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Santierul Naval Orsova S.A.

Annual Report Apr 13, 2020

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SANTIERUL NAVAL ORSOVA S.A. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019

CONTENTS PAGE
Annual report of the board of directors 1 – 33
Statement of compliance with the Bucharest stock exchange corporate governance code 34 - 39
Statement of Financial Position 40 - 41
Statement of Comprehensive Income 42 - 43
Statement of Changes in Equity 44
Statement of Cash Flows 45 – 46
Notes to Separate Financial Statements 47 – 105
Statement 106
Independent Auditor's Report 107 - 113

ŞANTIERUL NAVAL ORŞOVA S.A. Nr. RC J25/150/1991 CIF: RO 1614734 Capital social: - subscris 28.557.297,5 lei - varsat 28.557.297,5 lei Str. Tufări, nr. 4, Orşova, 225200, Mehedinţi Tel.: 0252/362.399; 0252/361.885; Fax: 0252/360.648 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Codul LEI (Legal Entity Identifier): 254900UXAJ8TPIKLXG79 Cod IBAN: RO96RNCB0181022634120001- B.C.R. Orşova Cod IBAN: RO59BRDE260SV03176142600- B.R.D. Orşova

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACCORDING TO LAW NO. 24/2017 AND OF THE ASF REGULATION NO. 5/2018 concerning the issuers of financial instruments and market operations AND OF THE MFP ORDER NO. 2844/12.12.2016 FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2019

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Cod IBAN: RO59BRDE260SV03176142600- B.R.D. Orşova

Date of the Report: 24 th of February 2020

  • Name of the trading company: ŞANTIERUL NAVAL ORŞOVA S.A.;
  • Registered office: 4, TUFĂRI Street, ORŞOVA, MEHEDINŢI County;
  • Telephone/fax:0252/362399 0252/360648;
  • Single registration code issued by the Trade Register: RO 1614734;
  • Registered number with the Trade Register: J25/150/03.04.1991;
  • Regulated market where the issued securities are traded: it is a company whose shares are traded on a regulated market, respectively it is listed in the Bucharest Stock Exchange, symbol: SNO
  • Subscribed and paid in share capital: 28,557,297.5 Lei
  • Class, type, number and core values of securities issued by the company:11.422.919 common shares, nominative, of 2.5 Lei each;
  • The company is registered with ASF – The Department for Evidence of the securities with the Certificate no. 111/02.03.1998, updated on 06.10.2008 further to the increase in share capital as a result of the merger.

1. ANALYSIS OF THE COMPANY'S ACTIVITY

1.1. Description of the company's core business

a) Description of the company's core business

The main activity of "Şantierul Naval Orşova" S.A. consists in the construction of river ships (NACE code rev.2: 3011 "Construction of ships and floating structures"). This activity represented 82.79% of the 2019 turnover, most of the ships being exclusively designed for intra-community supplies.

The same as in the previous years, at Agigea Branch, the activity which highly contributed to the turnover consisted in renting the ships, especially barges, and repairs of river/marine ships. The branch's turnover has known a significant growth from the previous year, by 4.5% (from 11,1% in the year 2018 to 15.6% in the year 2019).

b) Stipulation of the set up date of Șantierul Naval Orșova SA

The company was set up under Government Decision No. 19/10.01.1991, by converting and taking over the patrimony of the former Orsova Shipyard from the Ministry of Transports and Telecommunications.

The company is registered with the Trade Register under no. J25/150/1991.

In 1998, it became a privately-owned company, with domestic and foreign capital through the sale of the shares held by the former FPS (State Owned Property Fund).

c) Description of any merger or significant reorganization of the company, its subsidiaries or controlled companies during the financial year

There were no such events in 2019.

The only merger since the company's set up until the present days took place in 2008. It is about a merge by absorption between Şantierul Naval Orşova SA, Mehedinţi County – the absorbing company - and Servicii Construcţii Maritime SA Agigea, Constanţa County – the absorbed company. Following this merge, the headquarters remained in Orşova and the former company in Agigea became a branch of Şantierul Naval Orşova SA. Occasioned by this the social capital of the company increased from 21.643.150 lei to 28.557.297,5 lei, and thenumber of the shares increased from 8.657.260 to 11.422.919 shares, any share having a nominal value of 2.5 lei/share. Since the merger and until the date of the present report, the social capital and the number of shares remained unchanged.

d) Description of assets acquisitions and/or sales:

Acquisitions and sales of assets are described in section 4.4 of this report and in the NOTES to the financial statements for 2019, which are attached to this report.

e) Description of the main results of the company's activity assessment:

1.1.1. General assessment elements for the period under review (year 2019):

67.698.135
lei

Agigea Branch
10.699.758
lei
63.722.823
lei
9.827.393
lei
3.975.312
lei
872.365
lei

Orsova headquarter
3.102.947
lei
total income, out of which:
total costs
Agigea Branch
gross profit/loss, out of which:

Agigea Branch
  • market share held:
    • the production obtained at the headquarters addresses the market share of intra-community river ships, where the company holds a share of approximately 1 - 2%;
    • the rental of ships (barges) through the branch was done especially outside the intra-community area, where the share is below 1%;
  • as of 31.12.2019, the company's available funds in accounts amounted to 20.616.842 Lei, out of which:
    • 6.958.278 Lei in the Lei account
    • 13.650.573 Lei in the foreign currency accounts
    • 6.675 Lei, petty cash
    • 1.316 lei other values, in petty cash

The main characteristics of the year 2019, compared with the previous years, could be shortly synthesized by:

  • Maintenance of a relatively low demand on the river vessel construction market, on which our company performs activity, even if a price growth was felt for the vessels sale, that was a consequence of raw materials price increase on one hand and of services, on the other hand. Even under these conditions, the company succeeded in having covered the entire production capacity for the year 2019 and also to preserve a level of efficiency comparable to the previous year.
  • An increase of the activity from the Agigea Branch in comparison to the previous year, on one side subsequently to the improving of the operation activity (rental) pf the 5 ships, type barges which the company owns at this sub-unit, and on the other side as a consequence of the fact that in the year 2019 there has been contracted and completed a reconversion work of 2 barges in a watercraft type ferry/pontoon, for the transport of lorries and cars. This was reflected also in the operational incomes realized by the branch which have known an increase by 78,5% from the previous year, as already shown.
  • Our good name which our company has on the shipbuilder market in Europe, highly contributed to obtaining new orders.

  • In the year 2019 it was completed the construction of the sixth stainless steel (81,3 ml length) and started – firstly – the construction of a river ship scoped for the transport of passengers with 3 decks which is to be finished in the year 2020.

More information and comments regarding these indicators and the company's activity are presented under 4 point of the present report and in the NOTES to the financial statements, which are attached to this report.

1.1.2 The assessment of the technical level of the trading company

The activity of the company is diverse, the two offices having different scopes of work, yet complementary, in fulfilling their targets. Thus, the activities carries out include: the intra-community construction and delivery of river ships (head-office in Orșova), the rental of their own barges within the intra-community and extra-community areas and also the repair of ships which belong to third parties (branch in Agigea). For the construction of ships, the company is equipped with the technical means, the necessary specialists for this type of constructions. The organizational system, the technical experience, endowments and the technological flux specific to the building of ships, allow whatsoever, the execution and delivery of river and sea ships of miscellaneous types and with increased complexity.

The Naval Shipyard in Orșova makes available a vast range of products to their clients. At present, the construction of any type of river ship is possible for the transport of goods (containers, fuel tanks, chemical products, food supply, pharmaceuticals) yet also the fabrication of coastal ships and passenger vessels.

Company management team manifested and manifest a continuous preoccupation for production process modernization by acquisition of most modern tools specifically for shipbuilding. Being aware that the company should maintain an appropriate equipment level in according to actual requests, major investments were done, for the acquisition of modern machinery, tools and equipment specific to shipbuilding. Training courses were done, in the country and abroad, qualified employees were selected, competitive equipment specific to shipyards has been modernized both at the site in Orșova and also at the branch in Agigea. Likewise, competitive special machinery were imported, respectively: 80+25to electrical cranes, plate cutting machines with numerical control board, painting and blasting equipment, welding sources in gas protective environments) and IT equipment, together with licenses and necessary programs for the best operation.

In the years 2013 and 2014 was carried out the modernization and capacity increase for launching and lifting of Orsova's slipway, and at present there are in progress of modernization/repairing works for Agigea`s slipway, which was started 3 years ago and is about to be completed during the year 2020 (initially this action should have been completed in the year 2019, yet this was not possible because of objective factors related to the delayed delivery of the 14 wedge bogies which are to replace the old ones).

In the year 2019 many state-of-the-art welding machines, automate ones, a gantry crane 5 to., 1 exhauster ventilator, paint gun, welding vacuum system, plasma cutting machine POWERMAX, IT equipment were purchased at the main head-office in Orșova. Likewise, a vast process of repair and modernization was initiated at the auto-cranes MDK 50 to, electric stowers and other transport and lifting installation.

At Agigea Branch, the repairs and modernization of the launching way proceeded, a paint gun, a compressor type AERZEN were purchased, IT equipment for data security, modernization of own installations.

The quality of our products has been the basis for a continuous and intense collaboration

with partners from Germany, Netherlands and Belgium.

The entire activity is aimed at satisfying the clients' requirements and increasing product quality at European level, by giving increased attention to the ships' finishing degree, especially in aesthetic areas.

The implemented quality system is able to cope with the most modern requirements, and the company is certified by Lloyd Register Quality Assurance. The company has obtained during 2019 also the Quality System Certification in compliance with the new standard DIN ISO 9001:2015 (certificate no. 10186440 field Construction and repair of ships and boats).

ȘANTIERUL NAVAL ORȘOVA SA has at its disposal:

  • A Quality Manual – revision 4/12.01.2015
  • Procedures : - Documents control – revision 1/03.03.2011
    • Registration Control – revision 1/27.05.2014
    • Control of non-conform product – revision 2/ 12.01.2018
    • Corrective actions – revision 2/12.01.2015
    • Preventive actions – revision 2/12.01.2015
  • Working instructions
    • Purchased material/products' acceptance
    • Release from storages – revision 1/13.10.2012
    • Testing the product provided by the Client – revision 1/13.01.2012
    • Maintenance of the equipments– revision 1/08.11.2012

The favourable technical situation of Orşova Shipyard is given by the following facts:

  • good geographical locations for both the headquarters in Orşova (where Danube enters the country) and the Agigea Branch (Constanţa harbour);
  • Being part of medium-sized shipyards category, it has a great capacity to adapt to market demands and it can quickly respond to business diversification trends;
  • pollution is at normal levels(pollution does not form a disturbing factor);
  • the range of deliveries and external services is over 95% of the turnover;
  • The company makes use of qualified staff, in compliance with the requirements of the technological process; we though notice the tendency of an average age increase of the employees;
  • endowment with specific fixed assets is to an acceptable level, comparable to other competing shipyards; in this respect, the company started an investment programme aimed on one hand at increasing the weight of active fixed assets, and on the other hand at replacing obsolete fixed assets with more efficient ones that can lead to enhanced productivity; by means of this strategy, the company intended to ensure increased flexibility and efficiency of fixed assets and bringing them to a technical and technological level that would allow global alignment and building of products that meet the standards required by foreign partners;
  • the trading of the ships supposes the conclusion of direct contract agreements with the naval shipyards which reinforce the body of ships or with European navigators;
  • for shipbuilding, there is a certain stability of intra-community clients (from Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria);

During the year 2019, no major changes were noticed in the request for new sea/river vessels, this being situated at a medium level, and the most recent information on the naval market show that the present situation will be maintained also throughout the year 2020, yet also in the years to come. That is why, we consider that a strategy for the future must be realistically analyzed, in order to find – further on – a price politics and financing which would

ensure the continuity of the activity by performing and competitive terms.

1.1.3 Assessment of the technical supply activity (domestic sources, foreign sources imports).

In the year 2019, there were some important changes in terms of main supply sources of raw materials and materials. As in the previous years, the equipment was mainly bought from domestic ISO certified suppliers according to the European norms and standards. Still, when at the last commercial analyses the cost-quality report was more favourable to the import or intra-community purchase, the company chose this possibility; we especially refer to ship plate, SS-steel plate, profile pipes. In terms of intra-community acquisitions, we mainly talk about those materials that are not produced in Romania or for which the clients have imposed a certain quality standard; such materials are laminated parts and paints for river/marine ships. Also, according to the handover conditions, the transport of ships to Germany/Netherlands was mainly done in a combined manner, namely on the segment Orsova-Regensburg, the transport was Romanian: CNFR NAVROM GALATI, and on the route Regensburg-Rotterdam with non-resident services providers (DUWVAARTONDERNEMING JOSON BV – THE NETHERLANDS, CLASSIC CHARTER GMBH – GERMANY, VIGILIA TRADING BV- THE NETHERLANDS, DONAU SCHWARZMEER SCHIFFAHRTS – GERMANY).

Material inventories were always at an optimum level, which ensured business continuity, hence there were no interruptions in the manufacturing process due to lack of raw materials and materials.

The main domestic suppliers of raw materials and materials, according to the value of the supplies and to their importance were:

- •LIBERTY GALATI which is the new description of ARCELOR MITTAL STEEL Galaţi who changed its name due to a replacement of the shareholder who owns the management of the comany for medium and thick plates;

  • LINDE GAZ Timişoara: technical gases
  • PENTAGON SRL TECUCI: grinding stones
  • NIMFA COM SRL BUC.: pipes and various profiles
  • MAIRON S.A. GALATI variousprofiles
  • INOX METAL SSR SS-steel plates and pipes
  • COS SA TARGOVISTE profiles and laminated

DUCTIL Buzău: welding consumables;

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  • THYYSSENKRUPP MATERIALS corner profiles, steel

Out of the external suppliers of materials, we list the most important:

  • INDUSTEEL BELGIUM for stainless steel
  • JULIUS HANDELS GmbH in Austria, for profiles and pipes
  • MET INVEST in Ukraine, for ship plate
  • MAKSTEL AD in Macedonia for black steel
  • SSAB EMEA in Sweden for hardox plate

The collaboration with sub contractors continued also in the year 2019, approximately at the same level as during the previous year. These collaborations were necessary for the progress of the activity, referring to hull painting, steel construction, hull equipments, hull transport, etc. By the collaboration companies we are mentioning the most important:

-PRIMORDIAL SRL Orşova ship painting;

-EUROBLASTINK REP SRL CONSTANTA – for the ship painting activity

-GRIMEX SRL TARGU JIU ship equipment parts and steel structures

-ELECTROSCOICA MAR SRL – for steel structures

-CNFR NAVROM SA GALATI hull transport Orsova-Regensburg

-KRAFT SHIPBUILDING SRL Dr. Tr. Severin – for steel structures

-BERG BANAT zinc coating

1.1.4 Assessment of sales activity

Turnover knows an increase of approx. 27,2%, from the previous year. It is to be mentioned that while the income from the ships' construction activity increased by approx. 19,14%, the income from the ships' renting activity increased by approx 20%, and the income from the repair of ships have known a significant increase – by 82,06% from the year 2018. The turnover was realized, and especially because of the external deliveries and services: intra community for the vessel built in Orsova and extra community for incomes resulted from renting the ships from Agigea Branch.

All 7 vessels finalized and delivered from Orsova in 2019 were scoped to be delivered to the West-European market.

Please see below a comparative statement of intra-community supplies and Romania, for the last three years, expressed in percentage of total ship delivered (according to IFRS 8):

CLIENT / BENEFICIARY YEAR
2017
YEAR
2018
YEAR
2019
RensenDriessenShipbuilding B.V.
(NL)
59,6% 72,6% 71,63%
Zeendecat BV (NL) 13,8% - -
Vos Kaiser GmbH (DE) - - 12,27%
WPI SHIP Building BV (NL) 12,4% - -
ZanenShipbuilding B.V. (NL) 14,2 - 16,10%
Concordia Damen Shipbuilding BV - 27,4% -
TOTAL 100% 100% 100%

According to the above mentioned information, the company Rensen Driessen continued also in 2019 to detain the first position regarding the amount of the deliveries.

The contractual payment terms were ensured either through irrevocable letters of credit 100% or by advance payments of up to 10% and payment of the difference through letter of credits.

For the future, just as during the previous years, the main concern of the board and executive management is to find solutions for concluding contracts at prices that would ensure development in cost-effective conditions and with guaranteeing the price payment by means of irrevocable guarantee letters. This is also due to the fact that under the new foreign conditions on the market in which we operate, rapid and unexpected changes can always occur from one day to another.

Under the new market conditions, competition in this activity field is quite tough, because most orders come from the European Community and business partners are more demanding in terms of quality work. The company has a technical and technological level that meets these requirements and we believe it is able to win more contracts compared to its competitors.

The company's main competitors in terms of shipbuilding and repair works are the following, just as in the previous years:

- Domestic – all shipyards

- Abroad – especially shipyards in China and Korea, and then Poland, Serbia, Turkey, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Ukraine.

1.1.5 Assessment of aspects related to employees / company staff

Lack of personnel continues to manifest also in the year 2019, all steps taken at executive level by recruiting new skilled workers in the trades of welders and locksmiths could not fully solve this deficit. This fact had more unfavorable consequences for company:

-on one hand, it is registered an aging phenomenon of the staff, which will continue also in the next period;

  • on the other hand, it is registered a decrease of qualified staff number, especially on the main works (welders and locksmiths) this fact forced and forcing us to outsource some metal construction works, fact which will not be present concurrency at the hiring.
  • Not on the last place it is a growth of working force fluctuation.

Nevertheless, during the year 2019, the number of staff increased by 1,42% in comparison to the year 2018.

The average number of employees throughout 2019 is 356 employees compared to 351 employees in the previous year. As of 31.12.2019, the number of employees was of 386, out of which 346 at the headquarters in Orşova and 40 at the Agigea Branch.

Out of the total number, as of 31.12.2019, the situation per activity sectors is as following:

  • 384 – industrial activity
  • 1 – canteen activity
  • 1 – medical activity

The structure is as following:

  • 50 – technical, financial, professional and administrative staff, out of which:
  • 43 – employees in Orsova (out of which 32 with higher studies);
  • 7 – employees in Agigea (out of which 5 with higher studies).
  • 6 foremen, out of which 6 in Orsova;
  • 330 workers, out of which:
  • 297 employees in Orsova;
  • 33 employees in Agigea.

Personnel structure in terms of gender is as follows:

  • men – 332 persons (315 in the previous year);
  • women - 54 persons (57 in the previous year).

During the year 2019, a number of 73 new employees and 63 releases were registered; the latter were released through: retirements, dismissals for reasons of employee's character, expiry of the individual labour contract and with agreement from the parties, the latter being the most common cause.

In order to solve, part-wise this lack of staff, the company started a large recruiting action of qualified staff from Orsova, as well as from the surrounding areas. In order to settle a direct contact with the persons looking for a job, the company took part on various occasions, in the General Stock of the workplaces organized by AJOFM Mehedinti. Unfortunately, it was only part-wise succeeded to cover the necessary for the year 2019, this issue being present also in the year 2020.

A permanent preoccupation of the company's management was to improve the skills of its employees, following that this activity becomes a permanent one also in the next period, according to the provisions in the Labour Code.

At the level of the company, there are legally, two unions formed.

Out of the total of employees, approximately 95% are members of a union, and the relations between the administration and the employees on good terms.

Other aspects concerning the employees/the company's staff have been shown in the NOTES to the financial situations which are integer part of the present report.

1.1.6 Assessment of the impact of the company's core business on environment

As a whole of actions, documents or programmes that identify, describe and assess the potential material effects on environment, the environmental policy of Santierul Naval Orsova SA is closely related to both the company's economic policy and compliance with the principles of the European Directives on environment protection (EC Directive 2002/42/EC, SEA Directive 2001/42/EC and Habitats Directive 92/43/EC, Directive 2004/35/EC on liability for environmental damage and the DRM Directive),given that the entire company's activity is developed in an area protected by law, in the area of the National Park "Portile de Fier" focusing on the following main directions:

-integration of environmental considerations in the development and adoption of the company's plans and programmes;

-better use of primary resources of raw materials and energy, hence minimising waste, waste water, air and water pollution, and decrease of costs per product tonne;

-continuous improvement of environmental issues, especially the material ones, based on environment management programmes, action plans (integrant part of the environmental permit) with targets, objectives, timelines and responsibilities;

-increase education related to environment protection by providing the organisational frame and implementing projects on waste water disposal, waste storage (especially hazardous ones), soil protection;

-compliance with Romanian environment legislation and alignment to the European Union's Directives;

-mitigation of impact of the company's core business on environment;

The company has a monitoring system for all environment factors by specialised institutes and companies, based on firm contracts.

It worths mentioning the maintenance of insignificant impact on the environment in activity of heating and hot water furnishing for company's employees, following the conservation from 01.09.2010 of heating central, heating of our company (administrative centre and locker rooms) being done presently helped by 8 (eight) water heating electrical centrals, with 36 kw power each, and one of 24 KW, type ROMSTAL EKCO. L.1, and for the preparation of warm water there are installed high capacity electrical heaters.

In the same idea, in the second half of the year 2019, it began the modernization of autocranes of the company, operation still going on at present, in order to minimize their impact on the environmental factors.

During 2019, the company fulfilled all the obligations resulting from the Environment Permit no. 21/27.02.2013, valid for a period of 10 years, until 27.02.2023, complying also with the obligation of self-monitoring discharged wastewater imposed by the Waste Water Management Permit no.144/11.05.2018, avoiding the occurrence of any effect with a negative impact on the environment (the proof that the control documents of the representatives of the environmental authorities, not having any measures from their side during the year 2019).

1.1.7 Assessment of research and development activities

During 2019, likewise during the other years, the company did not record any research and development expenses, and for 2020 it does not intend to incur such expenditure, due to the fact that the technical design of the built ships is usually provided by clients or they use designs bought in previous years with the right to use them at new constructions to be done in the future.

1.1.8 Assessment of company activities regarding risk management

Starting from the specific of the main activity of the company, respectively shipbuilding and floating structures construction, and also fact that our products are sold in intra community area, can be identified a series of risks. In this moment, because of the concurrencies medium, of quick swings at European level and worldwide it is normal as the exposure degree (vulnerability) at risks to be much higher than in the past periods. Also, therewith the company felt and still feels, fully, the effects of the economic and financial worldwide crisis.

Therefore, the list of potential risk sources could include:

  • -market risk
  • -price risk
  • -currencies risk
  • -environment risk
  • -information security risks
  • -Cash-flow risk, etc.

As it was shown before, the decrease of ship request, accompanied by lowering of selling prices, as an effect of worldwide economic crisis, affected in latest years, including 2019, directly, the company's activity.

