Agreement' set up and operating. It is
posted on the company intranet site and updated periodically. It applies
not only to workers' trade union members, but also to all employees of
the company (100%).
102-42 Identifying
and selecting
stakeholders
All stakeholders and interest groups are identified through their
direct connection to the company and the company activities. Any
other interested individuals or groups are encouraged to be involved in
our engagement activities or events.
With regard to suppliers of goods, service providers and works
contractors, these are selected through public procurement in
accordance with Lithuanian and/or EU law.
102-43 Approach to
stakeholder
engagement
The company's shareholders receive periodical activity reports,
annual reports, CSR reports, and reports on coordinated investment
projects. The company's managers and employees communicate daily
through departmental and inter-departmental communication.
Customers with queries about their service provision are in touch
with the company Customer Service Department through the new
centralised municipality service centre 'Mano Kaunas' via telephone,
e-mail, and postal mail. Information is also available to consumers and
the media through the company and Kaunas Municipality websites.
Once a year the company carries out customer quality service
surveys. Also, two to three times a year there are face to face meetings
with customers held at the company premises and organised to respond
to relevant new developments in the company services. Here members
of the management take questions from participants. Announcement
of the meetings are published in local newspaper "Kauno diena", also on
the company web site and at the entrance to the company's Customer
Service Department building door. In 2018 we held two such meetings.
The purpose of the company's interaction with stakeholders is to
ensure that the company remains an open and transparent company,
constantly seeking to improve its performance and service delivery
standards and as such, our engagement with stakeholders will inevitable
help to improve our preparation of this report.
102-44 Key topics and
concerns raised
Regarding topics and concerns raised by customers, these are
related to costs and to technical problems with the heating system. We
address these on a wider basis by placing information articles in the
local newspapers explaining some generic issues.
Regular issues that are raised by the main shareholder Kaunas City
Municipality as well as the National Commission for Energy Control
and Prices are all controlled and responded to through the company's
Department of Sales in partnership with the relevant technical and
management leaders within the company.

Reporting Practice

102-45 Entities included in the consolidated financial statements

A list of all entities included in the organization's consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents is included throughout all of the A/R – in particular sections 2-14.

The organization's consolidated financial statements or related documents cover the activities of AB Kauno Energija (including its subsidiaries UAB Kauno Energija NT and UAB Petrašiūnų Katilinė). The subsidiary Jurbarko Šilumos Tinklai was removed from the register of legal entities on March 01 2018 (in accordance with a management board decision dated No 24 2017).

102-46 Defining report
content and topic
Boundaries
Now in our third year of reporting under the GRI Standards, the
Company have chosen those material topics that have the biggest
bearing on their day to day activities, and that constitute the biggest
part of their economic, social and environmental impact.
102-47 List of material
topics
GRI 204 – Procurement Practices
GRI 205 – Anti-Corruption
GRI 302 – Energy
GRI 305 – Emissions
GRI 307 – Environmental Compliance
GRI 403 - Occupational Health & Safety
GRI 404 – Training and Education
GRI 405 – Diversity & Equal Opportunities
GRI 406 – Non-Discrimination
GRI 407 – Freedom of Association & Collective Bargaining
GRI 408 – Child Labour
GRI 409 – Forced or Compulsory Labour
GRI 415 – Public Policy
GRI 416 – Customer Health & Safety
102-48 Restatements of
information
There are no reasons for restatements of information during the
reporting period of 2018.
102-49 Changes in
Reporting
None this year. However, from 2020, two GRI Standards will have new
revised versions: GRI 403 Occupational Health and Safety and GRI 303
Water (which will become GRI 303 Water and Effluents). We will start to
report on these new versions from next year.
102-50 Reporting Period January 1st to December 31st 2018
102-51 Date of most
recent report
This is the third report produced under GRI Standards. The last
report was for 2017 and this, along with company annual reports and
financial statements are available.
102-52 Reporting Cycle Annual
102-53 Contact point
for questions
regarding the
report
Mr. Ūdrys Staselka
Public Relations
AB "Kauno energija"
Tel. +370 37 30 58 85 / Mob. +370 650 96 883
Email: [email protected] / www.kaunoenergija.lt
102-54 Claims of
reporting in
accordance with
GRI Standards
This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards:
Core option
102-55 GRI content index This report constitutes this GRI standard in full and in doing so fulfils
the reporting requirements in accordance with disclosure 102-54.
102-56 External
assurance
This report has been prepared by an externally appointed
organisation, procured through an open tender call for services. The
preparation of the report takes information prepared for the audited
accounts and annual report. The assurance of the quality of this GRI
Standards Report is limited to following the guidelines of the GRI
Standards only and it has not been externally assured. However, the
completed audited accounts and annual report have been passed and
assured by the company board as part of its normal quality control of all
information that is prepared for shareholders.

