Earnings Release • Feb 13, 2018
Earnings Release
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Current report No 2/2018
Preliminary results of TAURON Polska Energia Group for 2017 and Q4 2017
Management Board of TAURON Polska Energia S.A. ("Company") presentsselected estimated consolidated financial results and operating data ofTAURON Polska Energia S.A. Capital Group ("TAURON Group") for 2017 andQ4 2017.
Selected estimated financial results for 2017:
Sales revenue: PLN 17 416 m
EBITDA (operating profit increased by depreciation, amortization andwrite-offs related to non-financial assets): PLN 3 544 m
including:
a) Mining segment's EBITDA: PLN (83) m
b) Generation segment's EBITDA: PLN 464 m
c) Distribution segment's EBITDA: PLN 2 283 m
d) Supply segment's EBITDA: PLN 841 m
EBIT (operating profit): PLN 1 805 m
Net profit: PLN 1 388 m
CAPEX: PLN 3 474 m
Selected estimated operating data for 2017:
Commercial coal production: 6.4 m tons
Commercial coal sales: 6.8 m tons
Gross electricity production: 18.4 TWh
Heat production: 12.2 PJ
Electricity distribution: 51.4 TWh (including to final consumers: 49.1TWh)
Retail electricity sales: 34.9 TWh
Selected estimated financial results for Q4 2017:
Sales revenue: PLN 4 545 m
EBITDA (operating profit increased by depreciation, amortization andwrite-offs related to non-financial assets): PLN 667 m
including:
a) Mining segment's EBITDA: PLN (41) m
b) Generation segment's EBITDA: PLN 78 m
c) Distribution segment's EBITDA: PLN 488 m
d) Supply segment's EBITDA: PLN 150 m
EBIT (operating profit): PLN 225 m
Net profit: PLN 194 m
CAPEX: PLN 1 257 m
Net debt as of 31 December 2017: PLN 8 047 m
Net debt/EBITDA as of 31 December 2017: 2.3
Selected estimated operating data for Q4 2017:
Commercial coal production: 1.8 m tons
Commercial coal sales: 1.8 m tons
Gross electricity production: 4.4 TWh
Heat production: 4.3 PJ
Electricity distribution: 13.1 TWh (including to final consumers: 12.6TWh)
Retail electricity sales: 9.4 TWh
Significant factors impacting Q4 2017 earnings (versus Q4 2016):
a) financial revenue due to the positive FX differences on the EURdenominated debt which led to an increase of TAURON Group's grossfinancial result in Q4 2017 by PLN 120 m. In Q4 2016 the FX differenceson the EUR denominated debt led to a decrease of TAURON Group's grossfinancial result by PLN 16 m (no impact on EBITDA),
b) raising the level of provisions, in particular:
- setting up a provision in the amount of PLN 55 m for the payment of aone-time bonus to the workforce (including in the following segments:Mining: PLN 14 m, Generation: PLN 11 m, Distribution: PLN 23 m, SupplyPLN 1 m, Other PLN 6 m),
- increasing the provision due to potential fees related to thetransmission easement by PLN 26 m (Distribution segment),
- increasing the actuarial provisions due to the past service cost byPLN 17m (Mining segment),
- increasing the provision due to a potential increase of the propertytax related to grid assets by PLN 27 m (Distribution segment),
c) dissolving a part of the provision in the amount of PLN 14 m as acontribution towards potential penalties imposed by the President of theEnergy Regulatory Office (Distribution segment).
The Company states that the figures presented above represent estimatedvalues and may be subject to change. The final values will be presentedin the consolidated report for 2017, scheduled to be published on March13, 2018.
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