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AB LINAS AGRO GROUP
CONSOLIDATED AND
COMPANY ‘S
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AND CONSOLIDATED
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR
ENDED JUNE 30, 2023
Prepared in accordance with international
Financial reporting standards,
As adopted by the european union,
Presented together with independent auditor’s report
CONFIRMATION OF THE RESPONSIBLE PERSONS
CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT
87
4
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Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023
(all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 0
AB LINAS AGRO GROUP
CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY ‘S
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2022/2023
ENDED JUNE 30, 2023
PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS,
AS ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION,
PRESENTED TOGETHER WITH INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 1
CONTENT
CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY’S STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY’S STATEMENTS OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
COMPANY‘S STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY’S STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1
General information
18
Equity attributable to shareholders of the Company
2
Accounting principles
19
Grants and subsidies
3
Group structure and changes in the Group
20
Borrowings
4
Segment information
21
Lease liabilities
5
Intangible assets
22
Provisions
6
Property, plant and equipment
23
Trade payables
7
Right-of-use Assets
24
Other non–current liabilities, other current liabilities, and
contract liabilities
8
Investment property
25
Cost of sales
9
Non-current receivables and prepayments
26
Operating expenses
10
Biological assets
27
Other income (expenses)
11
Inventories
28
IIncome (expenses) from financing activities
12
Non-current assets held for sale
29
Income tax
13
Prepayments
30
Basic and diluted earnings per share
14
Trade receivables
31
Financial assets and liabilities and risk management
15
Other accounts receivable and contract assets
32
Commitments and contingencies
16
Other financial assets and derivative financial instruments
33
Related parties’ transactions
17
Cash and cash equivalents
34
Partly owned subsidiaries
35
Subsequent events
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 2
CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY’S
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
Notes
Group
Company
As at 30 June
As at 30 June
As at 30 June
As at 30 June
2023
2022
2023
2022
5
3,025
2,759
134
156
6
174,463
166,215
890
1,067
7
30,536
24,720
68
44
8
399
562
–
–
10
11,786
13,233
–
–
3
–
–
179,876
173,016
3
–
–
2,799
3,241
531
27
513
10
9
5,048
815
–
–
9, 33
750
750
84
6,053
9
–
–
11,071
9,739
6,329
1,592
194,343
192,059
9
1,017
1,166
–
–
29
8,323
7,139
284
693
235,878
217,386
195,719
194,019
10
31,848
29,222
–
–
10
10,091
8,302
–
–
11
266,637
243,876
–
–
13
5,564
11,588
305
352
14
312,204
300,061
–
–
33
4,670
5,817
14,884
11,169
1,057
67
–
–
15
10,607
8,684
43
6
328,538
314,629
14,927
11,175
9
–
–
418
314
16
1,531
1,182
–
–
16
972
3,022
–
–
17
13,264
20,810
114
222
12
–
22,958
–
–
658,445
655,589
15,764
12,063
894,323
872,975
211,483
206,082
(cont’d on the next page)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
1
Comparative information for marked groups has been recalculated in the financial statements. In 2023, the Company reviewed accounts grouping methodology in
the financial statements and adjusted the comparative figures for 2021/2022 in order to reflect more accurately the amount of lease liabilities. In the Comparative
figures 2021/2022, the figures were reclassified in amount EUR 312 thousand from “Current prepayments” to the” Current portion of lease labilities”, in order to
more accurately reflect the Company liabilities under the requirements of IFRS 16.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 3
CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY’S
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION (CONT‘D)
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Notes
Group
Company
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
June 2023
June 2022
Equity attributable to shareholders of the Company
Share capital
1
46,715
46,514
46,715
46,514
Share premium
1
23,928
23,642
23,928
23,642
Legal and other reserves
18
8,593
6,319
8,116
6,319
Own shares (-)
18
(426)
(440)
(426)
(440)
Foreign currency translation reserve
18
(130)
(17)
–
–
Amounts related to non-current assets held for sale recognized
18, 12
–
(3,592)
–
–
directly in equity
Total foreign currency translation reserve
18
(130)
(3,609)
–
–
Retained earnings
205,472
197,383
50,908
51,511
Total equity attributable to equity holders of the parent
284,152
269,809
129,241
127,546
Non-controlling interest
34
14,479
10,142
–
–
Total equity
298,631
279,951
129,241
127,546
Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Grants and subsidies
19
8,565
8,285
–
–
Non-current borrowings
20, 33
28,415
22,305
1,136
4,386
Lease liabilities
21
35,098
31,867
10,916
8,831
Non-current trade payables
1
–
1
–
Deferred income tax liability
29
1,401
2,063
–
–
Provisions
3
22
1,642
1,913
28
35
Other non-current liabilities
2-3
24
105
503
–
189
Total non-current liabilities
75,227
66,936
12,081
13,441
Current liabilities
Current portion of non-current borrowings
20,33
9,175
20,641
–
–
Current portion of lease liabilities
1
21
10,820
7,659
430
43
Current borrowings
20, 33
244,824
213,550
64,494
63,325
Trade payables
23
198,631
205,687
16
40
Payables to related parties
33
273
–
4,682
296
Income tax payable
1,765
7,467
–
–
Derivative financial instruments
16
531
3,091
–
–
Contract liabilities
2
24
3,206
3,201
–
296
Provisions
3
22
552
610
–
–
Other current liabilities
2-3
24
50,688
47,899
539
1,095
Liabilities related to non-current assets held for sale
12
–
16,283
–
–
Total current liabilities
520,465
526,088
70,161
65,095
Total equity and liabilities
894,323
872,975
211,483
206,082
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
1
Comparative information for marked groups has been recalculated in the financial statements. In 2023, the Company reviewed accounts grouping methodology
in the financial statements and adjusted the comparative figures for 2021/2022 in order to reflect more accurately the amount of lease liabilities. In the
Comparative figures 2021/2022, the figures were reclassified in amount EUR 312 thousand from “Current prepayments” to the” Current portion of lease
labilities”, in order to more accurately reflect the Company liabilities under the requirements of IFRS 16.
2
Comparative information for marked groups has been recalculated in the financial statements. In 2023, the Company reviewed accounts grouping methodology
in the financial statements and adjusted the comparative figures for 2021/2022 in order to reflect more accurately the distribution of items in the financial
statements. In the Comparative figures 2021/2022, the figures were reclassified in amount EUR 296 thousand from “Other current liabilities” to the” Contract
liabilities”, in order to more accurately reflect the Company liabilities under the requirements of IFRS 15. 116-118.
3
Comparative information for marked groups has been recalculated in the financial statements. In 2023, the Group reviewed accounts grouping methodology in
the financial statements and adjusted the comparative figures for 2021/2022 in order to reflect more accurately the distribution of items in the financial
statements. As Group does have a significant amount of the provisions, in order to represent, the more accurate figures, the Company under the IAS 1,54(I), has
disclosed the Provisions in the statement of the financial positions, and reclassed the amount of EUR 2,523 thousand from “Other current liabilities” to
“Provisions”.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 4
CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY’S
STATEMENTS OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Notes
Group
Company
30 June
30 June
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
2023
2022
Revenue from contracts with customers
4
1,999,617
1,895,667
1,601
1,709
Dividend income
–
–
9,177
15,306
Cost of sales
25
(1,861,648)
(1,706,808)
–
–
Gross profit
137,969
188,859
10,778
17,015
Operating (expenses)
26
(95,646)
(96,356)
(2,302)
(3,180)
Expenses of impairment of trade receivables, contract
13,14,15
(3,495)
(3,194)
–
–
assets and other receivables
Other income
27
13,201
22,691
51
35
Other (expenses)
27
(7,120)
(5,581)
(817)
(202)
(Impairment loss) of non-current assets held for sale
12
–
(2,800)
–
–
Loss on disposal of a foreign operation
12
(313)
–
–
–
Reclassification of foreign currency translation
12
(3,104)
–
–
–
reserve related to a foreign operation disposal
Operating profit (loss)
41,492
103,619
7,710
13,668
Income from financing activities
28
3,607
2,293
843
804
(Expenses) from financing activities
28
(19,339)
(15,071)
(3,179)
(2,530)
Profit (loss) before tax
25,760
90,841
5,374
11,942
Income tax
29
(4,943)
(13,584)
(409)
191
Net profit (loss)
20,817
77,257
4,965
12,133
Net profit (loss) attributable to:
Shareholders of the Company
18,134
74,809
4,965
12,133
Non-controlling interest
2,683
2,448
–
–
20,817
77,257
4,965
12,133
Basic earnings per share (EUR)
30
0.13
0.49
–
–
Diluted earnings per share (EUR)
30
0.12
0.46
–
–
Other comprehensive income
Other comprehensive income, to be reclassified to
profit or loss in subsequent periods:
Exchange differences on translation of foreign
(334)
(3)
–
–
operations into the Group’s presentation currency
Exchange differences on translation of foreign
operations into the Group’s presentation currency
3,819
–
–
–
related to disposal of a foreign operation
reclassification to profit or loss
Amounts recognized directly in equity relating to non-
current assets held for sale
–
(3,660)
–
–
Cash flow hedges – effective portion of change in fair
value
16
1,220
–
–
–
Cash flow hedges – reclassified to profit or loss
16
(680)
–
–
–
Total other comprehensive income (loss) to be
reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods
4,025
(3,663)
–
–
Other comprehensive income not to be reclassified to
profit or loss in subsequent periods:
–
–
–
–
Total other comprehensive income (loss) not to be
reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods
–
–
–
–
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
4,025
(3,663)
–
–
Total comprehensive income, net of tax
24,842
73,594
4,965
12,133
Total comprehensive income, net of tax attributable
to:
The shareholders of the Company
22,090
71,214
4,965
12,133
Non-controlling interest
34
2,752
2,380
–
–
24,842
73,594
4,965
12,133
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 5
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN
EQUITY
Attributed to the shareholders of the Company
No-
Share
Own
Share
Legal and
Foreign
Retained
Subtotal
Non-
Total
tes
capital
shares
premium
other
currency
earnings
contro-
reserve
transla-
ling
tion
interest
reserve
Balance as at 1 July 2021
46,093
(445)
23,038
6,146
(14)
119,333
194,151
2,070
196,221
Net profit (loss)
–
–
–
–
–
74,809
74,809
2,448
77,257
Total other comprehensive
income (loss) to be reclassified
–
–
–
–
(3,595)
–
(3,595)
(68)
(3,663)
to profit or loss in subsequent
periods
Total comprehensive income,
net of tax
–
–
–
–
(3,595)
74,809
71,214
2,380
73,594
Disposal of own shares
–
5
–
–
–
(5)
–
–
–
Dividends declared by the
subsidiaries
34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(94)
(94)
Reserves made
18
–
–
–
33
–
(33)
–
–
–
Share capital increase
1
421
–
604
(1,025)
–
–
–
–
–
Non-controlling interest arising
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10,776
10,776
on acquisition of subsidiaries
Share-based payments
30
–
–
–
1,165
–
–
1,165
–
1,165
Acquisition of non-controlling
–
–
–
–
–
3,279
3,279
(4,990)
(1,711)
interest
Balance as at 30 June 2022
46,514
(440)
23,642
6,319
(3,609)
197,383
269,809
10,142
279,951
Balance as at 1 July 2022
46,514
(440)
23,642
6,319
(3,609)
197,383
269,809
10,142
279,951
Net profit (loss)
–
–
–
–
–
18,134
18,134
2,683
20,817
Total other comprehensive
income to be reclassified to
profit or loss in subsequent
–
–
–
477
3,479
–
3,956
69
4,025
periods
Total comprehensive income,
net of tax
–
–
–
477
3,479
18,134
22,090
2,752
24,842
Disposal of own shares
–
14
–
–
–
(14)
–
–
–
Dividends
–
–
–
–
–
(5,000)
(5,000)
–
(5,000)
Dividends declared by the
subsidiaries
34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(1,638)
(1,638)
Transfer to legal reserve
18
–
–
–
607
–
(607)
–
–
–
Reserves made
18
–
–
–
(53)
–
53
–
–
–
Share capital increase
1
201
–
286
(487)
–
–
–
–
–
Non-controlling interest arising
–
–
–
–
–
(4,705)
(4,705)
4,705
–
on acquisition of subsidiaries
Share-based payments
30
–
–
–
1,730
–
–
1,730
–
1,730
Disposal of non-controlling
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(540)
(540)
interest
Acquisition of non-controlling
–
–
–
–
–
228
228
(942)
(714)
interest
Balance as at 30 June 2023
46,715
(426)
23,928
8,593
(130)
205,472
284,152
14,479
298,631
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 6
COMPANY‘S STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN
EQUITY
No-
tes
Share capital
Own shares
Share
premium
Legal reserve
and other
reserves
Retained
earnings
Total
Balance as at 1 July 2021
46,093
(445)
23,038
6,146
39,416
114,248
Net profit (loss)
–
–
–
–
12,133
12,133
Total comprehensive income, net of tax
–
–
–
–
12,133
12,133
Share-based payments
30
–
–
–
1,165
–
1,165
Disposal of own shares
–
5
–
–
(5)
–
Share capital increase
421
–
604
(1,025)
–
–
Reserves made
18
–
–
–
33
(33)
–
Balance as at 30 June 2022
46,514
(440)
23,642
6,319
51,511
127,546
Balance as at 1 July 2022
46,514
(440)
23,642
6,319
51,511
127,546
Net profit (loss)
–
–
–
–
4,965
4,965
Total comprehensive income, net of tax
–
–
–
–
4,965
4,965
Dividends
–
–
–
–
(5,000)
(5,000)
Share-based payments
30
–
–
–
1,730
–
1,730
Disposal of own shares
–
14
–
–
(14)
–
Share capital increase
201
–
286
(487)
–
–
Transfer to legal reserve
–
–
–
607
(607)
–
Reserves made
18
–
–
–
(53)
53
–
Balance as at 30 June 2023
46,715
(426)
23,928
8,116
50,908
129,241
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 7
CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY’S
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Notes
Group
Company
30 June
30 June
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
2023
2022
Cash flows from (to) operating activities
Net profit (loss)
20,817
77,257
4,965
12,133
Adjustments for non-cash items:
Depreciation and amortization
5,6,8
27,685
26,926
135
105
Subsidies amortization
19
(587)
(747)
–
–
(Gain)/Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
27
(829)
(2,694)
40
–
Subsequent measurement of sublease
–
–
758
–
Change in allowance and write-offs for receivables
13,14,15
3,495
3,194
–
–
Impairment of investments into associates
27
–
202
–
202
(Reversal of) impairment losses on inventories write down to
net realizable value
11
2,684
(99)
–
–
Change of provision for onerous contracts
25
(8)
(39)
–
–
Change in contract assets and accrued expenses
4,009
6,260
(270)
(440)
Change in fair value of biological assets
25
(4,378)
(12,732)
–
–
Change in accrued share-based payment
30
1,730
1,165
43
463
Gain on bargain purchase
3
–
(1,272)
–
–
Loss on disposal of a foreign operation
12
313
–
–
–
Impairment loss on non-current assets held for sale
12
–
2,800
–
–
Reclassification of foreign currency translation reserve related
12
3,104
–
–
–
to a foreign operation disposal
Change in deferred income tax
29
(1,192)
378
409
(191)
Current income tax expenses
29
6,135
13,206
–
–
Expenses (income) from change in fair value of financial
27
2,606
(3,873)
–
–
instruments
Dividend (income)
–
–
(9,176)
(15,306)
Interest (income) and other financial (income)
28
(3,607)
(2,293)
(843)
(804)
Interest and other financial expenses
28
19,339
15,071
3,179
2,530
81,316
122,710
(760)
(1,308)
Changes in working capital:
(Increase) decrease in biological assets
1,502
(2,181)
–
–
(Increase) decrease in inventories incl. right of return asset
(28,074)
(53,074)
–
–
(Increase) decrease in prepayments
5,967
1,316
47
1,699
(Increase) decrease in trade and other accounts receivable
(12,454)
(49,552)
(2,154)
(1,949)
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash
16
(56)
343
–
–
Increase (decrease) in contract liabilities, refund liabilities,
trade, and other accounts payable
(25,782)
(18,311)
2,011
(1,064)
Income tax (paid)
(9,492)
(7,128)
–
–
Net cash flows from (to) operating activities
12,927
(5,877)
(856)
(2,622)
(cont’d on the next page)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 8
CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY’S
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONT‘D)
Notes
Group
Company
30 June
30 June
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
2023
2022
Cash flows from (to) investing activities
(Acquisition) of intangible assets, property, plant and
equipment and investment property
5,6,8
(27,056)
(19,294)
(30)
(88)
Proceeds from sale of intangible assets, property, plant
3,806
12,309
112
–
and equipment and investment property
(Acquisition) of subsidiaries (less received cash balance in
the Group), including payments for subsidiaries acquired
3
(660)
(66,689)
(687)
(66,891)
in prior periods
Disposal of subsidiaries (less disposed cash balance in the
Group)
12
6,500
–
–
–
(Prepayment) for financial assets
(503)
–
(503)
–
(Acquisition) of associates and joint ventures
–
(202)
–
–
Loans (granted)
(364)
(392)
(8,505)
(12,673)
Repayment of granted loans
25
2,491
8,678
22,240
Interest received
28
3,725
2,293
492
804
Dividends received
–
–
11,432
5,017
Net cash flows from (to) investing activities
(14,527)
(69,484)
10,989
(51,591)
Cash flows from (to) financing activities
Proceeds from loans
31
197,623
211,096
16,100
61,365
(Repayment) of loans
31
(174,358)
(109,141)
(18,470)
(11,320)
Lease (payments)
31
(9,928)
(10,637)
(708)
(359)
Grants received
19
1,675
3,722
–
–
Interest (paid)
28
(13,627)
(15,071)
(2,163)
(1,828)
Dividends (paid)
31
(5,000)
–
(5,000)
–
Dividends (paid) to non-controlling interest
31
(1,638)
(94)
–
–
(Acquisition) of non-controlling interest
11
(714)
(1,711)
–
–
Net cash flows from (to) financing activities
(5,967)
78,164
(10,241)
47,858
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
(7,567)
2,803
(108)
(6,355)
Net foreign exchange difference
(21)
–
–
–
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
17
20,810
18,007
222
6,577
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
17
13,264
20,810
114
222
(cont’d on the next page)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
1
Comparative information for marked groups has been recalculated in the financial statements. In 2023, the Company reviewed accounts grouping methodology
in the financial statements and adjusted the comparative figures for 2021/2022 in order to reflect more accurately the distribution of items in the financial
statements.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 9
CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY’S
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONT‘D)
Supplemental information of cash flows:
Notes
Group
Company
30 June
30 June
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
2023
2022
Non-cash investing activity:
Property, plant and equipment acquisitions financed by
lease
3,840
9,457
–
–
Acquisition of right-of-use assets
14,956
8,632
40
–
Proceeds from loans
–
–
–
3,187
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 10
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
AB Linas Agro Group (hereinafter the Company or the parent) is a public limited liability company registered in the Republic of Lithuania.
