AI assistant
Amber Grid — Interim / Quarterly Report 2019
May 8, 2019
2263_10-q_2019-05-08_ab2afc46-5a36-4cf1-b60d-c83698bf9e1a.pdf
Interim / Quarterly Report
Open in viewerOpens in your device viewer

AB Amber Grid Savanorių pr. 28, LT-03116 Vilnius, Lithuania www.ambergrid.lt
Phone +370 5 236 0855 E-mail [email protected]
CONFIRMATION OF RESPONSIBLE PERSONS
8 May 2019 No. 5-310 - 9
Following the Law on Securities of the Republic of Lithuania and the Rules on Information Disclosure of the Bank of Lithuania, we, Andrius Dagys, Technical Director acting as Chief Executive Officer of AB Amber Grid, and Gytis Fominas, Chief Financial Officer of AB Amber Grid, hereby confirm that, to the best of our knowledge, the attached AB Amber Grid unaudited interim consolidated and the Company's financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2019 are prepared accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards adopted by the European Union, give a true and fair view of the AB Amber Grid assets, liabilities, financial position, profit and cash flows.
Technical Director acting as CEO
Chief Financial Officer
Andrius Dagys
Gytis Fominas
AB AMBER GRID
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF 31 MARCH 2019 PREPARED ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS AS ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION
(all amounts are in euro thousand unless stated otherwise)
Statement of financial position
| Group | Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | As of | As of | As of | As of | |
| 31 March | 31 December | 31 March | 31 December | ||
| 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||
| ASSETS | |||||
| Non-current assets | 206,346 | 206,885 | 206,604 | 207,117 | |
| Intangible assets | 4 | 3,227 | 2,699 | 2,8148 | 2,259 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 4 | 198,980 | 200,031 | 198,976 | 200,028 |
| Land | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | |
| Buildings | 5,276 | 5,288 | 5,276 | 5,288 | |
| Plant and equipment | 143,011 | 141,518 | 143,011 | 141,518 | |
| Machinery and equipment | 39,947 | 39,922 | 39,947 | 39,922 | |
| Motor vehicles | ਰੇਤੇ 8 | 952 | ರಿ38 | 952 | |
| Other | 2,550 | 2,124 | 2,546 | 2,121 | |
| The right-of-use assets | 715 | 715 | |||
| Construction in progress | 5 | 6,418 | 10,102 | 6,418 | 10,102 |
| Non-current financial assets | 998 | 998 | 1,673 | 1,673 | |
| Investment in the subsidiary | 1 | 675 | 675 | ||
| Noncurrent trade receivables | 6 | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 |
| A deferred tax asset | 3,141 | 3,157 | 3,157 | ||
| Current assets | 31,776 | 38,670 | 24,935 | 28,299 | |
| Inventories and prepayments | 3,076 | 3,129 | 3,063 | 3,118 | |
| Raw materials, spare parts and | |||||
| other inventories | 2,747 | 2,795 | 2,747 | 2,795 | |
| Prepayments | 329 | 334 | 316 | 323 | |
| Accounts receivable | 20,935 | 23,302 | 20,899 | 23,524 | |
| Trade receivables | 6,18 | 5,057 | 6,038 | 5,023 | 6,113 |
| Other receivables | 7,18 | 15,878 | 17,264 | 15,876 | 17,411 |
| Corporate income tax paid in | |||||
| advance | 960 | 1,567 | 958 | 1,567 | |
| Other financial assets | 8 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 56 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 9 | 6,804 | 10,616 | 14 | 34 |
| Total assets | 238,122 | 245,555 | 231,539 | 235,416 | |
| 3,141 |
(cont'd on the next page)
Statement of financial position (cont'd)
| Group | Company | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As of | As of | As of | As of | |||
| Notes | 31 March | 31 December | 31 March | 31 December | ||
| 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | ||||||
| C. | Equity | 135,954 | 131,243 | 136,163 | 131,596 | |
| 1. | Share capital | 51,731 | 51,731 | 51,731 | 51,731 | |
| 11. | Reserves | 99,990 | 99,990 | 99,990 | 99,990 | |
| 11.1. | Legal reserve | 5,173 | 5,173 | 5,173 | 5,173 | |
| 11.2. | Other reserves | 94,817 | 94,817 | 94,817 | 94,817 | |
| III. | Retained earnings (deficit) | (15,767) | (20,467) | (15,558) | (20,125) | |
| III.1. | Current year profit (loss) | 4,711 | 4,567 | |||
| III.2. | Previous year profit (loss) | (20,478 | (20,478) | (20,125) | (20,125) | |
| D. | Accounts payable and liabilities | 102,168 | 114,312 | 95,376 | 103,820 | |
| 1. | Amounts payable after one year | |||||
| and non-current liabilities | 55,336 | 55,805 | 55,336 | 55,805 | ||
| 1.1. | Non-current borrowings A right-of-use asset and |
10 | 54,270 | 55,357 | 54,270 | 55,357 |
| 1.2. | corresponding liability | 12 | 618 | 618 | ||
| 1.3. | Non-current employee benefits | 448 | 448 | 448 | 321 | |
| 1.4. | Deferred income tax liability | |||||
| Accounts payable within one | ||||||
| 11. | year and short-term liabilities | 46,832 | 58,507 | 40,040 | 48,015 | |
| 11.1. | Current financial liability | 647 | 6,791 | 647 | 6,791 | |
| Current portion of non-current | ||||||
| 11.2. | borrowings | 19,063 | 17,976 | 19,063 | 17,976 | |
| 11.3 | A right-of-use asset and | |||||
| corresponding liability | 106 | 106 | ||||
