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Invalda INVL — Annual Report 2009
Apr 9, 2010
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Invalidated Annual Report of Invalda AB for the year 2009
Prepared according to The Rules for the Drawing-up and the Submission of the Periodic and Additional Information, approved by Resolution No. 1K-3 of 23.02.2007 of the Lithuanian Securities Commission
Approved by the Board decision No. 2010-11 passed on 08 April, 2010
Consolidated annual report of Invalda AB for 2009
Invalda
Translation note:
This version of the accompanying documents is a translation from the original, which was prepared in Lithuanian language. All possible care has been taken to ensure that the translation is an accurate representation of the original. However, in all matters of interpretation of information, views or opinions, the original language version of the accompanying documents takes precedence over this translation.
CONTENTS
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT...4
I. GENERAL INFORMATION...5
1. Reporting period for which the report is prepared...5
2. General information about the Issuer and other companies comprising the Issuer's group ...5
2.1. Information about the Issuer...5
2.2. Information about other companies comprising the Issuer's group...5
3. Agreements with intermediaries on public trading in securities...7
4. Information on Issuer's branches and representative offices...7
5. The order of changing Issuer's Articles of Association...7
II. INFORMATION ABOUT SECURITIES...8
6. Information about Issuer's authorised capital...8
6.1. Structure of the authorised capital...8
6.2. Adjustments of the authorised capital...8
6.3. Rights and obligations carried by the shares...9
6.3.1. Rights of the shareholders...9
6.3.2. Obligations of the shareholders...9
7. Shareholders...9
8. Information about the Issuer's own shares...11
9. Data on trading in securities of the Issuer and its group companies in the regulated markets ..12
9.1. Trading in securities of the Issuer...12
9.2. Trading in securities of the Issuer's group companies...14
9.2.1. Trading in shares of Sanitas AB...14
9.2.2. Trading in shares of Vilniaus Baldai AB...15
10. Dividends...16
III. ISSUER'S MANAGING BODIES...17
11. Structure, authorities, the procedure for appointment and replacement...17
11.1. General Meeting...17
11.2. The Board...18
11.3. The President...19
12. Information about members of the Board, CFO and the Audit Committee of the Company...19
12.1. Information about the Board Members and CFO...19
12.2. Information about the Audit Committee of the Company...21
13. Information on the amounts calculated by the Issuer, other assets transferred and guarantees granted to the Board members and CFO...22
IV. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER'S AND ITS GROUP COMPANIES' ACTIVITY...23
Consolidated annual report of Invalda AB for 2009
Invalda
- An objective review of the Issuer's and its group companies position, their performance and business development ...23
14.1. Goals, philosophy and management principles ...23
14.2. Operational environment ...23
14.3. Significant events and tasks accomplished in 2009 ...24 - Analysis of financial and non-financial performance and information relating to environmental and employee matters ...30
15.1. Issuer's and its group companies' performance results ...30
15.2. Employees ...32
15.3. Environment matters ...32 - Risk management ...32
16.1. A description of the principal risks and uncertainties ...32
16.2. Information about the extent of risk and its management in the company ...33
16.3. The main indications about internal control and risk management systems related to the preparation of consolidated financial statements ...33 - Information about activities of the Issuer and companies comprising the Issuer's group in the field of Research and Development ...33
- Significant events since the end of the last financial year ...34
- Information on the related parties' transactions ...34
- Activity plans and forecasts ...34
V. OTHER INFORMATION ...35 - References to and additional explanations of the data presented in the annual financial statements and consolidated financial statements ...35
- Information on audit ...35
- Data on the publicly disclosed information ...35
APPENDIX 1. INFORMATION ABOUT GROUP COMPANIES, THEIR CONTACT DETAILS ...38
APPENDIX 2. DISCLOSURE CONCERNING THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNANCE CODE ...48
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
PricewaterhouseCoopers UAB
J. Jasinskio 16B
LT-01112 Vilnius
Lithuania
Telephone +370 (5) 239 2300
Facsimile +370 (5) 239 2301
E-mail [email protected]
www.pwc.com/lt
Translation note
Our report has been prepared in Lithuanian language and in English language. In all matters of interpretation of information, views or opinions, the Lithuanian language version of our report takes precedence over the English language version.
Independent auditor's report
To the Shareholders of AB Invalda
We have audited the stand alone and consolidated financial statements (the 'Financial Statements') of AB Invalda (the 'Company') and its subsidiaries (together the 'Group') which comprise the stand alone and consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 December 2009 and the stand alone and consolidated income statement, statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes and which are published separately from the Consolidated Annual Report. In our report dated 8 April 2010 we expressed an unqualified opinion on the Financial Statements.
In addition to our audit, we have read the accompanying Consolidated Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2009 set out on pages 5 – 70 and have not noted any material inconsistencies between the financial information included in it and the audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2009.
For a better understanding of the financial position of the Group and the Company and the results of their operations for the period the Consolidated Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2009 should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements which are published separately.
On behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers UAB

Christopher C. Butler
Partner
Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania
8 April 2010
Rasa Radzevičienė
Auditor's Certificate No.000377
Consolidated annual report of Invalda AB for 2009
Invalda
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Reporting period for which the report is prepared
The report is prepared for 2009.
2. General information about the Issuer and other companies comprising the Issuer's group
2.1. Information about the Issuer
| Name of the Issuer | Public company Invalda, hereinafter Invalda AB |
|---|---|
| Enterprise code | 121304349 |
| Address | Seimyniskiu str. 1A, LT-09312 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Telephone | +370 5 279 0601 |
| Fax | +370 5 279 0530 |
| [email protected] | |
| Website | www.invalda.lt |
| Legal form | public limited liability company |
| Date and place of registration | 20.03.1992, Register of Enterprise of Vilnius |
| Register, in which data about the company are accumulated and stored | Register of Legal Entities |
Investment company Invalda AB was established in 1992. Currently the largest part of its assets is managed in Poland and Lithuania. The company strives to ensure long-term financial return for its shareholders maintaining a low grade of risk, and implements its plans observing ethical standards and traditional values. Invalda AB endeavors to be a reliable and stable company valued by its customers, shareholders, and employees.
2.2. Information about other companies comprising the Issuer's group
Priority segments of Invalda AB are the following: pharmacy, road and bridge construction, furniture manufacturing, real estate and IT.
Group's companies and their contacts are presented in Appendix 1 of this report.

Fig. 2.2.1. Main sectors of Invalda AB group as of 31.12.2009
Consolidated annual report for 2009
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Picture 2.2.2. Simplified structure of Invalda AB group as of 31.12.2009
Consolidated annual report of Invalda AB for 2009
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3. Agreements with intermediaries on public trading in securities
Invalda AB has signed agreements with these intermediaries:
- Finasta AB FMI (Maironio str. 11, Vilnius, Lithuania, tel. +370 5 278 6833) – the agreement on investment services, the agreement on management of securities accounting, the agreement on payment of dividends;
- Bank Finasta AB (Maironio str. 11, Vilnius, tel. +370 5203 22 33) – the agreement on management of securities account;
- Siauliu Bankas AB (Tilzes str. 149, Siauliai, Lithuania, tel. +370 41 595 607) – the agreement on management of securities account and intermediation;
- Bankas Snoras AB (A. Vivulskio str. 7, Vilnius, Lithuania, tel. +370 5 232 7224) – the agreement on costumer services (for professional investor);
- DnB NORD Bankas AB (J. Basanaviciaus str. 26, Vilnius, Lithuania, tel. +370 5 239 3503) – the agreement on financial instruments account management, implementation of orders and offering recommendations;
- SEB Bankas AB (Gedimino ave. 12, Vilnius, Lithuania, tel. +370 5 268 2370) – the agreement on securities accounting;
- MP Investment Bank hf. acting via MP Investment Bank hf. Baltic branch (A.Tumėno str. 4, Vilnius, tel +370 5219 55 00) – the agreement on investment services'
- Medicinos Bankas UAB (Pamenkalnio str. 40, Vilnius, Lithuania, tel. +370 5 264 4845) - the agreement on management of securities account.
4. Information on Issuer's branches and representative offices
Invalda AB has no branches or representative offices.
5. The order of changing Issuer's Articles of Association
The Articles of Association of Invalda AB may be changed by the resolution of the General Meeting, passed by more than 2/3 of votes (except in cases provided for by the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania).
During the reporting period company's Articles of Association were changed one time and also one time they were changed after the reporting period:
- On December 15, 2009, the Register of Legal Entities of the Republic of Lithuania registered a new wording of Invalda AB Articles of Association, approved by the General Shareholders Meeting held on November 30, 2009. The Articles of Association were changed according to the new Company Law of the Republic of Lithuania and also the Company's address was changed.
- February 3, 2010 new Articles of Association of Invalda AB were registered. The share capital of Invalda AB was increased from 42 568 849 LTL till 51 659 758 LTL.
Actual wording is dated 03-02-2010. Articles of Association are available on the company's website.
Consolidated annual report of Invalda AB for 2009
Invalda
II. INFORMATION ABOUT SECURITIES
6. Information about Issuer's authorised capital
6.1. Structure of the authorised capital
Table 6.1.1. Structure of Invalda AB authorised capital as of 31-12-2009
| Type of shares | Number of shares, units | Nominal value, LTL | Total nominal value, LTL | Portion of the authorised capital, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary registered shares | 42,568,849 | 1 | 42,568,849 | 100,00 |
All shares are fully paid-up and no restrictions apply on their transfer.
On January 30, 2010, Invalda AB received an application to convert 500 000 owned bonds (the nominal value of one bond is 100 LTL, ISIN code LT0000401820) to 9 090 909 ordinary registered Invalda AB shares (the nominal value of one share is 1 LTL). Following the decisions of Invalda AB General Shareholder Meetings held on 14 November, 2008, and 30 January, 2010, Invalda AB converted to shares all bonds owned by the investor. The share capital increase of 9 090 909 LTL was registered on 3 February, 2010.
Table 6.1.2. Structure of Invalda AB authorised capital as of 03-02-2010
| Type of shares | Number of shares, units | Nominal value, LTL | Total nominal value, LTL | Portion of the authorised capital, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary registered shares | 51,659,758 | 1 | 51,659,758 | 100,00 |
6.2. Adjustments of the authorised capital
Information concerning adjustments of Invalda AB authorised capital during past 10 years is presented.
- On 01.01.1997 the authorised capital of Invalda AB amounted to LTL 38,000,000, it was divided into 38,000,000 ordinary registered shares of nominal value of LTL 1.
- On 01.10.2004 the increased authorised capital of LTL 40,417,339 was registered, it was divided into 40,417,339 ordinary registered shares of nominal value of LTL 1. The emission of 2,417,339 shares was issued during the process of reorganisation changing Kremi AB shares into Invalda AB ones.
- Invalda AB General Meeting held on 21.11.2005 passed the resolution to increase the authorised capital of the Company by LTL 1,317,323 from LTL 40,417,339 up to LTL 41,734,662, by issuing 1,317,323 shares of nominal value LTL 1. The amended Articles of Association were registered in Register of Legal Entities on 21.11.2005. The increased authorised capital amounted to LTL 41,734,662 and was divided into 41,734,662 ordinary registered shares of LTL 1 nominal value at par.
- On 30.06.2006 Invalda AB and Pozityvios Investicijos AB reorganization was completed – Pozityvios Investicijos AB was merged to Invalda AB. During reorganisation shares of Pozityvios Investicijos AB were changed into Invalda AB shares – the emission of 3,273,714 Invalda AB shares was issued. After the reorganisation the authorised capital of Invalda AB amounted to LTL 45,008,376 and was divided into 45,006,376 shares of nominal value of LTL 1.
- On 28.09.2007 the reorganisation of Invalda AB and one of the major shareholders Nenuorama AB was finished – Nenuorama AB was merged to Invalda AB. Changing Nenuorama AB shares into Invalda AB ones, the emission of 19,866,060 shares was issued. Following the terms of the reorganisation 22,305,587 Invalda AB shares held by Nenuorama AB were annulled. After reorganisation the authorised capital of Invalda AB amounts to LTL 42,568,849 and is divided into 42,568,849 shares of nominal value of LTL 1.
- On 03.02.2010 the share capital of Invalda AB was increased by 9 090 909 LTL, from 42 568 849 LTL till 51 659 758 LTL issuing 9 090 909 ordinary registered 1 LTL nominal value shares. New shares were issued after conversion of 50 mln. LTL bonds issue.
Consolidated annual report of Invalda AB for 2009
Invalda
6.3. Rights and obligations carried by the shares
6.3.1. Rights of the shareholders
The Company's shareholders have the following property and non-property rights:
1) to receive a part of the Company's profit (dividend);
2) to receive part of the Company's funds, when the Company's authorised capital is decreased, in order to pay the shareholders from the Company's funds;
3) to receive shares without payment if the authorised capital is increased out of the Company funds, except in cases provided for by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania;
4) to have the pre-emption right in acquiring shares or convertible debentures issued by the Company, except in cases when the General Meeting in the manner prescribed in the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania decides to withdraw the pre-emption right in acquiring the Company's newly issued shares or convertible debentures for all the shareholders;
5) to lend to the Company in the manner prescribed by laws;
6) to sell or otherwise transfer owned shares;
7) to receive a part of assets of the Company in liquidation;
8) other property rights established by law;
9) to attend the General Meetings;
10) to vote at General Meetings according to voting rights carried by their shares;
11) to receive information on the Company specified in the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania;
12) to file a claim with the court for reparation of damage resulting from nonfeasance or malfeasance by the Company's manager and Board members of their obligations prescribed by the Law on Companies and other laws of the Republic of Lithuania and the Company's Articles of Association as well as in other cases laid down by laws;
13) to submit the questions related to the agenda of General Meeting to the Company in advance;
14) to authorize natural or legal person to represent his interests in relations with the Company and other persons
15) other non-property rights established by law and the Company's Articles of Association.
6.3.2. Obligations of the shareholders
The shareholders have no property obligations to the Company, except for the obligation to pay up, in the established manner, all the shares subscribed for at their issue price.
If the General Meeting takes a decision to cover the losses of the Company from additional contributions made by the shareholders, the shareholders who voted "for" shall be obligated to pay the contributions. The shareholders who did not attend the General Meeting or voted against such a resolution shall have the right to refrain from paying additional contributions.
A shareholder shall repay the Company any dividend paid out in violation of the mandatory norms of the Law on Companies, if the Company proves that the shareholder knew or should have known thereof.
The shareholder shall be responsible for the notification of changes in the following data: personal number, address, phone number, and bank account number. If the shareholder fails to communicate the aforementioned details, provision of information by the known address or payment of money to the account indicated by the shareholder on the part of Invalda AB will be considered as proper execution by Invalda AB of its relevant obligation towards the shareholder.
7. Shareholders
There are no shareholders entitled to special rights of control.
Invalda AB has no knowledge of any restriction on voting rights or mutual agreements between the shareholders that might result in the restriction of transfer of the shares and (or) voting rights. There are no agreements to which the Issuer is a party and which would come into effect, be amended or terminated in case of change in the Issuer's control.
As of 31.12.2009 the total number of shareholders was 6,676 (as of 31.12.2008 it was 6,588).
Consolidated annual report of Invalda AB for 2009
Invalda
Table 7.1. Shareholders who held title to more than 5% of Invalda AB authorised capital and / or votes for the 31.12.2009
| Name of the shareholder or company | Number of shares held by the right of ownership, units | Share of the authorised capital held, % | Share of the votes, % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share of votes given by the shares held by the right of ownership | Indirectly held votes | Total (together with the persons acting in concert) | |||
| Mr. Vytautas Bucas | 9,585,803 | 22.52 | 22.52 | - | 32.59 |
| Mr. Darius Sulnis | 3,330,061 | 7.82 | 7.82 | 1.74 | |
| Mr. Darius Kaziunas | 213,294 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | |
| Ms. Dovile Kaziuniene | 380 | 0.001 | 0.001 | - | |
| Lucrum Investicija UAB, ent. code 300806471, Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius, Lithuania | 653,067 | 1.53 | 1.53 | 11.07 | 12.60 |
| Mr. Algirdas Bucas | 5,520,916 | 12.97 | 8.04 | - | 8.04 |
| Mr. Dailius Juozapas Miseikis¹ | 5,299,354 | 12.45 | 9.62 | - | 9.62 |
| Ms. Daiva Baniene | 1,836,234 | 4.31 | 4.31 | - | 10.06 |
| Mr. Alvydas Banys | 3,180,769 | 7.47 | 4.77 | - | |
| LJB Investments UAB, ent. code 300822575, P. Smugleviciaus str. 20, Vilnius | 418,144 | 0.98 | 0.98 | - |

Fig. 7.1. Votes as of 31.12.2009
On February 3, 2010 the share capital of Invalda AB was increased by 9 090 909 LTL, from 42 568 849 LTL to 51 659 758 LTL by issuing 9 090 909 ordinary registered 1 LTL nominal value shares. New shares were issued after conversion of 50 mln. LTL bonds issue.
Taking into consideration the previous, structure of largest shareholders of Invalda AB (as of 03.02.2010) is provided below.
¹ Due to the death of Dailius Juozapas Miseikis the shares will be inherited
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Table 7.2. Shareholders who held title to more than 5% of Invalda AB authorised capital and / or votes for the 03.02.2010
| Name of the shareholder or company | Number of shares held by the right of ownership, units | Share of the authorised capital held, % | Share of the votes, % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share of votes given by the shares held by the right of ownership | Indirectly held votes | Total (together with the persons acting in concert) | |||
| Mr. Vytautas Bucas | 9,585,803 | 18.56 | 18.56 | - | 26.85 |
| Mr. Darius Sulnis | 3,330,061 | 6.45 | 6.45 | 1.44 | |
| Mr. Darius Kaziunas | 213,294 | 0.41 | 0.41 | - | |
| Ms. Dovile Kaziuniene | 380 | 0.001 | 0.001 | - | |
| Lucrum Investicija UAB, ent. code 300806471, Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius, Lithuania | 653,067 | 1.26 | 1.26 | 9.12 | 10.38 |
| Mr. Algirdas Bucas | 5,520,916 | 10.69 | 6.63 | - | 6.63 |
| Mr. Dailius Juozapas Miseikis² | 14,390,263 | 27.86 | 25.52 | - | 25.52 |
| Ms. Daiva Baniene | 1,836,234 | 3.55 | 3.55 | - | 8.29 |
| Mr. Alvydas Banys | 3,180,769 | 6.16 | 3.93 | - | |
| LJB Investments UAB, ent. code 300822575, P. Smugleviciaus str. 20, Vilnius | 418,144 | 0.81 | 0.81 | - |

Fig. 7.2. Votes as of 03.02.2010
8. Information about the Issuer's own shares
Invalda AB, its subsidiaries and persons acting under the direction of Invalda AB and/or its subsidiaries but on their own behalf do not own shares of Invalda AB.
