Fingrid Group’s Financial Statements Bulletin January–December
2021: Strong financial result – biggest ever investment portfolio
Fingrid OyjStock Exchange Report 1 March 2022 at 11:15 EET
Fingrid Group’s Financial Statements Bulletin
January–December 2021:
Strong financial result – biggest ever investment
portfolio
Fingrid’s consolidated financial statements have been drawn up
in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS). Unless otherwise indicated, the figures in parentheses
refer to the same period of the previous year. The information
published in this report is based on Fingrid’s audited financial
statements for 2021, published in connection with this
bulletin.
- For the first time ever, Fingrid Group’s turnover rose to more
than a billion euros, which resulted primarily from the high price
of imbalance power. The high price of electricity in the Nordic
countries increased Russian imports significantly. The financial
result for 2021 was better than planned. The major contributing
factors were the increased consumption of electricity due to cold
weather and keeping rising costs in check.
- Operatively, the year went according to plan, despite the
Covid-19 pandemic. Grid transmission tariffs were kept unchanged in
2021.
- Finland’s electricity consumption in 2021 amounted to 86.7
(81.7) terawatt hours.
- Fingrid transmitted 72.9 (68.4) terawatt hours of electricity
in its grid, representing 77.3 (77.2) per cent of the total
transmission volume in Finland (consumption and inter-TSO).
- The grid transmission reliability rate was 99.99992 (99.99995)
per cent.
KEY FIGURES |
|
1-12/21 |
1-12/20 |
change % |
7-12/21 |
7-12/20 |
change % |
Turnover |
€M |
1,090.9 |
682.5 |
59.9 |
625.2 |
339.1 |
84.4 |
Capital expenditure, gross |
€M |
199.2 |
169.7 |
17.4 |
113.2 |
99.4 |
14.0 |
- of turnover |
% |
18.3 |
24.9 |
|
18.1 |
29.3 |
|
Research and development expenses |
€M |
3.0 |
4.5 |
-34.1 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
-45.2 |
- of turnover |
% |
0.3 |
0.7 |
|
0.2 |
0.6 |
|
Average number of employees |
|
440 |
400 |
10.0 |
446 |
402 |
10.9 |
Number of employees at end of period |
|
451 |
408 |
10.5 |
451 |
408 |
10.5 |
Salaries and bonuses, total |
€M |
28.2 |
26.7 |
5.9 |
13.9 |
12.7 |
9.2 |
Operating profit |
€M |
210.8 |
118.4 |
78.1 |
105.9 |
63.2 |
67.6 |
- of turnover |
% |
19.3 |
17.3 |
|
16.9 |
18.6 |
|
Profit before taxes |
€M |
187.6 |
113.3 |
65.6 |
94.7 |
54.8 |
72.8 |
- of turnover |
% |
17.2 |
16.6 |
|
15.1 |
16.2 |
|
Profit for the period |
€M |
150.1 |
94.0 |
59.7 |
76.0 |
45.8 |
66.0 |
Comprehensive income for the period |
€M |
150.1 |
95.0 |
58.0 |
76.0 |
45.8 |
66.0 |
Cashflow after capital expenditure |
€M |
251.4 |
139.9 |
79.7 |
38.2 |
38.2 |
0.0 |
Return on investments (ROI) |
% |
11.7 |
7.0 |
|
|
|
|
Return on equity (ROE) |
% |
23.5 |
14.3 |
|
|
|
|
Equity ratio |
% |
25.3 |
27.4 |
|
25.3 |
27.4 |
|
Interest-bearing net borrowings |
€M |
938.5 |
1,049.0 |
-10.5 |
938.5 |
1,049.0 |
|
Net gearing |
|
1.5 |
1.7 |
|
1.5 |
1.7 |
|
Dividend, Series A shares |
€ |
52,500.00 * |
53,500.00 |
|
|
|
|
Dividend, Series B shares |
€ |
19,200.00 * |
19,600.00 |
|
|
|
|
Equity per share |
€ |
194,573 |
190,210 |
2.3 |
|
|
|
Number of shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
– Series A shares |
qty |
2,078 |
2,078 |
|
2,078 |
2,078 |
|
– Series B shares |
qty |
1,247 |
1,247 |
|
1,247 |
1,247 |
|
Total |
qty |
3,325 |
3,325 |
|
3,325 |
3,325 |
|
* The Board of Directors’ proposal to the Annual General Meeting on
the maximum dividend to be distributed |
Review by the President & CEO: Strong financial
result in an exceptional market situation
When it comes to electricity, 2021 will be remembered for its
exceptionally high electricity prices. The prices were primarily
increased by the dramatic upsurge in the price of gas, but other
contributors were emissions rights prices and the hydrological
situation in the Nordic countries. The high electricity price level
was reflected in Fingrid’s higher imbalance power prices. As a
result, the company’s turnover rose to a record-high level. The
higher imbalance power price level correspondingly caused imbalance
power costs to rise. Loss power procurement costs also rose.