| 11.4. | Current year portion of non- | 10 | ||||
| 11.5. | current employee benefits | 13 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 83 |
| 11.6. | Trade payables Advance amounts |
6,916 | 6,273 | 2,813 | 5,970 | |
| 11.7. | Income tax payable | 2,536 | 10,099 | |||
| 11.8. | Payroll related liabilities | |||||
| 11.9. | Other payables and current | 2,238 | 1,355 | 2,158 | 1,305 | |
| liabilities | 14 | 15,244 | 15,930 | 15,170 | 15,878 | |
| Total equity and liabilities | 238,122 | 245,555 | 231,539 | 235.416 |
| Technical Director acting as | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CEO | Andrius Dagys | S | 8 May 2019 |
| Deputy Chief Accountant | Kristina Aladaitė | 8 May 2019 |
(all amounts are in euro thousand unless stated otherwise)
Income statement
| Group | Company | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March | 31 March | 31 March | 31 March | |||
| Not ર્દિર |
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||
| 1. | Revenue | 16 | 15,036 | 15,642 | 14,778 | 15,600 |
| II. | Expenses | (9,217) | (9,498) | (9,103) | (9,444) | |
| 11.1. | Cost of natural gas | (2,420) | (2,118) | (2,420) | (2,118)) | |
| Depreciation and | (2,441 | (3,146) | (2,414) | (3,122) | ||
| 11.2. | amortization | |||||
| 11.3. | Remuneration and related | |||||
| social security tax expenses | (2,415) | (2,029) | (2,351) | (2,0054) | ||
| 11.4. | Repair and technical | |||||
| maintenance expenses | (783) | 1,176) | (783) | (1,176) | ||
| 11.5. | Taxes other than income tax | (453) | (440) | (453) | (440) | |
| Telecommunications and IT | ||||||
| 11.6. | systems expenses | (208) | (145) | (193) | (145) | |
| 11.7. | Other expenses | (497) | (444) | (489) | (438) | |
| Operation profit (loss) | 5,819 | 6,144 | 5,675 | 6,156 | ||
| IV. | Financial activity | (102) | (76) | (102) | (75) | |
| IV.1. | Income | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | |
| IV.2. | Expense | (105) | (83) | (105) | (83) | |
| V. | Profit (loss) before income | |||||
| tax | 5,717 | 6,068 | 5,573 | 6,081 | ||
| VI. | Income tax | (1,006) | (846) | (1,006) | (846) | |
| VI.1. | Current period income tax | (991) | (484) | (ਰੇਹ । | (484) | |
| VI.2 | Deferred income tax | (15) | (362) | (15) | (362) | |
| VII. | Net profit (loss) | 4,711 | 5,222 | 4,567 | 5,235 | |
| Basic and diluted earnings | ||||||
| (loss) per share (Eur) | 15 | 0,03 | 0,03 |
| Technical Director acting as CEO |
Andrius Dagys | afilms | 8 May 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Chief Accountant | Kristina Aladaitė | 8 May 2019 | |
Statement of comprehensive income
| Group | Company | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2019 |
31 March 2018 |
31 March 2019 |
31 March 2018 |
|||
| 1 | Net profit (loss) | 4,711 | 5,222 | 4,567 | 5,235 | |
| 11. | Total comprehensive income (loss) |
4,711 | 5,222 | 4,567 | 5,235 |
| Andrius Dagys | down | 8 May 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Kristina Aladaitė | 8 May 2019 | |
(all amounts are in euro thousand unless stated otherwise)
Statement of changes in equity
| Group | Authorised share capital |
Legal reserve |
Other reserves |
Retained earnings (deficit) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance as of 31 December 2017 |
51,731 | 5,173 | 124,978 | (10,199) | 171,683 |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | 5,222 | 5,222 | |||
| Net profit (loss) for the year | 5,222 | 5,222 | |||
| Balance as of | |||||
| 31 March 2018 | 51,731 | 5,173 | 124,978 | (4,977) | 176,905 |
| Transfer from other reserves | (30,161) | 30,161 | |||
| Dividends declared | (20,300) | (20,300) | |||
| Impact of IFRS15 application | 1,467 | 1,467 | |||
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | (26,829) | (26,829) | |||
| Net profit (loss) for the year | (26,829) | (26,829) | |||
| Balance as of | |||||
| 31 December 2018 | 51,731 | 5,173 | 94,817 | (20,478) | 131,243 |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | 4,711 | 4,711 | |||
| Net profit (loss) for the year | 4,711 | 4,711 | |||
| Balance as of | |||||
| 31 March 2019 | 51,731 | 5,173 | 94,817 | (15,767) | 135,954 |
| Technical Director acting as CEO |
Andrius Dagys | 8 May 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Chief Accountant | Kristina Aladaitė | 8 May 2019 |
Statement of changes in equity
| Company | Authorised share capital |
Legal reserve |
Other reserves |
Retained earnings (deficit) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance as of 31 December 2017 |
51,731 | 5,173 | 124,978 | (9,681) | 172,021 |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | - | 5,235 | 5,235 | ||
| Net profit (loss) for the year | 5,235 | 5,235 | |||
| Balance as of | |||||
| 31 March 2018 | 51,731 | 5,173 | 124,978 | (4,626) | 177,256 |
| Transfer from other reserves | (30,161) | 30,161 | |||
| Dividends declared | (20,300) | (20,300) | |||
| Impact of IFRS15 application | 1,467 | 1,467 | |||
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | - | (26,827) | (26,827) | ||
