Quarterly Report • Nov 13, 2015
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2015
| Date of the report: | 13 November 2015 |
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| Name of the trading company: | National Power Grid Company TRANSELECTRICA SA, managed under two-tier system |
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| Headquarters: | Bucharest 1, Blvd. Gen. Gheorghe Magheru no. 33, postal code 010325 |
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| Working location: | Bucharest 2, Str. Olteni no. 2 - 4, postal code 030786 |
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| Phone / fax numbers: | 004 021 303 5611 / 004 021 303 5610 | |||
| Single code with the OCR: | 13328043 | |||
| Sequential number in the CR: | J40/8060/2000 | |||
| Date of Company establishment: |
31.07.2000 / GEO 627 | |||
| Share capital: | 733,031,420 Lei, subscribed and paid | |||
| Regulated market where the issued securities are transacted: |
Bucharest Stock Exchange, 1st class | |||
| Main characteristics of the issued securities: |
73,303,142 dematerialised, nominative, ordinary, indivisible shares of 10 Lei nominal value each, freely transacting as of 29.08.2006 under the symbol TEL |
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| 20,000 nominative, dematerialised and unsecured bonds of 10,000 Lei each transacted on the BSE in Credit Titles, 3rd class, Corporate bonds sector under the symbol TEL 18; maturity date on 19.12.2018 |
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| Total market value: | 1,905,881,692 Lei (26.00 Lei / share on 30.09.2015) |
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| Accounting standard applied: | International financial reporting standards | |||
| Auditing: | The financial statements executed on 30.09.2015 have not been audited |
In accordance with article 113, letter D, paragraph 1 from Regulation 1/ 2006 of CNVM, added by Regulaton 31/ 2006, we declare as follows:
Bucharest, 11 November 2015
Directorate,
| FINANCIAL | OPERATIONAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,216 mill Lei |
▲13.4% y/y |
Revenues | 2.41* % |
▲2.43% y/y |
| 598 mill Lei |
▼1.5% y/y |
EBITDA | 31.9 TWh |
▲3.2% y/y |
| 305 mill Lei |
▲0.6% y/y |
Net profit |
CPT | Technological losses |
| 38,90 TWh |
▲3.4% y/y |
Billed energy** |
| 2.41* % |
▲2.43% y/y |
Technical losses |
|---|---|---|
| TWh | ▲3.2% y/y |
Transmitted energy*** |
CPT Technological losses
* The share of technological losses in the amount of electricity taken by the transmission grid (transmitted energy)
** The billed quantity is defined by the amount of electricity extracted from public interest networks (the transmission and the distribution grids) less the electricity exports
*** The transmitted quantity is defined by the amount of
| INVESTMENTS | physical power carried within the transmission grid | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 139.3 mill Lei |
▼2.5% y/y |
Procurement of current and non current assets |
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| 66.6 mill Lei |
▼60.4% y/y |
Fixed assets in the accounting books (PIF) |
The synthesis of financial results on 30 September 2015 is provided in the tables below. Financial results have not been audited, and their extended variant of the same period is provided in the Annexes thereof.
| Million Lei | 9M 2015 | 9M2014 | Q2 2015 | Q3 2015 | Q3 2014 |
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| Billed volume of energy (TWh) | 38.90 | 37.1 | 12.25 | 12.63 | 12.16 |
| ACTIVITIES WITH ALLOWED PROFIT | |||||
| Operational revenues | 1064 | 1050 | 352 | 321 | 358 |
| Operational expenses | 452 | 458 | 157 | 152 | 154 |
| EBITDA | 611 | 592 | 195 | 169 | 205 |
| Amortsement | 239 | 252 | 80 | 79 | 81 |
| EBIT | 372 | 340 | 115 | 89 | 123 |
| ZERO PROFIT ACTIVITIES | |||||
| Operational revenues | 1152 | 904 | 295 | 468 | 277 |
| Operational expenses | 1165 | 889 | 308 | 450 | 295 |
| EBIT | -13 | 15 | -14 | 19 | -18 |
| ALL ACTIVITIES (ALLOWED AND ZERO-PROFIT) | |||||
| Operational revenues | 2,216 | 1,954 | 647 | 789 | 635 |
| Operational expenses | 1,618 | 1,347 | 466 | 602 | 449 |
| EBITDA | 598 | 607 | 181 | 187 | 186 |
| Amortisement | 239 | 252 | 80 | 79 | 81 |
| EBIT | 358 | 355 | 101 | 108 | 105 |
| Financial result | 1 | 7 | -3 | 2 | -13 |
| EBT (gross profit) | 359 | 362 | 99 | 111 | 92 |
| Income tax | 54 | 59 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Net profit | 305 | 303 | 84 | 94 | 77 |
Separate profit and loss account
| Million Lei | 30.09.2015 | 31.12.2014 |
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| Non-current assets | ||
| Property, plant and equipment | 3295 | 3.388 |
| Intangible assets | 36 | 40 |
| Financial assets | 57 | 57 |
| Total | 3.388 | 3.484 |
| Current assets | ||
| Inventories | 36 | 36 |
| Trade and other receivables | 717 | 1.056 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 919 | 865 |
| Total | 1.673 | 1.957 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 5.061 | 5.441 |
| Shareholders' equities | 2913 | 2.813 |
| Non-current liabilities | ||
| Borrowings | 633 | 792 |
| Other liabilities | 557 | 610 |
| Total | 1190 | 1.402 |
| Current liabilities | ||
| Borrowings | 188 | 201 |
| Other | 697 | 1.025 |
| Total | 958 | 1.226 |
| Total liabilities | 2148 | 2.628 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITIES and LIABILITIES | 5.061 | 5.441 |
| [Lei] | Period of 9 months ended on 30 September 2015 |
Period of 9 months ended on 30 September 2014 |
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| Cash flows from operational activities | 620 | 675 |
| Net cash from operational activities | 552 | 594 |
| Net cash used for investments | (122) | (118) |
| Net cash used in financing activities | (376) | (319) |
| Net increase of cash and cash equivalents | 54 | 155 |
| Cash and cash equivalents on 1 January | 865 | 601 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 919 | 756 |
From Jan to Sept 2015 the quantity of electricity billed for services provided on the electricity market grew 3.4% compared to the billed amount in the same period of last year (38.90 MWh, increasing from 37.61 MWh in 2014).