² Due to the death of Dailius Juozapas Miseikis the shares will be inherited
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9. Data on trading in securities of the Issuer and its group companies in the regulated markets
9.1. Trading in securities of the Issuer
Table 9.1.1. Main characteristics of Invalda AB shares admitted to trading
| ISIN code | LT0000102279 |
|---|---|
| Name | IVL1L |
| Exchange | NASDAQ OMX Vilnius |
| List | Baltic Main List (from 01.01.2008) |
| Listing date | 19.12.1995 |
| Share issue as of 31.12.2009, units | 42,568,849 |
| Share issue as of 03.02.2010, units | 51,659,758 |
| Nominal value, LTL | 1 |
| Total nominal value as of 31.12.2009, LTL | 42,568,849 |
| Total nominal value as of 03.02.2010, LTL | 51,659,758 |
Company uses no services of liquidity providers.
Table 9.1.2. Trading in Invalda AB shares
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, LTL | |||
| - open | 1,67 | 17.15 | 12.40 |
| - high | 3,71 | 17.34 | 20.29 |
| - low | 1,10 | 1.03 | 12.00 |
| - average | 1,95 | 9,47 | 15,80 |
| - last | 1,84 | 1.67 | 17.15 |
| Turnover, units | 7,273,279 | 4,973,647 | 5,085,097 |
| Turnover, LTL | 14,185,322 | 47,080,502 | 80,362,022 |
| Traded volume, units | 8,443 | 9,162 | 11,508 |
Table 9.1.3. Trading in the Company's shares, 2007-2009 (quarterly)
| Reporting period | Price, LTL | Turnover, LTL | Last trading date | Total turnover | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | low | last | high | low | last | units | LTL | ||
| 2007, 1stQ | 14.05 | 12.00 | 12.75 | 1,849,966 | 22,014 | 325,859 | 30.03.2007 | 1,551,078 | 20,587,158 |
| 2007, 2ndQ | 16.85 | 12.65 | 16.40 | 1,924,814 | 6,006 | 180,404 | 29.06.2007 | 1,384,470 | 20,085,926 |
| 2007, 3rdQ | 20.29 | 16.00 | 19.67 | 2,192,376 | 19,810 | 142,384 | 28.09.2007 | 1,380,783 | 25,916,362 |
| 2007, 4thQ | 19.70 | 16.03 | 17.15 | 788,329 | 5,321 | 143,020 | 28.12.2007 | 768,766 | 13,772,576 |
| 2008, 1stQ | 17.34 | 14.00 | 14.45 | 632,089 | 22,141 | 157,226 | 31.03.2008 | 616,706 | 9,284,477 |
| 2008, 2ndQ | 16.45 | 11.70 | 16.44 | 4,282,119 | 2,767 | 353,288 | 30.06.2008 | 1,035,248 | 13,988,062 |
| 2008, 3rdQ | 17.10 | 7.40 | 7.60 | 2,608,388 | 16,932 | 970,695 | 30.09.2008 | 1,342,266 | 17,101,194 |
| 2008, 4thQ | 8.70 | 1.03 | 1.67 | 1,044,988 | 6,285 | 25,880 | 30.12.2008 | 1,979,427 | 6,706,769 |
| 2009, 1stQ | 1.97 | 1.10 | 1.55 | 155,353 | 626 | 10,495 | 31.03.2009 | 825,996 | 1,383,886 |
| 2009, 2ndQ | 2.10 | 1.22 | 1.31 | 557,910 | 1,515 | 162,005 | 30.06.2009 | 1,907,207 | 2,887,135 |
| 2009, 3rdQ | 3.71 | 1.31 | 3.22 | 643,005 | 2,798 | 97,113 | 30.09.2009 | 2,948,823 | 6,506,123 |
| 2009, 4thQ | 3.22 | 1.73 | 1.84 | 313,461 | 2,522 | 55,876 | 30.12.2009 | 1,591,253 | 3,408,178 |
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Fig. 9.1.1. Turnover of Invalda AB shares, change of share price and indexes, 2007-2009
Table 9.1.4. Capitalisation
| Last trading date | Number of issued shares, units | Last price, LTL | Capitalisation, LTL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30.03.2007 | 45,008,376 | 12.75 | 573,856,794 |
| 29.06.2007 | 45,008,376 | 16.40 | 738,137,366 |
| 28.09.2007³ | 42,568,849 | 19.67 | 837,329,260 |
| 28.12.2007 | 42,568,849 | 17.15 | 730,055,760 |
| 31.03.2008 | 42,568,849 | 14.45 | 615,119,868 |
| 30.06.2008 | 42,568,849 | 16.44 | 699,831,878 |
| 30.09.2008 | 42,568,849 | 7.60 | 323,523,252 |
| 30.12.2008 | 42,568,849 | 1.67 | 71,089,978 |
| 31.03.2009 | 42,568,849 | 1.55 | 65,981,716 |
| 30.06.2009 | 42,568,849 | 1.31 | 55,765,192 |
| 30.09.2009 | 42,568,849 | 3.22 | 137,071,694 |
| 30.12.2009 | 42,568,849 | 1.84 | 78,326,682 |
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9.2. Trading in securities of the Issuer's group companies
Shares of Invalda AB group companies Sanitas AB and Vilniaus Baldai AB are admitted to trading in NASDAQ OMX Vilnius Main List.
9.2.1. Trading in shares of Sanitas AB
Table 9.2.1.1. Main characteristics of Sanitas AB shares admitted to trading
| ISIN code | LT0000106171 |
|---|---|
| Name | SAN1L |
| Exchange | NASDAQ OMX |
| List | Baltic Main List |
| Listing date | 13.09.1994 |
| Share issue, units | 31,105,920 |
| Nominal value, LTL | 1 |
| Total nominal value, LTL | 31,105,920 |
Table 9.2.1.2. Trading in Sanitas AB shares
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, LTL | |||
| - open | 8.69 | 29.90 | 13.60 |
| - high | 11.50 | 34.95 | 36.40 |
| - low | 6.10 | 7.00 | 13.00 |
| - last | 9.53 | 8.69 | 29.90 |
| Turnover, units | 1,477,584 | 1,267,264 | 3,204,531 |
| Turnover,mLTL | 12.34 | 27.69 | 63.75 |
| Capitalisation, mLTL | 29.44 | 270.31 | 930.07 |

Fig. 9.2.1. Turnover and share price of Sanitas AB, 2007-2009
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9.2.2. Trading in shares of Vilniaus Baldai AB
Table 9.2.2.1. Main characteristics of Vilniaus Baldai AB shares admitted to trading
| ISIN code | LT0000104267 |
|---|---|
| Name | VBL1L |
| Exchange | NASDAQ OMX Vilnius |
| List | Baltic Main List |
| Listing date | 05.06.2000 |
| Share issue, units | 3,886,267 |
| Nominal value, LTL | 4 |
| Total nominal value, LTL | 15,545,068 |
Table 9.2.2.2. Trading in Vilniaus Baldai AB shares
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, LTL | |||
| - open | 12.00 | 22.00 | 18.02 |
| - high | 11.00 | 23.00 | 25.00 |
| - low | 6.01 | 11.60 | 17.03 |
| - last | 9.00 | 12.00 | 22.00 |
| Turnover, units | 136,738 | 160,117 | 297,985 |
| Turnover, mLTL | 1.09 | 2.87 | 5,86 |
| Capitalisation, mLTL | 34.98 | 46.64 | 85,50 |

Fig. 9.2.2.1. Turnover and share price of Vilniaus Baldai AB, 2007-2009
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10. Dividends
The General Meeting of shareholders decides upon dividend payment and sets the amount of dividends. The Company pays out the dividends within 1 month after the day of adoption of the resolution on profit appropriation.
Persons have the right to receive dividends if they were shareholders of the Company at the end of the tenth day of the General Meeting that declared dividends.
According to the Law on Personal Income Tax and the Law on Corporate Income Tax, 20% tax (until 2009 it was 15%) is applied to the dividends. From 2009 permanent residents of the Republic of Lithuania from the received dividends pay 6% health insurance tax. The taxes are calculated, withdrawn and transferred (to the State) by the Company⁴.
The information about the dividends paid during the last 5 years is presented.
Dividends for 2008 were not allocated.
Table 10.1. Dividends
| Financial year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | |
| Ordinary shareholder’s meeting date | 30.04.2009 | 30.04.2008 | 11.05.2007 | 28.04.2006 | 28.04.2005 |
| Ex-dividend date⁵ | 28.04.2009 | 28.04.2008 | 09.05.2007 | 26.04.2006 | 26.04.2005 |
| Total sum of dividends, LTL | - | 12,770,655 | 11,252,094 | 8,346,932 | 6,062,601 |
| Dividends per share, LTL | - | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.15 |
| Net dividends per share (15% of Personal Income tax or Corporate Income tax is withdrawn), LTL | - | 0.255 | 0.2125 | 0.17 | 0.1275 |
| Share of nominal value, % | - | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 |
| Dividend yield (dividend per share / share price for the last day of the period), % | - | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| Dividend payment rate (total sum of the dividends / net profit) | - | 0.15 | 0.39 | 0.87 | 0.31 |
⁴ This information should not be treated as tax consultation.
⁵ The ownership right to the shares acquired through Automatically Matched trades is transferred on the 3rd day after conclusion of the transaction.
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III. ISSUER'S MANAGING BODIES
11. Structure, authorities, the procedure for appointment and replacement
The governing bodies of Invalda AB are: the General Meeting of Shareholders, sole governing body – the President, and a collegial governing body – the Board. The Supervisory Board is not formed.

11.1. General Meeting
Persons who were shareholders of the Company at the close of the accounting day of the meeting (the 5th working day before the General Meeting) shall have the right to attend and vote at the General Meeting in person, unless otherwise provided for by laws, or may authorise other persons to vote for them as proxies or may conclude an agreement on the disposal of the voting right with third parties. The shareholder's right to attend the General Meeting of Shareholders shall also cover the right to speak and to enquire.
A General Meeting may take decisions and shall be held valid if attended by the shareholders who hold the shares carrying not less than ½ of all votes. After the presence of a quorum has been established, the quorum shall be deemed to be present throughout the Meeting. If a quorum is not present, the General Meeting shall be considered invalid and a repeat General Meeting must be convened, which shall be authorised to take decisions only on the issues on the agenda of the meeting that has not been held and to which the quorum requirement shall not apply.
An Annual General Meeting must be held every year at least within 4 months from the close of the financial year.
The General Meeting shall have the exclusive right to:
- amend the Articles of Association of the Company, unless otherwise provided for by the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania;
- to change the company's office;
- elect the members of the Board;
- remove the Board or its members;
- select and remove the firm of auditors, set the conditions for auditor remuneration;
- determine the class, number, nominal value and the minimum issue price of the shares issued by the Company;
- take a decision regarding conversion of shares of one class into shares of another class, approve share conversion procedure;
- approve the set of annual financial statements;
- take a decision on profit/loss appropriation;
- take a decision on the formation, use, reduction and liquidation of reserves;
- take a decision on the issue convertible debentures;
- take a decision on withdrawal for all the shareholders the right of pre-emption in acquiring the company's shares or convertible debentures of a specific issue;
- take a decision on increase of the authorised capital;
- take a decision on reduction of the authorised capital, except where otherwise provided for by the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania;
- take a decision for the company to purchase own shares;
- take a decision on the reorganisation or split-off of the company and approve the terms of reorganisation or split-off;
- take a decision on transformation of the Company;
- take a decision on restructuring of the Company;
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- take a decision on liquidation of the company, cancellation of the liquidation of the company, except where otherwise provided by the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania;
- elect and remove from office the liquidator of the company, except where otherwise provided by the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania.
The General Meeting of Shareholders may also decide on other matters assigned within the scope of its powers by the Articles of Association of the company, unless these have been assigned under the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania within the scope of powers of other organs of the company and provided that, in their essence, these are not the functions of the management organs
11.2. The Board
The Board shall continue in office for the 4 year period or until a new Board is elected and commences its activities, but not longer than until the Annual General Meeting to be held during the final year of its term of office. If individual members of the Board are elected, they shall serve only until the expiry of the term of office of the current Board.
The Board or its members shall commence their activities after the close of the General Meeting which elected the Board or its members. Where the Articles of Association of the company are amended due to the increase in the number of its members, newly elected members of the Board may commence their activities solely from the date of registration of the amended Articles of Association. The Board shall elect the chairman of the Board from among its members.
The General Meeting may remove from office the entire Board or its individual members before the expiry of their term of office. A member of the Board may resign from office prior to the expiry of his term of office upon giving a written notice thereof to the company at least 14 days in advance.
The Board shall have all authorities provided for in the Articles of Association of the company as well as those assigned to the Board by the laws. The activities of the Board shall be based on collegial consideration of issues and decision-making as well as shared responsibility to the General Meeting for the consequences of the decisions made. Striving for as big benefit for the company and shareholders as possible and in order to ensure the integrity and transparency of the control system, the Board closely cooperates with the Manager of the company. The working procedure of the Board shall be laid down in the rules of procedure of the Board adopted by it.
The Board shall consider and approve:
- the operating strategy of the company;
- the annual report of the company;
- the management structure of the company and the positions of the employees;
- the positions to which employees are recruited through competition;
- regulations of branches and representative offices of the company.
The Board shall elect and remove from office the Manager of the company, fix his salary and set other terms of the employment contract, approve his job description, provide incentives for and impose penalties against him. The Board shall be responsible for the effective supervision of the activities of the Manager of the company.
The Board shall determine which information shall be considered to be the company's commercial secret and confidential information. Any information which must be publicly available under the laws may not be considered to be the commercial secret and confidential information.
The Board shall take the following decisions:
- for the company to become an incorporator or a member of other legal entities;
- to open branches and representative offices of the company;
- to invest, dispose of or lease the fixed assets the book value whereof exceeds 1/20 of the authorised capital of the company (calculated individually for every type of transaction);
- to pledge or mortgage the fixed assets the book value whereof exceeds 1/20 of the authorised capital of the company (calculated for the total amount of transactions);
- to offer surety or guarantee for the discharge of obligations of third parties the amount whereof exceeds 1/20 of the authorised capital of the Company;
- to acquire the fixed assets the price whereof exceeds 1/20 of the authorised capital of the company;
- to restructure the company in the cases laid down by the Law on Restructuring of Enterprises;
- other decisions assigned to the scope of powers of the Board by the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania, Articles of Association or the decisions of the General Meeting.
Before adopting the decision on investment of funds or other assets in another legal entity, the Board must notify thereof the creditors wherewith the company failed to settle within the prescribed time limit, if the
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aggregate amount of arrears to these creditors to these creditors exceeds 1/20 of the authorised capital of the company.
The Board shall analyse and evaluate the information submitted by the Manager of the company on:
- the implementation of the operating strategy of the company;
- the organisation of the activities of the company;
- the financial status of the company;
- the results of business activities, income and expenditure estimates, the stocktaking data and other accounting data of changes in the assets.
The Board shall analyse and assess a set of company's and consolidated annual financial statements and draft of profit/loss appropriation and shall submit them to the General Meeting together with the annual report of the company.
It shall be the duty of the Board to convene and organise the General Meetings in due time.
Members of the Board must keep commercial secrets of the company and confidential information which they obtained while holding the office of members of the Board.
11.3. The President
The manager of the company (the President) shall be elected and removed from office by the Board which shall also fix his salary, approve his job description, provide incentives and impose penalties. An employment contract shall be concluded with the President. The President shall assume office after the election, unless otherwise provided for in the contract concluded with him. If the Board adopts a decision on his removal from office, the employment contract therewith shall be terminated.
In his activities, the President shall be guided by laws and other legal acts, the Articles of Association of the company, decisions of the General Meeting and the Board, his job description. The President is accountable to the Board.
The President shall organise daily activities of the company, hire and dismiss employees, conclude and terminate employment contracts therewith, provide incentives and impose penalties.
The President shall act on behalf of the Company and shall be entitled to enter into transactions at his own discretion. The President may conclude the transactions to invest, dispose of or lease the fixed assets the book value whereof exceeds 1/20 of the authorised capital of the Company (calculated individually for every type of transaction), to pledge or mortgage the fixed assets the book value whereof exceeds 1/20 of the authorised capital of the Company (calculated for the total amount of transactions), to offer surety or guarantee for the discharge of obligations of third parties the amount whereof exceeds 1/20 of the authorised capital of the Company, to acquire the fixed assets the price whereof exceeds 1/20 of the authorised capital of the Company, provided there is a decision of the Board to enter into these transactions.
The President shall be responsible for:
- organisation of activities and the implementation of purposes of the company;
- drawing up of the set of annual financial statements and drafting of the annual report of the company;
- conclusion of a contract with a firm of auditors;
- submission of information and documents to the General Meeting and the Board;
- submission of documents and particulars of the company to the manager of the Register of Legal Entities;
- submission of the documents to the Securities Commission and the Central Securities Depository of Lithuania;
- publication of the information referred to in the legal acts;
- submission of information to shareholders;
- performance of other duties laid down in the laws and legal acts as well as in the Articles of Association and the job regulations of the President.
The President must keep commercial secrets and confidential information of the company which he learned while holding this office.
12. Information about members of the Board, CFO and the Audit Committee of the Company
12.1. Information about the Board Members and CFO
The Board of Invalda AB was elected by the General meeting of shareholders on 12.01.2006. The Board started its activity on 01.02.2006 as amended Articles of Associations were registered in the Register of Legal Entities. The Board is elected for the term of office of 4 years.
During the Ordinary General Meeting of 2010 the Board should be elected for the new 4 years term of office.