To overcome this difficult period, the executive staff had to initiate actions and program aimed at helping with costs management, thus ensuring its resistance on the river ship market. This aims at reducing costs according to the evolution of foreign markets, which continues to be a basic concern of the company's management.

Considering the estimates/forecasts on the exchange rate developments for 2019-2020, the company made some transactions for covering the currency risk (hedging) same as in the past periods. These operations with derivates were effective, being concluded at a parity, more over the official one from the respective period, which contributed to a big measure at assurance of supplementary financial incomes to contribute to coverage of expenses of this nature. Favourable rate difference registered in the year 2019 from such operations overcome 200 thousands lei.

Also, to assure a better security of informatics system and data basis, company continued action started in the previous years- when a project of reconstruction of computer network and bought an informatics system based on Oracle technology – by purchasing new IT equipments which ensure security.

Other aspects related to the risk management (credit, currency, liquidity) are presented in the NOTES to the financial statements, which are an integrant part of this report.

1.1.9 Perspectives on the company's activity

In terms of the company's business perspectives, we can say the following:

  • the company has over 28 years of experience in shipbuilding and repairs; these are performed at quality standards imposed by foreign clients and the company's name is already well-known to the West-European shipbuilders;
  • the financial crisis has resulted in reduced demand for ships and sale price decreases, so that starting with 2009 the company was forced to resize its headcount; this action continued until early 2013; as of 2014, no layoffs have been done;
  • In the present, the company has concluded contracts for 2020 which assure 100% of production capacity for the entire year. Negotiation which are done in the present, for new contracts signing, give us a perspective of activity continuation, by new contract signing, for the next years also
  • as regards the Agigea Branch, it currently has 7 ships (hydro-clap barges, marine tugboats, floating cranes, which are described at section 2.1 b of this report), out of which 5 barges have been repaired and obtained the exploitation authorisations; the branch also has endowments and capacities required for shipbuilding and repairs.
  • Considering the concluded contracts, the production structure and salary costs evolution and those with raw materials and materials, the company has foreseen in the Budget of income and expenses a volume of incomes increased in comparison, with the past year, yet close, to the one realized in the year 2019.
  • the company also intends for 2020 to have investments, mainly consisting in:

    • o Continue works for finalising the modernisation of the slipway at Agigea, namely replacement of wedge bogies ; this will increase safety of ships lifting-launching operations;
    • o Purchase of welding equipment, especially for the head-office in Orșova (welding procedure and robots)
    • o IT equipment
  • o Purchase of RX device for non-destructive testing of the welds

  • o Purchase of 5 tf profile fence crane
  • o Purchase of cutter for plate cutting
  • o Purchase of special tools and devices
  • o Endowment with pipe cutting machinery and profiles of various angles
  • o Purchase of SDVs for 200 to press for pipe trimming
  • o Fabrication of roof and bridge with 2 hooks of 1,5 to each above the 200 to press

2 COMPANY'S FIXED ASSETS

2.1 The lands and the most important buildings and production equipment within the company's property is located on sites, on one side, at the main head-office in Orsova (no. 4 Tufari street, town of Orsova, Mehedinti County) and on the other side at the head-office in Agigea, at the premises of Constanţa South Harbour, Constanţa County.

During the year 2019, no major changes were produced regarding their consistency, the largest investment expenses were those related to the repair, replacement and modernization of those existing, as shown. We stipulate that at the head-office in Orsova, a floating dock was re-classified, in the sense that it was taken out from the category of fixed assets and was transferred to stocks, its sale being approved, by the Administration Board; at the branch in Agigea, one of the 2 sea tug-boats was taken out of operation, because of its advanced physical wear-out and the head-office building in Constanta, was re-classified from fixed assets to building investments (being rented).

a) In Orsova, the company owns a property amounting to land 90.715 sm, confirmed by the excerpts from the Land Register, as follows:

  • Administration head-office (including the attached establishment) – 85.790 sm;

  • Gratca area - 4.925 sm.

The fixed assets existing at the head-office in Orsova mainly consist of:

  • a lifting-launching hold of 1,800 t with ten wires on a length of 100 linear meters – used for launching ships with a maximum length of 135 linear meters and a width of 15 linear meters, which one was modernized in 2014;

  • a technological platform that allows the simultaneous assembly of 5 ships and the execution of sections and block sections related to shipbuilding;

  • 5 gantry cranes of 80+25 t purchased in recent years for the assembling platform and 2 portal cranes of 16 t together with 2 magnetic beams for handling plates in the plates warehouse and the blasting station and one 5 to gantry crane, purchased in 2019; these offer much more safety and lead to increased productivity by replacing the existing crane trucks, which were obsolete;

  • 1 cutting machine in OMNIMAT coordinates based on computer programmes and 3 with OMNICUT plasma, commissioned in 2007 and 2009 and 2018;

  • Hydraulic press for plate bending , bought in 2017

  • Compressors (4 pcs.) type ACU 9 L8 from HAFI;

  • a horizontal automated blasting and painting line purchased in 2009 for plates of up to 3000 mm width;

  • buildings, storages, material warehouses, administrative building, a floating dock;

  • cranes of 10 - 50 t, welding and painting equipment, plate rolling machine, 2 hydraulic bending-off presses for profiles of 200 t for profiles moulding at the retreat areas (stern, fore part), etc.

b) At the Agigea Branch, the company owns 210 square meters of land located in Constanța, with a building where the company's former administrative headquarters was located until 2009, before the merger. Currently, the company's offices are in Agigea, and the building in Constanța was let, in the past years; in the year 2016 was putted in conservation, lacking solutions for renting. During the last part of the 2019 this building was rented, being reclassified, as shown. The cadastral in tabulation work was suspended until the litigation with the Town Hall in Constanta is closed, this litigation concerns certain amendments brought to this building by the old owner. The land of 57,710 square meters in Agigea, where the branch currently develops its activity, is property of the State-Owned Company "Administraţia Porturilor Maritime Constanţa" (Administration of Maritime Harbours), and the branch has a usage contract for the harbour area with this company.

Main fixed assets owned by the Branch are the same as previous years, mentioning that within the year 2019 were done a series of expenses for repairing and modernizations of the vessel barges and slipway.

Regarding the slipway, within 2015 was done the first stage of replacing damaged railways, in the year 2016 was solved problem of traction system for vessels launching, improvement action continues also along 2017 and 2018.In 2019, the investment plan considered also the replacement of the wedge bogies at this stowage. The 14 bogies which need replacement were fabricated during 2019 and are to be replaced during 2020, together with the replacement of the girders; these operations were included in the investment program for the year 2020.

The branch's main existing endowments in Agigea are:

  • 7 marine ships of different types and capacities, out of which:
    • o 5 MIDIA hydroclap barges 940 m3 (with own propulsion);
    • o 1 marine tug-boat;
    • o 1 floating crane of 60 t without propulsion;
  • building and launching slipway for lifting ships, has 14 files, on whom can be executed works of launching/lifting up vessels, with the following sizes:
    • o maximum length = 90,00 m
    • o maximum width = 18,00 m
    • o maximum height = 3,60 m
    • o empty weight of the ship = 1,800 t
  • 1 travelling crane 16 feet x 16 m/ 8 feet x 32 m;
  • 2 KB cranes 674,25 feet x 15m/8 feet x 35m;

  • 1 gantry crane of 80 t purchased in 2008 and 2 OMNIMAT cutting machines;

  • a horizontal automated painting and blasting line purchased in 2009 for plates up to 3000 mm width;
  • production halls (for metallic works, engine assembly, ship equipment);
  • technical gas network;
  • workshops for woodwork activities, electric repairs, turnery (with the possibility of processing parts with a maximum diameter of 600 mm and maximum length of 11.000 mm with a gantry crane of 5 feet x 16,5 m), etc;
  • covered and uncovered storage areas:
  • - material warehouse 60 x 60 = 3600 square meters;
  • - work platform 40 x 30 = 1200 square meters;
  • - work platform 120 x 40 = 4800 square meters.

2.2 Description and analysis of the company's properties of wear degree

At 31.12.2019 the company proceeded to re-evaluation, in scope of report by accounting the financial situation, accounting to their right value, reflecting the results of this assessment in the financial situations drawn up for that year. The net book value of the company's noncurrent assets as of 31.12.2019, after re-assessment is presented below:

The revaluation was performed by a company authorised by ANEVAR (National Association of Certified Evaluators), and the results were recorded and disclosed in the financial situations of the year 2019; the company has done a special report in regards to the

DENOMINATION BALANCE AS OF BALANCE AS OF
01.01.2019 31.12.2019
DENOMINATION BALANCE AS OF BALANCE AS OF
01.01.2019 31.12.2019
LAND 1.201.941 1.201.941
CONSTRUCTIONS 20.439.782 18.516.839
TECH. INSTAL. AND TRANSP. MEANS 17.199.019 16.098.044
OTHER INSTALL, EQUIP. AND FURNIT. 72.968 73.640
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS 104.911 179.427
ASSETS IN PROGRESS 0 2.862.195
TOTAL 39.018.621 38.932.086

results of this operation detailed, in order to be presented to shareholders for approval, report which completes this presentation.

Part of the fixed assets from the category of equipment was in conservation in the past years and was in the same situation at 31.12.2019. For this category of fixed assets (other than buildings) there were constituted depreciations in the total value of 382.036 lei.

Besides the lands that were re-classified as fixed assets held in scope of selling, approved by the administrators during the previous years to be sold by bidding, during the year 2019 a new asset is added, namely the floating dock. The sale of this asset is estimated to be realized in the year 2020. The value of the fixed assets withheld by the company in view of the sale at 31.12.2019 amounts 318.158 lei.

The input value by categories and the value of assets depreciation, as well as other information on non-current assets are presented in the NOTES to the financial statements.

2.3 Potential issues related to property rights on the company's tangible assets At this moment, the company has no litigations regarding property rights.

3 MARKET OF SECURITIES ISSUED BY THE COMPANY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

3.1 Romanian and foreign markets where the company's securities are traded

The shares of Şantierul Naval Orşova are listed and traded since 1998 at the Bucharest Stock Exchange with the symbol SNO. In this moment shares are traded on STANDARD category. Depozitarul Central S.A. keeps the shareholders' registry, according to the contract no. 24494 dated 17 May 2007.

The company's securities are not traded on other domestic or foreign markets.

The share capital of Şantierul Naval Orşova SA did not register changes in 2019.

According to the shareholders' registry, as of 31.12.2019, the structure of shareholders is as following:

Number of shares Amount
(Lei)
Percentage
(%)
SIF 3 Transilvania 5.711.432 14.278.580 49,9998
SIF 5 Oltenia 3.200.337 8.000.843 28,0168
SIF 4 Muntenia 1.504.600 3.761.500 13,1718
Other shareholders natural persons 844.408 2.111.020 7,3922
Other shareholders legal persons 162.142 405.355 1,4194
11.422.919 28.557.298 100,000

SIF = financial investment company

The subscribed and paid in capital is of 28,557,298 Lei, divided into a number of 11,422.919 nominal dematerialised shares, each in amount of 2.50 Lei.

On 31.12.2019, compared to the shareholder's structure as of 31 December 2018, no modification has been noticed in what the ownership of significant shareholders are concerned, yet a slight increase of shareholders legal persons has been noticed, compared to shareholders natural persons. The company's shares are ordinary and indivisible.

The identification data of each shareholder, their contribution to the share capital, number of shares and participation weight in total share capital are mentioned in the shareholders registry held by the registrar company (Depozitarul Central București)

According to the law, each share subscribed and paid in by shareholders gives them the right to a vote in the General Meeting of Shareholders, the right to elect or to be elected in the company's governing bodies, the right to participate in profit distribution or any other rights deriving from the shareholder position.

By holding the share, the shareholder automatically adheres to the company's articles of incorporation and subsequent amendments.

The evolution in share prices over one year of the company Santierul Naval Orsova SA, respectively 5 years, together with the amount of traded shares for this period is presented below: (source: Stock Exchange Bucharest).

As it can be seen, according to the data shown on the BVB site, the variation interval of the trading cost in the last year was included between 2,48 lei/share and 4.40 lei/share (increase 77.4%). If we refer to the last 5 years, we notice that the smallest trading cost was registered at the beginning of May 2016 (2,29 lei/share), and the biggest cost was registered at the beginning of the month of February 2020 (4,4 lei/share).

3.2 Description of company's policy on dividends

In the last 10 years, the politics on dividends may be concluded as follows:

The approach concerning the destination of the net profit was different, according to the level of the profit, to the interest of the shareholders and to the legal provisions;

- Until 2009, as long as the amounts from the profit account were more significant, the General Meeting of the Shareholders approved the distribution of dividends from the net profit to be divided which represented approx. 50-60% of the net profit. The value in lei/share was ranged between 0.4-0.75 lei/share. Size, in absolute value of the gross dividend per share, was established according to the performances of the company. During the entire period where the dividends' distribution was approved, their payment was done within the term concluded by the General Meeting of the Shareholders, without being registered delays or complaints from the share holders.

During the period 2010-2011 when the profit was at a relatively low level, the General Meeting of Shareholders decided this amount to remain at company disposal, as own financing source, without being distributed dividends.

In the year 2012 and 2013, the company registered losses, thus dividends distribution was not possible.

In the years 2014 and 2015, the company registered a profit, this was used for partial coverage of losses from the previous years.

In the year 2016, after covering losses from previous years from " Other reserves", the net profit for that year was distributed, according to the Decision of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders from 07 April 2017, a gross dividend of 0.2 lei/share for:

- For the financial year 2017 it was approved a gross dividend of 0.16 lei/share, and for the year 2018 the amount of the gross dividend was 0.22 lei/share.

- For the year 2019, the general meeting of the shareholders is to discuss and approve the division manner of the net profit, after the deduction of the legal spare, amounting to 3.006.285 lei (which is superior to the year 2018: 2.672.848 lei).

The evolution of the dividend share and of the internal financing sources in total net profit, within the last 3 years is illustrated in the diagram below:

3.3 Description of any activities relating to purchasing own shares

From the set up to current days, there was no decision on the purchase of own shares, so that the company did not incur such operations.

3.4 Number and nominal value of shares hold by subsidiaries

The company does not have subsidiaries in other cities. Starting with 2008, Șantierul Naval Orsova has a branch in Agigea, as mentioned at section 1.1 c).

3.5 Issuance of bonds and/or debt securities

The company did not issue bonds or other debt securities in 2019 or in prior years, hence there are no liabilities towards holders of such securities.

4 MANAGEMENT OF THE ISSUER

  • 4.1 The General Meeting of Shareholders (AGOA) of 18.04.2019 appointed the company's new Board of Directors for a period of 4 years, with the following structure:
    • MISTER FERCALA MIHAI – Romanian citizen, born on the date of 28.03.1950 in the town of Mihaileni, County Botosani, economist. He has been elected as member of the Board of Directors of the company starting with 24.03.2000, and in the year 2003 he becomes the president of the C.A. On the date of 31.12.2019, Mr. Fercala Mihai withheld a number of 1.000 shares, representing 0.0087% of the share capital of the company.
    • MISTER CIUREZU TUDOR – Romanian citizen, born on the date of 24.11.1954 in the town of Sarbatoarea, County Dolj, economist. During the period April 2007-April 2011 he was a member of the C.A. He returns to this position starting with the year 2019. On the date of 31.12.2019, he withheld a number of 16.500 shares, representing 0.14% of the share capital of the company.
    • MISTER FIRU FLORIEAN – Romanian citizen, born on the date of 19.07.1953 in the village of Cerneti, County Mehedinti, economist. He has been a member of the C.A from the year 1999. On the date of 31.12.2019, he withheld a number of 10.000 shares, representing 0.09% of the share capital of the company.
    • MISTER IONESCU LUCIAN– Romanian citizen, born on the date of 20.03.1954 in the town of Ramnicu Valcea, County Valcea, economist. He has been a member of the C.A from the year 2007. On the date of 31.12.2019, he didn't withhold any share at the company.
    • MISTER PANTEA MARIUS IOAN – Romanian citizen, born on the date of 17.04.1974 in the town of Oradea, County Bihor, economist. He has been a member of the C.A from the year 2016. On the date of 31.12.2019, he withheld a number of 25 shares of the company.

Additional information regarding the preparation and professional experience of the administrators may be found in their CVs on the company's website: www.snorsova.ro, section: About – contact.

The company does not have knowledge of agreements or family relationships between the board members and other persons, due to which the board members could have been appointed to these positions.

According to the legal provisions and those included in the company's articles of incorporation, the Board of Directors had a couple of meetings in 2019, in order to analyse and discuss the company's current issues, which fall under the responsibility of this governing body.

The main issues discussed, analysed and approved in the meetings of the Board of Directors in 2019 refer to:

  • organizational measurements precursory to the General Meeting of Shareholders from 17/18.04.2019,
  • substantiation of the BVC, analysis of accomplishment in comparison to the BVC provisions,
  • analysis of accomplishment of the investment program for the year 2019
  • approval of transaction for protecting the exchange rate, hedging type,
  • approval of external contracts for ships' construction,
  • analysis of developments in the litigation with VEKA Netherlands at the Court of Arbitration in Rotterdam
  • approval of global ceilings in relationships with banks,
  • approval of internal audit plans and analysis of the internal audit engagements' conclusions,
  • approval of goods' disposals and other aspects whose competence for approval is under the C.A. responsibility
  • approval of the collective labour contract negotiated with the unions during 2019/2020, solving various current issues on the meeting agenda.

4.2 As regards the executive management, we highlight that starting with March 2011, the Board of Directors has validated the appointment of Mr Mircea Ion Sperdea as General Manager, by concluding a mandate agreement. On April 2015 was prolonged mandate of Mr. Sperdea Mircea Ion for a 4 years period. In April 2019 the mandate of Mr. Mircea Ion Sperdea was extended for a period of 1 year, namely until April 2020.

At 31.12.2019 the executive management has the following structures:

-
Eng. Sperdea Mircea
- General Manager
-
Ec. Visescu Marilena
- Economical Manager
-
Eng. Stoinel Florin
- Technical Manager for Production
Preparation
-
Eng. Cândea
Alexandru
- Agigea`s Branch Manager

During the first semester of the year 2019, the position of economic director was occupied by Mr. Caraiman Gheorghe who starting with the 1st of July 2019 was retired for age limit, and the vacant position was occupied by Mrs. Visescu Marilena, starting with the same date.

Mr Sperdea Mircea was previously the head of the company's supply department. In 1996, he was promoted to commercial manager and between November 2000 and the end of 2010 he was appointed general manager.

We inform the shareholders that according to the legal provisions (amendment to Law no. 31/1990 – Company Law, republished), the company suspended the employment contract of the general manager as of 1 March 2011. The company, represented by the president of the Board of Directors – Mr Fercală Mihai - and Mr Mircea Ion Sperdea have concluded and signed a mandate agreement for 2 years and this one was prolonged successively as shown. This agreement refers to the fact that based on the delegation provided by the company's Board of Directors, the General Manager shall exert some of the management attributions of this body, to the extent permitted by the law and in order to fulfil the company's activities. As of 31.12 2019, Mr Sperdea Mircea held a number of 12,000 shares, representing 0.11 % of the share capital.

Mrs. Visescu Marilena was employed in this company, starting with the year 1987, immediately after having graduated the Economical Sciences in Craiova, field of specialization finances-accounting, in the position of economist. Starting with 01.11.1990 she was elected as head of the accounting department until 30.06.2019 when she was promoted to the position of economical director. On 31.12.2019 she withheld a number of 10 shares at the Company Santierul Naval Orsova SA.

Mr Stoinel Florin graduated the Mechanics Faculty of the Timisoara "Politechnica" University in 1995 and was immediately employed as an engineer with the Design Department of Şantierul Naval Orşova SA. During 01.10.1998 - 14.11.2005 he was the head of the Design Department within Santierul Naval Orsova SA. During the period 01.10.1998-14.11.2005 he has worked as head of the design department, and on 15.11.2005 he was appointed technical manager in charge with preparation of the fabrication process. On 31.12.2019 he held a number of 400 shares in S.C.Şantierul Naval Orşova SA.

Mr Cândea Alexandru graduated the Gheorghe Asachi Mechanics Faculty in Iaşi, with a major in Machinery Construction Technology in 1977. Starting with March 2004 he was chief engineer at the former company Servicii Construcţii Maritime SA Constanţa, being transferred from MIHEI Shipping Constanţa and starting with February 2007 he was General Manager at the same company. In 2008, after the merger between the two companies, he became branch manager. On 31.12.2019, he did not hold shares in SNO.

Except for the general manager, who has a mandate agreement with the company, as already mentioned, all the other directors are appointed as executive directors by the Board of Directors and they are employees of the company with employment contracts concluded for indefinite period.

The company does not have knowledge of agreements or family relationships between the directors and other persons due to which the above-mentioned.

4.3 The company does not have knowledge about involvement of the persons mentioned at sections 3.6 and 3.7 in litigations or administrative procedures in the last 5 years or to have had restrictions on occupying management positions within the company.

4.4 Other aspects on CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The General Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders on 06.04.2012 approved the new form of the company's articles of incorporation. This new concept of articles of incorporation aimed at eliminating from the old content of some provisions that are reproductions of legal texts regulating the functioning of companies, hence simplifying and clarifying the statutory provisions on one hand and on the other hand, this will generate much more stability, meaning that it will not require changes and adaptation to the legal changes in the field.

For the internal control, the Board of Directors has contracted the internal audit to an authorised company; respectively ASSOCIATED BUSINESS AUDITORS S.R.L. Timişoara. More details regarding the fee and other information can be found in the Notes of the financial situations.

According to the provisions under the Code of Corporate Governance of BVB, the issuer Șantierul Naval Orșova S.A. publishes on its website details of maximum importance for shareholders, respectively:

  • - current reports, media notes
  • - details concerning the progress of the General Meeting – convenors, materials corresponding to the agenda, special power of attorney, rules and procedures for participation to the general meeting, shareholder's rights, detailed result of the vote, resolutions made within the general meeting;
  • - reports with the trimester, semester and annual financial situations; including their contact dates, yet also the changed came in the structure of the Administration Board of Directors;
  • - data concerning the consultant committees formed up at the level of the C.A.;
  • - financial calendar
  • - decisions of the General Shareholders' Meeting
  • - incorporation, in force

The current Board of Directors consists only of non-executive members and the decision-making process of this management body is not dominated by a person or a group of persons, due to its organisation. The election of the members of the Board of Directors is based on a transparent procedure, nominations are public. The company performs activities related to social responsibility and environment, and instructed employees are appointed for handling these issues.

The audit committee and the retribution committee operates within the Administration Board of Directors. The internal regulation for operation of the CA and of the two committees subordinated is public. During the year 2018 the assessment of the administrators was performed. Also during this year, the prevision politics were drawn up.

