IFRS Statement
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
28 September 2005
Scottish & Southern Energy plc
Update on the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards
28 September 2005
IFRS Transition Statement
Restatement and seminar
Scottish and Southern Energy plc ('SSE') has adopted International Financial
Accounting Standards ('IFRS') with effect from 1 April 2005. The first results
to be reported under IFRS will be the interim financial statements for the six
month period ending 30 September 2005 which will be reported in November 2005.
This statement has been issued to present and explain the unaudited consolidated
results of SSE, restated from UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ('UK
GAAP') to IFRS, for the year to 31 March 2005, and the balance sheet at the
transition date of 1 April 2004.
It expands on the statement issued on 1 July 2005 which commented upon the
progress being achieved on transition to IFRS and on the main areas impacted by
this transition. That announcement did not include comment on the impact of IFRS
on SSE's jointly controlled entities and associates, which this statement now
does.
SSE has applied the IFRS 1 exemption with relation to the application of IAS 32
and IAS 39 to comparative information and will, instead, apply these standards
prospectively from 1 April 2005. Details on the impact of the initial
application of these standards at 1 April 2005 are included within this
statement. SSE's trading for the six months to 30 September 2005 is in line with
expectations.
There will be an analysts' presentation starting at 09:30 UK time at the offices
of Financial Dynamics, Holborn Gate, 26 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A 1PB.
Webcast facility: This is available by going to: www.scottish-southern.co.uk
Telephone conference call: 0930, Wednesday 28 September 2005
UK: 0845 146 2004
International: +44 (0) 1452 569 393
Replay facility (for one week)
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Enquiries to:
Scottish and Southern Energy plc
Alan Young - Director of Corporate Communications + 44 (0)870 900 0410
Denis Kerby - Investor and Media Relations Manager + 44 (0)870 900 0410
Financial Dynamics
Andrew Dowler + 44 (0)20 7831 3113
The preparation of financial statements that conform with IFRS requires the use
of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to
exercise its judgement in the process of applying the Group's accounting
policies. The areas requiring a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or
areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the consolidated
financial statements, will have additional notes disclosing the information.
Contents
Page
Summary 4
Introduction 5 - 6
Analysis of key impacts 7 - 8
Other impacts 9 - 10
Reconciliation of the Group Income Statement under UK GAAP to IFRS for
the year ended 31 March 2005 11
Reconciliation of the Group Balance Sheet under UK GAAP to IFRS at 1
April 2004 12
Reconciliation of the Group Balance Sheet under UK GAAP to IFRS at 31
March 2005 13
Group Cash Flow Statement under IFRS for the year ended
31 March 2005 14
Summary of impact of IAS 32 and IAS 39 at 1 April 2005 15 - 16
Reconciliation of the Group IFRS Balance Sheet from 31 March to
1 April 2005 17
Dates for further announcements 18
Summary
The transition to IFRS from UK GAAP represents a significant change to SSE's
accounting policies. This statement explains the impact of this change prior to
the publication of its interim financial statements for the six month period to
30 September 2005, the first results reported under IFRS.
In explaining the impact of this change, it is important to stress that the
adoption of IFRS, while a significant change in accounting, will not change
SSE's:
• Business model;
• Risk management strategies;
• Operational activities;
• Ability to generate cash; or,
• Dividend policy.
As a result, this statement concentrates on the main accounting changes
introduced by the adoption of IFRS, which, among others, impact materially on
the following areas:
• Deferred Taxation;
• Dividends;
• Goodwill;
• Property, Plant and Equipment; and,
• Share based payments.
The changes relate to the recognition and valuation of assets and liabilities on
SSE's Balance Sheet, and also have an impact on the timing of charges and
credits to the Income Statement.
In addition to the aforementioned, the adoption of IAS 32 Financial Instruments:
Disclosure and Presentation and IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and
Measurement from 1 April 2005 requires SSE to recognise the fair value of
financial instruments, including certain commodity and treasury contracts, on
the Balance Sheet. This will introduce some volatility to future Income
Statements. IAS 32 will also affect the treatment of SSE's convertible debt.
The main financial impacts of conversion to IFRS can be summarised thus:
Under IFRS Under Change Change
UK
GAAP
Year ended 31 March 2005: £m £m £m %
Underlying PBT (see page 6) 719.7 714.8 4.9 +0.7%
Profit before taxation 789.3 785.3 4.0 +0.5%
Profit after taxation 559.7 543.1 16.6 +3.1%
At 31 March 2005:
Net Assets 1,858.5 1,901.9 (43.4) -2.3%
The adoption of IFRS will have no impact on cash flow and the Group's underlying
financial position is unaffected. Its distributable reserves under UK GAAP are
largely unaffected by IFRS resulting in no impact on SSE's dividend policy.
