Contents Page
Company details
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Group overview
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Management statement
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Financial highlights and key figures for the Group
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Management report
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Company information Company name Subsidiary names
KNI A/S
Address
J. M. Jensenip Aqq. 2, Postbox 319 3911 Sisimiut
Company reg. no. Domicile Financial year
16 60 73 98 Qeqqata Municipality 1 April - 31 March
Tel. Fax E-mail Website
+299 86 24 44 +299 86 23 96 info@kni.gl www.kni.gl
Pilersuisoq A/S (KNI A/S) Polaroil A/S (KNI A/S)
Shareholder Government of Greenland, Postbox 1015, 3900 Nuuk - (ownership share: 100%)
Board of directors Lars Borris Pedersen, Chairman Najaaraq Christiansen, Deputy Chairman Annette K. Sadolin Søren Jakobsen Lone Møller Olsen Steen Montgomery-Andersen Dorthea Isaksen (Staff representative) Majaq Heilmann (Staff representative) Jonas Aronsen (Staff representative)
Management Managing Director / CEO Peter Grønvold Samuelsen
Auditors Deloitte Certified Accountants
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Group overview
Affiliated undertakings As of the balance sheet date, KNI A/S owns 100% of the shares in:
Neqi A/S (share capital DKK 0.6 million) KNI Ejendomme A/S (share capital DKK 1.0 million). Pitsaasut ApS (share capital DKK 80,000).
In addition, as of the balance sheet date, KNI A/S owns 82.5% of the shares in:
Akia Sisimiut A/S (share capital DKK 3.0 million)
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Management statement The Board of Directors and Management Board have today considered and adopted the half-year interim report for KNI A/S for the period 1 April-30 September 2019. The Company’s auditors have not audited or reviewed the half-year report. The half-year report is presented in conformity with the Financial Statements Act. We consider the half-year report to give a true and fair view of the Group’s assets, liabilities and financial position as of 30 September 2019, and of the result of the Group’s activities and cash flows in the period 1 April - 30 September 2019. No events have occurred after the balance sheet date that are judged to have a significant influence on the assessment of the half-year report.
Sisimiut, 4 December 2019
Management:
Peter Grønvold Samuelsen
Board of directors:
Lars Borris Pedersen Chairman
Najaaraq Christiansen Vice-chairman
Annette K. Sadolin
Søren Jakobsen
Lone Møller Olsen
Steen Montgomery-Andersen
Dorthea Isaksen
Majaq Heilmann
Jonas Aronsen
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Financial highlights and key figures for the Group Financial highlights
1/4 - 30/9
1/4 - 30/9
1/4 - 30/9
1/4 - 30/9
1/4 - 30/9
(DKK mill.)
2019/20
2018/19
2017/18
2016/17
2015/16
Result Net revenue
1,313.2
1,314.9
1,250.5
1,220.8
1,217.1
Operating profit (EBIT)
93.7
92.9
76.9
84.6
79.5
Result of financial items
(12.5)
(19.9)
(16.8)
(19.5)
(22.0)
Pre-tax profit
81.2
72.8
60.0
65.1
57.5
Result for the interim
81.2
72.8
60.0
65.1
57.5
Fixed assets
1,151.5
1,068.4
969.7
937.0
927.7
Inventories
1,315.5
1,110.1
1,194.3
1,244.7
1,210.3
113.7
109.1
96.4
87.2
94.1
Equity
1,318.3
1,256.5
1,187.4
1,109.5
896.3
Balance sheet total
2,672.0
2,467.8
2,354.0
2,534.4
2,485.2
78.3
38.9
47.1
35.6
38.7
1/4 - 30/9
1/4 - 30/9
1/4 - 30/9
1/4 - 30/9
1/4 - 30/9
2019/20
2018/19
2017/18
2016/17
2015/16
Balance sheet
Trade debtors
Investments in tangible assets
Key figures
EBIT - margin (%)
7.1%
7.1%
6.1%
6.9%
6.5%
Return on invested capital (%)
9.6%
10.2%
9.2%
9.7%
10.3%
Net revenue / Invested capital
1.0
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.1
Financial gearing
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.7
1.0
6.1%
5.8%
5.1%
5.9%
6.4%
49.3%
50.9%
50.4%
43.8%
36.1%
7.3
6.4
6.8
6.8
7.6
Return on equity (%) Solvency ratio (%) Net interest-bearing debt / EBITDA
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Management report Main activity The activities of KNI A/S are based on:
Greenland Parliamentary Act no. 4 of 6 June 1997 Greenland Parliamentary Act no. 1 of 31 May 2001 Greenland Parliamentary Act no. 7 of 14 November 2004