Given the share of approx. 91% which the SIFs (SIF3, SIF4, SIF5), withhold in the share capital, the administrators were proposed/elected as being their representatives, thus at the present moment none of the administrators is independent.

5 FINANCIAL-ACCOUNTING SITUATION

Starting with the year 2012 , according to the provisions under the Order of the Minister of Public Finances no. 881 / 25.06.2012 on the application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and of the Order no. 1286/01.10.2012 regarding the approval of the Accounting regulations in conformity with International Standards Reporting Standards, applicable to by companies whose securities are traded on a regulated market, on certain movable values, the company passed to these standards reporting.

For the financial year 2012, the annual individual financial statements based on IFRS were prepared by restating the information in the accounting conducted based on Order MFP no. 3055/2009, and starting with the financial year 2013 accounting shall be conducted based on IFRS provisions as reporting basis.

2012 was the first year of applying IFRS and in order to ensure comparative data with prior periods we restated the data for both 01.01.2011 and 31.12.2011, hence we adjusted (restated) 3 years.

In December 2012, the "Handbook for accounting policies in accordance with IFRS" was prepared, and in the meeting from 08 February 2013, the Board of Directors has approved this HANDBOOK.

The audit of the financial statements for 2019 was performed by A.B.A. AUDIT SRL Timisoara, based on the contract no. 405/22.07.2013, whose initial validity was for 2 years and subsequently prolonged, for 2 more years and in 2017 was prolonged for 3 more years, until 30.04.2020, in according with AGOA resolution from 07.04.2017.

5.1 Financial position as of 31.12.2019

According to IFRS, as of 31.12.2019, the financial position compared to the last 2 years is as following:

YEAR 2019/2018
ASSETS, LIABILITIES, EQUITY 31.12.2019 31.12.2018 31.12.2017 GROWTH/
Lei Lei Lei DECREASE (%)
I. Total tangible assets, out of which: 36.069.891 39.018.621 35.283.844 92,44
- land and constructions 19.718.780 21.641.723 18.556.275 91,11
- technical installations and transportation means 16.277.471 17.303.930 16.477.745 94,07
- other tangible assets 73.640 72.968 249.824 100,92
II. Intangible assets 3.083 3.933 33.227 78.39
III. Tangible assets in course of execution 2.862.195 0 0 -
IV. Real estate investments 517.515 0 0 -
IV. Other non-current assets 110.824 162.464 200.498 68,21
A. TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 39.563.508 39.185.018 35.517.569 100,96
I. Inventories 44.839.962 47.861.022 42.125.722 93,69
II. Trade receivables and other receivables 2.091.262 7.379.937 6.685.934 28,34
III. Other short-term financial investments 6.677.460 8.470.227 8.363.880 78,83
IV. Cash and cash equivalents 13.939.382 6.638.636 9.566.768 209,97
V. Receivables related to current tax 318.158 68.853 68.853 462,08
YEAR 2019/2018
ASSETS, LIABILITIES, EQUITY 31.12.2019 31.12.2018 31.12.2017 GROWTH/
Lei Lei Lei DECREASE (%)
VI. Expenses paid in advance 67.119 55.869 23.394 120,14
B.TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 67.933.343 70.474.544 66.834.551 96,39
TOTAL ASSETS 107.496.851 109.659.562 102.352.120 98,03
I. Equity 28.557.298 28.557.298 28.557.298 100,00
II. Social capital adjustments - - - -
III. Share premium 8.862.843 8.862.843 8.862.843 100,00
IV. Reserves 52.191.937 53.054.695 48.265.387 98,37
V. Other reserves from IAS29 application - - - -
V. Profit/Loss of the year 3.205.050 2.852.126 2.721.336 112,37
VI. Profit/Loss carried forward 7.431.918 6.353.858 5.555.872 116,97
VII. Carried forward coming from first time
application of IAS29
- - - -
VIII. Profit distribution (198.765) (179.278) (823.621) 110,87
IX. Other equity elements (4.290.219) (4.498.960) (3.718.330) 95,36
C.TOTAL EQUITY 95.760.062 95.002.582 89.420.785 100,8
I. Liabilities related to deferred tax 4.299.942 4.498.960 3.718.330 95,58
D. TOTAL LONG TERM LIABILITIES 4.299.942 4.498.960 3.718.330 95,58
I. Short term loans - - - -
-II. Trade payables and other payables, including
derivatives
6.804.366 9.618.869 8.422.623 70,74
III. Advance registered incomes 1.246 2.277 3.308 54,72
IV. Provisions 631.235 536.874 787.074 117,58
E. TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 7.436.847 10.158.020 9.213.005 73,21
TOTAL
EQUITY
AND
LIABILITIES
107.496.851 109.659.562 102.352.120 98,03

Non-current assets: This category of assets, even totally is preserved at a level similar to the previous year. In the structure, thus, a loss of value has been noticed according to the depreciation, on one side, yet an increase of the tangible assets in course of execution on the other side.

Stocks registered an decrease with 6,31 %, from 31.12.2018, especially based on the production in execution and stocks from materials stored. Big fluctuation of in progress production, from a period to another, can be explained by the long cycle of manufacturing for the vessels.

Trade receivables and other receivables In total active assets, a significant decrease is also met at trade receivables in comparison to the previous year (by 71.66%). At the end of the year 2019, the company had current receivables non-cashed and a good part of these receivables were liquidated during the beginning of 2020, by cashing in. Other information related to the trade receivables and other receivables can be found in the Notes to the financial situations.

Cash and cash equivalents, registered a decrease by 109,97% against the year 2018, as a direct connection to the increase of the receivables from the previous position.

Totally, current assets know an increase by 3,61 %.

More information on all these elements can be obtained by consulting the Notes to the financial statements attached to this report.

Own capitals, even if they register a total growth of 0,8%, especially because of the increase of the results reported (116,78%) and the result of the fiscal year (112,37%). A decrease has been registered under the Reserves, in relation to the decrease of Other elements of own shares.

Otherwise, the provisions have known a decrease by 17,58%, especially because of the non taken leaves and benefices by the employees.

Commercial debts also registered a decrease of 29.26%.

The internal capitals and debts have known a decrease by 1,97%.

5.2 PROFIT AND LOSS (COMPREHENSIVE INCOME)

The gross result prior to taxation realized in the year 2019 is above the one realized in 2018 (increase by 10,9%), but also above the one stipulated in the BVC, the exceeding registered is by 10,4%. These accomplishments were possible under the conditions in which the turnover for 2019 registered a decrease, from the previous year by 27,4%.

In comparison to the previous year and BVC provisions, the gross profit evolution is presented as follows:

-
Gross profit provisioned in BVC
year 2019
3.600.000
lei
-
Gross profit
realized in 2019
3.975.312
lei
-
Gross profit obtained in 2018
3.585.569
lei

An evolution of the gross profit for the past 4 years is shown in the diagram below:

In the table below there are written, synthetically, in structure, the realizations of the year 2018 in comparison to those from the previous year and to the provisions from the income and expenses budget, with the stipulation that the income and expense of the 2 years have been shown according to the provisions from the OMFP no. 2.844/2016 for the approval of the Regulations according to the Standards of Financial Reporting.

LEI
ACHIEVEMENT
F
FI NANCIAL YEAR 2019 ACCOMPLISHMENT DEGREE
S PRIOR YEAR (%) Year 2019 from:
INDICATORS (2018) BVC
PROVISIONS
ACHIEVEME
NTS
OUT
OF
WHICH AT
THE
BRANCH
ACCOMPLIS
HMENTS
YEAR 2018
BVC
PROVISIONS
TOTAL INCOME, out of which:
53.117.435 61.085.000 67.698.135 10.699.758 127,4 110,8
- Operating income 52.518.555 60.485.000 66.694.538 10.376.350 127,0 110,3
- Financial income 598.880 600.000 1.003.597 323.408 167,6 167,3
TOTAL
EXPENSES,
out
of
which:
49.531.866 57.485.000 63.722.823 9.827.393 128,7 110,9
- operating expenses 49.008.941 56.885.000 63.353.281 9.761.177 129,7 111,4
- financial expenses 522.925 600.000 369.542 66.216 70,7 61,6
GROSS
PROFIT
/
LOSS
BEFORE TAX,
out of which: 3.585.569 3.600.000 3.975.312 872.365 110,9 110,4
- operating profit/loss 3.509.614 3.600.000 3.341.257 615.173 95,2 92,8
- financial profit/loss
75.955 - 634.055 257.192 834,8 -
CURRENT
AND
DEFERRED
PROFIT
TAX
(PAYABLE
OR
(733.443) (547.200) (770.262) - 105,0 140,8
RECEIVABLE -/+)
NET PROFIT / LOSS 2.852.126 3.052.800 3.205.050 - 112,4 105,0
NUMBER OF SHARES 11.422.919 11.422.919 11.422.919 - 100,0 100,0
NET
PROFIT
/
LOSS
PER
SHARE (Lei/share)
-
0,2497 0,2673 0,2806 112,4 105,0

It is to be noticed that out of the total gross profit, approx. 78% was realized at the main head-office in Orsova and 22% by the branch in Agigea. Considering that the accomplishment of the branch to the turnover is approx. 15.6%, we may conclude that at the level of this subunit, a better rentability was registered than at the main office. We underline that at the level of the branch was registered a better use of the installations scoped for the steel structure activities, in comparison to the previous years which created the premises of increasing its effectiveness. A high input in the realization of the total gross profit also had the profit realized out of the financial activity, both at the main office and also at the branch, as to be shown in what follows.

5.2.1 Analysis of the operating activity

In 2019, as already shown in the operation incomes, a range of 4/5 came from the headoffice in Orsova where it was finalized and delivered a number of 7 vessels (in 2018:6 vessels), in a total value of 11.639 thousands of Euro (in 2018: 9.831thousands of Euro), respectively 55.138 thousands of lei (in 2018: 45.747 thousands of lei), at an average parity of 4.7373 lei/€ (in 2018: 4.6532 lei/€), against a rate of 4.6 lei/euro having taken in consideration for the BVC substantiation.

Even though, per total, the operational incomes were higher than those from the previous year (increased by 27,4%) yet also from those stipulated in the BVC (exceeding by 10,3%), still, the profit from operation was inferior to the one realized in the year 2018 and also to the one stipulated through the BVC, registering a realization percentage of 95,2% and respectively 92,8%. This situation is owed especially to the building of vessels activities from the main head-office and is caused by objective causes; it is about the impossibility of supplying within the country, from the traditional suppliers, of certain materials with naval specificity which determined their purchase from external markets, at higher prices, on one side, and on the other side to be able to obey the delivery terms according to the contract, the externalization of certain works was necessary which also meant additional costs.

The ships built in Orsova were scoped totally to the intra-community deliveries, namely the Netherlands and Germany. In what the structure/type of ships built are concerned, it may be stipulated that it is similar to the one in the past years. Subsequently, during the current year (2019), the following types of ships were delivered:

  • 4 TANKS 110 ml length
  • 2 TANKS with a length of 85-86 m;
  • 1 STAINLESS STEEL TANK 81.3 m length.

Decline of the vessels market registered in the past years, as a consequence of movements produced on external market, especially the decrease of the goods transport volume, but also of the big number of the vessels in progress, at several shipyards worldwide, continued also in 2019 as it was shown.

Even so, under these terms,SANTIERUL NAVAL ORSOVA SA succeeded in having covered the entire capacity of production in Orsova and Agigea branch, where all the 5 barges were rented to certain companies in Turkey, during most of the year.

Other information on the analysis of the main financial indicators can be found in the NOTES to the financial statements, which are an integrant part of this report.

5.2.2 Analysis of financial income and expenses

As already shown, both the ships built in Orsova and also the rental of the barge ships in Agigea were carried out by the clients abroad (intra and extra-community) which made that the company be permanently exposed to the monetary risk (parity lei/euro). Hence, during 2019, the company continued the measures to protect the exchange rate, through hedging operations, the profit from these transactions being over 200 thousand lei. Thus from the financial activity, there has been realized a profit of 200 thousands lei. More information related to the named influences may be found in the Notes to the financial situations.

The company did not contract bank credits during 2019 due to a balanced in-cash flow. Subsequently, on 31.12.2019, the company did not have credits and had enough availabilities in the account to support the financing of its current activity, but also that for the investments, out of internal sources.

Other information on the financial activity is shown in the NOTES to the financial statements.

5.2.3 Provisions and impairment

As in the previous years, the company found it useful for an accurate reflection on the status of certain tangible assets under preservation, financial assets, old stocks without movement, certain vessels existing in the production in case of fabrication, whose sale is estimated to be under the level of the costs cumulated up to the present moment, litigation receivables, as well as for holiday leaves and other salary rights corresponding to the year 2019 and which are to be paid during 2020, to form depreciations and provisions.

The real situation of these depreciations and provisions, in sold at 1.12.2019, is the following:

-
Lei
a) For impairment of tangible assets 382.036,26
b) For impairment of financial assets (shares hold at
KRITOM Greece (Crete) 684.495,00
c) Provisions for litigation, holidays
and retirement bonus
631.235,00
d) Adjustment for impairment of inventories 6.840.829,22
e) Adjustment for impairment of receivables (clients/debtors) 819.723,98

TOTAL PROVISIONS AND IMPAIRMENT 9.358.319,46

Compared to the previous year, a decrease may be seen, in absolute numbers, by 2.538.873 lei, especially because of certain non-cashed receivables and which during the year 2019, the debtor companies which were declared as being insolvent were supported on the company's costs. Together with the supporting of the respective amounts per costs, it was

proceeded to the cancellation of the depreciation formed during the past years, through their passing-accordingly to incomes.

Regarding the volume of depreciation at stock materials, approx. 94%from total amounts represents depreciation for those 2 coaster vessels coaster type, for which the company is in a litigation, for several years with the Dutch company Veka; description of this litigation can be found at point 5.5 of the present report.

Other information on provisions and adjustments for impairment of assets are shown in the Notes to the financial statements, which are an integer part of this report.

5.3 Analysis of the result and net profit distribution

Gross profit realized at 31.12.2019 is amounting to 3.975.312 lei. Given the legal provisions on profit tax calculation, according to the legal provisions, the company has considered the non-taxable income and the non-deductible expenses for its determination, as these are similar to income/expenses elements.

It was also considered that for the activity at the canteen which is administered by the company, the company owes a specific tax according to the Law no. 170/2016.

Non-taxable incomes refer mainly to resumption in income of provisions that originally were set up as non-taxable expenses.

Non-deductible expenses consist of sponsorship. provisions, impairment (according to the above presentation), losses from non-cashed receivables, fines and penalties and other expenses.

A detailed presentation of these income and expenses elements can be found in the Notes to the financial statements, which are an integer part of this report.

After deduction of the reserve fund of 5% from the net profits, as per the law, the following situation has resulted:

No. Indicator Amount
1. Gross profit 3.975.312
2. Profit tax
+
specific
tax
770.262
3. Net profit (1-2), 3.205.050
4 Legal reserves (5%) 198.765
5. NET PROFIT
TO BE DISTRIBUTED
3.006.285

At the general ordinary meeting of the shareholders, for approval of the financial situations for the year 2019, the distribution manner of the net profit will be settled, according to the data above.

5.4 Cash flow, financial resources, investment expenses, payment of liabilities.

For obtaining guarantee letters, the opening of credit letters, for suppliers, and also for a possible covering of the necessary of financing sources, the company continued also in 2019 to benefit from the bank's support, according to the real needs of the company. In the year 2019 the company had the ceiling for the multi-options and multi foreign exchange, approved by BRD, 2 million Euro, ceiling proved to be enough for the financing needs of the company.

At the same time, the company benefited from a limit for currencies risk covering in amount of 2.069.000 USD, on an increase by 39% from the year 2018.

These ceilings were guaranteed with a mix of guarantees consisting of mortgages, pledges, assignment of receivables on export contracts (guarantee letters opened for external contracts) and cash collateral in amount of 401.201 EURO.They were used specially for issuance of bank guarantee advance payment letters, the company not needing bank credits during 2019.

As of 31.12.2019, this ceiling was partially used, two guarantee letters were issued, totally amounting to 446.678,8 lei, in favour of the National Company Administration of the Maritime Harbour Constanta.

Investment expenses realized in 2019 knew an increase by 114,78% compared to the previous year. In figures/In absolute digits, the expenses volume was at a level of 5.033.567 lei ( in the year 2018: 2.343.567 lei) from which:

  • 2.099.913 Lei in Orșova
  • 3.023.654 Lei in Agigea

As from the BVC it is registered a realization degree of 104,87% (the BVC provided a value of the investments of 4.800.000 lei).

At headquarter in Orsova was put into operation the following most important objectives:

  • Gantry crane 5 to
  • Automate welding equipments
  • Plasma cutting machine
  • industrial vacuum cleaners
  • modernizations and provision of additional devices to the already existing installations
  • modernization of the auto-cranes MDK and of other transport and lifting installations
  • paint gun
  • IT equipment
  • Exhaustor ventilator VE 30 MNX to ensure the working climate in closed spaces

The purchase of these equipments was scoped to reduce the physical effort, to increase productivity of work, to remove the manual cleaning of the difficult and thin spaces, to reduce the manpower costs, to secure the IT systems.

At the branch in Agigea, out of a total of expenses for this scope, over 90% refers to repair works and modernization carried out to the launching way and replacement of the wedge bogies.

Out of the total expenses with investments carried out during 2019, 43.14% were capitalized and the rest have been highlighted on 31.12.2019 as investments pending execution.

During 2019, no transfer of assets was registered, only discarding of certain fixed means which could no longer be used in the production process.

This is a translation of the Romanian original version of the report. In case of any disputes, the Romanian language version prevails.

During the period analyzed the company did not contract any credits for investment, all the acquisitions of fixed means were carried out of internal sources.

During the entire year, the company ensured a financial balance, thus its obligations to the suppliers, to the working staff and to the state budget, as well as to the banks and other creditors could be paid in time.

Other information (including cash flow statement) can be found in the Notes to the financial statements, which are an integrant part of this report.

5.5 Litigation; actions before courts

The status of the litigations on 31.12.2019 is somehow simple, to the extent to which a part of the old files were solved, from the previous years, and in 2019, a single claim was filed at the court in Constanta where our company has the position of applicant, namely the request for a bond returning of 5.765 lei paid on the occasion of having solved the claim upon execution formed against foreclosure triggered by the named Bunea Ion. On 31.12.2019, the company has pending, in Romanian courts, several actions in execution, especially to the branch in Agigea, yet what is most important to be underlined is the fact that this litigation with the company Veka from the Netherlands, claim which was judged several years at the Court of Arbitration in transports and maritime "TAMARA" from Rotterdam – The Netherlands, was concluded with a favourable decision to SNO.

Synthesizing the actions pending at the courts in Romania, these refer to:

- commercial litigations: 1 file pending at the court in Satu Mare in which our company is counter-defendant for tha amount of 4.554 lei. In this file, the plaintiff INNOTEHNIC Satu Mare formulated, at its turn, a reconventional request for the amount of 24.383 lei. This litigation was initially judged at the Court in Satu Mare which rejected our request, fact for which our company formed a claim pending court at the Court in Satu Mare, in cause being settled the realization of a specialized technical survey.

In Agigea branch, as already shown, several clams are pending from the previous years, in different phases in which our company is the plaintiff.

The file at the Court of Arbitration in Rotterdam refers to the statement of claim introduced by our client VEKA Shipbuilding BV Netherlands related to the shipbuilding and delivery contracts no. 247, 248, 249, 250 concluded on 14.12.2010.

The mentioned ships could not be delivered in due time because the client did not comply with its obligations according to the contractual provisions.

In this file, Șantierul Naval Orșova S.A. stated its own claims, so that VEKA to be obliged to take over 2 coaster ships executed based on contracts no. 247 and 248 from 14.10.2010 and pay, besides the contractual price, an additional price due to delayed transmission of the changes to the technical documentation and the contracts 249 and 250 whose scope was not realized, because the client did not fulfil their contractual obligations to be cancelled.

The company engaged a Romanian and a Dutch law office for supporting its interests in this file.

Having in mind that both companies signed an agreement regarding closing this litigation, was concluded to be suspended, temporarily, litigation from Maritime Arbitration

Court from Rotterdam. Even if more than 2 years from the conclusion of the agreement had passed, the Dutch company doesn`t respect the assumed obligations, so our company requested during the year 2017 the restarting of the procedures at the Arbitration Court.

During the year 2018, upon a first term, the arbitrators only part wise settled related to the ship which made the scope of the contract C247, and then – they also settled for the contract 248.

Subsequently, the final resolution was to oblige the company Veka upon the opening of the letters of credit for the price agreed at each of the 2 ships, the payment of penalties of 100.000 euro for each vessel and further on 10.000 euro for each day of delay up to the concurrence of the amount of 1.000.000 euro, for each ship. The decision was pronounced in the month of June 2019. Subsequently to the request of our lawyers – during the month of August 2019 – the arbitrators have issued a new resolution through which they settled that the expenses for arbitration must be the responsibility of the Dutch partner. Up to this date, the debtor did not obey, following that at the level of the company's management, after having discussed the matter with the lawyers, there is to be settled which will be the ways to be followed for the execution of the resolution.

6 INVENTORY OF PATRIMONY AS OF 31.12.2019

The company has performed an annual stock take of assets and liabilities for 2019 according to the provisions of the Order of the Minister of Public Finances no. 2861/2009 and to the Manual with the inventory procedures issued at the level of the company. In this respect, there are internal decisions for the set-up of a central stock take commission and respectively sub-commissions for all units within the company, the headquarters and Agigea branch.

The main conclusions of the stock take are the following:

  • At the inventory of fixed assets, the commission found differences and objects of inventory in usage, in the sense that the people in charge with the management of these assets shared various fixed assets or objects of inventory without drawing up the corresponding documents. These situations were solved, operatively, on spot, by the commission appointed for each inventory.
  • At the other inventories no differences were noticed in the quantity or value between the documents and the real situation;
  • On the occasion of the inventory, the commissions noticed the existence of certain assets which should be taken out of the inventory. The proposals of the commission are cassation or taking out of operation and they will be discussed and analyzed at the level of the managing board, from the point of view of their necessity and opportunity of this measure, after which they will be submitted for the approval of the Management Committee;
  • For the unusable or damaged materials, separate inventory lists were created, and they are to be analyzed by the special commissions within the company, and according to the conclusions, it will be proceeded accordingly.

  • At the head-office in Orsova, certain materials were detected to belong to third parties in temporary custody on the date of the inventory. For these assets, separate lists were drawn up and sent for confirmation, to the owners of the named assets, according to the legal provisions;

  • For the annual inventory of the patrimony, also external auditors were present in compliance with the legal obligations which are to be considered applicable, and they checked at random, various inventories for existence of real stock; no deficiencies were detected.