The Company was registered on 27 November 1995.
The address of its registered office is as follows: Subačiaus St. 5, LT-01302 Vilnius, Lithuania.
The principal activities of the Group are described in Note 4.
The financial year of the Group starts on 1 July of the calendar year and ends on 30 June of the following calendar year.
As at 30 June 2023 and as at 30 June 2022 the shareholders of the Company were:
As at 30 June 2023
As at 30 June 2022
Number of
Percentage
Number of
Percentage
shares held
shares held
Akola ApS (Denmark)
109,909,167
68.23 %
109,909,167
68.52 %
Darius Zubas
17,049,995
10.58 %
17,049,995
10.63 %
UAB INVL Asset Management
8,224,156
5.11 %
9,065,182
5.65 %
Other shareholders (private and institutional investors)
25,902,615
16.08 %
24,370,054
15.20 %
Total
161,085,933
100.00 %
160,394,398
100.00 %
All the shares of the Company are ordinary shares with the par value of EUR 0.29 each as at 30 June 2023 (EUR 0.29 each as at 30 June 2022)
and were fully paid as at 30 June 2023 and as at 30 June 2022.
The Company holds 737,972 of its own shares, percentage 0.46%, as at 30 June 2023 (761,972 as at 30 June 2022). Subsidiaries and other
related companies did not hold any shares of the Company as at 30 June 2023 and as at 30 June 2022.
All of the Company’s 161,085,933 ordinary shares are included in the Official list of Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange (ISIN code LT0000128092).
The Company’s trading ticker in Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange is LNA1L.
As at 30 June 2023 the number of employees of the Group was 4,887 (5,031 as at 30 June 2022).
As at 30 June 2023 the number of employees of the Company was 20 (17 as at 30 June 2022).
The Company’s management approved these financial statements on 6 October 2023. The shareholders of the Company have a statutory right
to approve these financial statements or not to approve them and to require preparation of a new set of financial statements.
During the financial year ending 30 June 2023, the Company’s authorized capital was increased by EUR 201 thousand and amounted to
EUR 46,715 thousand as at the end of the financial year. During the financial year ending 30 June 2022, the authorized capital has been increased
in the EUR 421 thousand and amounted to EUR 46 514 thousand as at 30 June 2022.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 11
2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
If not stated otherwise, the Company’s separate financial statements are prepared using the same accounting policies as the ones used by the
Group.
The principal accounting policies adopted in preparing the Group’s financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2023 are as follows:
2.1. BASIS OF PREPARATION
The financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except for biological assets, commitments to purchase agricultural
produce (unrecognized firm commitment), derivative financial instruments, which have been measured at fair value.
These financial statements were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as adopted by the European
Union (hereinafter the EU).
IFRSs and their interpretations, announced and adopted by the European Union, effective for the current reporting period
The following new Standards, amendments to Standards and new Interpretations approved by the International Accounting Standards Board
(IASB) and adopted by the EU are applicable for the reporting period:
• Property, Plant and Equipment – Proceeds before Intended Use (Amendments to IAS 16);
• Onerous Contract – Costs of Fulfilling a Contract (Amendment to IAS 37);
• Annual Improvements to IFRS Standards 2018-2021;
• Reference to the Conceptual Framework (Amendments to IFRS 3).
The Group and the Company anticipates that the adoption of these standards, revisions and interpretations had no material impact on the
financial statements.
Standards and Interpretations in issue not yet adopted
At the date of authorisation of these financial statements the following standards, amendments to existing standards and interpretations were
issued, however the Group and the Company does not plan to adopt these standards early.
• Deferred tax related to assets and liabilities arising from Single Transaction (Amendments to IAS 12)
• Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-Current (Amendments to IAS 1)
• IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts and amendments to IFRS 17 Insurance
• Initial Application of IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 – Comparative Information (Amendments to IFRS 17)
• Definition of Accounting Estimates (Amendments to IAS8)
• Disclosure of Accounting Policies (Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice statement 2)
• Amendments to IFRS 16 Leases: Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback.
The Group and the Company has elected not to adopt these standards, revisions and interpretations. The Group and the Company anticipates
that the adoption of these standards, revisions and interpretations will have no material impact on the financial statements of the Group and the
Company in the period of initial application.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 12
2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.2. FUNCTIONAL AND PRESENTATION CURRENCY
The amounts shown in these financial statements are presented in the local currency of the Republic of Lithuania, euro (EUR). The functional
currency of the Group companies operating in Lithuania is EUR. The functional currencies of foreign subsidiaries are the respective foreign
currencies of the country of residence. Items included in the financial statements of these subsidiaries are measured using their functional
currency.
Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded in the functional currency as at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies are converted at the functional currency rate of exchange as at the date of the statement of financial position.
Currency exchange differences are presented under financial activities income/ expenses caption in the Group’s financial statements.
The assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are converted into EUR at the reporting date using the exchange rate as at the date of the
statement of financial position, and their statements of comprehensive income are converted using average exchange rates for the year. Currency
exchange differences are recognized in a separate component of equity. On disposal of a foreign subsidiary, the deferred cumulative amount
recognized in other equity relating to that foreign operation is reclassified in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
2.3. PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries. The financial statements of the
subsidiaries are prepared for the same reporting date, using consistent accounting policies.
Subsidiary is an entity directly or indirectly controlled by the Company. The Company controls an entity when it can or has a right to receive a
variable return from this relation and it can have impact on these returns due to the power to govern the entity to which the investment is made.
Subsidiaries are consolidated from the date from which effective control is transferred to the Group and cease to be consolidated from the date
on which control is transferred out of the Group. All intercompany transactions, balances and unrealized gains and losses on transactions among
the Group companies have been eliminated. The equity and net income attributable to non-controlling shareholders’ interests are shown separately
in the statement of financial position and the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
In the parent’s separate financial statements investments into subsidiaries are accounted for using the cost method. The carrying value of
investments is reduced to recognize an impairment loss of the value of the investments, such reduction being determined and made for each
investment individually.
Losses of a subsidiary are attributed to the non-controlling interest even if that results in a deficit balance.
Acquisitions and disposals of non-controlling interest by the Group are accounted as equity transaction: the difference between the carrying
value of the net assets acquired from/disposed to the non-controlling interests in the Group’s financial statements and the acquisition
price/proceeds from disposal is accounted directly in equity.
Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. The cost of an acquisition is measured as the aggregate of the
consideration transferred, measured at acquisition date fair value and the amount of any non-controlling interest in the acquiree. Any contingent
consideration to be transferred by the acquirer will be recognized at fair value at the acquisition date. Subsequent changes to the fair value of the
contingent consideration, which is deemed to be an asset or liability, will be recognized in accordance with IFRS 9 either in profit or loss. If the
contingent consideration is classified as equity, it should not be remeasured until it is finally settled within equity. For each business combination,
the acquirer measures the non-controlling interest in the acquiree either at fair value or at the proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable
net assets. Acquisition costs incurred are expensed and included in administrative expenses. Acquisition costs incurred are capitalized in separate
financial statements of the Company.
If the business combination is achieved in stages, the acquisition date fair value of the acquirer’s previously held equity interest in the acquiree
is remeasured to fair value at the acquisition date through statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
Goodwill is initially measured at cost being the excess of the aggregate of the consideration transferred and the amount recognized for non-
controlling interest over the net identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. If this consideration is lower than the fair value of the net
assets of the subsidiary acquired, the difference is recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 13
2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.3. PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION (cont’d)
After initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill
acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the Group’s cash-generating units that are expected to benefit
from the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the acquiree are assigned to those units.
Where goodwill forms part of a cash-generating unit and part of the operation within that unit is disposed of, the goodwill associated with the
operation disposed of is included in the carrying amount of the operation when determining the gain or loss on disposal of the operation. Goodwill
disposed of in this circumstance is measured based on the relative values of the operation disposed of and the portion of the cash-generating unit
retained.
2.4. INVESTMENTS INTO ASSOCIATES
An associate is an entity in which the Group has significant influence. The Group recognizes its interests in the associates applying the equity
method. The financial statements of the associates are prepared for the same reporting year as the Group, using consistent accounting policies.
Adjustments are made to bring in line any dissimilar accounting policies that may exist. Impairment assessment of investments into associates is
performed when there is an indication that the asset may be impaired, or the impairment losses recognized in prior years no longer exist.
Unrealized gains and losses resulting from transactions between the Group and the associate are eliminated to the extent of the interest in the
associate.
Investments into associates in the Company’s separate financial statements are carried at cost less impairment.
2.5. INTANGIBLE ASSETS (OTHER THAN GOODWILL)
Intangible assets acquired separately are measured initially at cost. The cost of intangible assets acquired in a business combination is fair value
as at the date of acquisition. Intangible assets are recognized if it is probable that future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will
flow to the Group and the Company and the cost of asset can be measured reliably.
The useful lives of intangible assets can be either definite or indefinite.
After initial recognition intangible assets with finite lives are measured at cost less accumulated amortization and any accumulated impairment
losses. Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the best estimate of their useful lives. Gains or losses arising from derecognition
of an intangible asset are measured as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and are recognized
in statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income when the asset is derecognized. Intangible assets with finite lives are assessed for
impairment whenever there is an indication that the intangible asset may be impaired.
The useful lives, residual values and amortization method are reviewed annually to ensure that they are consistent with the expected pattern of
economic benefits from items in intangible assets other than goodwill.
Intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized, but are tested for impairment annually, either individually or at the cash-generating unit
level. The assessment of indefinite life is reviewed annually to determine whether indefinite life continues to be supportable. If not, the change in
useful life from indefinite to finite is made on a prospective basis.
Licenses
Amounts paid for licenses are capitalized and then amortized over their validity period of 3 – 7 years. Disclosed as other intangible assets in
Note 5.
Software
The costs of acquisition of new software are capitalized and treated as an intangible asset if these costs are not an integral part of the related
hardware. Software is amortized over a period of 3 – 10 years.
Costs incurred in order to restore or maintain the future economic benefits that the Group expects from the originally assessed standard of
performance of existing software systems are recognized as an expense when the restoration or maintenance work is carried out.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 14
2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.6. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.
The initial cost of property, plant and equipment comprises its purchase price, including non-refundable purchase taxes and any directly
attributable costs of bringing the asset to its working condition and location for its intended use. Expenditures incurred after the property, plant
and equipment is ready for its intended use, such as repair and maintenance costs, are normally charged to the statement of profit or loss and
other comprehensive income in the period the costs are incurred.
Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the following useful lives:
Buildings and structures
5–80 years
Machinery and equipment
2–25 years
Vehicles
1–15 years
Other property, plant and equipment
1–30 years
The useful lives, residual values and depreciation method are reviewed periodically to ensure that they are consistent with the expected pattern
of economic benefits from items in property, plant and equipment.
The carrying values of property, plant and equipment are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying value may not be recoverable.
An item of property, plant and equipment is derecognized upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or
disposal. Any gain or loss arising on derecognition of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying
amount of the asset) is included in the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income in the year the asset is derecognized.
Construction in progress is stated at cost. This includes the cost of construction, plant and equipment and other directly attributable costs.
Construction in progress is not depreciated until the relevant assets are completed and ready for the intended use.
2.7. INVESTMENT PROPERTY
Land plots rented to third parties are considered to be investment property. Investment property is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation
and is adjusted for recognized impairment loss.
The initial cost of investment property comprises its purchase price, including non-refundable purchase taxes and any directly attributable costs
of bringing the asset to its working condition and location for its intended use. Expenditures incurred after the investment property is ready for its
intended use, such as repair and maintenance costs, are normally charged to the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income in
the period the costs are incurred.
Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line method to write-off the cost of each asset (except of land) to their residual values over their
estimated useful life of 8 – 40 years.
An item of investment property is derecognized upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any
gain or loss arising on derecognition of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the
asset) is included in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income in the year the asset is derecognized.
Transfers to and from investment property are made when and only when there is evidence of change in an asset’s use.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 15
2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.8. FINANCIAL ASSETS (EXCEPT FOR DERIVATIVE
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS DESIGNATED AS HEDGING
INSTRUMENTS)
A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity instrument of another entity.
Financial assets initial recognition and measurement
Financial assets are classified, at initial recognition, as subsequently measured at amortized cost, fair value through other comprehensive income
(OCI), and fair value through profit or loss.
The classification of financial assets at initial recognition depends on the financial asset’s contractual cash flow characteristics and the Group’s
business model for managing them. With the exception of trade receivables that do not contain a significant financing component, the Group
initially measures a financial asset at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial asset not at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs.
Trade receivables that do not contain a significant financing component are measured at the transaction price determined under IFRS 15.
In order for a financial asset to be classified and measured at amortized cost or fair value through OCI, it needs to give rise to cash flows that are
‘solely payments of principal and interest (SPPI)’ on the principal amount outstanding. This assessment is referred to as the SPPI test and is
performed at an instrument level.
The Group’s business model for managing financial assets refers to how the Group manages its financial assets in order to generate cash flows.
The business model determines whether cash flows will result from collecting contractual cash flows, selling the financial assets, or both.
A regular way purchases or sales of financial assets are recognized on the trade date, i.e., the date that the Group commits to purchase or sell
the asset.
Financial assets subsequent measurement
After initial recognition, the Group measures a financial asset at:
- Amortized cost (debt instruments)
- Fair value through OCI with recycling of cumulative gains and losses upon derecognition (debt instruments). As at 30 June 2023 the
Group did have a hedge items (commitments to purchase gas and grains). For additional information see Note 16
- Fair value through OCI with no recycling of cumulative gains and losses upon derecognition (equity instruments).
- Fair value through profit or loss.
Financial assets at amortized cost (debt instruments)
This category is the most relevant to the Group. The Group measures financial assets at amortized cost if both of the following conditions are
met:
- The financial asset is held within a business model with the objective to hold financial assets in order to collect contractual cash flows
and
- The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest
on the principal amount outstanding.
Financial assets at amortized cost are subsequently measured using the effective interest (EIR) method and are subject to impairment. Gains
and losses are recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income when the asset is derecognized, modified or impaired.
The Group’s financial assets at amortized cost includes trade, other current and non-current receivables, loans granted.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 16
2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.9. DERECOGNITION OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND
LIABILITIES
Financial assets
A financial asset (or, where applicable a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar financial assets) is derecognized when:
- the rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired;
- the Group retains the right to receive cash flows from the asset, but has assumed an obligation to pay them in full without material delay
to a third party under a ‘pass through’ arrangement; or
- the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset and either (a) has transferred substantially all the risks and
rewards of the asset, or (b) has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset but has transferred
control of the asset.
When the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset and has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks
and rewards of the asset nor transferred control of the asset, the asset is recognized to the extent of the Group’s continuing involvement in the
asset. Continuing involvement that takes the form of a guarantee over the transferred asset is measured at the lower of the original carrying
amount of the asset and the maximum amount of consideration that the Group could be required to repay.
Financial liabilities
A financial liability is derecognized when the obligation under the liability is discharged or cancelled or expires. When an existing financial liability
is replaced by another from the same lender on substantially different terms, or the terms of an existing liability are substantially modified, such an
exchange or modification is treated as a derecognition of the original liability and the recognition of a new liability, and the difference in the
respective carrying amounts is recognized in the statement of comprehensive income.
2.10. BIOLOGICAL ASSETS
The Group’s biological assets include animals and livestock, poultry, and crops.
Animals and livestock are accounted for at fair value less costs to sell. The fair value of milking cows is measured using discounted cash flows
method (level 3). Other livestock is measured at comparable market prices (level 2).
Poultry is accounted for at fair value less costs to sell. The fair value of poultry is measured based on future value of chickens/meat broilers/eggs
less costs to maintain (level 3).
Crops are accounted for at fair value less costs to sell. The fair value of crops is measured at comparable market prices based on expected yield
(level 3).
Agricultural produce harvested from an entity’s biological assets is measured at its fair value less estimated costs to sell at the point of harvest.
The measured value of the harvested yield is then considered to be the cost of inventories.
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, the management of the Group treats all animals and livestock (excluding eggs and broilers) as non-
current assets and all crops, eggs and broilers as current.
All changes in fair value of biological assets were accounted for under cost of sales caption in the statements of profit or loss and other
comprehensive income.
2.11. INVENTORIES
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value, after impairment evaluation for obsolete and slow-moving items.
Net realizable value is the selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the costs of completion and distribution. Cost of raw materials
that are segregated for specific projects is determined using specific identification method; cost of other inventory is determined by the first-in,
first-out (FIFO) method. The cost of finished goods and work in progress includes the applicable allocation of fixed and variable overhead costs
based on a normal operating capacity. Unrealizable inventory has been fully written off.
Under inventories caption the Group also accounts for commitments to purchase agricultural produce (the change in the fair value of the firm
commitment) (Note 2.15).
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 17
2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.12. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash includes cash on hand and cash in bank accounts. Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to
known amounts of cash with original maturities of three months or less and that are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
For the purposes of the cash flows statement, cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and in current bank accounts as well as deposits
in bank with original term of three months or less.
Restricted cash held as a deposit for trading in the futures exchange is accounted as other current financial asset.
2.13. NON-CURRENT ASSETS HELD FOR SALE
Non-current assets classified as held for sale are measured at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. Non-current
assets are classified as held for sale if their carrying amounts will be recovered principally through a sale transaction rather than through continuing
use. This condition is regarded as met only when the sale is highly probable, and the asset is available for immediate sale in its present condition.
Management must be committed to the sale, which should be expected to qualify for recognition as a completed sale within one year from the
date of classification.
Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets once classified as held for sale are not depreciated / amortized.
2.14. FINANCIAL LIABILITIES
Financial liabilities initial recognition and measurement
Financial liabilities are classified, at initial recognition, as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, loans and borrowings and payables.