| Net profit (loss) for the year | - | (26,827) | (26,827) | ||
| Balance as of | |||||
| 31 December 2018 | 51,731 | 5,173 | 94,817 | (20,125) | 131,596 |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | 4,567 | 4,567 | |||
| Net profit (loss) for the year | - | 4,567 | 4,367 | ||
| Balance as of | |||||
| 31 March 2019 | 51,731 | 5,173 | 94,817 | (15,558) | 136,163 |
| Technical Director acting as CEO |
Andrius Dagys | was | 8 May 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Chief Accountant | Kristina Aladaitė | 8 May 2019 |
AB AMBER GRID, company code 303090867, Savanorių pr. 28, Vilnius, Lithuania COMPANY'S CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF 31 MARCH 2019
(all amounts are in euro thousand unless stated otherwise)
| Statement of cash flows | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Company | ||||
| 31 March | 31 March | 31 March | 31 March | ||
| 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||
| 1. | Cash flows from (to) operating activities | ||||
| 1.1. | Net profit (loss) | 4,711 | 5,222 | 4,567 | 5,235 |
| Adjustments of non-cash items and other | |||||
| corrections: | |||||
| 1.2. | Depreciation and amortisation | 2,441 | 3,146 | 2,414 | 3,122 |
| 1.3. | Loss (gain) on property, plant and equipment, | ||||
| doubtful trade accounts receivable and | |||||
| inventories write-off and disposal | (2) | (15) | (2) | (14) | |
| 1.4. | Impairment losses (reversal of impairment) for | ||||
| property, plant and equipment, financial | |||||
| assets, allowance for doubtful trade accounts | |||||
| receivable and inventories | (6) | 2 | (6) | 2 | |
| 1.5. | Income tax expenses (income) | 1,006 | 846 | 1,006 | 846 |
| 1.6. | Interest (income) | (3) | (8) | (3) | (8) |
| 1.7. | Interest expenses | 105 | 82 | 105 | 82 |
| 1.8. | Amortisation of grants (deferred revenue) | (24) | (11) | (24) | (11) |
| lig. | Elimination of other non-cash items | ||||
| 8,228 | 9,264 | 8,057 | 9,254 | ||
| Changes in working capital: | |||||
| 1.10. | Decrease (increase) in inventories | 190 | (228) | 190 | (228) |
| 1.11. | Decrease (increase) in trade accounts | ||||
| receivable | 1,471 | 1,890 | 1,084 | 1,890 | |
| 1.12 | Decrease (increase) in other accounts | ||||
| 1.13. | receivable and prepayments Increase (decrease) in trade accounts payable |
1,430 | 1,883 70 |
ਰੇਤੇ ਦੇ | 1,885 |
| 1.14. | Increase (decrease) in other accounts payable | (6,734) | (1,992) | 228 | |
| and other current liabilities | 203 | (1,129 | 151 | ||
| 1.15. | Decrease (increase) in other financial assets | 54 | (111) | 54 | (1,117) (111) |
| 1.16. | Income tax (paid) | (381) | (543) | (381) | (543) |
| Total changes in working capital | (3,767) | 1,832 | 42 | 2,004 | |
| Net cash flows from operating activities | 4,461 | 11,096 | 8,099 | 11,258 | |
| II. | Cash flows from (to) investing activities | ||||
| 11.1. | (Acquisitions) of property, plant and | ||||
| equipment and intangible assets | (3,013 | (8,722) | (3,009) | (8,722) | |
| 11.2. | Proceeds from sales of property, plant and | ||||
| equipment | 25 | 15 | 25 | 15 | |
| 11.3. | Grants received | 1,021 | 3,556 | 1,021 | 3,556 |
| 11.4. | Loans granted | 150 | (30) | ||
| 11.5. | Interest received | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Net cash flows (to) investing activities | (1,961) | (5,145) | (1,807) | (5,175) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. (cont'd on the next page)
(all amounts are in euro thousand unless stated otherwise)
Statements of cash flows (cont'd)
| Group | Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2019 |
31 March 2018 |
31 March 2019 |
31 March 2018 |
||
| III. | Cash flows from (to) financing activities | ||||
| 11.1 | Dividends (paid) | ||||
| III.2. | Proceeds from borrowings | ||||
| 11.3 | (Repayments) of borrowings | (6,444) | (6,444) | ||
| 111.4. | The overdraft | (6,145) | (6,145) | ||
| 11.5. | Interest (paid) | (134) | (123) | (134) | (123) |
| 111.6. | The right-of-use assets | (35) | (35) | ||
| III.7. | Other cash flows from (to) financial activities | (9) | 2 | (10) | |
| Net cash flows from (to) financing activities | (6,312) | (6,576) | (6,312) | (6,576) | |
| IV. | Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash | ||||
| equivalents | (3,812) | (625) | 20 | (494) | |
| V. | Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of | ||||
| the period | 10,616 | 7,350 | 34 | 6,726 | |
| VI. | Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the | ||||
| period | 6,804 | 6,725 | 14 | 6,232 |
| Technical Director acting as CEO |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrius Dagys | apys | 8 May 2019 | |
| Deputy Chief Accountant | Kristina Aladaitė | 8 May 2019 |
Notes to the Financial Statements
General information 1
AB Amber Grid (hereinafter referred to as the 'Company') was registered on 25 June 2013 after the spin-off from AB Lietuvos Dujos of the natural gas transmission activity with respective assets, rights and obligations attributed to the activity in question. The Company's operations date back to 1 August 2013.