In Q3 2015 compared with Q3 2014 the quantity of billed electricity grew 3.9%. 3.1% increase is also seen when comparing also the billed volume of Q3 with that of Q2 (from 12.25 MWh Q2 2015 to 12.63 MWh Q3 2015).
January – September 2015
Revenues achieved in the first nine months of 2015 increased 13.4% compared to the similar period of last year (2,216 mill Lei in 2015 from 1,954 mill Lei in 2014), growth being recorded in both operational segments (profit allowed and zero-profit activities).
Profit allowed activities registered 1.3% revenue increase (1,064 mill Lei from 1,050 mill Lei in 2014), sustained by higher electricity volumes carried in the SEN, mainly against the background of increased electricity consumption. Given the higher energy exports in the first nine months of 2015, competition grew on the market allocating cross-border interconnection capacities and resulted in significant growth by 68.3% of revenues from the allocation of interconnection capacities compared to the similar period of last year.
Operational reveneus from profit allowed activities
Total revenues from zero-profit activities grew 27.4% (1,152 mill Lei from 904 mill Lei in 2014) determined by the 61.3% higher revenues from the balancing market administration compared to the similar period of 2014.
As regards revenues from technological system services, minor 0.6% drop is ascertained (approx. 3 mill Lei).
July – September 2015
Revenues achieved in Q3 2015 increased 24.4% compared to Q3 2014 (789 mill Lei in 2015 from 635 mill Lei in 2014), growth being recorded in the zero profit activities (+69.4%). Revenues grew 22.0% in comparison with Q2 2015.
Profit allowed activities registered 10.4% revenue decrease (321 mill Lei from 358 mill Lei in 2014), mainly because of the amended electricity transmission tariffs on 1 July 2015. The negative impact of tariff changes was compensated by higher revenues from the allocation of interconnection capacities (+21% compared to the similar period of 2014) as a result of higher energy exports.
Revenues from profit allowed activities showed decreasing trend in Q3 compared to the preceding quarter of 2015. Thus in July – September 2015 compared to April – June 2015 revenues achieved with profit allowed activities decreased 8.9% against the background of the negative change in the electricity transmission tariffs and reduced revenues from the allocation of interconnection capacities.
* includes the revenues from the transmission tariff and from the rates of functional system services
* includes the revenues from the transmission tariff and from the rates of functional system services
Total revenues from zero-profit activities grew 69.4% (468 mill Lei from 277 mill Lei in 2014) determined by significant 151.7% increase of revenues from balancing market administration and 3.7% growth of revenues from technological system services (about 5 mill Lei).
The same positive development is noticed when comparing with the previous quarter of 2015, with 58.9% growth (468 mill Lei from 295 mill Lei in Q2). In July – September revenues from the balancing market increased 151.7% compared to April – June.
Expenses (including amortisement) made in the first nine months of 2015 increased 16% compared to the similar period of last year (1,857 mill Lei from 1,599 mill Lei).
Expenses of profit allowed activities (excluding amortisement) decreased 1.2% (452 mill Lei from 458 mill Lei).
CPT: The total cost to procure electricity necessary to cover one's own technological consumption grew 7.9% in January - September 2015 compared to the similar period of 2014.
In quantitative terms technological losses increased (from 727 GWh in 2014 to 769 GWh in 2015 in absolute value, from 2.35% in 2014 to 2.41% in 2015 against the power input in the grid) mainly because of increased share of power transmitted within the RET and the import / export flows, less benefic in terms of technological losses.
In the first nine months of 2015 the average unit cost of procurement was 1% higher than the similar perid of 2014, namely 180 Lei/ MWh in 2015 compared to 178 Lei/ MWh.
Zero-profit activities recorded cost growth of about 31.1% (1165 mill Lei from 889 mill Lei in 2014), determined by higher expenses both on the balancing market and when procuring power reserves required to balance the national power system (the prices which Transelectrica procures the greatest part of power reserves with in order to provide technological system services are set by ANRE).
Expenses (including amortisement) made in Q3 2015 increased 28.6% compared to the similar period of last year (681 mill Lei from 530 mill Lei). Expenses made increased 24.8% in comparison with the previous quarter of 2015.
Expenses of profit allowed activities (excluding amortisement) decreased 0.8% (152 mill Lei in Q3 2015 from 154 mill Lei in Q3 2014, while such drop is 3% compared to the second quarter).
CPT: The total cost to procure electricity necessary to cover one's own technological consumption grew 9.8% in July - September 2015 compared to the similar period of 2014 but dropped 0.8% compared to April – June 2015.
If in quantitative terms technological losses increased (from 236 GWh in Q3 2014 to 237 GWh in Q3 2015), in absolute value they decreased (from 2.21% in Q3 2014 to 2.08% in Q3 2015) mainly because of increased share of power transmitted within the RET and the import / export flows, less benefic in terms of technological losses.
In comparison with Q2 2015 technological losses significantly dropped 9% from 260 GWh in Q2 to 237 GWh in Q3 in absolute value and 63 pp from 2.72% in Q2 to 2.08% in Q3 compared to the power input in the grid due to slightly more benefic physical flows (higher share of hydrocarbon-fired power plants (Iernut, Brazi) found in deficit generation source areas).
In Q3 2015 the average unit cost was 7.8% higher than the similar period of 2014, namely 183.6 Lei / MWh in 2015 against 170.3 lei / MWh. Compared to the previous quarter, the average unit cost grew 8.7% from 169.0 Lei / MWh in Q2 2015 to 183.6 Lei / MWh in Q3 2015.
Zero-profit activities recorded cost increase of about 52.5% (450 mill Lei in Q3 2015 from 295 mill Lei in Q3 2014), determined by the 151.7% growth of balancing market expenses.
Operational expenses of zero-profit activities grew 45.9% in the third quarter compared to the second quarter of 2015 because of the significant increase of expenses for system balancing (+120.7%).
January – September 2015
EBITDA decreased about 1.5% compared to the similar period of 2014 (598 mill Lei in 2015 from 607 mill Lei in 2014), such development being mainly determined by the impact of zero profit activities segment.
Profit allowed activities have got positive result 3.2% higher than that achieved in the similar period of 2014 (611 mill Lei against 592 mill Lei in the previous year).