Electricity imports from Russia to Finland increased as a
consequence of the increase in electricity prices, which increased
the cross-border transmission income. Despite accelerating
inflation, the company succeeded in keeping rising costs in check.
All in all, the company’s turnover and result improved clearly
compared to the previous year.
In 2021, Finland’s electricity consumption rose by roughly six
per cent compared to the previous year. Underlying the rise in
consumption is a colder winter than in the previous year, and the
normalisation of industrial consumption compared to the previous
year’s uncertain situation resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The increase in electricity consumption increased grid transmission
income compared to the previous year. Fingrid raised the
electricity transmission fees in the main grid by an average of two
per cent for 2022. This increase is based especially on the surge
in market-based reserve costs. Reserves ensure the power system’s
balance of electricity production and consumption. The company’s
objective is to remain among the most affordable transmission
system operators in Europe, and thus also do our part in offering a
competitive advantage to Finnish companies.
Fingrid’s investment portfolio was larger than ever. The company
had more than 50 substation projects and numerous transmission line
projects underway. These investments enable up to 4,500 megawatts
of wind power connections. Several major investment decisions were
also made during the period under review. The transmission
reliability of the main grid was excellent once again, although it
was not possible to avoid all disturbances to customers.
Financial result
Fingrid’s consolidated financial statements have been drawn up
in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS). Unless otherwise indicated, the figures in parentheses
refer to the same period of the previous year.
Fingrid’s consolidated financial statements have been drawn up
in accordance with the same accounting principles as in 2020,
taking into account more detailed instructions on the application
of the IAS38 Intangible Assets standard.
The Group’s turnover was EUR 1,090.9 (682.5) million. Grid
service revenue grew to EUR 394.3 (373.6) million, which was due to
the higher energy consumption resulting from the colder winter
months compared to the previous year. Electricity consumption in
Finland totalled 86.7 (81.7) terawatt hours during the year.
Imbalance power sales increased year-on-year, to EUR 600.5 (260.8)
million, due to the exceptionally high electricity prices. The
cross-border transmission income for the connection between Finland
and Russia increased to EUR 34.4 (6.9) million. This was due to the
increase in transmission volume arising as a consequence of
Finland’s larger area price compared to the prices in northwest
Russia. As a result of the transmission situation in the Baltic Sea
region, ITC income increased to EUR 22.6 (17.1) million. Other
operating income rose to EUR 64.9 (5.2) million, with the growth
attributed to the rise in the fair value of derivatives related to
business operations.
The Group’s total costs amounted to EUR 945.0 (569.5) million.