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Information about the management of the Company:

Chairman of the Board
Vytautas Bucas (1968)
Educational background and qualifications
1993, Vilnius University, Faculty of Economics
Since 2002 member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK
Since 1996 member of Lithuanian Chamber of Audit
Job experience
Since May 2007 chairman of the Board, Invalda AB
Since 2006 advisor, member of the Board, Invalda AB
2000-2006 member of the Board, executive vice president, CFO, Head of IT department, SEB Vilniaus Bankas AB
1992-2000 senior manager, manager, senior auditor, Arthur Andersen
Owned amount of Invalda AB shares
9,585,803 units of shares and votes
Participation in other companies
| Name of the company or organization | Duties | Start date |
|---|---|---|
| Invalda AB | Board member/ Chairman of the Board | Since 02 2006 / 05 2007 |
| Tiltra Group AB | Chairman of the Supervisory Board | Since 06 2008 |
| Invaldos Nekilnojamo Turto Fondas UAB | Chairman of the Board | Since 06 2007 |
| Vilniaus Baldai AB | Chairman of the Board | Since 04 2007 |
| Invalda Service UAB | Board member | Since 03 2010 |

Member of the Board, president
Darius Sulnis (1971)
Educational background and qualifications
1993, Vilnius University, Faculty of Economics
Financial broker's license (general) No. A109
Job experience
Since 2006 president, member of the Board, Invalda AB
2002-2006 director, Invalda Real Estate UAB
1994-2002 director, FBC Finasta AB
Owned amount of Invalda AB shares
3,330,061 units of shares, 4,071,762 units of votes (741,701 votes are left to Darius Sulnis after the shares were transferred)
Participation in other companies
| Name of the company or organization | Duties | Start date |
|---|---|---|
| Invalda AB | Board member | Since 02 2006 |
| Tiltra Group AB | Supervisory board member | Since 06 2008 |
| Invaldos Nekilnojamo Turto Fondas AB | Board member | Since 06 2007 |
| Umega AB | Board member | Since 04 2007 |
| Vilniaus Baldai AB | Board member | Since 04 2007 |
| Sanitas AB | Board member | Since 05 2006 |
| Burusala SIA | Chairman of the supervisory board | Since 05 2006 |
| DOMMO SIA | Chairman of the supervisory board | Since 12 2005 |
Owned shares and votes of other companies:
| Company | Portion of share capital | Portion of votes |
|---|---|---|
| Golfas UAB | 31 % | 31 % |
| Lucrum Investicija UAB | 100 % | - |
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Since 10.07.2008 Board member Dalius Kaziūnas (1976)
Educational background and qualifications
2000, Vilnius university, Faculty of Economics
Financial broker's license (trader) No. P022
Job experience
Since February 2008 Invalda advisor, July 2008 – Board member
2008 - 2009 Bank Finasta AB general manager
1996-2008 FBC Finasta AB director (since 2002), financial broker, assistant to the financial broker
Owned amount of Invalda AB shares
213,294 units of shares and votes
Participation in other companies
| Name of the company or organization | Duties | Start date |
|---|---|---|
| Invalda AB | Board member | Since 07 2008 |
| Ineturas UAB | Board member | Since 10 2009 |
| Invalda Service UAB | Board member | Since 03 2010 |

CFO Raimondas Rajeckas (1977)
Educational background
2001, Vilnius University, Faculty of Economics
Job experience
Since 2006 CFO, Invalda AB
2001-2006 CFO, Valmeda AB
2000-2001 CFO, Galincius AB
2000-2001 CFO, Invaldos Marketingas UAB (current name Invaldos Nekilnojamojo Turto Valdymas UAB)
2000-2002 accountant, Gildeta AB
1998-2000 accountant, Invalda AB
Owned amount of Invalda AB shares
Participation in other companies
Invaldos Nekilnojamojo Turto Fondas, member of the Board
Vilniaus Baldai AB, member of the Board
Aktyvo UAB, director
Investiciju Tinklas UAB, director
VOLO UAB, director
FORTINA UAB, director
Aktyvus valdymas UAB, director
Finansų Rizikos Valdymas UAB, director
ENTE UAB, director
Iniciatyvos Fondas, director
12.2. Information about the Audit Committee of the Company
The Audit Committee consists of 2 members, one of which is independent. The members of the Audit Committee are elected by the General Shareholders' Meeting. The main functions of the Audit Committee should be the following:
- provide recommendations to the Board of the Company with selection, appointment, reappointment and removal of an external audit company as well as the terms and conditions of engagement with the audit company;
- monitor the process of external audit;
- monitor how the external auditor and audit company follow the principles of independence and objectivity;
- observe the process of preparation of financial reports of the Company;
- monitor the efficiency of the internal control and risk management systems of the Company. Once a year review the need of the internal audit function.
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The Audit Committee members were appointed at the extraordinary General Meeting of Invalda that took place on November 14, 2008. Regulations of the Formation and Activity of the Audit Committee of Invalda AB were approved at the above-mentioned shareholders meeting and were changed by shareholders on 30 November, 2009.
Information about members of the Audit Committee:
Tomas Bubinas
(independent member of the Audit Committee)
Educational background and qualifications
2007, IAA (the Institute of Internal Auditors), United States, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA);
2004-2005, BMI (Baltic Management Institute); international EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration) program;
1997-2000, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK), Chartered Certified Accountant, currently fellow member (FCCA);
1997, Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors, Professional auditor qualification ;
1993, Vilnius University, Faculty of Economics.
Job experience
Since 2002, SICOR Biotech UAB / TEVA Baltic, CFO
1999 – 2002 PricewaterhouseCoopers, Senior Manager
1997 – 1999 Coopers&Lybrand (UK), Supervisor/Manager
1994 – 1997 Coopers&Lybrand, Senior auditor
1993 – 1994 Pando aps. (Denmark) Assistant-consultant
Owned amount of Invalda AB shares
Danute Kadanaite
Educational background
2004 – 2006, Mykolas Romeris university, faculty of Law;
2000 – 2004, Law university, faculty of Public administration;
1997, International school of management;
Job experience
Since 2009 Legisperitus UAB, lawyer
2002 - 2009 FBC Finasta, lawyer;
1999 – 2002 office of lawyer Arturas Sukevicius, administrator;
1994 – 1999 FBC Apyvarta, law consultant
Owned amount of Invalda AB shares
- Information on the amounts calculated by the Issuer, other assets transferred and guarantees granted to the Board members and CFO
The remunerations of the Management members who are directly elected by the General Meeting of shareholders and who have concluded employment contracts with the Company are only fixed. The Company doesn't have a policy concerning payment of a variable portion of the remuneration to the Management members.
A fixed portion of the remuneration is determined in employment contracts. All members of the Board are Company's employees, and remuneration to them is paid as for the Companies employees.
During 2009 the Board members didn't receive dividends from the Company; there were no assets transferred, no guarantees granted, no bonuses paid, and no special payouts made for the Company's managers.
Table 13.1. Information about calculated remuneration to Invalda AB managers for 2009
| Calculated remuneration, tLTL | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2008 | |
| For members of the Board | 741 | 711 |
| For each member of the Board (average per month) | 22 | 24 |
| For members of administration (President and CFO) | 323 | 359 |
| For each member of administration (average per month) | 14 | 15 |
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IV. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER'S AND ITS GROUP COMPANIES' ACTIVITY
14. An objective review of the Issuer's and its group companies position, their performance and business development
14.1. Goals, philosophy and management principles
Invalda AB is a company which actively manages its investments and the largest part of assets allocates in Poland and Lithuania. Shares of Invalda are listed on Baltic Main list of NASDAQ OMX Vilnius. Presently the main investments are: Sanitas in the pharmacy sector, Kauno Tiltai and Tiltra Group in the road and bridge construction sector, Vilniaus Baldai in the furniture manufacturing sector, Baltic Amadeus Infrastrukturous Paslaugos in the IT sector, Invalda Nekilnojamojo Turto Fondas in the real estate sector.
The company strives to ensure long-term financial return for its shareholders maintaining a low grade of risk, and implements its plans observing ethical standards and traditional values. Invalda AB endeavors to be a reliable and stable company valued by its customers, shareholders, and employees.
Invalda's activity is to invest into prospective businesses or assets in the Baltic countries and Poland. However, there are also undertaken possibilities of investing in other countries if this helps to achieve the strategic goals.
Investment philosophy
We are value investors. We invest in competitive businesses that have the potential to successfully expand organically, consolidate fragmented markets or present other opportunities for value realization, when provided additional capital and/or managerial resources.
Active management
Usually Invalda tries to obtain control or gain significant influence in businesses it invests. Invalda sets priorities to its businesses, contributes to creation and monitors implementation of their strategies. Nevertheless, we are investors, not managers. Daily operations are run by experienced professionals. We ourselves actively participate in dealing with strategic issues – with those that have direct influence on the value of the companies.
Long term view
We try to realize as much of the investment potential of investees as possible. We usually have a long-term view on the businesses we invest in, and therefore we typically do not have an exit horizon. We seek to maximize the long term value of our investments. Before a decision to exit an investment, it is first made sure that the business is attractive to potential investors, and that it is prepared for the sale.
Invalda AB follows these principles:
- Competitiveness - every single business of the Group should be competitive and should have the best self-driven managers. The managers should be able to develop a clear vision of the business they head and they should be capable to build a strong team. They should be keen on implementing ambitious goals.
- Independence - the Group's companies are not dependent on each other or and can operate independently.
- Risk diversification - Invalda AB usually does not act as a risk guarantor nor takes responsibility for separate businesses. The Group's companies do not act as risk guarantors nor do they take responsibility for other companies of the Group.
- Transparency - Invalda AB discloses all significant information to its shareholders, except for information that should be kept confidential due to responsibilities to third parties and/or when disclosure of such information could result in adverse effects on the activities of the Company and/or The Group's companies and/or might negatively affect their ability to compete.
- Non - competition - managers of companies of the Group are not engaged in activities that could be regarded as competition with the Group and/or The Company.
14.2. Operational environment
Economic slump of 2008 was followed by a record contraction in economic activity in 2009 in Lithuania. According to preliminary data, gross domestic product (GDP) of Lithuania in 2009 was 15% lower than the year before. Similar contractions were observed in neighboring Latvia and Estonia. Fortunately, despite the global slowdown in economic activity, the economy of Poland expanded. A significant part of activities of main businesses of Invalda take place in Poland.
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Table 14.2.1. Forecasted GDP change (percent)
| Annual GDP change (proc.) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 forecast | 2011 forecast | |
| The World | 3.0 | -0.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| USA | 0.4 | -2.4 | 3.4 | 2.2 |
| Euro zone | 0.5 | -3.9 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Japan | -1.2 | -5.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| United Kingdom | 0.5 | -4.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| China | 9.6 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 9.0 |
| Poland | 4.9 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| Russia | 5.9 | -7.9 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| Ukraine | 2.1 | -15.0 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| Baltic countries | -1.0 | -15.9 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| Lithuania | 2.8 | -15.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
Source: SEB Bank
Economic contraction had a negative effect on both the exporting companies and on those concentrated on domestic consumption. Companies were forced to reduce expenses, fire employees and search for other ways to maintain competitiveness.
Due to change in banks' risk perception of the Baltic markets, banks started taking a more conservative financing policy here by reducing loan portfolio and by being more selective when providing new loans in the three countries. This had an extremely negative effect on those companies that extensively used leverage during the economic upturn.
Due to a more conservative financing policy of banks, and due to the fact that performance of companies not only deteriorated, but also became extremely difficult to predict, there was stagnation in the market of mergers and acquisitions.
Then again, the stock markets, which are usually a leading indicator of recovery, were bullish in 2009. This leads to believe that there might be an economic recovery in 2010-2011. This is in line with predictions of most analysts.
14.3. Significant events and tasks accomplished in 2009
The Company
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Finalisation of sale of block of shares of Sanitas for 103.58 mLTL. In January, 2009, Invalda AB completed a transaction whereby it sold 6 314 502 shares, i.e. 20.3 % of the share capital, of AB Sanitas to Baltic Pharma Limited, an investment vehicle for funds managed by Citi Venture Capital International (CVCI). The transaction was implemented in two stages: (a) 1 555 296 Sanitas shares, 5% of share capital, were transferred for LTL 25.51 mln on October 28, 2008. (b) Upon fulfillment of all necessary conditions precedent on January 12, 2009, the balance of 4 759 206 shares (15.3%) were transferred for LTL 78.01 mln. As per the terms of the agreement with Baltic Pharma Limited, the price paid for the shares and the number of shares transferred, may be adjusted upon a future sale of the shares by Baltic Pharma Limited, depending on the price received by the latter from such sale.
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Sale of Finasta group for 45.75 mLTL. On March 31, 2009 the Management Board of Invalda AB approved entering into the contract with the Bank Snoras AB regarding the sale of 100% shares of Bank Finasta AB, FBC Finasta, asset management companies Invalda Turto Valdymas and Invalda Asset Management Latvia, as well as Finasta Imoniu Finansai AB. The deal was closed in September, 2009.
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Businesses were reorganized to operate efficiently and generates profitable cash flows. When the economic changed all main businesses of Invalda group strived to increase efficiency and decrease costs. After reorganisations businesses don't require shareholders' support, generate positive cash flows and are ready to operate independently/
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Liabilities of AB Invalda were significantly reduced (by 105 mLTL for The Company and by 188 mLTL for The Group). The reduction in liabilities took place after completion of sale of Sanitas block of shares and after selling Finasta Group.
The Group
Pharmacy sector
In the pharmacy sector Invalda invested into Sanitas AB which manufactures and sells various generic medicine (injectables, tablets, capsules and ointments). Sanitas controls pharmacy company Jelfa in Poland and HBM Pharma (former name Hoechst Biotika) in Slovakia. Sanitas group is engaged in contract manufacturing and sales of own production in Poland, Russia, Latvia, Germany, Slovakia and Lithuania.
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Table 14.3.1. Sales of Sanitas Group
| thousand LTL | Own product sales | Contract manufacturing sales | Total sales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |
| Poland | 150,554 | 212,361 | 2,864 | 2,304 | 153,418 | 214,665 |
| Russia | 47,162 | 44,082 | - | - | 47,162 | 44,802 |
| Latvia | 482 | 612 | 22,902 | 29,091 | 23,384 | 29,703 |
| Slovakia | 5,373 | 2,661 | 17,530 | 15,773 | 22,903 | 18,434 |
| Germany | - | - | 22,332 | 19,355 | 22,332 | 19,355 |
| Lithuania | 12,939 | 17,186 | 115 | - | 13,054 | 17,186 |
| Ukraine | 7,997 | 6,184 | - | - | 7,997 | 6,184 |
| Check Republic | 6,588 | 4,232 | 1,174 | 1,908 | 7,762 | 6,140 |
| Hungary | 3,513 | 4,528 | 2,179 | 3,002 | 5,692 | 7,530 |
| Georgia | 5,443 | 5,771 | - | - | 5,443 | 5,771 |
| Bulgaria | 3,184 | 3,201 | - | - | 3,184 | 3,201 |
| Vietnam | 2,974 | 1,962 | - | - | 2,974 | 1,962 |
| Kazakhstan | 2,682 | 3,193 | - | - | 2,682 | 3,193 |
| Belorussia | 1,618 | 2,377 | - | - | 1,618 | 2,377 |
| Switzerland | - | - | 1,425 | 572 | 1,425 | 572 |
| Moldova | 466 | 886 | - | - | 466 | 886 |
| Uzbekistan | 406 | 608 | - | - | 406 | 608 |
| Kirgizia | 237 | 188 | - | - | 237 | 188 |
| Great Britain | - | - | 221 | 204 | 221 | 204 |
| USA | - | - | 169 | - | 169 | - |
| Other countries | 73 | 194 | 147 | 77 | 220 | 271 |
| Total | 251,691 | 310,226 | 71,058 | 72,286 | 322,749 | 382,512 |
The decline of own products sales' in Poland was the main reason for the decrease of Sanitas group sales in 2009. During the first quarter of 2009 sales of own products in Poland decreased by 48% in comparison to the same period of 2008 because the group discontinued sales of non-harmonized products in this market. Moreover, the impact on sales made Polish zloty and Euro (Litas) currency change and distributors reducing stocks in the channel.
In Russia the group paid a lot of attention to manage account receivable. At the beginning of 2009 the group stopped all shipments to Russian customers that had overdue accounts payable to Sanitas group companies. During the first quarter Group collected most of its overdue accounts receivable from Russian customers. Shipments were renewed in March only to financially sound customers that fully settled their accounts payable with the Group, therefore sales to Russia were increased.
The concentration on the therapeutic areas of dermatology, ophthalmology, diabetology, urology and hospital injectables in 2009 continued. 4 dossiers were acquired in order to strengthen the product portfolio in these therapeutic areas. 15 own developments in the field of dermatology and hospital injectables were progressing. 3 out of those 15 were filed till the end of 2009 and 8 will be filed till the end of 2010. It is planned to invest into 10 new product dossiers in order to ensure constant flow of new product launches in the core countries of Sanitas Group in 2010.
Sanitas Group received 108 approvals for marketing authorizations in 2009 (38 approvals in 2008), it is planned to file more than 190 new applications in 2010.
Licensing – out activities were started for products coming out of own developments in 2009, it is planned to continue this new business activity in future. Moreover, Sanitas group significantly reduced financial liabilities.
In 2009 Sanitas group strived to decrease operational costs and to register new products in the market. 42 new products were registered.
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Table 14.3.2. Results of Pharmacy Sector
| million LTL | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 322.7 | 382.5 | 335.4 |
| EBITDA | 74.3 | 90.5 | 105.4 |
| Net result | 17.8 | -1.9 | 37.3 |
| Part of net result attributable to the shareholders of Invalda | 4.7 | 0 | 13.2 |
Road and bridge construction sector
Investments in road and bridge construction sectors include ownership stakes in AB Kauno Tiltai AB (43.36%) and Tiltra Group AB (44.78%).
Due to Government's policy of cost cutting, there was a significant decrease in financing of road and bridge construction and maintenance in Lithuania. For this reason the results of 2009 of Kauno Tiltai group companies were worse than a year ago. In respect to difficult market situation, road and bridge construction companies were actively cutting costs.
Table 14.3.3. Results of road and bridge construction sector*
| million LTL | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 474.5 | 638.3 | 253.7 |
| Net profit | 30.5 | 46.6 | 13.1 |
| Part of net result attributable to the shareholders of Invalda | 13.3 | 18.7 | 5.7 |
- Results of Kauno Tiltai and Tiltra Group are provided. Poldim, which was acquired in December 2009 will be consolidated from 2010
The scope of road and bridge construction market in Lithuania was around 1 billion litas in 2009. Possibilities to expand in this market are limited, therefore a decision was made to start expansion in other segments in Lithuania – construction of railways and harbor infrastructure development.
Expansion in Polish road and bridge construction market, size of which was around 20 billion zloty last year, was the number one priority last year. Kauno Tiltai group controlled companies in the Bialystok district in Poland.
The expansion in Poland last year includes acquisition of 71% stake in road and bridge construction company Poldim through an SPV of Tiltra Group. This allowed expanding the geography of activities in Poland. The consolidation of Poldim financials will take place starting from financial year 2010. Due to negative goodwill (9.5 million litas) from the acquisition, Tiltra Group consolidated result for the year 2009 was positive.
Table 14.3.4. Poldim group results*** consolidated according to local accounting standards
| million PLN | 2007/2008 | 2008/2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 428.9 | 598.9 |
| Net profit | 15.2 | 11.7 |
*** Poldim financial year starts on 1st of April
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Picture 14.3.1. Road and bridge construction companies' activity regions
Main goals for 2010 will remain the same: expansion in Poland, integration of acquired entities into the group, and increasing operational effectiveness of group companies.
Real estate sector
Due to completion of projects that were started prior to economic slump, supply of commercial real estate increased by some 15% this year in Lithuania. Demand, on the other hand, decreased further: vacancy rates of A and B class buildings almost doubled in contrast to the year before. Due to increasing imbalance in supply and demand, commercial real estate market saw a further drop in rental prices and value of commercial real estate. In addition, values of commercial real estate were decreasing further. Yet, due to the fact that potential buyers were mostly searching for high-yield objects, while prospective sellers were redundant to sell objects, rental cash flow of which was enough to service bank loans, there were no major commercial real estate deals in 2009 in Lithuania.
Values of residential real estate were decreasing further. The decrease was 30%-40%. The highest drop was seen by the most expensive apartments (located in city center) and those with the highest supply (old apartments located in residential area).
Rental income of Invalda AB real estate sector was not significantly negatively affected. This was mostly due to the fact that presence of long term contracts and active communication with the tenants made it possible to maintain vacancy rates which were lower than that in the market. This effect softened the drop in rental prices.
Invalda group companies did not enter in any major sales of commercial real estate objects in 2009.
There were a number of sales of flats in residential objects located in Vilnius and Kaunas, development of which is already completed. Income from residential real estate segment was lower than a year before due to both a drop in the number of deals and a decrease in prices.