Zero-profit activities have got negative result of 13 mill Lei compared to 2014 (with pozitive result of 15 mill Lei).
The non-null (loss) result from zero-profit activities was determined by some temporary imbalance between the procurement cost of system reserves and revenues from the rates of technological system services.
Also the net result corresponding to technological system serivces has got positive impact from ANRE's adjustment in the tariff for such services (+0.3%, 12.58 Lei / MWh in July 2015 from 12.54
Lei / MWh in July 2014), the applicable tariff of the reporting period incorporates the positive correction set on 1 July 2015.
EBIT recorded slight 1% increase (358 mill Lei from 355 mill Lei), mainly due to the profit allowed activity segment where EBIT grew 9.4% (from 340 mill Lei in 2014 to 372 mill Lei in 2015) when the zero profit activity segment registered negative result of 13 mill Lei.
July – September 2015
EBITDA grew about 0.5% compared to the similar period of 2014 (187 mill Lei in 2015 from 186 mill Lei in 2014), such development being mainly determined by the positive impact of the zero profit activity segment.
Also in comparison with Q2 2015 the increase of EBITDA indicator was 3.1% (187 mill Lei in Q3 2015 from 181 mill Lei in Q2 2015)
Profit allowed activities have got 17.6% lower result than in the similar period of 2014 (169 mill Lei against 205 mill Lei in the previous year) and equally decreasing 13.6% compared to April – June 2015.
Zero-profit activities recorded positive result of 19 mill Lei compared to 2014 (negative result of 18 mill Lei). In Q2 2015 zero-profit activities have got similar negative result of 14 mill Lei.
Such positive result of the segment in Q3 was also due to the positive adjustment of ANRE in the tariff for technological system services (+0.3%, 12.58 Lei / MWh in July 2015 from 12.54 Lei / MWh in July 2014).
EBIT slightly grew by about 2.9% (108 mill Lei in Q3 2015 from 105 mill Lei in Q3 2014), mainly due to the zero profit activity segment. EBIT indicator recorded value decrease of 27.5% in the profit allowed activity segment in comparison with the similar period of last year (from 123 mill Lei to 89 mill Lei).
The operational result (EBIT) increased 6.6% from 101 mill Lei to 108 mill Lei in comparison with the previous quarter.
January – September 2015
Profit before tax recorded slight drop of about 0.8% compared to the similar period of 2014 (359 mill Lei from 362 mill Lei).
The difference between the profit of 2015 and that of 2014, broken down by component elements of profit, is provided below.
July – September 2015
Profit before tax recorded significant increase of about 19.5% compared to the similar period of 2014 (111 mill Lei Q3 2015 from 92 mill Lei Q3 2014).
In comparison with the previous quarter the gross profit increased 12.1% from 99 mill Lei to 111 mill Lei.
The difference between the profit of 2015 and that of 2014, broken down by component elements of profit, is provided below.
Revenues from interest rates decreased 1.7 million Lei in the first nine months of 2015 compared to the similar period of 2014. Interest revenues dropped at a slower rate than interest-related expenses, which decreased about 5 mill Lei in comparison with the same period of 2014.
Net profit from differences of exchange rates developed under the main impact of the national currency's exchange rate against the foreign currencies Transelectrica contracted bank loans in to finance its investment plans (especially Euro). Thus at the end of the first nine months the Company recorded net profit of 6.8 mill Lei from differences of exchange rates.
The net financial result recorded in the first nine months of 2015 was positive (1 mill Lei).
In the third quarter the Company achieved positive financial result of 2.4 mill Lei as compared to the negative 12.5 mill Lei result recorded in the same period of last year or with the negative 2.9 mill Lei result registered in Q2 2015.
The positive development of the financial result was mainly determined by the positive trend of exchange rates (revenues from differences of exchange rates of +10.7 mill Lei Q3 2015 / Q3 2014 respectively +9.9 mill Lei Q3 2015 / Q2 2015).
Profit after tax dropped about 0.6% compared to Jan - Sept 2014 (305 mill Lei from 303 mill Lei).
In the third quarter the Company recorded net profit of 94 mill Lei, 22.7% higher than in Q3 2014 and 12.2% higher than in the previous quarter.
Non-current assets decreased 1.1% in the first nine months of 2015.
Current assets decreased 14.5% in the first nine months of 2015 from 1,957 mill Lei to 1,673 mill Lei, because of the significant drop (32.1%) of receivables from 1,056 mill Lei to 717 mill Lei. Receivables decreased because from 1 January to 30 September 2015 the Company collected 150.2 mill Lei from the over-compensation for 2011 - 2013, mainly from SC Electrocentrale Bucharest SA, Electrocentrale Oradea and SC Termo Calor SA.
On 30 September 2015 the Company recorded collectable receivables under the overcompensation for 2011- 2013 amounting to 79.4 mill Lei from RAAN, 15.9 mill Lei from CET Govora SA and 17.4 mill Lei on account of 2014 (Electrocentrale Oradea 16.9 mill Lei and Termo Calor 0.5 mill Lei).
Non-current liabilities recorded significant 15.2% drop in January - September 2015, from 1,402 mill Lei to 1,190 mill Lei, mainly owing to principal reimbursements from 792 mill Lei on 31 December 2014 to 633 mill Lei on 30 September 2015.
Current liabilities recorded decrease of about 21.8% on 30 September 2015, from 1,226 mill Lei on 31 December 2014 to 958 mill Lei because of decreased liabilities to suppliers on the electricity market. Liabilities to suppliers on the electricity market diminished due to the reduced volume of transactions on the balancing market and reduced balance of payment obligations of 30 September
2015 on the electricity market, compared to 31 December 2014. Until 30.09.2015 the Company withheld from payment the bonus and the ex-ante over-compensation of 44.2 mill Lei owed to suppliers (qualified generators) by applying article 17 par 5 from Order 116/2013 of ANRE, since the same generators failed to pay the overcompensation of 96.8 mill Lei to the Company.
Shareholders' equities increased 3.5% mainly due to the positive performance of the year, credited in the retained earnings.