Imbalance power costs rose, due to high electricity prices, and
totalled EUR 569.5 (234.4) million. Loss power costs amounted to
EUR 65.6 (52.6) million. The volume of loss power stayed at the
previous year’s level. The high price of electricity raised the
price of loss power procurement. The realised average price of loss
power procurement was EUR 41.34 (33.23) per megawatt hour. The cost
of reserves to safeguard the transmission system security increased
to EUR 83.7 (63.5) million, mainly due to the increased hours
procured for frequency restoration reserves (FRR). Depreciation
amounted to EUR 99.9 (98.5) million and grid maintenance costs to
EUR 19.9 (22.9) million. Personnel costs increased to EUR 33.6
(31.2) million because of the higher headcount in response to a
growing workload, both domestically and in international
cooperation.
The Group’s operating profit was EUR 210.8 (118.4) million. To
recognise changes in the fair value of electricity derivatives and
the currency derivatives related to capital expenditure and other
operating expenses, EUR 62.2 (3.0) million was recorded in
operating profit. The Group’s profit before taxes was EUR 187.6
(113.3) million. Profit for the financial year was EUR 150.1 (94.0)
million. The equity ratio was 25.3 (27.4) per cent at the end of
the year.
Fingrid’s total capital expenditure in 2021 amounted to EUR
199.2 (169.7) million. This included a total of EUR 166.1 (137.3)
million invested in the transmission grid and EUR 2.4 (9.6) million
for reserve power. ICT investments amounted to EUR 28.5 (21.1)
million. Of the individual ICT investments, the largest was the
Datahub system, a centralised information exchange system for the
retail market, which went live in February 2022. A total of EUR 3.0
(4.5) million was used for R&D projects during the year under
review.
The parent company’s turnover was EUR 1,091.1 (679.8) million,
profit for the financial year EUR 133.5 (136.0) million and
distributable funds EUR 184.6 million.
Based on the company’s own calculations, the result according to
the regulatory model that governs grid operations amounts to a
surplus of around EUR 15 million for 2021.
Financing
Fingrid’s credit rating remained high, reflecting the company’s
strong overall financial situation and debt service capacity. The
Group’s net financial costs were EUR 23.2 (4.0) million, including
EUR 0.7 million in interest expenses on the lease liabilities
booked into the balance sheet. The Group’s net interest expenses on
loans during the year totalled EUR 12.6 (13.3) million. The change
in the fair value of financial derivatives was EUR 9.4 million
negative (EUR 3.8 million positive).
Interest-bearing borrowings totalled EUR 1,158.1 (1,174.9)
million, of which non-current borrowings accounted for EUR 1,022.6
(1,032.8) million and current borrowings for EUR 135.5 (142.1)
million. At the end of the year, the company’s interest-bearing
borrowings included a total of EUR 31.1 million in lease
liabilities, consisting of EUR 2.6 million in short-term
liabilities, to be paid within a year.
The company’s liquidity remained good. Cash and cash equivalents
and other financial assets totalled EUR 219.6 (125.9) million on
31.12.2021. On 30 November 2021, Fingrid signed a revolving credit
facility agreement of EUR 300 million tied to the company’s
sustainability goals, to secure liquidity. The loan period for the
revolving credit facility is five years, in addition to which
Fingrid has two one-year extension options. In addition, the
company has a total of EUR 90 million in overdraft limits with
banks to secure liquidity.
The counterparty risk arising from derivative contracts relating
to financing was EUR 16.7 (26.2) million. Fingrid’s foreign
exchange and commodity price risks were hedged.
Fingrid has credit rating service agreements with S&P Global
Ratings (S&P) and Fitch Ratings (Fitch). The credit ratings
valid on 31 December 2021 remained high and were as follows:
- S&P’s rating for Fingrid’s unsecured senior debt and
long-term company credit rating at ‘AA-’ and the short-term company
credit rating at ‘A-1+’, with a stable outlook.
- Fitch’s rating for Fingrid’s unsecured senior debt at ‘A+’, the
long-term company credit rating at ‘A’, and ‘F1’ for the short-term
company credit rating, with a stable outlook.
