Saudi Basic Industries Corp. — Interim / Quarterly Report 2020

Oct 25, 2020

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. announces its Interim Financial Results for the Period Ending on 2020-09-30 ( Nine Months )

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Saudi Basic Industries Corp. announces its Interim Financial Results for the Period Ending on 2020-09-30 ( Nine Months )

Element List	Current Quarter	Similar quarter for previous year	%Change	Previous Quarter	% Change
Sales/Revenue	29.3	32.81	-10.697	24.62	19.008
Gross Profit (Loss)	6.52	7.98	-18.295	3.47	87.896
Operational Profit (Loss)	2.1	3.79	-44.591	-1.26	-
Net Profit (Loss) after Zakat and Tax	1.09	0.74	47.297	-2.22	-
Total Comprehensive Income	2.23	-1.98	-	-2.91	-
All figures are in (Billions) Saudi Arabia, Riyals

Element List	Current Period	Similar period for previous year	%Change
Sales/Revenue	84.11	103.72	-18.906
Gross Profit (Loss)	14.7	25.93	-43.308
Operational Profit (Loss)	0.78	12.96	-93.981
Net Profit (Loss) after Zakat and Tax	-2.18	6.09	-
Total Comprehensive Income	-2.59	2.26	-
Total Share Holders Equity (after Deducting Minority Equity)	165.03	177.71	-7.135
Profit (Loss) per Share	-0.73	2.03
All figures are in (Billions) Saudi Arabia, Riyals

Element List	Explanation
Increase (Decrease) in Net Profit for Current Quarter Compared to the Same Quarter of the Previous Year is Attributed to	The increase in net income is mainly attributable to the higher production and sales volume in addition to reversal of impairment provisions in certain financial assets, net of SAR 0.69 billion.
Increase (Decrease) in Net Profit for Current Quarter Compared to the Previous Quarter is Attributed to	The net income reported for this quarter compared to the previous quarter is mainly attributable to the higher average selling prices and higher production and sales volume in addition to reversal of impairment provisions in certain financial assets, net of SAR 0.69 billion.
Increase (Decrease) in Net Profit for Current Period Compared to the Similar Period of the Previous Year is Attributed to	The net loss reported for this period compared to the previous period is mainly attributable to the lower average selling prices in addition to the recognition of impairment provisions in certain capital and financial assets, net of SAR 1.55 billion.
Basis of the External Auditor's Opinion	Unmodified opinion
Reclassification of Comparison Items	Certain prior period figures have been re-classified to confirm with the presentation in the current period
Additional Information	1- At each reporting date and in accordance with IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’, SABIC used to account for the derivatives on equity instruments for its forward contracts related to certain subsidiaries by reclassifying the respective non-controlling interests to non-current financial liabilities, as best proxy for the present value of the amount payable at the end of the respective joint venture agreements.

In the context of the acquisition of 70% of SABIC by Saudi Aramco (“Aramco”), SABIC decided to make a different policy choice in accordance with IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’ , to align certain accounting policies with Aramco, related to derivatives on equity instruments for the forward contracts. This change in accounting policy has been applied retrospectively during the third quarter of 2020 with a decrease of equity attributable to SABIC equity holders in retained earnings and an increase in non-current financial liabilities of SAR 706 million, respectively. In addition, a reversal adjustment has been made to recognize the non-controlling interests against non-current financial liabilities of SAR 1,014 million, respectively.

Subsequently, changes in the present value of the non-current financial liabilities will be recognized through the consolidated statement of income. On ground of materiality, no retrospective adjustments have been made in the previous periods reported consolidated statement of income.

2- Further to what has been disclosed in our announcement of the results of second quarter of 2020 on 16-12-1440 corresponding to 06-08-2020 with respect to the alignment of the accounting policies and critical accounting judgments related to the reassessment of SABIC's control over certain investments in ventures retrospectively as a result of Saudi Aramco acquisition of 70% of SABIC shares, where the significant financial impacts have been disclosed in the above-mentioned announcement for all comparative periods , which are non-cash in nature. We would like to draw your attention that the comparative figures for the three months and the period ending 30-09-2019 have been restated and as a result of that, SABIC's net income for the year 2019 has been restated and reduced by SR 365 million (net income for the nine months ended 30-09-2019 has been reduced by SR 268 million and net income for the third quarter ended 30-09-2019 has been reduced by SR 97 million).

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