Introduction
SSE has to date prepared and published its consolidated financial statements in
accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ('UK GAAP').
As a listed company, it is required to present its consolidated financial
statements in accordance with EU-adopted IFRS and International Accounting
Standards ('IAS'). These are collectively referred to within this document as '
IFRS'.
SSE will, therefore, adopt IFRS for the first time for its consolidated
financial statements for the period commencing 1 April 2005. Consequently, the
first published interim results under IFRS will be for the six month period to
30 September 2005, to be published in November 2005.
Overview
The purpose of this statement is to present and explain how SSE's financial
statements reported under UK GAAP for the year to 31 March 2005 will differ
under IFRS. Therefore, detailed reconciliations of the following are included:
• Income statement for the year ended 31 March 2005;
• Balance Sheet at 1 April 2004;
• Balance Sheet at 31 March 2005; and,
• Cash Flow for the year ended 31 March 2005.
This financial information does not include any adjustments in respect of IAS 32
and IAS 39, which are being applied prospectively from 1 April 2005 in
accordance with the transitional arrangements of IFRS 1. The impact of the
adoption of these standards has been separately commented upon in this statement
at pages 15 to 17.
Basis of preparation
The IFRSs that will be effective (or available for early adoption) in the annual
financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2006 are still subject to
change and to additional interpretations and therefore cannot be determined with
certainty. Accordingly, the accounting policies for that year will be
determined finally only when the annual financial statements are prepared.
In adopting IFRS for the first time, SSE is complying with IFRS 1 First Time
Adoption of IFRS, which states that a company should use the same accounting
policies in its opening IFRS balance sheet and throughout all periods presented
in its first IFRS financial statements. In applying IFRS 1, however, SSE has
taken advantage of the following exemptions contained within the standard:
• Financial Instruments: SSE has elected not to prepare comparative
information in accordance with IAS 32 and IAS 39. The standards will be
adopted from 1 April 2005. As a result, the comparative information
contained in this statement and in the 2006 IFRS financial statements will
be presented on the existing UK GAAP basis. A reconciliation from the
closing balance sheet at 31 March 2005 and the opening balance sheet at 1
April 2005 is included at page 17 to this statement.
• Business Combinations: SSE has elected not to restate business
combinations prior to the transition date of 1 April 2004. As a result
only business combinations that have occurred during the year ended 31
March 2005 and subsequently will be accounted for in line with IFRS 3
Business Combinations.
• Property, Plant and Equipment: SSE has identified the carrying value of the
Hydro Civil Assets acquired in 1990, at privatisation and rolled this
balance forward for additions and depreciation based on a useful economic
life of 100 years to arrive at the IFRS net book value.
• Share-based payments: SSE has applied IFRS 2 Share Based Payments to all
grants of equity instruments after 7 November 2002 that had not vested by 1
January 2005.
This statement has been prepared on the basis of all applicable EU-approved
IFRSs published by 31 March 2005 and anticipated to be approved by the time the
Group publishes its results for the year ended 31 March 2006. This includes the
following standards and interpretation which are awaiting formal endorsement by
the EU:
• IFRIC 4 Determining Whether an Arrangement Contains a Lease; and,
• The revision to IAS 19 Employee Benefits issued in December 2004.
The full consolidated financial statements for the year end 31 March 2006 will
be prepared in accordance with extant EU adopted International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Underlying Profit
The Group will continue to focus on underlying profit as the primary measure of
financial performance. This is calculated by adjusting profit before taxation
for net finance income from pension assets, the impact of IAS 32 and IAS 39,
taxation on profits from jointly controlled entities and associates and items
previously disclosed as exceptional.
The following table illustrates how underlying profit for the year ended 31
March 2005 has been calculated under UK GAAP and the changes to this calculation
which will arise following the conversion to IFRS.
UK GAAP IFRS
Year Ended 31 March 2005 £m £m
Profit Before Taxation (PBT) 785.3 789.3
Exceptional items:
- Settlement claim from TXU (133.5) (133.5)
- Peterhead impairment charge 61.0 61.0
PBT before exceptionals 712.8 716.8
- Net income from pension funds (13.4) (12.4)
- Goodwill 15.4 -
- Tax on Jointly Controlled Entities and
Associates
- 15.3
- IAS 39 / 32 fair value gains / losses - -
Underlying PBT 714.8 719.7
Analysis of Key Impacts
Presentation of Financial Statements
In restating the financial statements under IFRS, the format of the Group Income
Statement and Group Balance Sheet have been prepared in accordance with the
requirements of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements.
Main IFRS remeasurements
The following explains the significant accounting remeasurements to amounts
previously reported under UK GAAP for the Group.