On 13 January 2015, the National Commission for Energy Control and Prices (hereinafter referred to as the 'NCC') stated that AB Amber Grid's transmission activity unbundling was in compliance with provisions of the Law on Natural Gas. On 10 April 2015, upon the obtaining of a positive decision from the European Commission, the NCC issued in respect of the Company an open-ended License No. L2-3 (GDP) for the engagement in the Transmission System Operator's activity within the territory of Lithuania.
The Company's largest shareholder is UAB EPSO-G. UAB EPSO-G is 100-percent owned by the Republic of Lithuania and is managed by trust by the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania. UAB EPSO-G is in charge of the management of the shareholdings of the electricity and gas transmission system operators of the Republic of Lithuania.
Since 1 August 2013, the Company's shares have been traded on a stock exchange; they are listed on the Baltic Secondary Trading List of NASDAQ OMX Vilnius Stock Exchange (ISIN code LT0000128696, instrument AMG1L).
As of 31 March 2019, the Company's shareholders were as follows:
| Number of shares owned | Ownership share (percent) | |
|---|---|---|
| UAB EPSO-G (Company Code 302826889, A. Juozapavičiaus g. 13, Vilnius) |
172,279,125 | 96.58 |
| Other shareholders | 6,103,389 | 3.42 |
| 178,382,514 | 100.00 |
The Company's share capital amounts to EUR 51,730,929.06. It is divided into 178,382,514 ordinary registered shares with par value of EUR 0.29 each.
Following the recommendation of the auditors of UAB Deloitte Lietuva, starting 2019 the Company prepares consolidated and Company's financial statements. The consolidated financial statements disclose the financial position and performance of the Company together with the managed subsidiary UAB GET Baltic (hereinafter -GET Baltic).
GET Baltic is a Joint Stock Company registered in the Republic of Lithuania. The Company was registered in the Register of Legal Entities on 13 September 2012.
The Company is the sole shareholder of GET Baltic, which owns 100% of the authorized capital.
On 31 March 2019 and in 2018 the authorized capital of GET Baltic was valued of EUR 580,450 and it consists of 3,055,000 ordinary registered shares with a nominal value of EUR 0.19.
On 31 March 2019 subsidiary GET Baltic was incorporated into the Company's Group.
| Company | Registered address of | Stake of shares held as | Stake of shares held as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | code | the company | of 31 March 2019 | of 31 March 2018 |
| UAB GET Baltic | 302861178 Savanorių pr. 28, Vilnius | 100 % | 100 % |
GET Baltic is a licensed natural gas market operator with a status of Registered Reporting Mechanism status provided by the ACER. The Company administrates the electronic trading system for trading spot and forward natural gas products with physical delivery in the market areas located in Lithuania, Latvia, The Company also provides the following services to wholesale natural gas market participants:
1 General information (cont'd)
- · Providing REMIT data to the ACER;
- · Providing inside information;
- · Distribution of indirect natural gas transmission capacity at interconnection points between the Baltic States:
- . organizing LNG auction;
- announcement of balancing marginal pricing.
On 31 March 2019 Get Baltic had 77 registered stock exchange participants.
The Company is engaged in the natural gas transmission system operator's activity and provides system users, other operators, and gas market players with the following services:
- · transmission of natural gas in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania;
- · balancing of flows of natural gas in the transmission system;
- · administration of the funds intended to compensate for the installation and fixed operating costs of the Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal, its infrastructure and connector and, as from 2016, for reasonable costs of the designated supplier for the supply of an obligatory quantity of liquefied natural gas.
As of 31 March 2019, the Company was party to 105 natural gas transmission service contracts with natural gas transmission system users (consumers of natural gas distribution system operators, natural gas companies which supply gas up to consumer systems). As regards natural gas businesses that trade in natural gas, but do not transmit gas via the transmission system, the Company had entered with such companies into 3 natural gas balancing agreements.
On 31 March 2019 the average number of employees of the Group and the Company consisted 334 (as at 31 December 2018 - 343 ); on 31 March 2019 the Company consisted of 328 employees (as at 31 December 2018 -339).
Accounting principles 2
The financial statements present the figures in thousands of euros. The financial year of the Group and the Company coincides with the calendar year.
These condensed interim financial statements, including the 31 March 2019 statements of financial standing and profit (loss) accounts, statements of comprehensive income, cash flow statement and the statements of changes in equity have not been audited. The financial statements as of 31 December 2018 of the Company and Get Baltic have been audited and prepared in accordance with International Reporting Standards (IFRS). The financial statements as of 31 December 2018 of the Group also haven't been audited. For a better understanding of the information presented in these financial statements, these condensed financial statements should be read together with the annual financial statements of 2018 of the Company and Get Baltic. UAB Deloitte Lietuva carried out an audit of Annual Financial Statements for the year that ended on 31 December 2018.
The Group's and the Company's condensed interim consolidated financial statements as of 31 March 2019 were prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting. The Group and the Company have been following the same accounting principles as the ones that were followed in the preparation of financial statements for the year 2018.
The Company applied IFRS 16 starting from 1 January 2019. On initial application of IFRS 16, the lease liability will be initially measured at the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the lessee's additional borrowing rate at the date of initial application. The Company recognizes an asset that is controlled by the right to use with value that is equal to the lease liabilities.