All financial liabilities are recognized initially at fair value and, in the case of loans and borrowings and payables, net of directly attributable
transaction costs. The Company’s and Group’s financial liabilities include trade and other payables, loans and borrowings including bank overdrafts,
derivatives, and finance lease liabilities.
Subsequent measurement
The measurement of financial liabilities depends on their classification, as described below:
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss include financial liabilities held for trading and financial liabilities designated upon initial
recognition as at fair value through profit or loss.
Financial liabilities are classified as held for trading if they are incurred for the purpose of repurchasing in the near term. This category also
includes derivative financial instruments entered into by the Group that are not designated as hedging instruments in hedge relationships as
defined by IFRS 9. Separated embedded derivatives are also classified as held for trading unless they are designated as effective hedging
instruments. Gains or losses on liabilities held for trading are recognized in the statement of comprehensive income. The Group has not designated
any financial liabilities as at fair value through the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income during the years ended 30 June
2022 and 2023.
This is the category most relevant to the Group and The Company. After initial recognition, loans, borrowings and other payables are subsequently
measured at amortized cost using the EIR method. Gains and losses are recognized in the statement of comprehensive income when the liabilities
are derecognized as well as through the EIR amortization process.
Amortized cost is calculated by taking into account any discount or premium on acquisition and fees or costs that are an integral part of the EIR.
The EIR amortization is included as finance costs in the statement of comprehensive income.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.15. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGE
ACCOUNTING
The Group engages in derivative financial instruments transactions, such as futures contracts, to hedge purchase and sale price fluctuation risk
and interest rate swaps to hedge cash flows fluctuation risk. On the agreement date and subsequently derivative financial instruments are
accounted for at fair value. Fair value is derived from quoted market prices for futures (level 1) and using valuation models for interest rate swaps
(level 2 and 3). The estimated fair values of these contracts are reported in the statement of financial position as assets for contracts having a
positive fair value and liabilities for contracts with a negative fair value. Gain or losses from changes in the fair value of derivative financial
instruments are recognized in the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive Income.
Other derivatives not used for hedge accounting are also accounted for at fair value (level 2 and 3 as described in Note 2.26) with gain or losses
from changes in the fair value recognized in the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
For the purposes of hedge accounting, hedges are classified into two categories: (a) fair value hedges which hedge the exposure to changes in
the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or an unrecognized firm commitment; and (b) cash flow hedges which hedge exposure to variability
in cash flows that is either attributable to a particular risk associated with a recognized asset or liability or a forecasted transaction.
The documentation includes identification of the hedging instrument, the hedged item, the nature of the risk being hedged and how the Group
will assess whether the hedging relationship meets the hedge effectiveness requirements (including the analysis of sources of hedge
ineffectiveness and how the hedge ratio is determined).
A hedging relationship qualifies for hedge accounting if it meets all the following effectiveness requirements:
- There is ‘an economic relationship’ between the hedged item and the hedging instrument.
- The effect of credit risk does not ‘dominate the value changes’ that result from that economic relationship.
The hedging relationship ratio is the same as that calculated by comparing the amount of insured units with the amount of the hedging
instrument that the Group actually uses to insure the hedged items.
Fair value hedges
In relation to fair value hedges, which meet the conditions for hedge accounting, any gain or losses from re-measuring the hedging instrument
to fair value is recognized immediately in the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income. The hedged item is adjusted for fair
value changes relating to the risk being hedged and the difference is recognized as an asset or liability with a corresponding gain or loss recognized
in the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
When an unrecognized firm commitment is designated as a hedged item, the subsequent cumulative change in the fair value of the firm
commitment attributable to the hedged risk is recognized as an asset or liability with a corresponding gain or loss recognized in the statements of
profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
Any gains or losses arising from changes in the fair value of the hedging instruments, which do not qualify for hedge accounting, are taken
directly to the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the period.
Hedge accounting is discontinued when the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or no longer qualifies for hedge
accounting.
Cash flow hedges
In relation to cash flow hedges, which meet the conditions for hedge accounting, the portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument that
is determined to be an effective hedge is recognized initially as other comprehensive income in comprehensive income statement and the
ineffective portion is recognized in the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income (profit or loss). The gains or losses on effective
cash flow hedges recognized initially in equity are either transferred to the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income in the
period in which the hedged transaction impacts the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income or included in the initial
measurement of the cost of the related asset or liability.
For hedges, which do not qualify for hedge accounting, any gains or losses arising from changes in the fair value of the hedging instrument are
taken directly to the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income (profit or loss) for the period.
Hedge accounting is discontinued when the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or no longer qualifies for hedge
accounting. Any cumulative gain or loss on the hedging instrument recognized in equity remains in equity until the forecasted transaction occurs.
Where the hedged transaction is no longer expected to occur, the net cumulative gain or loss recognized in equity is transferred to the statements
of profit or loss and other comprehensive income (profit or loss)
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.16. RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS AND LEASE LIABILITIES
The determination of whether an arrangement is or contains a lease is based on the substance of the arrangement at inception date of whether
the fulfilment of the arrangement is dependent on the use of a specific asset or assets, or the arrangement conveys a right to use the asset.
The Group and the Company applies a single recognition and measurement approach for all leases, except for short-term leases and leases of
low-value assets. The Group and the Company recognize lease liabilities to make lease payments and right-of-use assets representing the right
to use the underlying assets.
Right-of-use assets
Initial recognition of right-of-use assets
At the commencement date, the Group and the Company measures the right-of-use asset at cost. The cost of the right-of-use asset comprises:
the amount equal to the lease liability at its initial recognition, lease payments made at or before the commencement of the lease (less any lease
incentives received), any initial direct costs incurred by the Group and the Company, and an estimate of costs to be incurred by the Group and the
Company in dismantling and removing the underlying asset, restoring the site on which it is located or restoring the underlying asset to the
condition required by the terms and conditions of the lease, unless those costs are incurred to produce inventories. The Group and the Company
incur an obligation to cover these costs at the commencement date or because they have used the asset held under a lease for a period of time.
The Group and the Company recognizes these costs as part of the cost of right-of-use asset when the Group and the Company incurs an obligation
for these costs.
Subsequent measurement of the right-of-use assets
After initial recognition, the Group and the Company measures the right-of-use asset at cost. Under the cost model, the Group and the Company
measures a right-of-use asset at cost: less any depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses adjusted for any remeasurement of the lease
liability. The right-of-use assets are depreciated under the depreciation requirements of IAS 16, Property, Plant and Equipment. If, under the lease
agreement, ownership of the leased asset transfers to the Company and the Group at the end of the lease term or the cost reflects the exercise
of a purchase option, the Group and the Company depreciates the right-of-use asset from the commencement date to the end of the useful life
of the right-of-use asset. Otherwise, the lessee depreciates the right-of-use asset from the commencement date to the earlier of the end of the
useful life of the right-of-use asset or the end of the lease term as follows:
- Land from 4 to 99 years
- Premises from 5 to 65 years
- Machinery and equipment from 2 to 25 years
- Vehicles from 1 to 12 years
- Other right-of-use assets from 1 to 30 years
Lease liabilities
Initial recognition of the lease liability
At the commencement date, the Group and the Company measure the lease liabilities at the present value of lease payments that are not paid
at that date. The lease payments are discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease if that rate can be readily determined. If that rate cannot
be readily determined, the Group and the Company use the incremental borrowing rate. At the commencement date, the lease payments included
in the measurement of the lease liability comprise the following payments for the right to use the underlying asset during the lease term that are
not paid at the commencement date: fixed payments, less any lease incentives receivable; variable lease payment that depend on an index or a
rate, initially measured using the index or rate as at the commencement date; amounts expected to be payable by the lessee under residual value
guarantees; the exercise price of a purchase option if the Group and the Company is reasonably certain to exercise that option; payments of
penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the Group and the Company exercising an option to terminate the lease. Variable
lease payments that depend on an index or a rate include, for example, payments linked to a consumer price index, payments linked to a benchmark
interest rate (such as LIBOR) or payments that vary to reflect changes in market rental rates.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.16. RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS AND LEASE LIABILITIES
(cont‘d)
Subsequent measurement of the lease liability
After the commencement date, a lessee measures the lease liability by increasing the carrying value to reflect interest on the lease liability;
reducing the carrying value to reflect the lease payments made; and remeasuring the carrying value to reflect any reassessment or lease
modifications, or to reflect revised in-substance fixed lease payments.
Interest on the lease liability in each period during the lease term is the amount that produces a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining
balance of the lease liability. The periodic rate of interest is the discount rate or if applicable the revised discount rate.
After the commencement date, the Group and the Company recognize in profit or loss, unless the costs are included in the carrying value of
another asset applying other applicable Standards: interest on the lease liability; and variable lease payments not included in the measurement of
the lease liability in the period in which the event or condition that triggers those payments occurs.
Remeasurement of the lease liability
After the commencement date, the lease liability is remeasured to reflect changes to the lease payments. The Group and the Company recognize
the amount of the remeasurement of the lease liability as an adjustment to the right-of-use asset. However, if the carrying value of the right-of-
use asset is reduced to zero and there is a further reduction in the measurement of the lease liability, a lessee shall recognize any remaining
amount of the remeasurement in profit or loss.
Revised discount rate
The Group and the Company remeasures the lease liability by discounting the revised lease payments using a revised discount rate, if there is a
change in the lease term. The Group and the Company determine the revised lease payments on the basis of the revised lease term or, if there is
a change in the assessment of an option, purchase the underlying asset, assessed considering the events and circumstances. The Group and the
Company determine the revised lease payments to reflect the change in amounts payable under the purchase option.
If there is a change in the lease term or in the assessment of an option to purchase, the Group and the Company determine the revised discount
rate as the interest rate implicit in the lease for the of the lease term, if that rate can be readily determined, or the lessee’s incremental borrowing
rate at the date of reassessment, if the interest rate implicit in the lease cannot be readily determined.
Unchanged discount rate
The Group and the Company remeasures the lease liability by discounting the revised lease payments, if either:
- there is a change in the amounts expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee. The Group and the Company determines the
revised lease payments to reflect the change in amounts expected to be payable under the residual value guarantee.
- there is a change in future lease payments resulting from a change in an index or a rate used to determine those payments, including
for example a change to reflect changes in market rental rates following a market rent review. The Group and the Company remeasure
the lease liability to reflect those revised lease payments only when there is a change in the cash flows (i.e. when the adjustment to the
lease payments takes effect). The Group and the Company determine the revised lease payments for the remainder of the lease term
based on the revised contractual payments.
The Group and the Company apply an unchanged discount rate, unless the change in lease payments results from a change in floating interest
rates. In that case, the lessee apply a revised discount rate that reflects changes in the interest rate.
Lease modifications
A lessee accounts for a lease modification as a separate lease if both:
- the modification increases the scope of the lease by adding the right to use one or more underlying assets; and
- the consideration for the lease increases by an amount commensurate with the stand-alone price for the increase in scope and any
appropriate adjustments to that stand-alone price to reflect the circumstances of the particular contract.
For a lease modification that is not accounted for as a separate lease, at the effective date of the lease modification the Group and the Company:
- allocate the consideration in the modified contract;
- determine the lease term of the modified lease; and
- remeasure the lease liability by discounting the revised lease payments using a revised discount rate.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.16. RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS AND LEASE LIABILITIES
(cont‘d)
For a lease modification that is not accounted for as a separate lease, the Group and the Company account for the remeasurement of the lease
liability by:
- decreasing the carrying value of the right-of-use asset to reflect the partial or full termination of the lease for lease modifications that
decrease the scope of the lease. The Group and the Company recognize in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive
income any gain or loss relating to the partial or full termination of the lease.
- making a corresponding adjustment to the right-of-use asset for all other lease modifications.
The Group and the Company present lease liabilities separately from other liabilities in the statement of financial position. Interest expenses on
the lease liability are presented separately from the depreciation charge for the right-of-use asset. Interest expense on the lease liability is a
component of finance costs, which is presented in the statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive income.
Short-term and low-value lease
The Group and the Company apply the short-term lease recognition exemption to its short-term leases of machinery and equipment (i.e., those
leases that have a lease term of 12 months or less from the commencement date and do not contain a purchase option). They also apply low-
value asset lease recognition exemption to office equipment that are considered to be low value. Lease payments for a short-term and low value
lease are recognized as expenses in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive incomes on a straight-line basis over the lease period.
Group as a lessor
At inception or on modification of a contract that contains a lease component, the Group allocates the consideration in the contract to each lease
component on the basis of their relative standalone prices.
When the Group acts as a lessor, it determines at lease inception whether each lease is a finance lease or an operating lease.
To classify each lease, the Group makes an overall assessment of whether the lease transfers substantially all of the risks and rewards incidental
to ownership of the underlying asset. If this is the case, then the lease is a finance lease; if not, then it is an operating lease. As part of this
assessment, the Group considers certain indicators such as whether the lease is for the major part of the economic life of the asset.
When the Group is an intermediate lessor, it accounts for its interests in the head lease and the sub-lease separately. It assesses the lease
classification of a sub-lease with reference to the right-of-use asset arising from the head lease, not with reference to the underlying asset. If a
head lease is a short-term lease to which the Group applies the exemption described above, then it classifies the sub-lease as an operating lease.
If an arrangement contains lease and non-lease components, then the Group applies IFRS 15 to allocate the consideration in the contract.
As part of the evaluation of sub-leases it is needed to determine whether the intermediate lessors shall present the sub-lease revenue on a
gross or net basis (i.e., reduced for head lease expenses). In performing this evaluation reference is made to the principal-agent provisions from
IFRS 15.
Control of an asset (goods and services) refers to the ability to direct the use of and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits from the
land. Control also means the ability to prevent others from directing the use of, and receiving the benefit from, a good or service. The customer’s
ability to receive the benefit from the goods or services is represented by its right to substantially all of the cash inflows, or the reduction of the
cash outflows generated by the goods or services.
With reference to IFRS 16 the intermediate lessor classifies the sublease as a finance lease since 1 January 2019. Maturity analysis of lease
receivables, showing the undiscounted lease payments to be received after the reporting date is disclosed in Note 9.
Assets leased out under operating leases are included in property, plant and equipment and investment property in the statement of financial
position. They are depreciated over their expected useful lives on a basis consistent with similar property, plant and equipment of the Group. Rental
income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.17. SHARE CAPITAL
Ordinary shares are stated at their par value. Any excess of the consideration received for the shares sold over their par value is shown as share
premium. Incremental external costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares are accounted for as a deduction from share premium.
2.18. PROVISIONS
Provisions are recognized when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of past event, it is probable that an outflow
of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the
obligation. The Group re-evaluates provisions at each reporting date and adjusts them in order to present the most reasonable current estimate.
If the effect of the time value of money is material, the amount of provision is equal to the present value of the expenses, which are expected to
be incurred to settle the liability. Where discounting is used, the increase in the provision due to the passage of time is recognized as interest
expenses.
Onerous contracts provision
Onerous contracts provision is recognized when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) to purchase the goods from a third
party in the future for a price higher than the market selling price at the reporting date or to sell the goods to a third party in the future for a price
lower than the market purchase price at the reporting date. The difference between the value of the contract and its market price at the reporting
date is charged to cost of sales in the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income. Such accounting treatment of the Group’s
contracts is applied as long as these contracts have not been accounted for as derivatives.
2.19. NON-CURRENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
According to the requirements of Lithuanian Labor Code, each employee leaving the Group at the age of retirement is entitled to a one-off
payment in the amount of 2 months’ salary. In addition, employees of the Group are entitled to employment benefits which are approved by the
Board of the Company.
The actuarial gains and losses are recognized in other comprehensive income.
The past service costs are recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the average period until the benefits become vested. Any gains
or losses appearing as a result of curtailment and/or settlement are recognized in the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income
as incurred.
The above-mentioned employee benefit obligation is calculated based on actuarial assumptions, using the projected unit credit method.
Obligation is recognized in the statement of financial position and reflects the present value of these benefits on the date of the statement of
financial position. Present value of the non-current obligation to employees is determined by discounting estimated future cash flows using the
discount rate which reflects the interest rate of the Government bonds of the same currency and similar maturity as the employment benefits.
Actuarial gains and losses are recognized in other comprehensive income as incurred.
Share-based payments
Employees of the Group receive remuneration in the form of share-based payments, whereby employees render services as consideration for
equity instruments (equity-settled transactions). As further described in Note 30, employees of the Group are granted share options.
Equity-settled transactions
The cost of equity-settled transactions is determined by the fair value at the date when the grant is made using an appropriate valuation model,
further details of which are given in Note 30.
That cost is to be recognized in employee benefits expense, together with a corresponding increase in equity (other capital reserves), over the
period in which the service conditions are fulfilled (the vesting period). The cumulative expense recognized for equity-settled transactions at each
reporting date until the vesting date reflects the extent to which the vesting period has expired and the Group’s best estimate of the number of
equity instruments that will ultimately vest. The expense or credit in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive incomes for a period
represents the movement in cumulative expense recognized as at the beginning and end of that period.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.19. NON-CURRENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (cont‘d)
Service and non-market performance conditions are not taken into account when determining the grant date fair value of awards, but the
likelihood of the conditions being met is assessed as part of the Group’s best estimate of the number of equity instruments that will ultimately vest.
Any other conditions attached to an award, but without an associated service requirement, are considered to be non-vesting conditions. Non-
vesting conditions are reflected in the fair value of an award and lead to an immediate expensing of an award unless there are also service and/or
performance conditions.
No expense is recognized for awards that do not ultimately vest because non-market performance and/or service conditions have not been met.
Where awards include a market or non-vesting condition, the transactions are treated as vested irrespective of whether the market or non-vesting
condition is satisfied, provided that all other performance and/or service conditions are satisfied.
The dilutive effect of outstanding options is reflected as additional share dilution in the computation of diluted earnings per share (further details
are given in Note 30).
2.20. GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES
Government grants and subsidies (hereinafter grants”) are recognized where there is reasonable assurance that the grant will be received, and
all attached conditions will be complied with.
Grants received in the form of cash intended for the purchase, construction or other acquisition of non-current assets are considered as asset-
related grants. The amount of the asset related grants is recognized as deferred income in the financial statements as used in parts according to
the depreciation of the assets associated with this grant. In the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, a relevant expense
account is reduced by the amount of grant amortization.
