Annual Review 2020 REPORT of the CONSOLIDATED PARENT COMPANY’S GOVERNANCE INVESTOR BOARD of DIRECTORS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENTS RELATIONS
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Annual Review 2020 REPORT OF THE CONSOLIDATED PARENT COMPANY’S GOVERNANCE INVESTOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENTS RELATIONS Contents Report of the Board of Directors and BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ PROPOSAL FOR Financial Statements THE DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRIBUTABLE EQUITY .....................125 YIT in brief ��������������������������������������������������������� 3 SUSTAINABILITY SIGNATURE OF THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PAGE 15 DIRECTORS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .............................126 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ..................................4 AUDITOR’S REPORT ..................................................................127 Letter by the Chairman of the Board ������������������� 4 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .............................45 Governance statements Business model and value creation ��������������������� 6 Consolidated income statement, IFRS ��������������� 46 Strategy ������������������������������������������������������������ 6 Consolidated statement of CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT ..............................133 Strategic targets ������������������������������������������������ 8 comprehensive income, IFRS ��������������������������� 46 Operating environment ��������������������������������������� 9 Consolidated statement REMUNERATION REPORT .....................................................143 of financial position, IFRS �������������������������������������� 47 Financial development �������������������������������������� 10 Consolidated cash flow statement, IFRS ������������ 48 Businesses ������������������������������������������������������ 13 Investor Relations Consolidated statement of Research and development ������������������������������ 14 changes in equity, IFRS ������������������������������������ 49 INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS ...................................150 Sustainability ��������������������������������������������������� 15 IFRS accounting policies of the YIT’s investor relations �������������������������������������150 Corporate governance �������������������������������������� 24 financial statements, 31 December 2020 ����������� 51 Financial reporting and silent periods in 2021 ���150 Risks and risk management ������������������������������ 26 Notes to the consolidated financial statements, IFRS �������������������������������� 64 Annual General Meeting 2021 ��������������������������151 Legal proceedings�������������������������������������������� 33 Share value development and trading ���������������153 Outlook and guidance �������������������������������������� 34 PARENT COMPANY’S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, FAS ..........112 Shares and shareholders ���������������������������������� 36 Income statement, Parent company, FAS ���������113 Key figures and definitions �������������������������������� 38 Balance sheet, Parent company, FAS ��������������114 PARENT COMPANY’S Reconciliation of certain key figures ������������������ 44 Cash flow statement, Parent company, FAS ����115 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PAGE 112 Notes to income statement, Parent company ����116 Consolidated financial statements and Parent company’s financial statements are This pdf file is not an xHTML document compliant with the ESEF YIT 2020 Annual Review audited� Data in electronic reporting format (ESEF) is unaudited� (European Single Electronic Format) regulation� 2 REPORT OF THE CONSOLIDATED PARENT COMPANY’S GOVERNANCE INVESTOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENTS RELATIONS YIT in brief REVENUE ADJUSTED OPERATING PROFIT 3,069 M€ 85 M€ Sweden SuomiFinland Norway* COMBINED INJURY PERSONNEL FREQUENCY (LTIF) VenäjäRussia Estonia ~7,400 9.8 Latvia Lithuania Poland DIVIDEND PROPOSAL EMISSION REDUCTION (CO2 e) (PER SHARE) Czech Republic Slovakia -21% 0.14€ *In October 2020, YIT announced to close down its operations in Norway. YIT 2020 Annual Review 3 REPORT OF THE CONSOLIDATED PARENT COMPANY’S GOVERNANCE INVESTOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENTS RELATIONS Report of the Board of Directors LETTER BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: Predictable, good dividend yield is important for our shareholders� Last year’s weak Group profitability and translation differences in Russia have weakened YIT’S RENEWAL IS ACCELERATING our solvency� However, even in the prevailing uncertainty, we want to ensure our capability to invest in interesting projects and business opportunities, A year of diverging developments in a challenging operating for instance, through plot investments and joint ventures� Consequently, the environment Board of Directors has come to a conclusion to propose the Annual General The year 2020 was exceptional and challenging in many ways due to Meeting that a dividend of EUR 0�14 per share be paid for the year 2020� the COVID-19 epidemic� Employee health and ensuring the continuity of operations at our construction sites became our top priorities� Thanks to our New management to accelerate change quick reactions, good planning and strong commitment, we achieved good Improving project management calls for changes in our operating methods results in both of these respects� On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want and company culture� To accelerate these changes, we decided to make a to take this opportunity to thank the management and our entire personnel for change in management: Kari Kauniskangas left his post as YIT’s President their excellent work during the difficult year� and CEO in October 2020� I want to extend my warmest thanks to Kari for his commitment and contribution to the company over his long and distinguished The uncertainty in residential and investment demand caused by COVID-19 career at YIT� had a negative impact on our business� We were forced to adapt our costs through furloughs and delay the start of new projects� In certain projects, there Markku Moilanen will join YIT as the new President and CEO in 2021� were delays on the client side, and the increased market yield requirements I welcome Markku to YIT to lead the company’s strategic and operational had a negative effect on the fair value of the Mall of Tripla in particular� renewal together with our management and entire personnel� In addition to challenges arising from COVID-19, the year was characterised The changing environment requires renewal by inconsistencies in performance� Our residential construction segments – Our operating environment and competitive landscape are changing at an Housing Finland and CEE as well as Housing Russia – performed excellently, increasingly rapid rate� Urbanisation, digital transformation, population trends while project cost deviations particularly in the Business premises segment had and sustainability requirements are creating new challenges and opportunities a significant negative effect on our result� Overall, our adjusted operating profit that YIT must react to� for 2020 was weak� YIT’s strategy is built around the core of sustainable urban development, While our best construction sites are the very best in all of Finland and they which is based on these megatrends� We are in an excellent position to move adhere to YIT’s excellent project practices, the differences between strong forward: we have highly competent and committed employees, a strong and performance and weak performance are too large� With this in mind, our first well-known brand, we are an attractive employer, we have excellent processes priority in 2021 will be to enhance project management and thereby improve and operating models as well as a large plot reserve, excellent project portfolio our operating result� and the financial resources to invest in the development of our business� At the same time, we need to have the humility to recognise the areas in which we must change; for example, through the renewal of our operating methods, strengthening our competencies and creating new kinds of partnerships� YIT 2020 Annual Review 4 REPORT OF THE CONSOLIDATED PARENT COMPANY’S GOVERNANCE INVESTOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENTS RELATIONS The rate of change can be further increased by external shocks� For instance, the year of the pandemic has – partly due to restrictions – accelerated the development and implementation of new customer-oriented operating models, such as the use of digital solutions in sales and the customer interface, where we suddenly had to operate entirely digitally without in-person meetings� One way to respond to the accelerating changes in the operating environment and the competitive landscape is to shift from traditional service- and product- oriented thinking to a genuinely agile approach focusing on customer needs and solutions� Ideally, this can create significant added value for customers and thereby enable us to differentiate ourselves from our competitors� At YIT and in the broader construction industry, there is a need to rethink the relationships and partnerships between the various value chain participants that make up the industry ecosystem� Achieving significant improvements with respect to CO2 emissions, energy efficiency, productivity, occupational safety and quality would create tremendous business opportunities� However, this calls for moving from the current transaction-driven approach to new kinds of strategic cooperation between construction firms, designers, construction material suppliers, subcontractors and other parties� Implementing these new approaches within YIT and with our various partners calls for the continuous