The Company applies the new standard using a modified retrospective method, which means that the comparative figures are not recalculated. The general impact of applying IFRS 16 is recognized in 1 January 2019.
2 Accounting principles (cont'd)
Subsequently, the Company recognised depreciation of right-of-use assets and interest on lease liabilities in the profit (loss) statement; and separate the total amount of cash paid into a principal portion and interest, both presented in separate lines within financing activities in the statement of cash flows.
The only material operating lease agreement relates to rent of premises and car parking spaces for the registered office of the Company. The Company holds an option to extend the lease term by up to 3 years. If extended for the full period of the option, the lease term would end in May 2024. Management estimates that the Company will use this opportunity and therefore included the period covered by the option into the lease term when measuring the lease liability and right-of-use asset. The summary of the financial impact on adopting IFRS 16 is presented in the table below (related only to leases entered or modified before 1 January 2019):
| 1 January 2019 | 31 March 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| Right-of-use assets | 750 | 715 |
| Lease liability - current portion | 141 | 106 |
| Lease liability - non-current portion | 618 | 618 |
| Expected impact on profit (loss) statement: | ||
| Increase of depreciation | 35 | |
| Increase of interest expense | ||
| - Decrease of other expenses | (35) | |
| Expected impact on statement of cash flows: | ||
| - Increase of net cash flow from operating activities | 35 | |
| - Decrease of net cash flows from financing activities | (35 |
The Company also makes payments to municipalities for use of state-owned land, which hosts certain equipment of the Company. Generally, the Company obtains a right to use such land for 99 years with a possibility to extend the term. Amounts to be paid to the state treasury are calculated as a product of a) the cadastral value of land which can be reassessed by municipalities every 3 years, and b) tax rate determined by municipalities. Taking into account the right of municipalities to recalculate the rent, changing the specified amounts with a period of 3 years, the lease of land has features of variable payments that are not related to the intensity of use of the property. Also, these payments generally do not reflect the market rate for rent of similar land. The Company made total payments of EUR 25 thousand for use of approximately 200 plots of state-owned land in 2018. The Company is currently evaluating whether these agreements are in scope of IFRS 16 or whether they are effectively a form of land tax.
The statements were prepared based on an acquisition cost, excluding tangible fixed assets, which were presented at revalued amount.
As of 2017, after the Group and the Company changed its accounting policy in accordance with the accounting principles of fixed assets of EPSO-G UAB group companies, assets are accounted at revalued amount deducting accumulated depreciation and impairment losses, whereas grants are accounted for by reducing the carrying amount of the related asset.
3 Information by segments
The Company is engaged in natural gas transmission activity and operates as one segment. All non-current assets of the Company are located in Lithuania, where the Company carries out its activity.
During the first three months of 2019, the Group and Company earned 74 percent of its revenue from Lithuanian system users (in 2018: 66 percent) and 25 percent of its revenue was received from the transit service, i.e. transportation of gas to the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation and in the direction of Latvia (in 2018: 34 percent) and 1 percent mediation service revenue from gas exchange transactions.
4 Property, plant and equipment and non-current intangible assets
In the Group and the Company, long-term assets are accounted at revalued amount of assets, reducing the grants received for that asset. On 31 March 2019 - EUR 69.258 thousand (On 31 December 2018: EUR 69,283 thousand).
The amount of the depreciation of the grants in the income statement is reflected by deducting the depreciation costs of the related assets with the grant income. As of 31 March 2019, it stood at EUR 566 thousand (in 2018 -EUR 467 thousand).
| Group | As of 31 March, 2019 incl. subsidised assets with |
As of 31 March, 2019 excl. subsidised assets |
As 31 Dec 2018 Incl. subsidised assets |
AS 31 Dec 2018 excl. subsidised assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property, plant and equipment | ||||
| / Non-current intangible assets | 271,465 | 202,207 | 272,013 | 202,730 |
| Intangible assets | 3,663 | 3,227 | 3,169 | 2,699 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 267,802 | 198,980 | 268,844 | 200,031 |
| Land | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 |
| Buildings | 5,628 | 5,276 | 5,567 | 5,288 |
| Plant and equipment | 199,192 | 143,011 | 195,461 | 141,518 |
| Machinery and equipment | 46,079 | 39,947 | 45,313 | 39,922 |
| Motor vehicles | 938 | ਰੇਤੋ 8 | 952 | 952 |
| Other | 4,010 | 2,550 | 2,999 | 2,124 |
| A right-of-use managed asset | 715 | 715 | ||
| Construction in progress | 11,115 | 6,418 | 18,427 | 10,102 |
| Deferred revenue | 69,258 | 69,283 | ||
| As of 31 March, | As of 31 March, | As 31 Dec 2018 | AS 31 Dec 2018 |
| Company | 2018 incl. subsidised assets with |
2018 excl. subsidised assets |
Incl. subsidised assets |
excl. subsidised assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property, plant and equipment | ||||
| /Non-current intangible assets | 271,048 | 201,790 | 271,570 | 202,287 |
| Intangible assets | 3,250 | 2,814 | 2,729 | 2,259 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 267,798 | 198,976 | 268,844 | 200,028 |
