E.ON 2001 Annual Report
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2001 Annual Report Focus & Growth E.ON 2001 E.ON Group financial highlights pro forma in millions 2000 2001 +/– % Sales 88,858 79,664 –10 Results from ordinary business activities 6,498 3,898 –40 Results from continuing operations 3,440 2,610 –24 Net income 3,678 2,048 –44 EBITDA 8,041 8,626 +7 EBIT 3,136 4,263 +36 Internal operating profit 2,445 3,553 +45 ROCE (in %) 10.1 10.3 +0.23 Capital employed (annual average) 44,376 46,958 +6 Return on equity after taxes2 (in %) 13.5 7.8 –5.73 Investments 14,380 7,931 –45 Cash flow from continuing operations 3,413 3,907 +14 Stockholders’ equity 28,033 24,462 –13 Total assets 106,215 99,046 –7 Employees at year end 166,183 151,953 –9 Per share in Results from continuing operations 4.74 3.87 –18 Results from discontinued operations 0.33 –0.80 – Dividend 1.35 1.60 +19 Dividend including tax credit 1.93 – – Stockholders’ equity4 38.61 36.30 –6 1Pro-forma figures for 2000 are shown in accordance with U.S. GAAP and depict the E.ON Group as if the VEBA-VIAG merger had been consummated as of January 1, 2000. 2Net income (excluding minority interests) ÷ annual average stockholders’ equity (excluding minority interests). 3Difference in percentage points. 4Excluding minority interests. E.ON Group by Division Tele- Distri- Other/ Real communi- bution/ consoli- in millions Energy Chemicals Oil Estate cations Logistics dation Total Sales 18,449 17,398 26,899 1,291 556 15,583 –512 79,664 EBITDA 4,028 2,105 1,185 470 62 720 56 8,626 EBIT 2,039 885 617 336 –85 421 50 4,263 Internal operating profit 1,971 541 432 245 –148 299 213 3,553 ROCE (in %) 12.0 9.2 14.0 11.8 –6.2 12.5 – 10.3 Capital employed (annual average) 19,013 12,192 4,808 2,899 1,294 3,858 2,894 46,958 Cash flow from contin- uing operations 2,792 881 686 57 –1,356 580 267 3,907 Investments 4,027 2,093 659 171 243 315 423 7,931 Employees at year end 39,560 54,140 7,586 5,735 1,612 42,714 606 151,953 E.ON AG: an overview E.ON AG: an overview Energy Other Activities E.ON Energie AG Munich Stockholders’ equity: 4,879 million 100% National International Degussa AG Düsseldorf E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH Teag Thüringer Energie AG Sydkraft AB Stockholders’ equity: VEBA Oel AG Hanover 100% Erfurt 74.7% Malmö (Sweden) 60.8% 3,717 million 64.6% Gelsenkirchen 49% Degussa is Germany’s third-largest chemicals VEBA Oel’s operations encompass petroleum Hein Gas Hamburger company and the world’s biggest specialty chem- refining and petrochemicals as well as petroleum E.ON Kernkraft GmbH Gaswerke GmbH Graninge AB icals enterprise. Degussa’s exacting quality stan- product retailing, Hanover 100% Hamburg 89.9% Kramfors (Sweden) 36.3% dards, expertise, innovative edge, and relationship- focused approach to customers help the company maintain its leading positions across numerous Stinnes AG market segments. Degussa is arrayed in six mar- Mülheim an der Ruhr 65.4% E.ON Wasserkraft GmbH Pesag Aktiengesellschaft Espoon Sähkö Oy ket-oriented divisions: Landshut 100% Paderborn 54.7% Espoo (Finland) 34% Stinnes’s more than 1,200 facilities around the • Health & Nutrition globe put it in the top tier of logistics enter- • Construction Chemicals prises. Energie-Aktiengesellschaft • Fine & Industrial Chemicals E.ON Netz GmbH Mitteldeutschland EAM E.ON Benelux Generation N.V. • Performance Chemicals Bayreuth 100% Kassel 46% Voorburg (Netherlands) 100% • Coatings & Advanced Fillers VIAG Telecom Beteiligungs GmbH • Specialty Polymers Munich 100% Dél-dunántúli Áramszolgáltató VIAG Telecom has an interest in ONE, the E.ON Sales & Trading GmbH EWE Aktiengesellschaft Részevénytársaság Viterra AG Austrian cellular phone company. Munich 100% Oldenburg 27.4% Pécs (Hungary) 92.4% Essen Stockholders’ equity: 667 million 100% E.ON Telecom GmbH Elektrizitätswerk Düsseldorf 100% E.ON Bayern AG Minden-Ravensberg Tiszántúli Áramszolgáltató RL Viterra is one of Germany’s foremost real-estate Regensburg 97.2% Herford 25.1% Debrecen (Hungary) 92.4% service companies with core competencies in the E.ON Telecom has a shareholding in France’s areas of property development, management, bill- Bouygues Telecom, a mobile phone operator. ing services, and sales. Viterra is organized into Észak-dunántúli four clearly focused business units: Avacon AG Thüga AG Áramszolgáltató Rt Helmstedt 53.4% Munich 62% Györ (Hungary) 27.7% • Residential Investment • Residential Development • Residential Services • Commercial Real Estate Schleswag Aktiengesellschaft E.ON Engineering GmbH Watt AG Rendsburg 65.3% Gelsenkirchen 100% Zurich (Switzerland) 24.5% e.dis Energie Nord AG Gelsenwasser AG BKW FMB Energie AG Fürstenwalde an der Spree 71.0% Gelsenkirchen 80.5% Bern (Switzerland) 20.0% E.ON Energie is Europe’s largest privately owned energy service provider. Via