Due to a difficult condition of the real estate market, a decision was made to withdraw from projects further participation in which became economically unreasonable. Therefore, major part of investments in projects was development was seized, where written-down to zero. Therefore, no further losses from them are expected, since Invalda usually doesn't provide any guarantees for any of the liabilities of real estate sector companies.
Operational companies of the sector - Invalda Nekilnojamojo Turto Valdymas, Inreal and Invalda Service - were cutting costs in 2009 and were trying to adjust to the market conditions. In 2009 facilities management company Invalda Service laid the foundations for the attraction of external clients.
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Table 14.3.5. Results of real estate sector
| million LTL | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 m. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value of owned real estate* | 253.1 | 325.1 | 451.7 |
| Loans from credit institutions* | 145.2 | 159.6 | 248.5 |
| Rent income | 20.5 | 24.9 | 21.7 |
| Allowance | (38.4) | (29.0) | (1.1) |
| Valuation gain (loss) | (72.3) | (42.6) | 62.9 |
| Net result | (116.7) | (98.1) | 52.8 |
- Excluding investments that were sold on 31 March 2010 and impaired until nil in financial statements as at 31 December 2009.
Furniture manufacturing sector
In the furniture manufacturing sector Invalda controls Vilniaus Baldai AB. This company produces flat-pack furniture and sells almost all production to the Swedish concern IKEA. Vilniaus Baldai for the mass production manufactures furniture from particle board. Due to used BOF (board on frame) technology the furniture is lightweight.
The main results of Inter IKEA Systems B.V., the owner and franchisor of IKEA, are presented in the table.
Table 14.3.6. Main results of IKEA
| 2009 m. | 2008 m. | 2007 m. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover of all IKEA stories, billion LTL | 78.4 | 77.7 | 71.4 |
| All IKEA stories | 301 | 285 | 260 |
Source: Inter IKEA Systems B.V. http://franchisor.ikea.com
In 2009 Vilniaus Baldai continued previous reorganisations in order to decrease costs, increase production efficiency and to increase orders. Due to reorganisation of processes in 2009 efficiency increased by 35% and production per one employee was approximately 385 thousand LTL. In 2009 the company corrected organizational structure striving to organise management levels and clearly determine functions and responsibilities of departments. Activity results were also influenced by the cheapened raw materials.
Besides the abovementioned results were influenced by the sale of 25% of Giriu Bizonas shares. During period 2008 January - December in the net profit of Vilniaus Baldai was recognized 16.375 million LTL profit from financial - investment activities' sale and loss of 6.07 million LTL using equity method for the shares Giriu Bizonas UAB. July 2, 2009 Vilniaus Baldai signed the agreement of Giriu Bizonas' share price correction as it was provided in the share purchase - sale agreement. Therefore loss of 1.1 million LTL is recognized in the result of 2009.
In 2009 Vilniaus Baldai showed the best in the company's history net profit result. Dependence on one client continues to be the main risk in the company. In 2009 Vilniaus Baldai sold to IKEA 99% of total sales (99% in 2008, 95% in 2007, 81.5% in 2006).
Table 14.3.7. Results of furniture manufacturing sector
| million LTL | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 149 | 137.5 | 151.4 |
| EBITDA | 27 | 8.5 | 17.3 |
| Net result | 15.6 | 7.6* | 2.1 |
- Considering the share of loss from Giriu Bizonas of 6 mLTL (which was accounted using equity method) and 16.4 mLTL profit from sale of these shares.
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IT sector
Lithuanian information technology (IT) sector also suffered from the economic downturn. Contraction in IT spending took place both in public and private sectors. Decline in demand in the retail sector made some of the major retailers go bankrupt. Besides the lower demand, IT sector companies also faced working capital problems. This was due to reduction and/or elimination of trade credit insurance that made wholesalers to assess the risks more thoroughly.
IT sector companies of Invalda managed to undergo the economic slump with more ease than the rest of the market. This was mainly because the largest Invalda IT sector company Baltic Amadeus Infrastrukturoes Paslaugos (BAIP) concentrated on major clients of public and private sector. Business volumes of BAIP increased: gross profit was 4% higher than in 2008 and reached 6.97 million litas. EBITDA increased to 1.8 mLt (+40% compared to the year before). BAIP operates in the professional service sector. This sector requires specific know-how and especially high competence.
In the second half-year of 2008 BAIP expanded its service portfolio by providing new specialized services suited for "lower-IT-budget" clients' needs. Special attention was paid to critical infrastructure maintenance services. BAIP in association with world-renowned independent infrastructure consulting and service company Glasshouse, created a methodology of providing services of implementation of critical infrastructure.
In 2009 BAIP was nominated as the most progressive service sector company by Lithuanian Knowledge Economy Forum.
In 2009 BAIP became Dell authorized service provider in Lithuania, VMware Enterprise Partner, NetApp golden partner. In addition, the company acquired environment management certificate ISO 14001.
The growing demand of cost optimization needs lead BAIP to expand the copying and printing optimization service CopyPrin". By centralizing and outsourcing maintenance of hardware, companies can save up to 20-30% of their current IT costs, associated with these functions. This service is provided to the biggest retail chain Maxima and to the biggest mobile service provider Omnitel.
Invalda IT sector financials are provided in the table below. Turnover and gross profit decrease was caused by the overall IT market reduction and especially by the drop in demand for personal computers.
Table 14.3.8. IT sector
| million LTL | 2009 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 25.5 | 29.1 |
| Gross profit (loss) | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| EBITDA before probable stock options payments | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Net profit (loss) | (1.6) | (1.1) |
| Loans from credit institutions | 3.5 | 0 |
More information about services and activity is provided on the web page www.baip.lt.
Other companies
Other larger companies in which Invalda has blocks of shares finished 2009 with losses. Road signs and solid oak furniture producer Kelio Zenklai (Invalda owns 100%) and metal items producer Umega (Invalda owns 19.4%) suffered losses. The main reason for this was sales' decrease.
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- Analysis of financial and non-financial performance and information relating to environmental and employee matters
15.1. Issuer's and its group companies' performance results
Table 15.1. Income, 2007–2009, tLTL
| Company's | Group's | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
| Sales income | - | - | - | 217 322 | 309 434 | 268 176 |
| - real estate | - | - | - | 37 041 | 131 012 | 37 348 |
| - furniture manufacturing | - | - | - | 148 966 | 137 523 | 151 404 |
| - information technology | - | - | - | 25 536 | 29 116 | - |
| - other companies | - | - | - | 6 651 | 15 641 | 33 461 |
| - financial activities | - | - | - | - | - | 33 998 |
| - hotel management | - | - | - | - | - | 14 581 |
| - elimination | - | - | - | -872 | -3 858 | -2 616 |
| Gain (loss) from investments | -11 659 | 77 270 | 1 213 | 2 456 | 18 457 | 14 705 |
| Other income | 21 476 | 34 340 | 100 018 | 4 012 | 14 505 | 12 309 |
| - interest income | 12 469 | 13 836 | 7 126 | 2 149 | 5 877 | 8 391 |
| - dividend income | 9 000 | 20 478 | 92 877 | - | 4 959 | - |
| - other income | 7 | 26 | 15 | 1 863 | 3 669 | 3 918 |
| Valuation gain (loss) from investment property | - | - | - | -72 358 | -43 707 | 62 367 |
Road and bridge construction companies in Invalda group are the biggest in terms of revenue (in 2009 their revenue was 474.5 million LTL and 322.7 million. LTL accordingly) but in 15.1. table they are not provided, whereas investments in these companies are accounted under the equity method and revenue isn't consolidated. These sectors' revenue for the past three years is provided in 2009 activity overview.
Table 15.2. Main items of financial statements, tLTL
| Company's | Group's | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31.12.2009 | 31.12.2008 | 31.12.2007 | 31.12.2009 | 31.12.2008 | 31.12.2007 | |
| Non current assets | 225 027 | 406 027 | 405 376 | 495 412 | 667 312 | 829 704 |
| Current assets | 81 789 | 127 222 | 110 065 | 114 691 | 215 134 | 279 456 |
| Non current assets classified as held for sale | - | 0 | 10 079 | - | 0 | 87 669 |
| Equity | 46 336 | 168 134 | 179 311 | 91 710 | 177 690 | 298 886 |
| Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company | 46 336 | 168 134 | 179 311 | 78 669 | 167 985 | 294 749 |
| Minority interest | - | - | - | 13 041 | 9 705 | 4 137 |
| Non-current liabilities | 4 061 | 81 995 | 78 589 | 44 332 | 131 319 | 306 044 |
| Current liabilities | 256 419 | 283 120 | 267 620 | 474 061 | 573 437 | 536 731 |
| Liabilities directly associated with non-current assets classified as held for sale | - | - | - | - | 0 | 55 168 |
| Result before taxes | -125 050 | 1 410 | 86 096 | -107 560 | -94 723 | 97 813 |
| Net result | -121 798 | 1 594 | 86 804 | -85 653 | -91 553 | 87 560 |
| Net result attributable to holders of the parent company | - | - | - | -88 596 | -90 140 | 78 964 |
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Table 15.3. Company's assets
| million LTL | 31-12-2009 | 31-12-2008 | Description of assets as of 31-12-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investments in Sanitas | 119.6 | 185.9 | 26.5% stake (40.3% at the end of 2008) in Sanitas AB and loans to the company |
| Investments in road construction | 25 | 25 | 43.3 per cent stake in Kauno Tiltai AB and 44.8 per cent stake in Tiltra Group |
| Investments in real estate | 120 | 204.9 | Commercial real estate, flats, land for development, agricultural land and loans to the sector companies |
| Investments in Vilniaus Baldai | 13.7 | 13.7 | 72 per sent stake in Vilniaus Baldai AB |
| Investments in IT sector | 6.0 | 6.9 | 80 per cent stake in Positor group and loans to the sector companies |
| Investments in Finasta group | 0 | 59.8 | Financial sector companies' shares and loans provided to the sector companies |
| Other assets | 22.5 | 37 | Stakes in Kelio Zenklai, Umega, differed tax asset, stake in Agrowill Group and other assets |
| Total assets: | 306.8 | 533.2 |
Fair value of assets might differ from provided book values
Table 15.4. Equity and liabilities
| AB Invalda, mLTL | 2008 | 2009 | Modeled* | Change**, million LTL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | 168.1 | 46.3 | 96.3 | -71.8 |
| Liabilities to financial institutions | 183.3 | 147.4 | 147.4 | -35.9 |
| From this long term | 0 | 0 | 119.2 | 119.2 |
| Liabilities to group companies | 70.8 | 19.8 | 20.3 | -50.5 |
| Bonds | 75.6 | 83.1 | 35.1 | -40.5 |
| Other liabilities | 35.4 | 10.2 | 9.7 | -25.7 |
| Total Liabilities | 365.1 | 260.5 | 212.5 | -152.6 |
| Total Equity and Liabilities | 533.2 | 306.8 | 310.4 | -222.8 |
Liabilities and bonds include accrued interest.
*Pro-forma situation in line with results of 2009 after considering the conversion of 50 mLTL total nominal value of convertible bonds, issue of 7.44 mLTL nominal value bonds and after reaching other agreements regarding long term loans from credit institutions.
** Difference between pro-forma data after conversion of bonds and 2008 data.
Table 15.5. Financial ratios
| Company's | Group's | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
| Return on Equity (ROE), % | -113.58 | 0.92 | 53.31 | -71.84 | -38.96 | 25.36 |
| Debt ratio | 0.85 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.85 | 0.80 | 0.75 |
| Debt – Equity ratio | 5.62 | 2.17 | 1.93 | 5.65 | 3.97 | 3.00 |
| Liquidity ratio | 0.32 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.62 |
| Earning per share (EPS), LTL | -2.86 | 0.04 | 1.96 | -2.08 | -2.12 | 1.78 |
| Price Earning ratio (P/E) | Negative | 44.60 | 8.75 | Negative | Negative | 9.63 |
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15.2. Employees
Invalda AB strives to be a company, where the rights, needs, and contribution to the company's activities of each employee are appreciated. Employees are one of the Company's values; therefore a lot of attention is paid to the people working in the Company, their qualification and motivation. The Company implemented and uses various programs for the expertise training and methods to ensure safety and consistency. Rights and responsibilities of the Company's employees are clearly described in the main internal documents.
The employees avoid situations, which could raise doubts concerning their ability to act for the benefit of the company. The employees obligate not to disclose any confidential information.
Invalda expects that the new employees, who came from other companies, will not disclose the confidential information of previous workplaces. Also employees obligate not to use inside information when purchasing/selling any securities in their own name, in the name of their family members or the other related persons.
The collective agreement is not signed in the Company. There are no special employees' rights and duties described in the employment agreements.
There are no agreements of the Company and the members of the Board, or the employees' agreements providing for compensation in case of the resignation or in case they are dismissed without a due reason or their employment is terminated in view of the change of the control of the Company.
Average number of employees in 2009 was 12 (2008 - 14). The education of all Company's employees is university education.
Table 15.4. Number of employees and average monthly salary
| Measuring units | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total amount of employees as of the end of the period | person | 14 | 11 | 13 |
| - managers | person | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| - specialists | person | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| Average monthly salary (calculated for) | LTL | 10 217 | 10 898 | 8 936 |
| - managers | LTL | 18 202 | 17 336 | 12 228 |
| - specialists | LTL | 5 977 | 8 398 | 6 895 |
The number of employees of Invalda AB and its subsidiaries on 31.12.2009 amounted to 701 (on 31.12.2008 equaled to 1 095). The number of group employees decreased mainly due to the sale of financial sector companies.
15.3. Environment matters
Invalda AB group strives to pay attention towards environmental matters. Great attempts are made to make the production processes eco-friendly in manufacturing companies, to monitor the effect of the raw materials on the environment.
The Group company Sanitas in 2009 decreased the accumulated waste from 700 tons till 147 tons, 0.5 tons of them were hazardous (5 tons in 2008). 16 tons of waste were assorted and given for secondary use during the reporting year. Moreover, a lot of efforts Sanitas made to lessen the amount of used water. The use of underwater (17,000 m3) in 2009 decreased significantly in comparison to 2008 (50,000 m3).
Other group company Vilniaus Baldai in 2009 used 13,615 thousand kWh of electricity, that is 29% less comparing with 2008 (19,073 thousand kWh).
Companies of Tiltra Group pollution of air from a stationary pollution sources in 2009 decreased by 35 tons, use of water decreased by 6000 m3.
16. Risk management
16.1. A description of the principal risks and uncertainties
Business risks
Activities of Invalda are influenced by overall economic situation of countries of activity.
Invalda is also dependent on its main managers – their loss could have a negative effect on activities of the company and some of business opportunities could be lost
Our returns may be substantially lower than the average returns historically realized by the private equity industry as a whole because historical results do not show the future performance.
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Economic recessions or downturns could impair our portfolio companies and harm our operating results.
We may not realize gains from our equity investments. The equity interests we invest in may not appreciate in value and, in fact, may decline in value.
Our ability to use our capital loss carry forwards may be subject to limitations.
Changes in the law or regulations that govern us could have a material impact on our business. Change in taxes and change in regulation of sectors, which are dependent on governmental funding or are regulated by the government, could have negative consequences on our business.
Company's and Group's results may fluctuate and may not be indicative of future performance.
The trading price of our common stock may fluctuate substantially. The price of the common stock may be higher or lower than the price you pay for your shares, depending on many factors, some of which are beyond our control.
We are subject to market discount risk. Shares of Invalda can be traded below NAV.
We have not approved dividend payment policy and established a minimum dividend payment level; therefore we cannot assure you of our ability to make distributions to our shareholders in the future.
Changes in interest rates may affect our cost of capital and net operating income and our ability to obtain additional financing.
Investment risk
Our investments in portfolio companies may be illiquid, i.e. there is a risk that we may not exit out investment when it is planned. We may exit our investments when the portfolio company has a liquidity event, such as a sale, recapitalization or listing in the stock exchange.
Our investments in small and middle-market privately-held companies are extremely risky and in the worst case the company could lose its entire investment.
When we are a minority equity investor in a portfolio company, we may not be in a position to control the entity, and management of the company may make decisions that could decrease the value of our portfolio holdings.
16.2. Information about the extent of risk and its management in the company
Information on the extent of risks and management of them is disclosed in the explanatory notes of consolidated and Company's financial statements.
16.3. The main indications about internal control and risk management systems related to the preparation of consolidated financial statements
The Audit Committee supervises preparation of the consolidated financial statements, systems of internal control and financial risk management and how the company follows legal acts that regulate preparation of consolidated financial statements.
Chief financial officer of the company is responsible for the preparation supervision and the final revision of the consolidated financial statements. Moreover, he constantly reviews International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in order to implement in time IFRS changes, analyses company's and group's significant deals, ensures collecting information from the group's companies and timely and fair preparation of this information for the financial statements. CFO of the company periodically informs the Board about the preparation process of financial statements.
17. Information about activities of the Issuer and companies comprising the Issuer's group in the field of Research and Development
Companies of Invalda group perform various researches, prepare improvements of products or services, and implement innovations. For example Sanitas AB and its subsidiaries concentrate on Research and Development of dermatology, ophthalmology, diabetology, urology, and hospital injectables. Baltic Amadeus Infrastrukturoas Paslaugos was nominated as the most progressive service sector company by Lithuanian Knowledge Economy Forum. The company was acknowledged for creation of the new innovative services and their implementation.
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18. Significant events since the end of the last financial year
- New share issue registered after conversion of 50 mln. LTL nominal value bonds. February 3, 2010 new By-laws of Invalda AB were registered by the Register of Legal Entities. The share capital of Invalda AB was increased to 51 659 758 LTL by issuing 9 090 909 ordinary registered 1 LTL nominal value shares. New shares were issued after conversion of 50 mln. LTL bonds issue, the owner of which is Dailius Juozapas Miseikis. On February 9, 2010, Central Securities Depository of Lithuania registered this new share issue which was added to the existing issue. From the moment of addition newly issued shares of Invalda AB were included in the NASDAQ OMX Vilnius Baltic Main list.
- New bonds issued, prolonged redemption term for previously issued bonds. On February 4, 2010, Central Securities Depository of Lithuania registered non-public 7.44 mln. LTL nominal value convertible bonds, ISIN code LT0000410193. The maturity date of these bonds – July 1, 2012, They were issued according to the decision of the General Meeting which was held on January 30, 2010; The same shareholders' meeting changed conditions of 25 mln. LTL nominal value convertible bonds (ISIN code LT0000401812), that were issued according to the decision of the shareholders' meeting held on November 14, 2008. The redemption term was prolonged till July 1, 2012.
- The agreement with banks to prolong credit term was reached: the credit provided by DnB NORD Bank was prolonged till June 30, 2010, by Siauliu Bankas – till April 15, 2011.
- Withdrawal from unfeasible real estate projects. Invalda group sold shares of Lithuanian real estate project operators Broner, Nerijos Bustas, Saules Investicija and Latvian Dommo Grupa. The companies were sold for a symbolic 1 litas each. Management of these companies initiates bankruptcy process for them. Investments into these companies were written-down to zero already in 2009. Therefore, Invalda will not suffer any losses from these projects in financial year 2010.
19. Information on the related parties' transactions
Information on the related parties' transactions is disclosed in consolidated and Company's financial statements explanatory notes
20. Activity plans and forecasts
The Board of the company didn't consider forecasts for 2010 because all the assumptions constantly change.