| Land | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 |
| Buildings | 5,628 | 5,276 | 5,567 | 5,288 |
| Plant and equipment | 199,192 | 143,011 | 195,461 | 141,518 |
| Machinery and equipment | 46,079 | 39,947 | 45,313 | 39,922 |
| Motor vehicles | 938 | ਰੇਤੇ 8 | 952 | 952 |
| Other | 4,005 | 2,546 | 2,999 | 2,121 |
| A right-of-use managed asset | 715 | 715 | ||
| Construction in progress | 11,115 | 6,418 | 18,427 | 10,102 |
| Deferred revenue | 69,258 | 69,283 |
5 Construction in progress
The largest objects of construction in progress of the Group and Company as of 31 March 2019 were as follows:
| Group | Company | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Object | 31 | 31 | ||
| 31 March | December | 31 March | December | |
| 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |
| Implementation of the Gas Interconnection | ||||
| Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) Project in the territory of | ||||
| the Republic of Lithuania | 4,025 | 4,019 | 4,025 | 4,019 |
| Launch of monitoring devices and installation of | ||||
| receiving cameras | 1,510 | 4,576 | 1,510 | 4,576 |
| Reconstruction of Jonava and Alytus M/R | ||||
| Stations | gg1 | 991 | ||
| Construction of a gas transmission pipeline link | ||||
| between Vilnius-Kaunas and Kaunas-Sakiai | ||||
| pipelines | 551 | 551 | 551 | 551 |
| Reconstruction of separate sections of Riga- | ||||
| Panevėžys-Vilnius gas transmission pipeline | 178 | 178 | ||
| Installation of remote gas process control system | ||||
| and gas metering system data collection system | 197 | 197 | ||
| Other | 537 | 545 | 537 | 545 |
| * Less: Impairment of construction in progress | (580) | (580) | (580) | (580) |
| 6,418 | 10,102 | 6,418 | 10.102 |
* Impairment for the Project "Construction between the gas transmission pipelines Vilnius-Kaunas and Kaunas-Šakiai (spatial planning and design services)" was made for the amount of EUR 551 thousand because the construction of the pipeline was postponed for later periods and there arose certain uncertainties regarding of its funding issues and its further development.
6. Trade receivables
| Group | Company | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March | 31 December | 31 March | 31 December | |
| 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |
| Non-current trade receivables | ||||
| Other trade receivables | 998 | 998 | 998 | 998 |
| Current trade receivables | ||||
| Gas transmission services receivables | 4,692 | 6,076 | 4,692 | 6,076 |
| Other trade receivables | 436 | 49 | 402 | 124 |
| Less: allowance for the decrease in value | ||||
| of trade receivables | (71) | (87) | (71) | (87) |
| 6,055 | 7,036 | 6,021 | 7,111 |
Long-term trade receivables amounting to EUR 998 thousand comprise the payment for the connection of Intergaz UAB to be paid by 31 December 2021. The fulfilment of obligations is secured by the issued guarantee by bank.
Short-term trade receivables were interest-free; their payment period ranged from 9 to 30 calendar days. In 2017, impairment of EUR 41 thousand was established in respect of Geoterma UAB, a producer of thermal energy. Whereas in December of 2018 Geros dujos UAB formed impairment of EUR 30 thousand.
7. Other receivables
| Group | Company | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March | 31 December | 31 March | 31 December | |
| 2018 | 2017 | 2019 | 2018 | |
| LNG terminal funds receivable (administered by | ||||
| the Company) | 14,545 | 14,942 | 14,545 | 14,942 |
| Grants receivable | 1,258 | 1,715 | 1,258 | 1,715 |
| Receivables accrued for natural gas transportation | 493 | 493 | ||
| Other receivables | 75 | 114 | 73 | 261 |
| 15,878 | 17,264 | 15,876 | 17,411 |
The LNG terminal funds receivable as at 31 March 2019 include the overdue amount of EUR 4.919 thousand of which total the overdue amount of AB Achema's was EUR 4.262 thousand, the overdue amount of UAB Geros dujos was EUR 19 thousand, and the overdue amount of UAB Geoterma was EUR 65 thousand, and the overdue amount of UAB Kauno termofikacinė (hereinafter KTE) was EUR 555 thousand. For more information about AB Achema and about KTE see note 17 Commitments and Contingencies. For the Company's Other Receivables, no impairment loss was formed
8 Other financial assets
As of 31 March 2019, the Group and Company's other financial assets consisted of cash collected from the additional natural gas supply security component to be included in the natural gas transmission price, referred to as the LNG terminal funds. These funds are received from the system users, kept in line with the requirements of legal acts in a separate bank account for the LNG terminal funds and designated for the recipients of the LNG terminal funds - i.e. the LNG terminal operator (Klaipedos Nafta AB), the designated supplier (UAB "Lietuvos energijos tiekimas"), and Amber Grid AB – to cover the administration expenses of the LNG terminal funds. Based on the Commission's Resolution No O3E-168 of 24 May 2018, the additional natural gas supply security component to be included in the natural gas transmission price was established. The latter price has been applied to the users with effect from 1 July 2018. Based on the Resolution No O3E-405 of 22 November 2018, the additional natural gas supply security component was established, which had to be applied with the effect from 1 January 2019. Based on the Resolution No O3E-479 of 31 December 2018 the abovementioned additional natural gas supply security component was revised and with the effect from 1 January 2019.
9 Cash and cash equivalents
| Group | Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2019 |
31 December 2018 |
31 March 2019 |
31 December 2018 |
||
| Cash at bank | 6,804 | 10,616 | 14 | 34 | |
| 6,804 | 10,616 | 14 | 34 |
The Group and the Company keeps its cash in the accounts of those banks, which meet reliability requirements.