Grants received as a compensation for the expenses or unearned income of the current or previous reporting period, also, all the grants, which
are not grants related to assets, are considered as grants related to income. The income-related grants are recognized as used in parts to the
extent of the expenses incurred during the reporting period or unearned income to be compensated by that grant.
2.21. INCOME TAX
The Group companies are taxed individually, irrespective of the overall results of the Group. Income tax charge is based on profit for the year and
considers deferred taxation. The charge for taxation included in these financial statements is based on the calculation made by the management
in accordance with tax legislation of the Republic of Lithuania and respective countries, where the Group companies are registered.
Current tax comprises the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable income or loss for the year and any adjustment to the tax payable
or receivable in respect of previous years. The amount of current tax payable or receivables the best estimate of the tax amount expected to be
paid or received that reflects uncertainty related to income taxes, if any. It is measured using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the
reporting date.
In the year ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, the standard income tax rate for the Group non-co-operative companies operating in
Lithuania was – 15%.
For companies operating in Lithuania tax losses can be carried forward for indefinite period, except for the losses incurred as a result of disposal
of securities and/or derivative financial instruments not designated for hedging. The transferable tax loss cannot cover more than 70% of the
taxable profit of the current year. Such carrying forward is disrupted if the company changes its activities due to which these losses were incurred
except when the company does not continue its activities due to reasons which do not depend on the company itself.
The losses from disposal of securities and/or derivative financial instruments not designated for hedge (as described in Note 16) can be carried
forward for 5 consecutive years and only be used to reduce the taxable income earned from the transactions of the same nature. For companies
operating in Latvia and Denmark tax losses can be carried forward for indefinite period.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.21. INCOME TAX (cont‘d)
Income tax for the foreign subsidiaries is accounted for according to tax legislation of those foreign countries. The standard income tax rates in
the foreign countries are as follows:
Financial year ended
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Republic of Latvia
1
–
–
Republic of Estonia
2
–
–
Kingdom of Denmark
22%
22%
Ukraine
18%
18%
Belarus
20%
18%
Russia
20%
20%
1
In Latvia, effective from 1
st
January 2018 Under the Corporate Income Tax Law, corporate income tax is payable at the time when profit is distributed. As a result,
the taxable base comprises distributed profits and notional distributed profits. Resident companies are subject to tax at a rate of 20% on the gross taxable
amount. The net taxable base (distributed profits and notional distributed profits) is divided by coefficient of 0.8 when determining the gross taxable base for the
tax period.
2
In Estonia, the taxation of profit of operating subsidiaries is deferred until the profit appropriation moment, i.e. payment of dividends. The dividends paid by the
Group’s companies in Estonia are taxed at the withholding tax rate of 20% as at 30 June 2023 (20% as at 30 June 2022).
Deferred taxes are calculated using the balance sheet liability method. Deferred taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences
between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are measured using the tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences
are expected to be recovered or settled based on tax rates enacted or substantially enacted at the reporting date.
Deferred tax assets have been recognized in the statement of financial position to the extent the management believes they will be realized in
the foreseeable future, based on taxable profit forecasts. If it is believed that part of the deferred tax is not going to be realized, this part of the
deferred tax asset is not recognized in the financial statements.
2.22. REVENUE RECOGNITION
Revenue from sales of grain, feedstuff, fertilizers, seeds, agricultural production and other food products
Revenue from contracts with customers is recognized at a point in time when control of the goods (grain, feedstuff, fertilizers, seeds, agricultural
production and cattle, milk and poultry food products) are transferred to the customer at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the
Group expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods. The Group has concluded that it is the principal in its revenue arrangements, except
for Neuss/Spyck contracts described in Note 2.27, because:
- The Group controls the goods before transferring them to the customer;
- The Group is primarily responsible for goods supply and bears risk of non-performance;
- The Group has latitude in establishing price either directly or indirectly.
Where the Group has signed master framework agreements with the clients, majority of such contracts are not enforceable on their own without
a specific purchase order. Every purchase order generally represents a contract with the customer in these cases, and each contract includes a
single performance obligation.
The Group considers whether there are other promises in the contract that are separate performance obligations to which a portion of the
transaction price needs to be allocated (e.g. warranties, transportation, storage). Generally, the Group’s contracts do not include such promises.
If the consideration in a contract includes a variable amount, the Group estimates the amount of consideration to which it will be entitled in
exchange for transferring the goods to the customer. The variable consideration is estimated at contract inception and constrained until it is highly
probable that significant revenue reversal will not occur when the associated uncertainty is resolved. Some contracts for the sale of equipment
provide customers with a right of return which gives rise to variable consideration. For goods that are expected to be returned, instead of revenue,
the Group recognizes a refund liability. A right of return asset (and corresponding adjustment to cost of sales) is also recognized for the right to
recover the goods from a customer.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.22. REVENUE RECOGNITION (cont‘d)
Revenue from sales of machinery and equipment
In some contracts, the Group transfers control of an equipment to a customer and grants the customer the right to return the product for various
reasons after the use of the term. An asset recognized for the Group's right to recover the equipment from a customer on settling a refund liability
shall initially be measured by reference to the former carrying amount of the equipment less any expected costs to recover those products
(including potential decreases in the value to the Group of returned products). At the end of each reporting period, the Group updates the
measurement of the asset arising from changes in expectations about products to be returned. The Group presents the asset separately from the
refund liability, under captions: Inventories (Note 11) and Other non–current liabilities (Note 24).
Revenue from customer specific project contracts
Performance obligations arising from the project contracts with customers (for example to install grain storage facilities) are fulfilled over time
and respectively the revenue is recognized over time if any of the following criteria are met: (a) the customer simultaneously receives and consumes
the benefits provided by the Group’s performance as the Group performs; (b) the Group’s performance creates or enhances an asset that the
customer controls as the asset is created or enhanced; or (c) the Group’s performance does not create an asset with an alternative use and the
Group has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. If the Group can reasonably measure its progress towards complete
satisfaction of the performance obligation, the Group recognizes revenue and expenses in relation to each contract over time, based on the
progress of performance. The progress of performance is assessed based on the proportion of the costs incurred in fulfilling the contract up to
date over to the total estimated costs of the contract. Group uses an input method in measuring progress because there is a direct relationship
between the Group’s effort (i.e., based on the labour hours incurred, and materials used) and the output produced which provides a faithful
depiction. When the Group is not be able to reasonably measure the outcome of a performance obligation (for example, in the early stages of a
contract), but the Group expects to recover the costs incurred in satisfying the performance obligation, the Group recognizes revenue only to the
extent of the costs incurred until such. When it is determined that the costs of the contract are expected to exceed the revenue, the entire
estimated loss amount is recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
Contract modification (scope or price, or both) is accounted for as a separate contract with customer, if the scope of the contract increases
because of the addition of promised goods or services that are distinct and the price of the contract increases by an amount of consideration that
reflects the Group’s stand-alone selling prices of the additional promised goods or services in the circumstances of the particular contract.
Otherwise, the contract modification is accounted as (a) termination of the existing contract and the creation of a new contract, if the remaining
goods or services are distinct from the goods or services transferred on or before the date of the contract modification or (b) part of the existing
contract if the remaining goods or services are not distinct and, therefore, form part of a single performance obligation that is partially satisfied at
the date of the contract modification.
The effect that the contract modification has on the transaction price, and on the Group’s measure of progress towards complete satisfaction of
the performance obligation, is recognized as an adjustment to revenue (either as an increase in or a reduction of revenue) at the date of the
contract modification.
Provisions for loss making contracts are recognized when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) to complete the construction
contract for the third party for the price that is lower than the total estimated cost to perform the contract as of the date of the financial statements.
The difference (loss) between the contract price and the total estimated cost of delivery under the contract is recognized in the statement of
comprehensive income.
When fulfilling the contracts, the Group can receive short-term prepayments from its customers. Applying the practical expedient, the Group is
not adjusting the price allocation by the financing component, if at the inception of the contract it is expected that the time period from the
customer payment for goods/services till the delivery of these goods/services will not exceed one year.
In addition, the Group applied the practical expedient and did not disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the
performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) as of the end of the reporting period because each performance obligation
is part of a contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less.
The Company recognizes revenue from management services over time, using a delivery method to measure provision of the services, because
the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the Company.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.22. REVENUE RECOGNITION (cont‘d)
Other income
Other occasional revenue from the sale property, plant or equipment is recognized at a point in time, when sold items are delivered to client and
control is transferred.
Dividend income is recognized when the right to receive payment is established.
Under Other income caption is recognized grants related to income for agricultural activity. The income-related grants are recognized as used in
parts to the extent of the expenses incurred during the reporting period or unearned income to be compensated by that grant (Note 2.20).
In addition, the management considers the effect of other matters to the revenue recognition such as the existence of significant financing
components, non-cash consideration, consideration payable to the customer and warranties. None of these are present in the Group’s contracts
with the customers. Warranties provided by the Group are only an assurance-type and are not provided as the Group’s separate service and not
treated as a separate performance obligation. Such warranties are accounted for under IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent
Assets. The Group does not incur material costs to acquire or fulfil the contract.
Due to the Group’s business nature, apart from what is described in this Note, the management did not make any other significant accounting
judgements, estimates and assumptions relating to revenue from contracts with customers recognition, as there are no complex/multi-elemental
goods or services, no variable consideration, financing component, volume rebates, discounts, contract cost or amounts payable to the customers.
Contract assets – accrued revenue
A contract asset is the right to consideration in exchange for goods or services transferred to the customer. If the Group performs by transferring
goods or services to a customer before the customer pays consideration or before payment is due, a contract asset is recognized for the earned
consideration that is conditional.
Trade receivables
A trade receivable represents the Group’s right to an amount of consideration that is unconditional (i.e., only the passage of time is required
before payment of the consideration is due). Refer to accounting policies of financial assets, Note 2.8.
Contract liabilities – prepayments received
A contract liability is the obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the Group has received consideration (or an amount of
consideration is due) from the customer. If a customer pays consideration before the Group transfers goods or services to the customer, a contract
liability is recognized when the payment is made. Contract liabilities are recognized as revenue when the Group performs under the contract.
2.23. EXPENSE RECOGNITION
Expenses are recognized on the basis of accrual.
The amount of expenses is usually accounted for as the amount paid or due to be paid, excluding VAT. In those cases when long period of
payment is established and the interest is not distinguished, the amount of expenses is estimated by discounting the amount of payment using
the market interest rate.
2.24. IMPAIRMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL ASSETS
The Group assesses at each reporting date whether there is an indication that a non-financial asset may be impaired. If any such indication
exists, or when annual impairment testing for an asset is required (e.g. goodwill), the Group estimates the asset’s recoverable amount. An asset’s
recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s or cash-generating unit’s fair value less costs to sell and its value in use and is determined for an
individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those from other assets or groups of assets.
Where the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered impaired and is written down to its recoverable
amount. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects
current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. In determining fair value less costs to sell, an appropriate
valuation model is used. These calculations are corroborated by independent valuations, valuation multiples, or other available fair value indicators.
Impairment losses are recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income in those expense categories consistent
with the function of the impaired asset.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.24. IMPAIRMENT OF NON FINANCIAL ASSETS (cont‘d)
For non-financial assets excluding goodwill, an assessment is made at each reporting date as to whether there is any indication that previously
recognized impairment losses may no longer exist or may have decreased. If such indication exists, the Group makes an estimate of recoverable
amount. A previously recognized impairment loss is reversed only if there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the asset’s
recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognized. If that is the case the carrying amount of the asset is increased to its recoverable
amount. That increased amount cannot exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of depreciation, had no impairment loss
been recognized for the asset in prior years. Such reversal is recognized in the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
2.25. SEGMENT INFORMATION
In these financial statements an operating segment means a constituent part of the Group participating in production of an individual product or
provision of a service or a group of related products or services, whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the Group’s management to
make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance and for which discrete financial information is available.
For management purpose the Group is organized into five operating segments based on their products and services as follows:
- the grain, oilseed and feed segment include trade in wheat, rapeseed, barley and other grains and oilseeds, suncake and sunmeal, sugar
beet pulp, soymeal, vegetable oil, rapecake, feed, premixes, production and trade of feedstuffs, grain storage and logistics services;
- the products and services for farming segment includes sales of fertilizers, seeds, plant protection products, machinery and equipment,
grain storage facilities, spare parts and other equipment to agricultural produce growers and grain storage companies;
- the agricultural production segment includes growing of grains, rapeseed and others as well as sales of harvest, breeding of livestock
and sales of milk and livestock. Milk is sold to local dairy companies, other production is partly used internally, partly sold;
- food products segment includes whole cycle poultry business (incubation of hatching eggs, broiler breeding, production of poultry and
its products, feed manufacturing for self-supply, retail sale of chicken meat and its products), production and wholesale of flour and flour
mixes, instant foods, production, and wholesale of breadcrumbs and breading mixes;
- the other products and services segment includes Trade in pest control and hygiene products, production and sales of extruded products,
pet food, provision of veterinary pharmaceutical services and trade in products, provision of fumigation and sanitation services.
In these financial statements, information about geographical areas means a constituent part of the Group revenue from external customers
attributed to the Group’s country of domicile and attributed to all foreign countries in total from which the Group derives revenue and non-current
assets other than financial assets and deferred tax assets located in the Group’s country of domicile and located in all foreign countries in total in
which the Group holds assets.
2.26. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants
at the measurement date. The fair value measurement is based on the presumption that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability
takes place either:
- In the principal market for the asset or liability, or
- In the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability.
The principal or the most advantageous market must be accessible to the Group.
The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability,
assuming that market participants act in their economic best interest.
A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant's ability to generate economic benefits by using the
asset in its highest and best use or by selling it to another market participant that would use the asset in its highest and best use.
The Group uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to measure fair value,
authorized the use of relevant observable inputs and authorized the use of unobservable inputs.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.26. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT (cont‘d)
All assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the financial statements are categorized within the fair value hierarchy,
described as follows, based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole:
- Level 1 — Quoted (unadjusted) market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
- Level 2 — Valuation techniques for which the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement is directly or indirectly
observable.
- Level 3 — Valuation techniques for which the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement is unobservable.
For assets and liabilities that are recognized in the financial statements on a recurring basis, the Group determine whether transfers have
occurred between levels in the hierarchy by re-assessing categorization (based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value
measurement as a whole) at the end of each reporting period.
Valuations are performed by the Group’s management at each reporting date. For the purpose of fair value disclosures, the Group and the
Company have determined classes of assets and liabilities based on the nature, characteristics and risks of asset or liability and the level of the
fair value hierarchy as explained above.
2.27. USE OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND
ESTIMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards requires management to make judgments,
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses and disclosure of contingencies.
Significant accounting judgments
The significant areas of judgment used in the preparation of these financial statements are described as follows.
Principal versus agent assessment
The Group determined that, as a general it acts as the principal in providing goods and services because:
- controls goods and services before they are delivered to the customer;
- is responsible for the overall execution of the contract with the client and is at risk of default;
- has a choice of price setting.
Accounting for trading contracts
Within grains and oilseeds as well as feedstuffs segments, the Group’s activity is an agricultural goods intermediary (buying and selling different
types of grain, oilseeds, rapeseed, etc.). The Group buys and sells agricultural goods at a fixed price for a specified delivery period in the future.
The terms of the Group’s contracts permit net settlement; however, in practice, contracts result in physical delivery, except for rapeseed extraction
delivered on term FOB Neuss/Spyck. The Group acts as an intermediary by entering into purchase and sales contracts with producers and users
of the agricultural goods, creating links within the value chain for the agricultural goods for a stable customer base, making profits from a distributor
margin rather than from fluctuations in price or a broker traders’ margin. As a result, the Group’s purchases and sales contracts are entered into
in accordance with the expected purchase and sale requirements and, therefore, have not been accounted for as derivatives within the scope of
IFRS 9, except for those contracts which are hedged (Note 2.15) and contracts concluded on terms FOB Neuss/Spyck which are usually net
cash settled.
Receivables from agricultural produce growers and payments on agricultural produce growers’ behalf
Within its agricultural inputs segment, the Group is engaged in selling fertilizers and plant protection products to agricultural produce growers as
well as pays on behalf of agricultural produce growers to suppliers of seeds or directly pays to agricultural produce growers (Notes 13 and 14.
The balances arising from these transactions are non-interest bearing and are generally settled within 120–- 360 days by delivering grain to the
Group. These transactions constitute common arrangements in the industry, they are entered into between distributors and agricultural produce
growers under similar terms, and usual settlement is by delivery of grain, as opposed to an unconditional right to receive cash; therefore, no
discounting is performed on these balances. Trade receivables arising on sales of fertilizers and plant protection products are presented within
trade receivables caption in the statement of financial position, while payments on behalf of agricultural produce growers, which do not derive from
sales transactions, are presented as prepayments in the statement of financial position.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.27. USE OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND
ESTIMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (CONT‘D)
Significant accounting estimates
The significant areas of estimation used in the preparation of these financial statements relate to depreciation (Notes 2.6, 2.7, 6, 7 and 8), fair
value estimation of biological assets (Notes 2.10 and 10), impairment evaluation (Notes 2.24, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15), estimation of
fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations (Note 3), assessment of net realizable value of inventories (Note
2.11 and Note 11), assessment of provision for onerous contracts (Note 2.18) and assessment of fair value of share based payments (Note 30).
Future events may occur which will cause the assumptions used in arriving at the estimates to change. The effect of any changes in estimates will
be recorded in the financial statements, when determinable.
The key assumptions concerning the future, and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date, that have a significant risk of
causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year, are discussed further.
Accounting estimates regarding war in Ukraine
Group operations in Belarus and Russian markets
During previous financial year and until the end of September of this financial year the Group had operations in the Russian market (Wholesale
of products for crop growing veterinary products, premixes, and seeds for gardening). Also, the Company has operations in the Belarussian market
(Wholesale of products for crop growing veterinary products, premixes, and seeds for gardening). As at the date of these financial statements, the
Group had no significant positions of assets or liabilities in these markets.
