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Societatea Energetica Electrica SAAnnouncement

25/03/2024 17:30

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RNS Number : 2225I  Societatea Energetica Electrica SA  25 March 2024

To:      Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE)

            London Stock Exchange (LSE)

Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA)

Current report in compliance with the Law 24/2017, republished, on issuers of
financial instruments and market operations, Regulation FSA no. 5/2018 on
issuers of financial instruments and market operations, and the Bucharest
Stock Exchange Code

Report date: 25 March 2024

Company name: Societatea Energetica Electrica S.A.

Headquarters: 9 Grigore Alexandrescu Street, 1st District, Bucharest, Romania

Phone/fax no.: 004-021-2085999/ 004-021-2085998

Fiscal Code: RO 13267221

Trade Register registration number: J40/7425/2000

Subscribed and paid in share capital: RON 3,464,435,970

Regulated market where the issued securities are traded: Bucharest Stock
Exchange (BSE), London Stock Exchange (LSE)

Significant events to be reported: Restatement of IFRS 2022 Financial
Statements and differences between IFRS-EU Financial Statements and OMFP for
2023

Electrica announces the publication of the consolidated annual financial
statements for the year 2023, prepared in accordance with the International
Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union with subsequent
amendments (IFRS-EU) (IFRS-EU Statements), after having published the
consolidated annual financial statements prepared in accordance with the Order
of the Minister of Public Finance No. 2844/2016 for the approval of the
Accounting Regulations in accordance with the International Financial
Reporting Standards, on 6 March, 2024. Both sets are subject to the approval
of the AGOA on 25 April 2024.

Please note that in the consolidated financial statements prepared in
accordance with IFRS-EU for the year 2023, Electrica Group has restated the
consolidated financial statements for the year 2022, as a result of the
consultations that took place during 2023 and finalized at the beginning of
2024 with the global financial auditors, also considering the complexity of
the case under analysis, the auditors concluded that, in the absence of
finalization of the consultation phase on IFRS 14 "Deferred charges related to
regulated activities", which specifies the treatment of capitalized costs from
regulated activities, the arguments offered by the Company's management
aligned with  the opinion of external financial consultants for the inclusion
of these additional costs related to NL in other IFRS standards in force (IFRS
9 or IFRIC 12), are not sufficient.

Electrica Group published on 20 September 2023 an announcement regarding the
above consultations, the status and possible impact on the published
consolidated financial statements
(ELSA_EN_Current-report_Q2-2023_IFRS_information_20Sep2023_LSE.pdf
(electrica.ro)
(https://www.electrica.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ELSA_EN_Current-report_Q2-2023_IFRS_information_20Sep2023_LSE.pdf)
).
(https://www.electrica.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ELSA_EN_Current-report_Q2-2023_IFRS_information_20Sep2023_LSE.pdf)

2022 Context:

Until 31 December 2021, the consolidated financial statements prepared in
accordance with OMFP no. 2844/2016 were equivalent to IFRS-EU. Starting from
December 31, 2022, according to the Order of the Ministry of Public Finances
(OMFP) no. 3900/2022, a new clause was provided regarding the regulatory
accounts to cover the additional expenses of the network losses ("NL") for the
actual energy costs compared to the ANRE ex-ante prices recognized in the
distribution tariffs, by constituting intangible assets for these additional
expenses. This amendment to the financial regulations of OMFP 3900/2022, was a
result of the electricity prices context of 2022, which determined ANRE to
issue, for the Distribution Operators, a new methodology regarding additional
costs with NL during the period 1 January 2022 - 31 March 2025. The
calculation of the capitalized amounts is carried out in compliance with the
legislation specific to the entities that are the subject of GEO 119/2022,
with subsequent additions and changes. According to ANRE regulations, the
capitalized costs as intangible assets are recorded in the accounting record
and therefore in the annual financial statements according to the instructions
issued by the Ministry of Finance. ANRE will determine the recognized annual
amounts of capitalized costs based on the recognized quantities and prices for
NL. Revenue from the production of intangible fixed assets represents
additional own technological consumption calculated as the difference between
the net cost of acquisition and the cost of own technological consumption
included in the regulatory tariff.