• Dividends
Under UK GAAP, proposed dividends are recognised in the year in which the
profits to which they relate are earned. IAS 10 Events after the Balance Sheet
Date requires that dividends should not be accrued until the date at which they
are declared. As SSE normally approves its final dividend after its results are
published, final dividends will not be accrued at the year end.
Consequently, this has the effect of increasing opening net assets at 1 April
2004 by £226.1m and closing net assets at 31 March 2005 by £260.0m, with a
movement in the year of £33.9m.
• Income taxes
Under UK GAAP, deferred tax is provided on timing differences whereas, under IAS
12 Income Taxes, provision must be made based on temporary differences between
carrying values and the related tax base of assets and liabilities except in
certain circumstances. The net impact of this is to increase the provision for
deferred taxation by £0.2m at 1 April 2004 and by £3.5m at 31 March 2005,
excluding the acquisition impact of the acquired Fiddler's Ferry and Ferrybridge
assets (see Business Combinations, page 8).
More significantly for SSE, under UK GAAP, it had elected to recognise deferred
tax on a discounted basis. This is not permitted by IFRS and has been restated
accordingly. This is of importance to utility businesses where any reversal of
timing differences is likely to occur far into the future given the long lives
of the assets affected. The effect of removing the discounting applied is to
increase the provision for deferred taxation by £311.6m at 1 April 2004 and
£311.0m at 31 March 2005.
As a result of these amendments, SSE's net assets under IFRS at 1 April 2004 are
reduced by £311.8m. Similarly, the net assets at 31 March 2005 have been reduced
by £314.5m for the same reason. An additional charge of £2.7m has been reflected
in the Income Statement for the year ended 31 March 2005.
• Goodwill
Under UK GAAP, goodwill is amortised over its estimated useful economic life.
Under IFRS, this is prohibited by IFRS 3 Business Combinations which instead
requires an annual impairment review to be carried out in accordance with IAS 36
Impairment of Assets.
At the transition date of 1 April 2004, the net balance of goodwill recognised
has been maintained with no further amortisation to be charged. However, the
balance of goodwill is thereafter subject to a mandatory impairment review on at
least an annual basis. Assessments for impairment of goodwill were conducted at
the transition date and at March 2005 and no impairment was required. Therefore,
the goodwill amortisation charge for the year ended 31 March 2005 of £15.4m has
been reversed in the Income Statement.
• Property, Plant and Equipment
The main change for SSE resulting from the adoption of IAS 16 Property, Plant
and Equipment relates to the accounting for the hydro generation civil
infrastructure.
Under UK GAAP, the hydro generation civil infrastructure, including the dams,
tunnels and other hydro civil engineering structures, was considered to have an
indefinite life and was not subject to depreciation. Expenditure to maintain the
hydro generation civil infrastructure was dealt with using the renewals
accounting paragraphs of FRS 15 Tangible Fixed Assets.
Under IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment, this treatment is prohibited. Under
IFRS, all items of property, plant and equipment should be subject to
depreciation, with the exception of land. Furthermore, renewals accounting is
not permitted. As a result all aspects of accounting for these assets and
expenditures have been amended to be compliant with IFRS. The accounting
policies applied under UK GAAP for all other fixed assets are compliant with IAS
16 and continue to remain appropriate.
SSE has, therefore, identified the carrying value of the hydro generation civil
infrastructure assets acquired in 1990 on privatisation and rolled this balance
forward for additions and depreciation based on a useful economic life of 100
years. The overall effect is to increase net assets by £3.4m at 1 April 2004,
the date of transition, with an additional net charge of £1.1m in the year ended
31 March 2005 being recognised. Qualifying expenditure on these assets will be
capitalised and depreciated over the useful life of the assets.
• Share based payments
Under UK GAAP, Inland Revenue-approved 'save as you earn schemes', such as SSE's
share-save scheme, did not result in a charge being taken to the profit and loss
account. Other employee share schemes were accounted for on an intrinsic value
basis. Under IFRS 2 Share Based Payments, all grants of equity instruments are
required to be measured at fair value, with an appropriate charge being made to
the income statement in the appropriate accounting period.
SSE has elected to adopt the provisions of IFRS 1 which allow first time
adopters to apply the rules of IFRS 2 only to options granted after 7 November
2002 and which had not vested by 1 January 2005.
The standard requires SSE to spread the fair value of share-based payments such
as the Sharesave Scheme, the Saving Incentive Plan (SIP) and the Deferred Bonus
Scheme across the period between the granting date and the vesting date of the
award.
The net impact of applying both aspects of the standard has been to increase
SSE's operating profit in the year ended 31 March 2005 by £6.4m.
