Ignitis Grupe

Earnings Release • Jan 31, 2020

Disclosure 378509

Ignitis grupė - Notification on material event

Preliminary financial results of UAB Ignitis Grupė for 12 months of 2019

UAB Ignitis Grupė (hereinafter – the Company or Ignitis Group) identification code 301844044, registered office placed at Žvejų str. 14, Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania. The total nominal value of issued bonds 600 000 000 EUR; ISIN codes XS1646530565; XS1853999313.

Preliminary financial data of Ignitis Group for 12 months of 2019:

	December
	2019	2018	Change
Revenue	EUR 124.7 million	EUR 132.4 million	-5.8%
Adjusted EBITDA*	EUR 25.0 million	EUR 21.8 million	14.7%
	January – December
	2019 m.	2018 m.	Change
Revenue	EUR 1493.3 million	EUR 1261.4 million	18.4%
Adjusted EBITDA*	EUR 269.7 million	EUR 225.1 million	19.8%

In January-December 2019, Ignitis Group generated revenue of EUR 1493.3 million, which is 18.4% more if compared to the same period in 2018 (EUR 1261.4 million). As previously, the Company's revenue has grown mostly due to the increase in the electricity trading turnover of UAB Ignitis subsidiary in Poland Ignitis Polska.

The adjusted EBITDA indicator of the Company in January-December 2019 was equal to EUR 269.7 million, i.e. 19.8% more compared to a respective period of 2018 (EUR 225.1 million). The adjusted EBITDA indicator has grown due to investments into modernisation of distribution networks, and because of higher new customer connection income caused by changes in international financial accounting standards. The growth of the adjusted EBITDA indicator was also influenced by the expanded Company's wind park portfolio and efficient use of Kruonis PSHP potential.

The Company's annual financial statements are currently being audited and the final audited results may differ from the presented preliminary ones.

*The Company’s preliminary (2019) and actual (2018) result of adjusted EBITDA is presented after the adjustments made by the management by eliminating the impact of one-off factors. These adjustments are intended to disclose the results of the Company’s operating activity without taking into consideration atypical, one-off factors or factors that have no direct relation with the current period of operations. All adjustments made by the management are disclosed in the Company’s interim and annual reports.

Artūras Ketlerius, Head of Public Relations, arturas.ketlerius@ignitis.lt