Customers
Fingrid’s operations are largely based on performing statutory
duties. We perform this duty with a maximum customer focus, on
impartial and equal terms. Fingrid provides grid services and
electricity market services to its customers: network operators,
electricity-consuming industry and other electricity market
operators. The goal is to continuously develop Finland’s
competitiveness by improving Fingrid’s services for the different
needs of customers. The customer base has expanded in recent years,
and the sector has also seen the emergence of entirely new types of
customers.
Grid services secure reliable transmission of electricity in the
main grid in accordance with the needs of utility companies and
energy intensive industry. Significant quantities of wind power
capacity were under planning and construction in 2021. We received
some 300 new enquiries concerning connecting to the grid, which
corresponds to more than 50,000 megawatts. Altogether, we have
received close to a thousand connection enquiries, mostly to do
with wind power, and their total power comes to 140,000 megawatts.
We saw an acceleration in the number of enquiries from customers
looking to connect new types of electricity consumption sites, such
as data centres, hydrogen production and battery storage, directly
to the grid.
Fingrid’s electricity market services provide the electricity
market operators with a unified price area for wholesale
electricity trading in Finland as well as the benefits of the open
European electricity markets. In 2021, large quantities of
electricity were imported to Finland, based on market incentives,
throughout the year under review. Finland has been dependent on
imported electricity, as the domestic production capacity does not
meet the demand. The price differences between the Nordic
countries, which were large at times, resulted above all from a
different production mix and limitations of the transmission
capacity.
Based on the latest European comparison, Fingrid’s transmission
fees are the second most affordable in a peer group of some 20
countries. Fingrid’s objective is to remain among the most
affordable transmission system operators, and thus also do our part
in offering a competitive advantage to companies operating in
Finland. We will raise the electricity transmission fees in the
main grid by an average of two per cent in 2022. This increase is
based especially on the surge in market-based reserve costs.
Reserves ensure the power system’s balance of electricity
production and consumption.
According to the 2021 customer satisfaction survey, our
customers’ trust in Fingrid remains good. Our customers gave us a
Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 41, a good result for a natural
monopoly in a business-to-business industry.
Main grid
Investments in Finland’s main grid will come to more than two
billion euros this decade. The goal of a climate neutral Finland by
2035 means a significant increase in emission-free electricity
production and consumption. The foundation for grid investments is
laid by long-term planning, cost-effectiveness, and by meeting the
needs of society and the customers. Investments will be required
especially due to the stronger growth of wind power production.
Altogether 600 kilometres of transmission line projects were
underway in 2021, and 710 kilometres were under general planning.
The total length of the alternative transmission line routes
considered in Fingrid’s EIA procedures was almost 1,100 kilometres,
a new record.
The increasing of the north-south transmission capacity
continued during the year under review. As regards major
transmission projects, the Forest Line and Lake Line II, as well as
the Aurora Line connection to Sweden, constitute a significant part
of the electricity network infrastructure that Finland needs to
become carbon neutral. In 2021, around 50 substation and
transmission line projects were underway. Of the substation
projects ten were completed in 2021. In 2022, 20 substations were
completed.
In May 2021, Fingrid ranked second in an international asset
management survey that assesses the tactical level of TSOs’ asset
management. The International Transmission Asset Management Study
(ITAMS) has now been carried out six times, and Fingrid has
received a top ranking each time.
Power system
In 2021, Finland’s electricity consumption rose by roughly seven
per cent compared to the previous year. Underlying the rise in
consumption is a colder winter than in the previous year, and the
normalisation of industrial consumption compared to the previous
year’s uncertain situation resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Electricity consumption in Finland amounted to 86.7 (81.7) terawatt
hours in 2021. Fingrid transmitted a total of 72.9 (68.4) terawatt
hours of electricity in its grid, representing 77.3 (77.2) per cent
of the total transmission volume in Finland (consumption and
inter-TSO).
The electricity consumption peaked at 14,267 (12,388) MWh/h on
18 February between 9 and 10 a.m., With Finland’s electricity
production contributing 11,191 MWh/h and the remaining 3,076 MWh/h
being imported. The area price of electricity on the day-ahead
market in Finland was €86.75/MWh during the peak consumption hour.