For the preparation of the balance sheet, the company complied with the rules approved through legal norms and data was taken over from the updated synthetic balances and according to the Law no. 82/1991, republished, and the applicable accounting regulations (Order no. 2844/12.12.2016 for approving the accounting regulations in compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards).

For additional information, the interested shareholders have available the Notes to the financial statements, which are presented separately of this report and are attached to the present report.

STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUCHAREST STOCK EXCHANGE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE as of 31.12.2019

Code provision Compliance
Yes/No/Partially Explanations
SECTION A –
RESPONSABILITIES
A.1 All companies should have internal regulation of the Board
which includes terms of reference/responsibilities for Board and
key management functions of the company, applying, among
others, the General Principles of Section A.
YES Posted on company website
A.2 Provisions for the management of conflict of interest should be
included in Board regulation. In any event, members of the
Board should notify the Board
of any conflicts of interest which
have arisen or may arise, and should refrain from taking part in
the
discussion (including by not being present where this does
not render the meeting non-quorate) and from voting on the
adoption of a resolution on the issue which gives rise to such
conflict of interest.
YES
A.3 The Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board should have at
least five members.
YES
A.4 The majority of
the members of the Board of Directors should be non
executive. At least one member of the Board of Directors or
Supervisory Board should be independent, in the case of Standard
Tier companies. Not less than two non-executive members of the
Board of Directors or Supervisory Board should be independent, in the
case of Premium Tier Companies. Each
member of the Board of
Directors or Supervisory Board, as the case may be, should submit a
declaration that he/she is independent at the moment of his/her
nomination for election or re-election as well as when any change in
his/her status arises,
by demonstrating the ground on which he/she is
considered independent in xcharacter and judgement in practice 1
PARTIALLY All members of Board of
Directors are non executives. In
present Board of Directors has
not independent members,
having in mind that
three of
main
shareholders own 91% from total
shares number.
A.5 A Board member's other relatively permanent professional
commitments and engagements, including executive and non
executive Board positions in companies and not-for-profit
institutions, should be disclosed to shareholders and to potential
investors before appointment and during his/her mandate.
YES
A.6 Any member of the Board should submit to the Board,
information on any relationship with a shareholder who holds
directly or indirectly,
shares representing more than 5% of all
voting rights. This obligation concerns any kind of relationship
which may affect the position of the member on issues decided
by the Board.
YES
A.7 The company should appoint a Board secretary responsible for
supporting the work of the Board.
YES
A.8 The corporate governance statement should inform on whether YES

This is a translation of the Romanian original version of the report. In case of any disputes, the Romanian language version prevails.

an evaluation of the Board has taken place
under the leadership
of the chairman or the nomination committee and, if it has,
summarize key action points and changes resulting from it. The
company should have a policy/guidance regarding the
evaluation of the Board containing the purpose, criteria and
frequency of the evaluation process.
A.9 The corporate governance statement should contain information on
the
number of meetings of the Board and the committees during the
past year, attendance by directors (in person and in absentia) and a
report of the Board and committees on their activities.
YES
A.10 The corporate governance statement should contain information
on the precise number of the independent members of the
Board of Directors or of the Supervisory Board.
YES
A.11 The Board of Premium Tier companies should set up a
nomination committee formed of non-executives, which will lead
the process for Board appointments and make
recommendations to the Board. The majority of the members of
the Nomination Committee should be independent.
NOT IN CASE Company is included in the
standard category
B.1 SECTION B -System of risk management and internal control
The Board should set up an audit committee, and at least one
member should be an independent non-executive. The majority of
members, including the chairman, should have proven an adequate
qualification relevant to the functions and responsibilities of the
committee. At least one member of the audit committee should
have proven and adequate auditing or accounting experience. In
the case of Premium Tier companies, the audit committee should
be composed of at least three members and most
the audit
committee should be independent.
PARTIALLY The audit committee is made up
of the members of the Board of
Directors
The Board of
Directors does not currently have
independent members, given the
shareholder structure, according
to A4
B.2 The Audit Committee should be chaired by an independent non
executive member.
NO According B1
B.3 Among its responsibilities, the Audit Committee should
undertake an annual assessment of the system of internal
control.
YES
B.4 The assessment should consider the effectiveness and scope of
the internal audit function, the adequacy of risk management
and internal control reports to the audit committee of the Board,
management's responsiveness and effectiveness in dealing with
identified internal control failings or weaknesses
and their
submission of relevant reports to the Board.
YES
B.5 The Audit Committee should review conflicts of interests in
transactions of the company and its subsidiaries with related
parties.
YES
B.6 The Audit Committee should evaluate the efficiency of the
internal control system and risk management system.
YES
B.7 The Audit Committee should monitor the application of statutory
and generally accepted standards of internal auditing. The Audit
Committee should receive and evaluate the
reports of the
internal audit team.
YES
B.8 Whenever the Code mentions reviews or analysis to be
exercised by the Audit Committee, these should be followed by
cyclical (at least annual), or ad-hoc reports to be
submitted to
YES
the Board afterwards.
B.9 No
shareholder may be given undue preference over other
shareholders with regard to
transactions and agreements made
by the company with shareholders and their related parties.
YES
B.10 The Board should adopt a policy ensuring that any transaction of
the
company with any of the companies with which it has close
relations, that is equal to or more than 5% of the net assets of
the company (as stated in the latest financial report), should be
approved by the Board following an obligatory opinion of the
Board's audit committee, and fairly disclosed to the
shareholders and potential investors, to the extent that such
transactions fall under the category of events subject to
disclosure requirements.
YES
B.11 The internal audits should be carried out
by a separate structural
division (internal audit department) within the company or by
retaining an independent third-party entity.
YES
B.12 To ensure the fulfilment of the core functions of the internal audit
department, it should report functionally
to the Board via the
audit committee. For administrative purposes and in the scope
related to the obligations of the management to monitor and
mitigate risks, it should report directly to the chief executive
officer.
YES
SECTION C -Fair reward and motivation
C.1 a. Remuneration policy
The company should publish a remuneration policy on its
website and include in its annual report a remuneration
statement on the implementation of this policy during the annual
period under review.
The remuneration policy should
be formulated in such a way that
allows stakeholders to understand the principles and rationale behind
the remuneration of the members of the Board and the CEO, as well
as of the members of the Management Board in two-tier board
systems. It should describe the remuneration governance and
decision-making process, detail the components of executive
remuneration (i.e. salaries, annual bonus, long term stock-linked
incentives, benefits in kind, pensions, and others) and describe each
component's purpose, principles and assumptions (including the
general performance criteria related to any form of variable
remuneration). In addition, the remuneration policy should disclose the
duration of the executive's contract and their notice period and
eventual compensation
for revocation without cause.
[…]
Any essential change of the remuneration policy should be published
YES
b. Remuneration report
The company should publish a remuneration policy on its
website and include in its annual report a remuneration
statement on the implementation of this policy during the annual
period under review. […]
The remuneration report should present the implementation of the
remuneration policy vis-à-vis the persons identified in the
remuneration policy during the annual period under review.
SECTION D -adding value to the investor relations
D.1 The company should have an Investor Relations function -
indicated, by person (s) responsible or an organizational unit, to
the general public. In addition to information required by legal
provisions, the company should include on its corporate website
a dedicated Investor Relations section, both in Romanian and
English, with all relevant information of interest for investors,
including:
YES
D.1.1 Principal corporate regulations: the articles of association,
general shareholders' meeting procedures.
YES
D.1.2 Professional CVs of the members of its governing bodies, a
Board member's other professional commitments, including
executive and non-executive Board positions in companies and
not-for-profit institutions;
YES
D.1.3 Current reports and periodic reports (quarterly, semi-annual and
annual reports) –
at least as provided at item D.8 –
including
current reports with detailed information related to non
compliance with the present Code;
YES
D.1.4 Information related to general meetings of shareholders: the
agenda and supporting materials; the procedure approved for
the election of Board members; the rationale for the proposal of
candidates for the election to the Board, together with their
professional CVs; shareholders' questions related to the agenda
and the company's answers, including the decisions taken;
YES
D.1.5 Information on corporate events, such as payment of
dividends
and other distributions to shareholders, or other events leading
to the acquisition or limitation of rights of a shareholder,
including the deadlines and principles applied to such
operations. Such information should be published within
a
timeframe that enables investors to make investment decisions;
YES
D.1.6 The name and contact data of a person who should be able to
provide knowledgeable information on request;
YES
D.1.7 Corporate presentations (e.g. IR presentations, quarterly
results
presentations, etc.), financial statements (quarterly, semi
annual, annual), auditor reports and annual reports.
YES
D.2 A company should have an annual cash distribution or dividend
policy, proposed by the CEO or the Management Board and
YES
adopted by the Board, as a set of directions the company
intends to follow regarding the distribution of
net profit. The annual cash distribution or dividend policy
principles should be published on the
corporate website.
D.3 A company should have adopted a policy with respect to
forecasts, whether they are distributed or not. Forecasts means
the quantified conclusions of studies aimed at determining the
total impact of a list of factors related to a future period (so
called assumptions): by nature such a task is based upon a high
level of uncertainty, with results sometimes significantly differing
from forecasts initially presented. The policy should provide for
the frequency, period envisaged, and content of forecasts.
Forecasts, if published, may only be part
of annual, semi-annual
or quarterly reports. The forecast policy should be published on
the corporate website.
YES
D.4 The rules of general meetings of shareholders should not restrict
the participation of shareholders in general meetings and
the
exercising of their rights. Amendments of the rules should take
effect at the earliest as of the next general meeting of
shareholders.
YES
D.5 The external auditors should attend the shareholders' meetings
when their reports are presented there.
YES
D.6 The Board should present to the annual general meeting of
shareholders a brief assessment of the internal controls and
significant risk management system, as well as opinions on
issues subject to resolution at the general meeting.
YES
D.7 Any professional, consultant, expert or financial analyst may
participate in the shareholders' meeting upon prior invitation
from the Chairman of the Board. Accredited journalists may also
participate in the general meeting of shareholders, unless the
Chairman of the
Board decides otherwise.
YES
D.8 The quarterly and semi-annual financial reports should include
information in both Romanian and English regarding the key
drivers influencing the change in sales, operating profit, net
profit and other relevant financial
indicators, both on quarter-on
quarter and year-on-year terms.
YES
D.9 A company should organize at least two meetings/conference
calls with analysts and investors each year. The information
presented on these occasions should be published in the IR
section of the company website at the time of the
meetings/conference calls.
NO Organization of such events
will be analyzed by the Board
of
Directors
and
executive
management, if it will such
requests from investors. In
this moment, we appreciate
that
the information offered by
yearly reports, current reports
and
periodic
reports
are
complete and offers a high
degree of transparencies, as
so can take decision aware of
the cause

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D.10 If a company supports various forms of artistic and cultural
expression, sport activities, educational or scientific activities,
and considers the resulting impact on the innovativeness and
competitiveness of the company part of its business mission and
development strategy, it should publish the policy guiding its
activity in this area.
YES Company has not such a policy.
This request is in Board of
Directors attention.
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Reference STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

IAS 1.10(a), 113 As at 31 December
Note
2019 2018
RON RON
Assets
Fixed assets
IAS 1.54(a) Tangible assets 15 38,932,086 39,018,621
Freehold land and land improvements 15 1,201,941 1,201,941
Buildings 15 18,516,839 20,439,782
Plant and machinery, motor vehicles 15 16,277,471 17,303,930
Fixtures and fittings […] 15 73,640 72,968
Tangible assets in progress 15 2,862,195 0
IAS 1.54(c) Intangible assets 16 3,083 3,933
Other intangible assets 16 883 3,933
Advance payments for intangible
non-current assets
2,200 0
IAS 1.54(h) Trade receivables and other receivables 9,826 101,327
IAS 1.54(b) Investment property 18 517,515 0
IAS 1.54(o), 56 Deferred tax assets 100,998 61,137
IAS 1.60 Total fixed assets 39,563,508 39,185,018
IAS 1.54 (g) Inventories 19 44,839,962 47,861,022
IAS 1.54(h) Trade receivables and other receivables 20 2,091,262 7,379,937
IAS 1.55 Deferred expenses 20 67,119 55,869
IAS 1.54(d) Short term investments 21 6,677,460 8,470,227
IAS 1.54(i) Cash and cash equivalents 22 13,939,382 6,638,636
IFRS 5.38-40 Non-current assets held
for sale
318,158 68,853
IAS 1.60 Total Current Assets 67,933,343 70,474,544
Total Assets 107,496,851 109,659,562
Equity
IAS 1.54(r),
78(e)
Share capital 23 28,557,298 28,557,298
IAS 1.55, 78(e) Share premium 23 8,862,843 8,862,843
IAS 1.54(r),
78(e)
Reserves 23 52,191,937 53,054,695
Result for the period 23 3,205,050 2,852,126
IAS 1.55, 78(e) Retained earnings 23 7,431,918 6,353,858
Reference STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (continued)
----------- ---------------------------------------------
Note 2019 2018
IAS 1.10(a), 113 As at 31 December RON RON
Profit appropriation 23 (198,765) (179,278)
Other elements of equity 23 (4,290,219) (4,498,960)
Total equity 95,760,062 95,002,582
Liabilities
Long-term liabilities
IAS 1.54(o), 56 Deferred tax liabilities 4,299,942 4,498,960
IAS 1.60 Total long-term liabilities 4,299,942 4,498,960
Current liabilities
IAS 1.54(k) Trade payables and other debts, including
derivatives
28 6,804,366 9,618,869
Deferred income 1,246 2,277
IAS 1.54(l) Provisions 27 631,235 536,874
IAS 1.60 Total current liabilities 7,436,847 10,158,020
Total Liabilities 11,736,789 14,656,980
Total Equity
and Liabilities
107,496,851 109,659,562
IAS 1.10(b), For the financial year ended at 31 December Note 2019 2018
81(a) RON RON
Continuing operations
IAS
1. 82(a)
IAS 1.99,103
Income 5 61,648,713 48,260,373
Other income 6 5,045,825 4,258,182
Total Operational Income 66,694,538 52,518,555
Expenses related to inventories 7 (21,840,253) (17,371,788)
Utility expenses 8 (1,187,571) (953,687)
Employee benefits expenses 9 (23,854,019) (18,644,811)
Depreciation and amortization expenses 15,16 (4,202,464) (3,661,009)
Gains/losses on disposal of property (96,569) (14,560)
Increase/(Decrease) of receivables allowances and
inventory write-down
10 (161,657) 45,466
Increase/(Decrease) of provision expenses 27 (94,361) 250,201
IAS 1.99, 103 Other expenses 11 (11,916,387) (8,658,753)
Total Operational expenses (63,353,281) (49,008,941)
The result of operational activities 3,341,257 3,509,614
Financial income 12 1,003,597 598,880
IAS 1.82(b) Financial expenses 12 (369,542) (522,925)
Net financial result 12 634,055 75,955
IAS 1.85 Result before taxation 3,975,312 3,585,569
Current income tax expenses 13a (786,729) (681,653)
Deferred income tax expenses 13a (381,486) (528,170)
Deferred income tax income 411,624 490,052
Specific activities tax expenses 13b (13,671) (13,672)
IAS 1.85 Result for continuing operations 3,205,050 2,852,126
IAS 1.82(f) Result for the period 3,205,050 2,852,126
Other comprehensive income
IAS 1.82(g) Reevaluation of tangible assets (1,221,331) 4,510,567
IAS 1.85 Other comprehensive income after taxation (1,221,331) 4,510,567

Reference STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Reference STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(continued)
IAS 1.10(b),
81(a)
For the financial year ended at 31 December Note 2019 2018
RON RON
IAS 1.82 (i) Total comprehensive income for the period 1,983,719 7,362,693
Attributable profit
IAS 1.83(b)(ii) Shareholders 24 3,205,050 2,852,126
Profit for the period 3,205,050 2,852,126
Total attributable comprehensive income
IAS 1.83(b)(ii) Shareholders 1,983,719 2,474,684
Earnings per share
IAS 33.66 Basic earnings per share 0.28 0.25
IAS 33.66 Diluted earnings per share 0.28 0.25
Continuing operations
IAS 33.66 Basic earnings per share 0.28 0.25
IAS 33.66 Diluted earnings per share 0.28 0.25

Reference STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

IAS
1.108,109
Share
capital
Attributable to
equity holders
Share premium
account
Revaluati
on reserve
Other
reserves
Retained
earnings
Result for
the
period
Other
elements of
equity
Profit
appropri
ation
Total equity
Balance at 28,557,298 8,862,843 24,794,226 23,471,161 5,555,872 2,721,336 (3,718,330) (823,621) 89,420,785
IAS
1.106(d)(i)
December 31, 2017
Loss/
Net profit for
the year
- - - - 2,721,336 130,790 - - 2,852,126
Profit appropriation - - - - - - - (179,278) (179,278)
Transfer in reserve
Revaluation reserve
-
-
-
-
(1,875,194)
6,385,760
278,742
-
(95,683)
-
-
-
(780,630)
-
823,621
-
(1,649,144)
6,385,760
Dividends -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(1,827,667)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(1,827,667)
-
Allowances
from
application of IAS
29
Balance at
December 31, 2018
28,557,298 8,862,843 29,304,792 23,749,903 6,353,858 2,852,126 (4,498,960) (179,278) 95,002,582
IAS
1.106(d)(i)
Loss/
Net profit for
the year
- - - - 2,852,126 352,924 - - 3,205,050
Profit appropriation - - - - - - - (198,765) (198,765)
Transfer in reserve - - (1,701,040) 358,572 738,976 - 208,741 179,278 (215,473)
Revaluation reserve - - 479,710 - - - - - 479,710
IAS 1.106 Dividends - - - - (2,513,042) - - - (2,513,042)
Balance at
December
31, 2019
28,557,298 8,862,843 28,083,462 24,108,475 7,431,918 3,205,050 (4,290,219) (198,765) 95,760,062
IAS 1.10(d),
For the financial year ended at 31 December
Note
2019
2018
113
RON
RON
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit for the period
3,205,050
2,852,126
Adjustments for:
Amortization of intangible and tangible
assets
4,173,068
4,004,449
Depreciation of fixed assets
43,977
33,569
Losses from various receivables and debtors
2,838,956
0
Expenses from revaluation of tangible assets
0
6,975
Net expenses/(net income) with provisions
94,361
(250,201)
Impairment of current assets
(2,677,212)
0
Loss from the sale of tangible assets
96,569
14,560
Current income tax expenses
786,729
681,653
Specific activities tax expenses
13,671
13,672
Deferred income tax expenses
381,486
528,170
Deferred tax income
(411,624)
(490,052)
Cash -
flows from operating activities before changes
in working capital
8,555,031
7,394,921
Changes in working capital
Changes related to inventories
3,002,970
(5,735,300)
Changes related to trade receivables and other receivables
4,928,248
(656,356)
Changes in accrued expenses
(11,250)
(32,475)
Changes in trade payables and other liabilities
(2,361,711)
1,006,541
Cash
generated / (used) from / (in) operating activities
14,113,288
1,977,331
Income tax paid
(1,139,687)
(660,426)
IAS 7.10
Net cash from operating activities
12,973,601
1,316,905
Cash flows from investing activities
IAS 7.31
Interest
received
95,529
44,423
IAS 7.16(a)
Purchases of tangible and intangible assets
(5,113,426)
(2,343,567)
Short term investments
1,792,767
(106,347)
Reference STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
IAS 7.10 Net cash used in investing activities (3,225,130) (2,405,491)
Reference STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
IAS 1.10(d),
113
For the financial year ended at 31 December Note 2019 2018
Cash flows from financing activities
IAS 7.17(d) Proceeds from loans / (loans refunds) 0 0
Paid dividends (2,447,725) (1,839,546)
IAS 7.10 Net cash from (used in) financing activities (2,447,725) (1,839,546)
Increase/(Decrease)
Net cash and cash equivalents
decreases
7,300,746 (2,928,132)
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 6,638,636 9,566,768
Cash and cash equivalents
at 31 December
13,939,382 6,638,636

IAS 1.10(e) 1. Reporting company

  • IAS 1.138 (a),(b) Şantierul Naval Orşova S.A. is a company headquartered in Romania. The registered office address of the Company is: Tufari Street, no.4, Orşova, Mehedinți county.
  • IAS 1.51(a)-(c) The separate financial statements in accordance with IFRS have been prepared for the year ended 31 December 2019. The Company's main activity is: construction of ships and floating structures (NACE code: 3011).

IAS 1.112(a) 2. Basis of preparation

a. Statement of compliance

  • IAS 1.16 The company has prepared the annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by European Union, applicable to companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, according to the Order of the Minister of Finance no. 881/2012 regarding the application of International Financial Reporting Standards by companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and the Order of the Minister of Finance no. 2844/2016 approving the Accounting Regulations in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards applicable to companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, including subsequent amendments and additions.
  • IAS.10.17 The financial statements have been authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on February 24th, 2020.

The financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost basis except the following significant items from the statement of financial position, for which the Company has used the fair value model:

  • IAS 1.117(a) Investment properties
    • Buildings
    • Naval means of transport.

a. Functional currency and presentation currency

IAS1.51(d),(e) These financial statements are presented in RON, which is also the functional currency of the Company. All financial information presented in RON, rounded to 0 decimal places. All financial information presented in RON, without decimals rounded (rounding the RON fractions over 50 money, including the neglect of money fractions to 50). Where amounts are presented in other currency than RON, it will be specified accordingly.

IAS 1.112(a) 2. Basis of preparation (continued)

b. Professional judgements and key assumptions

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS requires the use of management's professional judgment, estimates and assumptions which affects the application of accounting policies and the reported value of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from estimated values.

The estimates and assumptions are reviewed regularly. Revisions of estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate was revised and in future periods affected by the change.

IAS 1.122,12 Information regarding professional judgments that are critical in applying accounting policies which can significantly affect the values presented in the financial statements are included in the 5,129,130 following notes:

  • Note 18 –Investment property classification;
  • Note 24 Loans.

c. New International Financial Standards not applied by the Company

The entity does not apply some IFRS or new stipulations regarding IFRS issued, but not in effect at the date of the financial statements. The company cannot estimate the impact of applying these stipulations and intends to apply them when they come into force. Among the issued, but not adopted standards, the company will not face the situation to prospectively apply neither of them. These are:

  • IFRS 17 "Insurance Contracts", issued on 18 May 2017, with effect from 1 January 2021.
  • Amendments to the conceptual framework references of the IFRS, issued on 29 March 2018 with effect from 1 January 2020.
  • Amendments to IFRS 3 "Business Combinations", issued on 22 October 2018, with effect from January 1, 2020
  • Amendments to IFRS 3 "Business Combinations", issued on 06 September 2019, with effect from January 1, 2020
  • Amendments to IAS 1 "Presentation of Financial Statements" and IAS 8 "Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors," as of 31 October 2018, with effect from 1 January 2020. "
  • Amendments to IFRS 9,IAS 39 and IFRS 7 "Interest Rate Benchmark Reform "as of 26 September 2019, with effect from 1 January 2020.