GRI 103 Management Approach

GRI 200 – Economic

GRI 204 – Procurement Practices

103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its boundary

The company main procurement of services comes through the monthly procurement of provision of heating services from independent heat producers. This is a substantial amount of service procurement representing 60% of consumers heat demand - making this topic an obvious choice.

The boundary is with all of the business and residential customers who receive heating using these sources, and it is here where any potential impacts will be felt. The company seeks to minimise boundary impacts through close management and quality control of these relationships on a regular basis. If serious impacts are likely to occur, we can correct through improved procurement procedure month by month.

103-2 The management
approach and its
components
The company's procurement policy is determined in the Rules of
Procurement, which is available publicly on the company's website:
www.kaunoenergija.lt/bendroves-veikla/viesieji-pirkimai/mazos
vertes-pirkimu-tvarkos-aprasas
Company goals and targets for procurement practices are defined
in law as we are obliged to provide the lowest price. All heat providers
have technical measurements made of their service delivery to make
sure it satisfies the conditions of the procurement contract.
The Company's procurement procedures are organized by the
Procurement Commission constituted by the order of General
Manager or Procurement Organizer, subject to procurement amount.
All announcements and winning contracts are published on the Central
Procurement Portal: https://cvpp.eviesiejipirkimai.lt
For all heat providers in Lithuania, procurement procedures are
governed by national regulations based on legislation. For any local
company related procurement grievances, the responsibility for
dealing with such is managed within the company's Heat Procurement
Commission and associated company departments.
103-3 Evaluation of the
management
approach
Evaluation of the management approach is not formally carried out.
However, the management approach is systematically linked to the
procurement process and adjustments can be made through employee
or client feedback.

GRI 205 - Anti-Corruption

103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its boundary

The company and its subsidiaries are guided by its anticorruption policy which identifies the main principles and requirements for the prevention of corruption in the company and its subsidiaries. The policy includes guidelines for ensuring compliance, the implementation.The Company's anticorruption policy is in harmony with the laws of the Republic of Lithuania.The company constantly works hard to minimize the risk of corruption through a range of management and quality control measures.

103-2 The management
approach and its
components
To prevent corruption, a system has been created in which named or
anonymous cases of abusive or corrupt practices can be reported to the
Company. This system encourages all company employees, suppliers,
and customers to report on any incidents that they feel are abusive
or corrupt such as personal gain in working relationships, exceeding
powers granted, assimilating or disposing of companyassets, disclosing
official or commercial secrets, and any acts of bribery or bribe-taking.
The information can be submitted by e-mail: pasitikejimo.linija@
kaunoenergija.lt or by filling out the notification form published on
the
company
website:
http://www.kaunoenergija.lt/korupcijos
prevencijos-kontaktu-forma. Full confidentiality and assurance of
anonymity of the data is guaranteed (although, applicants are invited
but not forced to provide contact information).
Compliance
with
Corruption
Prevention
Requirements
and
Standards is an integral part of the Company's business ethics,
and the corruption prevention policy is applicable to all company
representatives, subsidiaries, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers
and intermediaries.
103-3 Evaluation of the
management
approach
Evaluation of the management approach is not formally carried out
but improvements are considered whenever issues are raised by users
of this process.
For this category of 103-3 disclosure reporting, the company is
working to develop a more effective method of encouraging and
collecting evaluation feedback in order to improve this section of
reporting.

GRI 300 - Environmental

With reference to clause 1.1 of GRI 103 Management Approach, the disclosures are combined for GRI 300- Environmental material topics.

GRI 302 – Energy

GRI 305 – Emissions

GRI 307 – Environmental Compliance

103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its boundary The material topics within GRI 300 listed above have been chosen as the most relevant for reporting purposes.Due to the particularity of activities the company uses a lot of electricity and has high emissions into the air and generates a specific amount of effluents and waste. The saving of energy and its resources is very important for the company's economic performance. Environmental compliance is crucial if the company wants to maintain its commitment to the environment, to stay compliant, and to continue its high level of transparency in reporting such actions. Emissions and environmental compliance have an impact wider than local company sites. Therefore, the boundary for impacts for these material topics is within all company sites as well as throughout the whole country.