10 Loans
| Group | Company | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2019 |
31 December 2018 |
31 March 2019 |
31 December 2018 |
|
| Long-term loans | ||||
| Loans from credit institutions of Lithuania | 31,444 | 31,444 | 31,444 | 31,444 |
| Loan from international financial institutions | 22,826 | 23,913 | 22,826 | 23,913 |
| Short-term loans | ||||
| Loans from credit institutions of Lithuania | 6,791 | 6,791 | ||
| Short-term loan (EPSO-G UAB) | 647 | 647 | ||
| Current portion of long-term loans | 19,063 | 17,976 | 19,063 | 17,976 |
| 73,980 | 80,124 | 73,980 | 80,124 |
For the balancing of working capital on 27 February 2019 the Company and EPSO-G UAB entered into lending and borrowing via cashpool agreement sets a maximum borrowing limit of EUR 15.000 thousand from EPSO-G UAB.
In May of 2018, the Company concluded a long-term loan (overdraft) Agreement with OP Corporate Bank plc Lithuania Branch for the maximum amount of EUR 30,000 thousand. The loan amount used as of 31 March 2019 stood at EUR 20.000 thousand.
11. Income tax
In 2019, the standard corporate income tax rate applicable to the Republic of Lithuania was 15 per cent (in 2018: 15 per cent). The income tax expenses for the current income tax and the deferred income tax.
In accordance with amendments to the Law on Corporate Income Tax, which provide for a possibility of taking advantage of the corporate income tax relief on investments in new technologies, as at 31 March 2019, the Company had calculated a corporate income tax relief amounting to EUR 47 thousand (as at 31 March 2018: EUR 1,653 thousand).
12. Trade payables
| Group | Company | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2019 |
31 December 2018 |
31 March 2019 |
31 December 2018 |
|
| Payables to suppliers under investment | ||||
| programme (new construction) | ||||
| Payables to suppliers under investment | ||||
| programme (reconstruction and modernisation) | 1,830 | 2,995 | 1,830 | 2,995 |
| Payables to suppliers of goods and providers of | ||||
| services | 4,610 | 1,422 | 507 | 1,119 |
| Payables to providers of repairs services under | ||||
| non-current assets repairs programme | 221 | 295 | 221 | 295 |
| Payables to suppliers of natural gas | 255 | 1,561 | 255 | 1,561 |
| 6,916 | 6,273 | 2,813 | 5,970 |
As at 31 March 2019, the trade payables were interest-free and the payment terms of the largest share of them ranged from 30 to 60 days.
13. Received advanced payments
Advance payments paid by the participants of Exchange are accounted for as prepayments received from the exchange participants and are used on the settlement date, unless a request is made from the participants not to use the advance paid for reduction of the amount due for gas and exchange services. An unused advance or part thereof remains with the other participant's settlements. If the participant does not use for more than 1 year, it is returned back to him.
14. Other payables and current liabilities
| Group | Company | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March | 31 December | 31 March | 31 December | |
| 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |
| Payable LNG terminal funds administrated by | ||||
| the Company | 13,717 | 12,310 | 13,717 | 12,311 |
| Accrued LNG terminal funds subject to | ||||
| administration by the Company* | 835 | 2,684 | 835 | 2,684 |
| Real Estate Tax payable | 429 | 429 | ||
| Value Added Tax (VAT) payable | 383 | 28 | 343 | |
| Other payables | 309 | 479 | 275 | 454 |
| 15,244 | 15,930 | 15,170 | 15,878 |
*Accrued LNG terminal funds subject to administration by the Company are accounted when natural gas transmission system users are issued VAT invoices. Accrued funds subject to administration by the Company are included into the account of LNG terminal funds payable when AB Klaipedos Nafta and ir UAB "Lietuvos energijos tiekimas" issue a VAT invoice to the Company in respect of the security-of-supply-related extra tariff component added to the regular natural gas tariff.
15. Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share reflect the Group net profit divided by the weighted average number of shares. There are no diluting instruments, therefore basic and diluted earnings per share are equal. Calculations of the basic earnings per share are presented below:
| Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March | 31 March | ||
| 2019 | 2018 | ||
| Net profit (loss) attributable to the shareholders (EUR thousand) | 4,711 | 5,222 | |
| Weighted average number of shares (thousand) | 178,383 | 178,383 | |
| Earnings per share (EUR) | 0.03 | 0.03 |
16. Revenue
| Group | Company | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the | For the | For the | For the | |
| period | period | period | period | |
| of three | of three | of three | of three | |
| months | month | months | month | |
| ended | ended | ended | ended | |
| 31 March | 31 March | 31 March | 31 March | |
| 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |
| Income from natural gas transmission in the | ||||
| territory of Lithuania | 13,308 | 13,913 | 13,308 | 13,912 |
| Income from balancing services in the | ||||
| transmission system | 0,313 | 1,614 | 1,313 | 1,614 |
| Grants recognised as income | 24 | 11 | 24 | 11 |
| Income from LNG terminal fund administration | 18 | 11 | 18 | 11 |
| Exchange trading income | 194 | ਤੇਰੇ | ||
| Other income | 179 | 54 | 115 | 52 |
| 15,036 | 15,642 | 14,778 | 15,600 |
17 Commitments and contingencies
Litigations
The Group and the Company have commenced two civil proceedings for the award of natural gas transmission price (hereinafter referred to as LNG Terminal Funds) from AB Achema and are currently in dispute regarding overdue payments. Both proceedings have been stayed pending until a procedural decision in a proceedings brought before the General Court of the European Union becomes effective.
