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Setting It Right SETTING IT RIGHT ANNUAL REPORT 2015 FINANCIAL RESULTS OF NAFTOGAZ IN 2015 2015, UAH billion See Management review of financial results on p.161 Profit from OPERATING REVENUES sales of UGV gas for the needs of AND RESULTS BY SEGMENT households UAH billion 52.4% Profit from 21.7 non-regulated 8.4 UAH 68.7 billion other segments Loss from Gas transmission and oil business 3.9 sales of KEY FACTORS imported gas non-regulated Profit from for the needs CONTRIBUTING -57.3 regulated gas sales of households to industrial TO NET LOSS consumers -30.5 for 2015, UAH billion 4.1 Profit from gas transit regulated 22.6 Gross profit -0.8 other** Net foreign 47.6% 8.5 UAH 62.5 billion Results exchange loss Gas trading, by segment production and storage **Undistributed revenues/expenses and elimination -19.9 as well as benefits/(losses) from income tax Finance costs -10.9 Provisions for litigations and other provisions -7.9 -36.3 Net loss Other net costs -6.1 STRUCTURE OF THE GROUP’S REVENUES RESULTS OF GAS CHANGES OF THE GROUP’S OPERATING REVENUES AND ASSETS BY SEGMENT TRADING SEGMENT UAH billion AND ASSETS DURING 2013-2015 UAH billion UAH billion Gas Gas Revenue Cost of sales Gross loss Gross profit 140 600 120 139.7 475 457.1 586.4 100 350 Gross loss from Gross profit from 80 70.1 225 192.1 gas sales for the gas sales to other 60 67.5 100 needs of households segments Oil business Heat production Oil* 18.9 83.3 17.0 Oil* 7.6 6.1 for other 52 and other 7.0 1.5 14.5 16.1 44 51.9 segments 12.0 36 7.4 Heat 9.5 28 27.3 7.5 24 66.9 Gas trading 38.7 production 7.0 20 for households 33.7 Regional distribution Other Other -26.7 0.5 3.0 33.0 2.3 1.8 companies for 21.2 Gas production 77.7 2.4 2.8 27.3 31.4 other segments 1.7 21.5 19.3 1.0 0.8 15.8 0.5 -22.1 4.1 0.4 10.0 11.7 20.1 1.6 Gas storage 180.9 18.0 Industrial 2013 2014 2015 Investments* 4.6 consumers 12 9 9.9 11.2 6 50.0 Gas transmission 289.1 Regional 20.3 3 distribution 0 0 companies 15.7 for households 2013 2014 2015 131.2* 669.7 2.1 Operating revenues Assets Operating revenues Assets (before elimination) *includes elimination of UAH 27.3 billion for operations within the group *Ukrnafta was transferred from investment in associates to investments in subsidiary starting from 22 July 2015. Ukrnafta was not consolidated in the group’s financial statements as at 31 December 2013 and 31 December 2014. INTERIM RESULTS OF GAS MARKET REFORM NAFTOGAZ GROUP CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE BUDGET IN 2014-2016 HOUSEHOLDS REDUCE GAS CONSUMPTION UAH BILLION MCM Natural gas consumption by the Ukrainian population (excluding Crimea +63 and occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions) -630 -530 -40 60.2 -94 Changes in natural gas 38.2 -34 consumption as a result of: -549 17.1 the outside temperature during the -2123 heating season regulatory changes in the norms of natural gas consumption by customers 2016 not equipped with consumption meters 2014 2015 -94.4 -8.6 (forecast) +25.1 14366 13069 10449 installation of meters by subscribers who were previously paying according to consumption standards -14.9 -17.1 increase in retail prices for natural gas and other factors -35.1 2012-2013 2014 2015 -29.7 (average) -96.6 NAFTOGAZ HAS EVOLVED FROM A BLACK HOLE Taxes paid by the group (without PJSC Ukrnafta) INTO A SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE STATE BUDGET Recapitalization of Naftogaz UAH billion There is no longer Other costs of the budget (the difference in rates, exemptions and subsidies) expenditures from Direct subsidies the state budget to low-income Net budget transfers (-)/tax payments exceeding budget expenditures on gas subsidies (+) to Naftogaz households 43 97 Naftogaz revenues to the state budget are sufficient to cover direct subsidies to 108 low-income households and finance other socially important projects Naftogaz 10 NAFTOGAZ GROUP COMPANIES TOP THE LIST OF LARGEST TAXPAYERS IN UKRAINE Funding for defense spending UAH billion 46 Subsidies to households has increased 2.5 times Defence (the Ukrainian Army) 152 151 Naftogaz group companies 2014 2016 that entered the list of Ukraine’s largest taxpayers 42.8 UAH billion What has been done? What remains to be done? млрд Implementation of a modern gas market law Finalize arbitration proceedings in Stockholm Create conditions for an independent regulator 19.8 Diversification of supply sources Unbundle TSO functions from Naftogaz Increasing the share of private importers 17.7 5.3 Improve secondary legislation Increasing the share of private suppliers in the non-regulated market segment Improve the system of subsidies UKRGAZVYDOBUVANNYA NAFTOGAZ UKRNAFTA Gas supplies for households become 3 Ensure effective access of alternative suppliers 7.7 6.3 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.4 2.9 2.9 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.1 6.2 potentially attractive for private players to end users Kyivstar Naftogaz corporate governance reform PJSC PrilukiJTI Ukraine Attract