(31-Dec-2014 to 30-Sept-2015)
In the first nine months of 2015 Transelectrica shares (BSE symbol: TEL) decreased 11.2% compared to 31 December 2014, mainly because the dividend was included in the share price; thus TEL shares recorded significant 9% drop since the ex dividend date expired. Also TEL share prices decreased because of the contagious effect of European capital markets resulting from the economic uncertainty of certain states in the European Union and from the uncertain worldwide geopolitical context (Asian exchanges).
2015 began with 28.85 Lei/share transaction price, stock exchange capitalisation being 2,115 mill Lei; the end of the interval (30 September 2015) found the share at 26.00 lei, stock exchange capitalisation being 1,906 mill Lei. The minimum transaction price 25.19 Lei/share was recorded on 24.06.2014, while the maximum 32.47 Lei/share was reached on 19.02.2015.
The liquidity of TEL shares in January – September was quite low in the average, 60,529 shares being transacted per transaction session, 44.8% less than in the same period of 2014 (109,654 shares/session).
In 2014 gross dividend per share of 2.8033 Lei was approved and it began paying on 29 June 2015. The dividend was calculated while observing the profit distribution legislation for companies with majority state capital, using 75% distribution rate.
| Total dividend distributed: |
205 mill Lei |
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| Dividend per share: |
2.8033 Lei |
| Date of ex-dividend: |
8 June 2015 |
| Payment date: | 29 June 2015 |
In the first 9 months of 2015 the net energy output increased about 3% in comparison with the same period of 2014, mainly due to the higher domestic consumption.
The net internal1 consumption grew 4% in comparison with the same period of last year.
Physical cross-border export flows decreased 5% in the first nine months of 2015 compared to 2014 and similarly the import flows dropped about 2%.
As regards the energy balance development in Q3 2015, net output increased 2% compared to the same period of 2014 and 7% compared to the second quarter of 2015.
The net internal1 consumption grew 7% in the third quarter compared to the same period of last year and 4% compared to April – June this year.
Exporter cross-border physical exchanges were 17% smaller in the third quarter than in the same period of 2014, but 25% higher in comparison with the second quarter of 2015.
Importer cross-border physical exchanges increased 50% in the third quarter compared to the same period of 2014. The quarterly increase (Q3 2015 compared to Q2 2015) was only 7%.
The generation mix of the first 9 months of 2015 provided 3% higher share of renewable sources (wind, biomass, PV) and about 1% greater thermal generation to the detriment of hydropower, which dropped about 3.4% compared to the same interval of 2014. In comparison with the first 9 months of 2014, the energy generated from renewable sources increased 1.5 TWh due to extended generating capacities.
1 values do not include the consumption of auxiliary services from electric power generating plants; the net consumption includes the losses from the transmission and distribution networks as well as the consumption of pumps from pumping storage hydropower substations;
In July – September 2015 the share of thermal generation increased significantly in the generation mix (15.6% compared to Q3 2014, 17.4% compared to Q2 2015) to the detriment of hydropower and compared to the same period of 2014 and to the second quarter of 2015; thus hydropower dropped 14.4% compared to Q3 2014, and 15.4% compared to Q2 2015.
Such decrease of the hydropower component was determined by bad meteorological conditions in hydrologic terms, precipitation being low in July – August.
This hydrologic deficit was covered mainly by the operation of gas-fired power plants.
Q3 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2014
In the first nine months of 2015 the gross installed capacity in power plants slightly increased 0.3%, in comparison with the same period of last year.
The installed capacity in renewable source power parks increased by about 2.4% (104 MW) in January – September 2015 compared to the same period of last year, from 4,265 MW installed at the end of the first 9 of 2014 to 4,369 MW installed on 01 October 2015.
The dynamic of installed capacity in the first nine months of 2015, respectively 2014, is provided below:
Installed capacity 9M 2014 (24,433 MW, gross value) 27,5% 17,8% 5,8% 48,9% Wind Biomass Photovoltaic 4,369 68.1% 2.4% 29.5% Hydro Renewables Nuclear Thermal
CROSS-BORDER FLOWS
Cross-border flows recorded significantly higher exports with Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria, mainly because of the reduced electricity prices on the Romanian market and enhanced exports to the more expensive markets from Hungary or the Balkans. Import / export operatios were not recorded with Republic of Moldova in the first nine months of 2015 nor in the same period of 2014.
Physical flows of both import and export on each border are provided below.
The amount of exported energy decreased in the third quarter of 2015 compared to the same period of last year. Thus energy exported to Hungary dropped 3.1%, to Bulgaria – 27.2% and to Serbia – 11.3%.
In comparison with the second quarter of 2015, the amount of transmitted energy on the interconnection lines with Bulgaria and Serbia got positive development (+36.5% Bulgaria, +119.5% Serbia) but the energy exported to Hungary got negative development (-31.2%).
In the first nine months of 2015, the amount of technological losses increased 5.7% compared to the same period of last year. Such increase resulted from elements occurring in the first quarter, such as- worse meteorological conditions, which led to higher corona losses; the domestic generation structure (the share of generation directly introduced in the RET grew 4% in the first 6 months); worse import/export flows compared to the same period of last year.
In the third quarter of 2015 technical losses grew about 0.5% within RET compared to the same period of 2014, because of bad meteorological conditions, slightly worse physical flows and output structure.
In comparison with the energy input into the grid, losses slightly grew from 2.35% in the first 9 months of 2014 to 2.41% in the same period of 2015.
The percentage growth of technical losses resulted from the higher amounts of energy circulated within RET.
The value of non-current assets recorded in account books in the first nine months of 2015 was 66, 84 mill Lei, the most important being:
bay in the 400/110 kV substation Bacau Sud;
The procurement of current and non-current assets1 amount to 139,1 mill Lei in the first nine
1 Include variația furnizorilor de imobilizări în sold la data de 1 ianuarie ale anului
months of 2015 compared to the same period of 2014 when such procurements of current and noncurrent assets amounted to 142,9 mill Lei.
From among the investment projects in progress on 30 September 2015 we can mention:
substations, stage IV;
During the first nine months of 2015 a number of 96 investment contracts were signed of 210,9 mill Lei total amount compared to 73 contracts amounting in total to 306,5 mill Lei concluded in the same period of 2014.