KNI is a Greenlandic company that shows respect for Greenland’s social and cultural values, and which is operated on commercial principles on the basis of solidarity towards all parts of the Greenlandic community. Quality, safety, environmental awareness and the best possible level of service must characterise the activities of KNI. The Company will strive to achieve profits that will ensure continued operation on a financially secure basis, including the provision of sufficient funds for maintenance, necessary investments and the distribution of dividends to the owner, together with satisfactory solvency and liquidity. The main activities of the parent company’s two primary business units during the half-year period 2019/20 have been: Goods Division Retail and wholesale sales in villages and towns Distribution and wholesale sales of beer and soft drinks Sales of service tasks for partners in villages and outlying districts Energy Division Import, distribution and sale of liquid fuels Import, distribution and sale of lubricants, bottled and industrial gases Some parts of KNI’s activities cannot be carried out on commercial and market terms. Consequently, a service contract has been entered into with the Government of Greenland for payment of these tasks for society. In the financial year 2016/17, a new service contract has been entered into for the supply of goods with effect from 1 January 2017. The service contract incorporates an annual procedure to ensure that the contract is continuously extended by one year, so that it continuously operates with a rolling framework over a fouryear period. As of 1 January 2019, an addendum no. 2 to the aforementioned original service contract has been drawn up which sets the annual payment at DKK 18.0 million. By entering into the service contract, KNI has assumed an obligation to operate shops in villages and small towns where retail sales cannot be maintained on a profitable basis.
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Similarly, during the financial year 2016/17 a service contract has been entered into with effect from 1 January 2017 for the sale of liquid fuels in Greenland, under which the Company does not receive payment, but which sets a maximum limit on what the Company may earn on oil sold under the service contract. In addition, this service contract has been entered into under precisely the same chronological terms as the service contract for the supply of goods, which means that it operates under a rolling four-year framework. Here, too, an addendum no. 2 to the aforementioned original service contract has been drawn up as of 1 January 2019. The current service contracts for both of the Company’s main business units thus secure KNI a four-year framework for the Company’s main activities. In addition to the activities covered by the service contracts, KNI also operates commercial retail activities in four selected towns, wholesale activities throughout Greenland and fuel supplies for ships and mining companies.
Ownership KNI A/S is 100% owned by the government of Greenland. The share capital amounts to DKK 310 million.
Summary of the period This half-year interim report covers the period from 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019. Revenue in the half-year 2019/20 amounted to DKK 1,313 million, which is on the same level as in the halfyear 2018/19, when revenue was realised at DKK 1,315 million. The trend in net revenue over the past five half-year interim accounts may be seen in the following graph.
KNI overall - net revenue (DKK ‘000) H1 2019/20 1.400.000 1.350.000 1.300.000 1.250.000 1.200.000 1.150.000 1.100.000 Realiseret
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
1.217.100
1.220.827
1.250.457
1.314.865
1.313.229
The above revenue level includes the Company’s Goods Division, at DKK 737 million, and the Energy Division, at DKK 571 million. The remaining net revenue has been realised in the Group’s affiliated companies. In both the Goods Division and the Energy Division, net revenue is on a par with the same period last year.
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In the first half of the financial year 2019/20, KNI achieved a pre-tax profit of DKK 81.1 million, as against DKK 72.8 million in 2018/19. The Company’s financial performance over the past five half-years may be seen in the following graph.
