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KN Energies AB

Annual Report Apr 30, 2013

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT……… 3 – 4
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS…. 5 – 45
Statement of financial position 5 – 6
Statement of comprehensive income 7
Statement of changes in equity 8
Cash flow statement 9 – 10
Explanatory note 11– 45
CONFIRMATION OF RESPONSIBLE PERSONS 46
ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2012 47

Statement of financial position

31 December
Notes 2010
(restated) (restated)
4 1,354 465 395
5 444,711 383,399 387,555
12 - 5,352 8,124
7 1,000 - -
8 585 427 41
447,650 389,643 396,115
9 4,098
438 223 192
10 13,579 4,335 4,711
11 4,141 2,565 821
12 13,234 110,427 38,433
13 79,834 9,983 29,501
112,360 129,207 77,756
560,010 518,850 473,871
2012
1,134
31 December
31 December
2011
1,674

(cont'd on the next page)

Statement of financial position (cont'd)

Notes 31 December
2012
31 December
2011
31 December
2010
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES (restated) (restated)
Equity
Share capital 1 380,606 342,000 342,000
Share premium 13,512 - -
Legal reserve 14 22,561 19,000 19,000
Reserve for own shares 14 55,000 - -
Other reserves 23,727 68,043 68,043
Retained earnings 41,006 70,795 25,943
Total equity 536,412 499,838 454,986
Non-current liabilities
Deferred income tax liability 24 7,194 7,709 8,345
Non-current employee benefits 15 816 785 926
Total non-current liabilities 8,010 8,494 9,271
Current liabilities
Trade payables 16 7,157 4,671 4,569
Payroll related liabilities 17 3,869 2,559 2,558
Provisions 18 164 493 1,279
Income tax payable 2,524 1,761 214
Prepayments received 53 49 84
Dividends payable 39 39 48
Other payables and current liabilities 19 1,782 946 862
Total current liabilities 15,588 10,518 9,614
Total equity and liabilities 560,010 518,850 473,871
General Manager Rokas Masiulis 21 March 2013
Director of Finance and
Administrative Department
Mantas Bartuška 21 March 2013
Head of Accounting
Department
Rasa Gudė 21 March 2013

Statement of comprehensive income

Notes 2012 2011
(restated)
Sales 20 138,881 141,276
Cost of sales 21 (81,336) ( 82,913)
Gross profit 57,545 58,363
Operating expenses 22 (10,734) (7,733)
Other income 108 42
Profit from operating activities 46,919 50,672
Income from financial activities 23 1,847 1,981
Loss from financial activities 23 (116) (20)
Share of the associate's comprehensive income 108 138
Profit before income tax 48,758 52,771
Income tax expense 24 (7,321) (7,919)
Net profit 41,437 44,852
Other comprehensive income (expenses) - -
Total comprehensive income 41,437 44,852
Basic and diluted earnings (losses) per share, in LTL 25 0.11 0.13
General Manager Rokas Masiulis 21 March 2013
Director of Finance and
Administrative Department
Mantas Bartuška 21 March 2013
Head of Accounting
Department
Rasa Gudė 21 March 2013

Statement of changes in equity

Notes Share capital Share
premium
Legal reserve Reserve for
own shares
Other
reserves
Retained earnings Total
Balance as at 31 December 2010 342,000 - 19,000 - 68,043 25,973 455,016
Change of accounting policy - - - - - (30) (30)
Balance as at 31 December 2010 (after
the change of accounting policy)
342,000 - 19,000 - 68,043 25,943 454,986
Change of accounting policy - - - - - (401) (401)
Net profit for the year - - - - - 45,253 45,253
Other
comprehensive income
- - - - - - -
Total
comprehensive income
- - - - - 44,852 44,852
Balance as at 31 December 2011 (after
the change of accounting policy) 342,000 - 19,000 - 68,043 70,795 499,838
Net profit for the year - - - - - 41,437 41,437
Other
comprehensive income
- - - - - - -
Total
comprehensive income
- - - - - 41,437 41,437
Dividends declared 26 - - - - - (56,981) (56,981)
Transfers between reserves - - 3,561 55,000 (44,316) (14,245) -
Increase in share capital 14 38,606 13,512 - - - - 52,118
Balance as at 31 December 2012 380,606 13,512 22,561 55,000 23,727 41,006 536,412
General
Manager
Rokas Masiulis 21 March 2013
Director of Finance and
Administrative Department
Mantas Bartuška 21 March 2013
Head of Accounting
Department
Rasa Gudė 21 March 2013

Cash flow statement

Notes 2012 2011
(restated)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net profit 25 41,437 44,852
Adjustments for noncash items:
Depreciation and amortization 21,22 22,990 22,782
Change in vacation reserve 438 6
Impairment and write-off of non-current tangible assets 1,029 66
Change in employee benefit liabilities 31 (141)
Change in allowance for doubtful receivables 12 (4) (4)
Accrued emission rights (329) (376)
Share of profit of equity-accounted investees (108) (138)
Accrued income (926) (756)
Reserve of restructuring - (547)
Profit on sale of property, plant and equipment - (26)
Other non-cash adjustments - 12
Income tax expenses 7,321 7,914
Interest income 23 (1,817) (1,886)
70,062 71,758
Changes in working capital:
(Increase) decrease in inventories 540 2,424
Decrease (increase) in prepayments (215) (31)
Decrease (increase) in trade and other accounts receivable (9,244) 376
Decrease (increase) in other receivables (1,834) (624)
Increase (decrease) in trade and other payables 2,525 (460)
(Decrease) increase in prepayments received 4 (35)
Increase (decrease) in other current liabilities and payroll related
liabilities
(125) 70
61,713 73,478
Income tax (paid) (5,235) (7,008)
Interest received 931 530
Net cash flows from operating activities 57,409 67,000
Cash flows from investing activities
(Acquisition) of property, plant, equipment and intangible assets (39,948) (18,627)
(Acquisition) of Investments held-to-maturity (429,257) (112,619)
Sales of investments held-to-maturity 533,051 44,363
Acquisition of other investments (1,050) (260)
Sale of non-current assets - 625
Net cash flows from investing activities 62,796 (86,518)

(cont'd on the next page)

(all amounts are in LTL thousand unless otherwise stated)

Cash flow statement (cont'd)

Notes 2012 2011
Cash flows from financing activities (restated)
Increase in share capital 6,627 -
Dividends (paid) 26 (56,981) -
Net cash flows from financing activities (50,354) -
Net increase (decrease) in cash flows 69,851 (19,518)
Cash and cash equivalents on 1 January 9,983 29,501
Cash and cash equivalents on 31 December 79,834 9,983
General Manager Rokas Masiulis 21 March 2013
Director of Finance and
Administrative Department
Mantas Bartuška 21 March 2013
Head of Accounting
Department
Rasa Gudė 21 March 2013

Explanatory notes to financial statements

1 General information

SC Klaipėdos Nafta (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") is a public limited liability company registered in the Republic of Lithuania. The address of its registered office is as follows: Burių str. 19, 91003 Klaipėda, Lithuania.

The main activities of the Company – transshipment of oil products and other related services.

The Company was established by SC Naftos Terminalas (Lithuania) and Lancater Steel Inc. (USA) acquiring 51 and 49 percent of shares respectively. The Company was registered on 27 September 1994.

As of 31 December 2012 all the shares were owned by 1,858 shareholders. The Company's share capital – LTL 380,606,184 (three hundred eighty million six hundred six thousand one hundred eighty-four) is fully paid. It is divided into 380,606,184 (three hundred eighty million six hundred six thousand one hundred eighty-four) ordinary shares with a par value of one (1) LTL. 72.32 % of the shares (275,241,290 shares) are owned by the State of Lithuania, represented by the Ministry of Energy.

The Company has not acquired any own shares and has arranged no deals regarding acquisition or transfer of its own shares during the year 2012. The Company's shares are listed in the Baltic Secondary List on the NASDAQ OMX Vilnius Stock Exchange.

As of 31 December 2012 and 31 December 2011 the shareholders of the Company were:

31 December
2012
31 December
2011
Number of
shares held
(thousand)
Part of ownership
(%)
Number of shares
held (thousand)
Part of ownership
(%)
Government of the Republic of Lithuania
represented by the Ministry of Energy 275,241 72.32 241,544 70.63
UAB Concern Achema Group 38,975 10.24 32,766 9.58
Other (less than 5 per cent each) 66,390 17.44 67,690 19.79
Total 380,606 100.00 342,000 100.00

The average number of employees in 2012 was 327 (308 – in 2011).

2 Accounting principles

These financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis.

The financial statements are presented in Litas and all values are rounded to the nearest thousand (LTL 000), except when otherwise indicated.

2.1. Basis for preparation of the financial statements

Statement of compliance

Annual financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union (hereinafter the EU).

Effect of application of new standards and their amendments as well as new interpretations on the Financial Statements

The applied accounting principles set out below have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these financial statements except for the new / revised standards and interpretations the Company has implemented which are effective as for financial periods beginning on or after 1 January 2012:

Amendments to IAS 1 "Presentation of financial statements. Presentation of other comprehensive income components" (Effective for annual accounting periods beginning on or after 1 July 2012. Applied retrospectively). The amendments require that an economic entity present those of other comprehensive income articles which might in future be reclassified to the profit (loss) statement separately from those which will never be reclassified. If other comprehensive income articles are presented before deducting related taxes, the total amount of the taxes must be distributed between these sections. The statement's name "Statement of comprehensive income" is changed into the "Statement of income (loss) and other comprehensive income", but it is allowed to use other names too. The amendments are not relevant to the Company's financial statements, because the economic entity has not reported other comprehensive income.

Adoption of new and/or amended IAS, IFRSs and IFRIC interpretations

Several new and revised International Financial Reporting Standards and interpretations have been issued, will be mandatory for financial reporting periods starting from 1 January 2013 and subsequent years. The Company has decided not to adopt these new standards and interpretations early. Estimates of the possible effect of the new and revised standards applied for the first time, as presented by the Company's Management, are stated below:

IAS 19 (2011) "Employee benefits" (Effective for annual accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013. Applied retrospectively.). According to the amendment it is required that actuarial gains and losses be immediately recognized within other comprehensive income. The amendment repeals the "corridor" method previously applied to the recognition of actuarial gains and losses and eliminates the option to recognize all of the defined benefit obligations and changes of the plan's assets within the income (loss) statement, what is currently allowed by the requirements of IAS 19. The amendment also requires that the expected return of the plan's assets recognized within the profit (loss) statement be calculated on the basis of the discount rate applied to the defined benefit obligation. If the Company applied the amendments from 1 January 2012, its defined benefit obligation will decline by 816 thousand LTL and the retained earnings and deferred income tax liabilities as at 31 December 2012 would consequently increase by 122 thousand LTL and 122 thousand LTL respectively.

13 IFRS "Fair value measurement" (Applicable prospectively to annual accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013.) IFRS 13 replaces the fair value measurement guideline by one source of the fair value measurement guideline presented within the separate IFRS. It defines the fair value, establishes a system of fair value measurement and sets out information about the requirements of fair value measurement disclosure. IFRS 13 explains how to determine the fair value, when it is required or permitted by other IFRSs. The standard does not present new requirements of assets and liabilities assessment by the fair value; it does not repeal practicability exceptions for assessment by the fair value established in particular standards. The standard provides a detailed system of information disclosure, in which additional requirements of information disclosure are established, which could enable users of financial statements to assess methods and data used to determine the fair value and when the fair value is re-determined using significant unobservable data – the impact of these disclosures on profit or loss or other comprehensive income. The Company does not consider that IFRS 13 will have a significant impact on the financial statements, because the management determines that the methods and assumptions used to determine the fair value correspond to the requirements of IFRS 13.

Amendments to IFRS 7 "Disclosures""Transfers of financial assets and financial liabilities". (Effective for annual accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013 and for interim periods of these annual accounting periods. Applied retrospectively.). The amendments determine new requirements of disclosure related to financial assets and liabilities, which are offset within the statements of financial condition; or they are subject to the general offset agreement or similar agreements. The Company does not believe that these amendments will have an impact on the financial statements, as it does not offset its financial assets and liabilities and has not concluded general offset agreements.

Amendments to IAS 12 "Deferred tax. Recovery of underlying assets". (Effective for annual accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013. Applied retrospectively.). These amendments introduced a rebuttable presumption that the balance value of the investment property measured at fair value can be recovered only by selling that property. The management's intention would not be important except for those cases, when the investment property is depreciated and is held according to a business model which aims to utilize all economic benefits related to the investment property during its useful life. This is the only case, when this presumption may be rebutted. The

Company assumes that these amendments will not have an impact on the financial statements, as the Company does not have deferred tax assets and liabilities related to the investment property, measured at fair value in accordance with IAS 40.

IFRS 10 "Consolidated financial statements" and IAS 27 (2011) "Separate financial statements". (Effective for annual accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2014. Earlier application is permitted, if IFRS 11, IFRS 12, IAS 27 (2011) and IAS 28 (2011) are also applied earlier.). IFRS 10 provides a general model that is applicable to all economic entities in which investments are made, within the control analysis, including economic entities that are currently considered as companies of a special purpose according to the interpretation of SIC 12. IFRS 10 provides new requirements of control evaluation that differ from the requirements set in IAS 27 (2008).

According to the new general control model, the investor controls over the economic entity in which investments are made, when: it either can or have the right to receive variable returns from its relationship with the economic entity, in which the investments are made; it may affect that the return on the exercise of its power to govern the economic entity, in which investments are made; and there is a relation of power to manage and the return. The new standard also includes the requirements of disclosure and the requirements related to the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. These requirements are transferred from IAS 27 (2008). The Company assumes that the new standard will not have an impact on the financial statements as control assessment of the economic entities, in which investments are made, under the new standard should not change the previous conclusions on control of the Companies, in which investments are made.

IFRS 11 "Joint arrangements" (Effective for annual accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2014. Applied retrospectively in accordance with the provisions of transitional period. Earlier application is permitted, if IFRS 10, IFRS 12, IAS 27 (2011) and IAS 28 (2011) are also applied earlier.). IFRS 11 "Joint arrangements" repeals and replaces IAS 31 "Interests in joint ventures". IFRS 11 does not provide the essential changes of the definition of the "jointly controlled activity", although the definition of the "control", and together indirectly also the definition of the "joint control" has changed due to IFRS 10. According to the new standard, two types of joint arrangements are distinguished and different accounting model is applied for each of them:

  • joint arrangements when jointly controlling parties so-called executors of joint arrangements have the rights to the assets of that activity and liabilities to fulfill the obligations related to that activity;
  • joint venture when jointly controlling parties so-called partners of joint venture have the rights to the net assets of that activity.

IFRS 11 excludes from IAS 31 "jointly controlled entities" those cases in which such a distinction in some cases is not effective, although for joint arrangements is foreseen a certain structure. Such activity is considered as similar to the jointly controlled assets and (or) activity under IAS 31, and now is called as the joint activity. The remained jointly controlled entities referred to IAS 31 now are called as joint ventures cannot choose freely which method to use: equity or proportionate consolidation method; now they must always use the equity method in their consolidated financial statements. The Company assumes that IFRS 11 will not have a significant impact on the financial statements, because it is not a party of any joint agreements.

IFRS 12 "Disclosure of interests in other entities" (Effective for annual accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2014. Applied retrospectively.). IFRS 12 requires disclosure of additional information relating to the significant decisions and assumptions, made in determining the nature of owned interests in the entity or structure, nature of owned interests in subsidiaries, joint arrangements and associated companies and unconsolidated structural entities. The Company assumes that the new standard will not have a significant impact on the financial statements.

IAS 27 (2011) "Separate financial statements" (Effective for annual accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2014. Earlier application is permitted, if IFRS 10, IFRS 11, IFRS 12 and IAS 28 (2011) are also applied earlier.). IAS 27 (2011) provides the requirements of IAS 27 (2008) accounting and disclosure for separate financial statements with small explanations. In addition, IAS 27 (2011) includes the requirements of IAS 28 (2008) and IAS 31 for separate financial statements. The standard does not analyze control principle and the requirements, related to preparation of consolidated financial statements included in IFRS 10 "Consolidated financial statements". The Company assumes that IAS 27 (2011) will not have a significant impact on the financial statements, because the economic entity's accounting policy is not being changed.

IAS 28 (2011) "Investments in associated companies and joint ventures" (Effective for annual accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2014. Applied retrospectively). Earlier application is permitted, if IFRS 10, IFRS 11, IFRS 12 and IAS 27 (2011) are also applied earlier.). Small amendments have been made to IAS 28 (2008):

  • Associated companies and joint ventures held for sale. The investment in an associated or joint venture, or such portion of the investment that meets the designation criteria of assets held for sale, the entity shall apply IFRS 5 "Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations". Any held part of investment not classified as held for sale must be accounted by using the equity method up to transfer of the part that is classified as held for sale. After the transfer, the economic entity must account any retained part by using the equity method, if that retained part continues to be an associate or joint venture.
  • Change of property part in associated or joint venture. Previously, within IAS 28 (2008) and IAS 31 it has been interpreted that due to significant impact or termination of joint control in all cases it is necessary to re-evaluate the retained property part, even if the significant impact has been reached due to the joint control. Now, according to IAS 28 (2011) it is stated that under these circumstances the retained part of investment does not require the re-evaluation.

The Company assumes that the amendments to the standard will not have a significant impact on the financial statements, because the economic entity does not have investments in associated or joint ventures, which would be affected by the mentioned amendments.

Amendments to IAS 32 "Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities" (Effective for annual accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2014. Applied retrospectively. Earlier application is permitted, but it is required to disclose additional information in accordance with the amendments to IFRS 7). The amendments do not impose a new rule of offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities, but the offset's criteria are explained there, which are applied in case of discrepancies in their application. The amendments interpret that currently the economic entity has a legally enforceable right of offset, if this right: does not depend on the event in future; and legally enforceable by the entity and all counterparties under normal operating conditions as well as in the case of default, insolvency or bankruptcy. The Company assumes that the amendments to the standard will not affect the financial statements, because the economic entity does not perform the offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities and has not concluded general offset agreements.

2.2. Foreign currency

Functional currency

The amounts shown in these financial statements are measured and presented in local currency, Litas (LTL), which is the functional currency of the Company. Since 2 February 2002, the Litas has been pegged to the Euro at the rate of LTL 3.4528 = EUR 1.

Transactions and balances

Foreign currency transactions are converted into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the conversion of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies using the exchange rate available at the reporting date are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income as finance income or expenses.

Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that are stated at fair value are converted into Litas at foreign exchange rates available at the dates the values were determined. Non-monetary assets and liabilities that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are converted using the exchange rate available at the date of the transaction.

2.3. Operating segments

Business segment – a separated business constituent part, the business risks and profitability of which differ from other business constituent parts.

The Management making strategic decisions consists of a leading person adopting decisions responsible for distribution of the Company's resources and evaluation of activity's results of the business segments.

The Management of the Company has identified the following business segments:

  • KN oil terminal in Klaipėda supplying oil products, providing transhipment and other related services.
  • LNG terminal strategic project of the Republic of Lithuania, implementation of which will create an alternative source for OAO Gazprom's natural gas in Lithuania. The project shall involve procurement of floating storage and regasification unit, construction of the jetty and installation of superstructure, dredging of jetty's access, building of gas pipeline and all other costs of the project implementation.
  • SFB Subačius fuel base in Kupiškis district provides services of long-term storage of oil products and loading of autotankers.

2.4. Investments into subsidiaries

The Company investments into subsidiaries accounts at cost. A subsidiary is an entity that is controlled by the Company. The financial statements of the subsidiary are prepared for the same reporting period as the Company. Where necessary, adjustments are made to bring the accounting policies in line with those of the Company. The Company determines at each reporting date whether it is necessary to recognise an additional impairment loss on the Company's investment in its subsidiary. The Company determines at each reporting date whether there is any objective evidence that the investment in the subsidiary is impaired. If this is the case the Company calculates the amount of impairment as the difference between the recoverable amount of the associate and its carrying value and recognises the amount in the Statement of Comprehensive income.

2.5. Investment into associates

The Company accounts for investments into associates using the equity method. An associate is an entity in which the Company has significant influence, but not control over the financial and operating policies. Significant influence is presumed to exist when the Company holds between 20% and 50% of the voting rights of another company.

Under the equity method the investment in the associate is carried in the Statement of Financial position at cost plus post acquisition changes in the Company's share of the associate's net assets. Goodwill relating to the associate is included in the carrying amount of the investment and is neither amortised nor individually tested for impairment.

The share of profit of an associate is shown on the face of the Statement of comprehensive income. This is the profit attributable to equity holders of the associate and, therefore, is recorded below profit after tax and including non-controlling interests in the subsidiaries of the associate.

The financial statements of the associate are prepared for the same reporting period as the Company. Where necessary, adjustments are made to bring the accounting policies in line with those of the Company. After application of the equity method the Company determines whether it is necessary to recognise an additional impairment loss on the Company's investment in its associate. The Company determines at each reporting date whether there is any objective evidence that the investment in the associate is impaired. If this is the case the Company calculates the amount of impairment as the difference between the recoverable amount of the associate and its carrying value and recognises the amount in the "Result of an associate" in the Statement of Comprehensive income.

Unrealized gains arising from transactions with equity accounted investees are eliminated against the investment to the extent of the Company's interest to investee. Unrealized losses are eliminated the same way as unrealized gains, but only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment.

2.6. Intangible assets

Intangible assets acquired separately are measured on initial recognition at cost. Following initial recognition, intangible assets are carried at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. The useful lives of intangible assets are assessed to be either finite or indefinite. Intangible assets with finite lives are amortised over the useful economic lives of 1 to 3 years and assessed for impairment whenever there is an indication that the intangible asset may be impaired. Amortisation periods and methods for intangible assets with finite useful lives are reviewed at least at each financial year-end.

Costs associated with maintaining computer software programmes are recorded as an expense as incurred.

2.7. Property, plant and equipment

Assets are attributed to property, plant and equipment if their useful life exceeds one year. Non-current tangible assets of the Company are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

The initial cost of property, plant and equipment comprises its purchase price, including non-refundable purchase taxes capitalised borrowing costs and any directly attributable costs of bringing the asset to its working condition and location for its intended use. Expenditures incurred after non-current tangible assets have been put into operation, such as repair and maintenance costs, are normally charged to profit or loss in the period the costs are incurred.

Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives (in years):

Buildings and structures: 7 - 70
Buildings 40 - 51
Storage tanks 5.000 m3 15 - 21
Storage tanks 20.000 m3 43
Reinforced concrete bridges 70
Rail gantry 55 - 65
Machinery and equipment: 3 - 40
Petrol vapour combustion units; heat 11 - 39
exchangers
Marine loading arms 12
Other non-current tangible assets: 3 - 40
Technological pipelines 40 - 41
Control cables 12

Parts of an item of non-current tangible assets have different useful lives, they are accounted for as separate items (major components) of non-current tangible assets.

The useful lives, residual values and depreciation method are reviewed periodically to ensure that the period of depreciation and other estimates are consistent with the expected pattern of economic benefits from items in non-current tangible assets.

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 available for their intended use.

When non-current tangible assets are retired or otherwise disposed, the cost and related depreciation are removed from the financial statements and any related gains or losses are included in the statement of comprehensive income. Gains and losses on disposal of property, plant and equipment are determined as a difference between proceeds and the carrying amount of the non-current tangible assets disposed.

2.8. Financial assets – initial recognition and assessment

Initial recognition and assessment

Financial assets are classified as either financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, held-to-maturity financial assets, loans and receivables, and available-for-sale financial assets, as appropriate. The Company establishes classification of financial assets on initial recognition.

When financial assets are recognised 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. Financial assets of the Company include cash and short-term deposits, trade debts and other receivables, loans and other receivables, held-to-maturity investments.

Subsequent measurement

Financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

Financial assets and financial liabilities classified in this category are designated by the Management on initial recognition when the following criteria are met:

  • the designation eliminates or significantly reduces the inconsistent treatment that would otherwise arise from measuring the assets or liabilities or recognising gains or losses on them on a different basis;
  • the assets and liabilities are part of a group of financial assets, financial liabilities or both which are managed and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy;
  • the financial instrument contains an embedded derivative, unless the embedded derivative does not significantly modify the cash flows or it is clear, with little or no analysis, that it would not be separately recorded.

Financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are measured in the statement of financial position at fair value. Related profit or loss on revaluation is charged directly in the statement of comprehensive income. Interest income and expense and dividends on such investments are recognised as interest income and dividend income or interest expenses, respectively. The Company not had such financial assets or financial liabilities in 2012 and 2011.

Held-to-maturity investments

Financial assets (which are non-derivative financial instruments) with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity are classified as held-to-maturity when the Company has the positive intention and ability to hold to maturity. Investments that are held-to-maturity are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Gains and losses are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income when the investments are derecognised or impaired, as well as through the amortisation process.

Loans and receivables

Loans and receivables (which are non-derivative financial instruments) are financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. Such assets are carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Gains and losses are recognised in statement of comprehensive income when the loans and receivables are derecognised or impaired, as well as through the amortisation process.

Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets are financial assets (which are non-derivative financial instruments) that are designated as available-for-sale or are not classified in any of the three preceding categories. After initial recognition available-for-sale financial assets are measured at fair value with gains or losses being recognised as a separate component of equity until the investment is derecognised or until the investment is determined to be impaired at which time the cumulative gain or loss previously reported in equity is included in the statement of comprehensive income.

2.9. Derecognition of financial assets and liabilities

Financial assets

A financial asset (or, where applicable a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar financial assets) is derecognised when:

  • the rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired;
  • 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 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 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.

Financial liabilities

A financial liability is derecognised when the obligation under the liability is discharged or cancelled or expires.

2.10. Employee benefits

Social security contributions

The Company pays social security contributions to the State Social Security Fund (hereinafter the Fund) on behalf of its employees based on the legally defined contribution plan in accordance with the local legal requirements. A defined contribution plan is a plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into the Fund and will have no legal or constructive obligations to pay further contributions if the Fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees benefits related to employee service in the current and prior period. The social security contributions are recognised as an expense on an accrual basis and are included within staff costs.

Termination benefits

Termination benefits are payable whenever an employee's employment is terminated before the normal retirement date or whenever an employee accepts voluntary redundancy in exchange for these benefits. The Company recognises termination benefits when it is firmly committed to either terminate the employment of current employees according to a detailed formal plan without possibility of withdrawal or to provide termination benefits as a result of an offer made to encourage voluntary redundancy. Benefits recognised are recognised at present value discounted using market rate.

The present value of defined benefit obligation is determined by discounting estimated future cash flows based on the interest rate of the long-term Lithuanian Government's bonds, expressed in the same currency as the benefits with a repurchase period similar to that of the planned payment period. Actuarial gains or losses are at once recognised through the Statement of profit (loss). From 1 January 2013, actuarial profit and loss will be recognised in other comprehensive income directly.