103-2 The management
approach and its
components
Although the company does a good job of managing the topic
within the company it could still improve its management approach in
relationships with clients / service providers outside the company.
Internally the management systems in place to record and report
on environmental impact are very strong. There is a special certified
environmental laboratory installed to manage, collect, and process all
relevant environmental data on company activities. Links to all decision
making for these material topics are referred to in disclosure 102-18
(Governance Structure) and all links to the principles that make up the
company policies are in disclosure 102-16 – 102-17 (Values, Principles,
Standards and Norms of Behaviour and Mechanisms for Advice and
Concerns about Ethics).
For 305 Emissions the company is guided by the following:

Kyoto Protocol,

Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) and environmental constraints
of Helsinki Convention,

European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/80/EB of
regulating energy emissions

Lithuanian environmental normative document LAND 43-2013
for the use of natural resources, and emissions from air pollutants into
the environment
The company pays taxes for atmospheric and water pollution.
If allowable emission rate limits or annual limits are exceeded, the
company must pay the fines under Lithuanian laws.
The company has its own air pollution laboratory that operates with
a permit from the Lithuanian Environmental Protection Agency. This
continuously monitors the emissions to the atmosphere from stationary
sources to make sure that they do not exceed the permissible limits
Six company boiler-houses use biofuels, thus reducing atmospheric
pollution.
Small
internal
improvements
such
as
using
recycled
or
environmentally friendly paper to print the company's, Annual Report
and Financial Statement, on, are easy to implement. The company
chooses to not print the Sustainability Report and instead, encourages
e-downloads (unless events we attend require handout copies for
participants). Improvements to larger technical service providers,
whose contracts are regulated based on national guidelines, are more
difficult to make.
103-3 Evaluation of the
management
approach
Evaluation of the management approach is not formally carried
out. However, the management approach is systematically linked
to the company's committment to non-financial reporting and
although evaluation is not carried out, suggestions can be made to the
management approach through employee or client feedback.
For this category of 103-3 disclosure reporting, the company is
working to develop a more effective method of encouraging and
collecting evaluation feedback in order to improve this section of
reporting.

GRI 400 - Social

With reference to clause 1.1 of GRI 103 Management Approach, the disclosures are combined
for GRI 400-Social material topics.
GRI 403 - Occupational Health and Safety
GRI 404 – Training and Education
GRI 405 – Diversity and Equal Opportunities
GRI 406 – Non-Discrimination
GRI 407 – Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
GRI 408 – Child Labour
GRI 409 – Forced or Compulsory Labour
GRI 415 – Public Policy
GRI 416 – Customer Health and Safety

103-1 Explanation of

the material topic and its boundary:

The material topics within GRI 400 listed above have been chosen as the most relevant for reporting purposes. The company is strong on employee relations and wants to provide regular reports on progress made in the health and safety issues for the company and its employees. Qualification and technical improvement of employee skills is important to the company, so the company promotes and supports an annual programme of different types of courses and trainings, seminars and conferences for employees to participate in.

The Company respects the principles of gender equality, nondiscrimination, and freedom of association and collective bargaining agreements are automatically part of company policy (as is the outlawing of child labour and forced labour in the company).

Public policy is important because we provide a public service and are part of the city municipality services offered to the public, and our public policies need to reflect our public profile.The company follows a strict regime of compliance to health and safety regulations because it is tantamount to the services we provide, the people who provide them and those who use them.

The boundary for impacts remains mainly focused on local and regional sites, along with all stakeholders within these areas.