Other impacts
There are a number of less significant impacts of IFRS transition which are
explained below.
• Pensions
Under UK GAAP, SSE adopted full disclosure under FRS 17 Retirement Benefits in
2002. IFRS requires that the retirement and other benefits are accounted for in
accordance with the revised version of IAS 19 Employee Benefits. Under IAS 19
the method of accounting for pension scheme asset and liabilities, actuarial
gains and losses and income and charges associated with such schemes is very
similar to FRS 17.
However, there are some changes to the accounting requirements under IAS 19.
Firstly, IAS 19 requires scheme assets to be valued at a bid price rather than a
mid market valuation and therefore, the net pension liabilities at 1 April 2004
and 31 March 2005 are increased by £12.6m and £15.8m respectively. This rebasing
has increased other finance costs under IAS 19 by £1.0m in the year to 31 March
2005. Surpluses or deficits on SSE's schemes will be reported gross on the face
of the Balance Sheet rather than net of deferred tax, as is the practice under
UK GAAP. The related deferred tax liability or asset will be reported separately
within Non Current Tax Liabilities or Assets.
SSE will not be adopting the corridor approach under IAS 19 and will continue to
report the full surplus or deficits associated with its pension schemes, with
actuarial gains and losses being recognised through equity via the Statement of
Recognised Income and Expense.
• Non Current Assets Held for Sale
SSE has adopted IFRS 5 Non-current Assets and Discontinued Operations. This
requires the reclassification and, in certain instances, revaluation of certain
assets or businesses which have been identified as being held for disposal
during the financial reporting period.
This has required the reclassification of certain assets (surplus property,
carried at £2.3m) within Non Current Assets at 1 April 2004. There was no such
adjustment required as at 31 March 2005.
• Business combinations
Under UK GAAP, certain entities, of which SSE owns a 50% equity share, are
recognised as quasi-subsidiaries by the nature of their structure and
operations. Under IFRS, this is not a recognised form of investment and
accordingly these entities are identified and accounted for as subsidiaries.
This will have no impact on the consolidation treatment for these entities.
Under IFRS 1, SSE has elected not to restate business combinations accounted for
prior to 1 April 2004. The acquisitions subsequent to this date, namely the
Atlantic Electric and Gas supply business, the Fiddler's Ferry and Ferrybridge
power stations and the Eastern Contracting business, are required to be restated
to comply with IFRS 3 Business Combinations. In doing so, different values have
been identified for deferred taxation and goodwill. The impact of these changes
on net assets is zero and the adjustments, netting to zero, are shown in a
separate column within the restated 31 March 2005 Balance Sheet (page 13).
• Associates and Joint Controlled Entities
Under UK GAAP,SSE's share of the operating profit, interest and taxation of
associates and joint ventures has been reported separately on the face of the
Income Statement. Under IFRS, SSE's share of post-tax profits of associates and
jointly controlled entities is reported as a single line item. SSE intends to
disclose such information as to allow continued reporting of total operating
profit including the operating results of these entities. The reclassifications
made are separately identified in the revised Income Statement at page 11. In
addition to this, an adjustment in relation to deferred taxation under IAS 12
requires a £0.4m reduction to the opening carrying value of investments in
jointly controlled entities.
SSE will continue to use equity accounting for jointly controlled entities as
permitted by IAS 31 Interests in Joint Ventures.
• Leases
IFRIC 4 provides specific guidance as to whether an arrangement contains a
lease. The guidance is mandatory for accounting periods beginning on or after 1
January 2006 but SSE has elected to early adopt it from 1 April 2004. Following
the guidance within IFRIC 4, certain long-term power purchase agreements held by
SSE have been identified as being leases. These leases were then assessed
against the criteria contained within IAS 17 Leases to determine whether these
arrangements were operating or finance leases.
Following this assessment, SSE has concluded that it does not have any long-term
power purchase agreements which require to be classified as finance leases.
Additional disclosure around these agreements reclassified as operating leases
will be provided under the guidance within IAS 17.
• Intangible Assets
Under IAS 38 Intangible Assets, SSE has reclassified the software licence and
development costs incurred since 1 April 2000, which met the criteria for
capitalisation under IAS 38 and which were expensed under UK GAAP, as Intangible
Assets.
SSE's policy for amortisation of these assets is to amortise these over a period
of five years. As a result, net assets at 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2005 have
been increased by £4.9m and £4.5m, respectively, while the Income Statement in
the year ended 31 March 2005 has been adjusted by an additional net charge of
£0.4m.
• Exceptional Items
In the UK GAAP accounts to 31 March 2005, the Group identified two exceptional
items - a charge and a credit - on the face of the Profit and Loss Account.