2.11. Inventories

Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Net realisable value is estimated taking the selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the costs of completion, marketing and distribution. The cost of inventories consists of purchase price, transport, and other costs directly attributable to the cost of inventories. Cost is determined by the first-in, firstout (FIFO) method. Unrealisable inventory is written-off.

2.12. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash includes cash in bank accounts. 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, deposits held at call with banks, and other short-term highly liquid investments with maturities of less than three months.

2.13. Borrowings

Borrowing costs in relation to loans for acquisition of property, plant and equipment are recognised as part of transaction costs and added to the acquisition cost of the asset accordingly.

Borrowings are recognised initially at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently stated at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method; any difference between proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption value is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive income over the period of borrowings.

2.14. Financial and operating lease

The determination of whether an arrangement is, or contains a lease is based on the substance of the arrangement at inception date of whether the fulfilment of the arrangement is dependent on the use of specific asset or assets or the arrangement conveys a right to use the asset.

Financial lease

Finance leases, which transfer to the Company substantially all the risks and benefits incidental to ownership of the leased item are capitalized at the inception of the lease at the fair value of the leased property or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. Lease payments are apportioned between the finance charges and reduction of the lease liability so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance charges are reflected in the Statement of Comprehensive income.

Capitalized leased assets are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset and the lease term, if there is no reasonable certainty that the Company will obtain ownership by the end of the lease term.

Operating lease payments are recognized as expenses in the Statement of Comprehensive income on a straight line basis over the lease term.

A lease contract for operation and maintenance (repair) of the floating liquefied natural gas storage and regasification unit with Höegh LNG Ltd. signed by the Company on 2 March 2012 meets the criteria of finance lease.

The Company as a lessor

Lease where the Company does not transfer substantially all the risk and benefits of ownership of the asset are classified as operating lease. Initial direct cost incurred in negotiating an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and recognised over the lease term on the same basis as rental income. Contingent rents are recognised as revenue in the period in which they are earned.

Operating lease – The Company as a lessor

Assets leased under operating lease in the statement of financial position of the Company are accounted for depending on the type of assets. Income from operating lease is recognised as other income in the statement of comprehensive income within the lease period using the straight-line method. All the discounts provided to the operating lessee are recognised using straight-line method during the lease period by reducing the lease income. Initial direct expenses incurred in order to generate lease income are included in the carrying value of the leased asset.

2.15. Income tax

Current income tax assets and liabilities for the current and prior periods are measured at the amount expected to be recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities, also adjustments in respect of prior years. The tax rates used to compute the amount are those that are enacted by the date of the Statement of Financial position.

An income tax expense comprises current and deferred income tax. Charge is based on profit for the year and considers deferred taxation after assessment of deferred income tax. Income tax is calculated based on the Lithuanian tax legislation.

The effective income tax rate applicable for companies of the Republic of Lithuania in 2012 was 15 % (15 % - in 2011).

Tax losses can be carried forward for an unlimited period, except for the losses incurred as a result of disposal of securities and/or derivative financial instruments that can be carried forward for 5 consecutive years. The losses from disposal of securities and/or derivative financial instruments can only be used to reduce the taxable income earned from the transactions of the same nature.

Deferred income tax is recognized in respect to temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to reverse based on tax rates enacted or substantially enacted at reporting date.

A deferred tax asset is recognised in the Statement of Financial position to the extent the Management believes it will be realised in the foreseeable future, based on taxable profit forecasts. If it is believed that part of the deferred tax asset is not going to be realised, this part of the deferred tax asset is not recognised in the financial statements.

Deferred income tax assets and deferred income tax liabilities are offset, if a legally enforceable right exists to set off current tax assets against current income tax liabilities and the deferred income taxes relate to the same taxable entity and the same taxation authority.

2.16. Dividends

Dividends are recorded in the financial statements when they are declared by the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting.

2.17. 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. Provided that the number of shareholders changes without causing a change in the economical resources, the weighted average of ordinary registered shares is adjusted in proportion to the change in the number of shares as if this change took place at the beginning of the previous period presented. Since there are no instruments reducing profit (loss) per share, there is no difference between the basic and diluted earnings per share.

2.18. Provisions

General

Provisions are recognised when the Company has a present legal or constructive obligation in respect of past events and it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation and the amount has been reliably estimated. Where the Company expects the provision to be reimbursed the reimbursement is recognised as a separate asset but only when the reimbursement is virtually certain. Expenditures related to the provisions reconciled with recoverable provisions are recognised through the Statement of Comprehensive income.

Restructuring

A restructuring provision can only be recognised if it corresponds to all the criteria of the general provision. The Company shall follow a detailed and formal business plan or part of it, influenced by the location and number of employees, a detailed calculation of the related expenses and the time period required. The associated employees shall have a clear understanding about implementation of the plan of restructuring or that the process has already commenced.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

On the initiative of the United Nations Organisation, 55 countries concluded an agreement (Kyoto protocol) with a view to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere by introducing financial incentives for reduction of environment pollution by greenhouse gases.

The European Union has passed the European Parliament and Council directive 2003/87/EC which determines the trading system of emission rights for greenhouse gas emissions in the Community. According to the system, national governments of participating countries are responsible for allocation of a limited number of emission rights to local companies emitting greenhouse gases. An emission certificate rights provides a right to emit certain relative amount of greenhouse gases (e.g. during 2005-2007 one emission rights provides a right to emit 1 ton of carbon dioxide (CO2)). There is an active market for trading in emission rights (so called climate exchanges).

Companies participating in the scheme are obliged to report their actual pollution for each calendar year. The first period starts from 2005 and ends in 2007 and another period starts from 2008 and ends in 2012. Companies that participate in the project from 2005 are obliged to report about real extent of pollution of each calendar year. When available allowances are not sufficient to cover actual pollution, then a penalty of EUR 100 per ton of carbon dioxide should be paid for the excess (applicable for the period 2008 - 2012).

The Company applies a 'net liability' approach in accounting for the emission rights received. It records the emission allowances granted to it at a nominal (null) amount, as it is allowed by IAS 20 "Accounting of subsidy of the state and presentation of the state support in the statements". Liabilities for emissions are recognised 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. Costs of allowances are recorded under cost of sales caption in the Statement of Comprehensive income.

Allowances purchased from the third countries are accounted for by cost price method and are treated as recoverable rights according to which they are reconciled with EUA liability and revalued by fair value and the change in fair value is recorded in the Statement of income.

2.19. Revenue recognition

Revenues are recognized if it is expected that the Company will get economic benefit associated with a transaction and when the amount of the revenue can be measured reliably. Sales are recognised net of VAT and discounts.

Revenues from oil transhipment

The Company recognises revenues from oil transhipment taking into account the stage of services provided. The level of service provided is measured as percentage of transhipment cost expenses from the total cost of services. In the case reliable evaluation of the service agreement is impossible, the revenues are recognised only as a part of expenses incurred that can be compensated.

Sales of goods

Revenues from sales of goods are recognised upon delivery and transfer of risks of products and customer acceptance.

2.20. Expenses recognition

Expenses are recognised 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 the cases when a long period of payment is established and the interest is not distinguished, the amount of expenses shall be estimated by discounting the amount of payment using the market interest rate.

2.21. Impairment of assets

Financial assets

Financial assets are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at each statement of financial position date. The financial asset is impaired if there is an objective evidence of impairment as a result of a loss event that has occurred after the initial recognition of the asset and that loss event has an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the asset that can be reliably estimated.

For financial assets carried at amortised cost, whenever it is probable that the Company will not collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of loans or receivables, an impairment or bad debt loss is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income. The reversal of impairment losses previously recognised is recorded when the decrease in impairment loss can be justified by an event occurring after the write-down. Such reversal is recorded in the statement of comprehensive income. However, the increased carrying amount is only recognised to the extent it does not exceed the amortised cost that would have been had the impairment not been recognised.

In relation to trade and other receivables, an allowance for impairment is made when there is objective evidence (such as the probability of insolvency or significant financial difficulties of the debtor) that the Company will not be able to collect all of the amounts due under the original terms of the contract. The carrying amount of the receivable is reduced through the use of an allowance account. Impaired debts are derecognised when they are assessed as uncollectible.

Financial asset not assessed at fair value in the profit or loss is revised at each reporting date in order to assess its impairment. The financial asset is impaired if there is an objective evidence of impairment as a result of a loss event that has occurred after the initial recognition of the asset and that loss event has an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the asset that can be reliably estimated.

Non-financial assets

The Company reviews at each reporting date the carrying amounts of non-financial asset, excluding inventories and deferred income tax assets, in order to assess whether an indication of impairment exists. If such indication exists the Company estimates the asset's recoverable amount.

Non-financial assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Whenever the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income. Reversal of impairment losses recognised in prior years is recorded when there is an indication that the impairment losses recognised for the asset no longer exist or have decreased. The reversal is accounted in the same caption of the statement of comprehensive income as the impairment loss.

Recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is its value in use or costs to sell depending which is greater. 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 impairment testing the asset that cannot be assessed individually is grouped into the minimum asset's group generating cash inflows during continuous use and that is independent from other asset or asset's groups generating cash flows (cash generating unit or CGU).

Where the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount the impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss. Impairment losses related to the value of CGU are proportionally attributed to decrease the carrying amount of the asset, prescribed to the unit (unit group).

Previously recognised impairment losses are reversed only if there is any indication that such losses no longer exist or have decreased. The reversal is limited so that the carrying amount of the asset does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined net of depreciation or amortisation had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. The reversal is accounted in the same caption of the statement of comprehensive income as the impairment loss.

2.22. Use of estimates and judgements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU requires the Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting principles and figures related to assets, liabilities, income and expenses. The estimates and assumptions are based on historic experience and other factors complying with existing conditions and based on the results of which a conclusion is being made regarding carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that could not be derived at from any other resources. Actual results can differ from calculations.

Estimates and assumptions are regularly revised and are based on historic experience as well as on other factors including future expectations which are believed to be based on the existing circumstances.

Information on critical estimates and assumptions are detailed below:

Impairment losses of property, plant and equipment

The Company assesses at each reporting date the carrying amounts of property, plant and equipment whether there is any indication that an asset may be impaired. If such an indication exists the Company estimates the asset's recoverable amount. For impairment testing the asset, that is cash-generating in the continuous use and is independent from other asset or asset groups generating cash flows (cash generating unit or CGU), is grouped into the smallest group.

The recoverable amount is calculated as one of the greater of two values: the value in use and net sales value. The value in use is calculated by discounting the estimated future cash flows 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. The recoverable amount of the asset, that is not cash-generating, is assessed according to the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit that owns this asset.

Impairment losses of receivables

The Company at least once per quarter evaluates impairment of receivables. The Company assesses whether there is any indication of decrease of future cash flows related to the receivables portfolio until impairment of the specific receivable in this portfolio will be estimated.

Information demonstrating negative change in loan repayment, economic conditions of the country or region, affecting the receivables of the Company can serve as evidence.

The Management estimates possible cash flows from debtors following its historic experience of losses, associated with risks of receivables or similar credit. Methods and assumptions applied for estimation of the amount and time of future cash flows are revised regularly for minimising differences between the calculated and actual amount of loss.

Useful lives of immovable property, plant and equipment

Useful lives of assets are revised every year and if necessary are adjusted to reflect the present estimation of the rest useful life taking into account technological changes, economic use of the asset in the future and its physical condition.

Determining whether an arrangement contains a lease

At inception of an arrangement the Company determines whether such an arrangement is or contains a lease. This will be the case if the following two criteria are met:

  • The fulfilment of the arrangement is dependent on the use of the specific asset or assets and;
  • The arrangement contains a right to use the asset(s).

At inception or on reassessment of the arrangement, the Company separates payments and other consideration required by such an arrangement into those for the lease and those for other elements on the basis of their relative fair values. If the Company concludes for a finance lease that is impracticable to separate the payments reliably, then an asset and a liability are recognised at an amount equal to the fair value of the underlying asset. Subsequently the liability is reduced as payments are made and an imputed finance cost on the liability is recognised using the Company's incremental borrowing rate.

In determining the amount of current and deferred tax the Company takes into account the impact of uncertain tax positions and whether additional taxes and interest may be due. The Company believes that its accruals for tax liabilities are adequate for all open tax years based on its assessment of many factors, including interpretations of tax law and prior experience. The assessment relies on estimates and assumptions and may involve a series of judgments about future events. New information may become available that causes the Company to change its judgment regarding the adequacy of existing tax liabilities; such changes to tax liabilities will impact tax expenses in the period that such determination is made.

2.23. Contingencies

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

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

2.24. Subsequent events

Subsequent sheet events that provide additional information about the Company's position at the date of the statement of financial position (adjusting events) are reflected in the financial statements. Subsequent events that are not adjusting events are disclosed in the notes when material.

2.25. Offsetting

When preparing the financial statements, assets and liabilities, as well as revenue and expenses are not set off, except the cases when certain International Financial Reporting Standard specifically requires such set-off.

3 Change in accounting policy and comparative figures

In order to reveal financial position of the Company and the results of the activity more accurate, accounting policy was changed on 31 December 2012. The Management of the Company decided that costs incurred during LNG terminal project which, according to 16 IAS criteria, are not capitalised, will be allocated to 2010 – LTL 35 thousand, and 2011 – LTL 473 thousand operating expenses and accounted for in articles of operating expenses of the statement of comprehensive income.

Statement of financial position

31 December
2010
Change in
accounting
policy
31 December
2010
31 December
2011
Change in
accounting
policy
31 December
2011
(restated) (restated)
ASSETS
Tangible assets 387,590 (35) 387,555 383,872 (473) 383,399
Other articles on assets 86,316 - 86,316 135,451 - 135,451
Total assets 473,906 (35) 473,871 519,323 (473) 518,850
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Retained earnings 25,973 (30) 25,943 71,196 (401) 70,795
Income tax liabilities 219 (5) 214 1,833 (72) 1,761
Other articles of liabilities
and equity
447,714 - 447,714 446,294 - 446,294
Total equity and liabilities 473,906 (35) 473,871 519,323 (473) 518,850

Statement of comprehensive income

31 December
2010
Change in
accounting
policy
31 December
2010
31 December
2011
Change in
accounting
policy
31 December
2011
(restated) (restated)
Operating expenses (17,002) (35) (17,037) (7,260) (473) (7,733)
Other articles of statement
of comprehensive income
46,753 - 46,753 60,504 - 60,504
Income tax expenses (3,654) 5 (3,649) (7,991) 72 (7,919)
Net profit 26,097 (30) 26,067 45,253 (401) 44,852

4 Intangible assets

Software
Acquisition cost:
Balance as of 31 December 2010 1,408
Acquisitions 58
Transfers from construction in progress 208
Sold and written-off property (60)
Balance as of 31 December 2011 1,614
Acquisitions 167
Transfers from non-current tangible assets 1,300
Retirements and disposals (13)
Balance as of 31 December 2012 3,068

Accumulated depreciation and impairment:

Balance as of 31 December 2010 1,013
Depreciation for the year 196
Sold and written-off property (60)
Balance as of 31 December 2011 1,149
Depreciation for the year 239
Depreciation transferred from non-current tangible
assets
339
Sold and written-off property (13)
Balance as of 31 December 2012 1,714
Net book value as of 31 December 2012 1,354
Net book value as of 31 December 2011 465
Net book value as of 31 December 2010 395

The amortisation charge of the Company's non-current intangible assets for the year 2012 amounts to LTL 239 thousand (LTL 196 thousand – in 2011). LTL 173 thousand of amortisation charge have been included into cost of sales (LTL 192 thousand - in 2011) and the remaining amount has been included into operating expenses.

5 Property, plant and equipment

Buildings
and
structures
Machinery,
plant and
equipment
Other
non
current
assets
Construction
in progress
Total
Acquisition cost:
Balance as of 31 December 2010 (restated) 405,669 332,141 13,284 4,909 756,003
Acquisitions 57 678 146 18,504 19,385
Retirements and disposals (1,964) (3,388) (297) (22) (5,671)
Reclassification into reserves - - - (60) (60)
Transfers into intangible assets - - - (208) (208)
Transfers from construction in progress 1,910 3,845 105 (5,860) -
Balance as of 31 December 2011 (restated) 405,672 333,276 13,238 17,263 769,449
Acquisitions 38,884 5,769 883 40,517 86,053
Retirements and disposals (2,280) (2,400) (432) - (5,112)
Transfers into non-current intangible assets - (1,096) (204) - (1,300)
Reclassifications 312 4,677 - (4,989) -
Balance as of 31 December 2012 442,588 340,226 13,485 52,791 849,090

Accumulated depreciation and impairment:

Balance as of 31 December 2010 158,250 199,083 10,856 259 368,448
Depreciation for the year 10,988 10,819 779 - 22,586
Retirements and disposals (1,964) (2,789) (291) - (5,044)
Impairment for the year - 60 - - 60
Reclassifications - (353) 353 - -
Balance as of 31 December 2011 167,274 206,820 11,697 259 386,050
Depreciation for the year 11,509 10,515 727 - 22,751
Retirements and disposals (2,029) (2,399) (431) - (4,859)
Impairment for the year 131 191 20 434 776
Depreciation transferred to non-current
intangible assets
- (202) (137) - (339)
Balance as of 31 December 2012 176,885 214,925 11,876 693 404,379
Net book value as of 31 December 2012 265,703 125,301 1,609 52,098 444,711
Net book value as of 31 December 2011 238,398 126,456 1,541 17,004 383,399
Net book value as of 31 December 2010 247,419 133,058 2,428 4,650 387,555

5 Property, plant and equipment (cont'd)

The company has completed modernisation (installation works) on trestle's road No. 2 of discharge system of heavy oil products and started exploitation within 2012. Total value of the object is LTL 5,332 thousand. In 2012 the Company has continued works in the following objects:

Liquefied natural gas terminal project. On 30 June 2011 SC Klaipėdos Nafta signed an Agreement with the Lead Adviser for preparation and implementation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal's project – an international company FLUOR. The Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of SC Klaipėdos Nafta held on 27 July 2011 approved the conclusion of the Agreement. The Agreement provides for the Lead Adviser during four years to prepare the technical development plan of the Project, assist in selection of technologies, perform actions in order to get obligatory permits, solve the matters related to the safety of the project, navigation as well as other issues associated with the technical implementation of the Project. Further, the Adviser will perform works related to the economic part – will produce business model of the Terminal, financial model and develop strategy of the Terminal's performance. The Adviser will also supervise technical realization of the Project during its entire execution period until the end of 2014 when the Terminal will start its activities.

As of 31 December 2012 the construction in progress of LNG Terminal's project amounted to LTL 35,598 thousand – the major part of which was payments of LTL 25,103 thousand paid according to the Agreement to the Lead Adviser for preparation and implementation of liquefied natural gas terminal's project as well as for legal and other research services.

Reconstruction of HFO (i.e. heavy fuel oil products) storage tank park, which involves demolishing of 4 storage tanks with the capacity 5,000 m3 and construction of 2 storage tanks with the capacity 32,250 m3. The investment will increase flexibility of the Company's reloading activities thus enabling to reload additional flows of oil products and will make the Terminal more attractive to its clients by giving them an opportunity to accumulate greater batches (up to 90 thousand tonnes) of the products. The investment amounts to LTL 29 million. The Company intends to complete construction at the end of 2013. The total value of the works performed amounted to LTL 3,869 thousand.

At the site of the universal storage tanks under construction the Company plans updating of the piping of the existing storage tanks of oil products that will provide technical possibility to accommodate part of the HFO storage tanks for reloading of LFO (i.e. light oil products).

  • Utilization of carbohydrate vapours from railway trestles. On 10 June 2010 the Company started its investment project "Procurement of vapour recovery unit" after implementation of which the environment pollution will be reduced. On 29 September 2011 the Contract was concluded with "John Zink International Luxembourg SARL" regarding procurement of the equipment. The major part of the equipment under the Agreement was delivered in the third quarter of 2012, a part of construction works has been accomplished, owner-contractor agreement and contract for installation of electrical and automation equipment have been concluded. The Company has already invested LTL 5,042 thousand into this project. The total amount of investments into the project "The Procurement of vapour recovery unit" will amount about LTL 7,000 thousand.
  • Updating of HFO unloading system of rail gantry track 1. The total value of the works performed amounted to LTL 4,964 thousand.

According to decision No. 204, dated 15 February 2012, of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania "On the investment of state-owned property and the increase of the authorized capital of AB "Klaipėdos nafta" and Agreement on shares which was made on 11 June 2012 between the Company and the Republic of Lithuania, represented by the Ministry of Energy, the authorized capital of the Company was increased by monetary and non-monetary contributions of the shareholders. The Ministry of Energy paid to the Company for the shares by non-monetary contribution of the agreement by transferring fixed tangible assets which are located in Subacius Oil Products Terminal. The total value of transferred non-current tangible assets amounted to LTL 45,491 thousand.

The depreciation charge of the Company's property, plant and equipment for the year 2012 amounts to LTL 22,751 thousand (LTL 22,586 thousand – in 2011). LTL 22,609 thousand of depreciation charges have been included into cost of sales (LTL 22,474 thousand – in 2011), LTL 92 thousand of depreciation charges have been reclassified into inventories (LTL 127 thousand – in 2011) and the remaining amount has been included into operating expenses.

Part of the property, plant and equipment with the acquisition cost of LTL 78.142 thousand as on 31 December 2012 was completely depreciated (LTL 61.431 thousand on 31 December 2011) however it was still in operation.

In 2012 the Company revised its property, plant and equipment and accounted for the impairment of LTL 776 thousand for the assets that is no longer used due to the changed technological conditions. In 2011 the Company accounted for the impairment of LTL 60 thousand for the assets.

6 Information about segments

The Management of the Company has the following business segments:

  • KN oil terminal in Klaipėda supplying oil products, providing transhipment and other related services.
  • LNG terminal strategic project of the Republic of Lithuania, implementation of which will create an alternative source for Gazprom's natural gas in Lithuania. The project shall involve procurement of floating storage and regasification unit, construction of the jetty and installation of superstructure, dredging of jetty's access, building of gas pipeline and all other costs of the project implementation.
  • SFB Subačius fuel base in Kupiškis district provides services of long-term storage of oil products and loading of autotankers.

Main indicators of the business segments of the Company included into the statement of comprehensive income for the financial year as of 31 December 2012 and Statement of financial position as of 31 December 2012, are described below:

31 December
2012
SGDT SKB KN Total
Revenues from external customers - 2.620 136,261 138,881
Profit before income tax (1,497) 521 49,734 48,758
Segment net profit (1,497) 443 42,491 41,437
Interest revenue - - 1,817 1,817
Interest expense - - - -
Depreciation and amortisation (19) (701) (22,270) (22,990)
Net profit (loss) in associated companies - - 108 108
Impairment of assets - (569) (207) (776)
Acquisitions of non-current assets 22,418 45,924 12,655 80,997
Segment total assets 34,689 45,687 479,634 560,010
Segment total liabilities 772 540 22,286 23,598
31 December
2011
SGDT SKB KN Total
Revenues from external customers - - 141,276 141,276
Profit before income tax (514) - 53,285 52,771
Segment net profit (514) - 45,366 44,852
Interest revenue - - 1,886 1,886
Interest expense - - - -
Depreciation and amortisation (6) - (22,776) (22,782)
Net profit (loss) in associated companies - - 138 138
Impairment of assets - - (60) (60)
Acquisitions of non-current assets 12,180 - 3,966 16,146
Segment total assets 12,180 - 506,670 518,850
Segment total liabilities 8,174 - 10,838 19,012

7 Investment into subsidiaries

On 17 December 2012 a new subsidiary – a closed stock company – JSC LITGAS was established and registered, which will execute the activities of trade and/or supply of the liquefied natural gas. The Company owns 100 percent of shares of JSC LITGAS. The authorised capital of LTL 1 million of JSC LITGAS has been formed by monetary contribution of the Company on 13 December 2012.

JSC LITGAS did not perform any activity during 2012. The anticipated activities of supply of the liquefied natural gas will be started to be executed by JSC LITGAS from the commencement of the activities of the liquefied natural gas terminal, after meeting the requirements set by the legal acts.

The Management of the Company, following item 2, Article 6 of the Lithuanian Law No IX-576, dated 16 November, 2011, on consolidated financial statements of the Groups of Companies, evaluated that LITGAS, UAB, in the view of the Group of Companies, shall be considered as insignificant because its assets at the end of the financial year has not exceeded 5 percent of the Company's assets, and decided not to prepare consolidated financial statements for the year 2012.

8 Investments into associates

Sarmatia Sp. z o.o.

On 19 December 2007 the Company acquired 1 per cent of shares in the international pipeline company SARMATIA and purchased 180 shares at a nominal value of PLN 500 each. In 2010 during the increasing of the authorized capital of SARMATIA the Company additionally purchased 100 shares with the par value of PLN 500 each (43 thousand LTL). In 2012, during the increasing of authorised capital the Company additionally purchased 120 shares with the par value of PLN 500 each (50 thousand LTL).

The Company is entitled to appoint one board member to the management of SARMATIA, thus it can have significant influence. Therefore this investment was recorded using the equity method. SARMATIA is a private company not listed on the stock exchange.

JSC "Baltpool"

On 20 April 2011 the Company acquired 33 percent of BALTPOOL UAB shares. The Company purchased 156,627 newly issued ordinary registered shares at LTL 1 par value each. The total price of the new share issue as evaluated by independent appraisers was equal to LTL 260,001 (two hundred sixty thousand and one). At present SC Klaipedos Nafta owns 33 per cent of BALTPOOL UAB shares and their voting rights at the General Shareholders' Meeting of BALTPOOL UAB.

Financial information regarding the Company's investments into Sarmatia and Baltpool is presented in the table below as of 31 December 2012:

Sarmatia Baltpool Total
2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
Share of the associate's financial position:
Non-current assets - - 87 99 87
Current assets 78 5 910 6,027 988
Non-current liabilities - - 4 3 4
Current liabilities - - 486 5,701 486
Capital 78 5 507 422 585
Share of the associate's comprehensive income:
Income 3 2 390 609 393
(Losses) (31) (20) (306) (518) (337)
Share of the associate's profit (loss) (28) (18) 84 91 56

Reconciliation of investments in associates, net value:

Investments
value
As of 31 December 2011 427
Acquired during the year 50
Increase of value 108
As of 31 December 2012 585

SC KLAIPĖDOS NAFTA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2012

(all amounts are in LTL thousand unless otherwise stated)

9 Inventories

31 December 31 December
2012 2011
Oil products for sale 362 1.503
Spare parts, construction materials and other inventories 772 171
1.134 1.674

As of 31 December 2012 the Company had accounted write-off of inventories in the amount of LTL 6,168 thousand (LTL 5,979 thousand on 31 December 2011), that have been written off down to the net realisable value. The Company makes write-off the inventories to the net realisable value if they are not used for more than 6 months.

Write-off has been accounted for mostly construction materials and spare parts, which were not used during the reconstruction (1996 – 2005).