The electricity supply was not in jeopardy during the peak
consumption hour.
The electricity transmitted between Finland and Sweden mostly
consisted of large imports from Sweden to Finland. In 2021, 15.9
(18.8) terawatt hours of electricity was imported from Sweden to
Finland, and 0.9 (0.3) terawatt hours was exported from Finland to
Sweden. The electricity transmissions between Finland and Estonia
were dominated by exports from Finland to Estonia, totalling 6.7
(6.6) terawatt hours. Electricity transmission from Russia to
Finland amounted to 9.2 (3.0) terawatt hours. The increase in
transmission was due to the significantly higher price of Nordic
electricity compared to the previous year. In 2021, 0.3 (0.3)
terawatt hours of electricity was imported from Norway to
Finland.
The transmission reliability rate during the review period was
99.99992 (99.99995) per cent. Disturbances in connection with capex
projects caused by human error increased from the previous year. An
outage in a connection point in the main grid caused by a
disturbance in Fingrid’s transmission system lasted an average of
0.9 (0.5) minutes. The cost of the disturbances (regulatory outage
costs) was EUR 2.3 (0.9) million, and including the quick
reclosures, EUR 5.8 (3.2) million.
The usability and reliability of Fingrid’s DC connections have
been at a good level, but there were more short-term disturbances
than in the previous year. The total duration of the disturbances
was increased in particular by the challenging and long-lasting
fault in the Fenno-Skan 1 connection.
The volume of transmission losses in the main grid remained at
the level of the previous year, 1.5 (1.5) terawatt hours. This was
two per cent of Fingrid’s transmission volume, which was 72.9
terawatt hours. The losses are affected by the quantity of the
electricity consumed and transferred.
Electricity market
As economic recovery continued, growth in demand and elevated
fuel and emissions trading prices raised the price of electricity
during the year under review. Record-high electricity prices were
seen in the second half of the review period throughout Europe. The
scarcity of hydropower caused electricity prices to rise to a new
all-time high throughout the Nordics. The average market price of
spot electricity on the power exchange (Nordic system price) was
EUR 62.31 (10.93) per megawatt hour. The area price of electricity
on the day-ahead market in Finland peaked on 7 December 2021 at EUR
1,000 per megawatt hour, which was the highest price seen on the
markets in over a decade. On the balancing power market, on 26
November 2021, the highest prices ever were seen in Finland, Sweden
and northern Norway, when balancing power cost EUR 5,000 per
megawatt hour.
Large quantities of electricity were imported to Finland, based
on market incentives, throughout the year under review. Finland has
been dependent on imported electricity, as the domestic production
capacity does not meet the demand. The cross-border transmission
capacity limitations caused by the Swedish transmission grid’s
congestion impacted several surrounding bidding areas. The most
significant in terms of Finland was the limitation of electricity
exports from Finland to Sweden using the Fenno-Skan link.
Technically, our cross-border transmission connections functioned
extremely reliably.
Fingrid’s congestion income from cross-border transmission lines
totalled EUR 283.8 (146.7) million, of which the cross-border
transmission lines between Finland and Sweden accounted for EUR
221.0 (122.7) million. The links between Finland and Estonia
generated EUR 62.7 (24.0) million in congestion revenue. A total of
EUR 488.7 million in congestion income remained unused at the end
of 2021. The congestion income is used, in line with EU regulation,
mostly for grid investments to eliminate transmission
congestion.
To increase the cross-border transmission capacity between
Finland and Sweden, a third AC connection, the Aurora Line, to
Sweden is currently being prepared, in cooperation with the Swedish
TSO. The increased transmission capacity will help to decrease the
price disparities between the countries. The transmission link is
due for completion in 2025. The Forest Line connection currently
under construction will substantially increase the north–south
transmission capacity necessary for the Finnish power system and
help to keep Finland as a single price area in electricity trading.