The Group will present sufficient information on the Income Statement to
identify these items and facilitate comparable presentation of results.
• Current Asset Investments
The assets previously disclosed as Current Asset Investments under UK GAAP have
been redesignated as either Available For Sale Investments, in the case of
listed equities, or Cash Equivalents, in the case of short-term deposits.
Reconciliation of the Group Income Statement under UK GAAP to IFRS
for the year ended 31 March 2005
IAS 12 IAS 10 IAS IAS 19 IAS 38 IAS 36 IAS 28
Deferred Dividend IFRS 16 and 31 Reclass-
UK GAAP tax 2 HCA Pension Intangibles Goodwill ification IFRS
£m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Group and share 7,482.8 (58.2) 7,424.6
of joint ventures
Joint ventures (58.2) 58.2 -
Revenue 7,424.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7,424.6
Cost of sales
before asset
impairment (6,256.1) (1.1) (6,257.2)
Asset impairment (61.0) (61.0)
charge
Cost of sales (6,317.1) (1.1) (6,318.2)
Gross profit 1,107.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 (1.1) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,106.4
Distribution and (429.0) 6.4 (0.4) 15.4 (407.6)
administrative
costs
Claim settlement 111.2 111.2
Operating Profit
before JCEs/
associates 789.7 0.0 0.0 6.4 (1.1) 0.0 (0.4) 15.4 0.0 0.0 810.0
Share of Jointly
Controlled
Entities/
Associates
operating profit 50.8 50.8
before claims
settlement
Claim settlement 22.3 22.3
Share of
operating profit
of JCEs/ 73.1 73.1
associates
Share of JCEs/
Associate
interest / tax - (25.8) (25.8)
before claim
settlement
Tax on share of - (6.7) (6.7)
claim settlement
Share of interest
and tax on JCEs/
associates - (32.5) (32.5)
Share of JCEs / 73.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (32.5) 0.0 40.6
associates
Operating profit 862.8 0.0 0.0 6.4 (1.1) 0.0 (0.4) 15.4 (32.5) 0.0 850.6
Net finance costs (73.7) 12.4 (61.3)
Joint Controlled (17.2) 17.2 -
Entities /
Associates
Other finance 13.4 (1.0) (12.4) -
income
Profit before 785.3 0.0 0.0 6.4 (1.1) (1.0) (0.4) 15.4 (15.3) 0.0 789.3
taxation
Taxation
excluding impact
of impairment
charge and claim
settlements (215.0) (2.7) 8.6 (209.1)
Taxation impact
of impairment
charge and claim (27.2) 6.7 (20.5)
settlements
Income tax (242.2) (2.7) 15.3 (229.6)
expense
Profit after 543.1 (2.7) 0.0 6.4 (1.1) (1.0) (0.4) 15.4 0.0 0.0 559.7
taxation
Equity minority
interests in
subsidiary 0.1 0.1
undertakings
Profit for the 543.2 (2.7) 0.0 6.4 (1.1) (1.0) (0.4) 15.4 0.0 0.0 559.8
financial year
Dividends (364.7) 33.9 (330.8)
Transferred to 178.5 (2.7) 33.9 6.4 (1.1) (1.0) (0.4) 15.4 0.0 0.0 229.0
reserves
Reconciliation of the Group Balance Sheet under UK GAAP to IFRS
as at 1 April 2004
IAS IAS 19 IAS 38 IAS
IFRS IFRS 5 IAS 12 IAS 10 16 31
UK GAAP Reclass Resale Def Tax Dividend HCA Pensions Intang's JVs IFRS
£m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Assets
Intangible Assets
- Goodwill 274.0 274.0
- Other intangible - 4.9 4.9
assets
Property, plant & 4,139.1 (2.3) 3.4 4,140.2
equipment
Investments under equity 197.0 (0.4) 196.6
method
Available for sale - 2.9 2.9
Investments
Retirement benefit assets - 75.3 75.3
Deferred tax asset - 81.3 81.3
Held for Resale - 2.3 2.3
Non-current assets 4,610.1 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 156.6 4.9 (0.4) 4,777.5
Inventories 46.0 46.0
Trade and other 736.9 736.9
receivables
Current asset investments 21.8 (21.8) -
Cash and cash equivalents 6.5 18.9 25.4
Current assets 811.2 (2.9) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 808.3
Total assets 5,421.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 156.6 4.9 (0.4) 5,585.8
Liabilities
Loans and other - (82.4) (82.4)
borrowings
Trade and other payables (1,307.8) 192.7 226.1 (889.0)
Current tax liabilities - (85.4) (85.4)
Deferred income - (24.9) (24.9)
Short-term provisions - -