Invalda AB will continue implementing the long term goal to increase shareholders' equity, transparency of the company, high long-term financial rate of return, maintaining a small risk level and abiding by the ethic standards and traditional values. In 2010 particular attention will be paid to ensuring that all main businesses of Invalda AB operate profitably, to strengthen the balance sheet of Invalda AB and ensure that the needed cash flows are being generated. Moreover the company will strive to fully use existing and emerging opportunities
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V. OTHER INFORMATION
21. References to and additional explanations of the data presented in the annual financial statements and consolidated financial statements
All data is presented in consolidated and Company's financial statements explanatory notes.
22. Information on audit
The audit of annual financial statements and consolidated financial statement of Invalda AB for 2009 was performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers UAB.
Information about the audit firm:
| Address of the registered office | J.Jasinskio g. 16B7, LT-01112 Vilnius |
|---|---|
| Enterprise code | 111473315 |
| Telephone | (8-5) 239 2300 |
| Fax | (8-5) 239 2301 |
| [email protected] | |
| Website | www.pwc.com/lt |
The audit firm does not provide any other than audit services to the Company. No internal audit is performed in the Company
23. Data on the publicly disclosed information
The information publicly disclosed of Invalda AB during 2009 is presented in Company's website www.invalda.lt.
Table 23.1. Summary of publicly disclosed information
| Date of disclosure | Brief description of disclosed information |
|---|---|
| 13.01.2009 | Invalda AB completes sale of part of Sanitas AB shares |
| 23.01.2009 | Prospectus of Invalda AB convertible bonds approved |
| 19.02.2009 | Regarding incorrect information about employees of Invalda group's real estate sector |
| 19.02.2009 | The subscription of Invalda AB convertible bonds has ended |
| 27.02.2009 | Preliminary results of Invalda AB group for 12 months of 2008 |
| 04.03.2009 | Regarding strategic alternatives evaluation of Invalda AB group's financial sector |
| 27.03.2009 | Convocation of Invalda AB Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting |
| 01.04.2009 | Invalda AB financial sector companies' shares sale approval |
| 20.04.2009 | Invalda AB annual information will announce latter |
| 29.04.2009 | Annual information of Invalda AB for 2008 |
| 29.04.2009 | Draft decisions for the General Shareholders meeting of Invalda AB |
| 30.04.2009 | Resolutions of the General Shareholders meeting of Invalda AB |
| 29.05.2009 | Invalda AB company's and consolidated interim financial statements for 3 months of 2009 |
| 11.06.2009 | Invalda AB sold shares of VIPC Klaipeda UAB |
| 31.08.2009 | Invalda AB interim information for 6 months of 2009 |
| 16.09.2009 | Closing of Invalda AB group financial sector companies' sale deal |
| 20.10.2009 | Notifications on the disposal and acquisition of voting rights |
| 29.10.2009 | Change of the audit company of Invalda AB |
| 29.10.2009 | Draft resolutions of the General Shareholders Meeting of Invalda AB |
| 29.10.2009 | Convocation of Invalda AB Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting |
| 30.11.2009 | Invalda AB interim information for 9 months of 2009 |
| 30.11.2009 | Resolutions of General Shareholders Meeting of Invalda AB |
| 15.12.2009 | A new wording of Invalda AB By-laws was registered |
| 18.12.2009 | Tiltra Group acquired 71 per cent stake in Poland road construction company Poldim |
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Table 23.2. Summary of the notifications on transactions in Invalda AB shares concluded by Managers of the Company during 2009
| Date | Person | Number of shares | Share price, LTL | Total value of transaction, LTL | Form of transaction | Type of transaction | Placement of transaction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.01.2009 | Dalius Kaziunas | 9338 | 10,30 | 96 181,40 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 13.01.2009 | Dalius Kaziunas | 73 103 | 10,30 | 752 960,90 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 13.01.2009 | Darius Sulnis | 1 461 492 | 12,20 | 17 830 202,40 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 13.01.2009 | Darius Sulnis | 586 678 | 3,00 | 1 760 034,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 13.01.2009 | Darius Sulnis | 195 734 | 3,00 | 587 202,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 13.01.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 135 684 | 8,00 | 1 085 472,00 | transfer | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 13.01.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 408 697 | 8,00 | 3 269 576,00 | transfer | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 13.01.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 208 973 | 8,00 | 1 671 784,00 | transfer | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 16.09.2009 | Darius Sulnis | 85 000 | 2,26 | 192 100,00 | transfer | securities lending | XOFF |
| 16.09.2009 | Darius Sulnis | 413 224 | 12,75 | 5 268 606,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 16.09.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 315 000 | 2,26 | 711 900,00 | transfer | securities lending | XOFF |
| 21.09.2009 | Darius Sulnis | 184 566 | 8,00 | 1 476 528,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 21.09.2009 | Darius Sulnis | 29 801 | 3,00 | 89 403,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 21.09.2009 | Darius Sulnis | 25 303 | 3,00 | 75 909,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 21.09.2009 | Dalius Kaziunas | 29 010 | 8,00 | 232 080,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 21.09.2009 | Dalius Kaziunas | 29 062 | 8,00 | 232 496,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 21.09.2009 | Dalius Kaziunas | 13 044 | 8,00 | 104 352,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 21.09.2009 | Dalius Kaziunas | 5 076 | 8,00 | 40 608,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 21.09.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 135 680 | 12,00 | 1 628 160,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 21.09.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 20 775 | 8,00 | 166 200,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 21.09.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 129 433 | 3,00 | 388 299,00 | acquisition | return of loaned securities | XOFF |
| 28.09.2009 | Darius Sulnis | 600 000 | 3,37 | 2 022 000,00 | transfer | securities lending | XOFF |
| 16.10.2009 | Darius Sulnis | 56 701 | 0,00 | 0,00 | transfer | securities lending | XOFF |
| 16.10.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 239 304 | 8,00 | 1 914 432,00 | acquisition | repurchase agreement | XOFF |
| 16.10.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 259 805 | 8,99 | 2 335 646,95 | acquisition | repurchase agreement | XOFF |
| 16.10.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 598 855 | 0,00 | 0,00 | acquisition | other (undertaking of repurchase agreement) | XOFF |
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| 16.10.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 615 743 | 0,00 | 0,00 | acquisition | other (undertaking of repurchase agreement) | XOFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.10.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 1 000 000 | 3,00 | 3 000 000,00 | transfer | sale - purchase | XOFF |
| 16.10.2009 | Lucrum investicija UAB | 1 000 000 | 3,00 | 3 000 000,00 | transfer | sale - purchase | XOFF |
Explanations:
XOFF – OTC trade.
Managers of the Company and closely related persons:
- Vytautas Bucas – chairman of the Board;
- Dalius Kaziunas - member of the Board;
- Darius Sulnis – member of the Board, president;
- Lucrum investicija UAB – legal entity, related to Darius Sulnis (100% of shares, voting rights are transferred).
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APPENDIX 1. INFORMATION ABOUT GROUP COMPANIES, THEIR CONTACT DETAILS
| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|
| REAL ESTATE SECTOR | |||
| Invalda Nekilnojamojo Turto Valdymas UAB | Code 222894170 | ||
| Address A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 22.12.1994 | real estate management and administration, development of investment projects | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.inred.lt | |||
| Inreal UAB | Code 300576166 | ||
| Address A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 14.06.2006 | real estate brokerage and valuation services | Telephone +370 5 273 0000 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 0858 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.inreal.lt | |||
| Invalda Service UAB | Code 126180446 | ||
| Address Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 25.03.2003 | facilities management | Telephone +370 5 273 6565 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 6667 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.inservice.lt | |||
| Invaldos Nekilnojamojo Turto Fondas AB | Code 152105644 | ||
| Registration address A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – public limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 28.01.1997 | investments into real estate | Telephone +370 5 279 0614 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| INTF Investicija UAB | Code 300643227 | ||
| Registration address A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 02.02.2007 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 275 5093 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| DOMMO Nerija UAB | Code 300516742 | ||
| Registration address Smiltynes str. 25, Klaipeda, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address S. Simkaus str. 8, Klaipeda, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 21.12.2005 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 46 276 691 | |
| Fax +370 46 314 316 | |||
| Ineturas UAB | Code 126075527 | ||
| Registration address A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 20.10.2002 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 |
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| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|
| REAL ESTATE SECTOR | |||
| Naujoji Svara UAB | Code 125235345 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address | |||
| A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 12.04.2000 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| Traku Kelias UAB | Code 124928371 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address | |||
| A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 31.05.1999 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| Rieses Investicija UAB | Code 300606428 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address | |||
| A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 11.10.2006 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| IBC Logistika UAB | Code 300016395 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address | |||
| A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 07.04.2004 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| Ekotra UAB | Code 300040019 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address K. Donelaicio str. 33-323, Kaunas, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 21.07.2004 | purchase, sale and rent of land | Telephone +370 37 202 120 | |
| Fax +370 37 321 132 | |||
| Simtamargis UAB | Code 300593984 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address K. Donelaicio str. 33-323, Kaunas, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 29.08.2006 | purchase, sale and rent of land | Telephone +370 37 202 120 | |
| Fax +370 37 321 132 |
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| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|
| REAL ESTATE SECTOR | |||
| Laikinosios Sostines | |||
| Projektai UAB | Code 300543732 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko | |||
| str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus | |||
| str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 01.03.2006 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| Dizaino Institutas UAB | Code 122288385 | ||
| Registration address A. | |||
| Juozapaviciaus str. 11, Vilnius | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus | |||
| str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 29.12.1993 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| Aikstentis UAB | Code 126412617 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| Seimyniskiu str. 1A, Vilnius | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus | |||
| str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 23.12.2003 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 279 0614 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| Wembley – Neringa | |||
| UAB | Code 110013029 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko | |||
| str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus | |||
| str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 28.05.1991 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| Traku Rekreacijos | |||
| Centras UAB | Code 300667160 | ||
| Registration address Zemaite | |||
| str. 2, Trakai, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus | |||
| str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 04.04.2007 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| Designing Firm Saistas | |||
| UAB | Code 133689632 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko | |||
| str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address K. Donelaicio str. | |||
| 33-323, Kaunas, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 26.05.1993 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 37 202 120 | |
| Fax +370 37 321 132 | |||
| Zemvesta UAB | Code 300955547 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko | |||
| str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address | |||
| A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 26.07.2007 | purchase, sale and | ||
| rent of land | Telephone +370 5 263 6138 | ||
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 |
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| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|
| REAL ESTATE SECTOR | |||
| Sago UAB | Code 301206878 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Residence address | |||
| A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 31.10.2007 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| Invalda Construction Management UAB | Code 186139653 | ||
| Address A. Juozapaviciaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 17.02.1994 | carries out no activity | Telephone +370 5 272 5565 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 6667 | |||
| BNN UAB | Code 126153374 | ||
| Registration address | |||
| A. Juozapaviciaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address | |||
| A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 17.02.2003 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| SIA DOMMO | Code 40003787271 | ||
| Address Mūkusalas iela 45/47, Riga, LV-1004 Latvia | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 05.12.2005 | real estate management and administration, | ||
| development of investment projects | Telephone +371 762 7417 | ||
| Fax + 371 762 7793 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.dommo.lv | |||
| SIA Burusala | Code 40003161313 | ||
| Address Mūkusalas iela 45/47, Riga, LV-1004 Latvia | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 08.11.1993 | real estate operations | Telephone +371 762 7417 | |
| Fax +371 762 7793 | |||
| SIA Sidateks | Code 40003732930 | ||
| Address Mūkusalas iela 45/47, Riga, LV-1004 Latvia | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 11.03.2005 | real estate operations | Telephone +371 762 7417 | |
| Fax +371 762 7793 | |||
| SIA DOMMO biznesa parks | Code 40003865398 | ||
| Address Mūkusalas iela 45/47, Riga, LV-1004 Latvia | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 13.06.2006 | real estate operations | Telephone +371 762 7417 | |
| Fax +371 762 7793 | |||
| SIA DB 120 | Code 40003864462 | ||
| Address Mūkusalas iela 45/47, Riga, LV-1004 Latvia | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 11.10.2006 | real estate operations | Telephone +371 762 7417 | |
| Fax +371 762 7793 |
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| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|
| REAL ESTATE SECTOR COMPANIES THAT WERE SOLD 31 MARCH 2010 | |||
| SIA DOMMO GRUPA | Code 40003733866 | ||
| Address Múkusalas iela 45/47, Riga, LV-1004 Latvia | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 17.03.2005 | real estate operations | Telephone +371 762 7417 | |
| Fax +371 762 7793 | |||
| Nerijos Bustas UAB | Code 300512402 | ||
| Registration address Kalvariju str. 11-20, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 05.12.2005 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 275 1598 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| Saules Investicija UAB | Code 300545039 | ||
| Registration address Fiziku str. 33, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 06.03.2006 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| Broner UAB | Code 110006173 | ||
| Registration address A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 25.04.1991 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 273 0944 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 3065 | |||
| PHARMACY SECTOR | |||
| Sanitas AB | Code 134136296 | ||
| Address Veiveriu str. 134, Kaunas, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – public limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 30.06.1994 | manufacturing and trade of pharmaceuticals | Telephone +370 37 226 725 | |
| Fax +370 37 223 696 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.sanitas.lt | |||
| HBM Pharma s. r. o. | Code 31560784 | ||
| Address Sklabinska 30, 03680 Martin, Slovakia | |||
| Legal form – limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 02.03.1992 | manufacturing and trade of pharmaceuticals | Telephone +421 43 420 2111 | |
| Fax +421 43 422 1004 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.hoechst-biotika.sk | |||
| Jelfa SA | Code 66687 | ||
| Address 21 Wincentego Pola str., 58-500 Jelenia Góra, Poland | |||
| Legal form – limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 02.12.1991 | manufacturing and trade of pharmaceuticals | Telephone +48 75 64 33 240 | |
| Fax +48 75 75 24 455 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.jelfa.pl | |||
| Laboratorium Farmaceutyczne Homeofarm sp. z. o. o. | Code 00001442971 | ||
| Address Jagielonska Str. 44, Gdansk, Poland | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 02.12.1991 | manufacturing and trade of pharmaceuticals | Telephone +48 585 533 303 | |
| Fax +48 585 538 947 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.homeofarm.pl |
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| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|
| FURNITURE MANUFACTURING SECTOR | |||
| Vilniaus Baldai AB | Code 121922783 | ||
| Address Savanoriu ave. 178, | |||
| Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – public limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 09.02.1993 | furniture design and | ||
| manufacturing | Telephone +370 5 252 5700 | ||
| Fax +370 5 231 1130 | |||
| [email protected] | |||
| www.vilniausbaldai.lt | |||
| Ari-Lux UAB | Code 120989619 | ||
| Address Savanoriu ave. 178, | |||
| Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 28.10.1991 | fitting packing | Telephone / fax +370 5 252 | |
| 5744 | |||
| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
| ROAD AND BRIDGES CONSTRUCTION SECTOR | |||
| Tiltra Group AB | Code 301741852 | ||
| Address Lvovo str. 25, Vilnius | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – public limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 11.06.2008 | holding company | Telephone +370 5 273 6545 | |
| Fax +370 5 277 8780 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.tiltra.lt | |||
| Kauno Tiltai AB | Code 133729589 | ||
| Address Ateities ave 46, Kaunas, | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – public limited | |||
| liability company | |||
| Registration date 01.07.1993 | road and bridge | ||
| construction | Telephone +370 37 473 935 | ||
| Fax +370 37 473 787 | |||
| [email protected] | |||
| www.kaunotiltai.lt | |||
| Poldim SA | Code 0000071826 | ||
| Address Kochanowskiego str. | |||
| 37A, 33-100 Tarnow, Poland | |||
| Legal form – limited liability | |||
| company | |||
| Registration date 12.12.2001 | road and bridge | ||
| construction | Telephone +48 14 63 17 200 | ||
| Fax +48 14 63 17 202 | |||
| [email protected] | |||
| www.poldim.com.pl | |||
| POLDIM Mielec | |||
| Sp.zo.o. (Lenkija) | Code 0000025455 | ||
| Address ul. Korczaka 6a, 39-300 | |||
| Mielec, Poland | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | kelių tiesimas | Tel. +48 17 58 54 311 | |
| Faks. +48 78 88 834 | |||
| POLDIM - Debica S.A. | |||
| (Lenkija) | Code 0000171488 | ||
| Address ul. Drogowców 1, 39- | |||
| 200 Mielec, Poland | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | kelių tiesimas | Tel. +48 14 68 09 400 | |
| Faks. +48 14 68 09 425 | |||
| POLDIM - Mosty | |||
| Sp. zo.o. (Lenkija) | Code 0000070755 | ||
| Address ul. Miedziana 15, 40-321 | |||
| Katowice, Poland | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | tiltų statyba | Tel. +48 32 31 42 435 | |
| Faks. +48 32 31 42 296 | |||
| NRR Grupa POLDIM Sp. | |||
| z o.o. (Lenkija) | Code 0000240653 | ||
| Address Mikołajowice 220, 33- | |||
| 121 Bogumiłowice, Poland | |||
| Legal form – private limited | |||
| liability company | statybinių ir stiklo | ||
| atliekų perdirbimas | Tel. +48 14 67 97 529 | ||
| El. p. [email protected] |
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| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROAD AND BRIDGES CONSTRUCTION SECTOR | |||
| POLDIM Jakubowice Sp. z o.o. (Lenkija) | Code 0000043978 | ||
| Address Jakubowice 75, 32-100 Proszowice, Poland | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | kelių tiesimas | Tel. +48 12 38 62 025 | |
| El.p. [email protected] | |||
| Kelprojektas UAB | Code 234004210 | ||
| Address I. Kanto str. 25, Kaunas Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 21.03.1994 | designing of roads, bridges and other objects | Telephone +370 37 223 186 | |
| Fax +370 37 205 227 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.kelprojektas.lt | |||
| PGP Investicija UAB | Code 300621145 | ||
| Address Ateities road 46, Kaunas, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 30.11.2006 | investment company | Telephone +370 37 473 935 | |
| Fax +370 37 473 787 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| Kelda UAB | Code 181259645 | ||
| Address Kauno str. 14, Vievis Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 17.02.1993 | road construction | Telephone +370 528 26 192 | |
| Fax +370 528 26 192 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.kelda.lt | |||
| Verksoniu Karjeras UAB | Code 186000365 | ||
| Address Bagoteliu village, Vilnius district, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 1990-11-29 | gravel quarry | Telephone +370 686 98 492 | |
| Kauno Tiltai AB Consortium TILTRA TÜB | Code 135774782 | ||
| Address Ateities road 46, Kaunas, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – general partnership | |||
| Registration date 08.06.2001 | investment company | Telephone +370 37 473 935 | |
| Fax +370 37 473 787 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| Kelex UAB | Code 301536025 | ||
| Address Lvovo str. 25, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 01.02.2008 | commercial activities | Telephone +370 5 273 6545 | |
| Fax +370 5 277 8780 | |||
| Tiltra PDM Bialystok | Code 0000206982 | ||
| Address ul. Ciołkowskiego 90, 15-516 Bialystok, Poland | |||
| Legal form – public limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 25.05.2004 | road and bridge construction | Telephone +48 85 74 33 549 | |
| Fax +48 85 74 33 549 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| P.E.U.I.M. Sp.z o.o | Code 0000046002 | ||
| Address ul. Produkcyjna 102, 15-680 Bialystok, Poland | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 24.09.2001 | road construction | Telephone +48 85 65 30 773 | |
| Fax +48 85 65 30 761 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.peuim.com.pl | |||
| Brux Sp.z o.o | Code 0000195201 | ||
| Address ul. Produkcyjna 102, 15-680 Bialystok, Poland | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 24.02.2004 | Production of paving blocks and road construction | Telephone +48 85 65 42 454 | |