Presented below is the Group‘s summarized exposure as at 30 June 2023 ( in EUR’000):
Total
Total (subsidiaries registered
in Russia and Belarus):
Trade and other receivables from Russian entities
8
8
Trade and other liabilities to the Russian entities
598
598
Trade and other receivables from Belarus entities
5 126
5 126
Trade and other liabilities to the Belarus entities
108
108
Revenue from contracts with customers from Russia only represent revenue by companies that are registered in Russia and Belarus (OOO
VitOMEK (entity code 1117746107291), OOO VitOMEK (entity code 1157746009398), IOOO Belfidagro (feed additives trading) until full loss
of control during 2022-2023
2s
t quarter).
Revenue from contracts with customers from Russia for financial year ended 30 June 2023 were EUR 16,221 thousand, from which EUR
16,221 thousand are revenue of subsidiaries registered in Russia and Belarus.
Revenue from contracts with customers from Belarus mainly represent revenue by two companies that are registered in Belarus (until one of
these full loss of control during 2022-2023
2n
d quarter).
Revenue from contracts with customers from Belarus for the period ended 30 June 2023 were EUR 12,249 thousand, from which EUR 12,162
thousand are revenue of subsidiaries registered in Russia and Belarus.
Subsidiaries registered in Russia and Belarus controlled by the Group
The Group had operations in Russian and Belarusian markets through subsidiaries OOO VitOMEK (entity code 1117746107291),
OOO VitOMEK (entity code 1157746009398), IOOO Belfidagro (feed additives trading) and OOO KLM (feed materials and feed additives
trading, supply of seeds, plant care products, fertilizers, provision of veterinary pharmaceutical services and trade in products). During the first
quarter of 2022 Group‘s Management made a decision to dispose of these entities in 12 month period (at the date of the financial statements,
three companies were sold (Notes 3 and 12). The agreements for the sale of the companies were signed on 25 August 2022, and the Group lost
ownership and control from 1 September 2022 – OOO VitOMEK (inc. no. 1117746107291), from 27 September 2022 – OOO VitOMEK
(inc. no. 1157746009398) and from 9 November 2022 – IOOO Belfidagro. OOO KLM is not sold yet as at 30 June 2023 (Note 12).
Subsidiaries registered in Ukraine controlled by the Group and Group‘s operations in Ukrainian market
The Group conducts operations in the Ukrainian market through its subsidiary, TOV LINAS AGRO UKRAINA (representative office). In
February 2022, following the recognition of self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk by the Russian Federation and its subsequent
invasion of Ukraine, the military conflict escalated and spread to other regions of that country. As at the date these consolidated financial
statements were authorised for issue, the situation in Ukraine is extremely volatile and inherently uncertain.
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.27. USE OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND
ESTIMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (CONT‘D)
As at 30 June 2023 Group‘s property, plant and equipment, machinery, inventory, trade and other receivables, other assets, trade, and other
liabilities, related to subsidiary operating in Ukraine were not significant. Revenue from contracts with customers during this year ended
30 June 2023 of Group‘s subsidiary, operating in Ukraine was not significant.
The Group‘s revenue from contracts with customers from Ukraine this year ended 30 June 2023 were EUR 8,986 thousand. (30 June 2022
the Group’s revenues from the contracts with the customers were EUR 2,880 thousand).
The Group’s Management has evaluated the following key areas which could be affected by uncertainties caused by the war in Ukraine: going
concern, impairment, residual value and useful life of property, plant and equipment, assessment of expected credit losses, impairment of goodwill,
net realizable value of inventory, classification of financial instruments as current and non-current, lease contracts. Based on the assessment of
the Group’s the effect of the war in Ukraine on financial statements was not significant; however, due to dynamics and volatility of the military
operations in Ukraine it is difficult to reliably measure the ultimate financial impact.
Valuation of biological assets
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, the Group did not have an independent appraisal of its biological assets. According to IFRS, such assets
must be recorded at fair value. Biological assets mostly consist of three groups: animals and livestock, poultry and crops which are accounted for
at fair value less costs to sell (Note 2.10).
The fair value of biological assets of the Group is determined on a recurring basis. The management determines key assumptions based on
historical figures and the best estimate as at the reporting date. Applied unobservable assumptions are challenged on a regular basis and adjusted
after back testing is performed. Other observable inputs used are based on publicly available sources (prices in the market). The management of
the Group constantly analyses the changes in fair value and assesses what has the biggest influence on it – quantity produced, sales prices and
etc.
Animals and livestock are valued in two ways: milking cows are valued using discounted cash flows method less costs to sell (level 3) and other
groups of livestock at market prices less cost to sell at the reporting date (level 2). Crops are valued at market prices based on expected yield less
costs to sell at the reporting date (level 3).
Poultry are valued in the following way: hatching chicken are valued based on the future value of the produced eggs less costs to maintain the
chicken until end of its production period, slaughter costs as well as costs to sell at the reporting date (level 3). Meat broilers are valued based on
average age of the chicken and its respective market value between the value range of day one and value at the moment of slaughtering the
chicken (level 3).
Milking cows
The management of the Group decided to assess fair value of milking cows based on the discounted cash flow method because there is no
active reliable market for such livestock and because this method is the most accurate estimation of the fair value of milking cows.
As at 30 June 2023 the key assumption used to determine fair value of milking cows is the estimated milk selling price for the expected average
productive life of a milking cow (EUR 0.403 for the year ending 30 June 2024 and EUR 0.403 for the year ending 30 June 2025) which was
estimated based on publicly available average market prices used to calculate the expected future cash inflows as well as pre-tax discount rate
(8.94%). As at 30 June 2022 the key assumptions used to determine fair value of milking cows were the estimated milk selling price (EUR 0. 45
for the year ending 30 June 2023 and EUR 0.45 for the year ending 30 June 2024) which was estimated based on publicly available average
market prices used to calculate the expected future cash inflows as well as pre-tax discount rate (5.21%).
The following table demonstrates the sensitivity of the fair value of milking cows to a reasonably possible change in key assumptions and its
effect on profit or loss. There is no effect to other comprehensive income.
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Possible change
Effect on fair value
Possible change
Effect on fair value
Milk price
+ 15 %
495
+ 15 %
655
Milk price
- 15 %
(495)
- 15 %
(653)
Discount rate
+ 1 p.p.
(73)
+ 1 p.p.
(82)
Discount rate
- 1 p.p.
73
- 1 p.p.
86
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.27. USE OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND
ESTIMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (CONT‘D)+IB
Crops
As at 30 June 2023 and 2022, the key assumptions used to determine fair value of crops are the estimated yield ranges depending on the type
of crops (2.9– 10.0 tones/ha for grain cultures and 60 – 65 tones/ha for beet cultures for the year ending 30 June 2023 and 3.0– 8.0 tones/ha
for grain cultures for the year ending 30 June 2022) and the expected sales price, which was based on the estimated future grain and oilseeds
sales price of the deliveries taking place September – December of the respective year.
The following table demonstrates the sensitivity of the fair value of crops to a reasonably possible change in key assumptions and its effect on
profit or loss. There is no effect to other comprehensive income.
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Possible change
Effect on fair value
Possible change
Effect on fair value
Yield
+ 5 %
1,311
+ 5 %
1,238
Yield
- 5 %
(1,311)
- 5 %
(1,238)
Price
+ 5 %
1,311
+ 5 %
1,238
Price
- 5 %
(1,311)
- 5 %
(1,238)
Poultry
As at 30 June 2023 and 2022, the main assumptions used to determine fair value of hatching chicken are the price of the incubation eggs
(EUR 0.15-0.24 for the unit; EUR 0.15-0.28 for the unit in previous financial year) which was estimated based on publicly available yearly average
market price and the average number of hatching eggs produced per hatching chicken in the lifetime178.5 units for financial year (178.5 units –
previous financial year).
The following table demonstrates the sensitivity of the fair value of hatching chickens to a reasonably possible change in key assumptions and
its effect on profit or loss. There is no effect to other comprehensive income.
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Possible change
Effect on fair value
Possible change
Effect on fair value
Number of eggs per
+ 5 %
(35)
+ 5 %
289
lifecycle/price of eggs
Number of eggs per
- 5 %
46
- 5 %
(289)
lifecycle/price of eggs
As at 30 June 2023 and 2022, the main assumptions used to determine fair value of broilers are the market price of chickens (EUR 0.41 for
1 day old and EUR 3.24 for 36 days old) which was estimated based on actual purchases/sales taking place close to the 30 June 2023 and
broiler weight of 2.39 kg as at 36 days old (as at 30 June 2022 – 2.22 kg as at 36 days old).
The following table demonstrates the sensitivity of the fair value of broilers to a reasonably possible change in key assumptions and its effect on
profit or loss. There is no effect to other comprehensive income.
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Possible change
Effect on fair value
Possible change
Effect on fair value
Weight
+ 5 %
(45)
+ 5 %
390
Weight
- 5 %
67
- 5 %
(390)
Price
+ 5 %
(658)
+ 5 %
390
Price
- 5 %
658
- 5 %
(390)
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2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.27. USE OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND
ESTIMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (CONT‘D)
Impairment of property, plant and equipment (excluding land)
The Group makes an assessment, at least annually, whether there are any indications that property, plant and equipment have suffered
impairment. If that is the case, the Group makes an impairment test. The recoverable amount of cash-generating units (CGU) is determined based
on value in use calculations that use a discounted cash flow model. The cash flows are derived from the forecast for the next five years and do
not include restructuring activities that the Group is not yet committed to or significant future investments that will enhance the asset base of the
cash-generating unit being tested.
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, there were no reasonably possible changes in the key assumptions which would cause the carrying
amount of property, plant and equipment to exceed its recoverable amount, except for the already impaired assets.
Impairment of land (accounted for as property, plant and equipment and investment property)
The Group makes an assessment, at least annually, whether there are any indications that land accounted for as property, plant and equipment
and investment property has suffered impairment. If that is the case, the Group makes an impairment test. The recoverable amount of land is
determined as fair value less cost to sell based on comparable market prices for similar land provided by independent valuators.
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, there were no reasonably possible changes in the key assumptions which would cause the carrying
amount of land to exceed its recoverable amount, except for the already impaired assets.
Impairment of the Company’s investments in subsidiaries and loans granted
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, the Company has investments in subsidiaries and associates. The Company makes an assessment, at
least annually, whether there are any indications that investments in subsidiaries and associates have suffered impairment.
The recoverable amount of Latvian poultry business cash generating unit (CGU), comprising investments into and loans granted to
AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava, SIA Lielzeltini, SIA Cerova and SIA Broileks, was determined based on the value in use calculations that use a
discounted cash flow model. Carrying value of the Company’s investments and loans amounts to EUR 18,965 thousand as at 30 June 2023
(as at 30 June 2022 – EUR 18,965 thousand). The above-mentioned subsidiaries were assessed as one cash generating unit. Cash generating
unit was determined to be all entities operating in poultry business in a specific geographical location (Latvia). The cash flows are derived from
the forecast for the next five years and a terminal value which was calculated with a terminal growth of 2%. As at 30 June 2023, the recoverable
amount of the investment into subsidiaries AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava, SIA Lielzeltini, SIA Cerova and SIA Broileks is most sensitive to the pre-tax
discount rate of 10.06 % (9.78% as at 30 June 2022) which is used for the discounted cash flow model.
As at 30 June 2023 and 2022, there were no reasonably possible changes in the key assumptions which would cause the carrying amount of
the investment into AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava, SIA Lielzeltini, SIA Cerova and SIA Broileks to exceed its recoverable amount.
The recoverable amount of Lithuanian poultry business cash generating unit (CGU), comprising investments into and loans granted to AB Vilniaus
Paukštynas, AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas and AB Zelvė was determined based on the value in use calculations that use a discounted cash flow
model. The carrying value of these investments and loans amounts to EUR 9,537 thousand as at 30 June 2023 (as at 30 June 2022 -
EUR 6,726 thousand). The above-mentioned subsidiaries have been assessed as separate cash generating units. The cash flows are derived from
the forecast for the next five years and a terminal value which was calculated with a terminal growth of 2%. As at 30 June 2023, the recoverable
amount of the investment into subsidiaries AB Vilniaus Paukštynas, AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas and AB Zelvė is most sensitive to the pre-tax
discount rate of 10.85% (9.78% as at 30 June 2022) which is used for the discounted cash flow model. As at 30 June 2023, there were no
reasonably possible changes in the key assumptions which would cause the carrying amount of the investment into the before mentioned
companies to exceed its recoverable amount.
There were no indications of impairment of investments in other subsidiaries, except for the ones described above.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 33
2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.27. USE OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND
ESTIMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (cont‘d)
Impairment of goodwill
The amount of EUR 1,971 thousand goodwill was recognized upon the acquisition of SIA Paleo. This goodwill was assigned to a cash-generating
unit associated with the fertilizer trade in Latvia. As at 30 June 2017 an impairment of EUR 1,121 thousand was accounted in the statement of
financial position (Note 5).
The Group performed its annual impairment test as at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022. The tests showed that there is no need for additional
impairment of goodwill as at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022.
The recoverable amount of mentioned cash generating unit was determined based on the value in use calculations that use a discounted cash
flow model. The cash flows are derived from the forecast for the next five years. The impairment test was performed using the following key
assumptions:
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Discount rate
8.61 %
5.47 %
Terminal growth rate
2 %
2 %
Assessment of inventories net realizable value
The management of the Group makes estimates and assumptions in order to value inventories at lower of cost or net realizable value. The main
factors incorporated in management assessment of inventories net realizable value are the follows:
1) ageing of inventories,
2) subsequent sales prices,
3) signed contracts to sell,
4) market prices.
Future events may occur which will cause the assumptions to change. The effect of any changes in estimates will be recorded in the financial
statements, when determinable.
Trade receivables allowance
The determination as to whether a trade receivable is collectable involves management judgment and significant estimates. Specific factors
management considers, when determining if allowance for trade receivable must be accounted for are as follows:
1) age of the balance,
2) location of customers,
3) existence of collateral,
4) recent historical payment patterns as well as data on subsequent collections,
5) forward looking estimates (expected inflation rate, GDP or etc.).
Future events may occur which will cause the assumptions to change. The effect of any changes in estimates will be recorded in the financial
statements, when determinable.
Share based payments
Estimating fair value for share-based payment the transactions requires determination of the most appropriate valuation model, which depends
on the terms and conditions of the grant. This estimate also requires determination of the most appropriate inputs to the valuation model including
the expected life of the share option, volatility and dividend yield and making assumptions about them. Under the agreements grant in 2018, the
measurement of the fair value of equity-settled transactions with employees at the grant date, the Group uses an average value derived from
binomial and the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing share options incentive. For the agreements of Option transactions with a grant date of
28 February 2020 and 29 October 2021, the fair value is calculated on the grant date by applying the share price on the stock exchange on that
day, since these contracts only provide for the employment condition of the Group employee during the stipulated period and the value of the
option is not adjusted. The assumptions and models used for estimating fair value for share-based payment transactions are disclosed in Note 30.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 34
2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES(CONT’D)
2.27. USE OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND
ESTIMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (cont‘d)
2.28. CONTINGENCIES
Contingent liabilities are not recognized in the financial statements, except for contingent liabilities associated with business combinations. They
are disclosed unless the possibility of an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits is remote.
A contingent asset is not recognized in the financial statements but disclosed when an inflow of economic benefits is probable.
2.29. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Subsequent events that provide additional information about the Group’s position at the reporting date (adjusting events) are reflected in the
financial statements. Subsequent events that are not adjusting events are disclosed in the notes when material.
2.30. OFFSETTING AND ROUNDING
When preparing the financial statements, assets, and liabilities, as well as revenue and expenses are not set off, except for the cases when
certain IFRS specifically requires or allows such set-off.
Numbers in tables may vary as they are written in round figures up to one thousand euros.