Current liabilities (1,307.8) 0.0 0.0 0.0 226.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (1,081.7)
Loans and other (1,652.3) 289.3 (1,363.0)
borrowings
Deferred tax liabilities (512.7) (311.8) (22.6) (847.1)
Long-term provisions (96.0) (96.0)
Deferred Income - (289.3) (289.3)
Retirement benefit (124.4) (146.6) (271.0)
obligations
Non-current liabilities (2,385.4) 0.0 0.0 (311.8) 0.0 0.0 (169.2) 0.0 0.0 (2,866.4)
Total liabilities (3,693.2) 0.0 0.0 (311.8) 226.1 0.0 (169.2) 0.0 0.0 (3,948.1)
Net assets 1,728.1 0.0 0.0 (311.8) 226.1 3.4 (12.6) 4.9 (0.4) 1,637.7
Equity
Share capital 428.7 428.7
Share premium 72.6 72.6
Capital redemption 13.7 13.7
reserve
Retained earnings 1,213.4 (311.8) 226.1 3.4 (12.6) 4.9 (0.4) 1,123.0
Equity attributable to
equity holders of the
Group 1,728.4 0.0 0.0 (311.8) 226.1 3.4 (12.6) 4.9 (0.4) 1,638.0
Minority interest (0.3) (0.3)
Total equity 1,728.1 0.0 0.0 (311.8) 226.1 3.4 (12.6) 4.9 (0.4) 1,637.7
Reconciliation of the Group Balance Sheet under UK GAAP to IFRS
as at 31 March 2005
IFRS IAS 12 IAS 10 IFRS IAS IAS 19 IAS 38 IFRS 3 IFRS 3 IAS
2 16 Combin- 31
UK GAAP Reclass Def Tax Div'ds HCA Pensions Intang's Goodwill ations JVs IFRS
£m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Assets
Intangible assets 0.0
- Goodwill 260.6 15.4 17.5 293.5
- Other 8.2 4.5 12.7
intangible assets
Property, plant & 4,383.8 2.3 4,386.1
equipment
Investments under 213.8 (0.4) 213.4
equity method
Retirement - 98.9 98.9
benefit assets
Deferred tax - 97.9 97.9
asset
Non-current 4,866.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 196.8 4.5 15.4 17.5 (0.4) 5,102.5
assets
Inventories 134.1 134.1
Trade and other 1,073.7 1,073.7
receivables
Current asset 218.5 (218.5) 0.0
investments
Cash and cash 13.7 218.5 232.2
equivalents
Current assets 1,440.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,440.0
Total assets 6,306.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 196.8 4.5 15.4 17.5 (0.4) 6,542.5
Liabilities
Loans and other - (28.9) (28.9)
borrowings
Trade and other (1,700.8) 182.0 260.0 5.1 (1,253.7)
payables
Current tax - (138.0) (138.0)
liabilities
Deferred income - (15.1) (15.1)
Current (1,700.8) 0.0 0.0 260.0 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (1,435.7)
liabilities
Loans and other (1,918.4) 266.3 (1,652.1)
borrowings
Deferred tax (530.4) (314.5) (29.7) (17.5) (892.1)
liabilities
Long-term (111.3) (111.3)
provisions
Deferred income - (266.3) (266.3)
Retirement (143.6) (182.9) (326.5)
benefit
obligations
Non-current (2,703.7) 0.0 (314.5) 0.0 0.0 0.0 (212.6) 0.0 0.0 (17.5) 0.0 (3,248.3)
liabilities
Total liabilities (4,404.5) 0.0 (314.5) 260.0 5.1 0.0 (212.6) 0.0 0.0 (17.5) 0.0 (4,684.0)
Net assets 1,901.9 0.0 (314.5) 260.0 5.1 2.3 (15.8) 4.5 15.4 0.0 (0.4) 1,858.5
Equity
Share capital 429.4 429.4
Share premium 81.6 81.6
Capital 13.7 13.7
redemption
reserve
Retained earnings 1,199.1 (311.8) 226.1 3.4 (14.8) 4.9 (0.4) 1,106.5
- current year 178.5 (2.7) 33.9 5.1 (1.1) (1.0) (0.4) 15.4 227.7
Equity
attributable to
equity holders of 1,902.3 0.0 (314.5) 260.0 5.1 2.3 (15.8) 4.5 15.4 0.0 (0.4) 1,858.9
the Group
Minority interest (0.4) (0.4)
Total equity 1,901.9 0.0 (314.5) 260.0 5.1 2.3 (15.8) 4.5 15.4 0.0 (0.4) 1,858.5
Group Cash Flow Statement under IFRS for the year ended 31 March 2005
The consolidated cash flow statement under IFRS is substantially the same as
under FRS 1 Cash Flow Statements in UK GAAP. There are, however, certain
differences with regard to the classification of items within the cash flow
statement. With regard to the definition of cash and cash equivalents,
short-term deposits of £18.9m (at 1 April 2004) and £218.5m (at 31 March 2005),
which had been described as liquid resources under UK GAAP, are treated as cash
equivalents under IFRS. This increases the net increase in cash from £4.6m under
UK GAAP to £204.1m under IFRS.