The project is due for completion in 2022.
Fingrid’s mission is to develop the electricity market. In order
for the power system to operate as much on market terms as
possible, it is important that the electricity market and the
technical system characteristics are optimally in synch. The
company has several ongoing projects for developing the electricity
market. Key projects include the Nordic Balancing Model, the
centralised information exchange system, i.e. Datahub, flexibility
market solutions for the transmission grid, and transmission
capacity calculation development. The above-mentioned projects
moved forward during 2021, but much remains to be done in the
coming years.
The Nordic countries will adopt a single balance model and a
15-minute imbalance settlement period (ISP). The single balance
model was adopted in November 2021, and, as a result, separate
balances for production and consumption were phased out. The
15-minute imbalance settlement period go-live has been confirmed,
based on a decision by the Energy Authority, to take place in May
2023.
A centralised information exchange platform for the retail
market of electricity, Datahub, went live in February 2022. Datahub
will contain data from about 3.8 million accounting points in
Finland.
As the energy transformation accelerates, new solutions are
needed on market terms to maintain the power system. The
flexibility markets are approaching the pilot stage. Flexible
response is necessary both for balancing the consumption and
production and to support efficient use of the grid infrastructure.
Yet another driver of demand response solutions is EU legislation,
in relation to which an amendment was proposed for the Finnish
Electricity Market Act in the second half of 2021.
The changing needs of the power system require new kinds of
properties from the reserves supporting the use of the system. In
January 2021, the Nordic TSOs published a proposal on the renewal
of the technical requirements for frequency-controlled reserves for
comment by stakeholders. In June, we launched a pilot project to
look into the success of the new technical requirements together
with market parties. Towards the end of 2021, we started up the
procurement of an entirely new reserve product for 2022 – a
frequency-controlled disturbance reserve down-regulation product
acquired for overfrequency disturbances.
Finland’s and Estonia’s transmission system operators initiated
a collaboration for trade in automatic Frequency Restoration
Reserve (aFRR) from Estonia to Finland. The first offers came from
Estonia in August of 2021.
A flow based capacity calculation methodology will be adopted in
the Nordic countries to improve the allocation of transmission
capacity available to the markets. The development of the method
entered a new phase during the review period when the calculation
system required by the new method was trialled in May 2021.
In 2021, Fingrid participated in a working group directed by the
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, tasked to promote
sector integration in Finland and to produce insights for the
national energy and climate strategy to be completed at a later
date. Fingrid additionally led strategy work to create a joint
vision for the Nordic TSOs and a roadmap on the development of
sector integration on the Nordic level. Sector integration can help
to achieve a clean energy system both resource- and
cost-effectively through the capability to process energy in the
most optimal form in each stage of production, transfers and
consumption, such as electricity, heat, gas or liquid.
Personnel
The grid’s sizable investment programme and the continuing
international cooperation have contributed to a significant
increase in the number of personnel in recent years. The company
needs more and more people, for example, substation project
managers, ICT specialists, grid developers and electricity market
project specialists.
Fingrid Oyj employed 451 (408) persons, including temporary
employees, at the end of the year. The number of permanent
personnel was 400 (363) and the average age was 44 (44). At the end
of the year, 26 (23) per cent of the personnel were women and 74
(77) per cent were men.
Events after the review period and
future outlook
Fingrid Group’s profit for the 2022 financial period, excluding
changes in the fair value of derivatives and before taxes, is
expected to decrease somewhat compared to 2021. Results forecasts
for the financial year are complicated especially by the
uncertainty related to grid service revenue, ITC income and
cross-border transmission income, and to reserve and loss power
costs. These are dependent on the variations in outside
temperature, precipitation, windiness, and hydrological conditions
in the Nordic countries, which affect electricity consumption and
electricity prices in Finland and neighbouring areas and thus also
grid transmission volumes. The company’s debt service capacity is
expected to remain stable. The company has analysed the risks
linked to the Ukraine conflict from the perspective of the company
and Finland’s power system. Based on the analysis, the direct risks
to Fingrid are minimal, and Finland is not dependent on electricity
imported from Russia.