Such rounding variations are not material for the financial statements.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 35
3. GROUP STRUCTURE AND CHANGES IN THE
GROUP
As at 30 June 2023 and as at 30 June 2022, the Company held these directly and indirectly controlled subsidiaries (hereinafter the Group):
Investments into Company’s subsidiaries
Place of
Effective share of the
Cost of investment
Main activities
registration
stock held by the Group
in the Company
30 June
30 June
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
2023
2022
Wholesale trade of grains and oilseeds,
AB Linas Agro
Lithuania
97.06%
100%
60,273
59,147
feedstuffs and agricultural inputs
1
Management of the subsidiaries engaged in
UAB Linas Agro Konsultacijos
1
Lithuania
100%
100%
9,384
9,384
agriculture
UAB Dotnuva Baltic
Lithuania
100%
100%
10,618
10,688
Trade of machinery and equipment for
warehousing of grains, certified seeds
UAB Dotnuva Seeds
Lithuania
100%
–
69
–
Production of certified seeds
2
Preparation and warehousing of grains for
UAB Linas Agro Grūdų Centrai
2
Lithuania
97.98%
100%
5,507
5,500
trade
UAB Jungtinė Ekspedicija
Lithuania
100%
100%
341
341
Expedition and ship’s agency services
UAB Landvesta 1
Lithuania
100%
100%
1,973
704
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
UAB Landvesta 2
Lithuania
100%
100%
793
439
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
UAB Landvesta 3
Lithuania
100%
100%
636
–
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
UAB Landvesta 4
Lithuania
100%
100%
1,136
–
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
UAB Landvesta 5
Lithuania
100%
100%
1,570
844
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
UAB Landvesta 6
Lithuania
100%
100%
1,004
–
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
Noreikiškės UAB
Lithuania
100%
100%
765
765
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
UAB Lineliai
Lithuania
100%
100%
714
714
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
AS Putnu fabrika Kekava
Latvia
97.19%
97.16%
6,139
6,139
Broiler breeding, slaughtering and sale of
products
SIA Lielzeltini
Latvia
100%
100%
5,854
5,854
Broiler breeding, slaughtering and sale of
products, feedstuffs
SIA Cerova
Latvia
100%
100%
790
790
Egg incubation and chicken sale
SIA Broileks
Latvia
100%
100%
47
47
Chicken breeding and sale
UAB Kekava Foods LT
Lithuania
100%
100%
3
3
Dormant company
UAB Kormoprom Invest
Lithuania
100%
100%
1,081
1,081
Management services
UAB TABA holding
Lithuania
100%
100%
62,693
62,121
Management services
Chicken raising for meat and eggs
Akcinė bendrovė Vilniaus Paukštynas
Lithuania
84.93%
84.37%
6,770
6,740
production, production of poultry and its
products
UAB Agro Logistic Service
Lithuania
100%
100%
1,716
1,716
Wholesale of feedstuffs for fodder and
Investments into subsidiaries
179,876
173,016
premixes production
(Less) impairment
–
–
179,876
173,016
1
On 28 March 2022, UAB Zemvaldos Turto Konsultacijos was merged with UAB Linas Agro Konsultacijos
2
On 22 March 2022, UAB Linas Agro Grūdų Centras, UAB Karčemos Bendrovė and UAB KUPIŠKIO GRŪDAI was merged with UAB Linas Agro Grūdų Centrai
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 36
3. GROUP STRUCTURE AND CHANGES IN THE
GROUP (CONT’D)
Investments into Company’s associates
Place of
registration
Effective share of
the stock held
by the Group
Cost of investment
in the Company
Main activities
30 June
30 June
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
2023
2022
SIA Linas Agro
Latvia
96,58%
100%
–
–
Wholesale trade of grains and oilseeds,
agricultural inputs
UAB Gerera
Lithuania
97.06%
100%
–
–
Dormant company
Linas Agro A/S (under liquidation)
Denmark
97.06%
100%
–
–
Dormant company
UAB Landvesta 3
Lithuania
–
100%
–
199
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
UAB Landvesta 4
Lithuania
–
100%
–
159
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
UAB Landvesta 6
Lithuania
–
100%
–
83
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
LLC LINAS AGRO UKRAINE
Ukraine
97,06%
100%
–
–
Representative office
Linas Agro OŰ
Estonia
97.06%
100%
–
–
Supply of products for crop growing
SIA PFK Trader
Latvia
97.19%
97.16%
–
–
Retail trade of food production
Biržai District Medeikių ŽŪB
Lithuania
98.39%
98.39%
–
–
Growing and sale of crops
Šakiai District Lukšių ŽŪB
Lithuania
98.82%
98.82%
–
–
Mixed agricultural activities
Panevėžys District Aukštadvario ŽŪB
Lithuania
99.54%
99.54%
–
–
Mixed agricultural activities
Sidabravo ŽŪB
Lithuania
96.25%
96.25%
–
–
Mixed agricultural activities
Kėdainiai District Labūnavos ŽŪB
Lithuania
98.95%
98.95%
–
–
Mixed agricultural activities
UAB Užupė
Lithuania
100%
100%
1
1
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
UAB Paberžėlė
Lithuania
100%
100%
–
–
Rent and management of agricultural
purposes land
Panevėžys District Žibartonių ŽŪB
Lithuania
99.90%
99.90%
1
1
Mixed agricultural activities
SIA Dotnuva Baltic
Latvia
100%
100%
–
–
Trade in agricultural machinery and
equipment for grain elevators
AS Dotnuva Baltic
Estonia
100%
100%
–
–
Trade in agricultural machinery and
equipment for grain elevators
Production of certified seeds
SIA Dotnuva Seeds
Latvia
100%
–
–
–
UAB GeoFace
Lithuania
98.53%
100%
–
–
Software development
UAB Dotnuva rent
Lithuania
100%
100%
–
–
Rent of agricultural machinery and
equipment
SIA Linas Agro Graudu Centrs
Latvia
97.98%
100%
–
–
Preparation and warehousing of grains
Kėdainiai District ŽŪB Nemunas
Lithuania
67.98%
67.44%
–
–
Mixed agricultural activities
UAB KG Group LT
11
Lithuania
–
89.09%
–
–
Dormant company
Uždaroji Akcinė Bendrovė Šlaituva
Lithuania
89.59%
73.95%
–
–
Production and wholesale of breadcrumbs
and breading mixes
UAB Baltic Fumigation Service
Lithuania
89.59%
89.09%
–
–
Fumigation service
UAB KG Mažmena
Lithuania
89.59%
89.09%
–
–
Retail trade
Akcinė Bendrovė Zelvė
Lithuania
72.38%
72.05%
363
363
Broiler breeding
UAB Avocetė
Lithuania
84.93%
84.37%
–
–
Management services
Akcinė Bendrovė Kauno Grūdai
Lithuania
89.59%
89.09%
–
–
Production and wholesale of flour and flour
products, compound feed, extruded
products, and instant foods; wholesale of
feed materials’ fumigation, disinsection,
disinfection and deratization services
1
On 16 June 2023 company UAB KG Group LT has been deregistered
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3. GROUP STRUCTURE AND CHANGES IN THE
GROUP (CONT’D)
Investments into Company’s associates
Place of
Effective share of
Cost of investment
Main activities
registration
The stock held
in the Company
by the Group
30 June
30 June
30 June
30 June 2022
2023
2023
2022
Uždaroji Akcinė Bendrovė Kauno
11
Lithuania
–
89.09%
–
–
Rent of real estate
Grūdai ir Partneriai
Uždaroji Akcinė Bendrovė KG
Lithuania
84.93%
84.37%
–
–
Consultation and business management
Distribution
Uždaroji Akcinė Bendrovė Lietbro
Lithuania
84.93%
84.37%
–
–
Broiler breeding
Uždaroji Akcinė Bendrovė
Lithuania
84.93%
84.37%
–
–
Dormant company
GASTRONETA
UAB VPK Valdymas
Lithuania
84.93%
84.48%
–
–
Consultation and business management
Cooperative Baltoji plunksnelė
Lithuania
83.33%
82.88%
–
–
Dormant company
Akcinė Bendrovė Kaišiadorių
Chicken raising for meat and eggs
Paukštynas
Lithuania
84.92%
84.60%
2,435
2,435
production, production of poultry and its
Uždaroji Akcinė Bendrovė
products
Domantonių Paukštynas
Lithuania
89.50%
89.00%
–
–
Broiler breeding
Uždaroji Akcinė Bendrovė Kaišiadorių
Lithuania
84.92%
84.60%
–
–
Dormant company
Paukštyno Mažmena
UAB Uogintai
Lithuania
84.92%
84.60%
–
–
Dormant company
UAB Kaišiadorių Skerdykla
22
Lithuania
–
84.60%
–
–
Dormant company
Uždaroji Akcinė Bendrovė Alesninkų
Lithuania
84.92%
84.60%
–
–
Broiler breeding
Paukštynas
Uždaroji Akcinė Bendrovė KG
Lithuania
84.93%
84.48%
–
–
Freight transport services
Logistika
UAB VP Valda
Lithuania
84.93%
84.37%
–
–
Rent of real estate
UAB KP Valda
Lithuania
84.92%
84.60%
–
–
Rent of real estate
Production and wholesale of compound feed,
SIA KG Latvija
Latvia
89.59%
89.09%
–
–
wholesale of feed materials and products for
crop growing
KG Eesti OÜ
Estonia
89.59%
89.09%
–
–
Dormant company
KG Polska Sp.zo.o.
Poland
89.59%
89.09%
–
–
Wholesale of feed materials
Nordic Agro Investment Limited
United
89.59%
89.09%
–
–
Management services
Kingdom
IOOO Belfidagro”
33
Belarus
–
89.09%
–
–
Production and wholesale of premixes
Wholesale of products for crop growing
OOO KLM
Belarus
62.72%
62.37%
–
–
veterinary products, premixes, and seeds for
OOO VitOMEK (entity code
gardening
44
Russia
–
97.27%
–
–
Production of premixes
1117746107291)
OOO VitOMEK (entity code
Wholesale of premixes, compound feed and
4
Russia
–
97.27%
–
–
1157746009398)
The
feed materials
KG Khumex B.V.
Netherlands
50.00%
50.00%
202
202
Distribution of poultry products
Investments into associates
3,001
3,443
(Less) impairment
(202)
(202)
2,799
3,241
1
On 1 December 2022 after reorganization company UAB Kauno Grūdai ir Partneriai was merged with UAB Linas Agro Grūdų centrai and on 9 January 2023
company was deregistered
2
On 20 June 2023 company UAB Kaišiadorių Skerdykla has been deregistered
3
On 9 November 2022 approval of the Belarusian competition authority MART (Ministry of Antitrust Regulation and Trade) was received and Belarusian
registered
company IOOO Belfidagro was sold, and Group has lost ownership rights and control.
4
On 25 August 2022 OOO VitOMEK (entity code 1117746107291) and OOO VitOMEK (entity code 1157746009398) was sold. Ownership rights and control
was transferred on 1 September 2022 and 27 September 2022.
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3. GROUP STRUCTURE AND CHANGES IN THE
GROUP(CONT’D)
Changes in the Group and the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2023
On 5 July 2022, authorized capital of AB Linas Agro was increased by EUR 5,134 thousand by non-monetary contribution from
AB Kauno Grūdai.
On 22 July 2022, AB Linas Agro concluded a syndicated credit agreement with Credit Suisse AG, Swedbank AB and AB SEB Bankas for the
amount of EUR 170,000 thousand.
On 25 August 2022, Agreements on sale of share in OOO VitOMEK (Moscow, the Russian Federation) and OOO VitOMEK (Tver, the Russian
Federation), and also IOOO Belfidagro were concluded. IOOO Belfidagro deal was subject to the approval of the Belarusian competition authority
MART (Ministry of Antitrust Regulation and Trade), so the parties signed a preliminary share purchase agreement, which stipulates that the buyer
must obtain clearance from the competition authority.
On 1 August 2022 the Company signed loan contract with UAB Kormoprom Invest for an amount of EUR 2,800 thousand.
During July and September 2022, Luminor Bank AS Lithuania operating through the Lithuanian branch of Luminor Bank AS granted short-term
loans for a total amount of EUR 118,000 thousand to twelve subsidiary companies of AB Linas Agro Group.
On 5 September 2022, authorized capital of UAB Linas Agro Grūdų Centrai was increased by EUR 3,867 thousand with a non-monetary
contribution from AB Linas Agro.
On 21 October 2022 the Company signed loan contract with UAB Kormoprom Invest for an amount of EUR 2,200 thousand.
On 2 November 2022 Authorized capital of SIA Linas Agro increased by EUR 367 thousand by non-monetary contribution of SIA KG Latvia.
On 9 November 2022 approval of the Belarusian competition authority MART (Ministry of Antitrust Regulation and Trade) was received and
Belarusian registered company IOOO Belfidagro was sold, and Group has lost ownership rights and control.
On 30 November 2022 the share capital of Užupės ŽŪB was reduced by paying EUR 691 thousand to its shareholders.
On 1 December 2022 the reorganization was completed, UAB Kauno grūdai ir partneriai was merged to UAB Linas Agro Grūdų centrai. After
reorganization UAB Linas Agro Grūdų centrai share capital has increased by EUR 3,743 thousand.
On 1 December 2022, a new wording of the Articles of Association of AB Linas Agro Group, ISIN code LT0000128092 (hereinafter – “the
Company“), was registered in the Register of Legal Entities (enclosed). The new wording of the Articles of Association was approved on
28 October 2022 during the Annual General Meeting of the Company's Shareholders, together with the decision to increase the authorized capital
of the Company by EUR 201 thousand , issuing 691,535 new ordinary registered shares, and to change the number of members of the Company's
Board of Directors from 6 to 7 and to establish the Company's Supervisory Board, which is to be made up of three members. The newly issued
shares were acquired by employees and/or members of the corporate bodies of the Company who had entered into a share option agreement
with the Company back in 2018 and provided the Company with a notice of exercise of the option in 2022. The shares are fully paid by the
Company from the reserve set up by the Company for share granting.
On 20 December 2022 the Company signed loan contract with UAB TABA Holding for an amount of EUR 11,100 thousand.
On 21 December 2022 the Company granted loan to AB Linas Agro for an amount of EUR 7,000 thousand.
During January – March 2023, the Company transferred 4,000 units of own shares to the employees of the group in accordance with the rules
for granting shares of AB Linas Agro Group.
On 17 March 2023 Užupė ŽŪB was reorganized into UAB Užupė – the initial capital of the company was dissolved and a statutory capital of
EUR 2,5 thousand was formed.
On 20 March 2023 the authorized capital of UAB GeoFace was increased by EUR 300 thousand.
On 30 March 2023 the authorized capital of TOV Linas Agro Ukraina was increased by EUR 167 thousand.
On 27 April 2023 the authorized capital of UAB Dotnuva Baltic was increased by EUR 800 thousand.
On 8 May 2023 was established new company UAB Dotnuva Seeds, the authorized capital is EUR 8 thousand.
On 9 May 2023 reorganisation of UAB Dotnuva Baltic was authorized and a new version of the articles of association was registered. The
authorized capital of UAB Dotnuva Baltic was decreased by EUR 70 thousand.
On 9 June 2023 UAB Dotnuva Seeds established new company SIA Dotnuva Seeds, the authorized capital of the established company
EUR 500 thousand.
On 27 June 2023 the Company bought the shares of UAB Landvesta 1, UAB Landvesta 2, UAB Landvesta 3, UAB Landvesta 4,
UAB Landvesta 5 and UAB Landvesta 6 from AB Linas Agro.
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3. GROUP STRUCTURE AND CHANGES IN THE
GROUP (CONT’D)
On 29 June 2023 the Company transferred 9,000 units of own shares to the employees of the group in accordance with the rules for granting
shares of AB Linas Agro Group.
On 30 June 2023 the Company granted loan to UAB Dotnuva Baltic for an amount of EUR 1,500 thousand.
During December-June 2023 the Company bought subsidiary companies shares from non-controlling shareholders for an amount of EUR 715
thousand, the difference of EUR (229) thousand, between the amounts transferred and the book value of the purchased part, was recognized in
equity. AB Kauno Grūdai bought 15.15 % of UAB Šlaituva shares for EUR 550 thousand, UAB TABA Holding bought 0,5% of AB Kauno Grūdai
shares for EUR 133 thousand and other companies shares for EUR 32 thousand.
Changes in the Group and Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2022
On 9 July 2021 authorized capital of Linas Agro OU was increased by EUR 150 thousand.
On 15 July 2021, the Company acquired controlling stakes in AB Kauno Grūdai, AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas, AB Vilniaus Paukštynas, and related
companies, acting together as KG Group. Acquisition value – EUR 73,469 thousand (including EUR 200 thousand paid for joint venture company
KG Khumex B.V., the acquisition was finalized on 9 September 2021). The Company acquired controlling stakes in 34 companies operating in the
fields of poultry business, grain, flour, instant products production, feed and premix production, and trade in veterinary products. The main reasons
for the acquisition – synergies between AB Linas Agro Group companies and KG Group companies, more variety in food business, potential to
offer clients full chain from the field to the table”. The business combination is accounted with acquisition method. In the case of the acquisition
of this business, the minority share is valued at a proportional share of the identified net assets of the acquired entity. The acquisition costs incurred
were written off by including them in the Groups’ administrative expenses. The acquisition costs were capitalized in the Company’s long-term
financial assets. The companies are registered and operate in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Belarus, Russia, and the Netherlands. The financial
statements at the provisional fair value are presented below:
AB Kauno Grūdai group and related companies
EUR‘000
Acquisition date for consolidation purposes
1 July 2021
Fair value
Current portion of non-current borrowings
5,165
Intangible assets
919
Current portion of lease liabilities
1,034
Property, plant and equipment
49,069
Current borrowings
49,687
Investment property
215
Trade payables
112,282
Right-of-use assets
3,111
Derivative financial instruments
2,076
Poultry
2,470
Other current liabilities and contract liabilities
17,611
Non-current receivables and other financial assets
2,189
Total current liabilities
187,855
Deferred income tax-asset
5,007
Total liabilities
211,176
Total non-current assets
62,980
Total identifiable net assets at fair value
84,045
Poultry
4,123
Non-controlling interest measured at the
(10,776)
proportionate share of the net assets at fair value
Inventories
81,346
Goodwill
–
Prepayments
4,387
Total purchase consideration
73,269
Trade receivables
134,644
Cash consideration transferred*
69,570
Other accounts receivable and contract assets
3,702
Other non-cash settlements
1,581
Cash and cash equivalents
4,039
Contingent consideration
2,118
Total current assets
232,241
Less: cash acquired
(4,039)
Total assets
295,221
Total purchase consideration, net of cash acquired
65,531
Grants and subsidies
2,611
Lease liabilities
3,324
Non-current borrowings
16,288
* As of 30 June 2021, the Company made EUR 2,000 thousand
Deferred income tax liabilities
499
prepayment for companies of KG Group shares to acquire.
Other non-current liabilities
599
Total non-current liabilities
23,321
During July – August 2021 the Company concluded syndicated credit agreement with AB SEB bank, AB Swedbank and Luminor bank AS for
the loan of EUR 46,290 thousand and ensured it by pledge of assets.
On 11 August 2021 authorized capital of SIA KG Latvia was increased by EUR 1,500 thousand.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 40
3. GROUP STRUCTURE AND CHANGES IN THE
GROUP (CONT’D)
On 27 October 2021, the Company signed loan agreement with AB Kauno Grūdai, total limit is EUR 550 thousand.
On 29 October 2021 during the Annual General Meeting of the Company Shareholders, decision to increase Company’s authorized capital by
EUR 421 thousand was taken.
On 22 November 2021, a new wording of the Articles of Association of the Company was registered in the Register of Legal Entities – the
authorized capital of the Company was increased by EUR 421 thousand, issuing 1,454,000 new ordinary registered shares of the Company. The
newly issued shares were subscribed by the employees and/or members of the corporate bodies of the Company who have concluded the Share
Option Agreement of the Company in 2018 and accordingly submitted notice to the Company regarding the use of the option in 2021. The New
Shares are granted free of charge and they are paid by the Company from the reserve set up by the Company for shares issue.
On 22 November 2021 the Company‘s registered office was changed, new office is registered at Subačiaus st. 5, Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania.
On 23 November 2021 authorized capital of TOV Linas Agro Ukraina was increased by EUR 84 thousand.
On 29 November 2021 authorized capital of UAB KG Mažmena was increased by EUR 2,100 thousand.
On 20 December 2021 AB Kauno Grūdai signed an agreement with UAB Nordic estate to sell unexploited real estate. The transaction price is
EUR 4 000 thousand. It was used to repay syndicated credit with AB SEB bank, AB Swedbank and Luminor bank.
On 21 December 2021, the Company signed loan agreement with AB Kauno Grūdai, total limit is EUR 4,000 thousand.
On 23 December 2021 authorized capital of KG Eesti OU was increased by EUR 650 thousand.
On 30 December 2021 authorized capital of UAB Linas Agro Konsultacijos was decreased by EUR 16,000 thousand.
On 30 December 2021 authorized capital of UAB Lineliai was decreased by EUR 244 thousand.