| Fax +48 85 65 42 454 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.brux.pl |
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| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
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| ROAD AND BRIDGES CONSTRUCTION SECTOR | |||
| Silentio Investments | Code 0000323771 | ||
| Address Jerozolimskie 56 C, Poland | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 23.02.2009 | investment company | ||
| Dalba Sp.z o.o | Code 0000175135 | ||
| Address ul. Elewatorska 11/1, 15-620 Białystok, Poland | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 15.10.2003 | engineering network construction | Telephone +48 85 66 11 750 | |
| Fax +48 85 66 11 250 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| Kedainiu Automobiliu Keliai UAB | Code 161111895 | ||
| Address Biochemiku str. 3, Kedainiai, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 14.12.1990 | road construction | Telephone +370 347 67 766 | |
| Fax +370 347 67 669 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| Taurakelis UAB | Code 179861712 | ||
| Address Svyturio str. 7, Taurage, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 15.03.2000 | road construction | Telephone +370 446 61 256 | |
| Fax +370 446 61 256 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.taurakelis.lt | |||
| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
| INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) SECTOR | |||
| Positor UAB | Code 300893533 | ||
| Registration address A.Juozapaviciaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Saltoniškių str. 9, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 27.06.2007 | investments into IT companies | Telephone +370 698 23368 | |
| Fax +370 5 278 0409 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.positor.lt | |||
| Informatikos Pasaulis UAB | Code 126396718 | ||
| Registration address Galvydzio str. 5/96, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Saltoniskiu str. 9, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 11.12.2003 | IT infrastructure solutions | Telephone +370 5 277 9700 | |
| Fax +370 5 277 9725 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.infopasaulis.lt | |||
| Vitma UAB | Code 121998756 | ||
| Address Akademijos str. 4, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 25.06.1993 | carries no activity | Telephone +370 5 272 9421 | |
| Acena UAB | Code 300935644 | ||
| Registration address Vysniu str. 6-4, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Saltoniskiu str. 9, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 27.07.2007 | IT infrastructure development and support | Telephone +370 5 275 9647 | |
| Fax +370 5 273 5106 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.acena.lt |
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| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
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| INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) SECTOR | |||
| Baltic Amadeus Infrastrukturoos Paslaugos UAB | Code 301318539 | ||
| Registration address Akademijos str. 4, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Saltoniskiu str. 9, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 03.12.2007 | IT infrastructure solutions, IT security consultations, technological solutions, IT infrastructure support services | Telephone +370 5 219 0000 | |
| Fax +370 5 219 5900 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.baip.lt | |||
| Company | Registration information | Type of activity | Contact details |
| OTHER COMPANIES | |||
| Kelio Zenklai UAB | Code 185274242 | ||
| Address Gelezinkelio str. 28, Pilviskiai, Vilkaviskis district | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 06.09.1994 | metal and wood processing and wholesale trade | Telephone +370 342 67 756 | |
| Fax +370 342 67 644 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.keliozenklai.lt | |||
| Umega AB | Code 126334727 | ||
| Address Metalo str. 5, Utena Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – public limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 25.09.2003 | production of electric devices, metal items | Telephone +370 389 53 542 | |
| Fax +370 389 69 646 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.umega.lt | |||
| Iniciatyvos Fondas Vsl | Code 300657209 | ||
| Registration address Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Seimyniskiu str. 1A, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – public institution | |||
| Registration date 08.03.2007 | organising of social initiative programmes | Telephone +370 5 263 6129 | |
| Fax +370 5 279 0530 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.iniciatyvosfondas.lt | |||
| Agrowill Group AB | Code 126264360 | ||
| Address Smolensko str. 10, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – public limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 25.06.2003 | management of agricultural companies | Telephone +370 5 233 5340 | |
| Fax +370 5 233 5345 | |||
| E-mail [email protected] | |||
| www.agrowill.lt | |||
| MBGK UAB | Code 300083611 | ||
| Registration address Konstitucijos ave. 23, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Residence address A.Juozapaviciaus str. 7, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 27.01.2005 | investment activity | Telephone +370 5 279 0601 | |
| Fax +370 5 279 0530 | |||
| Verpsto NT AB | Code 300519788 | ||
| Registration address A. Juozapavicaus str. 6 / Slucko str. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Totoriu str. 3, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – public limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 29.12.2005 | real estate operations | Telephone +370 5 261 5639 | |
| Fax +370 5 261 4748 | |||
| Invetex AB | Code 133190113 | ||
| Registration address Konstitucijos ave. 23, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Address Maironio str. 11, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – public limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 31.01.1992 | investment activity | Telephone +370 5 210 2478 | |
| Fax +370 5 210 2474 |
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| OTHER COMPANIES | |||
| Finansu Rizikos Valdymas UAB | Code 300045450 | ||
| Address Seimyniskiu str. 1A, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 04.08.2004 | investment activity | Telephone +370 5 263 6129 | |
| Fax +370 5 279 0530 | |||
| Investiciju Tinklas UAB | Code 301206885 | ||
| Registration address Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Seimyniskiu str. 1A, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 31.10.2007 | carries no activity | Telephone +370 5 263 6129 | |
| Fax +370 5 279 0530 | |||
| Aktyvo UAB | Code 301206846 | ||
| Registration address Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Seimyniskiu str. 1A, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 31.10.2007 | carries no activity | Telephone +370 5 263 6129 | |
| Fax +370 5 279 0530 | |||
| VOLO UAB | Code 301673796 | ||
| Registration address Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Seimyniskiu str. 1A, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 07.04.2008 | carries no activity | Telephone +370 5 263 6129 | |
| Fax +370 5 279 0530 | |||
| Aktyvus Valdymas UAB | Code 301673764 | ||
| Registration address Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Seimyniskiu str. 1A, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 07.04.2008 | carries no activity | Telephone +370 5 263 6129 | |
| Fax +370 5 279 0530 | |||
| FORTINA UAB | Code 301673789 | ||
| Registration address Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Seimyniskiu str. 1A, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 07.04.2008 | investment activity | Telephone +370 5 263 6129 | |
| Fax +370 5 279 0530 | |||
| ENTE UAB | Code 301206860 | ||
| Registration address Seimyniskiu str. 3, Vilnius Lithuania | |||
| Residence address Seimyniskiu str. 1A, Vilnius, Lithuania | |||
| Legal form – private limited liability company | |||
| Registration date 31.10.2007 | carries no activity | Telephone +370 5 263 6129 | |
| Fax +370 5 279 0530 |
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APPENDIX 2. DISCLOSURE CONCERNING THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNANCE CODE
Invalda AB, following Article 21 paragraph 3 of the Law on Securities of the Republic of Lithuania and item 24.5 of the Listing Rules NASDAQ OMX Vilnius, discloses its compliance with the Governance Code, approved by NASDAQ OMX Vilnius for the companies listed on the regulated market, and its specific provisions.
| PRINCIPLES/ RECOMMENDATIONS | YES / NO / NOT APPLICABLE | COMMENTARY |
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| Principle I: Basic Provisions | ||
| The overriding objective of a company should be to operate in common interests of all the shareholders by optimizing over time shareholder value. | ||
| 1.1. A company should adopt and make public the company's development strategy and objectives by clearly declaring how the company intends to meet the interests of its shareholders and optimize shareholder value. | Yes | The Company constantly discloses information about group's activities and objectives in notifications on material event, annual information. |
| 1.2. All management bodies of a company should act in furtherance of the declared strategic objectives in view of the need to optimize shareholder value. | Yes | The Board's and the President's activities are concentrated on the fulfillment of the company's strategic objectives taking count of the shareholders' equity increase. |
| 1.3. A company's supervisory and management bodies should act in close co-operation in order to attain maximum benefit for the company and its shareholders. | Yes | The Supervisory Board is not formed. Nevertheless, the Board and the President acts in close cooperation seeking to obtain the maximum benefit for the Company and its shareholders. The Board periodically reviews and assesses Company's activity results. The President may conclude the transactions referred to in subparagraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6, paragraph 4, Article 34 of the Law on Companies, provided that there is a decision of the Board to enter into these transactions. |
| 1.4. A company's supervisory and management bodies should ensure that the rights and interests of persons other than the company's shareholders (e.g. employees, creditors, suppliers, clients, local community), participating in or connected with the company's operation, are duly respected. | Yes | The Company respects all rights and interests of the persons other than the Company's shareholders participating in or connected with the Company's operation. |
| Principle II: The corporate governance framework | ||
| The corporate governance framework should ensure the strategic guidance of the company, the effective oversight of the company's management bodies, an appropriate balance and distribution of functions between the company's bodies, protection of the shareholders' interests. | ||
| 2.1. Besides obligatory bodies provided for in the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania – a general shareholders' meeting and the chief executive officer, it is recommended that a company should set up both a collegial supervisory body and a collegial management body. The setting up of collegial bodies for supervision and management facilitates clear separation of management and supervisory functions in the company, accountability and control on the part of the chief executive officer, which, in its turn, facilitate a more efficient and transparent management process. | No | Due to its size, it is not expedient to form the Supervisory Board. Considering that only collegial management body - the Board is formed in the Company. The President of the company is accountable to the Board. |
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| 2.2. A collegial management body is responsible for the strategic management of the company and performs other key functions of corporate governance. A collegial supervisory body is responsible for the effective supervision of the company's management bodies. | Yes | The functions set forth in this recommendation are performed by the collegial management body – the Board. |
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| 2.3. Where a company chooses to form only one collegial body, it is recommended that it should be a supervisory body, i.e. the supervisory board. In such a case, the supervisory board is responsible for the effective monitoring of the functions performed by the company's chief executive officer. | No | Only one collegial body is formed in the Company - the Board. It performs all essential management functions and ensures accountability and control of the President of the Company. The Supervisory Board is not formed in the Company. |
| 2.4. The collegial supervisory body to be elected by the general shareholders' meeting should be set up and should act in the manner defined in Principles III and IV. Where a company should decide not to set up a collegial supervisory body but rather a collegial management body, i.e. the board, Principles III and IV should apply to the board as long as that does not contradict the essence and purpose of this body. | Yes | The relevant provisions set forth in III and IV principles are applied to the Board's formation and assessment of its activity as long as that does not contradict the essence and purpose of this body. |
| 2.5. Company's management and supervisory bodies should comprise such number of board (executive directors) and supervisory (non-executive directors) board members that no individual or small group of individuals can dominate decision-making on the part of these bodies. | Yes | There are 3 independent Board members in the Company who do not have any other mutual interests but only activity within the Board and who act seeking benefit to the Company and its shareholders. |
| 2.6. Non-executive directors or members of the supervisory board should be appointed for specified terms subject to individual re-election, at maximum intervals provided for in the Lithuanian legislation with a view to ensuring necessary development of professional experience and sufficiently frequent reconfirmation of their status. A possibility to remove them should also be stipulated however this procedure should not be easier than the removal procedure for an executive director or a member of the management board. | No | The Supervisory Board is not formed in the Company, and there are no non-executive directors either. |
| 2.7. Chairman of the collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting may be a person whose current or past office constitutes no obstacle to conduct independent and impartial supervision. Where a company should decide not to set up a supervisory board but rather the board, it is recommended that the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the company should be a different person. Former company's chief executive officer should not be immediately nominated as the chairman of the collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting. When a company chooses to departure from these recommendations, it should furnish information on the measures it has taken to ensure impartiality of the supervision. | Yes | The chairman of the Board is not and has not been the Manager of the company. His current or past office constitutes has no obstacles to conduct independent and impartial supervision. |
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| Principle III: The order of the formation of a collegial body to be elected by a general shareholders' meeting The order of the formation a collegial body to be elected by a general shareholders' meeting should ensure representation of minority shareholders, accountability of this body to the shareholders and objective monitoring of the company's operation and its management bodies | ||
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| 3.1. The mechanism of the formation of a collegial body to be elected by a general shareholders' meeting (hereinafter in this Principle referred to as the 'collegial body') should ensure objective and fair monitoring of the company's management bodies as well as representation of minority shareholders. | Yes | The Board operates impartially, objectively and represents the interests of all shareholders equally. |
| 3.2. Names and surnames of the candidates to become members of a collegial body, information about their education, qualification, professional background, positions taken and potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed early enough before the general shareholders' meeting so that the shareholders would have sufficient time to make an informed voting decision. All factors affecting the candidate's independence, the sample list of which is set out in Recommendation 3.7, should be also disclosed. The collegial body should also be informed on any subsequent changes in the provided information. The collegial body should, on yearly basis, collect data provided in this item on its members and disclose this in the company's annual report. | Yes | According to the Board's procedures and regulations approved by the Board's decision of 01.03.2007 at least 10 days before the General Meeting, where it is planned to elect Board members (member), the information about the candidates to the Board will be fully disclosed to the shareholders with the indication of the candidates' names, surnames, their membership in supervisory and management bodies of other companies, shareholding of other companies exceeding 1/20, and all other circumstances that can affect the independence of the candidate as well as the data on their education, qualifications, professional experience, other important information. The Board members obligate to inform the chairman of the Board in case of the changes of the data. The information of these changes shall be disclosed to the shareholders in the Company's periodical reports. Information about current members of the Board, their educational background, qualification, professional experience, participation in other companies is disclosed in Company's website. |
| 3.3. Should a person be nominated for members of a collegial body, such nomination should be followed by the disclosure of information on candidate's particular competences relevant to his/her service on the collegial body. In order shareholders and investors are able to ascertain whether member's competence is further relevant, the collegial body should, in its annual report, disclose the information on its composition and particular competences of individual members which are relevant to their service on the collegial body. | Yes | Information about the composition of the Board, members' education, work experience and participation in other companies is disclosed in Company's periodical reports and website. |
| 3.4. In order to maintain a proper balance in terms of the current qualifications possessed by its members, the desired composition of the collegial body shall be determined with regard to the company's structure and activities, and have this periodically evaluated. The collegial body should ensure that it is composed of members who, as a whole, have the required diversity of knowledge, judgment and experience to complete their tasks properly. The members of the audit committee, collectively, should have a recent knowledge and relevant experience in the fields of finance, accounting and/or audit for the stock | Yes | The composition of the Board is regularly assessed with consideration to the nature of Company's activity and structure. The Audit Committee members have the required experience. The Remuneration Committee is formed. |
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| exchange listed companies. At least one of the members of the remuneration committee should have knowledge of and experience in the field of remuneration policy. | ||
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| 3.5. All new members of the collegial body should be offered a tailored program focused on introducing a member with his/her duties, corporate organization and activities. The collegial body should conduct an annual review to identify fields where its members need to update their skills and knowledge. | No | Presently, members of the Board do not perform the assessment of their skills and knowledge. |
| 3.6. In order to ensure that all material conflicts of interest related with a member of the collegial body are resolved properly, the collegial body should comprise a sufficient number of independent members. | No | Independency of the elected Board members has not been assessed yet and the content of independent members' sufficiency has not been discussed either. |
| 3.7. A member of the collegial body should be considered to be independent only if he is free of any business, family or other relationship with the company, its controlling shareholder or the management of either, that creates a conflict of interest such as to impair his judgment. Since all cases when member of the collegial body is likely to become dependant are impossible to list, moreover, relationships and circumstances associated with the determination of independence may vary amongst companies and the best practices of solving this problem are yet to evolve in the course of time, assessment of independence of a member of the collegial body should be based on the contents of the relationship and circumstances rather than their form. The key criteria for identifying whether a member of the collegial body can be considered to be independent are the following: | ||
| 1) He/she is not an executive director or member of the board (if a collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting is the supervisory board) of the company or any associated company and has not been such during the last five years; | ||
| 2) He/she is not an employee of the company or some any company and has not been such during the last three years, except for cases when a member of the collegial body does not belong to the senior management and was elected to the collegial body as a representative of the employees; | ||
| 3) He/she is not receiving or has been not receiving significant additional remuneration from the company or associated company other than remuneration for the office in the collegial body. Such additional remuneration includes participation in share options or some other performance based pay systems; it does not include compensation payments for the previous office in the company (provided that such payment is no way related with later position) as per pension plans (inclusive of deferred compensations); | ||
| 4) He/she is not a controlling shareholder or representative of such shareholder (control | No | Members of the Board are elected by the General Meeting. They are independent and in their actions seek the benefit to the Company and its shareholders, however fail to meet the recommendation on independency. |
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| as defined in the Council Directive 83/349/EEC Article 1 Part 1);
5) He/she does not have and did not have any material business relations with the company or associated company within the past year directly or as a partner, shareholder, director or superior employee of the subject having such relationship. A subject is considered to have business relations when it is a major supplier or service provider (inclusive of financial, legal, counselling and consulting services), major client or organization receiving significant payments from the company or its group;
6) He/she is not and has not been, during the last three years, partner or employee of the current or former external audit company of the company or associated company;
7) He/she is not an executive director or member of the board in some other company where executive director of the company or member of the board (if a collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting is the supervisory board) is non-executive director or member of the supervisory board, he/she may not also have any other material relationships with executive directors of the company that arise from their participation in activities of other companies or bodies;
8) He/she has not been in the position of a member of the collegial body for over than 12 years;
9) He/she is not a close relative to an executive director or member of the board (if a collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting is the supervisory board) or to any person listed in above items 1 to 8. Close relative is considered to be a spouse (common-law spouse), children and parents.