The consolidated statement of cash flows under IFRS is set out below:
Year ended
31 March
2005
£m
Operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1,150.7
Dividends received from jointly controlled entities 12.5
Interest paid (92.5)
Interest received 20.5
Income taxes paid (152.9)
Net cash from operating activities 938.3
Investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (345.0)
Deferred income received 7.9
Deferred income paid (4.8)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment 19.5
Proceeds from sale of 'available for sale' investments 2.9
Loans to jointly controlled entities (1.0)
Loans repaid by jointly controlled entities 10.8
Loans repaid by associates 2.7
Purchase of businesses and subsidiaries (339.0)
Net cash used in investing activities (646.0)
Financing activities
Issue of share capital 9.7
Dividends paid to company's equity holders (330.8)
Net proceeds from borrowings 233.0
Net cash from financing activities (88.1)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 204.2
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April 2004 23.6
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 204.2
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2005 227.8
Summary of impact of IAS 39 and IAS 32 at 1 April 2005
General
SSE will adopt IAS 39 and IAS 32 in full from 1 April 2005. These standards set
out the accounting rules for the treatment, measurement and disclosure of
financial instruments.
Under the definition of financial instruments in IAS 39, certain commodity
contracts are required to be treated as derivatives, with other aspects
impacting on the disclosure of loans and borrowings, investments and cash. Under
previous UK GAAP, there was no standard with equivalent scope and accordingly
the first-time adoption of these standards is complex.
The adoption of these standards has most impact on SSE's Energy Supply and
Treasury activities.
Energy Supply
IAS 39 does not apply to commodity contracts that are held for SSE's 'own use'
requirements, although the definition of 'own use' is very narrow. Such
contracts continue to be accounted for under accruals accounting.
Apart from own use contracts, all derivatives must be recognised at fair value
with changes in value being recognised in the income statement, with the
exception of contracts which qualify for cash flow hedge accounting treatment.
Under cash flow hedge accounting, movements on the effective portion of the
hedge are recognised through a special hedge reserve, while any ineffectiveness
is taken to the income statement. The impact of this is to minimise the impact
of fair value movements to the income statement and, hence, reduce potential
volatility.
The fair values applied to the contracts which require to be so treated are
based on forward price curves generated from a combination of published market
data and, for periods where such data is not available, internal valuation
techniques. The values attributed to the balance sheet are based on the present
value of the differences between contract prices and these forward curves.
The adoption of IAS 39 will not change SSE's hedging policies. It remains the
case that fuel and power contracts are entered into to meet the demands of its
customers and the generation requirements of its power stations. Under IAS 39,
the same net charge or credit to the income statement will be recognised over
the life of a contract as would be under UK GAAP. It is the timing of those
entries that is different under IAS 39 and it is that which can provide the
potential for volatility in future income statements.
The financial impact of this approach (net of the associated deferred tax impact
of £39.1m) has been to increase opening net assets at 1 April 2005 by £91.0m,
comprising £34.4m credited to the hedging reserve and £56.6m credited to
retained earnings.
Treasury
IAS 39 also applies to SSE's Treasury activities and impacts the treatment of
its loans, borrowings and derivatives.
Under IAS 39, loans and borrowings are carried at amortised cost. Derivatives
are, however, recognised separately on the balance sheet at fair value with
movements in those fair values being reflected through the income statement.
Qualifying interest rate derivatives are accounted for according to 'cash flow'
hedging rules, as described above, or under 'fair value' hedge accounting rules.
'Fair value' hedge accounting requires both the fair value of the hedged item
and the hedging instrument to be recognised on the balance sheet, with movements
on both being recognised through the income statement. Furthermore, certain
foreign exchange transactions are accounted for under the 'cash flow' hedge
accounting rules previously described.
The financial impact of this approach (net of the associated deferred tax impact
of £13.1m) has been to reduce opening net assets at 1 April 2005 by £30.5m,
comprising £16.1m debited to the hedging reserve and £14.4m debited to retained
earnings.
Scotia Gas Networks
In addition to the derivatives held by its Treasury function, the impact of the
Group's share of the contingent interest rate swap held by Scotia Gas Networks
Limited, of which the Group owns 50%, has been recognised at 1 April 2005.