Write-off of inventories to the net realizable value of LTL 188 thousand for the year ended of 31 December 2012 (31 December 2011 - LTL 7 thousand) are included under operating expenses in the Statement of comprehensive income.

As of 31 December 2012 the Company stored 148.2 thousand tons of oil products delivered for transhipment in its storage tanks (143.8 thousand tons as on 31 December 2011). Such oil products are not recognised in the Company's financial statements, they are accounted for in the off-balance sheet accounts as the Company has no ownership rights into oil products.

Oil products for sale are energy products collected in the Waste Water Treatment Facilities. On 31 December 2012 the Company stored 1,162 tons of heavy oil products collected in its Waste Water Treatment Facilities (31 December 2011 – 1,945 tons).

10 Trade receivables

31 December 31 December
2012 2011
Receivables for trans-shipment of oil products and other related services 13,579 4,335
13,579 4,335

Trade and other receivables are non-interest bearing and are generally on 6 - 15 days payment terms.

On 31 December 2012 trade debts to the Company in the amount of LTL 3,012 thousand were denominated in EUR (LTL 1,926 thousand – on 31 December 2011).

Trade and other accounts receivable are written off when the management is certain that the amount will not be recovered.

The age analysis of trade receivables as of 31 December 2012 and 2011 is as follows:

Trade and other receivables neither
past due nor impaired
Trade receivables past due but not impaired
Less than 30 60 – 89 90 – 359 More than
days 30 – 59 days days days 360 days
2012 11,066 2,494 19 - - - 13,579
2011 4,223 73 - - 39 - 4,335
2010 4,710 - 1 - - - 4,711

Credit quality of financial assets neither past due nor impaired

With respect to trade receivables that are neither impaired nor past due, there are no indications as of the reporting date that the debtors will not meet their payment obligations since the Company trades only with recognised, creditworthy third parties.

11 Other receivables

31 December 31 December
2012 2011
Accrued income 2,315 1,388
VAT receivable 1,715 715
Accrued interest on term deposits 46 409
Other receivables 78 66
4,154 2,578
Less: impairment allowance (13) (13)
4,141 2,565

Change in allowance for receivables for the years 2012 and 2011 has been included into operating expenses in the Statement of Comprehensive income.

12 Other financial assets

31 December 31 December
2012 2011
Loans and receivables
Cession of rights in Vnesekonom bank 100 100
Loan to UAB "Žavesys" 357 361
Less: impairment allowance for receivables (457) (461)
Total loans and receivables - -
Investments held- to-maturity
Short-term deposits - 44,174
Investments into the state government bonds of the Republic of Lithuania 9,474 61,717
Investments into the government bonds of Lithuanian banks 3,760 4,476
Investments into the government bonds of foreign banks - 5,412
Total investments held-to-maturity 13,234 115,779
Total other financial assets 13,234 115,779
Current part 13,234 110,427
Non-current part - 5,352
Carrying values of other financial assets are denominated in the following currencies:
Currency 31 December
2012
31 December
2011
LTL
EUR
10,648
2,586
38,531
77,248
13,234 115,779

On 24 January 2003 AB "Naftos terminalas", as a part of settlement for the shares acquired, transferred to the Company the right of demand for the deposit of USD 95,266 thousand (or LTL 277,243 thousand) in the liquidated Vnesekonom bank and the right to the loan provided to UAB "Zavesys". Cost of sales of the right in the liquidated Vnesekonom bank amounts to LTL 100 thousand. The Company's Management considers the receivables subject to the acquired rights of demand to be doubtful therefore they have been accounted for by cost less 100 % allowance.

The Company is implementing new policies of free funds investments of the Company aimed at investment transactions with reliable (long-term borrowing rating according to Fitch A-, except government securities of the Republic of Lithuania) banking instruments not only in Lithuania but also abroad. The investment policies give priority to investments in Lithuania and only if there is no other alternative - in foreign countries. Investment possibility into the securities of the Lithuanian Government has also been provided for. The Company has not acquired the securities of the Lithuanian Government during 2012 (LTL 5,352 thousand has acquired in 2011), which the payoff maturity term is longer than one financial year.

12 Other financial assets (cont'd)

As of 31 December 2012 the Company had no term deposits (LTL 44,174 thousand – in 2011) which the term is longer than three months. In 2011 the average maturity of term deposits was 256 days and an annual average effective interest rate was 2.04 %. On 31 December 2012 the Company had debt securities of the Republic of Lithuania in the amount of LTL 9,474 thousand (LTL 63,520 thousand – in 2011) with the average maturity of 461 days (256 days – in 2011) and an average effective interest rate of 2.59 % (2.04 % - in 2011). The Company hold bank bonds in the amount of LTL 3,760 thousand (LTL 9,171 thousand – in 2011) with the average redemption term of 456 days (216 days – in 2011) and average effective interest rate of 4.50 % (3.46 % - in 2011).

The maximum exposure of these investments to credit risk at the reporting date was represented by carrying value of the securities and term deposits, classified as investments held to maturity.

13 Cash and cash equivalents

31 December 31 December
2012 2011
Cash at bank 67,221 5,136
Short-term deposits 12,613 3,044
Government bonds of foreign countries - 1,803
79,834 9,983

Cash in bank earns variable interest depending on the closing balance of every day. As of 31 December 2012 the Company had term deposits of LTL 12,613 thousand (LTL 3,044 thousand – in 2011) with the average maturity of 196 days (38 days – in 2011) and an average interest rate of 0.95 % (1.00 % - in 2011). The Company had no Government bonds of foreign countries (LTL 1,802 thousand has acquired in 2011) with the average maturity of 72 days and an average effective interest rate of 3.81 % in 2011.

Calculated values of cash and cash equivalents are denominated in the following currencies:

31 December 31 December
Currency 2012 2011
EUR 22,523 3,993
LTL 57,311 5,990
79,834 9,983

The quality of cash and cash equivalents as well as investments held to maturity can be assessed using Fitch long - term borrowing ratings:

31 December 31 December
2012 2011
AA - 3 17,462
A + 67,218 40,305
A 12,613 -
A - - 1,803
BBB + 6,029 54,511
BBB 7,205 11,681
93,068 125,762

The maximum exposure of these investments to credit risk at the reporting date was represented by carrying value of the securities and term deposits, classified as investments held to maturity.

14 Issued capital

During 2012 the authorized capital of the Company was increased by LTL 38,606 thousand unit's ordinary shares with a par value of one (1) LTL, per share issue price of LTL 1.35. The Company's share capital was increased by monetary and nonmonetary contributions of the shareholders.

Share capital Share premium Contributions
As of 31 December 2011 342,000 - -
Non-monetary contributions 33,697 11,794 45,491
Monetary contributions 4,909 1,718 6,627
As of 31 December 2012 380,606 13,512 52,118

Legal reserve

A legal reserve is a compulsory reserve under Lithuanian legislation. Annual transfers of not less than 5 percent of net profit, calculated in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, are compulsory until the reserve reaches 10 per cent of the share capital.

Shareholders of the Company approved profit appropriation for the year 2011 at the General Meeting of Shareholders held on 27 April 2012. Share of the profit that was assigned and transferred to the legal reserve was 3,561 thousand LTL.

Reserve to purchase own shares

Reserve to purchase own shares is concluded for acquisition of own shares. The Company's reserve to purchase own shares is made providing the possibility to buy up own shares.

Other reserves

Other (distributable) reserves are formed based on the decision of the General Shareholders' Meeting on profit distribution. These reserves can be used only for the purposes approved by the General Shareholders' Meeting. The largest portion of the Company's other reserves are formed for investments.

15 Employee benefit liabilities

On 31 December 2012 the liabilities related to the payment of termination benefits to the employees terminating the employment on the normal retirement date were LTL 816 thousand (LTL 926 thousand – in 2011) as follows:

Pension benefit
liability
As of 31 December 2011 785
Calculated per year 78
Paid per year (47)
As of 31 December 2012 816

The main preconditions applied to assess long-term employee benefit liability are presented below:

31 December
2012
31 December
2011
Discount rate 4.00 % 5.75 %
Staff turnover rate 4 % 5 %
Future salary increases 3 % 3 %

(all amounts are in LTL thousand unless otherwise stated)

16 Trade and other payables

31 December 31 December
2012 2011
Payable to contractors 1,985 1,204
Payable for rent of land 504 514
Payable for railway services 594 336
Other trade payables 4,074 2,617
7,157 4,671

Trade payables are non-interest bearing and are normally settled on 30-day payment terms. On 31 December 2012 trade payables of LTL 87 thousand were denominated in EUR (LTL 610 thousand - in 2011).

17 Liabilities related to labour relations

As of 31 December 2012 the Company's liabilities, related to labour relations, were basically comprised of vacation reserve of LTL 1,750 thousand, social insurance payable for December of LTL 878 thousand and accrual of bonuses in the amount of LTL 1,200 thousand for the annual results (As of 31 December 2011 the Company's liabilities, related to labour relations, were mainly comprised of vacation reserve of LTL 1,317 thousand and accrued bonuses in the amount of LTL 1,200 thousand for the annual results).

18 Provisions

Emission rights
provision
Restructuring
provision
Total
As of 1 January 2011 732 547 1.279
Calculated per year 96 - 96
Used restructuring provision - (547) (547)
Offsetting emission rights purchased (335) - (882)
As of 31 December 2011 493 - 493
Calculated per year (544) - (544)
Offsetting emission rights purchased 215 - 215
As of 31 December 2012 164 - 164
Long-term part - - -
Short-term part 164 - 164

Emission rights provision is recorded after measuring the deficit of the emission allowances granted by the national allocation plan and the actual emissions of the specific year. Every year independent auditors shall audit the quantity of the allowances used.

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
Allocated * 19,691 19,692 19,692 19,691 19,691 98,457
Planned to be used (29,241) (25,619) (28,325) (27,793) (23,851) (134,829)
Planned to be acquired - - - - - -
Purchased and used - - 10,000 - 5,753 15,753
Purchased - - - 9,000 - 9,000

* Emission allowances allocated by the national allocation plan.

19 Other current liabilities

31 December
2012
31 December
2011
Accrued expenses 1,131 437
Tax payable on real estate 309 485
Other liabilities 342 24
1,782 946

Other liabilities are non-interest bearing and have an average term of one month.

20 Sales income

2012 2011
Sales of oil transhipment services 131,543 132,223
Sales of heavy oil products collected in the Waste Water Treatment Facilities 3,233 5,699
Revenues for storage of oil products 2,785 3,280
Other sales related to transhipment 1,320 74
138,881 141,276

The reduction of revenues of 2012 was greatly determined by the reduced transhipment of oil products from AB "Orlen Lietuva" due to the planned capital repair works in this refinery and the seasonally reduced transhipment of oil products from Russia. In 2011 the Company's revenues increased due to successful sales of oil products recovered from bilge waters that brought LTL 5,699 thousand.

Other sales related to transhipment include moorage, sales of fresh water, transportation of crew and other sales.

21 Cost of sales

2012 2011
(restated)
Depreciation and amortization 22,609 22,474
Natural gas 19,640 18,027
Wages, salaries and social security 17,845 17,845
Railway services 6,034 7,465
Electricity 5,316 5,478
Rent of land and quays 2,046 2,056
Cost of sold inventories 1,470 3,025
Repair and maintenance of non-current assets 1,848 1,758
Tax on real estate 1,208 1,948
Insurance of assets 1,148 942
Services for tankers 596 863
Inventories for resale 547 -
Work safety costs 323 318
Emission rights expenses (329) 96
Other 1,035 618
81,336 82,913

22 Operating expenses

2012 2011
(restated)
Salary, social security 5,272 4,155
Consulting and legal costs 1,216 1,414
Impairment 776 60
Communication 506 210
Charity 596 360
Depreciation and amortisation 289 182
Expenses for Business trips 253 163
Expenses for refresher courses 222 73
Expenses related to the management of securities 207 177
Repair and maintenance of non-current assets 174 219
Representation, advertising 152 55
Communication costs 109 138
Other 962 527
10,734 7,733

Operating expenses were mostly increased by LNG terminal administration costs.

23 Income (expenses) from financial and investment activities – net

2012 2011
(restated)
Interest income 1,817 1,886
Fines collected 30 95
Financial income, total 1,847 1,981
(Losses) from currency exchange (115) (18)
Other financial activity (expenses) (1) (2)
Financial result, total 1,731 1,961

24 Income tax

2012 2011
Components of the income tax expense (income) (restated)
Income tax of the year 7,836 8,660
Income tax adjustment of the previous year - (105)
Current year income tax expense 7,836 8,555
Deferred tax expense (515) (636)
Income tax expense recorded in the Statement of Comprehensive
income 7,321 7,919

Reconciliation between income tax expense of the Company and the result of taxable income of the Company multiplied by income tax rate for the years 2012 and 2011 is as follows:

2012 2011
(restated)
Accounting profit before tax 48,758 52,771
Applying 15 % profit tax rate of the Company 7,314 7,916
Income tax adjustment of the previous year - (105)
Non-deductible expenses of income tax (charity) (89) (54)
Other non-deductible expenses 96 162
Applying 15% effective income tax 7,321 7,919

24 Income tax (cont'd)

Deferred income tax consists of:

Statement of Comprehensive
Statement of Financial position income
2012 2011 2012 2011
Impairment of non-current assets 1,215 1,098 (117) (9)
Accelerated depreciation for tax purposes 973 1,017 43 72
Write-offs of inventories to realizable value 925 897 (28) (1)
Accrued annual bonuses 173 180 7 (180)
Accrued emission rights 43 124 81 56
Long-term employee benefit liability 122 118 (5) 21
Vacation reserve 61 47 (16) -
Temporary differences in receivables for tax
purposes - - - 231
Restructuring reserve - - - 82
Other temporary differences 3 - - 2
Associates' equity method (25) (9) 16 21
Oil products - (123) (123) (442)
Accrued income (105) - 105 -
Investment incentive of non-current assets (10,579) (11,058) (478) (489)
Deferred income tax expenses/ (income) (515) (636)
Deferred income tax assets/ (liabilities), net (7,194) (7,709)

Recorded in the Statement of financial position as follows:

Deferred income tax liability, net (7,194) (7,709)
Deferred income tax liability (10,709) (11,190)
Deferred income tax assets 3,515 3,481

As of 31 December 2012 the Company did not recognise LTL 69 thousand (LTL 70 thousand – in 2010) of the deferred income tax asset related to the decrease in receivables as the Management does not expect the income tax asset to be recognised as deductible expenses in the future. In the Statement of Financial position deferred income tax asset and deferred income tax liability are set-off as they both are related to the same tax authority.

While assessing deferred income tax asset and liability components as of 31 December 2012 and 2011 the Company has used the income tax rate of 15 %.

25 Earnings per share, basic and diluted

Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing net profit of the Company by the number of the shares available. Diluted earnings per share equal to basic earnings per share as the Company has no instruments issued that could dilute shares issued. Basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows:

2012 2011
(restated)
Net profit attributable to shareholders 41,437 44,852
Weighted average number of ordinary shares (thousand) 361,198 342,000
Earnings per share (in LTL) 0.11 0.13

SC KLAIPĖDOS NAFTA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2012

(all amounts are in LTL thousand unless otherwise stated)

26 Dividends

2012 2011
Dividends declared (56,981) -
Weighted average number of shares (thousand) 361,198 342,000
Dividends declared per share (expressed in LTL per share) 0.16 -

The Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting held on 27 July 2012 approved profit appropriation for the year 2011 and allotted dividends to the Shareholders for 2011.

The remaining amount of declared dividends to the shareholders, who were not found according to the stated addresses, is accounted for under "Dividends payable" caption in the Statement of financial position "Current amounts payable and liabilities" as of 31 December 2012. As of 31 December 2012 the outstanding amount of dividends not paid during the previous financial year amounted to LTL 39 thousand (as of 2011: LTL 39 thousand).

27 Financial assets and liabilities and risk management

Credit risk

The Company has significant concentration of trading counterparties. Trade receivables from the main customer of the Company – AB "Orlen Lietuva" – on 31 December 2012 accounted for approximately 36 % (about 32% as of 31 December 2011), "LITASCA S.A."- 37 % as of 31 December 2012 (about 10 % as of 31 December 2011) of the total Company's receivables from all its customers. The average payment term for AB "ORLEN LIETUVA" is 10 calendar days, for "LITASCA S.A. – 7 calendar days, whereas the usual payment terms for all other customers are 5 days. A possible credit risk for the Company's customers is managed by a continuous monitoring of outstanding balances.

The Company's procedures are in force to ensure on a permanent basis that services are provided to reliable customers and do not exceed an acceptable credit exposure limit.

The Company does not guarantee obligations of other parties. The maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the carrying amount of each financial asset, including derivative financial instruments, if any, in the Statement of Financial position. Consequently, the Company considers that its maximum exposure is reflected by the amount of trade receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts and cash and other short-term deposits recognised at the date of Statement of Financial position.

The Company trades only with recognised third parties, so there is no requirement for collateral.

Interest rate risk

The Company's income and operating cash flows are substantially independent of changes in market interest rates. The Company's assets held to maturity bear fixed interest rates.

Liquidity risk

The Company's policy is to maintain sufficient cash and cash equivalents or have available funding through an adequate amount of committed credit facilities to meet its commitments at a given date in accordance with its strategic plans.

The Company's liquidity (total current assets / total current liabilities) and quick ratios ((total current assets - inventories) / total current liabilities) as of 31 December 2012 were 7.21 and 7.13, respectively (12.28 and 12.13 as at 31 December 2011).

The Company's objective is to maintain a balance between continuity of funding and flexibility. The Company's activities generate sufficient amount of cash, therefore the Managements' main responsibility is to monitor that the liquidity ratio of the Company is close to or higher than 1. During the years 2012 and 2011 the Company's liquidity is high because the Company has no financial commitments and accumulates cash funds for the performance of its strategic objectives.

27 Financial assets and liabilities and risk management (cont'd)

The table below summarises the maturity profile of the Company's financial liabilities as of 31 December 2012, 2011 assessed on contractual undiscounted payments.

On demand Less than
3 months
3 to 12
Months
1 to 5 years More
than 5
years
Total
Trade and other payables - 6,831 326 - - 7,157
Balance as of 31 December 2012 - 6,831 326 - - 7,157
Trade and other payables - 4,671 - - - 4,671
Balance as of 31 December 2011 - 4,671 - - - 4,671
Trade and other payables - 4,569 - - - 4,569
Balance as of 31 December 2010 - 4,569 - - - 4,569

Fair value of financial assets and liabilities

The Company's principal financial instruments not carried at fair value are trade and other receivables, trade and other payables, non-current and current borrowings.

Fair value is defined as the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged between knowledgeable willing parties in an arm's length transaction, other than in forced or liquidation sale.

Set out is a comparison by category of carrying amounts and fair values of all of the Company's financial instruments that are carried in the financial statements:

Carrying amount
2012 2011 2010 2012 Fair value
2011
2010
Financial assets
Cash 79,834 8,180 29,501 79,834 8,180 29,501
Trade receivables 13,579 4,335 4,711 13,579 4,335 4,711
Other financial assets 13,234 117,582 46,557 13,234 117,582 46,557
Financial liabilities
Trade payables 7,157 4,671 4,569 7,157 4,671 4,569

Other financial assets are substantially comprised of investments held-to-maturity (Note 12).

A market price of the investment in international pipeline company SARMATIA and the Lithuanian energy resources market BALTPOOL cannot be reliably estimated, therefore the investment is accounted for at carrying value (Note 8). It was also impossible to measure the fair value for the period using comparable transactions. The Company did not measure the investment by discounting the expected cash flows because the cash flows could not be reliably determined.

The following methods and assumptions are used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial assets and liabilities:

  • The carrying amount of current trade accounts receivable, current trade accounts payable approximates fair value.
  • The fair value of non-current debt is based on the quoted market price for the same or similar issues or on the current rates available for debt with the same maturity profile.

Capital management

The primary objectives of the Company's capital management are to ensure that the Company complies with externally imposed capital requirements. Capital includes equity attributable to equity holders.

27 Financial assets and liabilities and risk management (cont'd)

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 Company may adjust the dividend payment to shareholders, return capital to shareholders or issue new shares.

On 3 July 2012, changed Articles of the Company were registered in the Registry of Legal Entities with increased authorised capital of 380,606 thousand LTL. The Company's authorised capital in the amount of 38,606 thousand LTL was increased by distributing new emission of shares of the Company with par value to the existing shareholders of the Company

The Company is obliged to keep its equity at least up to 50% of its share capital, as imposed by the Law on Companies of Republic of Lithuania.

The Company's activities are financed using only its equity. The Company had no loans in 2012 and 2011.

28 Commitments and contingencies

Operating lease commitments

The Company has concluded a land rent contract with Klaipeda State Port Authorities until 2055. The terms and condition of the contract do not provide any restrictions on the Company's activities, associated with dividends, additional borrowings or additional long-term rent. In 2012 the Company's land rent expenses amounted to LTL 2,046 thousand (Note 21) (LTL 2,056 thousand – in 2011).

Total amount of future minimum payments of land rent:

31 December
2012
31 December
2011
Within one year 2,050 2,056
From one to five years 8,223 8,223
After five years 76,062 78,128
86,335 88,407

Financial lease

On 2 March, 2012, the Company concluded Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) lease contract with Hoegh LNG Ltd. regarding LNG Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) with the right of its redemption providing that the delivery term of FSRU into the Seaport of Klaipeda should be 1 September, 2014 – 1 December, 2014. This contract meets the criteria of financial lease. On 31 December, 2012, the total amount of future payments totalled to LTL 911,464 thousand.

Long-term construction agreements

On 20 November, 2012, the Company signed Construction Agreement with Rudesta, UAB for the amount of LTL 25,780 thousand. The Agreement is a part of the Company Investment Project "Reconstruction of Heavy Fuel Facillities' Park. (Demolition of 4 storage tanks, of 5,000 m3 capacity each, and installation of 2 storage tanks of 32,250 m3 capacity each) Construction Works." The Contractor shall perform all the works according to the Agreement within less than one year.

On 19 December, 2012, SC Kauno Dujotiekio Statyba submitted the security for validity of tender offer in the amount of LTL 700 thousand regarding open procurement procedure "Procurement of engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)". The security is valid until 26 March, 2013.

Legal claims

On 18 April 2011 the Company received a notification from Klaipeda District Court of a claim from UAB Naftos Grupe submitted against the Company for compensation of allegedly incurred losses in the amount of LTL 17 091 thousand, for return of the product surplus, allegedly owned by UAB Naftos Grupe and stored by the Company, to UAB Naftos Grupe and for recognition of the termination of the Services Agreement No. 12-12-2005 dated 22 December 2004 allegedly due to the Company's fault.

After the evaluation of the service contract with non-market conditions concluded on 22 December 2004 between the Company and "Naftos grupė" UAB and its influence on the result of the Company activity over the period from January 2005 to June 2010, it has been determined, that because of this contract the Company could incur losses of LTL 40 million.

28 Commitments and contingencies (cont'd)

On July 5, 2011 the Company seeking to recover the part of the incurred losses, submitted a counter application to "Naftos grupė" UAB. Total sum of the claim is LTL 42.6 million.

At present, the case is examined at 1st instance. Currently the intention is to end the hearing. The court should make a decision in April, 2013. Management's opinion is that The Company is unlikely to suffer any additional expenses related to the claim, therefore it is unnecessary to account for the provisions as on 31 December 2012.

Guarantees

The Company as the owner of excise warehouse in order to secure due fulfilment of tax obligations subject to Guarantee Issuance Agreement No. 41000507-01, dated 8 November 2010, signed with Lithuanian Branch of AS UniCredit Bank for the amount of LTL 5,000 thousand has submitted a letter of payment guarantee to the state tax Inspectorate of Klaipėda district. The validity term of the Letter of Guarantee was extended from 2012 until 8 November 2013.

In accordance with requirements of the Order No. 469 of the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania on "Procedure of preparation, adjustment and implementation of waste management activity termination plan", the Company has a guarantee from SC SEB bank to present to Klaipeda region environmental department under the Ministy of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania. This guarantee was issued only for ensuring of implementation of measures provided in the Company's waste management activity termination plan; the amount of this guarantee is 1,720 thousand LTL, valid up to 12 January 2014.

State tax inspectorate did not make full taxing inspection of the company for the period from 01/01/2007 to 31/12/2012. In accordance with applicable laws, state tax inspectorate may at any time inspect registers of the Company's accounting and records for 5 years before accounting period and may calculate additional fees and sanctions. The management of the company is not aware of any circumstances, because of which significant additional tax liabilities should be calculated for the Company.

29 Related party transactions

The parties are considered related when one party has a possibility to control the other one or has significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions. The related parties of the Company and transactions with them in 2012, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

Transactions with Lithuanian State controlled enterprises and institutions
Purchases from
related parties
Sales to related parties Receivables from
related parties
Payables to related
parties
State Tax Inspectorate at the Finance 2012 11,823 - 16 2,851
Ministry of the Republic of Lithuania 2011 8,832 - - 1,704
2010 8,903 - 130 1,075
State Social Insurance Fund Board 2012 7,350 - - 878
under the Ministry of Social Security 2011 4,762 - - 11
and Labour 2010 5,334 - - -
State Enterprise Klaipeda State Seaport 2012 2,046 - - 504
Authority owned by the State of 2011 2,056 - - 514
Lithuania represented by the Ministry
of transportation
2010 2,350 - - 587
AB Lithuanian Railways owned by the 2012 6,061 - - 594
State of Lithuania represented by the 2011 8,396 - - 336
Ministry of transportation 2010 7,845 - - 1,425
AB "Lesto", owned by the State of 2012 2,448 - - 350
Lithuania represented by the Ministry 2011 2,419 - - 296
of Energy 2010 5,159 - - 343
Other related parties 2012 - 17 3 -
2011 - 28 3 -
2010 147 5 35 -
Transactions with related parties, in 2012 29,728 17 19 5,177
total: 2011 26,465 28 3 2,861
2010 29,738 5 165 3,430

29 Related party transactions (cont'd)

Remuneration to the Management and other payments

The Company's Management is comprised of General Manager, Deputy General Manager, Production Director, Finance Director, Commercial Director and LNG Terminal Director.

31 December 31 December
2012 2011
Labour related disbursements 1,523 1,704
Number of managers 6 7

During twelve months of 2012 and 2011 the Management of the Company did not receive any loans, guarantees, or any other payments or property transfers were made or accrued.

30 Subsequent events

On 18 January 2013, Nordea Bank Finland PLC was announced the winner of the tender "Procurement of the overdraft services" (hereinafter referred to as the Procurement), performed under the publicised negotiated procedure.

During the implementation of the Procurement 3 final tender offers were submitted by 17 January 2013, one of which was rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of Procurement documents. Upon evaluation of the final tender offers according to the lowest price criterion, Nordea Bank Finland PLC was recognised to be the winner.