IAS 1.112(a) 2. Basis of preparation (continued)

d. Presentation of financial statements

IAS 8.28(f) The Company applies IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (2007) revised, which has been enforced on 1 January 2009. As a result, the Company presents in the Statement of Changes in Equity all changes related to shareholders' equity, while changes in equity unrelated to shareholders are presented in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Comparative information has been presented so that they are in accordance with the revised standard. As the impact of change in accounting policy is reflected only on presentation aspects, there is no impact on earnings per share.

IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements is basis for the financial statements presentation to ensure comparability both with the entity's financial statements for previous periods and with the financial statements of other entities.

The Company has adopted a presentation based on liquidity in the Statement of Financial Position and a presentation of income and expenses according to their nature in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, considering that these methods of presentation provide more relevant information than other methods that have been permitted by IAS 1.

The aggregation method is optional depending on the manner in which the Company's management considers relevant information for the presentation of the financial position, respectively financial performance.

Separate financial statements are prepared using the historical cost principle, except for buildings, means of shipping and property investments reclassified in accordance with IAS 40 which are presented at their fair value.

For assets and liabilities that were presented at their fair value the company has applied IFRS 13.

IAS 1.112(a) 2. Basis of preparation (continued)

e. Standards and interpretations available in the current period

The following standards, issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and adopted by the European Union, are available in the current period:

IAS 1 Presentation of financial
statements
Fundamental Accounting Principles, structure and content of
financial statements, mandatory posts and the concept of true
and fair view, completed with
amendments applicable from 1
January 2013.
IAS 2 Inventories Defining of the accounting process applicable to inventories
in the historical cost system: evaluation (first in -
first out,
weighted average cost and net realisable
value) and the
perimeter of allowed costs.
IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows Analysis of cash variations, classified into three categories:
cash-flows
from
operating
activities,
cash-flows
from
investing activities, cash-flows from financing activities.
IAS 8 Accounting
policies,
Changes in Accounting
Estimates and Errors
Defining the classification, the information that need to be
disclosed and the accounting treatment of certain items in the
income statement.
IAS 10 Events
after
the
reporting period
Requirements for when
events after the reporting period
should generate an adjustment to the financial statements:
definitions, terms and conditions, particular cases (dividends)
IAS 12 Income Taxes Definition of tax accounting processing on the period result
and detailed
stipulations on deferred taxes, supplemented by
amendments applicable from 1 January 2013.
IAS 16 Property,
plant
and
equipment
Accounting treatments, net book value calculation and
relevant principles regarding depreciation for most types of
property, plant and equipment.
IAS 17 Leases Defining lessee and lessor, accounting treatments regarding
location-financing contracts and simple location contracts.
IAS 18 Revenue Revenue recognition principles for ordinary activities from
certain types of transactions and events (fair value principle,
the principle of linking expenditure to income, the percentage
of advancement services, asset sharing, etc.)
IAS 19 Employee benefits Accounting principles regarding employee benefits: short and
long
term benefits, post-employment benefits, advantages on
equity and allowances on termination of employment, with
revisions made in 2011, applicable from January 1, 2013.
IAS 20 Accounting
for
Government Grants and
Disclosure
of
Government Assistance
Accounting principles for direct or indirect public aid
(clear identification, concept of fair value, restraining
subsidized connection etc.).
IAS 21 The Effects of changes in
Foreign Exchange Rates
Accounting
treatments
of
abroad
activities,
foreign
currency transactions and restating financial statements of
a foreign entity.
IAS 23 Borrowing Costs The
definition
of
borrowing
costs
and
accounting
treatments: the notion of qualifying asset, how to
capitalize borrowing costs in the amount of qualifying
assets.
IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures Details of related party relationships and transactions
(legal
and natural persons) who exercises control or
significant influence over one of the group's companies or
the management.
IAS 26 Accounting
and
Reporting by Retirement
Benefit Plans
Principles and information on the retirement schemes
(funds), distinguishing defined contribution schemes and
defined-benefit.
IAS 27 Separate
Financial
Statements
IAS 27 outlines when an entity must consolidate another
entity, how to account for a change in ownership, how to
prepare
separate
financial
statements,
and
related
disclosures. The financial statements prepared by the
company for year ended 31 December, 2014 are separate
financial statements, therefore, consolidated financial
statements
are
not
applicable
in
this
case.
The
Transilvanian
Financial
Investment
Company,
headquartered in Braşov, Nicolae Iorga Street, No. 2,
helds, in present, 49,9998% of the share capital of SC
Şantierul Naval Orşova SA, so, they have obligation to
prepare the consolidated financial statements.
IAS 28 Investments in
Associates
Defining the evaluation and information principles regarding
investments in associates, except those held by:
a) Venture capital organizations
b) Mutual funds, unit trusts and similar entities, including insurance
funds with an investment component which are considered to be at
their fair value through profit or loss or classified as held for trading
and accounted
in accordance to IAS 39.
IAS 29 Financial Reporting in
Hyperinflationary
Economies
The financial statements of an entity whose functional currency is the
currency of a hyperinflationary economy should be presented in the
current unit of measure
at the financial statement preparation date,
meaning
non-monetary elements should be restated using a general
price index from the date of purchase or contribution. IAS 29 provides
that an economy is considered to be hyperinflationary if, among other
factors, the cumulative index of inflation exceeds 100% over a period
of three years.
Continuous decrease of inflation and other factors related to the
characteristics of the economic environment in Romania indicates that
the economy whose functional currency was adopted by the Company,
ceased to be hyperinflationary, affecting periods beginning 1 January
2004. Thus, amounts expressed in the measuring unit, current at 31
December 2003 are treated as the basis for the carrying amounts in the
financial statements
of the Company.
IAS 31 Interests
in
Joint
Ventures
Accounting principles and policies to joint venture operations
performed assets or holdings in a joint venture.
IAS 32 Financial instruments:
presentation
Rules of presentation (classification of debt equity, expenses or
income/equity).
IAS 33 Earnings per Share Principles of determination and representation of earnings per share.
IAS 36 Impairment of Assets Key definitions (recoverable amount, fair value less costs of disposal,
value in use, cash-generating units), the frequency of impairment tests,
accounting for the impairments, and for goodwill impairment.
IAS 37 Provisions,
Contingent Liabilities
and Contingent Assets
Defining provisions and approach of estimating provisions, individual
cases examined (including the problem of restructuring).
IAS 38 Intangible Assets Definition and accounting treatments for intangible assets,
recognition and measurement policies on the processing costs
for research and development etc.
IAS 39 Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement
Recognition and measurement principles regarding financial
assets and liabilities, the definition of derivatives, hedge
accounting operations, the issue of fair value etc.
IAS 40 Investment Property Establishing the evaluation method: fair value model or cost
model, transfers between different categories of assets etc.
IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of
International
Financial
Reporting Standards
The procedures for financial statements according to IAS /
IFRS optional exemptions and mandatory exceptions to
retrospective application of IAS / IFRS, supplemented by
amendments applicable from 1 January 2013.
IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for
Sale
and
Discontinued
Operation
Defining an asset held for sale and discontinued operations,
and the, evaluation of these elements.
IFRS 7 Financial
Information:
Disclosures
Financial information related to financial instruments are
referring primarily to: (i) information about the significance of
financial instruments; and (ii) information about the nature
and extent of risks arising from financial instruments,
supplemented by amendments applicable from 1 January
2013.
IFRS 9 Financial
instruments
The Standard includes requirements for recognition and
measurement, impairment, derecognition and general hedge
accounting of financial instruments. The version of IFRS 9
issued in 2014 supersedes all previous versions and is
mandatorily effective for periods beginning on or after 1
January 2018 with early adoption permitted.
IFRS 10 Consolidated
Financial
Statements
Establishing principles for the presentation and preparation of
consolidated financial statements when an entity controls one
or more other entities.
IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements Establishing principles for financial reporting for entities that
hold interests in jointly controlled commitments
IFRS 12 Disclosure
of
Interests
in
Other Entities
Requires an entity to disclose information that will enable
users of its financial statements to evaluate: the nature and
risks associated with interests held in other entities; and the
effects of those interests on the financial position, financial
performance and its cash flows.
IFRS 13 Fair value measurement The
definition of fair value, establishing, in a single IFRS, a
framework
for
measuring
fair
value,
requiring
the
presentation of information on fair value.
IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with
Customers
IFRS 15 specifies how and when an IFRS
reporter
will
recognise revenue as well as requiring such entities to provide
users of financial statements with more informative, relevant
disclosures. The standard provides a single, principles based
five-step model to be applied to all contracts with customers.
IFRS 15 was issued in May 2014 and applies to an annual
reporting period beginning on or after 1 January 2018. On 12
April 2016, clarifying amendments were issued that have the
same effective date as the standard itself.
IFRS 16 Leasing contract Its
objective is to standardize
the way in which financial and
operational leasing contracts are recognized in order to have
a better comparability in the financial statements between the
entities that use different types of contracts.

IAS 1.112(a) 3. Significant accounting policies

117(a)

The accounting policies presented below have been applied consistently in all periods presented in these financial statements by the Company, except for matters described in note 2 (e) of changes in accounting policies.

IAS 1.41 Certain comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year presentation.

a. Foreign currency

(i) Transactions in foreign currency

The Company's foreign currency transactions are registered at exchange rates communicated by the National Bank of Romania ("NBR") for the transaction date. Foreign currency balances are converted in RON at the exchange rates communicated by NBR for the balance sheet date. Gains and losses resulting from the settlement of transactions in a foreign currency and the conversion of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognized in profit or loss in the financial result.

b. Financial instruments

(ii) Share capital

The share capital may be increased or reduced on the basis of decision of the extraordinary General Assembly of shareholders, under the conditions and in accordance with law No. 31/1990, company law, republished. Prior to any capital increase by subscription of new consideration, the company will proceed to update the value of tangible and intangible fixed assets owned. Ordinary shares are classified as equity.

c. Tangible Assets

IAS 16.73 (a) (i) Recognition and evaluation

Tangible assets are initially measured at cost, (those purchased from suppliers) or if the input value received as a contribution in kind to the establishment of share capital or increase of share capital.

For subsequent recognition of plant, naval means of transport and investment properties, the company has opted for the revaluation model (fair value model).

IAS 1.112(a) 3. Significant accounting policies (continued)

117(a)

Some of the tangible non-current assets were revalued based on government decisions ("GD") no. 945/1990, no. 26/1992, no. 500/1994, no. 983/1998, no. 403/200 and no. 1553/2003 by indexing the historical cost with indices prescribed in the respective government decisions. Increases of the tangible non-current assets' value resulting from these revaluations were initially credited to revaluation reserves and thereafter, except for the reevaluation made under GD. 1553/2003, in equity, in accordance with the respective government decisions. GD 1553/2003 foresaw the need to adjust the index value by comparing the utility value and market value. At 31 December 2006, the Company proceeded to review the value of buildings and special constructions using the opinion of specialists employed in the Company.

On 31 December 2007, the Company has not proceeded to review the value of fixed assets at the Orşova headquarters, instead Agigea Branch conducted a revaluation of fixed assets from the structures and ships category, before the merger, for the old company: SC Servicii Construcţii Maritime SA Agigea. During the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 were recorded entries in the technological equipment category and other intangible assets category which led to a presentation in the financial statements, of the assets from these categories both at historical cost indexed in accordance with government decisions (" GD "), which have been applied to date, as well as historical cost.

At 31 December 2009 the Company revalued the buildings and special constructions using the opinion of an independent external evaluator.

At 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2011 the Company has not made any revaluations of tangible assets held.

On 31 December 2012, the Company proceeded to the revaluation of naval buildings and vehicles, both at headquarters in the town of Orşova, as well as at Agigea branch using the opinion of an independent external evaluator.

On 31 December 2013, the Company revalued naval vehicles, both at headquarters in the town of Orşova, as well as at Agigea branch using the opinion of an independent external evaluator.

On 31 December 2014, the evaluated naval vehicles, using the opinion of an independent external evaluator.

On 31 December 2015, the Company proceeded to the revaluation of naval buildings and vehicles, both at headquarters in the town of Orşova, as well as at Agigea branch using the opinion of an independent external evaluator.

On 31 December 2016, the Company proceeded to the revaluation of buildings and naval vehicles amounted to the nature of shipping assets located at Agigea branch using the opinion of an independent external evaluator.

IAS 1.112(a) 3. Significant accounting policies (continued)

117(a)

On 31 December 2017, the company proceeded to the revaluation of tangible assets such as naval vehicles amounted to the nature of shipping assets located in the branch Agigea using the opinion of an independent external evaluator.

On December 31, 2018, the Company proceeded to reevaluate tangible assets such as shipbuilding buildings and means of transport both at the head office in Orşova and at Agigea branch using the opinion of an independent external evaluator.

On December 31, 2019, the Company proceeded to reevaluate tangible assets such as shipbuilding buildings and means of transport located in the branch Agigea using the opinion of an independent external evaluator.

Regarding the accounting treatment of revaluation differences, these were made in accordance with IAS 16 as follows:

If the carrying amount of an asset is increased as a result of a revaluation, the increase shall be recognized in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity under the heading of revaluation surplus. However, the increase shall be recognized in profit or loss to the extent that it reverses a revaluation decrease of the same asset previously recognized in profit or loss.

If the carrying amount of an asset is impaired as a result of a revaluation, the decrease shall be recognized in profit or loss. However, the decrease shall be recognized in other comprehensive income to the extent that the revaluation surplus shows a credit balance for the asset. Reduction recognized in other comprehensive income reduces the amount accumulated in equity under the heading of revaluation surplus.

The Company has used the net value model. The amount of the revaluation surplus was credited to revaluation reserve balance for those non-current assets which fair value was higher than the net book value. For the non-current assets which fair value has been less than the carrying amount, firstly the revaluation surplus has been decreased and after that if necessary it has been reflected as an operating expense in the profit and loss statement.

IAS 1.112(a) 3. Significant accounting policies (continued)

117(a)

Maintenance and repairs of tangible assets are recorded as an expense when incurred. Significant improvements of tangible non-current assets that increase the value or useful life or significantly increase the capacity to generate economic benefits are capitalized as asset. Assets that have the nature of inventory objects, including tools are recorded as an expense when purchased and are not included in the account value of the tangible assets.

(ii) Reclassification to investment property

The transfer to or from investment properties shall be made if, and only if, there is a change in use.

(iii) Depreciation of tangible non-current assets

Depreciation is the equivalent to irreversible impairment of an asset, as a result of normal use, natural factors, technical progress or other causes. Fixed assets' depreciation shall be accounted as an expense (recognized in profit or loss).

The company uses straight-line depreciation method for all tangible assets owned, by dividing the book value equally, over its useful life. The depreciation method is applied consistently to all assets of the same type and with identical conditions of use. If tangible assets are placed in conservation, the company did not account the depreciation expense, instead at the end of the period, the company will record a corresponding expense adjustment for the impairment of the asset. The degree of impairment will be determined as much as possible by a certified evaluator. A significant change in the conditions of use of tangible assets or aging may justify a revision of the useful life. Also, if the tangible non-current assets are placed in conservation (their use is discontinued for a long period), the useful life can be revised.

The residual value and service life shall be reviewed at least at each financial year end.

Depreciation is calculated on the fair value, using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the assets as follows:

Asset Years
Constructions 5 -
45
Equipment 3 -
20
Other equipment and furniture 3 -
30

Lands are not a subject of depreciation, as they are deemed to have an indefinite life.

IAS 1.112(a) 3. Significant accounting policies (continued)

117(a)

The management continually evaluates the development plan. The effect of lifetime review, based on GD. 2139/2004, was reflected in the depreciation expense in the year 2005 and in future periods in the amount of depreciation expenses without any temporary differences.

(iv) Derecognition

The account value of a fixed asset shall be derecognised:

  • when disposed, or

  • when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal.

The gain or loss arising from the derecognition of a fixed asset shall be included in profit or loss when the item is derecognised. Gains shall not be classified as revenue.

d. Intangible Assets

  • (1) Cost
  • (i) Software

Costs for the development or maintenance of computer software programs are recognized as an expense when they occur. Costs that are directly associated with identifiable and unique products, controlled by the Company and will probably generate economic benefits exceeding costs for a period longer than one year are recognized as intangible assets. Direct costs include the development team staff costs and an appropriate proportion of overhead expenses.

Expenditure which results in extending the useful life and increasing the benefits of software over the initial specifications are added to the original cost. These costs are capitalized as intangible assets if they are not part of tangible assets.

(ii) Other intangible assets

All other intangible assets are recognized at cost.

Intangible assets are not revalued.

IAS 1.112(a) 3. Significant accounting policies (continued)

117(a)

  • (2) Amortization
  • (i) Software

Software development costs capitalized and they are amortized using the straight-line method over a period between 3 and 5 years.

(ii) Other intangible assets

Patents, trademarks and other intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over their useful life. Software licenses are amortized over a period of 3 years.

e. Investment property

An investment property is a real property (land or a building - or part of a building - or both) owned rather to earn rentals or for capital appreciation or both, rather than:

(a) used for production or supply of goods or services or for administrative purposes; or (b) to be sold in the ordinary course of business.

For the evaluation after recognition, the company uses the fair value model, this accounting

treatment has been applied to all investment properties.

A gain or loss arising from a change in fair value of investment property shall be recognized as an income or as an expense in the statement of comprehensive income for the period.

In determining the fair value of investment property, the company uses the services of certified values.

f. Inventories

Inventories are assets:

  • Held for sale in the ordinary course of business;
  • In process for sale in the ordinary course of business;
  • Raw materials and consumables

IAS 1.112(a) 3. Significant accounting policies (continued)

117(a)

Measurement of inventories

Inventories are required to be stated at the lower value between cost and net realizable value. Inventories should not be reflected in the statement of financial position an amount greater than the amount that can be obtained through their sale or use. In this case, the inventories value should be decreased to the net realizable value by reflecting a write-down.

Cost of inventories

The primary basis for accounting inventories is the cost .

The cost of inventories should comprise all costs of acquisition and processing and other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to the shape and place in which they are currently.

Price differences over the cost of acquisition or production should be disclosed separately in the accounts and are recognized in cost of the asset.

Regarding the method of valuation, the company used, until December 31, 2010, the weighted average cost method, but starting from January 1, 2011, the company is using the first-in - first out method. This change in the accounting policy was necessary in order to be consistent with the accounting policy applied by the main shareholder, SIF Transilvania (49.9998% of the share capital, as shown), and which are preparing the consolidated financial statements. Our company is included in the scope of consolidation.

The cost of finished goods and work in progress includes materials, labor and indirect production costs associated. Where necessary, adjustments are made for wasted or obsolete inventories. The net realizable value is calculated as the selling price less costs to complete and costs necessary to make the sale

IAS 1.112(a) 3. Significant accounting policies (continued)

117(a)

g. Impairment

(i) Financial assets (including receivables)

A financial asset or group of financial assets is impaired if, and only if, there are any objective evidence of impairment arising as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset, and these events have an impact on future cash flows of the financial asset or group of financial assets that can be estimated reliably. On each financial year date, the company examines whether there is any objective evidence that the financial asset or a group of financial assets is impaired. The loss is given by the difference between the asset's book value and the present value of future cash flows using the effective interest rate of the financial asset at initial recognition.

If in a subsequent period, an event occurring after the recognition of the impairment will determine an increase of the asset's value, the impairment will be reversed.

h. Employee benefits

The Company makes payments to pension funds, health funds, unemployment funds, allowances and vacations for all staff. These expenses are recognized in the statement of comprehensive income for the period covered. At retirement, the company granted, as a stimulant, two salaries to every person who ceases contractual relationship with the company.

The Company does not operate any other pension plan or retirement benefits so it has no other obligations in respect of pensions.

During the year, according to the collective labor agreement, depending on the possibilities of the company, employees can receive awards, financial aid for deaths in the family, serious and incurable illness etc.

i. Provisions

Provisions are recognized when the Entity has a present legal or constructive obligation, arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow from the entity of resources embodying economic benefits and when a reliable estimate can be made of its amount.

IAS 1.112(a) 3. Significant accounting policies (continued)

117(a)

(1) Provisions for annual vacations and other similar staff rights.

Company debt regarding annual employee vacations is recognized in proportion to the duration of untaken vacation days by the end of the year. At the balance sheet date, a provision for the estimated obligation is recognized, provision which includes both the actual amount of untaken vacation days and related social contributions. Also, for the retirement of employees who are qualified for this matter, the company established a provision according to the collective agreement stipulations through the valid period.

(2) Provisions for litigation

For those pending lawsuits, in which the company is the defendant and courts have not issued a final and executory judgment, the company made provisions for the amounts estimated. The amounts paid to the company customers, for any damage caused to the ship during transport, and which have failed to be recovered from the insurance company which issued the insurance policy and for whom there is a pending lawsuit, are treated similarly.

(3) Provisions for guarantees

For river vessels produced by the Company, it is stipulated in the export contracts that the seller is obliged to guarantee the proper execution, for a period of 6-9 months from date of sale (ownership transfer), depending on the complexity of the ships.

Provisions made for this purpose are based on calculation of the average share of total claims paid customer deliveries during the last period (previous year).

IAS 1.112(a) 3. Significant accounting policies (continued)

117(a)

j. Revenue

Revenue refers to goods sold and services rendered.

Sales revenues include sales of ships and services provided (rentals and ship repairs) made in the ordinary course of business (excluding value added tax).

Revenue is recognized upon delivery of goods to the buyer or carrier, delivery against invoice, and for export products, after being charged and all the customs formalities are completed, or delivered to the place specified in the contract (port of destination), with the transfer of risks to the buyer.

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the counter performance received or to receive.

Interest incomes are recognized using the effective interest method in proportion to the relevant period of time, based on the principal and the effective rate until the maturity date or for a shorter period if this period is linked to the transaction costs, when it is established that the company will obtain such income.

IFRS 7.20,24 k. Financial income and expenses

Interest income is recognized as the income generates, on an accrual basis using the effective interest method in proportion to the relevant time, based on the principal and the effective rate over the period to maturity or a shorter period if this period is link to transaction costs, when it is established that the company will obtain such income.

Income from financial assets or dividends receivable from entities in which the Company is a shareholder, are recognized in the financial statements of the financial year in which they are approved by the General Meeting of each entity.

l. Income tax

The Company records current income tax using the taxable income from tax reporting, determined by the relevant Romanian legislation.

Income tax obligation for the reporting period and prior periods is recognized to the extent that is not paid.

If the amounts paid on the current and prior periods exceed the amounts due for those periods, the excess is recognized as recoverable amount.