103-2 The management
approach and its
components
Internally the company has a strong management approach for
social and health and safety issues related to employees. This includes
a collective agreement for all employees, an employee's health and
safety service (reorganised into the 'Work Safety Department' from
March 01 2018), a Health and Safety Committee (established in 2017).
and established procedures for employees to voice their concerns,
suggestions, or grievances.
Links to all decision making for these material topics are referred to
in disclosure 102-18 (Governance Structure) and all links to the principles
that make up the company policies are in disclosure 102-16 (Values,
Principles, Standards and Norms of Behaviour).
The Work Safety Department has five staff: three for safety issues
and two for health issues, as well as a company medical team in the head
office. They follow and implement regulations as laid down by national
state institutions and there are regular articles and campaign notices
related to health and safety issues posted on the company intranet and
notice boards for employees.
Regular workplace inspections are carried out for company sites
where employees are working, as well as company sites where non
employees are working. New employees are provided with instructions
on basic health and safety company policies. Those working in manual
roles are provided with a safety supervisor during the initial starting
period.
Special emphasis is paid to improving the qualifications of
employees
through
their
placement
on
specialist
work-related
training programmes run by either government institutions or through
professional associations. These take place on an annual basis.
Both in 2018 and in previous years, the Company did not record any
violation of the principles of gender equality, non-discrimination.
The trade-union operates in the Company. 147 of employees
belonged to the trade-union as of 31 December 2018. Both the trade
union and individual employees are free to enter associations and
negotiate collectively for better working conditions or pay.
There were no cases of child or forced labour in 2018 nor the previous
years in the Company. With our policy on this issue, there will not be any
cases expected at all in future reports.
103-3 Evaluation of the
management
approach
Evaluation of the management approach is not formally carried
out. However, the management approach is systematically linked
to the company's committment to non-financial reporting and
although evaluation is not carried out, suggestions can be made to the
management approach through employee or client feedback.
For this category of 103-3 disclosure reporting, the company is
working to develop a more effective method of encouraging and
collecting evaluation feedback in order to improve this section of
reporting.

Topic Specific Standards

GRI 200 - Economic

201 Economic
Performance
202 Market Presence Using the guidance in GRI 101: Foundation 2016 - clause 1:3, the
company has not considered these topics for this report.
203 Indirect Economic
Impacts
204 Procurement Practices
204-1 Proportion of
The percentage of procurement budget that is spent on suppliers
spending on local
local to that operation (such as percentage of products and services
purchased locally) is 99,9749%.
suppliers
Local is defined as being within Lithuania. Our definition of
'significant locations of operation' is as above: the wider areas in which
the company operates.
205 Anti-corruption
205-1 Operations
assessed for
risks related to
corruption
Omission of full disclosure allowed under GRI Standard 101: Clause
3.2. Although the company has a proven anticorruption policy that
includes a mechanism for assessing corruption risk factors, defining all
types of corruption, responsibilities and roles, the specific number and
percentage of corruption-related risk factors has not been assessed
so far.
As no specific corruption risk assessment has been carried out so
far, no significant dangers related to corruption have been identified.
The company is working to define a clear corruption risk assessment
procedure – something we hope will be ready within the next reporting
period.
205-2 Communication
and training
about anti
corruption
policies and
procedures
The company has an approved Corruption Prevention Policy
(approved by the decision of the Company's Board No. 2017-4-3 on
24 February 2017), which is published on its website: https://www.
kaunoenergija.lt/wp-content/uploads/AB-Kauno-energija-ir-jos
dukteriniu-imoniu-korupcijos-prevencijos-politi.pdf. It also provides a
clear statement of its position on corruption and what it is doing to help
prevent it happening; this is also on the company website: https://www.
kaunoenergija.lt/bendroves-veikla/korupcijos-prevencija
All 21 members – representing 100% - of the governing bodies
(Management) have been notified of the organization's anticorruption
policies and procedures, as have all 406 employees of the workforce –
representing 100% of all categories of work.
In addition, all contractors and suppliers participating in public
procurement procedures are made fully aware of the company's
anticorruption policy and procedures on a compulsory basis. In total, 11
major suppliers and 670 smaller suppliers (detailed in disclosure 102-9)
representing 100% are informed of the company's anticorruption policy.
Compliance with the Corruption Prevention Policy is an integral part of
our business ethics, and as such, it is fully applied to representatives
(intermediaries) of the company.
The regions covered by all of the above are as described in disclosure
102-4.
One anti-corruption themed training took place in 2018 for
approximately 30 Managers and Senior Management employees. This
training was organised and delivered by Transparency International.
205-3 Confirmed
incidents of
corruption and
action taken.
No case of corruption was identified in the company during 2018.
206 Anti-competitive
Behaviour
Using the guidance in GRI 101: Foundation 2016 - clause 1:3, the
company has not considered these topics for this report.