The most important investment contracts signed in January – September 2015 were:
During the first nine months of 2015 a series of important events took place in the Company as follows:
On 2 February the credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service published their updated credit opinion whereby they assess the current and future capacity of Transelectrica to meet its obligation to creditors. The credit opinion was issued one year after the last update (5 February 2014), both the rating and the rating outlook are unchanged since the last review.
Decision of the Appeal Court Bucharest in the dispute with Subsidiary ENERGY RESEARCH AND MODERNISING INSTITUTE - ICEMENERG SA
On 12 February the Appeal Court Bucharest pronounced its ruling in file 15483/ 3/ 2014 with Subsidiary Energy Research and Modernising Institute ICEMENERG SA Bucharest, where the Company is claimant, namely Ruling 173/ 2015 rejecting the appeal of the CNTEE Transelectrica as groundless, such decision being final.
On 2 March were applied the provisions of the Governmental Emergency Ordinance 86/2014 regarding the transfer of Company-issued shares from the Romanian State's account, represented by the Government through the General Secretariat of the Government into the Romanian State account by means of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Tourism.
Legal proceedings against registering the share capital increase of Subsidiary SC Smart SA in the Commercial Register
On 17 April the National Power Grid Company Transelectrica SA instituted legal proceedings in order to cancel Resolution 154954/30.12.2014 of the Designated Person pronounce under File 449314/23.12.2014, based on which the Office of the Commercial Register from Bucharest Tribunal registered the share capital increase of Subsidiary Smart SA.
The Official Gazette no. 283 / 27.04.2015 published Governmental Decision 266 / 22.04.2015 approving the 2015 Revenue and expense budget of the National Power Grid Company TRANSELECTRICA SA under the authority of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Tourism.
By Decision No. 1788 / 12.08.2015 of the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Energy (NRAE) the Company's preliminary certification as transmission system operator (TSO) of the Romanian Power System (NPC) according to the ownership unbundling model was approved.
On 17 February the mandate contract of Mr Ciprian Gheorghe DIACONU ended by the parties' agreement.
On 18 February the mandate contract of Mr Gheorghe Cristian VISAN ended by the parties' agreement.
Beginning with 12 May 2015 Mr Ion SMEEIANU was appointed Directorate member by the Supervisory Board.
Beginning with 29 July 2015, when the selection has been completed to fill the vacancy in the Directorate, organised as per GEO 109 / 2011 regarding corporative governance of public entreprises with later amendments and additions, the Supervisory Board appointed Mr Catalin Lucian CHIMIREL as Directorate member under Decision 88/27 July 2015. As of the same date the Mr Catalin Lucian CHIMIREL's capacity of Supervisory Board member in CNTEE Transelectrica SA ended.
On 4 February the Supervisory Board took notice of Mr Andrei - Mihai POGONARU's resignation from his capacity of Supervisory Board member of the CNTEE Transelectrica SA.
On 27 March Mr Costin MIHALACHE was appointed provisional member in the Supervisory Board.
On 23 March the Shareholders' General Extraordinary Assembly (AGEA) and the Shareholders' General Ordinary Assembly (AGOA) took place. The main aspects included in the AGOA decisions are as follows:
The main aspects included in the AGEA decision are as follows:
Approving the amendment in the Articles of Association of the National Power Grid Company Transelectrica SA
On 29 April the Shareholders' General Extraordinary Assembly (AGEA) and the Shareholders' General Ordinary Assembly (AGOA) took place.
The main aspects included in the AGOA decision are as follows:
After the first nine months of 2015 the following significant events for the Company took place:
Ulterior primelor nouă luni ale anului 2015, au avut loc următoarele evenimente semnificative pentru Companie:
On November 9 the Shareholders' General Extraordinary Assembly (AGEA) and the Shareholders' General Ordinary Assembly (AGOA) took place. The main aspects included in the AGOA decisions are as follows:
The main aspects included in the AGOA decisions are as follows:
The inclusion of Romania (Romania-Hungary border) in Central-Eastern European region in the implementation process of the calculation method of transfer capacity for cross border by regions.
On September 29 2015 at ENTSO-E was adopted the proposal on the region layout calculation cross border transfer capacities (Capacity Calculation Regions). A region of calculating cross border transfer capacity is a geographical area within which operators of electricity transmission networks apply coordinated system of calculation of capacity between different trading areas.
As adopted by ENTSO-E the proposal includes the border between Romania and Hungary in the region for calculating the cross-border transfer capacity of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) early in the process of establishing methodologies for calculating capacity in the region.
On 30.09.2015 the structure of shareholders was as follows:
| Name of shareholder | |
|---|---|
| Romanian State through the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Tourism |
43.020.309 |
| Legal persons | 20.786.470 |
| S.I.F. Oltenia | 3.949.105 |
| Natural persons | 5.547.258 |
| Total | 73.303.142 |
On 30.09.2015 the Directorate membership was as follows:
| Ion - Toni TEAU |
Chairman |
|---|---|
| Octavian LOHAN | Member |
| Constantin VĂDUVA | Member |
| Ion SMEEIANU | Member |
| Cătălin CHIMIREL | Member |
The most important disputes which the Company is involved in are provided below:
The Company is in litigation with ANAF1 , which on 20 September 2011 issued a fiscal audit report on VAT return in September 2005 – November 2006, for a number of 123 unused invoices detected as missing, these being documents of special regime for which it estimated value added tax collected in amount of 16,303,174 Lei plus accessories amounting to 27,195,557 Lei.
The amount of such obligations of 43,498,731 Lei was retained from the VAT that the Company paid in November 2014. Later on the Company found out the sums transferred as current VAT were considered for payment of the amounts from the fore-mentioned fiscal audit report.
Thus the Company was compelled to pay additional penalties of 944,423 Lei for the VAT that should have been paid in November 2011, lest outstanding debts are registered to the State budget. In total in 2011 the Company paid 44,442,936 Lei.
The Company filed complaint to ANAF against the taxation decision and requested suspending the enforcement of the decision until the complaint submitted to ANAF is solved by administrative means. The law court denied the request to suspend enforcing the fiscal report.
La termenul din data de 30.04.2014, soluția pronunțată de instanța de fond – Curtea de Apel București, Sectia a VIII-a Contencios Administrativ si Fiscal (Hotărâre nr. 1356/2014) în Dosarul nr. 6657/2/2012 a fost următoarea: "Respinge cererea reclamantei CNTEE Transelectrica SA (Contestație împotriva Actului administrativ fiscal ANAF)". Compania urmează să atace cu recurs Hotărârea nr. 1356/2014.