Scotia Gas Networks Limited's purchase of the gas networks in Scotland and the
South of England completed at 1 June 2005. At 1 April 2005, however, the
acquisition remained contingent on final approval by Ofgem and the Health and
Safety Executive. As a result, the aforementioned swap was contingent on the
success of the consortium's proposed purchase.
The derivative was valued as being £109.3m 'out of the money' before tax at the
date of conversion. SSE's share of this was therefore £54.7m.
As a result of these transactions, SSE has recognised a further financial
liability of £38.3m (net of the associated deferred tax of £16.4m) relating to
its 50% share of this derivative.
Convertible debt
Under UK GAAP, SSE's convertible debt was accounted for as part of net debt and
was shown as a liability on the balance sheet. IAS 32 requires this compound
instrument to be split into its debt and equity elements, with the debt element
being measured at fair value. This will increase interest charged to the income
statement over the term of the debt and has the impact of increasing net assets,
by reducing borrowings, and increasing shareholders' equity, by £14.6m at 1
April 2005.
Combined impact of changes
Table 1, below, shows the effect on SSE of the implementation of IAS 39 and IAS
32 at 1 April 2005. These adjustments reflect the incremental impact on SSE's UK
GAAP balance sheet at 31 March 2005.
Table 1 Commodity Treasury Scotia Gas Convertible TOTAL
Contracts Contracts Networks Debt
£m £m £m £m £m
IAS 39 asset / (liability) 130.1 (43.6) (54.7) 31.8
Deferred tax liability / (asset) (39.1) 13.1 16.4 (6.2) (15.8)
Borrowings 20.8 20.8
Total net assets / (liability) 91.0 (30.5) (38.3) 14.6 36.8
Fair value deferred in hedge reserves 34.4 (16.1) 18.3
Fair value deferred in retained 56.6 (14.4) (38.3) 3.9
earnings
Shareholders' equity 14.6 14.6
Shareholders' funds 91.0 (30.5) (38.3) 14.6 36.8
The combined incremental impact to SSE's balance sheet of the implementation of
IAS 39 and IAS 32 at 1 April 2005 is an increase in net assets of £36.8m, net of
deferred taxation of £15.8m.
Reconciliation of Group IFRS Balance Sheet from 31 March to 1 April 2005
The adjustments in Table 1 have the following impact on the Group Balance Sheet:
At 31 March IAS 39 IAS 32 At 1 April
2005 Adjustments Convertible 2005
IFRS IFRS
£m £m £m £m
Assets
Property, plant and equipment 4,386.1 4,386.1
Intangible assets:
- goodwill 293.5 293.5
- other intangible assets 12.7 12.7
Financial assets - 30.6 30.6
Retirement benefit assets 98.9 98.9
Deferred tax asset 97.9 97.9
Investments 213.4 213.4
Non-current assets 5,102.5 30.6 - 5,133.1
Inventories 134.1 134.1
Trade and other receivables 1,073.7 1,073.7
Financial assets - 113.2 113.2
Cash and cash equivalents 232.2 232.2
Current assets 1,440.0 113.2 - 1,553.2
Total Assets 6,542.5 143.8 - 6,686.3
Liabilities
Trade and other payables (1,253.7) (1,253.7)
Current tax liabilities (138.0) (138.0)
Loans and other borrowings (28.9) (28.9)
Deferred income (15.1) (15.1)
Financial liabilities - (16.3) (16.3)
Current liabilities (1,435.7) (16.3) - (1,452.0)
Loans and other borrowings (1,652.1) 20.8 (1,631.3)
including convertible debt
Deferred tax liabilities (892.1) (9.6) (6.2) (907.9)
Financial liabilities - (95.7) (95.7)
Long-term provisions (111.3) (111.3)
Deferred income (266.3) (266.3)
Retirement benefit obligations (326.5) (326.5)
Non-current liabilities (3,248.3) (105.3) 14.6 (3,339.0)
Total liabilities (4,684.0) (121.6) 14.6 (4,791.0)
Net assets 1,858.5 22.2 14.6 1,895.3
Equity
Share capital 429.4 14.6 444.0
Share premium 81.6 81.6
Capital redemption reserve 13.7 13.7
Hedge reserve - 18.3 18.3
Retained earnings 1,334.2 3.9 1,338.1
Equity attributable to equity 1,858.9 22.2 14.6 1,895.7
holders of the Group
Minority interests - equity (0.4) (0.4)
Total equity 1,858.5 22.2 14.6 1,895.3
Further notices
IFRS Interim Financial Statements for the period ending 30 September 2005 will
be announced on 16 November 2005.
IFRS Preliminary Financial Statements for the year ending 31 March 2006 will be
announced on 31 May 2006.
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