GRI 300 – Environmental

301 Materials
Using the guidance in GRI 101: Foundation 2016 - clause 1:3, the
company has not considered these topics for this report.
302 Energy
302-1 Energy consumed
within the
organisation
The organization itself is a producer of heat energy, so the largest
part of electricity is consumed for the production and supply of heat
energy.
Information on total fuel consumption from renewable and non
renewable sources is disclosed in section 6.1 of the company's annual
report. Solid biofuel and natural gas account for almost 100% of fuel
consumption.
Information on heat produced and sold is disclosed in section 7 of
the annual report of the Company.
In total, the electricity bought, and internally consumed, by the
company was 12,685,301 kWh. This is split as follows:
Internal needs / Other purposes
1,581,913 kWh
loan agreements.
consumption of cooling in 2018.
12,019,048 kWh.
For heat production and supply
10,437,135 kWh
The remainder - 666,253 kWh -was electricity resold and used under
The company did not produce steam and therefore reports
no consumption or sale in 2018. The company provided no sale or
Total electric energy consumption in organization in 2018 was–
302-2 Energy consumed
outside the
organisation
302-3 Energy intensity Omission of Disclosure (allowed under GRI 101 Foundation – section
302-4 Reduction
of energy
consumption
3.2). The company currently has insufficient reporting standards,
methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools in place to fully
report on these disclosures. The company is endeavouring to improve
in all these areas and expects to be able to report fully in the next
302-5 Reductions
in energy
requirements
of products &
services
reporting period.
303 Water Using the guidance in GRI 101: Foundation 2016 - clause 1:3, the
company has not considered these topics for this report.
304 Biodiversity Using the guidance in GRI 101: Foundation 2016 - clause 1:3, the
company has not considered these topics for this report.

305 Emissions
305-1 Direct (Scope 1)
GHG emissions.
As the Company itself is a producer of heat energy, it monitors
emissions from these sources of production and provides data to
public authorities in accordance with the procedures established by
law. From this data, we can report that the total direct emissions from
the Company's heat production sources in 2018 was 21 008 metric
tonnes CO2
equivalent, with gases included in these calculations being
CO2
only (the biological emissions of CO2
in metric tonnes are not
counted in CO2
equivalents). No other Scope 1 emissions are monitored
or recorded.
The base year of the calculation is applied based on the individual
production sources and is chosen due to the higher median of activity
data (reports and justifications are available here: https://www.
kaunoenergija.lt/bendroves-veikla/apie-bendrove/aplinkosauga/).
According the law, only the emissions of boiler houses, that are more
than 20 MW capacity are calculated. The company owns 6 boiler
houses, that are more than 20 MW capacity:
For Petrašiūnai power plant (28,568 tonnes of CO2
), and the boiler
houses at Pergalė (7,506 tonnes of CO2
), Noreikiškės (22,700 tonnes
of CO2
), and Garliava (30,594 tonnes of CO2
), the baseline year of
calculation of 2005-2008 is used. For the boiler houses at Šilkas (6,853
tonnes of CO2
) and Jurbarkas(19,088 tonnes of CO2
), the baseline
year of calculation of 2009-2010 is used. The base year has not been
recalculated since 2011.
The source of the emission factors and the reference to the
global warming potential (GWP) rates used (as well as standards,
methodologies, and calculating tools) are all taken from within the
following articles and regulations:

Directive 2003/87 / EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council;

Commission Regulation No 600/2012;

Commission Regulation No 601/2012;