A case is being examined in Vilnius Regional Court in accordance with the claim submitted by the applicant Kaunas CHP Plant (hereinafter - CHP0, by which CHP requests to declare that the defendant, the Company, does not have claims of EUR 133 thousand to the Applicant CHP for exceeding natural gas consumption capacity in 2017, and asks the Court to oblige the Company to recalculate the amount of additional component for exceeding natural gas consumption capacity in 2017. The Company does not agree with the claims submitted by CHP and has accordingly provided a response to Vilhius Regional Court with a claim for dismissal as unfounded. Vilnius Regional Court appointed a court hearing for 25 July 2018. Vilnius Regional Court rejected CHP action as unfounded and ordered the Company to pay the costs to the decision of 18 August 2018. On 12 September 2018 CHP appealed to the Court of Appeal of Lithuania against the abovementioned judgment. On 8 October 2018 the Company lodged its defence against the appeal submitted by the applicant CHP. The date of appeal of CHP has not yet been appointed.
The Company only acts as the LNG Terminal Funds Administrator and transfers LNG terminal funds to their recipients only when they collect from customers and therefore do not incur credit risk due to disputed amounts.
18 Related party transactions
For the purpose of disclosure of related parties in accordance with the Article 37- of the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania, the disclosures comprise transactions and their balances with EPSO-G UAB group companies, with the subsidiary Get Baltic, as well as associates, and all entities controlled by or under significant influence of the state (transactions with these entities are disclosed only if they are material), and management, as well as their close family members. A list of state-controlled or significantly affected companies is provided at: https://vkc.sipa.lt/apie-imones/vvi-sarasas/.
The related parties of the Company, where one party has the opportunity to control another party or has significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions on 31 March 2019 were the following:
18 Related party transactions (cont'd)
- UAB GET Baltic (a subsidiary of AB Amber Grid);
- UAB EPSO-G (the parent company);
- LITGRID AB (a subsidiary of UAB EPSO-G);
- UAB Baltpool (a subsidiary of UAB EPSO-G);
- UAB Tetas (a subsidiary of AB LITGRID);
- UAB LITGRID Power Link Service (a subsidiary of AB LITGRID);
- UAB Duomenų Logistikos Centras (an associated company of AB LITGRID Group);
- Lit Pol Link Sp.z.o.o. (a joint venture co-owned by AB LITGRID and the Polish electricity network operator PSE S.A.);
- Lietuvos Energija UAB group;
- Ministry of Energy (incl. AB Klaipedos Nafta);
- Other state-owned companies;
- The Management.
| As of 31 March 2019 | Acquisitions | Sales | Accounts receivable |
Accounts payable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAB GET Baltic | 1,5081) | 481) | 34 | 149 |
| UAB EPSO-G | 23 | 16 | ||
| Lietuvos Energija, UAB group of companies | 8,3552) | 16,5674) | 6,0472) | 3,5524 |
| Ministry of Energy (incl. AB Klaipedos Nafta) | 17,5814) | 572) | 232) | 10,2644 |
| Other state-owned companies | 9 | 110 | 3 | |
| 27,476 | 16,672 | 6,214 | 13,984 | |
| As of 31 March, 2018 | Acquisitions | Sales | Accounts receivable |
Accounts payable |
| UAB GET Baltic | 1,1494 | 31) | 151 | 160 |
| UAB EPSO-G | 23 | 19 | ||
| Lietuvos Energija UAB group of companies | 7,648-1 | 16,3604) | 5,8652) | 3,7614) |
| Ministry of Energy (incl. AB Klaipedos Nafta) | 16,4104) | 534) | 232) | 9,3554 |
| Other state-owned companies | 10 | 276 | 210 | 4 |
| 25,240 | 16,692 | 6,249 | 13,299 |
1) The Company is a participant of the Natural Gas Exchange operated by Get Baltic UAB and has a participation agreement. The agreement is on standard terms and the same terms and conditions as with the other participants. The amount represents the procurements made through this Exchange.
2) LNG terminal funds included.
There have been none guaranties received to the revenue obtained and payable by the related parties. On 31 March 2019 the Company did not form and accounted the depreciation of value to the revenue received from the related parties.
Benefits to the Management
| Group | Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 m. | 2018 m. | 2019 m. | 2018 m. | ||
| March 31 d. | March 31 d. | March 31 d. | March 31 d. | ||
| Earnings-related benefits | 114 | 86 | 100 | 78 | |
| Benefits for Board Members | 4 | 5 | ব | ഗ | |
| 118 | 91 | 104 | 83 |
The management of the Group and the Company is considered to be the Head of administration and its deputies. The Group and the Management of the Company have not been granted any loans, guarantees or disposals of assets.
19 Subsequent events
On 23 April 2019 the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company took place, where there were all decisions on the agenda of the meeting adopted.
At the end of 2018, Intergas UAB and Mažeikiai Oil Refinery (Orlen Lietuva, AB) signed a Contract for connection to the natural gas system. From 1 of January 2019 after joining Orlen Lietuva AB and starting to distribute natural gas, in 2019 the amount of gas transported through the interconnection point of the Company and Intergas UAB, and the ordered capacity has increased significantly, compared to the minimum parameters specified in the Agreement.
Following these new circumstances, on 3 April 2019 there was an additional Agreement concluded with the Company and Intergas UAB. Under this Agreement, the Company shall issue a credit invoice for the additional part of the connection fee and return the received bank guarantee.
On 24 April 2019 the KTE paid overdue debts for the funds of the LNG terminal.