1 http://portal.just.ro/2/SitePages/Dosar.aspx?id_dosar=200000 000293436&id_inst=2
CNTEE Transelectrica SA filed complaint against Order 51 / 26.06.2014 of ANRE president1 registered under no. 47714 / 04.08.2014 with ANRE and contestation to the Appeal Court Bucharest requesting either amending the forementioned order or issuing a new order to recalculate the RRR at 9.87% (recalculated with (β) coefficient of 1.0359, according to Transelectrica's specialists) or, in case such complaint is denied, it requested using the same 8.52% percentage that ANRE established for 2013 and semester I of 2014.
On 26.06.2014 Order 51 of ANRE was issued and published in the Official Gazette no. 474/27.06.2014, which approved the average tariff for transmission services, the rate of system services and the zone tariffs of transmission services charged by the National Power Grid Company Transelectrica SA and cancelled annex 1 to Order 96 / 2013 of ANRE president approving the rate for transmission services, the rate of system services, the zone tariffs for transmission services and the tariffs for reactive electricity charged by the economic operators of the electricity sector.
The values used in the calculation of the regulated rate of return (RRR2 ) by ANRE according to the Methodology establishing the rates for electricity transmission services approved under Order 53 / 2013 of ANRE ("Methodology"), have determined the RRR value of 7.7%.
CNTEE Transelectrica SA considers that applying the provisions of article 51 from the Methodology by determining the Beta (β) parameter at 0.433 will prejudice the company's finance by decreasing the profitability of electricity transmission with an estimated 138.4 mill Lei4 , with significant impact over the company's financial interests which might lead to financial instability of the Company in the
third regulatory period (01.07.2014 - 30.06.2019), thus prejudicing the company's shareholders and their interests as well.
At a hearing on 27 October 2015, the court warned the company that, within 5 days from the date of the meeting, to add to the file and to communicate them to the defendant, the objectives broken down to each of the surveys required by the application submitted on 25.02 .2015 respectively the specialty of investment securities and other entities and specialized electrical energy to discuss these objectives and delivery expertise to the court on next hearing.
The court adjourned the proceedings and granted the hearing on 11/24/2015.
The Company is involved as defendant under administrative dispute initiated by Conaid Company SRL5 as claimant, which is under insolvency procedures. File 5302/ 2/ 2013, on the docket of the Appeal Court Bucharest pertains first to the complaint of Conaid Company SRL about Transelectrica's unjustified refusal to conclude addendum to the RET connecting contract, which actually ended because the claimant failed to meet the suspensive terms. Another claim in the case, also rejected by the first instance, ascertains the unjustified refusal of Transelectrica (after expiry of the first contract) to conclude a new RET connection contract with the claimant company within the validity period of the connection permits.
On the 20.05.2014 hearing date the Appeal Court Bucharest decided separating the two issues, thus constituting a new claim file for 24.06.2014, then the court suspended setting the separated case.
On the 11.06.2014 hearing date the Appeal Court Bucharest rejected the case and the claimant's request for additional intervention as groundless, with appeal within 15 days from judgment notification.
The file is now on the docket of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, Administrative and Fiscal
1 http://portal.just.ro/2/SitePages/Dosar.aspx?id_dosar=200000 000318208&id_inst=2
2 RRR- Regulated Rate of Return found in specific literature under the acronym WACC – Weighted Average Cost of Capital –; the formula of the two indicators is similar: RRR = WACC = CCP + Kp/(1 – T) + CCI x Ki
3 Value that determined the RRR decrease to 7.7% 4 Value calculated in comparison with some 8.52% RRR
5 http://portal.just.ro/2/SitePages/Dosar.aspx?id_dosar=200000 000306867&id_inst=2
Disputes Section, with respect to compelling the issuance of the administrative deed, court trial stage - appeal, hearing date on 09.12.2015.
In 2011 litigation was initiated in the administrative disputes court because the company contested the decision and conclusion issued by the Court of Audit1 . This latter Court set some measures to be implemented by the Company with a view to remedy some deficiencies found on the occasion of audits performed in the Company.
The law court maintained the obligation instituted on behalf of Transelectrica to implement the measures proposed by the Court of Audit. The ruling of the administrative dispute court was appealed against in the High Court of Cassation and Justice.
After the control performed in 2013 the Court of Audit asked the Company to take some measures because it had found out some deficiencies on the occasion of such control. The decision and the conclusion of the Court of Audit were contested in the Appeal Court Bucharest.
On 11 March 2015 the Appeal Court Bucharest deferred the case in order to conduct the technical and accounting expertise; the following court hearing date is 24 June 2015.
On the 24 June 2015 hearing date the law court deferred the case in order to elaborate the accounting expertise report and verify the progress of the technical expertise report.
The next deadline date was set for November 18, 2015.
On 24.11.2014 the Electricity and Natural Gas Markets Operator OPCOM SA2 sued the Company to compel it paying 582,086.31 Euros (2,585,161.72 Lei at the BNR exchange rate of 24.11.2014), representing the amount paid as penalty from the total charge of 1,031,000 Euros.
Before that the Shareholders' General Assembly of Subsidiary OPCOM SA decided on 10.06.2014 to pay the entire 1,031,000 Euro penalty charged by the Directorate General Competition of the European Commission for breaching article 102 of the European Union Treaty according to the decision taken in the antitrust case AT 39984.
Also OPCOM SA has asked the law court to compel the Company to pay 84,867.67 Lei as legal interest associated to the 11.06.2014 – 24.11.2014 period.
The action of OPCOM SA is included in file 40814/3/2014, on the docket of Bucharest Tribunal, Section VI of Civil Cases, pertaining to claims on the subject matter of litigation with professionals, and the hearing date was set on 29.06.2015. The Company filed defence to the summons in this case, claiming exceptions and the illegality of such action.