IAS 1.112(a) 3. Significant accounting policies (continued) 117(a)

Recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities

Deferred income tax is, using the balance sheet method, based on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and their carrying amount. Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that there is the possibility of achieving future taxable profit from which the temporary differences can be recovered.

4. Determination of fair value

Certain accounting policies of the Company and disclosure requirements demand the determination of fair value for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. Fair values were determined for evaluation and / or disclosure purposes based on the methods described below. Where appropriate, additional information about the assumptions used in determining the fair value are presented in the notes that are specific to the asset or the liability.

In the assessment of tangible and intangible assets, fair value measurement is an option. Fair value assessment is made for categories of assets and is treated as a revaluation. The excess resulting from revaluation directly affects equity, unless previously it was recognized as a revaluation loss. Revaluation losses affect the statement of comprehensive income, unless there is an added value previously accounted directly in equity. There are differences between the two asset structures in terms of how to determine the fair value.

IAS 16 "Property, plant and equipment" asserts that: "After recognition as an asset, an item of tangible assets whose fair value can be measured reliably shall be carried at a revalued amount, representing its fair value at the revaluation date minus any subsequent accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Revaluations shall be made with sufficient regularity to ensure that the carrying amount does not differ significantly from that which would be determined using fair value at the balance sheet date." [9]

IAS 38 "Intangible Assets" indicates: "The purpose of revaluations under this standard, fair value shall be determined by reference to an active market".[10]

4. Determination of fair value (continued)

If IAS 16 "Property, plant and equipment" allows the determination of fair value through other methods if there isn't an active market, IAS 38 "Intangible Assets" narrow the assets that can be revalued, showing that only the assets for which an active market exists, can be revalued.

A special structure of non-current assets is the investment property. IAS 40 "Investment Property" offers two options for their evaluation: cost model or fair value model. As compared to IAS 16" Property, plant and equipment", where, if cost model is applicable, entities are only encouraged to disclose the fair value in the notes, IAS 40 "Investment Property" requires the estimation of fair value, for evaluation (fair value model) or to present in the notes (cost model).

For in assets held for continuing use, it can sometimes be difficult to estimate fair value minus costs of disposal. In the absence of a reliable basis for estimating the amount that an entity could obtain, from the sale of these assets in an arm's length transaction between knowledgeable, willing parties, IAS 36 "Impairment of Assets" indicates that the entity may use the asset's value as its recoverable amount (fair value is equal with the value in use).

As of January 1, 2013 requirements are applicable to the valuation of assets and liabilities at fair value under IFRS 13 "Fair Value Measurement". IFRS 13 applies to assets and liabilities held by an entity for which, in accordance with other standards, it is required or permitted a fair value measurement or disclosure about fair value is required.

IFRS 13 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.. The price used to assess the asset or liability at fair value is not adjusted by the amount of transaction costs because they are not a feature of the asset or liability, but a feature of the transaction.

Fair value assessment of an asset or liability considers the characteristics of the asset or liability which that market participants would consider in determining the price of the asset or liability at the measurement date.

Fair value measurement is performed on the assumption that an asset or liability is traded between market participants according to the normal conditions of sale of an asset or the transfer of a liability that characterizes the market at the measurement date. A normal transaction involves access to the market for a period that precedes evaluation enabling typical marketing activities and usual for those trading the respective assets or liabilities.

5. Revenue

2019 2018
RON RON
IFRS 15.113 (a) Sales of goods 55,138,113 46,281,042
IFRS 15.113 (a) Rendering of services 5,875,619 1,491,527
IFRS 15.113 (a) Sales of residual products and goods 625,436 487,804
IAS 40.75 (f) (i) Incomes from rental of investment properties 9,545 -
Total 61,648,713 48,260,373

Although the sales of goods registered an increase of 19.14% in 2019 compared to the previous year, compared to the provisions of BVC, there is an achievement of 99.37%. This failure is attributable to the proceeds from the sale of the ships built at the Orsova headquarters. In 2019, the company managed to complete and hand over to 7 external ships, compared to 6, but with the mention that their structure and complexity was different from year to year. Further, although the company covered the full production capacity of 2019, the market for river/maritime shipbuilding continued to be deficient.

The ship repair activity has undergone significant changes compared to the previous year. This segment of activity registered an increase of 182.06% compared to 2018. The main client was still NAVROM GALATI.

These presentations are made by the Company in accordance with IFRS 8.

6. Other income

2019 2018
RON RON
Rental income (other than rental of investment property) 4,923,190 4,096,37
Income from compensations and penalties - -
Other operating incomes 122,635 161,807
Total 5,045,825 4,258,182

The amounts entered in the income statement from the rents refer in particular to the amounts derived from the exploitation of the ships (5 hopper barges) in the rental regime, at the Agigea branch. They were rented for almost the whole year in the extra-community area (Turkey). These presentations are made by the Company in accordance with IFRS 8.

7. Expenses related to inventories

2019 2018
RON RON
Raw materials 12,607,357 10,811,449
Consumables, including: 8,429,716 6,137,900
Auxiliary materials 6,994,415 5,258,139
Fuel 532,945 387,978
Spare parts 656,445 321,228
Other consumables 245,911 170,555
Materials in the form of small inventory 465,205 268,075
Materials not stored 174,766 148,933
Goods for resale 187,244 6,395
Trade discounts received (24,035) (964)
Total 21,840,253 17,371,788

As of 31.12.2019, the significant share in total expenditure on stocks is still held by raw materials (naval table). There is an increase of expenses, with 25.72% compared to the previous year, due to the larger volume of activity realised in 2019.

8. Utility expenses

2019 2018
RON RON
Electricity 1,151,625 928,455
Water 35,946 25,232
Total 1,187,571 953,687

In the year 2019, the expenses with the utilities have increased compared to the last year, this in the conditions in which the realized production (the revenues) increased, but also the tariffs of supply have experienced a slight increase.

IAS 1.104 9. Personnel expenses

2019 2018
RON RON
Salaries 22,338,247 17,500,076
Social expenses 1,515,772 1,144,735
Total 23,854,019 18,644,811
Number of employees 356 351

9. Personnel expenses (continued)

In 2019, the wage expenses experienced a significant increase, with 27.65% compared to the year 2018. This increase is due to the salary increases granted by the company in 2019, in the context of the increase in turnover in 2019 compared to the previous year.

10. Receivables allowances and inventories write-down

2019
RON
2018
RON
Losses due to various debts and debtors 2,838,956 8,235
Impairment of current assets 312,973 82,615
Income from current assets Impairment (2,990,272) (136,316)
Total 161,657 (45,466)

The above amounts refer to the adjustment of depreciation for inventories and other receivables incurred in the year 2019. During the year 2019, debts related to insolvent customers were removed, for which in previous years impairments were constituted; therefore the amount related to these depreciation was resumed to income, and the receivables were passed on to costs.

IAS 1.97 11. Other expenses

2019 2018
RON RON
Maintenance and repair expenses 394,406 175,128
Royalties and rental expenses 799,674 858,603
Insurance premiums 131,324 108,462
Commissions and fees 27,623 17,563
Protocol, promotion and advertising 42,260 30,003
Transport of goods and personnel 2,199,952 1,790,367
Travel 83,210 183,971
Postage and telecommunications 44,224 38,573
Bank commissions and similar charges 103,151 74,788
Other third party services 7,528,802 4,874,926
Other taxes, duties and similar expenses 359,928 413,355
Expenses with the environment protection 9,621 13,481
Other operating expenses 189,667 68,959
Compensations, fines and penalties 2,545 10,574
Total 11,916,387 8.658.753

11. Other expenses (continued)

In 2019, the level of the above expenditures registered significant increases compared to the previous year (37.62%), those with significant weight referring to:

  • expenditure on the transport of goods and persons, costs that are closely related to the volume of sales revenue. These relate in particular to the transport of river ships built at the main premises on the route: Orsova - Rotterdam, or other points of delivery in the Netherlands or Germany, indicated in the commercial contracts. While 7 ships were delivered in 2019, 6 ships were delivered in 2018, which also led to a lower level of spending of this kind. Please note that, in accordance with the contractual provisions, the transfer of the ownership right shall be effected with the surrender of the vessels at these points, during which the vessels are insured by the Company, according to the contractual clauses.
  • Due to the fact that in 2019 the Company was faced with a shortage of personnel, to ensure the timely delivery of the ships, the Company proceeded to subcontract some construction works. At the same time, the contracting of ship repair works by the Agigea Branch, also required operations to subcontract some works. The volume of activities performed by third parties increased compared to 2018 (an increase of 54.44%).
  • As regards the level of travel and subsistence expenses, they decreased by 45,23%, and mainly relates to the allowances in foreign currency due to crews on leased vessels while they were rented out, given that chartering of vessels in 2019 was made with the charterer's crew.
  • Auditors' fees: in 2019 67,528 lei, including VAT, fees to statutory auditors (in the financial year 2018 these amounts were 67,767 lei, including VAT), and for the internal audit services, the amounts paid in the financial year 2019 were 40,671 lei, including VAT (for the financial year 2018 the paid fees were 39,906 lei, VAT included). In 2019, the company did not have any tax consultancy services.

IAS 1.86 12. Financial Revenue and Expenses

Recognized in income statement

2019 2018
RON RON
IFRS 7.20 (b) Interest income related to deposits 125,062 44,894
IAS 21.52 (a) Income from exchange rate differences 878,535 553,986
Total financial revenue 1,003,597 598,880
IAS 21.52 (a) Exchange rate differences expenses 369,542 522,925
Total financial expenses 369,542 522,925
Net financial result 634,055 75,955

Regarding the structure of the financial revenues and expenditures, the following explanations are made:

  • the interest income is related to the bank deposits made during the year, and the largest share of them is the interests related to a deposit of 401,201 Euros, constituted as a guarantee to BRD to guarantee a global limit of 2,000,000 Euros;
  • In 2019, the company did not contract bank loans, did not use credit lines and therefore did not record bank interest charges.
  • Expenditures on exchange differences were lower than income from exchange differences, so for the year 2019 the company recorded a profit of 508,993 lei (in 2018: 31,061 lei). And in 2019, in order to protect itself against currency exchange depreciation, the company had hedging transactions amounted to over two hundred thousand RON.

13a.Income tax expenses

2019 2018
Current income tax expenses RON RON
IAS 12.80 (a) Current period 786,729 681,653
IAS 12.80 (b) Adjustments of previous periods - -
Deferred income tax expenses
IAS 12.80 (c) Initial recognition and reversal of temporary differences 381,486 528,170
IAS 12.80 (g) Changes in previously unrecognized temporary differences - -
IAS 12.80 (f) Recognition of previously unrecognized tax losses - -
Total income tax expenses 1,168,215 1,209,823
IAS 12.81 (c) Reconciliation of effective tax rate
Profit for the period 4,088,126 3,683,660
Non-deductible expenses 3,962,901 505,924
Non-taxable incomes 3,576,597 745,597
Elements similar to expenses - -
Legal reserve 198,765 179,278
Revaluation surplus transferred to retained earnings 1,363,267 1,017,496
Loss to be
recovered from previous exercises
- -
Profit for the financial year 5,638,932 4,282,205
Sponsorships 115,500 3,500
Tax facilities regarding re-invested profit - -
Total income tax 786,729 618,653
Profit after tax 3,191,379 2,865,798
Loss
for the financial year for which no deferred tax asset
was recognized
- -

13b. Expenditure with the specific activity

Starting from the year 2017, with the entry into force of Law no. 170/2016 relating specific activities tax, the company owes this type of tax for the canteen activity which is subordinated to it. We mention that on the premises of the company that it carries on its business with the canteen, its activity being consolidated to CAEN 5629 "Other services of food and so on." and entered in the Article of Association of the company as the secondary activity.

For the year 2019, the expenditure with specific tax due for this activity is in the amount of 13,671 RON (13,672 RON for financial year 2018).

14. Deferred tax assets and liabilities

On May 1, 2009, the stipulations of Emergency Government Ordinance no. 34 were enforced, which have limited the deductibility of certain expenses in calculating the income tax. The greatest influence is due to the non-deductibility of revaluation surpluses transferred to retained earnings since 2004, the impact on income tax expenses of the Company being significantly.

Deferred tax liabilities are represented by the amounts of income taxes payable in future periods as a result of existing taxable temporary differences. In the determination of deferred tax, the tax rate used is stipulated in fiscal regulations in force at the date of the financial statements, respectively 16%.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are attributable to the following items:

ASSETS LIABILITIES NET
2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018
Tangible
Non
Current Assets
218,123 155,988 (22,420) 907,934 240,543 (751,946)
Employee
Benefits
99,201 57,429 59,340 95,547 39,861 (38,118)
Receivables/liabilities 312,423 432,623 312,423 432,623 - -
Tax incentives - - 41,525 28,684 (41,525) (28,684)
Net
Deferred
tax
assets/liabilities
629,747 646,040 390,868 1,464,788 238,879 (818,748)

IAS 16 15. Tangible Non-Current Assets

Land and
buildings
Machines and
Equipment
Furniture and
fixtures
Work in
progress
Total
RON RON RON RON RON
Cost or assumed cost
IAS 16.73 (d) Balance at 1 January 2019 21,641,723 53,300,055 488,933 - 77,430,711
IAS 16.73 Acquisition 99,549 2,123,272 28,409 3,609,203 5,860,433
(e)(i)
IAS
(e)(ii)
16.73 Disposals of tangible non-current assets 456,747 2,450,853 56,381 747,008 3,710,989
Net reevaluation - (143,271) - - (143,271)
IAS 16.73 (d) Balance at 31 December 2019 21,284,525 54,829,203 460,961 2,862,195 79,436,884
Depreciation and impairments
IAS 16.73 (d) Balance
at 1 January 2019
- 37,996,125 415,965 - 38,412,090
IAS
(d)(vii)
IAS
(d)(vi)
IAS
(d)(ii)
IAS 16.73 (d)
16.73 Depreciation for the year 1,565,745 2,576,839 27,737 - 4,170,321
16.73 Reversal of impairment losses - (43,977) - - (43,977)
16.73 Disposal of tangible non-current assets - 2,065,209 56,381 - 2,121,590
Balance at 31 December 2019 1,565,745 38,551,732 387,321 - 40,504,798
IAS 1.78 (a) Net book value
Balance at 1 January 2019
Balance at 31 December 2019
21,641,723
19,718,780
17,303,930
16,277,471
72,968
73,640
-
2,862,195
39,018,621
38,932,086

IAS 16 15. Tangible Non-current Assets (continued)

On 31 December 2019, land has a book value of 1,201,941 RON and represents an area of 86,000 square meters, of which:

  • 85,790 square meters at its headquarters in Orşova and
  • 210 square meters at its Branch in Agigea, Constanta County.

In the course of the year 2017 the company has put up for sale by tender two plots of land in the area Gratca, of 937 square meters and 3,988 square meters, in accordance with the management decision of 16 February 2017. Although these lands have not found yet their buyers, they have been classified in an appropriate manner as non-current assets held for sale (account 311).

The company has completed cadastral situation for the entire area of the premises owned by Orşova headquarters. The company has completed the land register for the whole situation in the area of property at its headquarters in Orşova.

Revaluation of tangible non-current assets

On 31 December 2004, the value of tangible non –current assets is presented at historical cost, indexed in accordance with government decisions ("GD"), which were applied by that date or at historical cost.

At 31 December 2005 the Company proceeded to revise the value of tangible assets by using the opinion of specialists, employed by the Company. At 31 December 2006, the Company proceeded to review the value of buildings and special constructions using the opinion of specialists, employed in the Company. On 31 December 2007, the Company has not proceeded to review the value of assets at the Orşova headquarters, instead, Agigea Branch conducted a revaluation of fixed assets of structures and ships group, before the merger, under the old name: SC Servicii Construcţii Maritime S.A. Agigea.

During 2007, 2008 and 2009 there were entries recorded in the technological equipment category and other intangible category which leads to a presentation in the financial statements, of the assets of these groups, both at historical cost indexed in accordance with government decisions (" GD "), and historical cost.

At 31 December 2009, the Company proceeded to the revaluation of buildings and special constructions, both at the headquarters in the town of Orşova and at Agigea branch, using the opinion of independent external evaluators. The reflection method of the revaluation in the company's bookings was to eliminate the depreciation from the book value of assets. The amount of the revaluation surplus was credited to revaluation reserve balance for those targets whose fair value was higher than the net book value, and for the other purposes for which the fair value has been less than the book value a reduction of the existing revaluation surplus was reflected affecting operating expenses for the purposes for which revaluation reserves were not previously recognized or the recognized revaluation reserve was insufficient to cover the decrease.

IAS 16 15. Tangible Non-current Assets (continued)

At 31 December 2010 and 2011, the company did not revalued non-current assets.

At 31 December 2012, the company revalued buildings and means of naval transport, both at headquarters in the town of Orşova and Agigea branch using the opinion of an independent external value. The Company has used the net value model. The amount of the revaluation surplus was credited to revaluation reserves for those assets which fair value was higher than the net book value, and for the other assets which fair value has been lower than the book value a reduction of the existing revaluation surplus, was reflected affecting operating expenses for the purposes for which revaluation reserves were not previously recognized or the recognized revaluation reserve was insufficient to cover the decrease. For the fixed assets that are under conservation at Agigea branch, an impairment of 6,739 RON was recognized.

At 31 December 2013, the company proceeded to the revaluation of means of naval transport, both at headquarters in the town of Orșova and Agigea branch using the opinion of some independent external evaluators. The reflection method of the revaluation in the company's bookings was to eliminate the depreciation from the book value of assets. The amount of the revaluation surplus was credited to revaluation reserve balance for those targets whose fair value was higher than the net book value, and for the other purposes for which the fair value has been less than the book value a reduction of the existing revaluation surplus was reflected affecting operating expenses for the purposes for which revaluation reserves were not previously recognized or the recognized revaluation reserve was insufficient to cover the decrease.

For the fixed assets that are under conservation at Agigea branch, an impairment of 155,474 RON was recognized, at the end of 2013; at 31.12.2012 the impairment was 6,739 RON.

At 31 December 2014, the company proceeded to the revaluation of means of naval transport using the opinion of some independent external evaluators, applying the same rules and methods regarding the registration of the resulting differences.

For the fixed assets that are under conservation at Agigea branch, an impairment of 195,218 RON was recognized, at the end of 2014; at 31.12.2013 the impairment was 155,474 RON.

At 31 December 2015, the company proceeded to the revaluation of means of naval transport, both at headquarters in the town of Orșova and Agigea branch using the opinion of some independent external evaluators. The reflection method of the revaluation in the company's bookings was to eliminate the depreciation from the book value of assets. The amount of the revaluation surplus was credited to revaluation reserve balance for those targets whose fair value was higher than the net book value, and for the other purposes for which the fair value has been less than the book value a reduction of the existing revaluation surplus was reflected affecting operating expenses for the purposes for which revaluation reserves were not previously recognized or the recognized revaluation reserve was insufficient to cover the decrease.

IAS 16 15. Tangible Non-current Assets (continued)

For constructions and ships, an increase amounted at 2,181,569 RON was recorded. However analyzed individually, there are positions that present decreases, their total value is amounted at 3,591,056 RON, out of which 3,416,821 RON were incurred from revaluation surplus previously recorded for these items and 174,235 RON were supported on costs.

Please note that further information regarding the revaluation can be found in the Administrators' report prepared and presented separately in the general meeting of shareholders.

Valuation techniques used by the evaluator for fixed assets under IFRS 13.91, were as follows:

  • The cost approach for naval means of transport and for fixed assets in conservation
  • The income approach for leased buildings (investment properties).

On December 31, 2016, the company proceeded to the revaluation of fixed assets amounted to the nature of shipping assets, using the same external independent evaluator's opinion and based on the same rules on recording differences in results. In the ordinary general meeting of shareholders, the results of this reassessment will be presented as visually distinct agenda. For fixed assets placed in conservation at Agigea branch was recognized an impairment at the end of the year 2016 total of 287,458.76 RON (to 31.12.2015 this impairment was of 252,756,17 RON).

On December 31, 2017, the company proceeded to the revaluation of fixed assets amounted to the nature of shipping assets, using the same external independent evaluator's opinion and based on the same rules on recording differences in results. In the ordinary general meeting of shareholders, the results of this reassessment will be presented as visually distinct agenda.

For fixed assets placed in conservation at Agigea branch was recognized an impairment at the end of the year 2017 total of 304,490.18 RON (to 31.12.2016 this impairment was of 287,458.76 RON)

On December 31, 2018, the company proceeded to re-evaluate the property, buildings and ships, both at the headquarters of Orşova and at Agigea branch using the opinion of independent external evaluators. The method of reflecting revaluation in the Company's accounts was that of eliminating depreciation from the carrying amount of assets. With the value of the revaluation surplus, the balance of revaluation reserves was credited for those items whose fair value was higher than net book value, and for the other objectives for which the fair value was less than the net book value reflected the decrease of the existing revaluation surplus and / or the impairment of operating expenses in the case of previously unrecognized

IAS 16 15. Tangible Non-current Assets (continued)

revaluation reserves or recognized revaluation reserves was insufficient to cover the decrease. In both the construction group and the ship, by total group, there are increases, totaling 5,330,995 RON. However, individually analyzed were positions where there were decreases, their total value being 1,054,765 RON, out of which: 1,047,790 RON were borne from the revaluation surplus previously recorded in these positions and the amount of 6,975 was incurred on costs.

At December 31, 2019, the Company proceeded to reevaluation the tangible assets of the nature of the means of ship transport, using the opinion of the same independent external evaluator and based on the same rules regarding the recording of the resulting differences. In the ordinary general meeting of the shareholders, the results of this reassessment will be presented as a separate item on the agenda.

In order to carry out these operations, the company turned to the specialized services of the evaluator DARIAN DRS S.A., headquarters in Timisoara.

Valuation techniques used by the evaluator for fixed assets under IFRS 13.91, were as follows:

  • The cost approach for naval means of transport and for fixed assets in conservation
  • The income approach for leased buildings (investment properties).

According to IFRS 13, valuation at fair value of buildings and means of naval shipping supposed taking into consideration the characteristics of the assets, which users of financial statements would consider in determining the price of the asset at the balance sheet date. Fair value determination was carried out by an independent external evaluator and shall be treated as level 2 under IFRS 13 for the data taken into account in determining the fair values as at 31 December 2019, the date of financial reporting. At the company level, there has not been any change of the level presented by IFRS 13 for the data taken into account in determining the fair values. Also, the maximum amount for assets valued at fair value does not differ from the current amount of use.

