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ANNUAL REPORT 2016 IDGC OF THE NORTHWEST PJSC IDGC OF THE NORTH WEST Telephone: 8-800-333-02-52 Call toll-free (twenty-four-hour) www.mrsksevzap.ru ANNUAL REPORT 2016 IDGC OF THE NORTH WEST ANNUAL REPORT INFORMATION ON THE REPORT This Annual Report (hereinafter – “the Report”) describes the perfor- mance of PJSC IDGC of the North-West (hereinafter – “the Organiza- TABLE OF CONENTS tion, the Company”) and its subsidiaries and affiliates. The Report con- tains production and financial results, as well as certain aspects of the Company’s performance in sustainable development (GRI 4) for 2016. The Report was prepared in compliance with the regulators’ re- quirements and documents regarding information disclosure, namely: • the requirement of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for information disclosure in joint stock companies’ annual reports; • the requirement of PJSC Moscow Exchange for information disclo- sure in annual reports; STRATEGIC REPORT CORPORATE GOVERNANCE • the Corporate Governance Code recommended for use by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation; • the requirement of PJSC Rosseti for preparation of subsidiaries’ Portrait of the Company 6 General Information about the Company’s reporting. Key Performance Indicators 8 Corporate Governance Practice 136 The Report was compiled using the Sustainability Reporting History 12 Corporate Governance Structure 136 Guidelines (GRI G4). Speech of the Chairman of the Board of Directors 16 Authority and Responsibility of the Corporate The Report was formed based on the 2016 financial statements of PJSC IDGC of the North-West prepared according to the Russian Speech of the Director General 18 Governance Bodies 137 Accounting Standards. Some sections hereof contain data of the 2016 Geographical Footprint 20 Enhancing Corporate Governance 139 consolidated financial statements prepared in compliance with the Industry Situation, Competitive Review 24 Report on Conformity to Principles and International Financial Reporting Standards. Strategy 30 Recommendations of the Corporate Governance Code 141 Investment Program 34 Board of Directors of the Company 142 SOME DEFINITIONS AND FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Committees of the Company’s Board of Directors 154 (DISCLAIMER) General Director and the Management Board of the Company 163 RESULTS Remuneration system for the members of the Board This 2016 Annual Report of Interregional Distribution Grid Company of of Directors and the Company’s governance bodies 170 the North-West PJSC was compiled based on the information available Production Results 42 Remuneration system for the members of the Board to the Company as of the moment of its preparation. of Directors 170 This Annual Report contains information on the Company’s per- Power Transmission 42 formance in 2016, as well as assessments and forecasts made by the Technical Connection 45 Remuneration system for the members of Board of Company’s authorized management bodies regarding future events Other Activities 47 Directors’ Committees 172 and/or actions, future development of the industry where PJSC IDGC of Improving Power Supply Efficiency, Remuneration system for the General Director and the North-West carries out its core activities, results of the Company’s Reliability and Quality 48 the Management Board 174 operations, including its plans, and probability of certain events and certain actions. Financial Performance Analysis 60 Remuneration of the Audit Commission 177 Investors should not fully rely on the assessments and forecasts of Prices and Tariffs 60 Management of Subsidiaries 178 the Company’s management bodies since those are only one of multiple Summary Information on Financial Control Bodies and Risk Management 180 scenarios, and the Company’s actual performance in future may differ Performance 68 from forecast results for multiple reasons. Risk Management System 180 Some of the statements herein are not actual facts, but for- Revenue and Expenditure Structure 69 Internal Control System 190 ward-looking statements. Such words as “plans”, “will”, “expected”, “will EBITDA and Profit for the Year 74 Compliance Service 197 occur”, “estimates”, “will total”, “will happen” and etc. are forecast-related Liquidity and Equity Capital 75 Audit Commission 198 and involve the risk of possible non-occurrence of implied events and Capital Investments 76 External Audit 200 actions. The Company therefore warns that actual results or the course of certain events may considerably differ from forecast statements in- Debt Liabilities 83 System of Conflict of Interest Prevention cluded in this Annual Report as of the moment of its preparation. Sustainable Development 88 and Insider Information 200 The Company is not liable for any losses that may be incurred