On the 24 July 2015 hearing date the law court admitted the suing demand expressed by claimant Electricity and Natural Gas Markets Operator OPCOM SA in contradiction to the defendant National Power Grid Company Transelectrica SA and compelled the defendant paying 582,086.31 euro to the claimant, representing the amount the claimant paid instead of the defendant out of the 1,031,000 Euro penalty charged under European Commission Decision of 05.03.2014 in the case AT.39984, as well as the legal interest related to the amount of 582,086.31 Euros calculated on 11.06.2014 until the date of the actual payment. The law court also compels the defendant to pay the claimant 37,828.08 Lei as trial expenses, with appeal within 30 days from notification. The sentence was not communicated to the Company until the date of this report.
The National Power Grid Company Transelectrica SA instituted legal proceedings3 in order to cancel
1 http://portal.just.ro/2/SitePages/Dosar.aspx?id_dosar=200000 000313663&id_inst=2
2 http://portal.just.ro/3/SitePages/Dosar.aspx?id_dosar=300000 000614840&id_inst=3
3 http://portal.just.ro/3/SitePages/Dosar.aspx?id\_dosar=300000 000638127&id\_inst=3
Resolution 154954 / 30.12.2014 of the Designated Person pronounced under File 449314 / 23.12.2014, based on which the Office of the Commercial Register from Bucharest Tribunal recorded the share capital increase of Subsidiary Smart SA1 by in-kind contribution and amended accordingly the Articles of Association in compliance with Decision 12375/22.12.2014 of the BA Chairman and to the BA Decision 19/22.12.2014.
On 15.06.2015, the Bucharest Court by sentence no. 3401/2015, ordered the following: "passive locus stand Dismisses the Romanian state through the General Secretariat of the Government, as unfounded. Dismisses the lawsuit filed by the plaintiff CN Transelectrica SA in contradiction with the Subsidiary Smart SA, the Romanian state through the General Secretariat of the Government and the Trade Register of Bucharest Tribunal, as unfounded. The right to appeal within 5 days of delivery. "
The company appealed, and the case was registered before the Court of Appeal - Section VIa of a civil with the hearing on 08/19/2015.
The company also filed a legal action against the resolution of Trade Register Office Director and the acts issued by Subsidiary SC Smart SA for the capital increase, subject of File no. 14001/3/20152 before the Court of Bucharest - Department of Civil-VI, with the hearing on 07/09/2015.
On 09.07.2015 the court ordered the severance ends 2 and 3 of the application for summons filed by the applicant in contradiction with the defendants Transelectrica Branch Society for Maintenance Services Electricity Transmission Grid Smart SA, the Romanian State Government General Secretariat NTC and forming a new folder with the period 02.11.2015. In this case for further term judgment is given on 10.19.2015, C3 Fund, 08.30 am, room 128 - without summoning the parties. Delivered in public session today September 7, 2015.
On 19.10.2015, the court under Art. 413 para. 1 pt. 2 Criminal Procedure. civ., has the suspension of the application of summons filed by the plaintiff Transelectrica in contradiction with the defendants Branch Society for Maintenance Services to Electricity Transmission Grid Smart SA, the Romanian State and NTC, pending final determination of the cause that case nr. 32675/3/2015 before the Bucharest Court - Civil Division VI.
2 http://portal.just.ro/3/SitePages/Dosar.aspx?id_dosar=300000 000638142&id_inst=3
| [thousand lei] | 30.09.2015 | 31.12.2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||
| Non-current assets | ||
| Property, plant and equipment | 3,294,659 | 3,387,760 |
| Intangible assets | 35,975 | 39,503 |
| Financial assets | 57,028 | 57,028 |
| Total non-current assets | 3,484,290 | 3,387,662 |
| Current assets | ||
| Inventories | 36,285 | 36,285 |
| Trade and receivables | 717,455 | 717,455 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 919,382 | 919,382 |
| Total current assets | 1,673,123 | 1,957,096 |
| Total assets | 5,060,785 | 5,441,386 |
| Shareholders' equities and liabilities | ||
| Shareholders' equities | ||
| Share capital, of which: | 733,031 | 733,031 |
| Share capital subscribed | 733,031 | 733,031 |
| Share premium | 49,843 | 49,843 |
| Legal reserves | 78,424 | 78,424 |
| Revaluation reserves | 577,780 | 615,408 |
| Other reserves | 24,235 | 23,661 |
| Retained earnings | 1,449,531 | 1,312,740 |
| Total shareholders' equities | 2,912,845 | 2,813,106 |
| Non-current liabilities | ||
| Long term deferred revenue | 502,592 | 552,768 |
| Borrowings | 632,720 | 792,044 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 25,195 | 28,210 |
| Employee benefits obligations | 29,126 | 29,126 |
| Total non-current liabilities | 1,189,634 | 1,402,148 |
| Current liabilities | ||
| Trade and other liabilities | 696,722 | 945,657 |
| Other tax and social security liabilities | 6,553 | 7,578 |
| Borrowings | 187,753 | 200,678 |
| Provisions | 18,399 | 24,784 |
| Short term deferred revenue | 32,839 | 33,070 |
| Payable income tax | 16,039 | 14,365 |
| Total current liabilities | 958,306 | 1,226,132 |
| Total liabilities | 2,147,940 | 2,628,280 |
| Total shareholders' equities and liabilities | 5,060,785 | 5,441,386 |
| thousand lei | 01.01 – 30.09.2015 |
01.01 – 30.09.2014 |
T2 2015 | T3 2015 | T3 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | |||||
| Revenues from transmission | 971,531 | 939,564 | 318,697 | 292,191 | 319,145 |
| Revenues from system services | 544,197 | 557,312 | 172,709 | 174,522 | 171,490 |
| Revenues from the balancing market | 661,131 | 409,964 | 140,027 | 309,022 | 122,771 |
| Other revenues | 38,716 | 46,762 | 15,591 | 13,693 | 21,346 |
| Total operational revenues | 2,215,574 | 1,953,602 | 647,024 | 789,427 | 634,753 |
| Operational expenses | |||||