capital for investments into energy Energorynok EnergoatomPrivatbank Ukrtatnafta Pavlogradugol ATB-Market Pivdenniy GZK Karpatygaz LLC started efficiency and gas production Philip Morris Ukraine Poltavanaftogas LLC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Naftogazvydobuvannya Imperial Tobacco in Ukraine Energy-Servicing Company Esco Pivnich UKRAINEUKRAINE IN IN THE THE EUROPEAN EUROPEAN GAS GAS MARKET MARKET 20152015 Gas demand,Gas demand, bcm: bcm: Gazprom Gazprom Group’s Group’s gas sales gas tosales “far to abroad” “far abroad” countries countries TOTALTOTAL CAPACITY CAPACITY Gas ofGas own of production own production and import and import from otherfrom othercountries countries OF UNDERGROUNDOF UNDERGROUND GASGAS STORAGES STORAGES Russian Russian gas transit gas transit route, route, bcm/year bcm/year # # Transit Transit capacity capacity to Europe to Europe bcm,bcm, as of as April of April 2015 2015 Ukraine1Ukraine1 is the isfirst the first 6.4 6.4 184.4184.4 The transitThe transit volume volume in 2015 in 2015 39 39 by transitby transit volume volume 55 55 bcmbcm of Russianof Russian gas gas 0.9 0.9 GazpromGazprom Group’s Group’s gas salesgas sales to theto EU the EU NORWAYNORWAY NORDNORD STREAM STREAM SWEDENSWEDEN to “far to abroad”“far abroad” countries countries 2.5 2.50.7 0.7 30.930.9UKRAINEUKRAINE RUSSIARUSSIA DENMARKDENMARK 22.5 22.5 8.4 8.4 # # GAZPROMGAZPROM TRANSGAZ TRANSGAZ BELARUS BELARUS 24.624.6GERMANYGERMANY Ukraine1Ukraine1 has the has largest the largest 32.0 32.0 48 48 by transitby transit volume volume of Russian of Russian 50.0 50.0 12 12 146 146 gas togas the to EU the EU NETHERLANDSNETHERLANDS 33 33 67 67 UNITEDUNITED KINGDOM KINGDOM 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.9 33.0 33.0 33 33 1.5 1.5 POLANDPOLAND YAMAL-EUROPEYAMAL-EUROPE 16.616.6ITALYITALY BELGIUMBELGIUM 15.8 15.8 47.4 47.4 GERMANYGERMANY 7.0 1.07.0 1.0 BLUE STREAM BLUE STREAM 16 16 16 CZECHCZECH REPUBLIC REPUBLIC 6.1 6.1 16 DIRECT STREAMDIRECT STREAM (UKRAINE’S (UKRAINE’S GTS) GTS) 12 12FRANCEFRANCE 0.6 3.80.6 3.8 UKRAINEUKRAINE 6.0 6.0 10.5 10.5 27.7 27.7 # # SLOVAKIASLOVAKIA 2.9 2.9 0.3 0.3 33 rd rd FRANCE FRANCE UkraineUkraine ranks ranks3 3 HUNGARYHUNGARY 8.3 8.3AUSTRIAAUSTRIA in provenin proven natural natural 31.6 31.6 11.1 11.1 gas reservesgas reserves ROMANIAROMANIA 24.4 24.4 ITALYITALY 6.3 6.3HUNGARYHUNGARY 43.2 43.2 0.1 0.1 3.1 3.1 5.0 5.0UNITEDUNITED KINGDOM KINGDOM 28.2 28.2 BULGARIABULGARIA SPAINSPAIN 4.1 4.1SPAINSPAIN # # 44 th th 4.6 4.6 GREECEGREECE UkraineUkraine ranks ranks4 4 27.0 27.0 PORTUGALPORTUGAL CZECHCZECH REPUBLIC REPUBLIC by volumeby volume of of 2.0 2.0 3.5 3.5 producedproduced gas gas TURKEYTURKEY 21.9 21.9 0.8 0.8 3.1 3.1SLOVAKIASLOVAKIA 2.7 2.7POLANDPOLAND 1.0 1.0DENMARKDENMARK GASGAS UPSTREAM UPSTREAM #7#7 UkraineUkraine ranks ranks7th by 7th by bcmbcm gas consumptiongas consumption VolumesVolumes of proven of proven gas reserves gas reserves VolumesVolumes of produced of produced gas gas 18571857 675 675 604 604 206 206 110 110 95 95 45 45 39 39 #8#8 11 11 6 6 7 7 9 9 UkraineUkraine ranks ranks8th 8th 42 42 by gasby imports gas imports 52 52 20 20 122 122 NORWAYNORWAY NETHERLANDSNETHERLANDS UKRAINEUKRAINE UNITEDUNITED KINGDOM KINGDOM ROMANIAROMANIA POLANDPOLAND ITALYITALY GERMANYGERMANY Source:Source: Enerdata, Enerdata, GIE, BP, GIE, Naftogaz, BP, Naftogaz, Gazprom Gazprom INTRODUCTION CONTENTS OVERVIEW Workplace safety ........................................... 135 Mission and values ...........................................10 Local community development .................. 141 Creating value: six capitals ..............................12 Environment and safety ............................... 144 Statement of the supervisory board ............14 Energy efficiency and conservation ........... 151 Statement of the chief executive officer .....15 Responsibility to consumers ....................... 154 Timeline ...............................................................18 Stakeholder relations .................................... 157 STRATEGY AND REFORM ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL Gas market reform ...........................................22 STATEMENTS Security of supply ..............................................28 Management comments on the auditor’s Operational efficiency .....................................37 opinion .............................................................. 164 Gas independence for Ukraine .....................44 Operating and financial highlights ............. 166 Case study: transition from implicit Review of the financial to direct subsidies .............................................47 performance ......................................... 168 Corporate governance .....................................56 Revenues and gross loss ................... 169 Executive board structure and Regulated segments ........................... 174 remuneration ..........................................62 Non-regulated segments ..................
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