3.8. The determination of what constitutes independence is fundamentally an issue for the collegial body itself to determine. The collegial body may decide that, despite a particular member meets all the criteria of independence laid down in this Code, he cannot be considered independent due to special personal or company-related circumstances. | | |
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| 3.9. Necessary information on conclusions the collegial body has come to in its determination of whether a particular member of the body should be considered to be independent should be disclosed. When a person is nominated to become a member of the collegial body, the company should disclose whether it considers the person to be independent. When a particular member of the collegial body does not meet one or more criteria of independence set out in this Code, the company should disclose its reasons for nevertheless considering the member to be independent. In addition, the company should annually disclose which members of the collegial body it considers to be independent. | No | No Board members' independency assessment and announcement practice has been applicable till now. |
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| 3.10. When one or more criteria of independence set out in this Code has not been met throughout the year, the company should disclose its reasons for considering a particular member of the collegial body to be independent. To ensure accuracy of the information disclosed in relation with the independence of the members of the collegial body, the company should require independent members to have their independence periodically re-confirmed. | No | No Board members' independency assessment and announcement practice has been applicable till now. |
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| 3.11. In order to remunerate members of a collegial body for their work and participation in the meetings of the collegial body, they may be remunerated from the company's funds. The general shareholders' meeting should approve the amount of such remuneration. | Not applicable | The Board members are not remunerated for their work and participation in the meeting of the Board from the Company's funds. |
| Principle IV: The duties and liabilities of a collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting | ||
| The corporate governance framework should ensure proper and effective functioning of the collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting, and the powers granted to the collegial body should ensure effective monitoring of the company's management bodies and protection of interests of all the company's shareholders. | ||
| 4.1. The collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting (hereinafter in this Principle referred to as the 'collegial body') should ensure integrity and transparency of the company's financial statements and the control system. The collegial body should issue recommendations to the company's management bodies and monitor and control the company's management performance. | Yes | The Board submits Company's annual financial statement and consolidated annual financial statement, profit distribution drafts to the General Meeting, delivers consolidated annual report, also performs all other functions set forth in the legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania. |
| 4.2. Members of the collegial body should act in good faith, with care and responsibility for the benefit and in the interests of the company and its shareholders with due regard to the interests of employees and public welfare. Independent members of the collegial body should (a) under all circumstances maintain independence of their analysis, decision-making and actions (b) do not seek and accept any unjustified privileges that might compromise their independence, and (c) clearly express their objections should a member consider that decision of the collegial body is against the interests of the company. Should a collegial body have passed decisions independent member has serious doubts about, the member should make adequate conclusions. Should an independent member resign from his office, he should explain the reasons in a letter addressed to the collegial body or audit committee and, if necessary, respective company-not-pertaining body (institution). | Yes | According to the information held with the Company, all Board members act in good will with respect to the Company, are guided by the interests of the Company, not by the personal or third parties' interests, and seek to preserve their independency while adopting the decisions. |
| 4.3. Each member should devote sufficient time and attention to perform his duties as a member of the collegial body. Each member of the collegial body should limit other professional obligations of his (in particular any directorships held in other companies) in such a manner they do not interfere with proper performance of duties of a member of the collegial body. In the event a member of the collegial body should be present in less than a half of the meetings of the collegial body throughout the financial year of the | Yes | The Board members perform their functions properly: they actively participate in the Board meetings and devote sufficient time for the performance of their duties as Board members. |
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| company, shareholders of the company should be notified. | ||
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| 4.4. Where decisions of a collegial body may have a different effect on the company's shareholders, the collegial body should treat all shareholders impartially and fairly. It should ensure that shareholders are properly informed on the company's affairs, strategies, risk management and resolution of conflicts of interest. The company should have a clearly established role of members of the collegial body when communicating with and committing to shareholders. | Yes | The Board treats all shareholders honestly and impartially. |
| Essential obligations of the Company to the shareholders are set forth in the Shareholders' Policy approved by the Board (which is published in Company's website). | ||
| 4.5. It is recommended that transactions (except insignificant ones due to their low value or concluded when carrying out routine operations in the company under usual conditions), concluded between the company and its shareholders, members of the supervisory or managing bodies or other natural or legal persons that exert or may exert influence on the company's management should be subject to approval of the collegial body. The decision concerning approval of such transactions should be deemed adopted only provided the majority of the independent members of the collegial body voted for such a decision. | Yes | There were no significant transactions between the Company and its shareholders or management bodies. The Board's procedures and regulations establish that if such transactions are concluded, all Board members should be informed thereof. |
| 4.6. The collegial body should be independent in passing decisions that are significant for the company's operations and strategy. Taken separately, the collegial body should be independent of the company's management bodies. Members of the collegial body should act and pass decisions without an outside influence from the persons who have elected it. Companies should ensure that the collegial body and its committees are provided with sufficient administrative and financial resources to discharge their duties, including the right to obtain, in particular from employees of the company, all the necessary information or to seek independent legal, accounting or any other advice on issues pertaining to the competence of the collegial body and its committees. When using the services of a consultant with a view to obtaining information on market standards for remuneration systems, the remuneration committee should ensure that the consultant concerned does not at the same time advice the human resources department, executive directors or collegial management organs of the company concerned. | Yes | The Board is independent while adopting decisions which are significant for the activity and strategy of the Company. |
| 4.7. Activities of the collegial body should be organized in a manner that independent members of the collegial body could have major influence in relevant areas where chances of occurrence of conflicts of interest are very high. Such areas to be considered as highly relevant are issues of nomination of company's directors, determination of directors' remuneration and control and assessment of company's audit. Therefore when the mentioned issues are attributable to the competence of the collegial body, it is recommended that the collegial body should | No | Due to simplicity of the Company's management structure and small number of employees, it is not expedient to form the Nomination and Remuneration committees. |
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| establish nomination, remuneration, and audit committees. Companies should ensure that the functions attributable to the nomination, remuneration, and audit committees are carried out. However they may decide to merge these functions and set up less than three committees. In such case a company should explain in detail reasons behind the selection of alternative approach and how the selected approach complies with the objectives set forth for the three different committees. Should the collegial body of the company comprise small number of members, the functions assigned to the three committees may be performed by the collegial body itself, provided that it meets composition requirements advocated for the committees and that adequate information is provided in this respect. In such case provisions of this Code relating to the committees of the collegial body (in particular with respect to their role, operation, and transparency) should apply, where relevant, to the collegial body as a whole. | |
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| 4.8. The key objective of the committees is to increase efficiency of the activities of the collegial body by ensuring that decisions are based on due consideration, and to help organize its work with a view to ensuring that the decisions it takes are free of material conflicts of interest. Committees should exercise independent judgment and integrity when exercising its functions as well as present the collegial body with recommendations concerning the decisions of the collegial body. Nevertheless the final decision shall be adopted by the collegial body. The recommendation on creation of committees is not intended, in principle, to constrict the competence of the collegial body or to remove the matters considered from the purview of the collegial body itself, which remains fully responsible for the decisions taken in its field of competence. | |
| 4.9. Committees established by the collegial body should normally be composed of at least three members. In companies with small number of members of the collegial body, they could exceptionally be composed of two members. Majority of the members of each committee should be constituted from independent members of the collegial body. In cases when the company chooses not to set up a supervisory board, remuneration and audit committees should be entirely comprised of non-executive directors. Chairmanship and membership of the committees should be decided with due regard to the need to ensure that committee membership is refreshed and that undue reliance is not placed on particular individuals. |
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| 4.10. Authority of each of the committees should be determined by the collegial body. Committees should perform their duties in line with authority delegated to them and inform the collegial body on their activities and performance on regular basis. Authority of every committee stipulating the role and rights and duties of the committee should be made public at least once a year (as part of the information disclosed by the company annually on its corporate governance structures and practices). Companies should also make public annually a statement by existing committees on their composition, number of meetings and attendance over the year, and their main activities. Audit committee should confirm that it is satisfied with the independence of the audit process and describe briefly the actions it has taken to reach this conclusion. |
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| 4.11. In order to ensure independence and impartiality of the committees, members of the collegial body that are not members of the committee should commonly have a right to participate in the meetings of the committee only if invited by the committee. A committee may invite or demand participation in the meeting of particular officers or experts. Chairman of each of the committees should have a possibility to maintain direct communication with the shareholders. Events when such are to be performed should be specified in the regulations for committee activities. |
| 4.12. Nomination Committee.
4.12.1. Key functions of the nomination committee should be the following:
1) Identify and recommend, for the approval of the collegial body, candidates to fill board vacancies. The nomination committee should evaluate the balance of skills, knowledge and experience on the management body, prepare a description of the roles and capabilities required to assume a particular office, and assess the time commitment expected. Nomination committee can also consider candidates to members of the collegial body delegated by the shareholders of the company;
2) Assess on regular basis the structure, size, composition and performance of the supervisory and management bodies, and make recommendations to the collegial body regarding the means of achieving necessary changes;
3) Assess on regular basis the skills, knowledge and experience of individual directors and report on this to the collegial body;
4) Properly consider issues related to succession planning;
5) Review the policy of the management bodies for selection and appointment of senior management. |
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| 4.12.2. Nomination committee should consider proposals by other parties, including management and shareholders. When dealing with issues related to executive directors or members of the board (if a collegial body elected by the general shareholders' meeting is the supervisory board) and senior management, chief executive officer of the company should be consulted by, and entitled to submit proposals to the nomination committee. | ||
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| 4.13. Remuneration Committee. | ||
| 4.13.1. Key functions of the remuneration committee should be the following: | ||
| 1) Make proposals, for the approval of the collegial body, on the remuneration policy for members of management bodies and executive directors. Such policy should address all forms of compensation, including the fixed remuneration, performance-based remuneration schemes, pension arrangements, and termination payments. Proposals considering performance-based remuneration schemes should be accompanied with recommendations on the related objectives and evaluation criteria, with a view to properly aligning the pay of executive director and members of the management bodies with the long-term interests of the shareholders and the objectives set by the collegial body; | ||
| 2) Make proposals to the collegial body on the individual remuneration for executive directors and member of management bodies in order their remunerations are consistent with company's remuneration policy and the evaluation of the performance of these persons concerned. In doing so, the committee should be properly informed on the total compensation obtained by executive directors and members of the management bodies from the affiliated companies; | ||
| 3) Ensure that remuneration of individual executive directors or members of management body is proportionate to the remuneration of other executive directors or members of management body and other staff members of the company; | ||
| 4) Periodically review the remuneration policy for executive directors or members of management body, including the policy regarding share-based remuneration, and its implementation; | ||
| 5) Make proposals to the collegial body on suitable forms of contracts for executive directors and members of the management bodies; | ||
| 6) Assist the collegial body in overseeing how the company complies with applicable provisions regarding the remuneration-related information disclosure (in particular the remuneration policy applied and individual remuneration of directors); | ||
| 7) Make general recommendations to the executive directors and members of the management bodies on the level and structure |
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| of remuneration for senior management (as defined by the collegial body) with regard to the respective information provided by the executive directors and members of the management bodies.
4.13.2. With respect to stock options and other share-based incentives which may be granted to directors or other employees, the committee should:
1) Consider general policy regarding the granting of the above mentioned schemes, in particular stock options, and make any related proposals to the collegial body;
2) Examine the related information that is given in the company's annual report and documents intended for the use during the shareholders meeting;
3) Make proposals to the collegial body regarding the choice between granting options to subscribe shares or granting options to purchase shares, specifying the reasons for its choice as well as the consequences that this choice has.
4.13.3. Upon resolution of the issues attributable to the competence of the remuneration committee, the committee should at least address the chairman of the collegial body and/or chief executive officer of the company for their opinion on the remuneration of other executive directors or members of the management bodies.
4.13.4. The remuneration committee should report on the exercise of its functions to the shareholders and be present at the annual general meeting for this purpose. | | |
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| 4.14. Audit Committee.
4.14.1. Key functions of the audit committee should be the following:
1) Observe the integrity of the financial information provided by the company, in particular by reviewing the relevance and consistency of the accounting methods used by the company and its group (including the criteria for the consolidation of the accounts of companies in the group);
2) At least once a year review the systems of internal control and risk management to ensure that the key risks (inclusive of the risks in relation with compliance with existing laws and regulations) are properly identified, managed and reflected in the information provided;
3) Ensure the efficiency of the internal audit function, among other things, by making recommendations on the selection, appointment, reappointment and removal of the head of the internal audit department and on the budget of the department, and by monitoring the responsiveness of the management to its findings and recommendations. Should there be no internal audit authority in the company, the need for one should be reviewed at least annually;
4) Make recommendations to the collegial body related with selection, appointment, | Yes | The members of the Audit Committee are elected by the General Shareholders Meeting. The main functions of the Audit Committee should be the following:
- provide recommendations with selection, appointment, reappointment and removal of an external audit company as well as the terms and conditions of engagement with the audit company;
- monitor the process of external audit;
- monitor how the external auditor and audit company follow the principles of independence and objectivity;
- observe the process of preparation of financial reports of the Company;
- monitor the efficiency of the internal control and risk management systems of the Company. Once a year review the need of the internal audit function. |
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reappointment and removal of the external auditor (to be done by the general shareholders' meeting) and with the terms and conditions of his engagement. The committee should investigate situations that lead to a resignation of the audit company or auditor and make recommendations on required actions in such situations;
5) Monitor independence and impartiality of the external auditor, in particular by reviewing the audit company's compliance with applicable guidance relating to the rotation of audit partners, the level of fees paid by the company, and similar issues. In order to prevent occurrence of material conflicts of interest, the committee, based on the auditor's disclosed inter alia data on all remunerations paid by the company to the auditor and network, should at all times monitor nature and extent of the non-audit services. Having regard to the principals and guidelines established in the 16 May 2002 Commission Recommendation 2002/590/EC, the committee should determine and apply a formal policy establishing types of non-audit services that are (a) excluded, (b) permissible only after review by the committee, and (c) permissible without referral to the committee;
6) Review efficiency of the external audit process and responsiveness of management to recommendations made in the external auditor's management letter.
4.14.2. All members of the committee should be furnished with complete information on particulars of accounting, financial and other operations of the company. Company's management should inform the audit committee of the methods used to account for significant and unusual transactions where the accounting treatment may be open to different approaches. In such case a special consideration should be given to company's operations in offshore centers and/or activities carried out through special purpose vehicles (organizations) and justification of such operations.
4.14.3. The audit committee should decide whether participation of the chairman of the collegial body, chief executive officer of the company, chief financial officer (or superior employees in charge of finances, treasury and accounting), or internal and external auditors in the meetings of the committee is required (if required, when). The committee should be entitled, when needed, to meet with any relevant person without executive directors and members of the management bodies present.
4.14.4. Internal and external auditors should be secured with not only effective working relationship with management, but also with free access to the collegial body. For this purpose the audit committee should act as the principal contact person for the internal and external auditors.
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| informed of the internal auditor's work program, and should be furnished with internal audit's reports or periodic summaries. The audit committee should also be informed of the work program of the external auditor and should be furnished with report disclosing all relationships between the independent auditor and the company and its group. The committee should be timely furnished information on all issues arising from the audit. | ||
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| 4.14.6. The audit committee should examine whether the company is following applicable provisions regarding the possibility for employees to report alleged significant irregularities in the company, by way of complaints or through anonymous submissions (normally to an independent member of the collegial body), and should ensure that there is a procedure established for proportionate and independent investigation of these issues and for appropriate follow-up action. | ||
| 4.14.7. The audit committee should report on its activities to the collegial body at least once in every six months, at the time the yearly and half-yearly statements are approved. | ||
| 4.15. Every year the collegial body should conduct the assessment of its activities. The assessment should include evaluation of collegial body's structure, work organization and ability to act as a group, evaluation of each of the collegial body member's and committee's competence and work efficiency and assessment whether the collegial body has achieved its objectives. The collegial body should, at least once a year, make public (as part of the information the company annually discloses on its management structures and practices) respective information on its internal organization and working procedures, and specify what material changes were made as a result of the assessment of the collegial body of its own activities. | Yes | Once a year the Board conducts its performance evaluation. |
| During 2009 the Board analyzed available information, discussed and adopted decisions concerning essential matters of Invalda AB and its group. The Board reacted promptly to the changing environment and made necessary decisions based on the possessed information and considering the existent information, specialists' forecasts and business environment. | ||
| In 2009 main businesses of Invalda were reorganized according to market trends, they are operating successfully and are generating positive cash flows. Also liabilities were decreased significantly. | ||
| Principle V: The working procedure of the company's collegial bodies | ||
| The working procedure of supervisory and management bodies established in the company should ensure efficient operation of these bodies and decision-making and encourage active co-operation between the company's bodies. | ||
| 5.1. The company's supervisory and management bodies (hereinafter in this Principle the concept 'collegial bodies' covers both the collegial bodies of supervision and the collegial bodies of management) should be chaired by chairpersons of these bodies. The chairperson of a collegial body is responsible for proper convocation of the collegial body meetings. The chairperson should ensure that information about the meeting being convened and its agenda are communicated to all members of the body. The chairperson of a collegial body should ensure appropriate conducting of the meetings of the collegial body. The chairperson should ensure order and working atmosphere during the meeting. | Yes | This provision is implemented by the Board (Supervisory Board is not formed in the Company). |
| 5.2. It is recommended that meetings of the company's collegial bodies should be carried | Yes | According to the Board's procedures and regulations, the Board meetings are held at least |
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| out according to the schedule approved in advance at certain intervals of time. Each company is free to decide how often to convene meetings of the collegial bodies, but it is recommended that these meetings should be convened at such intervals, which would guarantee an interrupted resolution of the essential corporate governance issues. Meetings of the company's supervisory board should be convened at least once in a quarter, and the company's board should meet at least once a month^{6}. | once per quarter. | |
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| 5.3. Members of a collegial body should be notified about the meeting being convened in advance in order to allow sufficient time for proper preparation for the issues on the agenda of the meeting and to ensure fruitful discussion and adoption of appropriate decisions. Alongside with the notice about the meeting being convened, all the documents relevant to the issues on the agenda of the meeting should be submitted to the members of the collegial body. The agenda of the meeting should not be changed or supplemented during the meeting, unless all members of the collegial body are present or certain issues of great importance to the company require immediate resolution. | Yes | The Board meetings are being convened by the chairman. The chairman of the Board informs members about the meeting at least 5 days prior to the meeting. Additional issues may be including into the agenda not later than 3 days prior to the meeting. |
| 5.4. In order to co-ordinate operation of the company's collegial bodies and ensure effective decision-making process, chairpersons of the company's collegial bodies of supervision and management should closely co-operate by co-coordinating dates of the meetings, their agendas and resolving other issues of corporate governance. Members of the company's board should be free to attend meetings of the company's supervisory board, especially where issues concerning removal of the board members, their liability or remuneration are discussed. | No | The Company may not implement this recommendation since only the Board is formed. |
| Principle VI: The equitable treatment of shareholders and shareholder rights | ||
| The corporate governance framework should ensure the equitable treatment of all shareholders, including minority and foreign shareholders. The corporate governance framework should protect the rights of the shareholders. | ||
| 6.1. It is recommended that the company's capital should consist only of the shares that grant the same rights to voting, ownership, dividend and other rights to all their holders. | Yes | Shares which compose the authorised capital of the Company grant equal rights to all shareholders. |
| 6.2. It is recommended that investors should have access to the information concerning the rights attached to the shares of the new issue or those issued earlier in advance, i.e. before they purchase shares. | Yes | The Company informs shareholders about the rights of newly issued shares. Information about the rights of already issued shares is provided in the Shareholders' Policy approved by the Board, the Articles of the Association, Company's annual report |
| 6.3. Transactions that are important to the company and its shareholders, such as transfer, investment, and pledge of the company's assets or any other type of encumbrance should be subject to approval of the general shareholders' meeting. All shareholders should | Yes | Shareholders of the Company have equal opportunities to get familiarised and participate in adopting decisions important to the Company. Approval of the General Meeting is also necessary in cases stipulated in Chapter V of the Law on Companies. No other cases when the |
- The frequency of meetings of the collegial body provided for in the recommendation must be applied in those cases when both additional collegial bodies are formed at the company, the board and the supervisory board. In the event only one additional collegial body is formed in the company, the frequency of its meetings may be as established for the supervisory board, i.e. at least once in a quarter.