Standard ISO 14065.
Actual total GHG emissions/t CO2
equivalent from the company's
heat production facilities from 2013 to 2018 are as follows:
Year
Emissions of GHG
2013
36,042
2014
32,711
2015
8,607
2016
8,480
2017
8,918
2018
21,008
305-2 Energy indirect
(Scope 2) GHG
emissions
Omission of Disclosure (allowed under GRI 101 Foundation – section
305-3 Other indirect
(Scope 3) GHG
emissions
3.2). The company currently has insufficient reporting standards,
methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools in place to fully
report on these disclosures. The company is endeavouring to improve
in all these areas and expects to be able to report fully in the next
reporting period.
305-4 GHG emissions
intensity
305-5 Reduction of
GHG emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions increased quite significantly compared
to 2017 (8,918 tonnes CO2
in 2017, to 21,008 tonnes in 2018). The reason is
the increased demand for heat from consumers resulting in additional
burning of natural gas for heating systems. Gases included in the
calculations are CO2
only.
The company's only reduction initiatives are based on public
information campaigns to help customers understand more about
energy efficiency measures. However, if the weather temperature drops
drastically, then there is very little the company can do to stop the need
to produce more heating energy.
For baseline figures, please refer to the information in disclosure
305-1, as well as for the standards, methodologies, and calculating tools.
305-6 Emissions of
Omission of full disclosure allowed under GRI Standard 101: Clause
ozone-depleting
3.2. The company has insufficient methodologies, assumptions, and/or
substances (ODS)
calculation tools in place to fully report on these disclosures.
305-7 Nitrogen oxides
(NOX), sulphur
Full reporting of those available and relevant requirements of this
disclosure is contained in the company Annual Report - Section 7.
oxides (SOX), and
other significant
air emissions
Per
Year, t
Particulates Nitrogen
Oxides
Carbon
Monoxide
Sulphur
Dioxide
Hydro
carbons
Others
2018 48,7984 283,0412 1,082,9366 31,6210 1,1982 0,1509
2017 79,7242 285,6461 1236,7667 145,0571 1,1982 0,4297
2016 53,7542 265,0797 1155,3349 231,4719 4,2871 0,2818
2015 43,5783 203,6775 904,8513 193,3228 20,1586 0,2818
2014 23,613 154,570 534,443 47,158 16,294 0,440
2013 10,5967 101,3197 299,6656 5,0747 14,9647 0,770
2012 7,6130 54,3160 135,1510 6,0280 1,2080 0,4397
There have been no pollution-related incidents and the Company
was not imposed any penalties in 2018.
306 Effluents and
Waste
Using the guidance in GRI 101: Foundation 2016 - clause 1:3, the
company has not considered these topics for this report.
307 Environmental Compliance
307-1 Non
During this reporting period, the company did not receive any
fines or sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and/or
compliance with
environmental
regulations at all, nor were any legal cases brought against the company
laws and
during this time.
regulations
308 Supplier
Environmental
Assessment
Using the guidance in GRI 101: Foundation 2016 - clause 1:3, the
company has not considered these topics for this report.