The Company has sent an invitation to Nordea Bank Finland PLC to conclude a public procurement contract. The main conditions of the overdraft agreement:

  • amount of the overdraft LTL 120,000 thousand;
  • term of the overdraft as from the date of conclusion of the agreement until 30 June 2015, with a possibility to extend the agreement for the term of up to 12 months with not worse conditions, provided that the Bank will adopt the decisions needed for this purpose;
  • upon request of the Company, the amount of the overdraft may be increased by 30%, i. e. up to LTL 156,000 thousand. For increase of amount of the overdraft no administrative fee shall be applied;
  • annual interest rate floating. Base interest rate 3 months VILIBOR. Interest margin is 0.94%, which may not be changed during the whole term of validity of the agreement.
  • On 22 January 2013 the Company received a letter from the Public Procurement Office regarding presentation of the documents of international procurement "Procurement of engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)" performed under the negotiated procedure (hereinafter, the Procurement) for evaluation, by which, inter alia, the Company was obligated to suspend the procedure of conclusion of the contract for Procurement until the Public Procurement Office gives an evaluation of the documents and decisions presented by the Company (contracting authority).
  • The following resolutions were adopted at the Extraordinary General meeting held on 25 January 2013:
  • to conclude the contract for Natural Gas Pipeline System Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Works (hereinafter referred to as the Works), necessary in constructing the connection between the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal's embankment within the port area of Klaipėda State Sea Port (near the northern part of Kiaulės nugara island) and Lithuanian natural gas transportation system (gas pipeline Jurbarkas–Klaipėda (part Tauragė–Klaipėda) near Klaipėda DSS-2, situated at Kiškėnai village, Dovilai eldership, Klaipėda district municipality) (hereinafter referred to as the Contract) with the winner of the Company international public tender, conducted by a way of public negotiations "Natural Gas Pipeline System Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Works", who proposed the lowest price for all the scope of works – the consortium of Kauno dujotiekio statyba, AB and Šiaulių dujotiekio statyba, UAB (hereinafter referred to as the Contractor).
  • The total fixed price for all the works under the Contract shall be LTL 137,999 thousand without VAT. This fixed price can increase only in the exclusive cases provided for in the Contract. The Company shall be paying the indicated fixed sum only for the indicated fixed sum only for the actual works performed under the Contract.

  • all the works under the Contract shall be finished till 1 October 2014. The performance terms may only be extended in the exclusive cases set forth in the Contract.

  • to establish, that the Agreement may be concluded only after the expiry of the period of deferment of 15 days which is applicable to the conclusion of the Agreement in accordance with paragraph 22 of Article 2 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Public Procurement, and in case there shall be no obligations or decisions, issued by the institutions, having the relevant authorities, which would prohibit to sign the Agreement with the concrete Contractor, which has won the public procurement."
  • On 28 January 2013 the Company received documents from the Klapėda Regional Court regarding a claim filed by German concern PPS Pipeline Systems GmbH to invalidate the decisions of the commission of international procurement "Procurement of engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)" performed under the negotiated procedure (hereinafter, the "Procurement").

The claimant in its claim inter alia asked the court:

  • to acknowledge, that while participating in the Procurement the consortium of AB Kauno dujotiekio statyba and UAB Šiaulių dujotiekio statyba had a non-allowed competition advantage, because of which its offer had to be rejected;
  • to annul the decision of the Company's public procurement commission, according to which the queue of offers was approved, and the offer of consortium was acknowledged as the winner;
  • to oblige the Company to approve the new queue of the offers.
  • On 28 January 2013 the Company received a notification of 29 January 2013 from the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (hereinafter, the Court) regarding filing of a response to the complaint of AB Achema (hereinafter, Achema) concerning the resolutions of the National Control Commission for Prices and Energy (hereinafter, the NCCPE). The Company is involved in the case as a third person concerned.

In its complaint Achema asks to annul the following:

  • Paragraphs 3.1 and 4 of Resolution No. O3-317 of the NCCPE "Regarding the establishment of the funds for 2013 intended for compensation, in full or in part, for expenses of the construction and operation of the liquefied natural gas terminal, its infrastructure and the connection", dated 19 October 2012. By the said paragraphs the NCCPE determined the funds for 2013, intended for compensation of the expenses (in full or in part) of the construction of the liquefied natural gas terminal (hereinafter, the LNGT), its infrastructure and the connection (LTL 113,798 thousand) and for covering of the LNGT funds administration expenses (LTL 302 thousand) and established that the NCCPE has the right to adjust such amounts of expenses in case of changes in essential circumstances, which have a significant effect on the funding and implementation of the SGDT.
  • Paragraph 2 of Resolution No. O3-330 of the NCCPE "Regarding the adjustment of the upper limits of the natural gas transmission and distribution prices of AB Lietuvos Dujos and establishment of an additional and integral component of the upper limit of the natural gas transmission price (LNGT premium) for 2013." dated 26 October 2012. By the said paragraph, the NCCPE established an additional and integral component of the upper limit of the natural gas transmission price (LNGT premium), which is intended for compensation of the expenses of construction of the LNGT, its infrastructure and the connection in 2013 (LTL 37.53 for 1,000 m3 (value added tax exclusive).
  • On 6 February 2013, on the basis of Part 3 and 4 of Article 25 of the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania, the Company has received from the shareholder of the company the Republic of Lithuania, represented by the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, proposal to elect following candidates for the supervisory board members of the company in the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, scheduled for 11 February 2013:
  • Eimantas Kiudulas, currently possessing General Manager's position at Klaipėda Free Economic Zone Management Company;
  • Romas Švedas, an independent expert, lecturer;
  • Agnė Amelija Kairytė, currently acting as the Deputy of the Head of Law Division of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania.
  • On 6 February 2013 the Company concluded the Overdraft Facility Agreement with the winner of the public procurement "Procurement of Overdraft Services" by way of negotiated procedures with publication of a tender notice Nordea Bank Finland Plc (hereinafter, the "Bank"). The Agreement shall enter into force upon the approval of the general shareholder meeting of the Company.

On 8 February 2013 the Company received a letter from the Public Procurement Office regarding evaluation of international tender "Procurement of engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)" performed under the negotiated procedure (hereinafter, the Tender).

According to the aforementioned letter of the Public Procurement Office inter alia the Company was obligated to annul the following decisions adopted by the public procurement commission of the Company:

  • decisions of 3 and 5 December 2012 regarding amendment of the evaluation criteria of tender offers and respective procedural rules;
  • decision of 20 December 2012 regarding opening of the envelopes with the final tender offers of the participants of the Tender;
  • decision of 20 December 2012 regarding evaluation of final tender offers of the participants of the Tender, conclusion of the queue of tender offers, acknowledgement of the winner of the Tender and conclusion of the contract and respective announcements to the participants of the Tender in connection therewith
  • The following resolutions were adopted at the Extraordinary General meeting held on 11 February 2013:
  • to enter into the Agreement for Assignment of the Rights of Claim with the winner of the public procurement "Procurement of Overdraft Services" by way of negotiated procedures with publication of a tender notice – Nordea Bank Finland Plc, acting in Lithuania through the Lithuanian Branch of Nordea Bank Finland Plc (hereinafter, the "Bank").
  • to enter into an agreement with the Bank for assignment of the rights of claim to the receivable funds intended for covering all or some of the expenses of installation of the liquefied natural gas terminal, its facilities and the connection to the Bank, this agreement for assignment of the rights of claim being intended to secure the Overdraft Agreement between the Company and the Bank, pursuant to which:
  • the amount of the overdraft granted under the Overdraft Agreement must be LTL 120,000 thousand. Upon the unilateral request of the Company, the amount of the overdraft may be increased by 30%, i.e. up to LTL 156,000 thousand;
  • the overdraft must be given for a term until 30 June 2015, with a possibility to extend the agreement for an additional term of 12 months under conditions which may not be worse;
  • the overdraft interest: the base interest rate 3 months' VILIBOR and the Bank's interest margin no more than 0.94%;
  • the Company would assume the obligation not to pay dividend until obtaining of the deed of completion of construction of the liquefied natural gas terminal project.
  • the above stated restriction on the payment of dividends shall be applied and any sums under the Overdraft Agreement shall be paid to the Company upon the condition, that based on the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania No.20 "On Dividends for the State-owned Shares of the Companies and Profit Taxes of the State-Owned Companies" from 14 January 1997 (including all later amendments hereto), there should be issued and enter into force the relevant Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, by which there shall be established that the Manger of shares of the Company that belong to the State of the Republic of Lithuania, shall be entitled to take the decisions that the Company would abstain from payment of dividends until obtaining of the deed of completion of construction of the liquefied natural gas terminal project."
  • to revoke the Supervisory Council of the Company in corpore.
  • based on voting results the following three candidates, which had received the most votes, were elected into the Supervisory Council of the Company for the term of 4 years: Eimantas Kiudulas, Romas Švedas, Agnė Amelija Kairytė.
  • On 19 February 2013 the Company, executing the obligations, indicated in the letter of 8 February 2013 of the Public Procurement Office regarding evaluation of procurement "Procurement of engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)" performed under the negotiated procedure (hereinafter, the Procurement) (on the obligations of the Public Procurement Office the Company notified on 8 February 2013, by announcing the notification on material event), has renewed the Procurement procedure and has sent the invitations to the participants of the Procurement on presentation of final offers. The offers shall be evaluated according to the criterion of the most economically advantageous tender offer.
  • On 1 March 2013 the winner of the international tender of the SC Klaipėdos Nafta "Procurement of Engineering and Construction Works of Port Infrastructure (Jetty) with Suprastructure (Equipment) of Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal" was selected Stock Company (herein after referred to as the SC) BMGS. 3 final tender offers were submitted by 18 February 2013. Upon evaluation of the final tender offers according to the lowest price criterion, SC BMGS, which undertook to carry out all works for the total amount of 27,19 EUR (93,88 mln. LTL) excluding VAT, was recognised to be the winner.

The company sent an invitation to company SC BMGS to conclude a public procurement contract which must be signed after the period of deferment of fifteen days which is applicable to the conclusion of the public procurement contract. The contract will enter into force to its full extent only if the Board and the general meeting of shareholders of the company.

Klaipėda State Seaport Authority shall reimburse to the SC Klaipėdos Nafta the amount of 14.20 mln. EUR (49.02 mln. LTL) excluding VAT. The SC Klaipėdos Nafta shall bear the costs for the amount of 12.99 EUR (44.86 mln. LTL) excluding VAT.

  • On 5 March 2013 the manager of shares of the Company, held by the Republic of Lithuania, the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania presented to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania the draft of the resolution on dividends of the Company, whereby it is suggested to assign the Ministry of Energy to adopt the decisions to allocate to dividends 1% of the distributable profit until finalization of the liquefied gas terminal project.
  • On 6 March 2013 2 final offers were received at international tender executed by the company "Procurement of engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system" (EPC).
  • On 8 March 2013 the Company and the SC Lietuvos dujos have executed a Service Agreement on Liquefied Natural Gas (hereinafter referred to as the "LNG") Terminal's Connection to the Operating Natural Gas Transmission System (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"). Following the Agreement the parties agreed that in accordance with established technical parameters the Company shall have the right to connect the LNG terminal to the natural gas transmission system and shall have the right to use the natural gas transmission system from 3 December 2014.
  • On 8 March 2013 the Company received documents from Klaipėda Regional Court regarding the lawsuit filed by the SC "Kauno dujotiekio statyba" ir JSC "Šiaulių dujotiekio statyba" regarding the international procurement (hereinafter referred to as the "Procurement") "Procurement of engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)" performed under the negotiated procedure.

The claimants inter alia request the court:

  • to annul the decision of the Company dated 8 February 2013, whereby the decisions on evaluation criterions of tender offers, opening of the envelopes with the final tender offers and evaluation of the final tender offers, conclusion of queue of tender offers, acknowledgement of the winner and signature of the Procurement agreement were annulled;
  • to annul the amendment of conditions of the Procurement executed on the base of the announcement of the Company dated 13 February 2013, whereby the criterion of the most economically advantageous tender offer was established as a criterion for evaluation of the tender offers;
  • to return the parties to the initial state, i. e. to the stage existed prior the supposed violation to obligate the Company to continue the Procurement according to the results of the Procurement, announced on 20 December 2012;

Klaipėda Regional Court by its judgement of 8 March 2013 granted the request of the claimants SC "Kauno dujotiekio statyba" and JSC "Šiaulių dujotiekio statyba" on application of interim measures and suspended the Procurement until the day, when decision of the court in this case shall be passed and come into force.

On 12 March 2013 the Company filed a separate appeal against the ruling of the Klaipėda Regional Court of 8 March 2013 according to which the request of claimants SC "Kauno Dujotiekio Statyba" and JSC "Šiaulių Dujotiekio Statyba" on imposition of interim measures was satisfied and the international procurement "Procurement of engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)" performed under the negotiated procedure with a publication of notice was suspended until the day when a decision of the court in this case is passed and comes into force

By its separate appeal the Company requests to annul the ruling of the Klaipėda Regional Court of 8 March 2013 by which the interim measures were imposed. In case the court of first instance annuls the ruling on imposition of interim measures itself, the Company requests to allow execution of the ruling on lifting of the interim measures in the urgent manner.

On 15 march 2013 the Company received a notice from Vilnius Regional Administration Court (hereinafter referred to as the "Court") of 13/03/2013 concerning giving a response to the claim of the SC "Kauno dujotiekio statyba" and JSC "Šiaulių dujotiekio statyba" (hereinafter referred to as the "Claimants") by which they ask to avoid decision No. 4S-619 of the Public Procuremet Service (hereinafter referred to as the PPS) dated 08/02/2013 on offer's acknowledgement as a winner according to which the Company was obliged to avoid the results of the procurement No. 124121 and decisions regarding group of economy objects, which consists of the SC "Kauno dujotiekio statyba" and JSC "Šiaulių dujotiekio statyba". The company is involved in this case as a concerned person.

  • On 18 March 2013 the Company concluded a contract for engineering and construction works of port infrastructure with superstructure with the Stock Company "BMGS", the announced winner of the tender, on "Procurement of engineering and construction works of port infrastructure (Jetty) with superstructure (Equipment) of liquefied natural gas terminal" regarding engineering and construction works of port infrastructure with superstructure (Equipment) of liquefied natural gas terminal. The contract will enter into full force only if the general meeting of shareholders will approve the conclusion of the contract.
  • On 18 March 2013 the first meeting of the new Supervisory Council of the Company was held. During this meeting, Agnė Amelija Kairytė, the Deputy Head of the Law Division of the Ministry of Energy and the representative of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, which implements the rights of the shareholder of the SC Klaipėdos nafta, – the Republic of Lithuania, that owns 72.32 per cent of all the shares of the Company, had been elected as the Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Company.

During its first meeting, the Supervisory Council had also recalled the Audit Committee of the Company in corpore and for the term of 4 years has elected the new Audit Committee. Linas Sasnauskas and Simonas Rimašauskas were chosen as the independent members of the Audit Committees for the new term and Eimantas Kiudulas had also been elected to the Audit Committee for one more term.

  • On 20 March 2013 the Chairman of the Board of the Company, Mr. Arvydas Darulis, informed the Supervisory Council, other Board members and the Company that he retreats from office and submitted his resignation papers to the Company.
  • On 28 March 2013 the Company decided to complete the procurement of purchase of financial services, related to planned financing of the Company's investment to the infrastructure of the liquefied natural gas terminal – a long term credit of EUR 73,000 thousand and a guarantee of USD 50,000 thousand or a long term credit of EUR 14,500 thousand and a guarantee of USD 50,000 thousand or a guarantee of USD 50,000 thousand – without conclusion of a contract. The procurement was completed in accordance with the Item 4 of the part 4 of the Article 7 of the Law on Public Procurement as none of the tenderers has submitted final proposals within the specified term.

Taking into account the need of financing of infrastructure of the liquefied natural gas terminal, the Company will renew the procurement of the financial services (the long term credit and execution guarantee) in a short time.

No other significant events have occurred after the date of financial statements.

Confirmation of responsible persons

Following Article 22 of the Law on Securities of the Republic of Lithuania and the Rules on Preparation and Submission of Periodic and Additional Information of the Lithuanian Securities Commission, we, Rokas Masiulis, General Manager of SC Klaipėdos Nafta, Mantas Bartuska, Finance Director of SC Klaipėdos Nafta and Rasa Gaudė, Head of accounting department, hereby confirm that to the best of our knowledge the above-presented unaudited Interim condensed Financial Statements of SC Klaipėdos Nafta for for the year 2012, prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted to be used in the European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss and cash flows of SC Klaipėdos Nafta.

General Manager Rokas Masiulis

Director of Finance and Administrative Department Mantas Bartuška

Head of accounting department Rasa Gudė

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2012

Klaipėda March 2013

REPORTING PERIOD 49
DETAILS ABOUT THE COMPANY 49
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF THE REPORTING PERIOD 49
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 56
RISK FACTORS 57
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION 59
SUBAČIUS FUEL STORAGE FACILITY
60
RESULTS OF FINANCIAL
ACTIVITIES
61
ACTIVITY PLANS AND FORECASTS 67
INCREASE OF THE COMPANY'S AUTHORISED CAPITAL
69
MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY
69
PERSONNEL 74
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMPANY 75
DISCLOSURE CONCERNING THE COMPLIANCE OF AB KLAIPĖDOS NAFTA,
LISTED ON REGULATED MARKET, WITH THE GOVERNANCE CODE
47

FOREWORD BY GENERAL MANAGER OF AB KLAIPEDOS NAFTA

The year 2012 was successful for the Company in maintaining high profitability margins as well as in the implementation of the Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal (further – LNGT) construction project, which is strategically important to the Republic of Lithuania.

Despite the overhaul carried out in the oil refinery factories of the main customers, Orlen Lietuva and Mozyr (Belarus), the Company was able to earn a net profit of more than LTL 41.4 million. Over LTL 56 million of dividends were paid to the shareholders for the results of 2011. By increasing the Company's authorized share capital, the infrastructure of Subačius fuel storage facility was taken over allowing the Company to launch a new business of long-term rent of oil products storage facilities.

The year 2012 was crucial for the implementation of the Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Project as the Company was solving the issues

concerning the Project's financing and organization of infrastructure construction. In 2012, (1) the Company signed an agreement with Norwegian company Höegh LNG Ltd. according to which it will lease a floating regasification and storage unit (FSRU) for a 10 year period with a purchase option at maturity and, (2) the Law on the Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal was adopted establishing a legal standard for general principles and requirements of the construction of the LNGT in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, its performance and operation, as well as creating the legal, financial and organizational conditions for the implementation of the LNGT project; (3) the environmental impact assessment was approved and this resulted in the permit for the development of the terminal's economic activity; (4) the bilateral cooperation agreement was signed with Klaipeda State Seaport Authority on the construction of the LNGT jetty and on the dredging of the port basin in the LNGT site; (5) public tenders were announced for the construction of gas pipeline from the LNGT to the gas transmission pipeline and for the construction of jetty for mooring of the FSRU; (6) the approval of The National Control Commission for Prices and Energy was received for the partial compensation of the LNGT investments (LTL 113.8 for 2013); and (7) the tender for purchase of LNG was started.

In addition to the successful implementation of the LNGT project, the Company's ordinary course of business involves the continuity of the investment program, which includes the adjustment of the Company's technological processes and equipment to the changing oil products market, and the development of environmental projects. In 2012, (1) the upgrade of the unloading device has been completed, which will provide faster unloading of heavy oil products in the future; (2) the hydrocarbon vapor recovery unit that will reduce the spread of unpleasant odors in the environment was acquired and its installation is currently nearly completed; (3) the reconstruction of heavy oil products storage park and construction of two new 32 thousand m3 universal storage tanks were started which will increase storage capacity of light oil products.

2013 is going to be an important year for the LNGT Project as all major contracts related to the LNGT will be singed and most attention will be paid to the control of the construction works. In addition, the goal in the operations of the oil terminal will be to maintain good results in the changing business environment and to ensure utilization of the new investments.

The Company's strategic plans can be achieved only with the help of our competent staff; therefore, I believe that the objectives for future plans and potential

challenges will be met by providing the maximum long-term return to the shareholders, motivation and valuable experience to the Company's employees, and security and social support to the public.

General Manager of AB Klaipėdos Nafta Rokas Masiulis

REPORTING PERIOD

The Annual Report is prepared for the period from 1 January 2012 until 31 December 2012. In this Annual Report, AB Klaipėdos Nafta is referred to as the Company.

DETAILS ABOUT THE COMPANY

Name of the Company: AB Klaipėdos Nafta
Legal status: Stock Company
Authorized share capital: 380,606,184 litas
Date and place of registration: 27 September 1994 m., State Enterprise Centre of Registers
Company code: 110648893
Address: Burių g. 19, 91003 Klaipėda
Register of the Company: State Enterprise Centre of Registers
Telephone numbers: +370 46 391772
Fax numbers: +370 46 311399
E-mail address: [email protected]
Internet site: www.oil.lt

The Company is one of the largest terminals on the Baltic States market of oil and oil products transit. The Terminal's core activity is to transship oil products delivered by rail cars from Lithuania, Russia, Byelorussia and other countries into tankers. It can also provide Lithuania with imported oil products which are shipped to Klaipėda port by tankers. From 2012, the Company also provides long-term storage services of oil products.

AB KLAIPĖDOS NAFTA provides the following services:

  • Transshipment of crude oil and oil products from rail tank-cars into tankers
  • Transshipment of crude oil and oil products from tankers into rail tank-cars and road tankers
  • Accumulation of crude oil and oil products
  • Rent of storage tanks for storage of the state reserve of oil products
  • Collection of waste water from sea vessels which is contaminated with oil products
  • Mooring of sea vessels
  • Determination of quality parameters of oil products
  • Adding of chemical additives into oil products
  • Supply of fuel and water to sea vessels

The mission of the Company is to be a reliable import and export terminal of oil products for Lithuania and neighbor countries, to enable the region's oil refineries to export on a continuous basis their production by tankers through the Company's terminal to the Western European and further markets.

The vision of the Company is to be a financially sustainable oil products transshipment terminal, implement projects in time and invest in initiatives that will increase economic returns for investors.

The Company is a strategic company of the Lithuanian energy sector. The Company ensures a possibility to import oil products to Lithuania, if necessary. Moreover, the Company was granted storage of the obligatory reserve of oil products of the Republic of Lithuania. In February 2012, the Government of the Republic of Lithuania assigned the Company to implement a strategic project of construction of LNGT until the end of 2014 which is significant for the energy sector of Lithuania.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF THE REPORTING PERIOD

The most important notifications of regulated information in 2012, excluding statements about annual and interim results:

20 January 2012. For the international tender of AB Klaipėdos Nafta "Procurement Of Liquefied Natural Gas Floating Storage and Regasification Unit", according to the order determined by the procedures of public procurement, the tender submitted by the international Norwegian company

"Höegh LNG" was selected as the most economically beneficial. The suppliers had submitted three offers in total.

  • 7 February 2012. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania adopted Resolution No. 175 "On the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on 27 December 2007 No. 1442 Resolution of the National Energy Strategy Implementation Plan for 2008–2012 "supplement", by which LNGT Project has been included into the National Energy Strategy Implementation Plan of 2008–2012.
  • 15 February 2012:
  • Following the resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania No. 199 "Regarding Establishment of the LNG Terminal" it was approved that the Company would continue the implementation of the LNG Terminal Project;
  • Following the resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania No. 204 "On the investment of state-owned property and the increase of the authorized capital of AB Klaipėdos Nafta" it was decided that authorized capital of the Company would be increased by emission of new shares at par value of 1 litas per share and that new shares will be covered by transferring assets to the Company in trust of PE Lithuanian Oil Product Agency – Subačius Fuel Storage Facility.
  • 1 March 2012. The Board of the Company decided to continue the implementation of the LNGT project and to conclude a contract with Höegh LNG Ltd., the winner of the public procurement "Acquisition of a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Storage and Regasification Unit", on lease, operation and maintenance (repair) of the floating liquefied natural gas storage and regasification unit for 10 years with the right to redeem the FSRU.
  • 2 March 2012. The Company concluded the contract with Höegh LNG Ltd., the winner of the public procurement tender of the Company, on lease, operation and maintenance (repair) of the floating liquefied natural gas storage and regasification unit for 10 years with the right to redeem the FSRU. This contract came into force on 26 March 2012, when the general meeting of Company's shareholders approved it.
  • 26 March 2012. The extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders was held, that:
    • approved the decision of the Board of the Company to continue the implementation of the LNGT Project and to conclude a contract on lease, operation and maintenance (repair) of the floating liquefied natural gas storage and regasification unit for 10 years with the right to redeem the FSRU with Höegh LNG Ltd., the winner of the public procurement "Acquisition of a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Storage and Regasification Unit";
    • determined that the term for delivery of the FSRU to the port of Klaipėda shall be from 1 September 2014 to 1 December 2014;
    • determined a fixed price for lease of the FSRU, whereas the FSRU operation, maintenance (repair) costs shall be reimbursed on occurrence, however not exceeding the agreed amount for the first two years; therefore, the total FSRU lease and operation costs for the first year, including remuneration for the crew and other payments, which are to be indexed annually in compliance with the consumer price index, will not exceed USD 156,200 (VAT excluded) per day;
    • obliged the Company to submit to the supplier of the FSRU a guarantee for payment of not exceeding USD 50 million; the issuance of the guarantee shall be performed by the Company.
    • approved the amendment of the Articles of Association of the Company, the objective of which shall be to install and equip a liquefied natural gas terminal and to prepare it for operation, to ensure cost-effective and rational operation of the liquefied natural gas terminal and/or its subsequent transfer to the operator of the natural gas transmission system controlled by the Republic of Lithuania.
  • 27 April 2012. The ordinary general meeting of the shareholders was held, that:
    • Approved the set of Company's audited annual financial statements for 2011;
    • Distributed Company's 2011 profit amounting to LTL 56.981 thousand for dividend payment or LTL 0.17 per share;
    • Approved the decision to increase the Company's authorized capital with additional contributions of shareholders;
    • Approved the decision of the Board of the Company to lease the Subačius Fuel Storage Facility property, located in Kunčiai village and Subačius town, Kupiškis District Municipality, the balance value of which will exceed 1/20 of the authorized capital after the contribution of this property to the authorized capital of AB Klaipėdos Nafta, to PE Lithuanian Oil Product Agency for the term of 10 (ten) years at the rate of LTL 2.10 (two litas ten cents) for the period from 2012 to 2016, and at the rate of LTL 4.10 (four litas ten cents) for the period from 2017 to 2021 for each ton of stored oil products per month, by annually indexing the rent tariff according to the changes of the Index of Consumer Prices.
    • Approved the amendment of the Company's Articles of Association specifying the competences of the Board and the general manager as well as obliged to increase the size of authorized capital according to the size of the assets of Subačius Fuel Storage Facility.
  • 12 June 2012 m. The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania adopted the Law on the Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal which secures the required legal basis for construction of the LNGT in Lithuania, as well as establishes the financial and organizational conditions for technologically and economically reasoned operation of the LNGT and its infrastructure:

    • The Law defines the specific legal regulation that is to be applied to the LNGT Project implemented in the compliance with the decision of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. The Company implements the LNGT Project, according to the Governmental Resolutions "On Development of the LNG Terminal Project" of 21 July 2010 and "On Construction of the Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal" of 15 February 2012, and other decisions.
  • The Law sets the requirements for the company implementing the LNGT Project and Project's financing, specific obligations for public administration bodies and entities dealing with the construction of the LNGT, its connection to the natural gas transmission system and supply of natural gas.

