Annual Report State-owned Companies 2002 Annual Report State-owned Companies 2002 2 CONTENTS The year in brief 4 Foreword 8 State ownership policy 10 Transparency 11 Effective boards 12 The role of auditors 14 Effective capital structure 15 Important policy issues 16 Guidelines 18 Ownership administration within the Swedish Government Offices 19 The government’s administration mandate 19 Administration expenses 20 The state-owned corporate sector 22 Overview 2002 22 Turnover and earnings 24 Investment 25 Employees 26 Dividend 28 Companies operating under market conditions 29 Overview 2002 30 Akademiska Hus AB 34 Civitas Holding AB 35 Vasakronan AB 36 Dom Shvetsii, A/O 37 Green Cargo AB 38 Imego AB 39 Kasernen Fastighets AB 40 Lernia AB 41 Luossavaara Kirunavaara AB, LKAB 42 Posten AB 43 SJ AB 44 Specialfastigheter Sverige AB 45 Statens Bostadsfinansieringsaktiebolag, SBAB 46 Stattum, Förvaltningsaktiebolaget 47 Sveaskog AB 48 Svensk Exportkredit AB, SEK 49 Swedish Space Corporation 50 Swedish Ships Mortgage Bank 51 Svenska Skogsplantor AB 52 Swedcarrier AB 53 Swedesurvey AB 54 SweRoad AB 55 Sydkraft SAKAB 56 Vasallen AB 57 Vattenfall AB 58 Venantius AB 59 Vin & Sprit AB, V&S 60 CONTENTS 3 State ownership of listed companies 61 Nordea AB 63 OM AB 64 SAS AB 65 TeliaSonera AB 66 Companies with special societal interests 67 Overview 2002 68 A-Banan projekt AB 71 ALMI Företagspartner AB 72 Apoteket AB 73 Bostadsgaranti, AB 74 Göta kanalbolag, AB 75 IRECO Holding AB 76 Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern AB 77 Kungliga Operan AB 78 Swedish Civil Aviation Administration 79 Norrland Center AB 80 Samhall AB 81 SIS Miljömärkning AB 82 Swedish Maritime Administration 83 SOS Alarm Sverige AB 84 Statens Väg- och Baninvest AB 85 Svensk Bilprovning, AB 86 Svensk-Danska Broförbindelsen SVEDAB AB 87 Svenska kraftnät, Affärsverket 88 Svenska Miljöstyrningsrådet, AB 89 Svenska Spel, AB 90 Sveriges Provnings- och Forskningsinstitut AB, SP 91 Sveriges Rese- och Turistråd AB 92 Swedfund International AB 93 Systembolaget AB 94 Teracom AB 95 Voksenåsen A/S 96 Liquidation companies 97 SKDföretagen AB 97 Sveriges Geologiska AB, SGAB 97 Zenit Shipping AB 97 A historical overview 98 Changes in ownership 101 Accounting principles 102 Definitions and abbreviations 103 List of government bills 104 Report dates for state-owned companies 105 Division of responsibility for state-owned companies 106 Changes in 2002: Managing Directors and Chairmen 109 Addresses 110 Merger of Telia and Sonera 112 4 THE YEAR IN BRIEF The Swedish state is Sweden’s largest company owner. The Swedish Government Offices administer around 60 state-owned companies with a turnover of almost SEK 340 billion. There are approximately 200,000 employees in these companies, which provided a dividend of approximately SEK 10.2 billion in 2002. The state is moreover the largest owner on Stockholmsbörsen, the Stockholm stock exchange. Altogether, this involves a considerable responsibility and demands long-term, professional administra- tion. The state ownership role is complex as the state owns companies with business activities ranging from mining to opera, and from real estate to gambling. The government’s overall objective is creating value for the owners, the Swedish people. State-owned companies can in principle be divided into two groups: companies operating under market conditions and requirements, and companies that primarily have special societal interests to fulfil. The annual report is a tool for increasing the transparency of state-owned companies. The following report contain a description of the state’s ownership policy and a financial description of the state-owned corporate sector and the performance of individual companies. Important events in 2002 – large and small " STATE-OWNED COMPANIES FINANCIAL FACTS, SEK billion 2002 2001 Change, % Net turnover . .337.5 . .294.2 . .14.8 Profit before tax . .8.5 . .26.1 . .–67.4 Net profit . .8.6 . .17.4 . .–50.6 Shareholders’ equity . .195.2 . .176.0 . .7.7 Total assets . .876.6 . .962.9 . .–9.6 Cash flow from operating activities . .75.0 . .50.9 . .47.3 Gross investment . .67.6 . .129.0 . .–47.6 Average no. of employees . .199,302 . .201,059 . .–1 Return on equity, % . .4.6 . .10.3 . .–5.6 %-points Equity/assets ratio, % . .18.7 . .22.0 . .