On 10 January 2022, the Company acquired 100% shares of UAB Agro Logistic Service. Acquisition value – EUR 1,700 thousand. The Company
acquired controlling stakes in the company operating in the field of wholesale of feedstuffs for fodder and premixes production. The main reason
of this acquisition – substantial synergy with KG Group which was acquired at the beginning of the financial year. The business combination is
accounted for using the acquisition method. Financial statements at the provisional fair value are presented below:
UAB Agro Logistic Service
EUR‘000
Acquisition date for consolidation purposes
1 January 2022
Fair value
Non-current assets
5
Inventory
6,552
Goods in transit
16,049
Trade receivables
1,159
Other accounts receivable
269
Derivative financial instruments
100
Cash and cash equivalents
8
Accruals and deferred income
2
Total assets
24,144
Prepayments
(8,670)
Trade payables
(12,065)
Income tax liabilities
(194)
Work relationship liabilities
(13)
Other accounts payable and liabilities
(230)
Total current liabilities
(21,172)
Total identifiable net assets at fair value
2,972
Gain on bargain purchase
(1,272)
Cash consideration transferred
1,700
Less: cash acquired
(8)
Total purchase consideration, net of cash acquired
1,692
On 1 March 2022 authorized capital of UAB GeoFace increased by EUR 706 thousand.
On 7 April 2022 AB Kauno Grūdai acquired 100% shares of KG Polska Sp.zo.o.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 41
3. GROUP STRUCTURE AND CHANGES IN THE
GROUP (CONT’D)
On 13 April 2022, the Company signed a loan agreement with AB Kauno Grūdai, total limit is EUR 930 thousand.
On 11 May 2022 UAB TABA Holding acquired minority shares of AB Kauno Grūdai additionally and now owns 89% of the Company.
On 11 May 2022 the Company signed a loan agreement with UAB TABA Holding for EUR 1,700 thousand
On 12 May 2022 AB Linas Agro entered into a credit agreement with Credit Europe Bank N.V. for a EUR 45,000 thousand loan (limit increase
in amount of EUR 15,000 thousand).
On 16 May 2022 UAB KG Distribution sold 20% SIA Novabaltic shares.
On 16 May 2022 Authorized capital of Linas Agro OU increased by EUR 2,050 thousand.
On 16 May 2022 the Company acquired 100% shares of UAB Kekava Foods LT.
During May 2022, the Group acquired 1.42% shares of AB Vilniaus Paukštynas for EUR 28 thousand, 2.19% shares of
AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas for EUR 11 thousand, 20.29% shares of KG Polska Sp.zo.o. for EUR 4 thousand and 3.09% shares of
AB Kauno Grūdai for EUR 1,669 thousand. The shares were acquired from the non-controlling shareholders. The difference of
EUR 3,279 thousand of gain between the consideration transferred and the carrying value of the interest acquired has been recognized within
equity.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 42
4. SEGMENT INFORMATION
For management purpose, the Group is organized into five operating segments based on their products and services as follows:
- the grain, oilseed and feed segment includes trade in wheat, rapeseed, barley and other grains and oilseeds, suncake and sunmeal, sugar
beet pulp, soymeal, vegetable oil, rapecake and other feedstuffs, grain storage and logistics services;
- the products and services for farming segment includes sales of fertilizers, seeds, plant protection products, machinery and equipment,
grain storage facilities, spare parts and other equipment to agricultural produce growers and grain storage companies;
- the agricultural production segment includes growing of grains, rapeseed and others as well as sales of harvest, breeding of livestock
and sales of milk and livestock. Milk is sold to local dairy companies, other production is partly used internally, partly sold;
- food products segment includes whole cycle poultry business (incubation of hatching eggs, broiler breeding, production of poultry and
its products, feed manufacturing for self-supply, retail sale of chicken meat and its products), production and wholesale of flour and flour
mixes, instant foods, production, and wholesale of breadcrumbs and breading mixes;
- the other products and services segment includes Trade in pest control and hygiene products, production and sales of extruded products,
pet food, provision of veterinary pharmaceutical services and trade in products, provision of fumigation and sanitation services.
The Group’s chief financial officer monitors the operating results of business units separately for the purpose of making decisions about resource
allocation and performance assessment. Segment performance is evaluated based on profit or loss and is measured consistently with profit or
loss in the consolidated financial statements.
Group financing (including finance cost and finance income) and income taxes are managed on a Group basis and are not allocated to operating
segments.
Transfer prices between the Group companies are based on market prices in a manner similar to transactions with third parties.
roup
Grain, oilseed,
Products and
Agricultural
Food products
Other
Not attributed
Adjustments
Total
and feed
services for
production
products and
to any
and
Financial year ended
farming
services
specified
eliminations
11
30 June 2023
segment
Revenue from contracts with
customers
Third parties
1,127,160
405,584
34,980
413,901
17,992
–
–
1,999,617
Intersegment
88,599
10,523
15,209
1,843
3,773
–
(119,947)
–
Total revenue from contracts
1,215,759
416,107
50,189
415,744
21,765
–
(119,947)
1,999,617
with customers
Results
Operating expenses
22
(25,715)
(25,784)
(5,281)
(27,268)
(3,416)
(8,182)
–
(95,646)
Depreciation and amortization
(4,116)
(2,616)
(2,033)
(13,359)
(604)
(531)
–
(23,259)
Provisions for onerous
(8)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(8)
contracts
Impairment of trade and other
receivables, contract assets
(3,110)
103
16
(504)
–
–
–
(3,495)
Segment operating profit (loss)
16,199
10,763
12,515
7,931
491
(6,407)
–
41,492
Assets
Investments in non-current
3,319
2,694
5,538
18,385
445
32
–
30,413
assets
33
Non-current assets
44
49,548
29,589
65,117
80,643
3,941
7,040
–
235,878
Current assets
55
95,743
379,878
29,954
72,992
14,906
64,972
–
658,445
Total assets
145,291
409,467
95,071
153,635
18,847
72,012
–
894,323
Current liabilities
66
21,775
279,880
(4,947)
91,338
8,910
123,509
–
520 465
1
Intersegment revenue is eliminated on consolidation.
2
The operating expenses of administration, management departments are shown in Not attributed to any specified segment.
3
Capital expenditure consists of additions of intangible assets, property, plant and equipment and investment property.
4
The amount includes not rented investment property, part of property, plant and equipment, other investments, prepayments for financial assets, non-current
loans receivable from related parties, non-current loans receivable from employees and deferred income tax asset.
5
The amount includes current loans receivable from related parties, part of other accounts receivable (excluding receivable from National Paying Agency),
restricted cash, cash and cash equivalents.
6
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, the amount mainly includes income and other taxes payable, current payables to and current loans payable to related
parties, and part of borrowings, which are managed on the Group basis .
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 43
4. SEGMENT INFORMATION(CONT‘D)
Group
Products and
Other products
Not attributed
Adjustments
Grain, oilseed,
services for
Agricultural
Food
and
to any
and
Total
Financial year ended
and feed
production
products
specified
1
farming
services
eliminations
30 June 2022
segment
Revenue from contracts
with customers
Third parties
1,119,740
374,861
26,359
343,642
31,065
–
–
1,895,667
Intersegment
63,141
9,028
12,774
2,939
4,796
–
(92,678)
–
Total revenue from
contracts with customers
1,182,881
383,889
39,133
346,581
35,861
–
(92,678)
1,895,667
Results
Operating expenses
22
(22,078)
(27,175)
(3,678)
(32,048)
(6,824)
(4,553)
–
(96,356)
Depreciation and
amortization
(2,280)
(4,138)
(2,205)
(16,201)
(1,396)
(105)
–
(26,325)
Provisions for onerous
(38)
(1)
–
–
–
–
–
(39)
contracts
Impairment of trade and
other receivables,
contract assets
(515)
76
(447)
(1,121)
(1,187)
–
–
(3,194)
Impairment of property
–
–
(1)
–
–
–
–
(1)
plant and equipment
Segment operating profit
(loss)
51,266
45,319
15,078
(1,790)
(1,967)
(4,287)
–
103,619
Assets
Investments in non-
33
5,185
4,823
5,226
6,991
308
88
–
22,621
current assets
Non-current assets
44
46,299
32,284
65,068
59,133
7,809
6,793
–
217,386
Current assets
55
220,481
284,537
45,780
95,092
8,266
1,433
–
655,589
Total assets
266,780
316,821
110,848
154,225
16,075
8,226
–
872,975
Current liabilities
66
153,946
212,025
17,008
82,634
9,432
51,043
–
526,088
1
Intersegment revenue is eliminated on consolidation.
2
The operating expenses of administration, management departments are shown in Not attributed to any specified segment.
3
Capital expenditure consists of additions of intangible assets, property, plant and equipment and investment property.
4
The amount includes not rented investment property, part of property, plant and equipment, other investments, prepayments for financial assets, non-current
loans receivable from related parties, non-current loans receivable from employees and deferred income tax asset.
5
The amount includes current loans receivable from related parties, part of other accounts receivable (excluding receivable from National Paying Agency),
restricted cash, cash and cash equivalents.
6
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, the amount mainly includes income and other taxes payable, current payables to and current loans payable to related
parties, and part of borrowings, which are managed on the Group basis.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 44
4. SEGMENT INFORMATION(CONT‘D)
Revenue from contracts with customers
Income includes:
Group
Company
30 June
30 June
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
2023
2022
Revenue from contracts with customers
1,999,617
1,895,667
1,601
1,709
Dividends from subsidiaries
–
–
9,177
15,306
Rental and other income
–
–
51
35
1,999,617
1,895,667
10,829
17,050
Revenue from contracts with customers by their geographical segments
Group
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
Lithuania
636,395
608,786
Europe (except for Scandinavian countries, CIS, and Lithuania)
698,973
583,850
Scandinavian countries
161,321
229,930
Africa
229,043
231,398
Asia
168,755
45,886
CIS
103,693
195,817
Other
1,437
–
1,999,617
1,895,667
Revenue from the largest customer amounted to EUR 172,130 thousand for the year ended 30 June 2023. Revenue from the largest customer
amounted to EUR 83,117 thousand for the year ended 30 June 2022. Sales for largest customers are accounted for under grain, oilseed, and feed
caption of business segments for the years ended 30 June 2023 and 2022.
The revenue information above is based on the location of the customer.
Non-current assets
Group
As at 30 June
As at 30 June
2023
2022
Lithuania
147,263
131,879
Latvia
59,118
60,728
Estonia
2,010
1,641
Belarus
27
–
Ukraine
5
8
208,423
194,256
Non-current assets for this purpose consist of property, plant and equipment, investment property, intangible assets and right of use assets.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 45
5. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The Group has no internally generated intangible assets.
Part of the intangible assets of the Group with the acquisition value of EUR 907 thousand as at 30 June 2023 was fully amortized
(EUR 2,241 thousand as at 30 June 2022) but was still in active use.
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, the Group’s intangible assets was not pledged to banks as collateral for the loans.
The Group’s depreciation charge for the years ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 was included into the following captions:
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
Cost of sales
80
149
Operating expenses
450
666
Other expenses
–
3
530
818
Group
Software
Other intangible assets
Goodwill
Total
Cost:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
1,580
680
1,974
4,234
Additions
157
319
–
476
Acquisition of subsidiaries (Note 3)
703
216
–
919
Write-offs
–
(2)
–
(2)
Reclassification
(29)
29
–
–
Reclassification to non-current assets held for sale
(1)
(2)
–
(3)
Balance as at 30 June 2022
2,410
1,240
1,974
5,624
Additions
147
558
–
705
Write-offs
(37)
(61)
–
(98)
Reclassification from property, plant and equipment
62
40
–
102
Balance as at 30 June 2023
2,582
1,777
1,974
6,333
Accumulated amortization:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
805
138
–
943
Charge for the year
575
243
–
818
Reclassification to non-current assets held for sale
(16)
(1)
–
(17)
Balance as at 30 June 2022
1,364
380
–
1,744
Charge for the year
444
86
–
530
Write-offs
(36)
(51)
–
(87)
Balance as at 30 June 2023
1,772
415
–
2,187
Impairment losses:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
–
–
1,121
1,121
Balance as at 30 June 2022
–
–
1,121
1,121
Balance as at 30 June 2023
–
–
1,121
1,121
Net book value as at 30 June 2021
775
542
853
2,170
Net book value as at 30 June 2022
1,046
860
853
2,759
Net book value as at 30 June 2023
810
1,362
853
3,025
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 46
6. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Group
Machinery
Other
Construction in
Land
Buildings and
and
Vehicles
property,
progress and
Total
structures
equipment
plant and
prepayments
equipment
Cost:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
19,170
114,139
65,000
6,421
6,488
2,212
213,430
Additions
2,038
847
7,472
1,797
927
9,061
22,142
Disposals and write-offs
(3,845)
(102)
(6,115)
(840)
(162)
(62)
(11,126)
Reclassifications
52
3,961
1,335
75
147
(5,570)
–
Acquisition of subsidiaries (Note 3)
7,928
19,339
17,024
1,847
1,310
1,621
49,069
Transfer from investment property
12
–
–
–
–
–
12
Reclassification to non-current assets
(435)
(595)
(395)
(387)
(111)
(6)
(1,929)
held for sale
Transfer from inventories
–
–
1,100
–
–
–
1,100
Balance as at 30 June 2022
24,920
137,589
85,421
8,913
8,599
7,256
272,698
Additions
1,370
989
4,983
2,362
1,581
18,423
29,708
Disposals and write-offs
(125)
(50)
(4,785)
(1,221)
(215)
(1)
(6,397)
Reclassifications
137
8,179
2,941
6
282
(11,545)
–
Transfer from investment property
–
44
–
–
–
–
44
Transfer from inventories
2
2,904
73
–
12
–
2,991
Transfer to intangible assets
–
–
–
–
–
(102)
(102)
Effect of movement in exchange rate
–
–
(1)
210
–
–
209
Balance as at 30 June 2023
26,304
149,655
88,632
10,270
10,259
14,031
299,151
Accumulated depreciation:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
150
47,310
30,102
2,883
3,829
–
84,274
Charge for the year
35
8,743
12,260
1,336
1,337
–
23,711
Disposals and write-offs
–
(102)
(1,128)
(361)
(145)
–
(1,736)
Reclassification to non-current assets
–
(171)
(132)
(107)
(15)
–
(425)
held for sale
Balance as at 30 June 2022
185
55,780
41,102
3,751
5,006
–
105,824
Charge for the year
34
8,394
10,911
1,335
1,229
–
21,903
Disposals and write-offs
–
(45)
(2,793)
(475)
(196)
–
(3,509)
Transfer to inventories
–
–
(188)
–
–
–
(188)
Transfer to investment property
–
(1)
–
–
–
–
(1)
Balance as at 30 June 2023
219
64,128
49,032
4,611
6,039
–
124,029
Impairment losses:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
–
629
–
–
30
–
659
Balance as at 30 June 2022
–
629
–
–
30
–
659
Balance as at 30 June 2023
–
629
–
–
30
–
659
Net book value as at 30 June 2021
19,020
66,200
34,898
3,538
2,629
2,212
128,497
Net book value as at 30 June 2022
24,735
81,180
44,319
5,162
3,563
7,256
166,215
Net book value as at 30 June 2023
26,085
84,898
39,600
5,659
4,190
14,031
174,463
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 47
6. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT(CONT’D)
The Group’s depreciation charge for the years ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 was included into the following captions:
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
Cost of sales
19,350
22,033
Operating expenses
1,523
830
Other expenses
227
141
Biological assets
803
707
21,903
23,711
Depreciation amount was decreased in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income by EUR 587 thousand for the year
ended 30 June 2023 (EUR 629 thousand for the year ended 30 June 2022) by the amortization of grants received by the Group (Note 19).
As at 30 June 2023, part of property, plant and equipment of the Group with the net book value of EUR 154,025 thousand (EUR 120,225
thousands as at 30 June 2022), was pledged to banks as a collateral for the loans (Note 20).
Part of property, plant and equipment with the acquisition cost of EUR 18,977 thousand was fully depreciated as at 30 June 2023 (EUR 17,634
thousand as at 30 June 2022), but was still in active use.
As at 30 June 2023, the Group capitalized interest amounted to 3 thousand EUR (as at 30 June 2022, capitalized interest amounted to 3
thousand EUR).
There were no significant acquisition commitments of property, plant and equipment as at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 48
7. RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS
Group
Land
Buildings and
Machinery and
Vehicles
Total
structures
equipment
Cost:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
21,211
2,597
2,185
3,349
29,342
Additions
6,769
273
840
750
8,632
Acquisition of subsidiaries (Note 3)
972
893
262
984
3,111
Disposals and write-offs
(5,106)
(667)
(391)
(10)
(6,174)
Reclassification to non-current assets held for sale
–
(285)
–
(76)
(361)
Balance as at 30 June 2022
23,846
2,811
2,896
4,997
34,550
Additions
6,692
1,980
3,318
2,966
14,956
Disposals and write-offs
(4,874)
(279)
(430)
(1,113)
(6,696)
Reclassifications
–
–
164
(164)
–
Reclassification from non-current assets held for
sale
–
41
–
–
41
Balance as at 30 June 2023
25,664
4,553
5,948
6,686
42,851
Accumulated depreciation:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
3,271
786
1,204
1,528
6,789
Charge for the year
2,198
801
761
1,324
5,084
Disposals and write-offs
(1,374)
(90)
(352)
(131)
(1,947)
Reclassification to non-current assets held for sale
–
(76)
–
(20)
(96)
Balance as at 30 June 2022
4,095
1,421
1,613
2,701
9,830
Charge for the year
2,431
626
871
1,283
5,211
Disposals and write-offs
(1,307)
(134)
(419)
(866)
(2,726)
Reclassifications
–
–
75
(75)
–
Balance as at 30 June 2023
5,219
1,913
2,140
3,043
12,315
Net book value as at 30 June 2021
17,940
1,811
981
1,821
22,553
Net book value as at 30 June 2022
19,751
1,390
1,283
2,296
24,720
Net book value as at 30 June 2023
20,445
2,640
3,808
3,643
30,536
The Group’s depreciation charge for the years ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 was included into the following captions:
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
Cost of sales
1,435
1,075
Operating expenses
1,736
2,029
Biological assets
2,040
1,980
5,211
5,084
Within the Group, leases relate to real estate, land, vehicles and equipment. In many cases the leases contain extension options. Leases may
also contain index-based lease payments that is linked to the Consumer Price Index.