  • It is defined by the Law that the costs of construction and operation of the LNGT, its infrastructure and connection to the natural gas transmission system may be included into the tariff of natural gas transmission following the requirements that are established by the National Control Commission for Prices and Energy.
  • In order to ensure the required activities of the LNGT and its effective competition in the Lithuanian natural gas market, the Law defines the rule of diversification for the natural gas supply, according to which importing entities using natural gas pipelines are obliged to purchase at least 25% of the total quantity of natural gas supplied through the LNGT.
  • Following the EU obligatory requirements related to the safety of the natural gas supply, it is planned that the LNGT starts operation not later than by 3 December 2014. The LNGT will be constructed in the territory of Klaipėda State Seaport.
  • 3 July 2012. The amended Articles of Association of the Company containing the increased authorized capital of LTL 380,606 thousand were registered with the Register of Legal Entities. The authorized capital of the Company was increased after the distribution of the new issue of Company's shares to current shareholders of the Company - the total nominal value of issued shares was LTL 38,606 thousand (the new shares were issued in compliance with the resolutions of the annual general meeting of Company's shareholders that was held on 27 April 2012).
  • 5 July 2012. The Company and state enterprise Klaipėda State Seaport Authority (hereinafter referred to as the KSSA) has signed the General Bilateral Agreement on Development or Construction of Infrastructure/Superstructure of Klaipėda Seaport (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) by which the parties agreed on main cooperation conditions during the implementation of LNGT Project:
  • The Agreement provides the obligation of the KSSA to perform the works of preparation in Klaipėda Seaport (hereinafter referred to as the Port) for the LNGT, including, but not limited to: basin dredging works, installation (adjustment) of navigation and radar equipment and systems, personnel training, adoption or amendment of the legal acts that are within the limits of the KSSA competence, performing of additional navigation studies, and performing testing, if required. Due to the adoption of the resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on the compensation processes and funds for the investments made into the Port infrastructure, in compliance with the Agreement, the Company shall finance and organize the works of the LNGT: of the Port infrastructure (including, but not limited to: construction of jetty designed for the mooring of the FSRU, high pressure gas platform, servicing platform) and superstructure, while KSSA shall compensate costs incurred by the Company for the construction of the Port infrastructure and part of costs for general works. The Company shall not receive any rights to the Port infrastructure, since in compliance with applicable laws only the Republic of Lithuania may own the Port infrastructure. The Company shall use the Port infrastructure according to the contract with KSSA.
  • The Project Implementation Commission composed of members delegated by both parties shall control and coordinate the implementation of the Agreement, the public procurement commission composed of representatives of the Company and KSSA shall organise the procurements for works of infrastructure and superstructure. The parties have agreed that public procurements for infrastructure and superstructure works may start immediately after the signing of the Agreement.
  • The contract granting the right to use the territory of the Port for the construction of LNGT infrastructure was signed together with the Agreement.

The Agreement came into force when the board of KSSA approved it, however, the contractual obligations in full extent came into force on 11 July 2012, when Government of the Republic of Lithuania adopted a resolution on compensation mechanism and sources of funds of KSSA's investments into Port infrastructure.

  • 10 July 2012. The shares that were newly issued by the Company (38,606 thousand) were introduced to the Secondary List of AB NASDAQ OMX Vilnius Stock Exchange and the distribution of new shares was started. The new emission of the Company shares was issued in order to increase the authorized capital of the Company. The total amount of the Company's authorized capital is LTL 380,606 thousand and the amount of Company's shares is 380,606 thousand.
  • 11 July 2012. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania adopted the decision on the amendment of the resolution No. 199 "On Development of Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal". With this decision the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, inter alia:
  • Approved that the Company will create (construct) the infrastructure of the Port and obligated KSSA to compensate all expenses of the Company incurred because of the creation (construction) of the Port infrastructure;
  • Defined the mechanism and sources of funds of the compensation for the investments of KSSA that are designated for the LNGT's infrastructure in the Port.
  • Assigned the Ministry of Energy to take actions and adopt decisions, which are required for the application of financing security measures (sovereign guarantee, suretyship, pledges of assets or other) to the Company in order to ensure financing possibilities to LNGT Project and transactions on the purchase of liquefied natural gas.
  • 14 August 2012. The Company and state enterprise Klaipėda State Seaport Authority has concluded the Additional Agreement on the investment and investment compensation order and conditions supplementing the General Bilateral Agreement on Development of Infrastructure/Superstructure of Klaipėda Seaport of 5 July 2012, whereby the cooperation conditions between the Company and the KSSA were specified for the implementation of the LNGT Project.

The parties have agreed inter alia on the size of the preliminary investments by the parties into the Seaport's infrastructure and superstructure. It is stated that:

  • The investments by the KSSA connected to the preparation of the Port for the activities of LNGT (dredging works, radiolocation equipment, adjustment of Port systems and etc.) shall amount to LTL 106.426 thousand;
  • The investments by the Company into the Port infrastructure (jetty, etc.), which are compensated by the KSSA shall amount to LTL 54.204 thousand;
  • The investments by the Company into the Port superstructure (equipment and systems necessary for the LNG floating storage and regasification unit) shall amount to LTL 54.805 thousand.

The exact amounts of the investments will be determined after the conclusion of contracts on the purchases of the corresponding works under the procedure set by the Law on Public Procurement of the Republic of Lithuania.

The KSSA's investments into the infrastructure of the Port shall be compensated using two following sources: charges paid by LNGT operator and third parties using the Port infrastructure because they provide services to or are serviced by the LNGT. The annual fee paid by the LNGT operator for using the jetty, that is calculated according to the amount of KSSA's investments into the Port infrastructure, 20 (twenty) years as the return period of investments and 5 (five) % as the internal rate of return (IRR). The fee calculated is decreased by the amount of the charges received by the KSSA for the usage of Port infrastructure as given above and increased by the amount of direct and indirect costs that the KSSA incurred because of the LNGT.

  • 29 August 2012. The Company and state enterprise Lithuanian Oil Products Agency signed a lease contract for 10 (ten) years under which the assets of Subačius Fuel Storage Facility located in Kunčiai village and Subačius town, Kupiškis district municipality, were leased. This contract came into force on 3 September 2012. The parties agreed in this contract that the rent to be paid for lease of the assets will amount to LTL 2.10 plus VAT from 2012 to 2016 and LTL 4.10 plus VAT from 2017 to 2021 for each ton of oil products stored per month. The rate of the rent will be indexed annually based on changes in the consumer price index
  • 30 August 2012. The Company and Litasco SA, a member of Lukoil group, signed a transshipment service agreement of heavy oil products up to the second half of 2014. According to this contract, the Company is going to transship approximately four million tons of heavy oil products. It comprises about 25 % of the Company's total transshipment capacity. Litasco SA, a member of Lukoil group, is one of the largest traders of oil and oil products in the region.
  • 28 September 2012. The extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders was held, that:
  • Approved the decision of the Board of the Company that decided to carry heavy oil storage park reconstruction (of two 32,250 thousand m3 storage tanks and technological pipelines as well as their electrical and automation equipment installation) at a total cost of not more than LTL 28 million ensuring that for this price the winning contractors of the public tenders will carry out the works necessary for the Company to properly operate the storage facilities and technological pipelines. The works shall be completed by 31 December 2013.
  • Decided to amend the Article 17.2 of Company's Articles of Association and define it as follows: "17.2. Before commencement of the office duties of Board members and the Chairman of the Board, the Board member agreements may be concluded with them, the conditions of which shall be established by the Supervisory Council. Remuneration may be established and paid to the independent Board members, based on the decision of the Supervisory Council, which would not be dependable on the results of activities and perspectives of the Company (other remuneration, than the tantems). If the Board member or the Chairman of the Board is elected into the position of the General Manager or is appointed as a Manager of the structural division of the Company, for such work an employment contract shall be concluded with him."
  • 19 October 2012. The National Control Commission for Prices and Energy has decided to compensate the expenses of the construction of LNGT, its infrastructure and connections for 2013 amounting to LTL 113,798 thousand. This is a part of the planned investments of LTL 450 million into the implementation of LNGT Project until 2015. All preliminary financing sources of Project are as follows:
  • About LTL 250 million are the funds borrowed from commercial and/or international financial institutions;
  • About LTL 200 million are the revenues from the additional and integral component to the upper limit of the natural gas transmission price (the LNGT tariff) in 2013 and in 2014 (the LNGT funds collected from gas transmission tariff in 2013 would amount to LTL 113,798 thousand).
  • Besides, the Company is going to apply to commercial banks for a bank guarantee of \$ 50 million intended for securing the performance of the contract for lease of the FSRU.
  • The Company is also going to address commercial banks for a bank guarantee intended for securing the performance of the gas supply contract, and for a bank loan intended for formation of the working capital necessary for the purchasing of LNG.
  • In order to secure the proper performance of possible financial obligations to financial institutions, the Company has submitted an application to the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, asking it to apply to the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania for including a limit of state guarantees intended for securing loans for investments into the LNGT infrastructure (LTL 200 million), into the draft Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Approval of the Financial Indicators of the State Budget and Municipal Budgets for 2013.

  • 22 October 2012. The Regional Environmental Protection Department of Klaipėda under the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania granted the development consent on construction and operation of LNG Import Terminal and related objects of infrastructure in the southern part of Klaipėda State Seaport near Pig's back Island. This consent finalized the procedure of environmental impact assessment of LNGT Project.

  • 30 October 2012. The Company announced information about the procurement of LNG in the Financial Times issue of 22 October 2012. According to the announcement, the Company shall conclude the sale and purchase agreement under the following conditions:
  • The annual contract amount 0.75 billion m3/26,500,000 million metric British thermal units.
  • Term of the Agreement 10 years preferably, but other suggestions will also be considered.
  • The first sales of LNG from the beginning of LNGT operation (planned for 1 January 2015), unless the parties agree otherwise.

Sixteen companies have expressed their interest to take part in the procurement tender of LNG organised by the Company. Expressions of interest could have been submitted by any interested entity. The Company is planning to sign the Heads of Agreement whereby it shall be agreed on main conditions of LNG supply in 2013.

  • 20 November 2012. The Company has signed a construction agreement worth more than LTL 21 million with UAB Rudesta. This contract is a part of AB Klaipėdos Nafta investment project "Reconstruction of Heavy Oil Products Storage Facilities Park" (demolition of 4 storage tanks, 5000 m3 capacity each, and installation of 2 storage tanks, 32 250 m3 capacity each). The contractor, UAB Rudesta, shall perform the whole reconstruction within one year. After the implementation of the project, AB Klaipėdos Nafta will have possibility to accept both light and heavy oil products into its two new storage tanks. The Company is expecting to start operations of the new storage facilities in the beginning of 2014.
  • 17 December 2012. A new subsidiary of the Company was registered JSC LITGAS, which will perform the activities of trade or supply of LNG. The Company owns 100 percent of shares of JSC LITGAS. The authorized capital of JSC LITGAS amounts to LTL 1 million and was formed by the shareholder's cash contribution. JSC LITGAS was established according to the decisions of the Board of the Company on 16 November 2012 and on 6 December 2012.

For the start-up period, the following members of the Board of the Company were elected as the Board members of JSC LITGAS: Inga Černiuk, Mindaugas Jusius, Rytis Ambrazevičius, Rokas Masiulis and Arvydas Darulis. The General Manager of the Company, Rokas Masiulis, was elected as the General Manager of JSC LITGAS.

Significant events occurred after the end of the financial year:

25 January 2013. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company has approved the decision of 21 December 2012 of the Board of the Company to sign the contract with the winner of the public procurement "for Natural Gas Pipeline System Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Works", which proposed the lowest price for proposed scope of work – the consortium of AB Kauno dujotiekio statyba and AB Šiaulių dujotiekio statyba for the total price of LTL 137,999,391 excl. VAT. The fixed price may be increased only in the extraordinary cases provided under the contract. AB Klaipėdos Nafta shall be paying the indicated fixed sum for the completed works according to the progress performed under the contract. All the works under the Contract shall be finished until 1 October 2014. The contract deadline may only be extended in the extraordinary cases defined in the contract.

The contract may be signed only after the expiration of the period of deferment of 15 days which is applicable to the signing of the contract in accordance with paragraph 22 of Article 2 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Public Procurement, and in case there shall be no obligations or decisions, issued by the institutions, having the relevant authorities, which would prohibit to sign the contract with the concrete contractor, which has won the public procurement.

  • 28 January 2013. AB Klaipėdos Nafta received documents from the Klaipėda Regional Court regarding the claim filed by German company PPS Pipeline Systems GmbH to invalidate the decisions of the commission of international procurement of "Engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)" performed under the procedure of open negotiations.
  • 6 February 2013. The Company concluded the Overdraft Facility Agreement with the winner of the public procurement "Procurement of Overdraft Services" by way of negotiated procedures with publication of a tender notice Nordea Bank Finland Plc. On the intention to announce the procurement of the aforementioned financial service the Company notified on 16 October 2012, on announcement thereof – on 9 November 2012 and on the winner of the procurement – on 18 January 2013, by announcing the notifications on material event.
  • 8 February 2013. The Company received a notice from the Public Procurement Office regarding evaluation of international procurement of "Engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)" performed under the negotiated procedure. The Company announced the notification on material event on 22 January 2013.

According to the notice of the Public Procurement Office mentioned above, inter alia, the Company obliged to annul the following decisions adopted by the public procurement commission of the Company:

  • The decisions of 3 and 5 December 2012 regarding the amendment of the evaluation criteria of tender offers and respective procedural rules;
  • The decision of 20 December 2012 regarding the opening of the envelopes with the final tender offers of the participants of the Tender;

  • The decision of 20 December 2012 regarding evaluation of final tender offers of the participants of the Tender, conclusion of the queue of tender offers, acknowledgement of the winner of the Tender and conclusion of the contract and respective announcements to the participants of the Tender in connection therewith.

11 February 2013. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company approved the decision of the Board of the Company to enter into the Agreement for Assignment of the Rights of Claim with the winner of the public procurement "Procurement of Overdraft Services" by way of negotiated procedures with publication of a tender notice – Nordea Bank Finland Plc, acting in Lithuania through the Lithuanian Branch of Nordea Bank Finland Plc. On the intention to announce the Procurement of the financial service mentioned above, the Company announced the intention on 16 October 2012, announced the procurement on 9 November 2012, announced the winner on 18 January 2013, by announcing the notifications on material event.

Shareholders of the Company approved the decision of the Board of the Company to enter into an agreement with the Bank for assignment of the rights of claim to the receivable funds to the Bank which were intended for covering all or part of the expenses of installation of the LNGT, its facilities and the connection to gas transmission system. This agreement for assignment of the rights of claim being intended to secure the Overdraft Agreement between the Company and the Bank, pursuant to which:

  • Amount of the overdraft is LTL 120.000.000;
  • Term of the overdraft as from the date of conclusion of the agreement until 30 June 2015, with a possibility to extend the agreement for the period of up to 12 months with conditions being not worse than initially agreed;
  • The amount of the overdraft can be increased by 30%, i. e., up to LTL 156,000,000. For the increase in the amount of overdraft the administrative fee shall not be applied;
  • The annual interest rate is fluctuating. Base interest rate 3 months VILIBOR. Interest margin is 0.94%, which shall not be changed during the whole term of validity of the agreement.

Besides, one of the conditions of the overdraft agreement is a prohibition to pay dividends to shareholders of the Company until the deed of completion of construction of the LNGT is provided to the Bank.

The above stated restriction on the payment of dividends shall be applied and any sums under the Overdraft Agreement shall be paid to the Company upon the condition, that based on the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania No. 20 "On Dividends for the State-owned Shares of the Companies and Profit Taxes of the State-Owned Companies" from 14 January 1997 (including all later amendments hereto), there should be issued and entered into force the relevant Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, by which there shall be established that the manager of shares of the Company which belong to the State of the Republic of Lithuania, shall be entitled to take the decisions that the Company would abstain from payment of dividends until obtaining the deed of completion of construction of the LNGT.

On 11 February 2013, the shareholders of the Company also decided to revoke the Supervisory Council of the Company in corpore and decided to elect three new candidates having received the most votes into the Supervisory Council of the Company for the term of 4 years. Based on voting results the following three candidates were elected: Eimantas Kiudulas, Romas Švedas, Agnė Amelija Kairytė.

Also to ensure adequate implementation of requirements of resolution no. 665 adopted by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on 6 June 2012 "on the description of procedures for assurance of state rights and interests in the state-owned enterprises" in the Company, new version of the Articles of Association were approved by the shareholders, which included amendments to the competences of the Board, reflecting the 2012 recommendations of the Board to the administration of the Company.

  • 18 February 2013. The new Supervisory Board was registered with the Register of Legal Entities. According to the results of the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting on 11 February 2013, following three candidates, who received the majority of shareholders' votes, were registered for the term of 4 years: Eimantas Kiudulas, Romas Švedas, Agnė Amelija Kairytė.
  • 18 February 2013. The Company executing the obligations indicated in the letter dated 8 February 2013 of the Public Procurement Office regarding evaluation of procurement of "Engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)" performed under the negotiated procedure, renewed the Procurement procedure and sent the

invitations to the participants of the procurement to present final offers. The tenders shall be evaluated according to the criterion of the most economically beneficial offer.

1 March 2013. The Company announced AS BMGS as the winner of the international procurement "Engineering and Construction Works of Port Infrastructure (Jetty) with Superstructure (Equipment) of Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal". AS BMGS undertook to carry out all works for the total amount of EUR 27.19 million (LTL 93.88 million) excluding VAT.

The contract between the Company and AS BMGS on the procurement of engineering and construction works of port infrastructure (jetty) with superstructure (equipment) of LNGT will enter into full force only if the Board and the general meeting of shareholders of the Company approve the conclusion of the contract.

In accordance with the bilateral agreement between the Company and KSSA on the improvement and creation of Port Infrastructure/Superstructure, part of the costs of the contract shall be reimbursed by KSSA (all costs for the Klaipeda State Seaport Infrastructure and part of the costs of General Works). KSSA shall reimburse to the Company the amount of EUR 14.2 million (LTL 49.02 million) excluding VAT. The Company shall incur the costs for remaining part of works amounting to EUR 12.99 million (LTL 44.86 million) excluding VAT.

  • 5 March 2013. The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, the manager of the shares of the Company held by the Republic of Lithuania, presented to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania the draft project of the resolution on dividends of the Company whereby it is suggested to assign the Ministry of Energy to adopt the decisions to allocate to dividends 1% of the distributable profit until the finalization of the LNGT Project.
  • 8 March 2013. The Company and AB Lietuvos Dujos concluded the Service Agreement on LNGT's Connection to the Operating Natural Gas Transmission System providing the Company shall have a right to connect the LNGT to the natural gas transmission system and shall have a right to use the natural gas transmission system as of 3 December 2014.
  • 8 March 2013. The Company received documents from the Klapėda Regional Court regarding lawsuit filed by AB "Kauno dujotiekio statyba" and UAB "Šiaulių dujotiekio statyba" regarding the international procurement "Procurement of engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)" performed under the negotiated procedure with a publication of notice.
  • 12 March 2013. The Company filed a separate appeal against the ruling of the Klaipėda Regional Court of 8 March 2013 according to which the request of claimants AB Kauno Dujotiekio Statyba and UAB Šiaulių Dujotiekio Statyba on imposition of interim measures was satisfied and the international procurement "Procurement of engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)" performed under the negotiated procedure with a publication of notice was suspended until the day when a decision of the court in this case is passed and comes into force.

By its separate appeal the Company requests to annul the ruling of the Klaipėda Regional Court of 8 March 2013, by which the interim measures were imposed. In case the court of first instance annuls the ruling on imposition of interim measures itself, the Company requests to allow execution of the ruling on lifting of the interim measures in the urgent manner.

15 March 2013. The Company received a notification on 13 March 2013 from the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court regarding filing of a response to the complaint of AB Kauno dujotiekio statyba and UAB Šiaulių dujotiekio statyba, whereby the applicants ask the court to annul the decision No. 4S-619 of 8 February 2013 of the Public Procurement Office by which the Company was obliged to annul the results of procurement No. 124121 and the decisions regarding acknowledgement

  • 18 March 2013. The Company concluded the contract on Engineering and Construction Works of Port Infrastructure and Superstructure with AB BMGS - the winner of the international procurement tender of "Engineering and Construction Works of Port Infrastructure (Jetty) with Superstructure (Equipment) of LNGT". The main conditions of the Contract inter alia include the following:
  • - The total fixed price for the works under the contract shall not exceed EUR 27,190,000 excluding VAT (LTL 93,881,632 excluding VAT). The fixed contract price can be increased only in the extraordinary cases provided under the contract. The Company shall pay the fixed contract price only for the actual Works performed according to the progress.
  • - All works under the contract shall be completed until 1 October 2014. The deadline for completion may only be extended in the extraordinary cases defined in the contract.
  • - The contract shall enter into force after the approval of the general shareholder meeting of the Company.
  • 18 March 2013. The first meeting of the new Supervisory Council of the Company was held. During this meeting the Deputy of the Law Division and Acting Chancellor of the Ministry of Energy and the representative of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, which implements the rights of the shareholder of the Company – the Republic of Lithuania, that owns 72.32 percent of all shares of the Company, Agnė Amelija Kairytė, was elected as the Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Company.

During its first meeting the Supervisory Council also recalled the Audit Committee of the Company in corpore and for the term of 4 years elected the new Audit Committee. Linas Sasnauskas and Simonas Rimašauskas were chosen as the independent members of the Audit Committee for the new term and Eimantas Kiudulas had also been elected to the Audit Committee for one more term.

20 March 2013. The Chairman of the Board of the Company, Mr. Arvydas Darulis, informed the Supervisory Council, other Board members and the Company that he resigns from office and submitted his resignation papers to the Company.. According to the Article 33.10 of the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania, the mandate of the Chairman of the Board will expire on 4 April 2013.

Following the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania, all main events concerning the Company and information about the time and venue of the general shareholders' meeting are published on the website of the Company www.oil.lt and in AB NASDAQ OMX Vilnius Stock Exchange.

The Company has published 72 official announcements about the main events and other regulated information on AB NASDAQ OMX Vilnius Stock Exchange (www.nasdaqomxbaltic.com) in 2012.

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

During 2012 the Company transshipped 6.905 thousand tons of oil products. 61% (68% in 2011) of total transshipment volume was transshipment of heavy oil products (HOP). The fluidity of HOP depends on the product temperature and ambient temperatures. The following oil products are attributed to HOP: types of fuel oil and its substitutes, vacuum gas oil, orimulsion, oil ant etc. Light oil products (LOP) are oil products, the fluidity of which does not depend on the product temperature and ambient temperatures. The following oil products are attributed to LOP: types of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and etc.

In 2012, Belarusian and Russian flows of oil products decreased by 27% compared to 2011 (decrease from 3.586 thousand tons to 2,614 thousand tons). Comparing 2012 with 2010 the decrease was by 15% (from 3085 thousand tons to 2,614 thousand tons). The Company anticipated the trends of decrease in heavy oil products from Belarus and Russia due to the planned modernization of oil refineries increasing the oil processing depth and decreasing the output of HOP which are the main oil products transshipped by the Company from the eastern oil refineries. In order to ensure stable revenue level during the period of changes, in 2012 the Company signed a contract with the Swiss company Litasco SA (Lukoil Baltija Group Company) under "take-or-pay" conditions ensuring the Company's revenue will be not less than in 2012, regardless of variations on the physical flows of oil products. The same type of contract was signed with the company Somitekno Ltd on transshipment of vacuum gas oil. The Company, taking into account the changes in the market, is oriented and plans to continue the conclusion of new contracts with customers under "take-or-pay" conditions, because they provide a stable income from operations even during the unstable flow of oil products.

A long-term contract until the end of 2024 concluded with AB Orlen Lietuva ensures the basic handling flows of fuel oil, gasoline and diesel fuel. The annual volume of transshipment of AB Orlen Lietuva oil products exceeds 60% of the total transshipment volume of the Company. In 2012 the Company transshipped 4% or 170 thousand tons more oil products of AB Orlen Lietuva compared to 2011.

RISK FACTORS

Risk factors of the oil products terminal

Competitive environment risk factors

The main competitors of the Company are the following terminals of Klaipeda and other Baltic Sea ports as well as Black Sea ports which are transshipping heavy and light oil products exported from Russia, Byelorussia and Lithuania: Krovinių terminalas (Lithuania), Ventspils Nafta (Latvia), Ventbunkers (Latvia), BLB (Latvia), Alexela (Estonia), Vopak EOS (Estonia), Vesta (Estonia), Odessa, Sevastopol, Feodosia terminals (Ukraine), Peterburg Oil Terminal (Russia) and the new terminal Ust-Luga (Russia) . The most significant factors influencing the competitiveness of the Company on the market are as follows: technical characteristics of the port and terminal (number and depth of the jetties, maximum allowed draughts of sea vessels, capacities of terminal storages, efficiency of the loading equipment, etc.) and infrastructure servicing the terminal (roads, railway networks, etc.), cost of logistics.

The Russian Government strives to export all oil products produced in Russian oil refineries through Russian ports; therefore, Russia creates more favorable conditions for the oil refineries which are delivering their oil products to national ports, thus aiming to increase the competitiveness of the national ports in the Baltic Sea region.

It is reasonable to expect that the Company will maintain oil product flow from Russian companies in winter season because of the good reputation of the Company, current market share, long-term agreements with cargo owners, and benefits of ice-free port.

Commercial risk factors

The main client of the Company is AB ORLEN Lietuva. Its share represents more than 50% of the Company's annual transshipment volume. On 17 November 2011 the Company signed an agreement with AB ORLEN Lietuva which is valid until 2024 and guarantees stable flows of oil products from AB ORLEN Lietuva.

Annual transshipment volume of oil products from Belarusian oil refineries amounts to 35% of the total transshipment volume of the Company. Since Belarus has no direct access to the sea, Belarus must use transit services of neighboring countries and their ports in order to export oil products to the Western countries. Therefore, the cooperation with Belarusian companies and institutions is highly important in order to divert their transit of oil products through Klaipėda port.

Due to the significant share of Belarusian transit of oil products in Company's activities there is a risk (including but not limited to political, economic, etc.) that the Belarusian oil refineries may decide to export oil products using ports of other countries (Latvian, Estonian or Ukrainian). The Company may not be able to find new customers within short period of time which would replace the lost transshipment volume and, therefore, may not be able to maintain the same volume of transshipment of oil products as in previous years.