Jukka Metsälä, M.Sc. (Tech.), MBA, was appointed on 7 February
2022 as Fingrid’s new CFO and member of the executive management
group as of 5 May 2022, and his area of responsibility is the
company’s finances and treasury, and business development and
strategy. Tuomas Rauhala, D.Sc. (Tech.) was appointed on 24
February 2022 as Senior Vice President of Power System Operations
and as a member of the executive management group as of 1 June
2022. Metsälä and Rauhala will report to the company’s President
& CEO Jukka Ruusunen.
A new company, Nordic RCC A/S was established on 18 January 2022
for the incorporation of the operational planning office (Regional
Security Coordinator, RSC) of the four Nordic transmission system
operators, located in Copenhagen. Nordic RCC A/S will start up its
operations on 1 July 2022, when the RSC will terminate its
activities.
On 26 January 2022, the European Union granted funding of EUR
127 million for the Aurora Line transmission link between Finland
and Sweden. Fingrid’s share will be approximately EUR 110 million.
The granted funding is part of the Connecting Europe Facility
funding instrument. The new AC connection between Finland and
Sweden, to be completed in 2025, is the decade’s most important
grid investment, which had already previously been selected as an
EU Project of Common Interest (PCI). The connection is considered
to be of common interest for the whole of Europe.
Board of Directors’ proposal for the distribution of
profit
The guiding principle for Fingrid’s dividend policy is to
distribute substantially all of the parent company profit as
dividends. When making the decision, however, the economic
conditions, the company’s near-term capital expenditure and
development needs as well as any prevailing financial targets of
the company are always taken into account.
Fingrid Oyj’s parent company’s profit for the financial year was
EUR 133,493,880.81 and distributable funds in the financial
statements total EUR 184,630,983.13. Since the close of the
financial year, there have been no material changes in the
company’s financial position and, in the Board of Directors’ view,
the proposed dividend distribution does not compromise the
company’s solvency.
After the closing date, the Board of Directors has proposed to
the Annual General Meeting of shareholders that, on the basis of
the balance sheet adopted for the financial period that ended on 31
December 2021, a dividend of EUR 52,500.00 at maximum per share be
paid for Series A shares and EUR 19,200.00 at maximum for Series B
shares, for a total of EUR 133,037,400.00 at maximum. The dividends
shall be paid in two instalments. The first instalment of EUR
35,000.00 for each Series A share and EUR 12,800.00 for each Series
B share, totalling EUR 88,691,600.00, shall be paid on 4 April
2022. The second instalment of EUR 17,500.00 at maximum per share
for each Series A share and EUR 6,400.00 at maximum per share for
each Series B share, totalling EUR 44,345,800.00 at maximum in
dividends, shall be paid according to the Board’s decision after
the half-year report has been confirmed, based on the authorisation
given to the Board in the Annual General Meeting. The Board has the
right to decide, based on the authorisation granted to it, on the
payment of the second dividend instalment after the half-year
report has been confirmed and it has assessed the company’s
solvency, financial position and financial development. The
dividends that have been decided on with the authorisation given to
the Board shall be paid on the third banking day after the
decision. It will be proposed that the authorisation remains valid
until the next Annual General Meeting.
Annual General Meeting
2022
Fingrid Oyj’s Annual General Meeting is scheduled to be held on
30 March 2022 in Helsinki.
In Helsinki, on 1 March 2022Fingrid OyjBoard of Directors
Attachments:Financial Statements Bulletin
Corporate Governance Statement 2021Remuneration Report 2021Annual
review and Financial statements 2021ESEF report 2021
- Financial_Statements_Bulletin_2021
- Corporate Governance Statement 2021
- Remuneration_Report_2021
- Annual_review_and_Financial_statements_2021
- ESEF_report2021
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