by in- Responsible Business Practice 88 Anti-Corruption Measures and Fraud Prevention 201 dividuals or legal entities acting based on forecast statements. HR and Social Policy 105 Information for Shareholders and Investors 203 Except for cases stipulated by the legislation, the Company under- takes no obligations to review or verify any expectations or estimates or Occupational Safety and Health Management 115 Capital Structure 203 to publish updated and revised forecast statements of the Annual Report Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency 125 Market characteristics 206 due to further events or receipt of new information. Consolidation of Power Grid Assets 129 Relations with Investors and Shareholders 207 For the purposes of this Annual Report, words “the Company” and Long-Term Development 131 Dividend Policy 208 “the Organization” are used for and identical to PJSC IDGC of the North- West. Information on Large and Interested-Party Transactions 210 The information about the Company’s management is provided ac- Miscellaneous 210 cording to Federal Law No. 152-FZ “On personal data” dated July 27, 2006. Some values in the tables, graphs and diagrams herein may differ from a sum of summands, earlier published data due to the difference ANNEXES caused by rounding. Terms and Main Abbreviations used herein 211 Table of GRI Disclosures 213 Addresses and Contacts 215 PJSC IDGC of the North-West Annual Report 2016 01 STRATEGIC REPORT 2016 was a year of sustainable develop- ment for PJSC IDGC of the North-West. The operational efficiency and investment attractiveness of the Company have increased. RUB 4.98 bn RUB 26.94 bn capital investments in 2016 the Company’s capital investments are going to be in 2017-2021 PJSC IDGC of the North-West Strategic Results Corporate Annexes Annual Report 2016 6 Report Governance 7 Portrait of the Company PJSC IDGC of the North-West is a leading power grid company in the North- western Federal District of Russia. The Company is the main provider of power transmission and technological power grid connection services to the popu- 5.8 1.4 lation, industrial companies, governmental and social facilities. We service m people m km2 the territory of seven constituent entities of the Russian Federation inhabited live in the Company’s service area area of the service region by 3.95% of the population and delivering 4% of the country’s gross domestic product. Murmansk The Company was founded in 2004 in the course of the Ticker MRKZ reform in the Russian electric power industry, as a re- Market capitalization as of the year end, RUB m 5,201.2 sult of which various assets of RAO Unified Energy Sys- MURMANSK EV, RUB m 20,335.3 tems of Russia were grouped by regions. PJSC IDGC of the REGION North-West became one of the fourteen interregional pow- Free float 24.56%1 er grid companies. The Company’s principal shareholder Ordinary share price as of the year end, RUB 0.055 is PJSC Rosseti (55.38%). The Company is a natural monopoly controlled and REPUBLIC regulated by state bodies. Tariffs for the Company’s ser- OF KARELIA vices are established by the state – regional regulators Share price fluctuations Arkhangelsk subject to resolutions of the Federal Antimonopoly Service. KOMI Stable consumer demand in the conditions of the 0.06 30,000 REPUBLIC country’s economic development is the Company’s com- ARKHANGELSK petitive advantage. 0.05 REGION 20,000 PJSC IDGC of the North-West carries out its opera- Petrozavodsk 0.04 tions in the territory with a total area of 1,409,726 sq km Syktyvkar (8.23% of the territory of Russia). The number of people 10,000 living in the Company’s service area totals 5,798 ths (3.95% 0.03 of Russia’s population). 0.02 Service area: Republic of Karelia, Komi Republic, Arkhan- 0 ust May July uary ober June April ruary Saint March gelsk Region, Vologda Region, Murmansk Region, Novgorod ember ember ember Aug VOLOGDA Oct Jan Feb Petersburg Dec Nov Region, and Pskov Region. Sept REGION Traded value, RUB ths Vologda Price per ordinary share of IDGC of the North West, RUB Veliky Novgorod Pskov NOVGOROD PSKOV REGION REGION 1. http://www.mrsksevzap.ru/stockcapitalsctructure МРСК Северо-Запада Стратегический Результаты Корпоративное Приложения Годовой отчет 2016 10 отчет управление 11 PJSC IDGC of the North-West Strategic Results Corporate Annexes Annual Report 2016 8 Report Governance 9 Key Performance МРСК Северо-Запада Стратегический Результаты Корпоративное Приложения Indicators Годовой отч175ет 2016 468 10 отчет управление 11 ths km the network spread as of MW the volume of connected the end of 2016 capacity in 2016 МРСК Северо-Запада Стратегический Результаты Корпоративное Приложения Годовой отчет 2016 10 отчет управление 11 EU 3 POWER SUPPLY TO THE GRID TECHNOLOGICAL CONNECTION FIXED ASSETS EU 4 8 6.41%
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