| System operating expenses | (175,749) | (159,238) | (56,393) | (54,210) | (51,791) |
| Balancing market expenses | (661,131) | (409,964) | (140,027) | (309,022) | (122,771) |
| Technological system service expenses | (504,364) | (479,082) | (168,281) | (140,781) | (172,104) |
| Amortisement | (239,269) | (252,063) | (80,087) | (79,063) | (81,225) |
| Salaries and other remunerations | (125,971) | (124,029) | (43,799) | (41,932) | (42,459) |
| Repairs and maintenance | (62,415) | (62,620) | (24,551) | (23,619) | (25,331) |
| Materials and consumables | (6,648) | (6,227) | (2,450) | (2,108) | (2,247) |
| Other operational expenses | (81,667) | (105,617) | (30,034) | (30,601) | (31,801) |
| Total operational expenses | (1,857,213) | (1,598,839) | (545,624) | (681,335) | (529,728) |
| Profit from operations | 358,361 | 354,762 | 101,400 | 108,092 | 105,025 |
| Financial revenues | 44,565 | 49,020 | 15,419 | 14,474 | 1,969 |
| Financial expenses | (43,867) | (41,794) | 18,287 | (12,065) | (14,499) |
| Net financial result | 699 | 7,226 | (2,869) | 2,408 | (12,530) |
| Profit before tax | 359,060 | 361,988 | 98,532 | 110,501 | 92,495 |
| Income tax | (54,406) | (59,004) | (14,522) | (16,264) | (15,718) |
| Profit of the year | 304,654 | 302,985 | 84,009 | 94,237 | 76,776 |
| thousand lei | Period of 9 months | Period of 9 months |
|---|---|---|
| ended on 30 September 2015 | ended on 30 September 2014 |
|
| Cash flows from operational activities | ||
| Profit of the time interval | 304,654 | 302,985 |
| Adjustments for: | ||
| Income tax expense | 54,406 | 59,004 |
| Depreciation and amortisement | 239,269 | 252,063 |
| Provisions for impairment of trade receivables and other | 15,408 | 33,970 |
| receivables Reversal of provisions for impairment of trade receivables & |
(20,909) | (8,449) |
| other receivables | ||
| Net loss from disposal of property, plant and equipment | 813 | 4,481 |
| Reversal of adjustments for property, plant and equipment | 6,427 | 0 |
| (5,738) | (7,731) | |
| Net reversal of adjustments for provisions of risks and charges | ||
| Interest expenses, interest revenue and unrealised exchange rate gains |
(702) | (7,303) |
| Cash flows before changing the current capital | 593,629 | 629,019 |
| Changes in: | ( | ( |
| Trade and other receivables | 342,539 | (16,018) |
| Inventories | (605) | 34 |
| Trade and other liabilities | (264,182 | (3,510) |
| Other tax and social security liabilities | (1,025) | 32,330 |
| Deferred revenue | (49,959) | 32,903 |
| Cash generated from operational activities | 620,397 | 674,758 |
| Interest paid | (15,722) | (21,103) |
| (52,472) | (59,741) | |
| Income tax paid | 552,203 | 593,914 |
| Net cash from operational activities | ||
| Cash flows used in investments | ||
| Procurement of property, plant and equipment and of intangible | (139,320) | (142,874) |
| assets Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment |
0 | 2 |
| Interest received | 10,238 | 9,945 |
| Dividends received | 7,072 | 13,224 |
| Net cash used in investments | (122,010) | (119,703) |
| Cash flows used in financing activities | ||
| Repayment of long term borrowings | (171,450) | (156,071) |
| Dividends paid | (204,599) | (162,910) |
| Net cash used in financing activities | (376,048) | (318,981) |
| Net increase / (Decrease) of cash and cash equivalents | 54,145 | 155,230 |
| Cash and cash equivalents on 1 January | 865,238 | 600,699 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 919,382 | 755,929 |
| No. | INDICATORS | REB 9 months 2015 |
Achieved 9 months 2015 |
Differences | Degree of achievement |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+/-) | (%) | |||||
| 0 | 1 | [thousand Lei] | 2 | 3 | 4=3-2 | 4=3/2 * 100 |
| I. | TOTAL REVENUESRd.1=Rd.2+Rd.5+Rd.6) | 2,088,698 | 2,260,140 | 171,441 | 108% | |
| 1 | Total operational revenues | 1,000,338 | 1,063,572 | 63,235 | 106% | |
| 2 | Financial revenues | 33,839 | 44,565 | 10,726 | 132% | |
| 3 | Revenues from zero profit activity | 1,054,521 | 1,152,002 | 97,481 | 109% | |
| II | TOTAL EXPENSES (Rd.7=Rd.8+Rd.2 | 1,945,411 | 1,901,079 | -44,331 | 98% | |
| 1 | Operational expenses | 851,947 | 689,381 | -162,566 | 81% | |
| A | Expenses with goods and services | 418,584 | 297,694 | -120,890 | 71% | |
| B | Expenses with taxes, charges and assimilated payments |
23,603 | 20,218 | -3,385 | 86% | |
| C | Personnel expenses | 136,848 | 131,370 | -5,478 | 96% | |
| D | Other operational expenses | 272,912 | 240,099 | -32,813 | 88% | |
| 2 | Financial expenses | 38,942 | 43,867 | 4,924 | 113% | |
| 3 | Extraordinary expenses | 0 | 2,337 | 2,337 | ||
| 4 | Expenses from zero profit activity | 1,054,521 | 1,165,495 | 110,974 | 111% | |
| III | GROSS RESULT (profit / loss) | 143,287 | 359,060 | 215,773 | 251% | |
| IV | INCOME TAX | 26,963 | 54,406 | 27,443 | 202% | |
| V | ACCOUNTING INCOME REMAINING AFTER INCOME TAX DEDUCTION |
116,324 | 304,654 | 188,330 | 262% |
| Indicators | Calculation formula | 30.09.2015 | 30.09.2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator of current liquidity (x) | Current assets Current liabilities |
1.75 | 1.66 |
| Indicators of gearing ratio (x): |
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| (1) Indicator of leverage |
Capital borrowed x 100 Equity |
21.72% | 28.78 |
| (2) Indicator of leverage |
Capital borrowed x 100 Committed capital |
17.85% | 22.35 |
| Clients turnover (days) | Average clients balance* x 270 Turnover |
29.93 | 38.08 |
| Clients turnover (days) | Turnover Non-current assets |
0.64 | 0.54 |
* The clients contributing to turnover were taken into consideration when calculating the average balance (energy, balancing, other clients, and clients' bills to execute. Values corresponding to doubtful clients, the cogeneration scheme and the over-compensation have not been include in the average balance)
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