In the set of audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance
with IFRS-EU as at and for 31 December 2022, these expenses had a different
applicable financial treatment, based on the amendment of the concession
contracts regarding the recognition of additional costs (actual costs vs.
recognized ex-ante in tariffs) with the purchase of electricity to cover NL
for the distribution segment. On January 20, 2023, the Ministry of Energy, as
grantor, amended the concession contract with Electrica Group for the
distribution segment to reflect that in the event of early termination of the
concession contract for any reason, the new concessionaire would reimburse the
Group for the amount of unrecovered capitalized costs at the time of
termination of the concession contract with the purchase of electricity for
its own technological consumption compared to the costs included in the
regulated tariffs. Based on the amendments to the concession contracts, the
additional cost of purchasing electricity to cover the distribution operators'
NL was recognized as a financial asset - part of the concession contract.
These amounts are guaranteed by the concession contract, which has been
amended according to legal provisions. The resulting financial assets have
been presented in the consolidated financial statements at fair value
determined as the net present value of the additional electricity purchase
costs incurred by the distribution subsidiary for NL.

2023 Context:

In the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year 2023,
prepared in accordance with OMFP no. 2844/2016, for the approval of the
Accounting Regulations in accordance with the International Financial
Reporting Standards adopted by the European Union as amended, the Group has
recorded for the year 2023, intangible assets and income from the production
of intangible assets in the amount of RON 19 million, thus the balance of
intangible assets as at 31.12.2023 is RON 771 million (31.12.2022: RON 951
million). The auditor's opinion for annual consolidated financial statements
for the year 2023, prepared in accordance with OMFP no. 2844/2016 is
unqualified - clean report.

In the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year 2023,
prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as
adopted by the European Union as amended (IFRS-EU), the Group has reassessed
its previous position on the consolidated financial statements relating to the
recognition of the financial asset recognized as a result of the amendment to
the concession agreements, for which a financial asset in the amount of RON
951 million, representing the difference between the cost of energy purchase
for NL and the cost of NL included in the regulatory tariff by ANRE, for the
period 1 January - 31 December 2022, was recognized and comparatives were
restated in the current year financial statements. See note 5 in the IFRS-EU
consolidated financial statements. The auditor's opinion for the annual
consolidated financial statements for the year 2023, prepared in accordance
with IFRS-EU is unqualified - clean report.

It is worth mentioning that in 2023, the additional capitalized NL on the
distribution segment was RON 19 million vs. RON 989 million as it was in the
previous year, as the Group managed to significantly reduce the additional
electricity procurement costs for NL on the distribution segment following the
implementation of MACEE.

In conclusion, for the annual consolidated financial statements for the year
2023 prepared in accordance with OMFP 2844/2016, the Group recognizes
intangible assets in correspondence with revenue from the production of
intangible assets as a result of the additional difference in NL for the
distribution subsidiary, the assets being amortized over a period of 5 years,
while in the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year
2023, prepared in accordance with IFRS-EU, the recovery of revenue related to
NL capitalized in the previous period is recovered in the year in question,
without recognizing intangible assets, the revenue being included in the
Group's turnover. Therefore, the significant difference in the income
statement from 2023 between the set of financial statements according to OMFP
2844/2016 and IFRS-EU is the amortization of intangible assets in the first
set, which does not have a correspondence in the second set, thus there will
be differences between the results of the two sets of annual consolidated
financial statements. In regard to the financial position, the difference will
be the unamortized value of the intangible asset recognized on the OMFP
2844/2016 set. Therefore, in order to comply with both local and international
reporting standards and regulations, the Group will prepare two sets of annual
consolidated financial statements, one prepared in accordance with OMFP
2844/2016 and one in accordance with IFRS-EU.

 

CEO
CFO

Alexandru-Aurelian
Chirita
Stefan-Alexandru Frangulea

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