KNI overall - pre-tax profit (DKK ‘000) H1 2019/20 95.000 85.000 75.000 65.000 55.000 45.000 35.000 25.000 Realiseret
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
57.400
65.029
59.972
72.770
81.050
The improved financial result, corresponding to a rise of DKK 8.3 million in relation to the half-year report for 2018/19, is attributable at an overall level to: 1. A reduction of DKK 3.0 million in earnings in the Company’s Goods Division, due amongst other things to an increase in campaign discounts in stores in the Pilersuisoq chain 2. An earnings improvement of DKK 9.0 million in the Company’s Energy Division 3. An earnings improvement of DKK 3.0 million in the Company’s affiliated undertakings When reading the interim report, it should be noted that the performance trend in the Company’s Energy Division over the year is highly seasonal, with the vast majority of the ordinary annual profit earned in the first half of the year. The financial result for the interim was created with a pivotal point in the Company’s Killingusaaq strategy. With the strategy in focus, the Company continues to succeed in creating new development in KNI’s business foundation and delivering results that live up to the goals and ambitions that the strategy supports. The current general performance trend in the Company specifically supports the defined targets in the Company’s strategy work. In the strategy, targeted work is performed with the aim of achieving the following three conditions:
Continued growth in pre-tax profits Continued growth in return on equity Continued positive development in solvency ratio.
In addition to the above factors, focus has continued to be maintained on cost management during the interim. If adjustment is made for costs relating to the initiation of new activities and time lags across the entire financial year 2019/20 – corresponding to around DKK 5.0 million – then in general, it has been possible to maintain a level of costs that corresponds to the same period last year.
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KNI overall - costs (DKK ‘000) H1 2019/20 220.000 215.000 210.000 205.000 200.000 195.000 190.000 185.000 180.000 Realiseret
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
195.600
204.867
205.736
204.451
211.540
The above graph thus shows the trend in realised costs over the past five half-year interim accounts. It can be seen that although significant new activities have been initiated in the stated period, the overall level of costs has been realised at a stable level. The Company’s current earnings level is an essential prerequisite for being able to undertake the necessary investments to reduce the Company’s renovation backlog, in both the Energy Division and Goods Division. The overall renovation backlog amounts to approximately DKK 265 million in the Goods Division and DKK 130 million in the Energy Division. Investment at this level will require a strong focus on obtaining the necessary liquidity from the Company’s earnings. Despite the fact that considerable funds are allocated annually for the implementation of investments, there are often major challenges in utilising the entire investment framework, as investments are often delayed by a lack of planning permission or by the limited availability of qualified contractors in the villages. The Group is performing ongoing work to find alternative solutions to compensate for these challenges. At the conclusion of the half year, KNI had a registered outflow of DKK 886.9 million in credit facilities, as against DKK 758.1 million the previous year – an increase of DKK 128.8 million. This increase is mainly attributable to rising inventories in the Company’s Energy Division, due to rising oil prices. On the basis of the current bank outflow as of 30 September 2019, it is expected that the net interest-bearing debt at the end of the 2019/20 financial year will be at a level approximately 5% higher than at the end of the financial year 2018/19, when the debt level was DKK 684.0 million. This thus corresponds to an increase of approximately DKK 30 million. With the anticipated credit utilisation at the end of the 2019/20 financial year, the Company will continue to comply with financial covenants in relation to its owner and its financial partners. The Company’s equity capital comprises DKK 1,318.3 million, which was impacted during the interim by an overall positive adjustment in the market value of the financial instruments corresponding to DKK 63.3 million, before adjustment for deferred tax. The financial instruments are established by entering into a number of product and currency hedges on an ongoing basis, with the aim of ensuring stable consumer prices for liquid fuels. The market value of these hedges is calculated on the balance sheet date and is recognised directly in equity.
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The Company also enters into interest rate hedging contracts to guard it against unfavourable fluctuations in market interest rates. The market value of these hedges is calculated on the balance sheet date and is also directly recognised in equity, to the extent that the hedges are assessed to be effective in relation to the Company’s exposure. The following graph shows the trend in the solvency ratio over the past five half-year interim reports. KNI overall - solvency ratio (%) H1 2019/20 55,0 50,0 45,0 40,0 35,0 30,0
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
36,1
43,8
50,4
50,9
49,3
Realiseret
It can be seen that the Company’s solvency ratio has in general been increasing over the past four years, primarily due to the positive trend in the market values allocated to the Company’s equity.
Outlook for the Company On the basis of the level of activity in the interim report, the expectations towards the entire financial year 2019/20 are fundamentally for a continuation of the positive development that the Group has experienced over the past six financial years – a positive development in both financial and organisational terms, and which reflects the management’s continued belief that the KNI group can continue to deliver results that meet the ambitions described in the Company’s strategy material. KNI A/S expects the result for the second half of the financial year 2019/20 to be realised at a level that will allow the overall financial result for the full year to meet the original target of a pre-tax profit of around DKK 112-118 million.
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