Capacity utilization as well as earnings and profitability of the Company greatly depend on the situation on the oil market. In case of low oil refining margins oil refineries reduce the volume of oil refining, i.e., produce less oil products which could be exported using the Company's or other competitive terminals. Therefore, due to less profitable oil refining and the relatively decreasing flows of export oil products, the competition for transshipment of these flows is becoming more intense and it affects transshipment volume of the Company and the size of applied tariffs. If the oil refining margins are high, the reverse processes are observed.

The allowed draught of 12,5 meters at jetties No. 1 and No. 2 of Klaipėda State Seaport which are operated by the Company, At the terminals of Ventspils and Tallinn the allowed depth exceeds 14 meters which enables a full load of Aframax type tankers (up to 100,000 tons). Klaipėdos Nafta, because of the restrictions of allowed draught of up to 12.5 meters can load such type of tankers only up to 80-85 thousand tons. Therefore, Klaipėdos Nafta loses its competitive edge against the neighboring ports as this translates into higher marine logistics costs for oil products shipped by Aframax type tankers.

Political risk factors

Risk factors related to politics of Russian Federation and Belarus

The governments of Russia and Belarus have always strictly regulated the export of oil and its products from the country by defining strict export quotas and tariffs on oil products transported by railway in such way giving preference to one or another port. There is a possibility that the decisions by both, Russian Federation and Belarus, regarding the granting of quotas and export through ports of the preferred countries as well as regulation of railway tariffs can be based not only on economic but also on political motives.

Consequently, there is a risk that political decisions adopted by Russia and Belarus, relating to the granting of quotas of oil product export to particular foreign ports or reducing such quotas to Klaipeda port, despite the strategically advantageous geographic position of the Company, would lead to the decrease in the transshipment volume of the Company.

Moreover, there is a risk that, due to the political reasons related to regime of A. Lukasenka, the President of Belarus, the EU may apply economic sanctions to Belarus. Such economic sanctions may result in restriction or suspension of import of certain goods or products made in Belarus to the EU countries or may absolutely terminate the trade relations between the EU and Belarus. Belarus may apply similar economic measures and restrict the export of oil products produced in Belarus through the EU ports. Therefore, there is a risk that any economic sanctions applied by the EU to Belarus would reduce the Company's transshipment volume of oil products produced in Belarus.

Risk factors related to politics of Latvia

The distance from the Company's terminal to the main oil refineries, which are the producers of oil products which are transshipped by the Company, is shorter than the distance from these refineries to the Latvian and Estonian oil terminals. Therefore, it is economically more favorable to transship oil products from these oil refineries at the Company's terminal and Klaipėda Port than at the neighboring terminals located at the Baltic Sea ports. However, if the Government of the Republic of Latvia or the Latvian Railways decide to significantly reduce their transit tariffs, a risk may arise that it will be economically more favorable for certain customers to transship their oil products at the terminals of Latvian ports (or even to transport oil products by railway to the terminals of Estonian ports). Nonetheless, the advantageous geographic position of the Company helps to reduce such risk.

Technological factors

Technological characteristics of the oil terminal are of major importance for quick and effective satisfaction of potential customers' needs and at the same time for generation of additional revenue.

It is planned that the Seaport of Klaipėda will increase the allowed draught of sea vessels at the Company's jetties up to 13 meters in 2013 and in future perspective up to 14 meters. In case of changes in the plans or delays of the dredging works, Klaipėdos Nafta will be less competitive compared to the neighboring ports on maximum loading parameters of large tankers and will not attract high tonnage tankers.

The investment plans of KSSA, as well as the Company's investment plans regarding expansion of the oil product storage-tank farm by 10 percent will allow to service sea vessels of greater tonnage and expand the assortment of oil products available for transshipping. The facilities of the oil terminal, which are located in 35.7 ha area, allow handling of up to 9 million tons of exported and imported oil products and crude oil per year. Total capacity of all storage tanks amounts to 405 thousand m3. Each batch of oil products delivered from different oil refineries is stored separately, i.e., is not mixed with others. This allows preserving the initial quantity and quality of the delivered oil products. Modern laboratory of the oil terminal controls the quality parameters.

Tankers of capacity up to 100 thousand tons with allowed draught of 12.5 m are handled at two jetties which are located at the port entrance channel which was dredged to 14 meters depth. The Terminal operates a facility for road tanker loading where four road tankers can be loaded at the same time. A unique biological waste water treatment technology guarantees that the treated clear water, discharged into open water basins, complies with the European Union regulations. Total capacity of waste water treatment plant is 160 m3 per hour. Up to 400 thousand m3 of water is collected and treated annually.

The Company's oil terminal equipment was manufactured by the following Western and USA companies: "KANON", "BORNEMANN", "INGERSOLL DRESSER", "ROTORK", "ENRAF", "ROSSMARK", "AEG" and etc. Also installed are AJAX-HEKATRON automatic fire detection and extinguishing system, HONEYWELL shutdown system and BAILEY computerized control system of the transhipment process.

Risk factors of the LNGT project

Risk Description Commentary/Risk management
Regulatory
and
political
Relevant legislation
may not be approved
or adopted legislation
may be amended
 LNG terminal project has made a significant progress and important changes
in project's legal or regulatory environment could result in significant losses
due to the financial commitments already made.
 After the parliamentary elections held in October 2012, the new country's
Government was elected, which defined the field of energetics as one of the
priorities. The new Prime Minister of Lithuania, A. Butkevičius, and the
designated Minister of Energy, J. Neverovičius, have repeatedly mentioned in
their speeches that the new government supports the LNG terminal project
and seeks for its rapid implementation. The Governing Coalition's work is
stable and it has the guaranteed majority in Seimas.
Constructio
n
Construction works
of the jetty and
pipeline may take
longer and cost more
than expected
 Construction works of the jetty and pipeline will be procured following the manner of
purchase of Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC). In such a way, schedule
and cost of the works are indicated during the conclusion of the contract with the
contractors. All the risks associated with these activities not completed on time and the
increase in the price of work is transferred to the contractor. Various measures are
taken to secure the contract (for example, pre-payment guarantee, performance
guarantee, guarantee for defect adjustments, payment detentions for defect
adjustments, etc.).
 The schedule and construction costs of the LNG terminal project were estimated
according to suggestions of the main consultant of the projects, Fluor. Fluor has
extensive experience in the development and successful implementation of such
projects all around the world.
Financial The Company may
not receive the
necessary funding for
the creation of the
infrastructure of the
LNG Terminal
 The NCC has already approved the LNG terminal investment plan (LTL 453 million) and
plans to assign LTL 200 million as the gas transmission tariff component. Tariff funds
have already been started to collect and it is planned to collect the total of over LTL 114
million during 2013.
 Klaipėdos Nafta has also signed an agreement with Nordea Bank Finland Plc. on the
overdraft of LTL 120 million.
 The company has announced a public invitation to tender for obtaining a long-term loan
(LTL 253 million). Both, the institutional and commercial banks, have expressed the
willingness to grant loans.
Third
parties
The delivery of the
vessel-storage to the
port of Klaipeda may
be delayed
 Höegh LNG is one of the leading maritime companies supplying the technologies of LNG
transportation and regasification. The company has received the loan of EUR 250 million
for the construction of LNG terminal's vessel-storage for Klaipėdos Nafta.
 The specialists of both, Höegh LNG and Klaipėdos Nafta supervise the construction
works of the vessel-storage in South Korean Hyundai Shipyard according to the strict
schedule. The construction works are performed on schedule.
The port dredging
works may take
longer than expected
 Klaipeda State Seaport Authority (KSSA) is responsible for the execution of port
dredging works. This agreement is embodied in the special agreement between
Klaipėdos Nafta and KSSA. The obligation of the port authority to complete the port
dredging of time is as well provided the resolution of the Government. Works have been
started and are carried out according to the schedule.
The pipeline Jurbarkas –
Klaipėda may not be
completed on time
 The construction works of the main pipeline Jurbarkas - Klaipėda has already
been started and should be completed in 2013, i.e. one year earlier than the
launch of the LNG Terminal.

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

The Company performing its activities must follow the legal acts on environment protection that provide the usage, marking and storage of various materials, ensure that all equipment used would comply with their usage requirements. In the objects operated by the Company, where is the higher risk of damage to the environment by emitted pollutants or amount of accumulated waste, the Company works according to the licenses of integrated prevention and control of pollution (PIPC) issued by the regional departments of environment protection and according to the most accessible methods of production. The Company is obliged, in compliance with all these rules, to implement such procedures and technologies that would enable to handle appropriately any hazardous materials. The Company is responsible for the management and elimination of any environmental pollution and for the maintenance of adequate equipment condition.

In order to reduce the environmental risks, the Company implemented the systems of automatic fire detection and extinguishing, computer-assisted loading process control, and technologies for air, soil and water protection from pollution in accordance with the EU standards. The management of systems for extreme situations, fire protection and territory protection comply with the requirements of the Republic of Lithuania institutions of fire protection, labour security, civil safety, environment protection, port control. The inspectors of British Petroleum and SHELL which carried out the danger and risk analysis and evaluation of the Company gave positive conclusions on the safety of the Company's terminal.

In order to further reduce the environment pollution by hydrocarbon vapors, the Company plans to finish the LOP project and the construction of oil vapor recuperation unit in 2013.

During 2012, the Company did not experience any accidents or malfunctions which could affect environment. The Company performs constant environmental monitoring of:

underground and surface water (it has been measured that underground pollution with oil products, which accumulated over the period of activities of the old terminal, is reducing);

discharged waste water (biological treatment facilities of the Company guarantee less pollution of open water basins than allowed in the Integrated Permit of Pollution Prevention and Control);

impact on ambient air (limits of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides defined by the EU and national limit values were not exceeded outside the boundaries of the sanitary zone of the Company. The equipment for burning volatile organic compounds, which arise from loading of gasoline into tankers, collected and burned 237 tons of hydrocarbon vapors during the reporting year (2011 – 447 tons);

stationary sources of air pollution (the amount of pollutants allowed in the Environment Protection Permit was not exceeded).

During 2012 the Company utilized 5,557 tons (2011 – 9,026 tons) of bilge waters and biologically treated mud, handed over to other companies 191 tons (2011 – 101 tons) of sorted wastes and collected 2,013 tons (2011 – 1,525 tons) of secondary raw materials (metal scrap, oil products, paper).

In 2012 the expenses for environment protection totaled to LTL 3,053 thousand (2011 – LTL 2,801 thousand). Additionally LTL 120 thousand (2011 – LTL 51 thousand) were allocated for different environmental studies (investigation of pollutants and etc.) and LTL 19 thousand (2011 – LTL 23 thousand) of pollution tax was paid.

SUBAČIUS FUEL STORAGE FACILITY

After the approval of the share emission agreement with the Republic of Lithuania on 11 June 2012, the Company started to manage the Subačius fuel storage facility in Kunčių village, Kupiškis region. The infrastructure of the Subačius fuel storage facility consists of the following: (1) the park of 338,000 m3 of storage tanks adapted to store light oil products; (2) the rail access point modernized in 2007 which can simultaneously handle 14 rail tank wagons; (3) modern rail tank loading platform; (4) renovated laboratory that can detect the main quality parameters of oil products; (5) vehicles and other service buildings and equipment.

The main operations of Subačius fuel storage facility are the following: long-term storage of oil products (currently the majority of storage tanks are filled with the obligatory reserve of oil products of Lithuania), and the loading of tank trucks which service the entities in the Aukštaitija region. In addition, the Company is carrying out social activities which create the opportunity for the local residents and legal entities having the status of social companies to receive services of sanitation, passenger transport, snow clearing and other services of heavy transport under favourable conditions.

RESULTS OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Operating results

The year 2012 was an exceptional year for the Company. The changes of 2012 in the market of oil products when the flow of heavy oil products declined due to the ongoing modernization of oil refineries and increasing competition for declining flows pressured the Company to seek commercial means of ensuring stable revenues. The obtained infrastructure of Subačius fuel storage facility has expanded the Company's scope of services by the service of longterm storage of oil products. The Company continued the implementation of the LNGT Project which was recognized as the economic project of national importance by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania in 2012.

Revenue

In 2012 the Company's revenue amounted to LTL 138,881 thousand, compared to 2011 (LTL 141,276 thousand), a decrease of LTL 2,395 thousand. Despite the decrease of 10% in the volume of transshipment of oil products the revenues of 2012 for the transshipment services decreased only by 2% because of the increase in tariffs for the Russian and Belarusian customers and because of the partial transition to "take-or-pay" based contracts.

Revenues from transshipment services make over 90% of the Company's total revenue (2012 – 95%, 2011 – 94%).

Structure of sales revenue of AB Klaipėdos Nafta

2011 2012
Sales, thousand LTL OT OT SFSF Total
Revenue from transshipment services 132,223 94% 128,923 2,620 131,543 95%
Revenue from HOP sales 5,669 4% 3,233 - 3,233 2%
Other sales revenue related to transshipment 3,354 2% 4,105 - 4,105 3%
Total 141,276 100% 136,261 2,620 138,881 100%

Other sales revenue related to transshipment includes mooring services, sale of fresh water, transport of crew, sold reserves. Abbreviations:

OT – oil terminal

SFSF – Subačius fuel storage facility

Profit

Net profit for 2012 amounts to LTL 41,437 thousand, a decrease of 8% or LTL 3,415 thousand compared to 2011 (LTL 44,852 thousand).

The decrease in the net profit for 2012 was influenced by additional LNGT Project administrative costs of LTL 1 million and decrease in revenues by 2% for the transshipment of oil products because of the repairs carried out in the Russian and Belarusian oil refineries.

Earnings before taxation, interest, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of 2012 amounts to LTL 69,818 thousand, a decrease of 5% compared to 2011 (LTL 73,327 thousand).

Costs

In 2012 cost of sales (LTL 81,336 thousand) decreased by 2% or LTL 1,577 thousand compared to 2011 (LTL 82,913 thousand). Operating costs increased by 38% or LTL 3,001 thousand (2012 – LTL 10,734 thousand, 2011 – LTL 7,733 thousand).

In 2012 the major components of cost of sales were: energy costs (gas and electricity) of 31% (LTL 24,956 thousand), depreciation and amortization of 28% (LTL 22,609 thousand), wages for production personnel of 22% (LTL 17,845 thousand), railway services of 7% (LTL 6,034 thousand).

The growth of costs was influenced by additional costs of LTL 1 million of LNGT administration.

Key financial and operating figures

The main ratios of the Company's financial position are as follows (in thousand Litas, if not indicated otherwise):

Operating figures 2010 2011 2012
Transshipment of oil products (net, thousand tons) 6.905 7.667 7.922
Investments (acquisitions) 40.729 18.627 12.803
Financial figures
Sales revenue 138.881 141.276 121.720
Gross profit 57.545 58.363 45.266
Operating profit 46.919 50.672 28.269
EBITDA 69.818 73.327 59.167
EBIT 46.919 50.673 28.269
Profit before taxation 48.758 52.771 29.715
Net profit 41.437 44.852 26.067
Non-current assets 447.650 389.643 396.115
Current assets 112.360 129.207 77.756
Total assets 560.010 518.850 473.871
Shareholder's equity 536.412 499.838 454.986
Profitability
Return on equity (ROE) 8,0% 9,4% 5,8%
Return on assets (ROA) 8,7% 10,2% 6,0%
Gross profit margin 41% 41% 37%
Operating profit margin 34% 36% 23%
EBITDA margin 50% 52% 49%
EBIT margin 34% 36% 23%
Net profit margin 30% 32% 21%
Turnover
Accounts receivable, days 47 18 17
Accounts payable, days 23 15 13
Financial structure
Debt ratio 0,04 0,04 0,04
Capital to assets ratio 0,96 0,96 0,96
Gross liquidity ratio (current ratio) 7,21 12,28 8,09
Market value ratios
Share price to earnings per share ratio (P/E), times 12 10 24
Net profit per share (EPS), LTL 0,11 0,13 0,08

EBITDA = earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization.

EBIT = earnings before interest and taxation.

Return on equity (ROE) = net profit for the period / total average equity for the period.

Return on assets (ROA) = net profit for the period / total average assets for the period.

Debt ratio = total current and non-current liabilities at the end of the period / total assets at the end of the period.

Gross liquidity ratio = total current assets at the end of the period / total current liabilities at the end of the period.

INVESTMENTS

The Company is seeking to be an active player on the market of oil products; therefore, it is implementing technically and economically sound investment policy. The Company also ensures compliance with environmental requirements by emitting low amounts of hydrocarbon vapors into the environment. For this purpose, modernization of the oil products storage tank park and the system of utilization of hydrocarbon vapor is being carried out.

A great challenge for the Company is the implementation of LNGT Project.

The main areas of investments:

  • To increase the oil terminal's flexibility in accepting different types of oil products;
  • To ensure the compliance with environmental and fire safety requirements for the Company and the general public;
  • The implementation of the LNGT Project.

The Company invested LTL 17,754 thousand into the modernization of the oil terminal in 2012:

  • Purchase of vapor recuperation unit that will be installed in 2013;
  • Modernization of the old storage tank of 5.000 m3, the final works were completed in January 2013;
  • Modernization of the system for transshipment of oil products;

Modernization of the vapor separation technology in one boiler.

In addition to the investments mentioned above, in 2012 the Company invested into the following objects that are planned to be finished in 2013-2014:

  • The development of the park of universal storage tanks by building 2 universal storages of 32.25 thousand m3 (construction works were finished, the contactors for the installation and automation were selected);
  • The modernization of the unloading system on one rail pier (the final works are being carried out);
  • The project for the modernization of the fire safety system (renovation of firefighting pipelines and equipment on rail pier).

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LNGT PROJECT IN 2012

The LNGT Project is being successfully developed according to the implementation plans and objectives, all works are carried out in accordance with the set deadlines.

The main works related to the implementation of LNGT Project in 2012:

Date Works implemented
26 April 2012 Completion of Marine and Pipeline FEED.
May and September 2012 Navigational analysis of LNG ships was completed and navigational parameters of LNG ships in
Klaipeda Port were determined, on the basis of which Klaipeda State Seaport Authority shall
execute amendments of Navigation rules.
May 2012 Presentation of the LNGT project business plan.
12 June 2012 Law on Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal
(State Gazette 2012, No. 68-3467)
June and August 2012 Geological investigation for construction of LNG jetty and pipeline in the Port.
Date Works implemented
3 July 2012 Procurement for Natural Gas Pipeline System Engineering, Procurement and Construction
(EPC) works was announced.
5 July 2012 Signed a General Bilateral Cooperation agreement with Klaipeda State Seaport Authority on
construction of jetty of LNGT and dredging works of Port water area.
14 August 2012 AB Klaipėdos nafta and Klaipeda State Seaport Authority signed an additional agreement to
General Bilateral Agreement on rules and conditions of investment and compensation of
investment.
24 August 2012 Procurement of LNGT project port Infrastructure (jetty) with suprastructure (equipment)
engineering and construction works was announced. On 10 December 2012 initial tender
offers were received and negotiations with tender participants started.
12 September 2012 A request was submitted to the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania to address the
Ministry of Finances of the Republic of Lithuania to include a State guarantee limit of LTL 200
million, intended for security of loans for investment into LNGT infrastructure, into the State
budget of 2013. On 20 December 2012 the Law of Approval of Financial Indicators of State
Budget and Municipalities' Budget was adopted which included the State guarantee limit.
September 2012 Land property for construction of gas metering station (GMS) was purchased.
October 2012 LNGT Safety Report, version 1, was prepared which will be supplemented with solutions of
basic design and will be submitted to authorities for approval.
12 October 2012 Klaipeda State Seaport Authority announced procurement of port dredging works. On 21
December 2012 final tender offers were received.
22 October 2012 Regional Environmental Protection Department of Klaipėda by the Ministry of Environment of
the Republic of Lithuania has granted development consent on construction and activities of
LNGT and Related Objects of Infrastructure in the southern part of Klaipėda State Seaport
nearby Pig's back Island. The consent finalized the procedure of environmental impact
assessment on LNGT project.
October 2012 AB "Klaipėdos nafta" and AB "Lietuvos dujos" signed an agreement on installation of tie-in
point for connection of LNGT to transmission grid.
November 2012 Main terms and conditions for connection of LNGT to transmission grid of AB "Lietuvos dujos"
were approved.
9 November 2012 Procurement tender of Overdraft facilities was announced.
9 November 2012 Procurement of financial services (long term loan and performance guarantee) was
announced. On 13 December 2012 applications of the suppliers were received.
23 November Following the order of the European Commission, analysis of LNG supply to the Baltic region
was prepared. It indicated that Lithuania selected the best technological solution which
corresponds to regional LNGT parameters with the lowest costs of the terminal construction
and operation, in comparison to potential terminals of Latvia, Estonia and Finland.
December 2012 Concept of special plan of LNGT construction and SEIA was approved.
December 2012 Process of detailed planning regarding land property for GMS was started.
December 2012 A feasibility study was completed titled: Analysis of quality changes of natural gas and
estimation of suitable parameters for consumers in transmission system operated by AB Lietuvos
Dujos.
17 December 2012 Established and registered a new subsidiary LITGAS UAB, which will engage in trade of LNG
and supply of natural gas.
19 December 2012 Comfort letter regarding LNGT project was signed by the Minister of Energy.

List of adopted legal acts required for the implementation of the LNGT project:

Date Legal Act Effect on the LNGT project
15 February 2012 Resolution by the Government of the Republic of
Lithuania "On Construction of Liquefied Natural Gas
Terminal" (State Gazette, 2012, No 25-1166, No 83-
4387)
The Government approved that Klaipėdos
Nafta would continue the implementation of
the LNGT project in the Republic of
Lithuania.
29 February 2012 Resolution by the Government of the Republic of
Lithuania "On Ensurance of Obligatory Activity of
Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal" (State Gazette,
2012, No 29-1297).
The Government approved minimal import
quota through LNGT of 25 percent from
volume of annual domestic natural gas
consumption for natural gas suppliers in
Lithuania.
26 June 2012 Resolution by the Parliament of the Republic of
Lithuania "On Adoption of the National Energy
Independence Strategy" (State Gazette, 2012, No 80-
4149).
LNGT project is the strategic priority project
intended to ensure stability and
diversification of natural gas supply, to
reduce natural gas prices, and to create
natural gas market.
12 June 2012 Law on Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal (State
Gazette, 2012, No 68-3467).
General principles and requirements for
construction of LNGT in the territory of the
Republic of Lithuania, its activities and
operation are set forth at the highest legal
level, as well as legal, financial and
organizational conditions for
implementation of LNGT project have been
created.
16 October 2012 Resolution by the Government of the Republic of
Lithuania "On Adoption of the Procedure for
Procurement of Liquefied Natural Gas Delivered to
the Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal" (State Gazette,
2012, No 122-6151).
Obligatory requirements applied to
procurement of LNG which is delivered to
LNGT. General requirements of public
procurement are not applied to LNG
procurement.
22 October 2012 Resolution by Klaipeda Region Environmental
Protection Department of the Ministry of
Environment of the Republic of Lithuania No (4)-
LV4-3270.
Resolution granted consent on construction
and activities of LNG
Import Terminal and related infrastructure.
7 November 2012 Resolution by the Government of the Republic of
Lithuania "On Approval of the Rules of
Diversification of the Natural Gas Supply" (State
Gazette, 2012, No 132-6708).
Procedures were set on implementation of
rules of diversification of supply of natural
gas imported and consumed in internal
market of the Republic of Lithuania,
including requirements for practical
implementation of 25 percent rule
(obligatory requirement for natural gas
suppliers to ensure import of natural gas
through LNGT).
6 November Amendments by the Parliament of the Republic of
Lithuania on Forest Law No I-671
Amendments allow changing land use
purpose from forest land into land of other
usage, when it is set forth in special plans of
projects of extraordinary state importance.

Changes in regulatory environment:

Date Legal Act Effect on the LNGT project
28 September 2012 Resolution by The National Control Commission
for Prices and Energy (NCC) on "Amendment of
methodology for calculation of cap prices for
transmission and distribution of natural gas"
(State Gazette, 2012, No 115-5856).
NCC approved calculation methodology and
inclusion of costs of construction of LNGT
into the price (tariff) of transmission of
natural gas in the form of LNGT premium.
9 October 2012 Resolution by the NCC "On Adoption of Rules on
Administration of the Funds Allocated for Full or
Partial Compensation of Costs of Construction and
NCC determined rules of administration of
the funds collected through natural gas
transmission tariff and required for
Date Legal Act Effect on the LNGT project
Operation of the Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal"
(State Gazette, 2012, No 118-5973).
compensation of costs of construction and
operation of the LNGT.
19 October 2012 Resolution by the NCC "On Approval of the Funds
for the Year 2013 for Full or Partial Compensation
of Costs of Construction and Operation of the
LNGT" (State Gazette, 2012, No 123-6229).
NCC decided to compensate part of costs of
construction of LNGT for 2013 equal to LTL
113,798. This amount will be included into
price of natural gas transmission service as
LNGT premium.
26 October 2012 Resolution by the NCC "On Correction of the Cap
Prices for Transmission and Distribution of
Natural Gas by AB Lietuvos Dujos and Approval of
the Supplementary and Integral Constituent
(Costs for the LNGT) in the Cap Price for
Transmission of Natural Gas for the Year 2013"
(State Gazette, 2012, No 126-6375).
NCC approved LNGT premium –
supplementary and integral constituent in
the cap price of transmission of natural gas,
for compensation of costs of LNGT
construction in 2013 which amounts to LTL
37.53 for 1000 m3 (excl. VAT).
21 December 2012 Resolution by the NCC "On Approval of
Requirements for Rules of Use of the LNGT" (State
Gazette, 2012, No 154-7972).
NCC approved requirements for rules of use
of LNGT. Klaipėdos Nafta has prepared and
approved these rules on 31 January 2013.

ACTIVITY PLANS AND FORECASTS

The Company's operational objectives for 2012 are associated with the Company's strategy for 2012-2016. The plan provides:

  • to maintain high level of oil transshipment and profitability;
  • to increase competitiveness of the oil terminal by attending to increasing flows of light oil products, by investing in construction of new storage tanks and reconstruction of the old ones;
  • to increase compliance with environmental requirements set for the oil terminal;
  • to increase flexibility by investing in the new pipeline systems of oil products;
  • to implement the project of LNGT by the end of 2014.

In 2012 the Company transshipped 6.9 million tons of oil products. In 2013 it is planned to transship similar amount of oil products.

The planned investments of the Company for 2013 amount to LTL 306.8 million, out of which LTL 257.7 million will be invested in the implementation of the LNGT Project (according to Fluor estimates), and LTL 46.6 million in modernization of the oil terminal and Subačius fuel storage facility. Investments into LNGT in 2013 will depend on the final proposals from the contractors and their invoicing schedule. The financing plan of the LNGT Project is provided below.

Investments into the oil terminal

Investments into the oil terminal aim to increase the oil terminal's flexibility for accepting more types of different oil products in order to maintain a high level of profitability from the Company's primary activity – transshipment of oil products.