GRI 400 – Social

401 Employment
402 Labour
Management
Relations
Using the guidance in GRI 101: Foundation 2016 - clause 1:3, the
company has not considered these topics for this report.
403 Occupational Health and Safety
403-1 Workers
representation in
formal joint
management–
worker health
& safety
committees
An occupational health and safety committee operates in the
Company and it follows the principles, roles and responsibilities as
defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Committees of the
General Regulations, approved by the Lithuanian Ministry of Social
Security and Labour Minister in 2013. 9 September. Order no. A1-502.
This committee operates at a senior management level within the
company, reporting directly to the Company Director / Board, and
represents 100% of the workforce employees.
403-2 Types of injury
& rates of injury,
occupational
diseases,
lost days, &
absenteeism, &
number of work
related fatalities
All accidents are recorded and investigated if necessary under minor
or major categories. Much of this reporting is required and covered by
legal requirements and linked to information required by the national
Social Insurance organisation (SODRA). In 2018 the company reported
the following injuries in the work place:
In the workplace (N1), three reported accidents: two male employees
(right shoulder dislocation, and left fracture II finger I phalanx fracture)
and one female employee (right lumbar joint rupture). On the way to the
workplace (N2), one reported accident: one female (left ankle ligament
sprain). In addition, ther was one case of Osteochondrosis reported and
recorded under the category of Occupational Disease.
As yet, the company does not separate reasons for absence into
categories that include types of injuries, and therefore cannot state how
many days were lost through the above recorded injuries.
403-3 Workers with high
incidence or high
risk of diseases
related to their
occupation
The company does not have any occupational activities that would
put its workers at high incidence rate, or high risk of specific diseases.
403-4 Health and
safety topics
covered in formal
agreements with
trade unions
The company has established an occupational health and safety
committee following the principles, roles and responsibilities as defined
by the Occupational Safety and Health Committees of the General
Regulations, approved by the Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and
Labour Minister in 2013. 9 September. Order no. A1-502.
This committee works with the trade union and covers 100% of
all health and safety topics within the work place and broader work
environment.
404 Training and Education
404-1 Average hours of
training per year
per employee
The company has an annual programme of professional refresher
courses and trainings – including participation in various seminars
and conferences – to allow employees to update and upgrade their
workplace skills and knowledge. The company also continues to invite
recognised experts to deliver lectures to the employees once a year on
topics related to the production or supply of heat.
The average number of hours training per employee per year is 15
hours. And the split by gender of training is: women 300 hours, and
men 375 hours. By category of employees this looks like: 240 hours for
Managers, 405 hours for Specialists, and 30 hours for other workers.
404-2 Programmes
for upgrading
employee skills
& transition
assistance
programmes
The company works with the local Kaunas University of Technology
(KTU) to help develop and better tailor some specific technical
courses. This helps to strengthen the theoretical knowledge that all
potential new employees, recruited after finishing studies at KTU, will
have. However, there are no special programmes, except those for
some employees who need to update their existing certificates or
professional competences on a regular basis. To date, the company has
not recorded these by gender.
Transition programmes for those who are retiring (or being made
redundant) do not currently exist within the company.
404-3 Percentage
of employees
receiving regular
performance
and career
development
reviews
Omission of Disclosure (allowed under GRI 101 Foundation – section
3.2). Reporting standards are not sufficient to allow adequate data
reporting here. The company does not currently provide performance
reviews as part of its training and education for employees.
405 Diversity and Equal Opportunity
405-1 Diversity of
governance
bodies and
employees
The share of individuals in the management bodies of each of the
following categories:
Total Managers – as of 2018-12-31 Women Men
21 6 15
Although there are six women Managers, there are currently
no women within the ranks of Senior Management, or at Board or
Supervisory Board level.
The age group of those within the company governance bodies /
senior management is as follows: two are younger than 30 years; ten are
between the ages of 30-50 years; and nine are over 50 years.
For all other employees by employment category the figures are as
follows: the total number of women is 137 and for men the figure is 290.
The age-group split is: 33 are younger than 30 years old; 136 are between
30-50 years old; and 237 are over 50 years old.
The company does not have any information on persons belonging
to minorities or vulnerable groups.
405-2 Ratio of basic
salary &
remuneration of
women to men
The salaries of women and men with the same qualifications and
working in the same positions are not different in the Company.
406 Non-discrimination
406-1 Incidents of
discrimination
& corrective
actions taken
No cases of discrimination were recorded in the Company in 2018.
407 Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
407-1 Operations &
suppliers in
which the right
to freedom of
association
& collective
bargaining may
be at risk
There are no risks to employees' in being able to exercise their rights
to freedom of association and collective bargaining. All employees of
the company (and extended Group subsidiaries) are free to join any
association and negotiate collectively for better working conditions or
pay. A trade union operates in the company with 147 members as at 31
December 2018.
A collective agreement operates in the company, which covers all
issues related to the employee's working conditions as well as all issues
of learning and professional development and social security.
408 Child Labour
408-1 Operations and
suppliers at
significant risk for
incidents of child
labour
There is no child labour in the company or its subsidiaries. There are
also no company operations, or suppliers that the company works with,
that can be considered to have significant risk for incidents of child
labour.
409 Forced or Compulsory Labour
409-1 Operations and
suppliers at
significant risk
for incidents
of forced or
compulsory
labour
There is no forced or compulsory labour in the company or its
subsidiaries. There are also no company operations, or suppliers that
the company works with, that can be considered to have significant risk
for incidents of forced or compulsory labour.
410 Security Practices
411 Rights of
Indigenous
Peoples
412 Human rights
Assessment
Using the guidance in GRI 101: Foundation 2016 - clause 1:3, the
company has not considered these topics for this report.
413 Local
Communities
414 Supplier Social
Assessment
415 Public Policy
415-1 Political
contributions
No financial or in-kind political contributions made directly or
indirectly.
416 Customer Health and Safety
416-1 Assessment
of the health &
safety impacts of
product & service
categories
No significant product and service categories for which health and
safety impacts are assessed for improvement.
Please note however, that in terms of employee assessment, the
company has a series of regular and routine health and safety checks
and assessments made as part of its statutory legal working practices.
416-2 Incidents of
non-compliance
concerning
the health &
safety impacts
of products &
services
The company has had no identifed or recorded non-compliance
with regulations and/or voluntary codes.
417 Marketing and
Labelling
418 Customer Privacy Using the guidance in GRI 101: Foundation 2016 - clause 1:3, the
company has not considered these topics for this report.
419 Socioeconomic
Compliance

Company Contact Information

Name of the company: Public limited liability company "Kauno energija"
Address of the company: Raudondvario rd. 84, 47179, Kaunas, Lithuania
Telephone: (8 37) 305 650
Fax: (8 37) 305 622
E-mail: [email protected]
Website address: www.kaunoenergija.lt

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