Tangible non-current assets presented at fair value, compared with cost model according to IAS 16.77 (e)

-
RON
Name Land Plant Equipment
(Means of
transport)
Fair value at 31.12.2019 1,201,941 20,082,584 10,360,164
Revaluation surplus 572,314 17,727,789 4,122,113
Net book value according to cost model 629,627 2,354,795 6,238,051

IAS 16 15. Tangible Non-current Assets (continued)

Impairment losses and subsequent reversals

At the revaluation on December 31, 2019, the depreciation test for the fixed assets under conservation was performed at the Agigea branch, and after processing the respective data resulted a depreciation, in the balance, of 382,036 RON, related to other fixed assets than the buildings. In the previous year, the value of depreciation was 338,059 RON.

Pledged or mortgaged tangible assets

To guarantee the multi-option and multi-currency global limit, in value of 2,000,000 EUR (same as the previous year), made available by BRD-GSG SA, the Company established the following:

  • First rank mortgage on the following properties: Repair hall, New Hall, Thermal power station, Compressors Station and PSI Shed, Operating Group, Cafeteria, Merged building, all together with the related land, buildings assessed in accordance with the Warranty Monitoring Report at 1,512,800 EUR market value, registered in the Land Registry under the following numbers 1133, 1146, 1121, 1145, 1134, 1135 and 1132;
  • Security interest with dispossession on a deposit in value of 401,201 EUR.
  • Warrant in form of Assignment of receivables in total value of 9,872,730 EUR, resulting from signed contracts concluded by the company with third parties, contracts not received on 12.31.2019.

Tangible assets in progress:

At 12.31.2019 the company had unfinished investment objectives in the total amount of 2,862,195 RON, consisting of modernization of the launch path from the subunit from Agigea (2,740,567 RON) and technological equipment / modernization works at the headquarters (121,628 RON)

Changes in Accounting Estimates

On the occasion of the revaluation made on 31 December 2018, some of the fixed assets that were fully depreciated have been assigned a new use value, which has led to a reconsideration of the lifetime, which will be used from 2019 onwards accounting depreciation.

Changes in classification

In 2019 the company proceeded to reclassify some assets. According to IAS 40, a building under the management of the branch in Agigea (head office) was transferred from the category of fixed assets to the category of real estate investments, which was given for use, for rent, to third parties. In this respect, see also Note 18. Also, the company proceeded, in accordance with IFRS 5 and based on the decision of the Board of Directors, to classify the floating Doc asset as being held for sale.

IAS 38 16. Intangible Assets

IFRS 3.61
IAS 38.118 (c), (e)
Other
assets
Total
Cost RON RON
IFRS 3.B67 (d)(viii),IAS 38.118
IAS 38.118(e)
IAS 38.118
Balance at January 1, 2019
Acquisitions
Disposals of intangible assets
Balance at December 31, 2019
1,070,924
2,200
1,092
1,072,032
1,070,924
2,200
1,092
1,072,032
IFRS 3.B67 (d)(i),IAS 38.118
IAS 38.118(e)(vi)
Amortization and impairment
Balance at January 1, 2019
Amortization during the year
1,066,991
2,747
1,066,991
2,747
IAS 38.118(e)(iv)
IFRS 3.B67 (d)(viii),IAS 38.118
Impairments
Disposals of intangible assets
Balance at December 31, 2019
-
789
1,068,949
-
789
1,068,949
IAS 38.118(c)
IAS 38.118(c)
Book values
Balance at January 1, 2018
Balance at December 31, 2018
3,933
3,083
3,933
3,083

IAS 39 17. Other investments, including derivatives

Investment securities are recognized in the financial statements in accordance with IAS 27 (reviewed in 2010), IAS 36 (reviewed in 2009), IAS 39 (reviewed in 2009) and IFRS 7 (issued in 2008). With the stipulation from the 4 standards, the company adopted the following policy for the recognition and valuation of shares and securities:

  • investments in subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates are recognized at cost ;
  • short-term investments held for sale, unlisted on the stock exchange market, are recorded at cost. For value depreciation, the company makes adjustments (the depreciation treatment for these securities is determined by IAS 39, paragraph 63);
  • short-term investments held for sale listed, on the stock exchange market, are recorded at fair value (the value of trading on the last day of the year). In case of winnings or losses, they will be recognized in capital. If there are any objective evidence of impairment (as presented in paragraph 59 of IAS 39), as well as gains and losses from exchange rate differences, the loss of value is recognized in the period result.
2019 2018
Other investment Book
value
Allowance
for
impairment
Net
worth
Book
value
Impairment
adjustments
Net
worth
Long-term investment
Shares held at Kritom 684,495 684,495 0 684,495 684,495 0
Total long-term investment 684,495 684,495 0 684,495 684,495 0

IAS 39 17. Other investments, including derivatives (continued)

In 1993, S.C. Servicii Construcţii Maritime S.A. ("SCM"), a company acquired by Şantierul Naval Orşova S.A. during the financial year ended 31 December 2008, made with the Anonymous Society "Domik Kritis", based in Crete, a joint venture named "Kritom Shipping Company", based in the city Iraclio, Crete. The share capital owned by SCM at Kritom Shipping Company was 49%. According to existing data in the Company's records, Kritom increased its share capital twice without consulting SCM, so SCM hired a lawyer to check the legality of the capital increase.

Anonymous Society "Domiki Kritis" presents the total amount of share capital of "Kritom Shipping Company" in the amount of 1,923,545 EUR, consisting of 6,565 shares, worth 293 euros each, and two shareholders structure is:

  • Anonymous Society "Domik Kritis' 4.505 shares, representing 68.62% of the share capital;
  • The Company: 2,060 shares, representing 31.38% of the share capital..

In accordance with IFRS 13, fair value evaluation of short term investments assumes taking into consideration the characteristics that market participants would consider in determining the price of the asset at the measurement date. Fair value determination was made according to the available information on the interbank market and is assimilated to the first level required by IFRS 13 for data taken into account in determining the fair values at December 31, the reporting date. In the Company, changing the level prescribed by IFRS 13 for the data taken into account in determining the fair values relating to bank deposits was not the case. Also, the maximum utilization value of the evaluated assets at fair value does not differ from the current value of use.

On 31 December, 2019, the Company had fully set up impairments for these securities, amounted to 684,495 RON, so the net value on 31 December 2019 was 0 RON (the same situation was registered at 31 December, 2018).

As specified above, the impairment indicators have litigious nature. The Convention establishing Kritom shipping company states that the company period is during 1992-2012. From the steps taken, the data and information that we have, it is not certain whether the company is operating or not.

This financial asset is part of the investments held until their due date category, in accordance with IFRS 7.8.

IAS 40 18. Investment property

2019 2018
IAS 40.76(a) Balance on January 1st 0 0
IAS 40.76(f) Acquisitions 0 0
IAS 40.76(d) Transfer from tangible assets 517.515 0
IAS 40.76(d) Free transfer/depreciation, transfer to tangible assets - 0
517.515 0
Balance at December 31

In September 2019 the Agigea branch proceeded to rent a building located in Constanța, called "Headquarters", to the companies City Protect and Protect Instal, the rental period being one year.

19. Inventories

2019 2018
RON RON
IAS 1.78 (c),2.36(b) Raw materials and consumables 9,770,700 10,409,252
IAS 1.78(c), 2.36(b) Work in progress 41,910,091 44,523,815
Non-current assets held for sale 318,158 68,853
Write-downs (6,840,829) (7,072,045)
Inventories at net value 45,158,120 47,929,875

IAS 1.104,2.36(e)(f) For the sheet stocks over 3 years old and for the other stocks over 2 years old, without moving, the company adjusted the book value, constituting a total depreciation of 6,840,829 RON. From this total value, the sum of 6,425,308 RON, concerns the depreciation of the production under production related to 2 external orders, and was calculated as the difference between the costs estimated for the respective orders and the price obtained by the decision of the Arbitration Court in Rotterdam. The penalties established by the same court for late payment are presented in the note with contingent assets.

Evolution of inventory write-downs

2019 2018
RON RON
IAS 1.104,2.36(e,g) Opening balance (7,072,045) (7,053,422)
IAS 1.104, 2.36(e,g) Write-downs reversal 231,477 36,196
IAS 1.104, 2.36(e,g) Write-downs (261) (54,819)
Closing balance (6,840,829) (7,072,045)

20. Trade receivables and related, other receivables and accrued expenses

2019 2018
RON RON
IAS 1.78 (b) Trade receivables 1,396,361 9,391,785
Receivables allowances (166,620) (2,890,958)
IFRS 7.8(c) Loans and net receivables 1,229,741 6,500,827
Receivables –
total
928,640 934,979
Sundry debtors 650,649 459,957
Suppliers –
debtors
57,925 180,710
VAT receivable and under settlement 285,889 277,042
Allowances for other receivables (653,104) (374,762)
Deferred expenses 67,119 55,869
Other expenses 519,273 336,163
Accrued expenses 889 55,869
Total 2,158,381 7,435,806

Trade receivables at 31 December 2019 show a decrease over the corresponding 2018 period. The balance of uncollected invoices refers to current invoices, without raising any special problems regarding the collection, some of which are already collected in the first days of 2020. However, on 31.12.2019, in the records of the Agigea Branch, there were commercial receivables not collected (litigated customers), older than 1 year, from previous years and for which adjustments have been made for impairment of receivables totaling 166,620 RON.

Mentioning, in view of all the legal steps taken, due to the fact that there were no real premises for recovery, based on the decision of the Board of Directors, the outstanding receivables from 2012 from the Energy M company from Russia, debts in value, were withdrawn from the company total of 2,818,799.80 RON (356,833 EUR and 19,359 USD). For these claims, impairments were established in previous years.

On December 31, 2019, amounts to be recovered from commercial partners from foreign partners (Turkey) for which our company is expected to obtain external fiscal credit after receiving the appropriate documentation consisting of certificates issued by tax authorities in these countries attests to the withholding tax deduction on income generated by the chartering of Agigea branches. The total amount of these receivables at 31 December 2019 is 93,388 EURO.

We also specify that in 2019 the company obtained, following the receipt of tax certificates issued by the authorities of Israel and Turkey, external tax credit in the amount of 946,143 RON (EUR 199,323.81).

20. Trade receivables and related, other receivables and accrued expenses (continued)

Company's trade receivables are denominated in the following currencies:

2019 2018
Currency RON RON
USD - 19,359
EUR 152,723 1,868,857
RON 666,455 596,761

Movements of the Company's receivables allowances are as follows:

2019 2018
RON RON
On 1 January 2,890,958 2,962,681
Allowances reversed 2,723,838 78,130
Recognized allowances (500) 6,407
Balance at end of period 166,620 2,890,958

The impairment losses are lower than those recorded on December, 18 2018 due to the resumption of impairment losses on the accounts of the company (Energy M).

21. Short term investments

2019 2018
RON RON
Deposits in banks in RON 4,760,000 6,600,000
Deposits in banks in foreign currency 1,917,460 1,870,227
Total 6,677,460 8,470,227

Deposits at banks in RON and foreign currency deposits in banks, presented by the company as other short term investments as at December, 31 2019 relates to deposits with a maturity of between three months and one year.

22. Cash and cash equivalents

2019 2018
RON RON
Bank accounts in RON 2,198,278 1,238,275
Bank account in foreign currencies 11,733,113 5,384,209
Petty cash in RON 6,675 12,965
Petty cash in foreign currencies - -
Other values 1,316 3,187
Total 13,939,382 6,638,636

23. Capital and reserves

Share capital

IFRS 7.7 The share capital structure on December 31, 2019 is as follows:
IAS Number
1.79(a)(i),(iii)
of shares Amount
(RON)
Procentaj
SIF 3 Transilvania 5,711,432 14,278,580 49,9998
SIF 5 Oltenia 3,200,337 8,000,843 13,1717
SIF 4 Muntenia 1,504,600 3,761,500 10,0675
Other individual shareholders 162,142 405,355 19,7543
Other corporate shareholders 844,408 2,111,020 7,0067
11,422,919 28,557,298 100,0000

The subscribed and paid up share capital is amounted to 28,557,298 RON, divided into a number of 11,422,919 nominal and dematerialized shares, each worth 2.50 RON.

Compared with the existing ownership structure at 31 December 2018, there are no significant changes.

The changes took place at the level of other corporate and individual shareholders, in the sense that there was a slight increase in the share of corporate shareholders to the detriment of the individual ones.

Shareholders name Percentage of ownership (%)
2019 2018
SIF 3 Transilvania 49.9998 49.9998
SIF 5 Oltenia 28.0168 28.0168
SIF 4 Muntenia 13.1717 13.1717
Other individual shareholders 1.4194 1.3311
Other corporate shareholders 7.3922 7.4806
Total 100.00 100.00

The company's shares are dematerialized, ordinary and indivisible.

The identification data for each shareholder, the contribution to the share capital, number of shares owned and the participation of the shareholder in share capital are presented in the shareholder register kept by the company registry (Central Depository) contractually designated for this purpose.

Each subscribed and paid share, grants the shareholders, under the law, the right to vote in the General Meeting of Shareholders, to vote or to be elected to the governing bodies, the right to participate in the distribution of profit or any rights derived from the shareholder quality. Owning shares involves adherence to the status and subsequent amendments. During 2019 there were no changes in share capital.

23. Capital and reserves (continued)

Reserves

The Company distributes to the legal reserve 5% of profit before tax, to the limit of 20% of the capital. These amounts are deducted from the basis of income tax calculation. Legal reserves cannot be distributed to shareholders.

The company has not yet reached the maximum level of legal reserves.

Revaluation reserves RON
Revaluation reserve Total reserve Reserves taxed Untaxed reserves
Recorded before 2004 6,118,567 - 6,118,567
Recorded at 31.12.2006 1,490,279 853,330 636,949
Recorded at 31.12.2007 3,806,215 1,387,703 2,418,512
Recorded at 31.12.2009 1,043,263 449,548 593,715
Recorded at 31.12.2012 2,634,579 1,243,306 1,391,273
Recorded at 31.12.2013 714,541 208,342 506,199
Recorded at 31.12.2014 158,397 66,858 91,539
Recorded at 31.12.2015 4,758,903 1,248,627 3,510,276
Recorded at 31.12.2016 204,836 44,004 160,832
Recorded at 31.12.2017 410,143 65,897 344,246
Recorded at 31.12.2018 6,264,029 603,297 5,660,732
Recorded at 31.12.2019 479,710 - 479,710
TOTAL 28,083,462 6,170,912 21,912,550

Revaluation reserves related to revaluations made after 1 January 2004 will be taxed in the same time with the deduction of fiscal depreciation at taxable profit calculation, or at the disposal of fixed assets which refer to these reserves, according to tax regulations.

IAS 1.107 Profit appropriation / Dividends declared and paid

In the General Meeting of Shareholders (AGOA) from 18.04.2019 the distribution of the net profit for the year 2018 in the amount of 2,852,126 lei was approved for the following destinations:

  • 179.278,00 lei legal reserves (5%);
  • 2.513.042,18 lei, in the form of dividends, representing 0.22 lei / share dividend gross;
  • 159.805,82 lei, as a source of own financing (available to the company).

24. Earnings per share

Earnings per share are calculated by dividing the net result for the financial year with the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding at the end of year. Diluted earnings per share is determined by adjusting the net attributable profit of ordinary shareholders and the weighted average number of shares outstanding, adjusted by the number of own shares held, with dilution effects of all potential ordinary shares.

IAS 33.70(a) Profit attributable to ordinary shares

2019 2018
Profit (loss) for the period 3,205,050 2,852,126
Dividends for unredeemed preference
shares
- -
Profit (loss) attributable to ordinary
shares
3,205,050 2,852,126
IAS 33.70(b) Weighted average number of ordinary
shares
2019 2018
Ordinary shares issued on 1 January
Effect of own shares held
11,422,919
-
11,422,919
-
Effect of share options exercised - -
Weighted average number of ordinary
shares at 31 December
11,422,919 11,422,919
IAS 33.70(a) Profit attributable to ordinary
shareholders (diluted)
2019 2018
Profit attributable to ordinary
shareholders (basic)
Interest expense related to convertible
3,205,050
-
2,852,126
-
bonds after tax
Profit attributable to ordinary
shareholders (diluted)
3,205,050 2,852,126

24. Earnings per share (continued)

IAS 33.70(b) Weighted average number of ordinary shares (diluted)

2019 2018
Weighted average number of ordinary
shares (basic)
11,422,919 11,422,919
Effect of conversion of convertible bonds - -
Effect of share
options issued
- -
Weighted
average
number
of
the
ordinary shares (diluted) at 31 December
11,422,919 11,422,919
Earnings per share 0.28 0.25

25. Loans

IFRS 7.7,8 This note provides information about the contractual terms of the Company's interest-bearing loans, measured at depreciation cost. For more information on the Company's exposure to interest rate risk, currency risk and liquidity risk, it can be seen in Note 28 of this package of notes to the financial statements according with IFRS.

At the end of 2019 and 2018 the company had no loans contracted.

Values of guarantees provided by the Company for short-term loans are presented below:

Explanations guarantees 2019 2018
RON RON
Land 574,126 574,126 BRD
Buildings 6,655,999 6,481,422 BRD
Receivables 58,081,542 60,360,194 BRD
Pledge (collateral deposit) 1,917,460 1,870,227 BRD
    1. On 31st of December 2019 society have approved a single overall limit to BRD guaranteed as stated below.
    1. Buildings have been evaluated and taken as warranty at the following market value:
  • 2013 1,733,000 EUR ( * 4.4847 RON/EUR= 7,771,985 RON)
  • 2014 1,733,000 EUR ( * 4.4351 RON/EUR= 7,686,000 RON)
  • 2014 640,204.14 EUR ( * 4.4821 RON/EUR= 2,869,459 RON)
  • 2015 1,615,300 EUR ( * 4.5245 RON/EUR=7,308,424 RON)

25. Loans (continued)

  • 2016 1,512,800 EUR ( * 4.5411 RON/EUR=6,869,776 RON)
  • 2017– 1,512,800 EUR (* 4.6597 RON/EUR=7,049,194 RON)
  • 2018 1,512,800 EUR (* 4.6639 RON/EUR=7,055,548 RON)
  • 2019 1,512,800 EUR (* 4,7793 RON/EUR = 7,230,125 RON)

3. Receivables -value of letters of credit that will be charged by the concerned bank ( BRD):

  • 2013 3,566,760 EUR ( * 4.4847 RON/EUR= 15,995,848 RON)
  • 2014 2,213,440 EUR ( * 4.4821 RON/EUR= 9,920,859 RON)
  • 2015 4,472,000 EUR ( * 4.5245 RON/EUR= 20,233,564 RON)
  • 2016 2,480,000 EUR ( * 4.5411 RON/EUR=11,261,928 RON)
  • 2017- 0 EUR (* 4.6597 RON/EUR= 0 RON)
  • 2018—1,745,000EUR (*4.6639 RON/EUR=8,138,506 RON) + assignment
    • receivables 11,197,000EUR*4,6639=52,221,688 RON

• 2019 - 2,310,000 EUR ( * 4,7793 RON/EUR = 11,040,183 RON ) + assignment receivables 9,842,730 EUR * 4,7793 = 47,041,359 RON

  1. Pledge on a deposit in the amount of 401,201 EUR BRD, plus accrued interest of:

  2. 2013 589,000 EUR ( * 4.4847 RON/EUR= 2,641,488 RON)

  3. 2014 589,000 EUR ( * 4.4821 RON/EUR= 2,639,957 RON) • 2015 - 642,714.64 EUR ( * 4.5245 RON/EUR=2,907,962 RON)
  4. 2016 400,000 EUR ( * 4.5411 RON/EUR=1,816,440 RON)
  5. 2017- 400,600 EUR (* 4.6597 RON/EUR=1,863,80 RON)
  6. 2018 401,000 EUR ( * 4,6639 RON/EUR = 1,870,227 RON ) • 2019 - 401,201 EUR ( * 4,7793 RON/EUR = 1,917,460 RON )

The company does not have lease contracts.

Through the credit agreement No. 70/31.07.2013 and the addendum no. 7 from 28.06.2019 with BRD-GSG Orsova, the Company contracted an uncommitted credit facility as an overall limit, multi-currency and multi-options in the amount of 2,000,000 (two million) EUR, valid until 30.06.2020, and a limit to hedge foreign exchange amounting to 2,069,000 USD.

The overall unconfirmed limit has several sub-limits, as mentioned below, provided that the maximum value of sub-limits does not exceed in any moment the total amount of 2,000,000 EUR limit.

• Unconfirmed and bi-currency credit line facility in value of maximum 2,000,000 EUR, usable in the following currencies: RON and EUR;

25.Loans (continued)

  • Facility for issuing letters of guarantee ("SGB facilities") a maximum of 2,000,000 EUR, usable in the following currencies: RON and EUR, with an issuing date valid until 30.06.2018. Validity of guarantee letters issued shall not exceed 24 months from the issue date;
  • Facility for the letters of credit opening amounted to 500,000 EUR with maturity for 24 month.

The credit facility is destinated to finance current activities of the borrower and/or garantee his obligations, as well as to perform transactions with derivatives.

26. Employee benefits

a) The remuneration of directors and administrators

The Company did not grant advances or loans to directors or administrators in the financial year ended 31 December 2019.

Wage expenses

Financial year Financial year
ended at ended at
31 December 2019 31 December 2018
RON RON
Administrators 865,526 712,643
Directors 1,098,001 1,060,488
1,963,527 1,773,131

The composition of the Board of Directors, as resulting from the vote at a general meeting of shareholders in April 2019, when the new Board of Directors was elected, shall be as follows:

  • Mr. Mihai Fercală President
  • Mr. Ciurezu Tudor Member
  • Mr. Firu Floriean Member
  • Mr. Lucian Ionescu Member
  • Mr. Pantea Marius Member

Allowances and other rights granted to directors are set out in art. 35 of the Articles of Incorporation and management contracts that were approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders, on 18 April 2019, and wages and other executive rights were determined by the Board of Directors, complying with the limits laid down in art. 35 of the Articles of Incorporation and in the Mandate Contract between the Board of Directors and the General Director. The mandate of the current Board of Directors ends on April 17, 2023.

26. Employee benefits (continued)

Salaries payable at period end:

31 December 2019 31 December 2018
RON RON
Administrators 37,828 28,486
Directors 18,755 20,192
56,583 48,678

b) Employees

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:

Financial year
ended at
31 December 2019
Financial year
ended at
31 December 2018
Administrative staff 55 46
Direct productive staff 249 253
Indirect productive staff 52 52
356 351

27. Provisions

Employee
Warranty
benefits
Other
Provisions
Litigations Total
RON RON RON RON
IAS 37.84(a) Balance at January 1, 2019 - 77,394 165,788 293,692 536,874
IAS 37.84(b) Provisions recognized
during the current period
- 198,011 - 421,996 620,007
IAS 37.84(c) Reversal of provisions
during the current period
- - - - -
IAS 37.84(d) Complete reversal of
provisions during the current
period
- 77,394 165,788 282,464 525,646
IAS 37.84(a) Balance at December 31,
2019
- 198,001 - 433,224 631,235

Provisions for employee benefits

As at 31.12.2019 the company had provisions for employee benefits for retirement worth 198,011 RON (77,394 RON at 31 December 2018).