Development of the storage tank park

Currently, the Company accumulates different batches of oil products in the shore storage tanks with an overall volume of 405 thousand m3.

In 2012 the Company continued construction of the two universal storage tanks (2 x 32.25 thousand m3) which will replace old storage tanks (4 x 5 thousand m3) which no longer comply with environmental and safety requirements due to their depreciation. Upon realization of this investment, the storage tank park will increase by 45 thousand tons, VOC (volatile organic compounds) emissions from the newly installed storage tanks will be 10 times lower. The investment will increase the Company's flexibility in transhipment of oil products and will enable to tranship additional LOP flows as well as will increase the terminal's attractiveness – customers will be able to accumulate larger batches of oil products (up to 90 thousand tons). The value of the investment amounts to LTL 29 million. The Company is planning to finish the construction by the end of 2013.

Besides construction of the new universal storage tanks, the Company is planning to carry out modernization of the existing storage tank pipeline network that will create a technical possibility to use part of HOP storages for the transshipment of LOP.

Environmental projects

In 2013, the Company will complete the installation of the system for utilization of hydrocarbon vapor from the rail piers. The purpose of this investment is to modernize the facilities used for collection and utilization of vapors during transshipment of oil products from/to rail tank cars. The mentioned investment amounts to LTL 7 million.

The Company is planning to invest up to LTL 1 million in modernization of water treatment facilities in order that the treated water that is discharged to the Baltic Sea would comply with the maximum requirements set by environment control inspections.

Other projects to support the technological processes of the Company

Reconstruction of the automated part of the fire protection system, modernization of the unloading system for the rail tank cars, boiler steam separation system, adjustment of the Company's detailed plan of reconstruction and other.

Works planned for the implementation of the LNGT project in 2013-2014:

  • To complete process of territory planning for LNGT infrastructure (special plan, detailed plan and land servitudes) 3rd quarter 2013;
  • To finalize negotiations with LNG suppliers and to sign long-term LNG supply agreement 1st quarter 2013;
  • To sign LNG sale agreements and to ensure sales of purchased LNG, in compliance with Rules for Diversification of the Natural Gas Supply – 1st and 2nd quarters 2013;
  • Permission for construction works and approval for basic and detail designs of LNGT pipeline and jetty 3rd quarter 2013;
  • To start preparatory construction works and to start construction of LNGT jetty and pipeline 3rd quarter 2013;
  • To complete construction of LNGT infrastructure 3rd quarter 2014;
  • Arrival of FSRU, connection to gas pipeline and preparation for operation 4th quarter 2014;
  • Commissioning and start-up works in Klaipėda Seaport 3rd quarter 2014;
  • To start LNGT operation in December 2014.

INCREASE OF THE COMPANY'S AUTHORISED CAPITAL

On 15 February 2012 the Lithuanian Government, according to the adopted resolution No.204 "On investment of the state property and increase of the authorized capital of AB Klaipėdos Nafta", approved the investment of assets amounting to LTL 45.49 million in increasing the authorized capital of the Company.

The Republic of Lithuania, holding 72.32% ordinary shares of the Company, transferred ownership to AB Klaipėdos Nafta of the property managed by the Lithuanian Oil Agency on the trust rights basis - Subačiaus fuel storage facility (hereinafter referred to as SFSF). Thus the authorized capital of the Company was increased by an additional contribution, provided that the Company undertakes to lease to the Lithuanian Oil Agency part of the assets necessary for accumulation and storage of the state oil and oil products reserves according to Lithuanian legislation for a period not shorter than 10 years. The shareholders of the Company, which owned shares on the transaction date of 14 May 2012, were entitled to amount of new shares proportional to the amount of owned ones. During the period of share distribution (from 29 May 2012 to 11 June 2012), 38,606,184 new ordinary nominal shares were signed with a par value of 1 LTL.

The acquisition of the Subačiaus fuel storage facility and the long-term (10 years) agreement with Lithuanian Oil Agency on storage of oil products allows the Company to diversify risk of activities, because the Company's results depend on several participants of the oil market: AB Orlen Lietuva and the Mozyr and Novopolock oil refineries in Belarus. By starting the new activity the Company guarantees extra income for a long period of time.

MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY

Information on adherence to the Governance Code

The Company, in general, follows the Governance Code of AB NASDAQ OMX Vilnius for the companies listed on the regulated market. New edition of the Governance Code was approved in the board meeting of AB NASDAQ OMX on 14 December 2009 (record No. 09-106) (Appendix to the Annual Report for 2012).

Shareholders and shares

The Company's shares are traded on the regulated market; they are listed in the Baltic Secondary list of the Stock Exchange of AB NASDAQ OMX Vilnius.

The main data about the Company's shares:
ISIN code LT0000111650
Abbreviation KNF1L
Share emission (pcs.) 380,606,184

As at 31 December 2012 the shares of the Company were owned by 1,858 shareholders (31 December 2011 – 1,679). All the shares issued by the Company are ordinary registered shares granting its owners (shareholders) equal rights.

An ordinary registered share of the Company shall grant the following economic rights to its owner (shareholder):

    1. to receive a part of the Company's profit (dividend);
    1. to receive funds of the Company in the event the Authorized Capital of the Company is being reduced in order to pay funds of the Company to the shareholders;
    1. to receive a part of the assets of the Company in case of liquidation;
    1. to receive shares free of charge if the Authorized Capital is increased out of the funds of the Company (except in the cases specified by the imperative norms of the valid laws);
    1. to have the preferential right in acquiring shares or convertible bonds issued by the Company except in cases when the General Shareholders' Meeting by a qualified majority of votes that shall not be less than 3/4 of the participating and voting shares for solution of this matter, resolves to withdraw the preferential right in acquiring the Company's newly issued shares or convertible bonds for all the shareholders;
    1. to lend to the Company in the manner provided by law, however, when borrowing from its shareholders the Company has no right to pledge its assets to the shareholders. When the Company borrows from its shareholder, the interest rate may not be higher than the average interest rate offered by commercial banks of the location where the Lender has his place of residence or business, which was in effect on the day of conclusion of the Loan Agreement. In such a case the Company and its shareholders shall be prohibited from negotiating a higher interest rate;
    1. other economic rights established by the laws.

An ordinary registered share of the Company shall grant the following non-economic rights to its owner (shareholder):

    1. to attend the General Shareholders' Meetings and to vote according to voting rights carried by their shares (unless otherwise provided for by the laws);
    1. to receive information on the Company to the extent allowed by the imperative norms of the valid laws;
    1. to file a claim with the court for reparation of damage resulting from misconduct by the Manager of the Company and Board members or noncompliance with their obligations prescribed by the laws and the Articles of Association of the Company as well as in other cases laid down by laws.
    1. the right to vote at General Shareholders' Meetings may be withdrawn or restricted in cases established by laws, also in case share ownership is contested;
    1. other non-economic rights established by the laws and the Articles of Association of the Company.

The shareholders which have more than 5% of the authorized capital of the Company as at 31 December 2012:

Shareholder's name (company's name, address, company
code of registration)
Number of shares owned by
proprietary right
Part (%) of
authorized capital
The Republic of Lithuania, represented by Ministry of Energy of
the Republic of Lithuania (Gedimino aven. 38/2, Vilnius,
302308327)
275.241.290 72,32
UAB Concern ACHEMA GROUP, (Jonalaukio km., Jonava district,
156673480)
38.975.150 10,24

The remaining 66,389,744 shares of the Company (17.44% of the authorized capital) are owned by 1.856 minority shareholders.

2010 2011 2012
Highest share price in LTL 1,95 1,85 1,47
Lowest share price in LTL 0,94 1,24 1,24
Share price at the end of period in LTL 1,84 1,35 1,33
Average share price in LTL 1,40 1,55 1,27

Development of the share price at NASDAQ OMX Vilnius during 2010– 2012

As at 31 December 2012 the Company's market capitalization was LTL 483 million, compared to LTL 462 million as at 31 December 2011, which is an increase by 4.5%.

Authorised capital of the Company

The Company's authorized capital amounted to LTL 380.6 million as at 31 December 2012. All the shares of the Company are fully paid and no restrictions on the transfer of securities are applied to them. The authorized capital is divided into 380,606,184 (three hundred eighty million six hundred six thousand hundred and eighty-four) ordinary shares with a par value of 1 LTL.

According to the shareholders' decision, the Company issued 38,606,184 (thirty-eight million six hundred six thousand hundred and eighty-four) ordinary shares with a par value of 1 LTL in 2012.

Information on the Company's own shares

The Company did not acquire own shares in 2012.

Dividends

On 27 April 2012, the ordinary general meeting of shareholders was held which approved the financial reports and profit distribution project. The Company declared LTL 56,981 thousand in dividends for 2011.

Agreements with intermediaries of public securities trading

The Company has an agreement with Financial Markets Department of AB SEB Bankas for accounting of the Company's securities and related services.

AB SEB bank Financial Markets Department:
Company code 112021238
Address Gedimino 12, 01103 Vilnius
Telephone +370 5 2681190
E-mail [email protected]
Website www.seb.lt

Management structure

In its activities the Company follows the Law on Stock Companies, the Law on Securities, Articles of Association of the Company and other legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania. The competences of the general shareholders' meeting, rights of the shareholders and their realization are defined in the Law on Stock Companies and the Articles of Association of the Company.

The Company's Articles of Association are registered in the Register of Legal Entities and indicate the following management bodies:

  • the general shareholders' meeting,
  • the Supervisory Board,
  • the Board,
  • the CEO general manager.

The Supervisory Board is a body supervising the activities of the Company. It is formed of three members, elected for the period of four years according to the procedure established by the Law on Stock Companies. The number of the terms of office a member may serve on the Supervisory Board is not limited. The General Manager of the Company, a member of the Board of the Company and a person, who under the legal acts is not entitled to serve in this office, shall not serve on the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board is a collegial body supervising the activities of the Company, its status, competence and functions have been defined by the Law on Stock Companies and the Articles of Association of the Company. The Supervisory Board has established an Audit Committee as an advisory body. The Audit Committee is comprised of three members elected for the office term of the Supervisory Board. "The rules of formation and conduct of the Audit Committee of AB Klaipėdos Nafta, approved by the Company's Supervisory Board, regulate functions, rights and duties of the Audit Committee. The key functions of this committee are: observe preparation process of the Company's Financial Statements, observe the process of audit performance, analyse efficiency of the systems of internal audit and risk management.

The Board is a management body of the Company consisting of five members, who are elected by the Supervisory Board for the period of four years. The Board members elect the Chairman of the Board. The number of the terms of office a member may serve on the Board is not limited. A person who is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company, who under the legal acts may not serve in this office shall not be elected or serve as member of the Board. The powers of the members of the Board and activities of the General Manager have been determined by the Law on Stock Companies and the Articles of Association of the Company.

Supervisory Board as at 31 December 2012

Name, surname Position Term of office
Valentinas Milaknis Chairman April 2010 – April 2014
Public consultant of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania. No Company shares owned.
Kęstutis Škiudas Member April 2010 – April 2014
Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania. Member of the board of UAB Visagino Atominė Elektrinė, Board
member of social organization Konservatyvioji ateitis. No Company shares owned.
Eimantas Kiudulas Member April 2010 – April 2014
Director of UAB Klaipėda Free Economic Zone Management Company. No Company shares owned.

The members of the Supervisory Board were elected on 27 April 2010 by the General Shareholders' Meeting. New members, Romas Švedas, Agnė Amelija Kairytė and Eimantas Kiudulas, were elected during the Special General Shareholders' Meeting on 11 February 2013. During 2012 the members of the Company's Supervisory Board did not receive any remuneration, loans, guarantees, no property transfers to them were made. During the first meeting of the Supervisory Board on 18 March 2013, Agnė Amelija Kairytė was elected as a chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Audit Committee as at 31 December 2012

Name, surname Position Term of office
Eimantas Kiudulas Member The term of office of the Supervisory
Board
Director of UAB Klaipėda Free Economic Zone Management Company. No Company shares owned.
Simonas Rimašauskas Member The term of office of the Supervisory
Board
Director of UAB "ERPRO". No Company shares owned.
Linas Sasnauskas Member The term of office of the Supervisory
Board
Independent consultant. No Company shares owned.

In 2012, the following remunerations were calculated: for S. Rimašauskas – LTL 25 thousand, for L. Sasnauskas – LTL 25 thousand. Members of the Audit Committee did not receive any loans, guarantees or assets. During the first meeting on 18 March 2013, the Supervisory Board has recalled the Audit Committee of the Company in corpore and elected a new Audit Committee for the term of office of 4 years. Linas Sasnauskas, Simonas Rimašauskas and Eimantas Kiudulas were elected as independent members of the Audit Committee for the new term of office.

Board as at 31 December 2012

Name, surname Position Term of office
Arvydas Darulis Chairman (resigned from the office on 20
March 2013)
February 2010– April 2014
Chairman of the board of AB Litgrid (resigned in January 2013), Chairman of the board of UAB Visagino atominė elektrinė (until
January 2013), Chairman of the board of VĮ Ignalinos atominė elektrinė (until March 2013). Member of the board of UAB LITGAS.
No Company shares owned.
Inga Černiuk Member October 2011– April 2014
Head of the legal department of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania (until March 2013). Member of the
board of UAB LITGAS. No Company shares owned.
Rytis Ambrazevičius Member October 2011– April 2014
Independents expert. Member of the board of UAB LITGAS. No Company shares owned.
Mindaugas Jusius Member October 2011– April 2014
Member of the board of Swedbank Life Insurance SE. Member of the board of UAB LITGAS. No Company shares owned.
Rokas Masiulis Member September 2010– April 2014
General Manager of AB Klaipėdos Nafta. Member of the board of UAB LITGAS. No Company shares owned.

In 2012, the calculated remuneration for Rokas Masiulis, member of the board and the general manager of the Company, amounts to LTL 270 thousand. In 2012 board members M. Jusius and R. Ambrazevičius each received remuneration of LTL 6 thousand. No remuneration has been calculated for other members of the board. Members of the Board did not receive any loans, guarantees or assets.

The Company is managed by the general manager which is a single-person managing body of the Company. The general manager is the main person managing and representing the Company.

The Company's management as at 31 December 2012

Name, surname Position Works since
Rokas Masiulis General Director
May 2010
Member of the Company's board, Member of the board of UAB LITGAS. No Company shares owned.
Vytautas Kazimieras Aranauskas
Deputy general director
May 2010
Acting General Director of VĮ Naftos Produktų Agentūra. No Company shares owned.
Name, surname Position Works since
Mantas Bartuška Finance Director May 2010
Chairman of the board of UAB Baltpool. No Company shares owned.
Gediminas Vitkauskas Production Director October 1995
Holds 0,00001 % of authorised capital. Does not participate in the management of other
companies.
Sigitas Zakalskis Commerce Director August 2010
No Company shares owned. Does not participate in the management of other companies.
Rolandas Zukas Director of the LNGT December 2010
No Company shares owned. Does not participate in the management of other companies.

PERSONNEL

The average number of employees in 2012 was 327 (2011 – 315).

In 2012 blue-collar workers made up 66% of the total Company's employees (2011 – 68%). The staff consisted of 74% of men and 26% of women. The average age of employees was 45 years (2011 – 45 years). Detailed information on age of employees, work record and education is presented in the charts below.

The Company continuously instructs and trains its employees on the principles of safe work. Employees who perform hazardous works and work with potentially hazardous equipment undergo training at licensed centers, re-testing takes place every 5 years. Training drills and exercises are periodically arranged to train practical skills for emergency response. Personnel of other companies performing contractual works on the territory of the oil terminal receive instructions regarding work safety and fire safety requirements (723 employees from other companies underwent instructions in 2012).

In 2012 there were 3 light accidents related to work (the employees were unable to work for 55 days in total) and 1 incident at work.

On 31 December 2012 the Company's management consisted of General Director, Deputy General Director, Production Director, Finance Director, Commerce Director and Director of the LNGT. The management remuneration procedure is approved by the board which determines the fixed part (coefficient) and variable parts of monthly remuneration.

No members of the Company's management have been convicted of crimes against property, business or finances.

The Company has a Collective Agreement providing the following additional social benefits:

  • The salary of an employee consists of two parts: the constant part piece-rate pay or monthly salary paid taking into account the employee's position, competence, job complexity, level of responsibility; the variable part – monthly salary's or piece-rate pay's bonus, which is of two types: bonus for operating results of a quarter and bonus for operating results of a month.
  • An allowance in the amount of 2.5 MAW (minimum annual wage) is paid once per year to employees who have three or more children up to 18 years of age.
  • An allowance in the amount of 1.5 MAW is paid to employees in case of death of a family member (a spouse, parents, a child, a foster child.
  • In case of death of an employee his family is granted a funeral compensation.
  • On birth of a baby an employee is given an allowance in the amount of 2 MAW which is valid on the date of birth of the baby.
  • Christmas celebrations are organized together with the Labor Union for the employees and the retired employees.
  • On personal jubilee (50th, 60th, 70th anniversaries) employees are granted allowances in the amount of 1MMW.

Based on the Management's decision, employees are granted other benefits in case of a difficult material situation of an employee, heavy losses suffered because of natural disasters, fire, flood, etc.

Average number of employees Average gross salary per month in LTL
Employee group 2012 2011 2012 2011
Managers 6 6 20.909 18.980
Specialists 108 96 5.598 5.511
Workers 213 213 3.576 3.583
Total 327 315 4.254 4.182

Average number of employees and average monthly gross salary according to employee groups

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMPANY

In its business, the Company follows the principles of business ethics and social responsibility. The Company strives to become a reliable social partner and contribute to solving of important social problems. The funds allocated for support first of all are diverted to support environmental, infrastructural, health and social security projects associated with the region, where the oil terminal functions. In 2012 the Company allocated LTL 596 thousand for the support purposes (2011 – LTL 360 thousand).

The Company sponsors significant cultural centers of the Lithuania region – libraries, Drama and Musical theatres. It has always been the primary sponsor of the main events of the city of Klaipeda, such as the Sea Festival, Klaipeda jazz festival. Special attention is paid to the organizations that are located near the Company's territory: kindergarten "Giliukas", baby care home for kids with special needs, Klaipėda children's activity center, Klaipėda Children Hospital. The Company also supports the local sportsmen; therefore, it has been a part of the basketball club "Nafta-Universitetas" for eleven seasons. The Company supports and encourages members and managers of the World and European sport dance club "Žuvėdra", supports the activities of disabled sportsmen, the organization of championships.

Environment protection has always been one of the Company's priorities. The Company allocates significant funds for implementation of environmental protection measures, closely cooperates with the Lithuanian and international companies in fulfilling all the environmental protection requirements set for the oil terminal.

The Company gives significant importance to occupational safety. The work places are being modernized and additional funds are allocated for individual safety means which are provided for in the Collective Agreement. Safety training sessions are organised, accident prevention and work supervision is constantly performed. The Company puts efforts to create a safe and healthy work environment.

The Company is one of few Lithuanian companies which has a certified medical aid centre. The first medical aid and the first preventive practical and theoretical aid of health are rendered there. Different physiotherapeutic treatments are performed according to doctor's referral letter. Physical medicine and rehabilitation cabinet with the up-to-date equipment was established in the centre. The employees are vaccinated free of charge against tick encephalitis, typhoid fever, influenza and other diseases. The Company at its own expense arranges for a preventive – rehabilitation treatment at a rehabilitation centre "Tulpe" in Birštonas for its employees working under conditions of increased pollution.

REFERENCES AND ADDITIONAL EXPLANATIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

All the financial data in this Annual Report have been audited and accounted for according to the International Financial Reporting Standards.

OTHER INFORMATION

Procedure of changing Articles of Association

The activity of the Company is based on the Articles of Association, Civil Code and other laws and sub legislative acts of the Republic of Lithuania. Changes in the Articles of Association can be made by the General Shareholders' Meeting.

Transactions with related parties

The Company did not have any transactions or agreements with the members of its Supervisory Board and the Board. More information regarding transactions with related Parties is presented in the Notes to the Financial Statements for 2012.

CONFIRMATION OF RESPONSIBLE PERSONS

Following Article 22 of the Law on Securities of the Republic of Lithuania and the Rules on Preparation and Submission of Periodic and Additional Information of the Lithuanian Securities Commission, we, Rokas Masiulis, General Manager of AB Klaipėdos Nafta, Mantas Bartuska, Finance Director of AB Klaipėdos Nafta, and Rasa Gudė, Accounting Group Manager of AB Klaipėdos Nafta, hereby confirm that to the best of our knowledge the above-presented Annual Report of AB Klaipėdos Nafta for 2012 gives a true and fair view of the business development and performance, description of the Company.

General Manager Rokas Masiulis Finance Director Mantas Bartuška

Accounting Group Manager Rasa Gudė

Stock company Klaipėdos Nafta Burių g. 19, a./d. 81 91003 Klaipėda-C Tel. +370 46 391772 Fax. +370 46 311399 El. p. [email protected]

Annex to the annual report

DISCLOSURE CONCERNING THE COMPLIANCE OF AB KLAIPĖDOS NAFTA, LISTED ON REGULATED MARKET, WITH THE GOVERNANCE CODE

AB Klaipėdos Nafta following Article 21 paragraph 3 of the Law on Securities of the Republic of Lithuania and item 20.5 of the Trading Rules of the AB NASDAQ OMX Vilnius discloses its compliance with the Governance Code, approved by the VSE for the companies listed on the regulated market, and its specific provisions.

Yes / No
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS not
applicable
COMMENTARY
Principle I: Basic Provisions
over time shareholder value.
The overriding objective of a company should be to operate in common interests of all the shareholders by optimizing
1.1. The 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
development
strategy
and
objectives
of
AB
KLAIPĖDOS NAFTA have been set up in its internal
documents (Annual Report placed publicly on the website
of AB NASDAQ OMX Vilnius) according to the separate
directions and objectives of its activities. The Company
updates its development plans subject to the situation on
the market as well as to the changes in the regulatory
environment.
In accordance with requirements of the resolution by the
Government No. 655 of 06 06 2012, the company's
articles were supplement, providing which the company's
objectives are long-term (strategic) and short-term
(tactical), and establishing that one of the main objectives
of the company is the adequate return of the invested
capital of the shareholders. The Articles of Association of
the Company are publically announced on NASDAQ OMX
Vilnius Stock Exchange's website, according to the
procedures defined for the companies listed on the
regulated market.
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 Board of the Company adopts the main strategic
resolutions, influencing optimization of the shareholder
value
(separation
of
the
functions
of
Company's
operation, establishment of subsidiaries, other actions
optimizing effectiveness of the Company's operation and
its profit). In 2012, the Company's Board adopted a
number
of
decisions
ensuring
the
adequate
implementation of the primary strategic objective of the
company