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| be furnished with equal opportunity to familiarize with and participate in the decision-making process when significant corporate issues, including approval of transactions referred to above, are discussed. | approval of the General Meeting should be obtained are foreseen, since it would impair Company's business considering the nature of the Company's activity. | |
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| 6.4. Procedures of convening and conducting a general shareholders' meeting should ensure equal opportunities for the shareholders to effectively participate at the meetings and should not prejudice the rights and interests of the shareholders. The venue, date, and time of the shareholders' meeting should not hinder wide attendance of the shareholders. Prior to the shareholders' meeting, the company's supervisory and management bodies should enable the shareholders to lodge questions on issues on the agenda of the general shareholders' meeting and receive answers to them. | Yes | The procedures of convening and conducting of the General Meeting comply with the provisions of legal acts and provide the shareholders with equal opportunities to participate in the meetings get familiarised with the draft resolutions and materials necessary for adopting the decision in advance, also give questions to the Board members. |
| 6.5. If is possible, in order to ensure shareholders living abroad the right to access to the information, it is recommended that documents on the course of the general shareholders' meeting, should be placed on the publicly accessible website of the company not only in Lithuanian language, but in English and /or other foreign languages in advance. It is recommended that the minutes of the general shareholders' meeting after signing them and/or adopted resolutions should be also placed on the publicly accessible website of the company. Seeking to ensure the right of foreigners to familiarize with the information, whenever feasible, documents referred to in this recommendation should be published in Lithuanian, English and/or other foreign languages. Documents referred to in this recommendation may be published on the publicly accessible website of the company to the extent that publishing of these documents is not detrimental to the company or the company's commercial secrets are not revealed. | Yes | The documents prepared for the General Meeting are be published in Lithuanian and English on the Company's website. The decisions of General Meetings for the last 8 years are also published on Company's website. |
| 6.6. Shareholders should be furnished with the opportunity to vote in the general shareholders' meeting in person and in absentia. Shareholders should not be prevented from voting in writing in advance by completing the general voting ballot. | Yes | The Company's shareholders are furnished with the opportunity to participate in the General Meeting both personally and via an attorney, if such a person has a proper authorisation or if an agreement on the transfer of voting rights was concluded in the manner set forth in the legal acts. The company provides the shareholders with conditions to vote by completing the general voting ballot. |
| 6.7. With a view to increasing the shareholders' opportunities to participate effectively at shareholders' meetings, the companies are recommended to expand use of modern technologies by allowing the shareholders to participate and vote in general meetings via electronic means of communication. In such cases security of transmitted information and a possibility to identify the identity of the participating and voting person should be guaranteed. Moreover, companies could furnish its shareholders, especially shareholders living abroad, with the opportunity to watch shareholder meetings by means of modern technologies. | No | Shareholders can vote via an attorney or by completing the general voting ballot but for the meantime shareholders can participate and vote in general meetings via electronic means of communication. |
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| Principle VII: The avoidance of conflicts of interest and their disclosure The corporate governance framework should encourage members of the corporate bodies to avoid conflicts of interest and assure transparent and effective mechanism of disclosure of conflicts of interest regarding members of the corporate bodies. | ||
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| 7.1. Any member of the company's supervisory and management body should avoid a situation, in which his/her personal interests are in conflict or may be in conflict with the company's interests. In case such a situation did occur, a member of the company's supervisory and management body should, within reasonable time, inform other members of the same collegial body or the company's body that has elected him/her, or to the company's shareholders about a situation of a conflict of interest, indicate the nature of the conflict and value, where possible. | Yes | The Board members fully comply with these recommendations. |
| 7.2. Any member of the company's supervisory and management body may not mix the company's assets, the use of which has not been mutually agreed upon, with his/her personal assets or use them or the information which he/she learns by virtue of his/her position as a member of a corporate body for his/her personal benefit or for the benefit of any third person without a prior agreement of the general shareholders' meeting or any other corporate body authorized by the meeting. | ||
| 7.3. Any member of the company's supervisory and management body may conclude a transaction with the company, a member of a corporate body of which he/she is. Such a transaction (except insignificant ones due to their low value or concluded when carrying out routine operations in the company under usual conditions) must be immediately reported in writing or orally, by recording this in the minutes of the meeting, to other members of the same corporate body or to the corporate body that has elected him/her or to the company's shareholders. Transactions specified in this recommendation are also subject to recommendation 4.5. | ||
| 7.4. Any member of the company's supervisory and management body should abstain from voting when decisions concerning transactions or other issues of personal or business interest are voted on. | ||
| Principle VIII: Company's remuneration policy Remuneration policy and procedure for approval, revision and disclosure of directors' remuneration established in the company should prevent potential conflicts of interest and abuse in determining remuneration of directors, in addition it should ensure publicity and transparency both of company's remuneration policy and remuneration of directors. | ||
| 8.1. A company should make a public statement of the company's remuneration policy (hereinafter the remuneration statement) which should be clear and easily understandable. This remuneration statement should be published as a part of the company's annual statement as well as posted on the company's website. | No | The Company does not prepare a remuneration policy since the majority of VIII principle items are not relevant for the present structure of the Company. Information about the benefits and loans for the members of the management bodies is provided in the periodical reports, financial statements. |
| 8.2. Remuneration statement should mainly focus on directors' remuneration policy for the following year and, if appropriate, the subsequent years. The statement should contain a summary of the implementation of | ||
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| 8.3. Remuneration statement should leastwise include the following information: | |
| 1) Explanation of the relative importance of the variable and non-variable components of directors' remuneration; | |
| 2) Sufficient information on performance criteria that entitles directors to share options, shares or variable components of remuneration; | |
| 3) An explanation how the choice of performance criteria contributes to the long-term interests of the company; | |
| 4) An explanation of the methods, applied in order to determine whether performance criteria have been fulfilled; | |
| 5) Sufficient information on deferment periods with regard to variable components of remuneration; | |
| 6) Sufficient information on the linkage between the remuneration and performance; | |
| 7) The main parameters and rationale for any annual bonus scheme and any other non-cash benefits; | |
| 8) Sufficient information on the policy regarding termination payments; | |
| 9) Sufficient information with regard to vesting periods for share-based remuneration, as referred to in point 8.13 of this Code; | |
| 10) Sufficient information on the policy regarding retention of shares after vesting, as referred to in point 8.15 of this Code; | |
| 11) Sufficient information on the composition of peer groups of companies the remuneration policy of which has been examined in relation to the establishment of the remuneration policy of the company concerned; | |
| 12) A description of the main characteristics of supplementary pension or early retirement schemes for directors; | |
| 13) Remuneration statement should not include commercially sensitive information. | |
| 8.4. Remuneration statement should also summarize and explain company's policy regarding the terms of the contracts executed with executive directors and members of the management bodies. It should include, inter alia, information on the duration of contracts with executive directors and members of the management bodies, the applicable notice periods and details of provisions for termination payments linked to early termination under contracts for executive directors and members of the management bodies. | |
| 8.5. Remuneration statement should also contain detailed information on the entire amount of remuneration, inclusive of other benefits, that was paid to individual directors |
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| over the relevant financial year. This document should list at least the information set out in items 8.5.1 to 8.5.4 for each person who has served as a director of the company at any time during the relevant financial year. | |
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| 8.5.1. The following remuneration and/or emoluments-related information should be disclosed: • The total amount of remuneration paid or due to the director for services performed during the relevant financial year, inclusive of, where relevant, attendance fees fixed by the annual general shareholders meeting; • The remuneration and advantages received from any undertaking belonging to the same group; • The remuneration paid in the form of profit sharing and/or bonus payments and the reasons why such bonus payments and/or profit sharing were granted; • If permissible by the law, any significant additional remuneration paid to directors for special services outside the scope of the usual functions of a director; • Compensation receivable or paid to each former executive director or member of the management body as a result of his resignation from the office during the previous financial year; • Total estimated value of non-cash benefits considered as remuneration, other than the items covered in the above points. | |
| 8.5.2. As regards shares and/or rights to acquire share options and/or all other share-incentive schemes, the following information should be disclosed: • The number of share options offered or shares granted by the company during the relevant financial year and their conditions of application; • The number of shares options exercised during the relevant financial year and, for each of them, the number of shares involved and the exercise price or the value of the interest in the share incentive scheme at the end of the financial year; • The number of share options unexercised at the end of the financial year; their exercise price, the exercise date and the main conditions for the exercise of the rights; • All changes in the terms and conditions of existing share options occurring during the financial year. | |
| 8.5.3. The following supplementary pension schemes-related information should be disclosed: • When the pension scheme is a defined-benefit scheme, changes in the directors' accrued benefits under that scheme during the relevant financial year; • When the pension scheme is defined-contribution scheme, detailed information on contributions paid or payable by the company in respect of that director during the relevant |
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| 8.5.4. The statement should also state amounts that the company or any subsidiary company or entity included in the consolidated annual financial report of the company has paid to each person who has served as a director in the company at any time during the relevant financial year in the form of loans, advance payments or guarantees, including the amount outstanding and the interest rate. | |
| 8.6. Where the remuneration policy includes variable components of remuneration, companies should set limits on the variable component(s). The non-variable component of remuneration should be sufficient to allow the company to withhold variable components of remuneration when performance criteria are not met. | |
| 8.7. Award of variable components of remuneration should be subject to predetermined and measurable performance criteria. | |
| 8.8. Where a variable component of remuneration is awarded, a major part of the variable component should be deferred for a minimum period of time. The part of the variable component subject to deferment should be determined in relation to the relative weight of the variable component compared to the non-variable component of remuneration. | |
| 8.9. Contractual arrangements with executive or managing directors should include provisions that permit the company to reclaim variable components of remuneration that were awarded on the basis of data which subsequently proved to be manifestly misstated. | |
| 8.10. Termination payments should not exceed a fixed amount or fixed number of years of annual remuneration, which should, in general, not be higher than two years of the non-variable component of remuneration or the equivalent thereof. | |
| 8.11. Termination payments should not be paid if the termination is due to inadequate performance. | |
| 8.12. The information on preparatory and decision-making processes, during which a policy of remuneration of directors is being established, should also be disclosed. Information should include data, if applicable, on authorities and composition of the remuneration committee, names and surnames of external consultants whose services have been used in determination of the remuneration policy as well as the role of shareholders' annual general meeting. | |
| 8.13. Shares should not vest for at least three years after their award. | |
| 8.14. Share options or any other right to acquire shares or to be remunerated on the basis of share price movements should not be exercisable for at least three years after their |
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| award. Vesting of shares and the right to exercise share options or any other right to acquire shares or to be remunerated on the basis of share price movements, should be subject to predetermined and measurable performance criteria. | ||
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| 8.15. After vesting, directors should retain a number of shares, until the end of their mandate, subject to the need to finance any costs related to acquisition of the shares. The number of shares to be retained should be fixed, for example, twice the value of total annual remuneration (the non-variable plus the variable components). | ||
| 8.16. Remuneration of non-executive or supervisory directors should not include share options. | ||
| 8.17. Shareholders, in particular institutional shareholders, should be encouraged to attend general meetings where appropriate and make considered use of their votes regarding directors' remuneration. | ||
| 8.18. Without prejudice to the role and organization of the relevant bodies responsible for setting directors' remunerations, the remuneration policy or any other significant change in remuneration policy should be included into the agenda of the shareholders' annual general meeting. Remuneration statement should be put for voting in shareholders' annual general meeting. The vote may be either mandatory or advisory. | ||
| 8.19. Schemes anticipating remuneration of directors in shares, share options or any other right to purchase shares or be remunerated on the basis of share price movements should be subject to the prior approval of shareholders' annual general meeting by way of a resolution prior to their adoption. The approval of scheme should be related with the scheme itself and not to the grant of such share-based benefits under that scheme to individual directors. All significant changes in scheme provisions should also be subject to shareholders' approval prior to their adoption; the approval decision should be made in shareholders' annual general meeting. In such case shareholders should be notified on all terms of suggested changes and get an explanation on the impact of the suggested changes. | Not applicable | In 2009 the schemes, on which basis the managers were remunerated in shares, share selection transactions or other rights to acquire the shares or be remunerated based on the share price movements were not applied in the Company. |
| 8.20. The following issues should be subject to approval by the shareholders' annual general meeting: 1) Grant of share-based schemes, including share options, to directors; 2) Determination of maximum number of shares and main conditions of share granting; 3) The term within which options can be exercised; 4) The conditions for any subsequent change in the exercise of the options, if permissible by law; 5) All other long-term incentive schemes for which directors are eligible and which are not available to other employees of the company |
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| under similar terms. Annual general meeting should also set the deadline within which the body responsible for remuneration of directors may award compensations listed in this article to individual directors. | ||
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| 8.21. Should national law or company's Articles of Association allow, any discounted option arrangement under which any rights are granted to subscribe to shares at a price lower than the market value of the share prevailing on the day of the price determination, or the average of the market values over a number of days preceding the date when the exercise price is determined, should also be subject to the shareholders' approval. | ||
| 8.22. Provisions of Articles 8.19 and 8.20 should not be applicable to schemes allowing for participation under similar conditions to company's employees or employees of any subsidiary company whose employees are eligible to participate in the scheme and which has been approved in the shareholders' annual general meeting. | ||
| 8.23. Prior to the annual general meeting that is intended to consider decision stipulated in Article 8.8, the shareholders must be provided an opportunity to familiarize with draft resolution and project-related notice (the documents should be posted on the company's website). The notice should contain the full text of the share-based remuneration schemes or a description of their key terms, as well as full names of the participants in the schemes. Notice should also specify the relationship of the schemes and the overall remuneration policy of the directors. Draft resolution must have a clear reference to the scheme itself or to the summary of its key terms. Shareholders must also be presented with information on how the company intends to provide for the shares required to meet its obligations under incentive schemes. It should be clearly stated whether the company intends to buy shares in the market, hold the shares in reserve or issue new ones. There should also be a summary on scheme-related expenses the company will suffer due to the anticipated application of the scheme. All information given in this article must be posted on the company's website. | ||
| Principle IX: The role of stakeholders in corporate governance The corporate governance framework should recognize the rights of stakeholders as established by law and encourage active co-operation between companies and stakeholders in creating the company value, jobs and financial sustainability. For the purposes of this Principle, the concept "stakeholders" includes investors, employees, creditors, suppliers, clients, local community and other persons having certain interest in the company concerned. | ||
| 9.1. The corporate governance framework should assure that the rights of stakeholders that are protected by law are respected. | Yes | The company respects the rights of interest holders and allows the interest holders to participate in the management of the Company in the manner set forth by the laws. |
| 9.2. The corporate governance framework should create conditions for the stakeholders to participate in corporate governance in the manner prescribed by law. Examples of mechanisms of stakeholder participation in corporate governance include: employee participation in adoption of certain key |
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| decisions for the company; consulting the employees on corporate governance and other important issues; employee participation in the company's share capital; creditor involvement in governance in the context of the company's insolvency, etc. | ||
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| 9.3. Where stakeholders participate in the corporate governance process, they should have access to relevant information. | ||
| Principle X: Information disclosure and transparency | ||
| The corporate governance framework should ensure that timely and accurate disclosure is made on all material information regarding the company, including the financial situation, performance and governance of the company. | ||
| 10.1. The company should disclose information on: | ||
| 1) The financial and operating results of the company; | ||
| 2) Company objectives; | ||
| 3) Persons holding by the right of ownership or in control of a block of shares in the company; | ||
| 4) Members of the company's supervisory and management bodies, chief executive officer of the company and their remuneration; | ||
| 5) Material foreseeable risk factors; | ||
| 6) Transactions between the company and connected persons, as well as transactions concluded outside the course of the company's regular operations; | ||
| 7) Material issues regarding employees and other stakeholders; | ||
| 8) Governance structures and strategy. | ||
| This list should be deemed as a minimum recommendation, while the companies are encouraged not to limit themselves to disclosure of the information specified in this list. | Yes | Information set forth in this recommendation is disclosed in the notifications on material event, periodical reports. This information is also published on Company's website. |
| 10.2. It is recommended to the company, which is the parent of other companies, that consolidated results of the whole group to which the company belongs should be disclosed when information specified in item 1 of Recommendation 10.1 is under disclosure. | ||
| 10.3. It is recommended that information on the professional background, qualifications of the members of supervisory and management bodies, chief executive officer of the company should be disclosed as well as potential conflicts of interest that may have an effect on their decisions when information specified in item 4 of Recommendation 10.1 about the members of the company's supervisory and management bodies is under disclosure. It is also recommended that information about the amount of remuneration received from the company and other income should be disclosed with regard to members of the company's supervisory and management bodies and chief executive officer as per Principle VIII. | ||
| 10.4. It is recommended that information about the links between the company and its stakeholders, including employees, creditors, suppliers, local community, as well as the company's policy with regard to human resources, employee participation schemes in the company's share capital, etc. should be |
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| disclosed when information specified in item 7 of Recommendation 10.1 is under disclosure. | ||
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| 10.5. Information should be disclosed in such a way that neither shareholders nor investors are discriminated with regard to the manner or scope of access to information. Information should be disclosed to all simultaneously. It is recommended that notices about material events should be announced before or after a trading session on the NASDAQ OMX Vilnius, so that all the company's shareholders and investors should have equal access to the information and make informed investing decisions. | Yes | The Company discloses information via NASDAQ OMX news distribution service so that the public in Lithuania and other EU countries should have equal access to the information. The information is disclosed in Lithuanian and English. The Company publishes its information prior to or after the trade sessions on the NASDAQ OMX Vilnius. The company doesn't disclose information that may have an effect on the price of shares in the commentaries, interview or other ways as long as such information is publicly announced via NASDAQ OMX news distribution service. |
| 10.6. Channels for disseminating information should provide for fair, timely and cost-efficient access to relevant information by users. It is recommended that information technologies should be employed for wider dissemination of information, for instance, by placing the information on the company's website. It is recommended that information should be published and placed on the company's website not only in Lithuanian, but also in English, and, whenever possible and necessary, in other languages as well. | Yes | The information is disclosed in Lithuanian and English simultaneously via NASDAQ OMX news distribution service. It is also published on Company's website. |
| 10.7. It is recommended that the company's annual reports and other periodical accounts prepared by the company should be placed on the company's website. It is recommended that the company should announce information about material events and changes in the price of the company's shares on the Stock Exchange on the company's website too. | Yes | The Company publishes all information indicated in this recommendation on its website. |
| Principle XI: The selection of the company's auditor | ||
| The mechanism of the selection of the company's auditor should ensure independence of the firm of auditor's conclusion and opinion. | ||
| 11.1. An annual audit of the company's financial reports and interim reports should be conducted by an independent firm of auditors in order to provide an external and objective opinion on the company's financial statements. | Yes | The annual Company's and consolidated financial statements and consolidated annual report are conducted by the independent audit firm. |
| The interim financial statements are not conducted by the audit firm. | ||
| 11.2. It is recommended that the company's supervisory board and, where it is not set up, the company's board should propose a candidate firm of auditors to the general shareholders' meeting. | Yes | The candidate audit firm is suggested to the General Meeting by the Board. |
| 11.3. It is recommended that the company should disclose to its shareholders the level of fees paid to the firm of auditors for non-audit services rendered to the company. This information should be also known to the company's supervisory board and, where it is not formed, the company's board upon their consideration which firm of auditors to propose for the general shareholders' meeting. | Not applicable | The audit firm does not provide non-audit services to the Company. |
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Darius Šulnis