subsid- iaries and shareholdings, E.ON Energie supplies some 25 million customers across Europe with electricity, natural gas, and water. With operations in 17 European countries, E.ON Energie has stakes in major energy companies in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Russia, the Baltic states, and Poland. It also has joint ventures in numerous other countries. As of March 1, 2002 Focus & Growth Letter to our shareowners Report of the Supervisory Board The year in review Essay Review of operations 2 Contents You might be asking yourself what Marion Jones and Bud Spencer are doing in E.ON’s Annual Report. A fair question. The answer is simple: they and the other people featured in our report have something in common. At a defin- ing moment in their lives, they applied their talent and their energy toward a clear goal. They focused their lives on a single activity—and by doing so have achieved extraordinary success. These individuals have pursued a strategy that, in a number of ways, is similar to E.ON’s. Entrepreneurial and personal decisions are motivated by many of the same desires and aspirations. And though corporate strategy may be steered by decision trees more than it is by emotions, trying to do many different things at the same time is like juggling balls and spinning plates. For companies and for individuals. But concentrate on one goal, and there’s no limit to what you can achieve. E.ON is focusing all its energies on becoming one of the world’s leading energy service providers. Additional information Consolidated Financial Statements Mandates of Board Members Major shareholdings Glossary 3 4 Letter to our shareowners 24 Report of the Board of Management 74 Consolidated Financial Statements 8 Board of Management 24 Review of Operations 10 Report of the Supervisory Board 38 Additional information: 136 Mandates of the Board Members 12 Supervisory Board 39 Strategy and investmentplan 139 Three-year highlights 13 The year in review 42 E.ON Shares 140 Major shareholdings 14 Essay 45 ROCE 142 Glossary 48 Employees Financial calendar 50 Environmental protection 54 Group Divisions: 54 Energy 64 Other activities Letter to our shareowners Report of the Supervisory Board The year in review Essay Review of operations 4 Letter to our shareowners Dear shareowners: Since January 1, 2002, the people of twelve European countries have had a common currency. The euro’s debut has given new impetus to the process of Euro- pean integration. More than ever before, we think and act in international terms. The markets we operate in—including our energy business—no longer have national boundaries. E.ON responded to this trend early on with the merger of VEBA and VIAG. Our acquisition last year of a majority interest in Sweden’s Sydkraft made E.ON Europe’s largest investor-owned energy service provider. Now we’re striving for a leading global position. We made substantial progress toward achieving this goal in the 2001 financial year. The takeover of U.K.-based Powergen that we initiated early last spring is the Group’s largest-ever acquisition and adds a new and global dimension to our electricity business. The planned acquisition of a majority interest in Ruhrgas creates a platform Ulrich Hartmann and Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Simson for international growth in our natural gas operations. We know that we’ll only be able to achieve the ambitious goals we’ve set for our utility business if we focus our energies. That’s why we’re moving systemat- ically forward with our focus strategy. 2001 was an outstanding year for E.ON, from a strategic as well as an operational perspective. In terms of operating earnings, we markedly surpassed the previous year’s all-time high. Internal operating profit was up 45 percent to 3.6 billion. Of equal importance was the fact that our core energy business posted double-digit earnings growth for the first time since the declines brought on by energy market liberalization. Your company’s solid performance is also reflected in our proposed dividend. At the Annual Shareholders Meeting, management will recommend the payment of a cash dividend of 1.60—19 percent more than in the prior year. New shores, new opportunities. The acquisition of Powergen would make E.ON the world’s second- largest energy service provider in terms of power supplied and number of customers. It would enable us to obtain a leading position in the U.K.’s attractive power sector. Moreover, Powergen’s LG&E subsidiary would open the door to new growth opportunities in the United States, the world’s largest energy market. Additional information Consolidated Financial Statements Mandates of Board Members Major shareholdings Glossary 5 For the most part, the necessary approval processes In early 2002, we sold VAW aluminium to Norway’s have been completed.