the
construction
and
preparation
for
operation of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. This
project is also focused on the creation of additional value
for shareholders' property.
1.3. The 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, the Board of the Company and the
Chief Executive Officer implement this recommendation.
The
documents
regulating
the
activities
of
the
management and supervisory bodies were approved
providing
the
principles
and
procedures
for
the
cooperation between the company's management and
supervisory bodies and ensuring the proper functioning
of the governing bodies in order to maximize the benefit
for the company and its shareholders.
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
1.4. The 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 bodies respect the rights and interests of
the persons participating in or connected with the
Company's operation:
1. Employees – since its establishment the Company has
been cooperating and performing social partnership with
the representatives of its employees (the Board of the
Company by its resolutions assigns additional means for
the execution of the Collective Agreement and extra
stimulation of the employees, etc.).
2. Creditors - the Company takes on and fulfills its
financial and other obligations in accordance with the
borrowing program approved by the Board of the
Company.
3. suppliers – The Company's Boards adopts the decisions
on the conclusion of the contracts with the suppliers in
the cases defined in the Articles of Association;
4. clients –The Company's Boards adopts the decisions on
the approval of the conditions of the contracts concluded
with the clients and approves the minimum prices and
service rates for loading of oil products in the cases
defined in the Articles of Association;
5. Other persons – by the resolution of the shareholders'
meeting part of the Company's profit is dedicated to
support (social, art, cultural, sports activities, etc.).
The Company's Board adopts the decisions on the
support exceeding LTL 50 thousand according to the
principle of the prioritized support for Klaipeda region.
Principle II: The corporate governance framework
bodies, protection of the shareholders' interests. 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
2.1. Besides obligatory bodies provided for in the
Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania – a
general shareholders' meeting and the chief
executive officer, it is recommended that a company
should set up both a collegial supervisory body and
a collegial management body. The setting up of
Yes The Company has set up a collegial supervisory body - the
Supervisory Board and a collegial management body - the
Board of the Company. According to the decision of the
Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee was created.
2.1. Besides obligatory bodies provided for in the
Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania – a
general shareholders' meeting and the chief
executive officer, it is recommended that a company
should set up both a collegial supervisory body and
a collegial management body. The setting up of
collegial bodies for supervision and management
facilitates clear separation of management and
supervisory functions in the company,
accountability and control on the part of the chief
executive officer, which, in its turn, facilitate a more
efficient and transparent management process.
Yes The Company has set up a collegial supervisory body - the
Supervisory Board and a collegial management body - the
Board of the Company. According to the decision of the
Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee was created.
2.2. A collegial management body is responsible for
the strategic management of the company and
performs other key functions of corporate
governance. A collegial supervisory body is
responsible for the effective supervision of the
company's management bodies.
Yes The Supervisory Board of the Company is responsible for
the effective supervision of the activities of the Company's
management bodies (it elects and recalls members of the
Board; should the Company operate in the red it should
discuss fitness of the members for the position; it
supervises the activities of the Board and the Chief
Executive Officer; submits proposals and comments to the
general shareholders' meeting regarding the strategy of
the Company's operation, the activities of the Board and
the Chief Executive Officer; performs other activities
attributed to it by the laws and other legal acts).
The Board of the Company is responsible for the effective
strategic management of the Company (approves the
strategy of its operation; adopts the most relevant
resolutions provided for by the legal acts regarding
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
corporate governance framework, transactions, different
commitments, etc.).
The Company's Audit Committee performs the assigned
separate supervisory functions (monitors the preparation
of company's financial reports and the processes of the
audit, carries the analysis of the systems for the internal
control and risk management, ensures the existing system
for internal control and risk management).
2.3. Where a company chooses to form only one
collegial body, it is recommended that it should 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.
Not
applicable
The Company has set up a collegial supervisory body - the
Supervisory Board and a collegial management body - the
Board of the Company.
2.4. The collegial supervisory body to be elected by
the general shareholders' meeting should be set up
and should act in the manner defined in Principles
III and IV. Where a company should decide not to set
up a collegial supervisory body 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.
Yes Taking into account the specific character of the
Company's operation, it is strictly regulated by the legal
acts and supervised by the respective state institutions.
Therefore in the process of decision-making by the bodies
of the Company the transparency of the decision-making,
their effectiveness is ensured; the principles of non
discrimination of the Company's clients, of costs
reduction and other principles are realized.
The Company has an Audit Committee created according
to the decision of the Supervisory Board, with the
assigned separate supervisory functions – refer to the
comment in item 2.2 above. The Company does not have
specialized designation and remuneration committees.
2.5. Company's management and supervisory bodies
should comprise such number of board (executive
directors) and supervisory (non-executive
directors) board members that no individual or
small group of individuals can dominate decision
making on the part of these bodies.
Yes The Board of the Company is comprised of five members.
The Supervisory Board is comprised of three members.
The Audit Committee is comprised of three members.
2.6. Non-executive directors or members of the
supervisory board should be appointed for specified
terms subject to individual re-election, at maximum
intervals provided for in the Lithuanian legislation
with a view to ensuring necessary development of
professional experience and sufficiently frequent
reconfirmation of their status. A possibility to
remove them should also be stipulated however this
procedure should not be easier than the removal
procedure for an executive director or a member of
the management board.
Yes The members of the Supervisory Board are elected for the
maximum term of four years provided for in the Law on
Companies of the Republic of Lithuania. There are no
limitations for re-election of the members; however, the
restrictions on the candidates to the Supervisory Board
are applied according to the applicable legal acts. The
documents regulating the activities of the management
and supervisory bodies, and the Company's Articles of
Association provide the possibility to withdraw both, the
individual members of
the
collegial bodies and the
collegial body, in corpore, before the expiry of the term of
office of such body. The Supervisory Board has a right to
withdraw the members of the Board (individual or all
together), while the general shareholders' meeting has a
right to withdraw the members of the Supervisory Board
(individual or all together). Audit Committee corresponds
to the term of office of the Supervisory Board by which it
was elected.
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
2.7. Chairman of the collegial body elected by the
general shareholders' meeting may be a person
whose current or past office constitutes no obstacle
to conduct independent and impartial supervision.
Where a company should 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.
Yes The Chief Executive Officer of the Company is not a
member of its Board. The Chairman of the Supervisory
Board and the members has neither been the members of
the Board of the Company nor the Chief Executive Officer.
The Chairman and members of the Supervisory Board
have never been members of the Board or managers of
the company.
The Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee is also
the member of the Company's Supervisory Board.
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.
3.1. The mechanism of the formation of a collegial
body to be elected by a general shareholders'
meeting (hereinafter in this Principle referred to as
the 'collegial body') should ensure objective and fair
monitoring of the company's management bodies as
well as representation of minority shareholders.
Yes The collegial body of the Company is elected following the
order established by the Law on Companies of the
Republic of Lithuania and the Articles of Association of
the Company. Additional candidates for the members of
the collegial body elected by the general shareholders'
meeting, according to the procedures defined, can be
delegated by all shareholders holding the amount of
shares giving them not less than 1/20 of the total votes.
3.2. Names and surnames of the candidates to
become members of a collegial body, information
about their education, qualification, professional
background, positions taken and potential conflicts
of interest should be disclosed early enough before
the general shareholders' meeting so that the
shareholders would have sufficient time to make an
informed voting decision. All factors affecting the
candidate's independence, the sample list of which
is set out in Recommendation 3.7, should be also
disclosed.
Yes Information about the candidates to become members of
a collegial body is presented before or during the general
shareholders' meeting, if the shareholders holding the
amount of shares giving them not less than 1/20 of the
total votes delegate the additional candidate for the
members of Company's Bodies during the meeting. All
members of the collegial bodies must immediately inform
the body by which they were appointed (elected) of any
new circumstances that may lead to the conflict of
interest.
The collegial body should also be informed on any
subsequent changes in the provided information.
The collegial body should, on yearly basis, collect
data provided in this item on its members and
disclose this in the company's annual report.
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 All applicants for the Company's collegial body members
shall in advance submit their CVs and declarations of
interests. The objective is that the skills of a particular
candidate were related directly to the work in the
correspondent collegial body.
The information about the composition of the Company's
collegial
bodies
and
the
specific
directly
related
competences of their members was publicly disclosed to
the shareholders on 24 05 2012 on NASDAQ OMX Vilnius
Stock Exchange website by distributing the circular about
the additional shares of AB Klaipedos Nafta providing the
information indicated above. The company anticipates the
improvements of the means of information distribution to
the investors additionally.
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
3.4. In order to maintain a proper balance in terms
of the current qualifications possessed by its
members, the collegial body should determine its
desired composition 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.
Yes The collegial body ensures that its members
are
competent however periodic evaluation is not performed.
The Company ensures the diversity of knowledge,
opinions and experience in the composition of the
collegial bodies by including the independent members
with relevant knowledge and experience. The members of
the Company's Audit were appointed focusing on that as a
whole,
the
Audit
Committee
should
have
recent
knowledge and experience in the fields of finance and
accounting, and (or) audit in the companies listed on the
regulated market.
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.
Not
applicable
The members of the collegial body are regularly informed
at its meetings and individually if required about the
Company's operation and its changes, about the essential
changes of the legal acts, regulating the Company's
operation, and of other circumstances influencing its
operation. Up to now there has been neither need nor
practice in the Company to offer a tailored program
focused
on
introducing
all
new
members
of
the
Supervisory
Board
with
their
duties,
corporate
organization and activities and to organize annual
examinations.
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 should
comprise a sufficient number of independent
members.
Yes Since over 70 per cent of the Company's shares are owned
by the State represented by the Ministry of Economy of
the Republic of Lithuania, the major part of the members
of the Supervisory Board are elected by the general
shareholders' meeting taking into account interests of the
controlling shareholder in one or another way.
The Company's Articles of Association provide that,
whenever
possible,
during
the
elections
of
the
Supervisory Board, at least 1/3 of the Supervisory Board
members shall be independent, as well as that at least one
member of the Audit Committee shall be independent.
In 2012, the Company's Board had 2 independent
members (out of 5), Audit Committee had 2 independent
members (out of 3), and the Supervisory Board had 1
independent member (out of 3).
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
Yes The criteria of independence of the collegial bodies have
not been determined in the documents of the operation of
the
Company's
collegial
bodies,
however,
the
appointment of the independent members for collegial
bodies is governed by the applicable requirements of
legal act, including the requirements of the Governance
Code of the companies listed on the regulated market by
NASDAQ OMX Vilnius. In determining whether an audit
committee member may be independent, the main
criteria are applied that were established by the
Independency Criteria defined by the Requirements for
Audit
Committees
(with
later
amendments
and
supplements) that were approved by the Resolution No.
1K-18 of the Lithuanian Securities Commission on 21
August 2008. The independent members of the collegial
bodies are, too, appointed (elected) in compliance with
the provisions of the paragraph 64 of the Procedure
description
of
the
Implementation
of
the
State
Proprietary and Non-proprietary Rights in State-owned
Yes / No
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS not
applicable
COMMENTARY
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);
Companies (approved by the Government decision No.
665 of 06 06 2012).
In order to assure the independence of the candidates for
the company's collegial bodies, all candidates shall submit
their declarations of interest to the appointing (electing)
body and shall immediately inform the body by which
they were appointed (elected) of any new circumstances
that may lead to the conflict of interest.
The independent members of the Company's Board and
Audit Committee comply with all the criteria provided,
moreover, according to the criteria provided, it can be
stated that
independent member of the Company's
Supervisory Board member complies with the criteria of
independence.
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 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,
counseling
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;
1)
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),
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
COMMENTARY
children and parents. applicable
3.8.
The
determination
of
what
constitutes
independence is fundamentally an issue for the
collegial body itself to determine. The collegial body
may decide that, despite a particular member meets
all the criteria of independence laid down in this
Code, he cannot be considered independent due to
special personal or company-related circumstances.
Yes Refer to the comment in item 3.7 above. In addition, the
concept of the independence of the member of the
Company's collegial body is defined in the documents
governing the activities of the Company's collegial bodies.
3.9. Necessary information on conclusions the
collegial body has come to in its determination 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.
Not
applicable
The Company has not yet applied in practice disclosure of
the criteria of independence of the members of collegial
bodies set out in the Code (See item 3.6).
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
There have not so far been such cases in the Company
that would result in the need to apply the provided
evaluation of the independence of the members of
collegial bodies and to publish such information.
The documents governing the activities of the Company's
collegial bodies obliges all members of collegial bodies to
inform
the
Company
immediately
of
any
new
circumstances that may lead to the conflict of interest
between them and the Company.
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. The general
shareholders' meeting should approve the amount
of such remuneration.
Yes Some of the members of the collegial body are
remunerated from the Company's funds for their
participation and work in the meetings. A fixed monthly
salary is paid, which depends on the actual time spent,
but is limited to a maximum amount.
The size and procedures of the reward for the
independent members of the Board and Audit Committee
is regulated by the corresponding decisions of the
Supervisory Board. The general shareholders' meeting
has a right to reward (pay tantems) the work of
independent members of the Supervisory board members
for their work participation in the meetings of the
Supervisory but only using the net profit and in
compliance with applicable legal acts and the Company's
Articles of Association.
Principle IV: The duties and liabilities of a collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting

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 effective monitoring of the company's management bodies and protection of interests of all the company's shareholders

PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
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 the company's management performance.
Yes The Company's Board approves the business strategy of
Company's activities, annual budget and business plan,
annual report, the order of investments of the Company's
funds and order and the amendments to the documents
listed. The Company's Board, too, analyzes and evaluates
the
implementation
of
the
Company's
strategy,
organization
of
activities,
the
company's
financial
condition, results of business activities, estimates of
income and expenditure.
In addition, the Board analyses and evaluates the
company's financial statements and the profit (loss) of the
draft report and, after the Board approval, takes decisions
on these projects and the submission of the Company's
annual report to the Supervisory Board and the general
meeting of shareholders.
The Board regularly submits recommendations on the
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
Yes appropriate
management
of
the
Company
to
the
Company's managing bodies.
According to the information available to the Company all
the members of the collegial body act in good faith for the
benefit and in the interests of the Company but not in
their own or third parties' interests seeking to maintain
their independence in decision-making.
pertaining body (institution).
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 half 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 collegial body duly perform their
functions: they actively attend the meetings and devote
sufficient time to perform their duties as members of the
collegial body.
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
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 follows the stated recommendations. The
members of the collegial body before making decisions,
the criteria of which have been determined in the Articles
of Association of the Company, discuss their possible
effect on the shareholders. The Company's Articles of
Association obliges the Company's collegial bodies, and
each of their members to operate beneficially for the
Company's shareholders. The Board is accountable to the
Supervisory Board and the general shareholders' meeting.
According to the Company's Articles of Association, in
certain cases the most important decisions of the
company shall be taken only after they are approved by
the general shareholders' meeting.
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 The contracts on the activities in the Supervisory Board
are concluded with the members of the Supervisory
Board in compliance with the decision of the general
shareholders' meeting; the member of the Supervisory
Board can conclude other transactions with the company
mandatory informing about them the Supervisory Board
and other bodies of the company. The conditions of the
contracts on the activities in the Board concluded with
members and the chairman of the Board are determined
by the Supervisory Board. The contracts on the activities
in the Audit Committee are concluded with the members
of the Audit Committee according to the decision of the
Supervisory Board. The Board defines the conditions of
the employment contract concluded with the Company's
manager. According to the general practice of the
Company, the majority of the independent members of
the
collegial
bodies
vote
for
the
conclusion
of
corresponding contracts.
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 bodies. 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.
Yes The Company's collegial bodies are independent from the
Company's managing bodies and, according to the
Company's data, remain independent while adopting the
decisions affecting the Company's activity and strategies.
The Company's collegial bodies are provided with all the
necessary resources including the right to approach and
receive consultations by third parties.
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
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 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 committees. 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 the collegial body as a whole.
No The committees are not established, except for audit
committee, however the Board performs their separate
functions: it regularly evaluates skills, knowledge and
experience of separate directors; discusses general
application
policy
of
remuneration
(including
stimulation) systems; observes the integrity of the
financial information provided by the Company, paying
special attention to the relevance and transparency of the
accounting methods used by the Company and its group.
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
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 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.
No The committees are not established, except for audit
committee, however the Board performs their separate
functions: it regularly evaluates skills, knowledge and
experience of separate directors; discusses general
application
policy
of
remuneration
(including
stimulation) systems; observes the integrity of the
financial information provided by the Company, paying
special attention to the relevance and transparency of the
accounting methods used by the Company and its group.
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.
No The committees are not established, except for audit
committee, however the Board performs their separate
functions: regularly evaluates skills, knowledge and
experience of separate directors; discusses general
application
policy
of
remuneration
(including
stimulation) systems; observes the integrity of the
financial information provided by the Company, paying
special attention to the relevance and transparency of the
accounting methods used by the Company and its group.
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
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 committees are not established, except for audit
committee, however the Board performs their separate
functions: it regularly evaluates skills, knowledge and
experience of separate directors; discusses general
application
policy
of
remuneration
(including
stimulation) systems; observes the integrity of the
financial information provided by the Company, paying
special attention to the relevance and transparency of the
accounting methods used by the Company and its group.
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 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.
No The committees are not established, except for audit
committee, however the Board performs their separate
functions: it regularly evaluates skills, knowledge and
experience of separate directors; discusses general
application
policy
of
remuneration
(including
stimulation) systems; observes the integrity of the
financial information provided by the Company, paying
special attention to the relevance and transparency of the
accounting methods used by the Company and its group.
4.12. Nomination Committee.
4.12.1. Key functions of the nomination committee
should be the following:
1) 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;
2) 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;
3) Assess on regular basis the skills, knowledge and
experience of individual directors and report on this
to the collegial body;
4) Properly consider issues related to succession
planning;
5) 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
No The committees are not established, except for audit
committee, however the Board performs their separate
functions: regularly evaluates skills, knowledge and
experience of separate directors; discusses general
application
policy
of
remuneration
(including
stimulation) systems; observes the integrity of the
financial information provided by the Company, paying
special attention to the relevance and transparency of the
accounting methods used by the Company and its group.
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
COMMENTARY
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
applicable
proposals to the nomination committee.
4.13. Remuneration Committee.
4.13.1.
Key
functions
of
the
remuneration
committee should be the following:
1) 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, 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;
2) 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;
3) Make proposals to the collegial body on suitable
forms of contracts for executive directors and
members of the management bodies;
4) 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);
5) 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:
1) Consider general policy regarding the granting of
No The committees are not established, except for audit
committee, however the Board performs their separate
functions: regularly evaluates skills, knowledge and
experience of separate directors; discusses general
application
policy
of
remuneration
(including
stimulation) systems; observes the integrity of the
financial information provided by the Company, paying
special attention to the relevance and transparency of the
accounting methods used by the Company and its group.
the above mentioned schemes, in particular stock
options, and make any related proposals to the
collegial body;
2) Examine the related information that is given in
the
company's
annual
report
and
documents
intended for the use during the shareholders
meeting;
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
COMMENTARY
3) 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.
applicable
4.14.1. Key functions of the audit committee should
be the following:
1) Observe the integrity of the financial 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);
Yes The new Supervisory Board that was elected during the
general
shareholders'
meeting
created
the
Audit
Committee.
2) 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;
3) 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;
4) Make recommendations to the collegial body
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;
5) 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 non
audit 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
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
are (a) excluded, (b) permissible only after review
by the committee, and (c) permissible without
referral to the committee;
6) 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
centers and/or activities carried out through special
purpose vehicles (organisations) 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.
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
COMMENTARY
applicable
4.15. Every year the collegial body should conduct
the assessment of its activities. The assessment
should
include
evaluation
of
collegial
body's
structure, work organisation and ability to act as a
group, evaluation of each of the collegial body
member's and committee's competence and work
efficiency 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
organisation
and
working procedures,
and specify what material
changes were made as a result of the assessment of
the collegial body of its own activities.
No The internal documents of the Company do not provide
for a separate assessment of the collegial body's activities
because it was not required by the legal acts of the
Republic of Lithuania. Decisions on the Company's
activities are made by the Board of the Company which
reports to the shareholders' meeting.
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 A collegial body of supervision - the Supervisory Board
and a collegial body of management -
the Board
implement this provision in the Company.
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 month.
Yes The meetings of the Company's Supervisory Board are
convened at least once in a quarter and the ordinary
meetings of the Company's Board are carried out
according to the schedule approved by the 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
observes
provisions
stated
in
this
recommendation.
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
5.4. In order to co-ordinate operation of the
company's collegial bodies and ensure effective
decision-making
process,
chairpersons
of
the
company's collegial bodies 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.
Yes The
Company
observes
provisions
stated
in
this
recommendation.
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 Company's capital consists of ordinary registered
shares that grant the same rights to all their holders.
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
observes
provisions
stated
in
this
recommendation.
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
shareholders'
meeting.
All
shareholders
should
be
furnished
with
equal
opportunity to familiarise with and participate in
the
decision-making
process
when
significant
corporate issues, including approval of transactions
referred to above, are discussed.
Yes According to the Law on Companies of the Republic of
Lithuania
and
Articles
of
Association
important
transactions are approved by the Board, and also in cases
prescribed by the law an approval of the general
shareholders meeting is received.
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. Prior to the shareholders' meeting,
the company's supervisory and management bodies
should enable the shareholders to lodge questions
on issues on the agenda of the general shareholders'
meeting and receive answers to them.
Yes All the shareholders of the Company are informed about
the venue, date and time of the general shareholders'
meeting. Prior to the general shareholders' meeting all
the shareholders of the Company are furnished with
opportunity to receive information on the issues on the
agenda of the general shareholders' meeting.

a situation did occur, a member of the company's supervisory and management body should, within reasonable time, inform other members of the same collegial body or the company's body that has elected him/her, or to the company's shareholders about a situation of a conflict of interest, indicate the nature of the conflict and value, where possible.

Yes / No
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS not
applicable
COMMENTARY
6.5. It is recommended that documents on the
course
of
the
general
shareholders'
meeting,
including draft resolutions of the meeting, should be
placed on the publicly accessible website of the
company 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 familiarise with the information, whenever
feasible,
documents
referred
to
in
this
recommendation should be published in 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 The Company discloses the documents on the course of
the
general
shareholders'
meeting,
including
draft
resolutions of the meeting, through the information
disclosure system of NASDAQ Vilnius Stock Exchange and
it is planned to place them constantly on the website of
the Company.
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 their
right to participate at the shareholders' meeting both in
person and through a representative should he be duly
authorised. The Company also furnishes its shareholders
with the opportunity to vote by completing the general
voting ballot.
6.7. With a view to increasing the shareholders'
opportunities
to
participate
effectively
at
shareholders'
meetings,
the
companies
are
recommended
to
expand
use
of
modern
technologies in voting processes by allowing the
shareholders to vote in general meetings via
terminal equipment of telecommunications. In such
cases security of telecommunication equipment, text
protection and a possibility to identify the signature
of
the
voting
person
should
be
guaranteed.
Moreover, companies could furnish its shareholders,
especially foreigners, with the opportunity to watch
shareholder
meetings
by
means
of
modern
technologies.
Not
applicable
Taking into account the structure of the shareholders and
the valid regulations for organisation of the shareholders'
meeting there is no necessity to additionally install costly
system of IT.
Principle VII: The avoidance of conflicts of interest and their disclosure
the corporate bodies 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
7.1. Any member of the company's supervisory and
management body should avoid a situation, in which
his/her personal interests are in conflict or may be
in conflict with the company's interests. In case such
Yes The
members
of
the
Company's
supervisory
and
management bodies have been acting in such a manner so
as to avoid conflict of interests. Therefore such conflicts
have never occurred in practice.

The provision regarding notification will be implemented in a more detailed manner by specifying it in the local acts of the Company.

PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
7.2. Any member of the company's 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 authorised by the
meeting.
Yes The members of the Company's supervisory and
management bodies have been acting in such a manner so
as to avoid conflict of interests. Therefore such conflicts
have never occurred in practice.
7.3. Any member of the company's supervisory and
management body may conclude a transaction with
the company, a member of a corporate body of
which
he/she
is.
Such
a
transaction
(except
insignificant 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.
Not
applicable
7.4. Any member of the company's supervisory and
management body should abstain from voting when
decisions concerning transactions or other issues of
personal or business interest are voted on.
Yes The members of the Company's Board have been
familiarised with these provisions and they must observe
these recommendations.
Principle VIII: Company's remuneration policy
addition to secure the publicity and transparency of the remuneration policy of the company and managers
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
8.1. A company should make a public statement of
the company's remuneration policy (hereinafter the
remuneration statement). This statement should be
part
of
the
company's
annual
accounts.
Remuneration statement should also be posted on
the company's website.
No The Company has not made any public statement of its
remuneration policy during the year under review
because it was not foreseen by the legal acts of the
Republic of Lithuania. The Company's remuneration
policy is determined by analysing situation on Lithuanian
labour market.
The information about the Company's
remuneration is published on the website www.oi.lt.
8.2. Remuneration statement should mainly focus
on directors' remuneration policy for the following
year and, if appropriate, the subsequent years. The
statement should contain a summary of the
implementation of 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.
No Refer to the comment in item 8.1 above.
8.3.
Remuneration
statement
should
leastwise
include the following information:
1) Explanation of the relative importance of the
variable and non-variable components of directors'
remuneration;
2) Sufficient information on performance criteria
that entitles directors to share options, shares or
No Refer to the comment in item 8.1 above.
Yes / No
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS not
applicable
COMMENTARY
variable components of remuneration;
3) Sufficient information on the linkage between the
remuneration and performance;
4) The main parameters and rationale for any
annual bonus scheme and any other non-cash
benefits;
5) A description of the main characteristics of
supplementary pension or early retirement schemes
for directors.
8.4.
Remuneration
statement
should
also
summarize and explain company's policy regarding
the terms of the contracts executed with executive
directors and members of the management bodies.
It should include, inter alia, information on the
duration of contracts with executive directors and
members of the management bodies, the applicable
notice
periods
and
details
of
provisions
for
termination payments linked to early termination
under
contracts
for
executive
directors
and
members of the management bodies.
No Refer to the comment in item 8.1 above.
8.5. The information on preparatory and decision
making
processes,
during
which
a
policy
of
remuneration of directors is being established,
should also be disclosed. Information should include
data, if applicable, 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.
No Refer to the comment in item 8.1 above.
8.6. Without prejudice to the role and organisation
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.
No Refer to the comment in item 8.1 above.
8.7. Remuneration statement should also contain
detailed information on the entire amount of
remuneration, inclusive of other benefits, that was
paid to individual directors over the relevant
financial year. This document should list at least the
information set out in items 8.7.1 to 8.7.4 for each
person who has served as a director of the company
at any time during the relevant financial year.
8.7.1.
The
following
remuneration
and/or
emoluments-related
information
should
be
disclosed:
1) 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;
2) The remuneration and advantages received from
any undertaking belonging to the same group;
No Refer to the comment in item 8.1 above.
Yes / No
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS not
applicable
COMMENTARY
sharing and/or bonus payments and the reasons
why such bonus payments and/or profit sharing
were granted;
4) 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;
5) 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;
6) Total estimated value of non-cash benefits
considered as remuneration, other than the items
covered in the 1-5 points.
8.7.2. 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.
8.7.3.
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.
8.7.4. The statement should also state amounts that
the company or any subsidiary company or entity
included
in
the
consolidated
annual
financial
statements 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.
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
8.8. 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
8.8. – 8.12. During the year under review the Company
has not applied any 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. This has not been provided for by the
existing
remuneration
procedure
and
employment
contracts with directors and other employees.
8.9. The following issues should be subject to
approval by the shareholders' annual general
meeting:
Not
applicable
Refer to the comment in item 8.8 above.
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.
8.10. Should national law or company's Articles of
Association
allow,
any
discounted
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.
8.11. Provisions of Articles 8.8 and 8.9 should not be
applicable to schemes allowing 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.
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
COMMENTARY
8.12. Prior to the annual general meeting that is
intended to consider decision stipulated in Article
8.8,
the
shareholders
must
be
provided
an
opportunity to familiarise 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.
applicable
Principle IX: The role of stakeholders in corporate governance
The corporate governance framework should recognise 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 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.
Yes The execution of this recommendation is ensured by the
accurate supervision and control of the state institutions
and organisations regulating the Company's activities.
The
publicity
of
the
Company's
activities
creates
conditions for the stakeholders to participate in corporate
governance in the manner prescribed by law, by the
Articles of Association and the Collective Agreement. The
management bodies consult with the employees on
corporate
governance
and
other
important
issues,
employee participation in the Company's share capital is
not limited.
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 information on:
1) The financial and operating results of the
company;
2) Company objectives;
3) Persons holding by the right of ownership or in
control of a block of shares in the company;
Yes Performance and corporate governance is regularly
disclosed by distributing press releases and notifying
about material events, in presentations.
The documents are published in Lithuanian and English
on the publicly accessible website of the NASDAQ Vilnius
Stock Exchange.
The Company prepares financial statements according to
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No COMMENTARY
not
applicable
4) Members of the company's supervisory and
management bodies, chief executive officer of the
company and their remuneration;
the International Financial Accounting standards.
5) Material foreseeable risk factors;
6)
Transactions
between
the
company
and
connected
persons,
as
well
as
transactions
concluded outside the course of the company's
regular operations;
7) Material issues regarding employees and other
stakeholders;
8) Governance structures and strategy.
This
list
should
be
deemed
as
a
minimum
recommendation,
while
the
companies
are
encouraged not to limit themselves to disclosure of
the information specified in this list.
10.2. It is recommended that consolidated results of
the whole group to which the company belongs
should be 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 way
that
neither
shareholders
nor
investors
are
discriminated with regard to the manner or scope of
access
to
information.
Information
should
be
disclosed to all simultaneously. It is recommended
that notices about material events should be
announced before or after a trading session on the
Vilnius Stock Exchange, so that all the company's
shareholders and investors should have equal
access to the information and make informed
investing decisions.
Yes The Company discloses information in Lithuanian and
English
simultaneously
through
the
information
disclosure system of NASDAQ Vilnius Stock Exchange so
that the submitted information could simultaneously be
announced
thus
guaranteeing
its
simultaneous
dissemination to everybody.
10.6. Channels for disseminating information should
provide for fair, timely and cost-efficient 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
Yes The Company discloses information in Lithuanian and
English
simultaneously
through
the
information
disclosure system of the Vilnius Stock Exchange so that
the submitted information could simultaneously be
announced
thus
guaranteeing
its
simultaneous
dissemination to everybody and it is planned to
PRINCIPLES / RECOMMENDATIONS Yes / No
not
applicable
COMMENTARY
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.
constantly place the information on the Company's
website.
10.7. It is recommended that the company's annual
reports and other periodical accounts prepared by
the company should be placed on the company's
website. It is recommended that the company
should announce information about material events
and changes in the price of the company's shares on
the Stock Exchange on the company's website too.
Yes The Company takes into account this recommendation
and places the information on the Company's website.
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
statements and report 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 Company observes this recommendation when an
independent firm of auditors conducts an audit of the
Company's annual financial statements and report.
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 Company's Board proposes a candidate firm of
auditors to the general shareholders' meeting.
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 firm of auditors is not paid by the Company for
consultations on tax and business issues.

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