–3.3 %-points Dividend . .10.2 . .9.1 . .11 RETURN ON EQUITY, % DIVIDEND, SEK billion AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 14 12 210' 12 180' 9 10 150' 8 120' 6 6 90' 60' 4 3 2 30' 0 0 0 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 Return on equity amounted to 4.6 per cent Despite the weak profit performance, dividends The average number of employees fell in 2002. increased to approximately SEK 10.2 billion. marginally in 2002. THE YEAR IN BRIEF 5 TeliaSonera In March 2002 Telia and Sonera announced plans for a merger and final agreement was reached in December. The largest corporate transaction in Europe in 2002 was then a fact. The merger creating the leading telecommunications operator in the Nordic countries with approximately two and a half times as many subscribers as the nearest competitor in both fixed and mobile operations and one of the largest companies in the Stockholm region. Turnover in 2002 was SEK 80,979 pro forma with an underlying gross profit of (EBITDA) of SEK 25,457 million. Apoteket Apoteket is to meet the need for pharma- ceutical products throughout Sweden and is obliged to stock all pharmaceutical products that have been approved for the Swedish market. As from 1 October 2002, Photo: Carl-Axel Fridolf a replacement of pharmaceutical products was introduced at pharmacies which means that a prescribed pharmaceutical product Dramaten is to be replaced at the pharmacy if a In 2002, Dramaten has had 28 (27) cheaper equivalent is available. Among productions in its repertoire, 18 (19) other things, this has led to price cuts by of which have been new productions. pharmaceutical companies. A total of 997 (957) performances have Apoteket’s 900 pharmacies have had 87 taken place on the theatre’s six stages million customer visits during 2002 and for a public of 296,368 (269,248). processed 68 million prescription order Booking during the year has been 89 items. Apoteket’s costs account for approxi- (92) per cent and the proportion of mately 18 per cent of the total costs for phar- non-Stockholmers in the audience has maceutical products. The Swedish pharmacy been estimated at 24 per cent. system has a low distribution cost compared with other European pharmacy systems. SJ SJ AB’s board drew up a balance sheet for liquidation purposes on 4 December 2002 for the parent company, for the company’s position on 30 September 2002, which was examined by the company’s auditors. It was noted that there was a deficiency of capi- tal. This balance sheet was presented at the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on 15 January 2003, whereupon the board decided to continue the company’s operations to examine the possibilities to remove the deficiency of capital. The company’s finan- cial situation requires that the deficiency of capital that has arisen be remedied at SOS Alarm the latest by 15 September 2003. The government has presented a bill with proposals The company is required to have an aver- on how the capital requirement is to be dealt with. age response time of 8 seconds. The aver- age response time in 2002 was 7.1 (6.7) seconds. However, the big city alarm cen- tres do not comply with this require- ment at present. SOS Alarm is going to install a new technology platform in the next few years which will improve the prerequisites for meeting the require- ments made on the activity as the same time as enabling efficiency improvement. Photo: Industrifotografen AB 6 THE YEAR IN BRIEF Vattenfall Vattenfall consolidated its German holdings during the year under Vattenfall Europe which now accounts for approximately 60 per cent of the company’s turnover. Profit before tax increased by 34 per cent to SEK 9,987 million, primarily due to increased profitability in Germany, improved earnings in Electricity production Nordic region and Market Nordic region and reduced losses in IT operations that have been wound up. Vattenfall, with a vision of becoming a leading European energy company, has a mar- ket share of approximately 20 per cent in the Nordic countries and is the fifth largest electricity company in Europe. Consolidation in the energy industry continued in 2002 and in early 2003 with, for instance, the German E.ON’s acquisition of Ruhrgas. Posten The new service network was estab- lished in 2002, increasing access to Posten’s services. The daily nationwide cash service provided for by statute is taken care of by the subsidiary Svensk Kassaservice while Posten provides let- ter and parcels services. Vasallen ALMI Vasallen was given an expanded commission in 2002, which entails that the company may also acquire municipal residential properties on commercial terms. The government has Företagspartner also proposed that Vasallen be able, on commercial terms, to develop and refine properties ALMI made a total of 40,000 contribu- established for the needs of the defence industry. The intention is to transform these prop- tions in the form of information, gener- erties into commercial premises or for other appropriate purposes to be eventually sold on al advice, financing and in-depth inputs commercial terms. in existing expanding companies in 2002. ALMI moreover participated in the establishment of new companies and support to new companies by con- tributions to approximately 43,000 per- sons and companies. ALMI had 24,000 contacts during the year with innova- tors and innovations companies. Total new lending in 2002 increased compared with the previous year.