IAS 1.125 Litigation

At 31.12.2019 the company has no provisions for litigation, those set up in previous years were resumed to revenues following the completion of the legal actions that were the basis of their constitution.

Other provisions

On December 31, 2019, the Company had provisions for unused rest leave of 433,224 RON (2018: 293,692 RON).

28. Trade payables and other liabilities

2019 2018
RON RON
Trade payables - short term 5,029,379 7,763,879
Social security and other taxes 1,115,378 1,272,950
Suppliers - invoices to be received 160 90,751
Other creditors 659,449 491,289
Total 6,804,366 9,618,869

Short-term trade payables refer to payables to suppliers and advances received from customers, both types of liabilities registering an increase over the previous year.

29. Financial instruments

General presentation

The Company is exposed to the following risks from financial instruments usage:

  • Credit risk
  • Currency exchange risk
  • Liquidity risk
  • Market risk

These notes to the financial statements disclose information about the Company's exposure to each of the above risks, objectives, policies and processes for assessing and managing risk and procedures for capital management. Also, these financial statements include other quantitative information.

The general risk management

The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the overall risk management in the Company.

Company's risk management policies are defined to ensure the identification and analysis of risks faced by the Company, setting appropriate limits and controls, monitoring risks and compliance with the established limits.

Policies and risk management systems are reviewed regularly to reflect changes in market conditions and the Company's activities. The Company, through its training standards and management procedures, aims to develop an orderly and constructive control environment in which all employees understand their roles and obligations.

The internal auditor of the Company performs standard and ad hoc missions to revise the controls and risk management procedures, the results being presented to the Board of Directors.

Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk that the Company could incur a financial loss as a result of failure to fulfill contractual obligations by a customer or counterparty for a financial instrument, and this risk results primarily from trade receivables and financial investments of the Company.

Credit risk arises when a customer fails to fulfill its contractual obligations and reduces cash inflows arising from trade receivables. The Company has a significant concentration of credit risk. The Company applies specific procedures to ensure the credit control and receivables aging.

29. Financial instruments (continued)

Credit risk exposure

IFRS. 7.36(a) The book value of financial assets represents the maximum exposure to credit risk. The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date was as follows:

Note 2019 2018
RON RON
Trade receivables 20 1,396,361 9,391,785
Cash and cash equivalents 22 13,939,382 6,638,636

IFRS. 7.34(a) The maximum exposure to credit risk on loans and receivables at the reporting date by geographic region was as follows:

2019 2018
RON RON
Internal market 666,455 596,761
USD area - 78,861
EUR area 729,906 8,716,163
1,396,361 9,391,785

IFRS. 7.34(a) The maximum exposure to credit risk on loans and receivables at the reporting date based on the type of counterparty was as follows:

2019 2018
RON RON
Wholesalers - -
Retailers - -
Final consumers - -
Others 1,396,361 9,391,785
TOTAL 1,396,361 9,391,785

29. Financial instruments (continued)

The Company, according to the nature of its activity, commercializes products and services on the foreign markets, especially in the European Community. The manufactured products are of high value (naval and sea ships) with a long manufacturing cycle and are addressed to a relatively narrow market segment. Therefore, when negotiating contracts, the company wishes, as far as possible, to cash an advance payment and to collect the rest of the payment, through an irrevocable letter of credit. The number of customers and percentages owned in total deliveries in recent years are as follows:

CLIENT / BENEFICIARY YEAR 2019 YEAR 2018
Rensen Driessen Shipbuilding B.V. (NL) 71.63% 72.6%
Zanen Shipbuilding BV (NL) 16.10% -
Concordia Damen Shibuiding BV - 27.4%
Vos Kaiser 12.27%
TOTAL 100% 100%

In the financial year 2019, shipments built in Orsova were focused on 3 customers (Rensen Driessen Shipbuilding B.V., Zanen Shipbuilding and Vos Kaiser), and as a percentage it is observed that Rensen Driessen Shipbuilding B.V. maintains its dominant position in total deliveries (71.63%) hopper-type vessels from the Agigea branch were leased to ARAS (Turkey).

Receivables Allowances

IFRS 7.37(a) Aging of loans and trade receivables at the reporting date was as follows:

Depreciation
Gross
Value
Depreciation Gross
Value
2019 2019 2018 2018
lei lei lei lei
Before due - 1,229,741 - 6,501,327
Overdue from 30 days -1 year - - - -
Overdue from more than one year
or litigious
(166,620) 166,620 (2,890,958) 2,890,458
Total (166,620) 1,396,361 (2,890,958) 9,391,785

29. Financial instruments (continued)

Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company may encounter difficulties in fulfilling its contractual obligations associated with financial liabilities that are settled in cash.

The Company's approach regarding liquidity risk is to ensure, as far as possible, that it has at any moment sufficient liquidity to settle its liabilities when they fall due, both under normal conditions and under difficult conditions, without incurring material losses or jeopardizing the reputation of the Company.

In order to prevent certain situations that could make the company unable to meet its payment obligations in time, as the company has shown, it has two global ceilings contracted with banks where it can borrow, as needed.

Variable rate loans 2019 2018
Up to 1 year - -
Between 1 and 5 years - -
Over 5 years - -

The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk through sales, purchases and loans that are denominated in their currencies other than the functional currency of the Company, however the currency in which the most transactions are settled, is RON.

29. Financial instruments (continued)

IFRS 7.34 Exposure to currency risk

Company exposure to currency risk is presented below, based on national values:

2019 2018
EUR USD EUR USD
lei lei lei lei
Trade receivables 729,904 - 8,716,163 78,861
Guaranteed bank loans - - - -
Trade payables 4,028,968 - 6,058,768 -

As we have shown to prevent exposure to currency risk, the Company, as in previous years, traded hedging derivatives with derivatives throughout the year 2019, transactions that were profitable.

Currency exchange rates, calculated as the average rate recorded during the reporting year and the previous year and exchange rates communicated by the National Bank of Romania on the last day of the year, were:

Currency Average rate Spot rate at the reporting date
RON 2019 2018 2019 2018
EUR 4,7452 4.6535 4,7793 4.6639
USD 4,2379 3,9416 4,2608 4,0736

a. Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of financial instruments will fluctuate due to changes in market interest rates. Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of financial instruments fluctuates due to changes in market interest rates. The company's income and cash flow may be affected by market interest rate fluctuations, but since the company has not, over the past few years, borrowed short and long-term loans ,this risk is very low for SNO.

29. Financial instruments (continued)

b. Capital management

The Company's capital management objectives are to ensure the protection and the ability to reward shareholders, to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce capital costs.

In order to maintain or change the capital structure, the Company may change the number of dividends paid to shareholders, shareholders capital yield, issue new shares or sell assets to reduce debt.

The Company monitors the amount of capital raised on indebtedness. This rate is the ratio of net debt and total equity. Net debts are calculated as total net cash debts. Total equity is calculated as equity plus net debt.

2019 2018
RON RON
Total liabilities 6,804,366 9,618,869
Cash and cash equivalents 13,939,382 6,638,636
Total shareholders' equity 107,496,851 109,659,562

30. Contingent assets and contingent liabilities

a. Litigation and disputes

The company has registered before the courts a number of actions, resulting from the activity of the company. The management of the Company believes that these actions will not have a significant adverse effect on the economic results and financial position of the Company.

We emphasize, in particular, the existence of contingent assets resulting from the final decision by the Rotterdam Court of Arbitration in the dispute between the company and the Dutch company VEKA, a dispute that has been before this court for several years. According to this decision, the court ordered Veka company, in addition to the payment of the principal claim, to the payment of penalties of 10,000 EURO per day of late payment, but not more than 1,000,000 EURO for each of the two disputed vessels.

b. Taxation

The Romanian taxation system is undergoing a process of consolidation and harmonization with the European Union legislation. However, there are still different interpretations of the fiscal legislation. In various circumstances, the tax authorities may have different approaches to certain issues, and assess additional tax liabilities, together with late payment interest and penalties (0.1% per day delay until 30 June 2010). Starting at 1 July 2010, the interest is 0.04% and penalties are 5% for a total delay between 30 and 60 days and 15% for a delay over 60 days.

30. Contingent assets and contingent liabilities (continued)

Starting with July 1, 2013 interest charged for each day of delay were set at 0.04% and the applicable penalty rates for each day of delay changed to 0,02%. For the period, subsequent to the date of 1 January 2016, the interest charged for each day of delay were set at 0.02 %, and the odds of the applicable penalties for each day of delay changed to 0.01%. In Romania, the fiscal year remains open to checking tax for five years. The Company's management believes that tax included in these financial statements are appropriate.

c. Restructuring

In 2019, the company did not make employees disposal, with an increase in the average number of employees by 1.4% compared to the previous year (2019: 356 employees, 2018: 351 employees). The company does not have a staff restructuring plan in the future, but rather tries to find solutions to cross this period when there is a crisis of qualified labor force.

d. Administrators remuneration

For the administration activity of the Company, on a management agreement basis, it was agreed to pay a fixed remuneration, issued in the memorandum or the decision of the General Meeting of Shareholders, and a variable remuneration in relation to the achievement of the indicators presented in the revenues and expenditures budget.

The variable remuneration due to ADMINISTRATORS is approved by the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders approving the annual financial statements and will have as a basis the profit before tax.

Starting with 2019, according to the management agreement approved in the AGOA on January 10, 2019, the fixed remuneration of the administrators is adjusted starting with the quarter following the one in which the non-fulfillment of the indicators established by revenues and expenditures budget, respectively by weighing the degree of non-realization of the indicators "operating revenue" (50%) and "operating result" (50%).

e. Onerous contracts

An onerous contract is a contract entered with another party under which the unavoidable costs of fulfilling the terms of the contract exceed any revenues expected to be received from the goods or services supplied or purchased directly or indirectly under the contract and where the entity would have to compensate the other party if it did not fulfill the terms of the contract. These unavoidable costs reflect the least net cost of exiting the contract, which is the lower of the cost of fulfilling it and any compensation or penalties arising from failure to fulfill it. As at 31 December 2019, the Company had no onerous contracts.

30. Contingent assets and contingent liabilities (continued)

f. The contingent liabilities related to the environment

Environmental regulations are developing in Romania and the Company has not recorded any liability at 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2018 for any anticipated costs, including legal and consulting fees, site studies, the design and implementation of remediation plans, related to environmental matters. Management does not consider the costs associated with environmental issues to be significant.

g. Insurances

At the end of 2019, the Company has concluded insurance policies for owned vehicles and tangible assets pledged and mortgaged.

In 2019, the company has also concluded group insurance for employees.

g. Transfer price

Romania's tax legislation has stipulated rules regarding transfer pricing between related parties since 2000. The current legislative framework defines the "market value" principle for transactions between related parties, and the transfer pricing methods. As a result, it is expected that the tax authorities to initiate thorough checks of transfer pricing, to ensure that fiscal result and/or the customs of imported goods are not distorted by the effect of prices in relationships with affiliates.

h. Warranty letters

On December 31, 2019, the banks had issued two letters of guarantee in the amount of 446,678.80 RON in favor of the National Company of the Ports Administration of Constanta.

31. Related parties

SIF Transilvania SA that owns 49.9998% of the share capital of Şantierul Naval Orsova SA is a self-managed, closed financial investment company, classified as "other collective investment undertakings with a diversified investment policy".

SIF Transilvania SA has its administrative headquarters in Brasov, Nicolae Iorga Street, No.2, Braşov, is registered at ORC under no. J 08/3306/1992 and is identified by its unique registration code (CUI) no. 3047687.

31. Related parties (continued)

The share capital of SIF Transilvania, worth 218,428,666.40 RON, consists of 2,184,286,664 common, nominative shares, issued at a nominal value of 0.1 RON/ share and is traded on Bucharest Stoke Exchange from 1 November 1999.

SIF Transilvania's investment portfolio consists of shares in listed companies and unlisted various industries: tourism, finance, engineering industry, group which includes Şantierul Naval Orşova SA., other branches of the national economy, banks, insurance.

SIF Transilvania SA is administered by a two tier Executive Board structure under the control of a Supervisory Board.

S.I.F. Transilvania aims to administrate investment portfolios and permanently identify investment opportunities in terms of ensuring a reasonable level of investment risk dispersion, in order to give shareholders the opportunity to achieve attractive performance, while increasing capital. Investment portfolios consists of stocks, bonds and other financial instruments, the main sectors in which the company holds interests are tourism, financial sector (banking and non-banking), real estate and energy.

Depository services for financial instruments held in the portfolio are provided by BRD-Groupe Societe Generale, and the Company's financial statements are audited by Deloitte Audit S.R.L. Bucuresti.

S.I.F. Transylvania is a member of the European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA) based in Brussels, Asset Managers Association of Romania (AAF) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Brasov.

During the period ended at 31 December 2019, the Company conducted transactions with affiliated entities (entities controlled by SIF Transilvania SA) as follows:

Acquisitions of goods and services

2019
RON
2018
RON
ARO Palace Braşov 1,305 1,207
THR Marea Neagră 1,522 -
TOTAL 2,827 1,207

According to IAS 24 "Related Party Disclosures" section.17-18:

  • outstanding balances of receivables and liabilities between related parties are related to commercial transactions and are conducted under terms and conditions similar to terms and conditions which were accepted by third parties and are not guaranteed;
  • we cannot provide additional information regarding the given or received guarantees as it was not appropriate to represent;
  • We did not establish impairment adjustments on doubtful debts related to outstanding balances and we did not register expenses regarding bad or doubtful debts regarding related parties for which was not the case.

32. Subsequent events

Subsequent to the reporting date - December 31, 2019 - no events were recorded that could significantly affect the financial statements and the current activity of the Company

The separate financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on February 24, 2020 .

STATEMENT

The undersigned Eng. Mircea Sperdea – general manager and Ec. Marilena Visescu – economic manager of Şantierul Naval Orşova SA with head-office in the town of Orşova, no. 4 Tufări Street, Mehedinţi County, we state that according to our knowledge, the annual financial-accounting situation, corresponding to the year 2019 which was drawn up in compliance with the accounting standards applicable, offer an accurate and corresponding image of the real status of the assets, obligations, financial position, profit and loss management of the above mentioned company.

We stipulate that the company has no branch offices.

We set forth, as well, that the Annual Report of the Management Board of Şantierul Naval Orşova S.A. drawn up for the year 2019, comprises an accurate analysis of the progress and performances of the company together with the main risks and uncertainties specific to the activity carried out.

General Manager, Economic Manager,

Eng. Mircea Sperdea Ec.Marilena Visescu

S.C. A.B.A. Audit S.R.L.

ADRESA: Timisoara, Str. Moise Nicoară , Nr. 11B CUI: RO 14907434 • Nr. Inreg. ORC: J35/1537/2002 IBAN: RO43PIRB3701720663001000 • BANCA: Piraeus Bank TEL: 0256.216.100;• FAX: 0256.205.039 E-MAIL: [email protected] • WEB: www.abaconsulting.ro

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

(Free translation)

To the Shareholders of ŞANTIERUL NAVAL ORŞOVA S.A

Unmodified auditor's opinion

  1. We have audited the accompanying separate financial statements of Şantierul Naval Orşova SA ("the Company"), with headquarters in Orsova, Tufari Street, No. 4, identified by unique tax registration number RO1614734, which comprise the statement of financial position as at December 31, 2019, and the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity, statement of cash flows and notes to separate financial statements for the year ended.

  2. Separate financial statements at December 31, 2019, are identified as follows:

- Revenues: 67,698,135 RON
- Net profit: 3,205,050 RON
- Total assets: 107,496,851 RON
  1. In our opinion, the separate financial statements present fairly, in all material respects the financial position of the Company as at December 31, 2019, and its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Accounting Law no. 82/1991, republished, including subsequent amendments and additions, Order of the Minister of Public Finance of Romania no. 881/2012 on application by companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market of International Financial Reporting Standards and the Order of the Minister of Public Finance no. 2844/2016 for approval of the Accounting Regulations in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, including subsequent amendments and additions.

Basis for unmodified auditor's opinion

  1. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing ("ISA"), the EU Regulation No 537 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Parliament (the "Regulation") and the Law no. 162/2017 ("the law"). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (IESBA Code), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the IESBA Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. We consider that the audit evidences we have obtained are sufficient and appropriate in order to form a basis for our audit opinion.

Emphasis of matters

  1. Without further qualifying our opinion on the separate financial statements prepared by the Company for the financial year ended December 31, 2019, we consider necessary to draw attention to Note 29 Financial Instruments which present that 71.63% from Company turnover registered in financial exercise ended at December, 31 2019 is realised by commercial partner Rensen Driessen Shipbuilding B.V. (Nederland) (72.6% for year ended at December 31, 2018). This fact involve a commercial risk due the significant dependence by a single client.

Key audit matters

  1. The key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of the audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming the auditor's opinion thereon, and the auditor does not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

i) Revenue recognition

At the level of revenue recognition there are risks of material misstatements like the situations where these may not be recognized by the company's management in accordance with applicable accounting regulations. There may be risks both in terms of the amount of revenue recognized as well as the time of their recognition of possible material misstatements regarding the application of the principle of accrual-based accounting.

Our response to these risks of material misstatements have resulted in performing audit procedures with the purpose of: analysis of contracts and documentation related to the sales of ships, respectively rent services, testing the revenue recognition method in accordance with the contract clause. With respect to the likelihood of material misstatements connected with the application of the principle of accrual-based accounting, we realized procedures whereby we correlated the revenue recognition moment with the signing of protocols of reception of ships.

ii) Valuation of receivables

According to the applicable accounting regulations, the management achieves assertions concerning the assessment of receivables at the reporting date, presenting them at the value at which they are expected to be completed.

Our response concerning the risks of material misstatement relating to the management assertions related to the valuation of such receivables at the reporting date, resulted in audit procedures whereby we tested the recognition of doubtful receivables as well as tests for the recalculation of the provisions for doubtful receivables according to the Company's accounting policy and, also, according to the applicable accounting regulations.

iii) Inventories evaluation

The management's assertions regarding to valuation can raise risks of material misstatements that would manifest in the sense of failure to apply of accounting regulation regarding valuation of stocks at the reporting date, which state the stocks are valuated at the minimum of cost and net realizable value.

Our response to these risks of material misstatements with regard to valuation assumed tests by which we observed the nature of expenditure capitalized in cost of production. We tested the depreciation of stocks estimated by management of the company by taking as a basis the net realizable value of the reference established according to the Company's commercial agreements or established related to the value in use. We performed procedures whereby we obtained reasonable assurance that there are no material misstatements with respect to these assertions.

Other Information – Management Report

  1. Directors are responsible for compiling and presenting other information. That other information includes the Directors' Report but does not include the financial statements and the auditor's report thereon.

Our opinion on individual financial statements does not cover this other information, and unless expressly stated in our report, we do not express any assurance about it.

In relation to the audit of the individual financial statements for the year ended at December, 31st 2019, it is our responsibility to read that other information and, in doing so, to assess whether that other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or with this knowledge that we obtained during the audit whether they appear to be significantly denatured.

As far as the Directors' Report is concerned, we have read and reported that it has been prepared in all significant aspects in accordance with Order of the Minister of Public Finance no. 2844/2016 for approval of the Accounting Regulations in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, chapter III, points 15-20.

On the sole basis of the activities to be carried out during the audit of the financial statements, in our opinion:

  • a) The information presented in the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements have been prepared is consistent, in all significant aspects, with the financial statements;
  • b) Directors' Report has been prepared in all significant aspects in accordance with Order of the Minister of Public Finance no. 2844/2016 for approval of the Accounting Regulations in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, chapter III, points 15-20;

In addition, based on our knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment, acquired during the audit of the separate financial statements for the year ended December, 31st 2019, we are required to report whether we have identified significant misstatements in the Directors' Report. We have nothing to report on this issue.

Other matters

  1. We mention that our duty was limited strictly to the realization of the statutory audit regarding the separate financial statements of the Company at December 31st, 2019, not being assigned to perform the audit of the consolidated financial situations if it was the case.

  2. This independent auditor's report is addressed exclusively to the shareholders of the Company. Our audit was conducted in order to be able to report to the shareholders in accordance with the reporting requirements of a financial audit, and not for other purposes. To the extent to which the law allows it, we do not accept and assume any responsibility except for the Company and its Shareholders in respect to our audit, to the report on the separate financial statements and the report on conformity or the opinion.

  3. The annexed financial statements are not meant to show the financial position, the financial performance and a complete set of notes to the separate financial statements in accordance to accounting regulations and principles in other countries and jurisdictions than Romania. Therefore, the annexed separate financial statements are not for the use of persons who are not familiar with legal regulations in Romania, including OMFP no. 881/2012 on application by companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market of International Financial Reporting Standards and OMFP no. 2844/2016 for the approval of the accounting regulations in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.

Responsibility of management and those responsible for governance for financial statements

  1. Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these separate financial statements in accordance with the Accounting Law no. 82/1991, republished, including subsequent amendments and additions, Order of the Minister of Public Finance of Romania no. 881/2012 on application by companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market of International Financial Reporting Standards and the Order of the Minister of Public Finance no. 2844/2016 for approval of the Accounting Regulations in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and for internal control that management deems necessary to enable it to prepare financial statements free of material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

  2. In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

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

Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

  1. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance that the financial statements as a whole are free of material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error and to the issuance of an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but it is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISA will always detect significant misstatement, if any exists. Distortions may be caused either by fraud or by error and are considered significant if reasonable assurance can be given that they, individually or collectively, will influence the economic decisions of users made on the basis of these financial statements.

  2. As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.

• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

  1. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

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

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

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

  1. We were appointed by the General Meeting of Shareholders at the date of 7 April 2017, as a result of a public selection of tenders in the statutory audit, for the audit of the financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended on 31 December 2019. The total uninterrupted period of our commitment is 15 years, covering the financial years from 31 December 2005 to 31 December 2019.

We confirm that:

  • Our audit opinion is in accordance with the additional report presented to the Audit Committee of the Company, which we have issued on the same date in which we have delivered this report. Also, in the conduct of our audit, we have kept the independence regarding the audited entity.
  • We have not provided the Company with prohibited non-audit services, as referred to Article no. 5 paragraph (1) of the EU Regulation No 537/2014.

Timişoara, March 4, 2020

On behalf of

A.B.A. AUDIT SRL 1, Georg Haendel Str., Timișoara, Timiș

Registered in the Electronic Public Register with the No. FA305/23 December 2002

Dr. Dumitrescu Alin Constantin

Registered in the Electronic Public Register with the No. AF4227/29 February 2012

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