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, Interest expenses included in result of financing activities was:
30 June
2023
30 June
2022
Interest expenses included in result of financing activities (Note 28)
(451)
(248)
(451)
(248)
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 49
8. INVESTMENT PROPERTY
Investment property of the Group consists of land and buildings leased out under the operating lease which generates lease income and land
and buildings which were not used in the Group’s activities as at 30 June 2023.
Group
Land
Buildings
Total
Cost:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
622
54
676
Additions
–
3
3
Disposals and write-offs
(210)
(13)
(223)
Reclassification to tangible assets
(12)
–
(12)
Acquisition of subsidiaries (Note 3)
–
215
215
Balance as at 30 June 2022
400
259
659
Disposals and write-offs
–
(93)
(93)
Reclassification to tangible assets
–
(44)
(44)
Balance as at 30 June 2023
400
122
522
Accumulated depreciation:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
1
2
3
Charge for the year
–
40
40
Balance as at 30 June 2022
1
42
43
Charge for the year
–
41
41
Disposals and write-offs
–
(15)
(15)
Balance as at 30 June 2023
1
68
69
Impairment losses:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
51
3
54
Balance as at 30 June 2022
51
3
54
Balance as at 30 June 2023
51
3
54
Net book value as at 30 June 2021
570
49
619
Net book value as at 30 June 2022
348
214
562
Net book value as at 30 June 2023
348
51
399
As at 30 June 2023, part of investment property of the Group with the net book value of EUR 99 thousand (EUR 150 thousand as at
30 June 2022), was pledged to banks as a collateral for the loans (Note 20).
As at 30 June 2023, part of investment property of the Group with the net book value of EUR 83 thousand (EUR 83 thousand as at
30 June 2022) was not used in the Group’s activities.
Fair value of the Group’s investment property as at 30 June 2023 is EUR 1,250 thousand (as at 30 June 2022 - EUR 1,540 thousand). The fair
value has been determined based on valuations performed by independent valuators at near reporting date using the comparable prices method
(Level 2).
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 50
9. NON-CURRENT RECEIVABLES AND
PREPAYMENTS
Group
Company
As at 30 June
As at 30 June
As at 30 June
As at 30 June
2023
2022
2023
2022
Trade receivables from agricultural produce growers due after one year
4,028
366
–
–
Other trade receivables
2,153
574
–
–
Loans receivable from related parties after one year (Note 33)
750
750
84
6,052
Other receivable after one year
19
–
–
–
Net investment, related with sublease
–
–
11,071
9,739
Loans to employees
–
27
–
–
Less: allowance for doubtful non-current receivables
(1,152)
(152)
–
–
5,798
1,565
11,155
15,791
Non-current prepayments for services
1,017
1,166
–
–
Non-current prepayments
1,017
1,166
–
–
The Group company AB Linas Agro and SIA KS Terminal are signed a long-term cooperation agreement for expansion of a grain terminal. AB
Linas Agro participates in financing expansion of the grain terminal and have an exclusive right to use the warehouses stowing 49 thousand tons
of grain and to use the terminal for loading. As at 30 June 2023, the balance of prepayments was EUR 1,217 thousand, according to the
agreement. The amounts were disclosed as non-current prepayments EUR 1,017 thousand (EUR 1,116 thousand as at 30 June 2022) and
current prepayments EUR 200 thousand (EUR 200 thousand as at 30 June 2022).
Movements in the allowance for impairment of the Group’s non-current receivables were as follows:
Individually impaired
Balance as at 30 June 2021
–
Changed for the year
152
Reversed during the year
–
Balance as at 30 June 2022
152
Changed for the year
1,000
Reversed during the year
–
Balance as at 30 June 2023
1,152
None of the Group’s non-current receivables as at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 were overdue.
As at 30 June 2023, part of non-current receivables of the Group with the net book value of EUR 4,028 thousand was pledged to banks as a
collateral for the loans (EUR 366 thousand as at 30 June 2022) (Note 20).
Net investment as at 2023 June 30:
Company
Less than one year
679
One to two years
679
Two to three years
679
Three to four years
679
Four to five years
679
More than five years
11,301
Total undiscounted lease receivable
14,696
Unearned finance income
(3,207)
Net investment in the lease
11,489
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 51
10. BIOLOGICAL ASSETS
Fair value of the Group’s animals and livestock:
Milking cows
Heifers
Bulls and fattening
Poultry
Other
Total animals
(level 3)
(level 2)
cattle (level 2)
(level 3)
and livestock
Fair value as at 30 June 2021
4,882
2,346
440
3,508
7
11,183
Acquisition of subsidiaries (Note 3)
(Note 3)
–
–
–
6,593
–
6,593
Acquisition
–
–
–
16,353
2,622
18,975
Births
–
149
108
366
–
623
Makeweight
–
2,490
770
48,426
–
51,686
Transfers between groups
1,918
(2,104)
186
–
–
–
Disposals
(1,622)
(388)
(1,133)
(63,381)
(2,236)
(68,760)
Write-offs and falls
(125)
(25)
(16)
(560)
(356)
(1,082)
Change in fair value of biological
2,040
–
(130)
366
41
2,317
assets (Note 25)
Fair value as at 30 June 2022
7,093
2,468
225
11,671
78
21,535
Acquisition
–
26
3
14,644
3,245
17,918
Births
–
159
122
430
–
711
Makeweight
–
3,029
760
109,250
–
113,039
Transfers between groups
2,083
(1,969)
(114)
–
–
–
Disposals
(1,629)
(358)
(1,011)
(120,664)
(2,846)
(126,508)
Write-offs and falls
(157)
(37)
(31)
(541)
(358)
(1,124)
Change in fair value of biological
(1,328)
–
(15)
(2,443)
92
(3,694)
assets (Note 25)
Fair value as at 30 June 2023
6,062
3,318
(61)
12,347
211
21,877
As at 30 June 2023, part of poultry amounting to EUR 10,091 thousand is disclosed as current assets (EUR 8,302 thousand as at
30 June 2022).
Quantity according to
Milking cows
Heifers
Bulls and fattening
Poultry
Total animals and
biological assets group:
(level 3)
(level 2)
cattle (level 2)
(level 3)
livestock
As at 30 June 2023
3,264
3,534
922
3,863,386
3,871,106
As at 30 June 2022
3,304
3,477
914
3,160,774
3,168,469
Output according to biological assets group
for the year ended (t) (unaudited):
As at 30 June 2023
38,210
859
331
183,684
223,084
As at 30 June 2022
35,369
484
309
199,917
236,079
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 52
10. BIOLOGICAL ASSETS(CONT’D)
Fair value of the Group’s crops (level 3):
Winter
Summer crops
Rapeseeds
Feeding crops
Total
crops
crops
7,567
4,478
6,077
1,789
19,911
Fair value as at 30 June 2021
Additions
8,335
3,914
4,609
4,009
20,867
Harvested assets
(8,055)
(4,283)
(6,268)
(3,301)
(21,907)
Write-offs
(52)
(11)
(1)
–
(64)
Fair value adjustment on biological assets
4,628
3,320
2,202
265
10,415
(Note 25)
Fair value as at 30 June 2022
12,423
7,418
6,619
2,762
29,222
Additions
10,926
4,061
6,236
6,299
27,522
Harvested assets
(13,487)
(7,311)
(7,295)
)
(4,792)
(32,885)
Reclassifications
–
13
(13)
–
–
Write-offs
(38)
(2)
(7)
(35)
(82)
Fair value adjustment on biological assets
462
8,071
(462)
–
8,071
(Note 25)
Fair value as at 30 June 2023
10,286
12,250
5,078
4,234
31,848
Crops by type:
Winter
Summer
Rapeseeds
Feeding crops
Total
crops
crops
crops
Total sowed (ha) as at 30 June 2023
7,081
4,213
3,298
3,583
18,175
Total sowed (ha) as at 30 June 2022
6,779
4,762
3,339
3,105
17,985
Harvested crops by type (unaudited):
Winter
Summer
Rapeseeds
Feeding crops
Total
crops
crops
crops
Total harvest for the year ended 30 June 2023 (t)
48,867
24,767
11,344
76,351
161,329
Total harvest for the year ended 30 June 2022 (t)
43,891
20,505
12,397
75,479
152,272
During the years ended 30 June 2023 and 2022, there were no transfers between the different levels of fair value hierarchy.
As at 30 June 2023, part of animals and livestock of the Group with the carrying value of EUR 4,160 thousand (EUR 4,365 thousand as at
30 June 2022) were pledged to banks as a collateral for the loans (Note 20).
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 53
11. INVENTORIES
Group
As at 30 June
As at 30 June
2023
2022
Purchased goods for resale
198,946
164,656
Raw materials and other inventories
72,414
80,194
Commitments to purchase agricultural produce (Note 16)
(541)
464
Less: net realizable value allowance
(4,182)
(1,438)
Carrying amount
266,637
243,876
Write down to net realizable value for the Group’s inventories are accounted for in the statement of profit or loss.
The acquisition cost of the Group’s inventories accounted for at net realizable value as at 30 June 2023 amounted to EUR 21,925 thousand
(EUR 7,692 thousand as at 30 June 2022). As at 30 June 2023, the reversal amount of inventories written down to net realizable value is
EUR 2,684 thousand (as at 30 June 2022, the amount of EUR 99 thousand was recognized as expenses), and is recognized in the cost of sales
of the statement of comprehensive income.
As at 30 June 2023, part of inventories of the Group with the carrying value of EUR 220,033 thousand (EUR 128,822 thousand as at
30 June 2022) were pledged to banks as collateral for the loans (Note 20).
Group
As at
As at
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Readily marketable inventories
37,689
26,798
Other inventories
233,130
218,516
Less: Net realizable value
(4,182)
(1,438)
Carrying amount
266,637
243,876
Readily Marketable Inventories–- inventories to which full unencumbered legal and beneficial title belongs to a member of the Group and are
not subject to any retention of title or conditional sale agreement or arrangements having similar effect and that are readily convertible into cash
within less than 90 calendar days on the basis that such inventories are:
a) the subject of contracts traded on futures markets and/or price risk is covered by other forward sale and/or hedging transaction; and
b) liquid and widely available in a range of markets due to homogenous product characteristics and international pricing; and
c) such inventories are not held for processing and/or conversion into a more value-added product; and
d) liquidation of such inventories would not have a material adverse effect on the particular business franchise.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 54
12. NON-CURRENT ASSETS HELD FOR SALE
Non-current assets held for sale comprised as follows:
As at 30
Group
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
Non-current assets, held for sale
–
22,958
–
22,958
Movements of non-current assets held for sale during 2022 – 2023 financial year were:
Net book value as at 1 July 2021
–
Reclassified from:
Intangible assets
7
Property, plant and equipment
1,506
Right of Use Assets
369
Financial assets
204
Deferred tax assets
751
Current assets
22,921
Impairment loss of non-current assets held for sale
(2,800)
Net book value as at 30 June 2022
22,958
Disposals and write-offs
(20,854)
Reclassified from current assets held for sale to:
Right of Use Assets
(41)
Deferred tax assets
(644)
Inventory
(1,614)
Trade receivables
(1,614)
Cash
(958)
Other current assets
(342)
Additional reclassified to non-current assets held for sale over the period
3,109
Net book value as at 30 June 2023
–
Liabilities related to non-current assets held for sale comprised as follows:
Group
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
Liabilities related to non-current assets held for sale
–
16,283
–
16,283
Movements of liabilities related to non-current assets held for sale during financial year 2022 – 2023 were:
Net book value as at 1 July 2021
–
Reclassified from:
Non-current liabilities
1,722
Contract liabilities
749
Current liabilities
6,889
Lease liabilities
706
Trade accounts payable
4,749
Current income tax payable
80
Other current liabilities
1,388
Net book value as at 30 June 2022
16,283
Disposals and write-offs
(12,316)
Reclassified from non-current liabilities held for sale to:
Non-current borrowings
(1,978)
Non-current lease liabilities
(168)
Contract liabilities
(70)
Current borrowings
(1,523)
Lease liabilities
(117)
Trade accounts payable
(3,185)
Other current liabilities
(305)
Additional reclassified liabilities related to non-current assets held for sale over the
period
3,379
Net book value as at 30 June 2023
–
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 55
12. NON-CURRENT ASSETS HELD FOR SALE
(CONT’D)
On 28 January 2023 Belarusian government issued the list of companies whose shareholders are prohibited from transferring their shares. Due
to the tightened legislation, the sale of the company OOO KLM operating in Belarus is not likely in the next 12 months, the company’s assets and
liabilities from 28 January 2023 are no longer classified as intended for sale (30 June 2022 within the line item of the disposal group the Group
recognized assets of subsidiaries IOOO Belfidagro, OOO KLM, OOO VitOMEK (entity code 111774610729) and OOO VitOMEK
(entity code 1157746009398) – EUR 22,958 thousand).
As at 30 June 2023 loss of EUR 313 thousand from the sale of companies operating in Russia and Belarus was recognized in the profit or loss
and other comprehensive income statements. In the financial year ending 30 June 2022 an impairment loss of non-current assets held for sale
of EUR 2,800 thousand was recognized in profit or loss and other comprehensive income statements and foreign currency translation reserve
related to a foreign operation disposal recognized in other comprehensive income of EUR 3,104 thousand on 30 June 2023 was reclassified to
profit or loss statement. Total amount of losses from the sale of companies, IOOO Belfidagro, OOO VitOMEK (entity code 111774610729) and
OOO VitOMEK (entity code 1157746009398), recognized in the profit or loss and other comprehensive statement were as follow. As at
30 June 2023 were EUR 3,417 thousand (30 June 2022 – EUR 2,800 thousand), and the loss of two years over the sales of the Companies
amounted to EUR 6,216 thousand.
13. PREPAYMENTS
Group
As at 30 June
As at 30 June
2023
2022
Prepayments to agricultural produce growers
1,310
2,661
Prepayments to other suppliers
4,186
8,802
Prepayments for services (Note 9)
200
200
Less: allowance for doubtful prepayments to other suppliers
(132)
(75)
5,564
11,588
During year ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, prepayments were made directly to agricultural produce growers of production growers
or other suppliers. These payments are non-interest bearing and are generally collectible from the agricultural produce growers within
120 – 360 days by delivering grain to the Group.
As at 30 June 2023, part of prepayments of the Group with the carrying value of EUR 2,529 thousand (EUR 3,091 thousand as at
30 June 2022) were pledged to banks as collateral for the loans (Note 20).
14. TRADE RECEIVABLES
Group
As at 30 June
As at 30 June
2023
2022
Trade receivables from agricultural produce growers
224,911
116,208
Trade receivables from other customers
95,171
190,053
Less: allowance for doubtful trade receivables
(7,878)
(6,200)
312,204
300,061
Trade receivables from other customers are non-interest bearing and are generally collectible on 30–90 days term. Trade receivables from
agricultural produce growers are non-interest bearing and are generally settled within 120–360 days by delivering grain to the Group.
IFRS 9 requires the Group and the Company to recognize expected credit losses for all debt instruments that are not measured at fair value
through profit or loss and for assets arising from contracts with clients.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 56
14. TRADE RECEIVABLES (CONT‘D)
The Group and the Company uses the expected loss rate (ELR) matrix to calculate expected credit losses (ECL) of trade receivables. Expected
credit loss rates are based on the client’s past history, which is grouped by client type. The ELR matrix is based on the historical information of the
Group and the Company on client default. The Group and the Company adjusts the matrix values to include predictable future information. For
example, if the economy of the next year is likely to deteriorate/slow down according to future forecasts (e.g. GDP level), which may increase the
rate of default, historical expected loss rates will be adjusted to reflect future forecasts. Historical credit loss rates are reviewed in each reporting
period.
When assessing the allowance of trade receivables, individual client debts are grouped according to the past due period. Below are the expected
credit loss rates used to calculate ECL:
Non-overdue
Past due
Less than
91-180
More than
90 days
days
180 days
2022
0.18 %
2.27 %
8.45 %
44.16 %
2023
0.04 %
0.06 %
7.31 %
17.62 %
Movements in the allowance for impairment of the Group’s trade receivables were as follows:
Impairment assessed on a
collective basis and on an
individual basis
Balance as at 30 June 2021
3,387
Charge for the year
3,598
Reversed during the year
(478)
Written-off during the year
(307)
Balance as at 30 June 2022
6,200
Charge for the year
3,019
Reversed during the year
(700)
Written-off during the year
(641)
Balance as at 30 June 2023
7,878
Changes in allowance for trade receivables for the years ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 were included into expenses of impairment
of trade receivables, contract assets and other receivables in the statement profit and loss and other comprehensive income under the Expenses
of impairment of trade receivables, contract assets and other receivables.
The ageing analysis of the Group’s trade receivables as at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 is as follows (less allowance):
Amounts receivable from customers whose
Amounts receivable from customers whose
payment term has not passed and for which
payment term has already passed, but for which
Total
no impairment has been accounted for
no impairment has been recorded
Less than 90
91-180
More than
days
days
180 days
2022
11
263,781
30,595
5,573
112
300,061
2023
295,480
16,125
187
412
312,204
As at 30 June 2023, the Group transferred rights to part of its trade receivables with the value of EUR 282,813 thousand
(EUR 151,792 thousand as at 30 June 2022) to banks as collateral for the loans (Note 20). Factorized trade receivables in the amount of
EUR 217,715 thousand as at 30 June 2023 (EUR 31,809 thousand as at 30 June 2022) are included in aggregate amount of collateral for the
loans.
The fair value of the Group’s and the Company’s trade receivables approximate their carrying amount.
1
Comparative information for marked groups was recalculated in the financial statements. In 2023, Company reviewed accounts grouping methodology in
separate and consolidated financial statements to reflect more accurately the distribution of items in the financial statements and adjusted the comparative figures
for 2021/2022
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 57
15. OTHER ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND
CONTRACT ASSETS
Group
As at 30
June 2023
As at 30
June 2022
Financial assets
National Paying Agency
3,817
3,113
Loans receivable
248
234
Loans granted to the Group employees
12
19
Interest receivable
3
7
Contract assets
3,614
2,686
Receivable for assets held for sale
380
173
Other receivables
954
511
Less: allowance for doubtful loans receivable
(667)
(206)
8,361
6,537
Non-financial assets
VAT receivable
2,204
2,106
Other recoverable taxes
42
41
2,246
2,147
10,607
8,684
Changes in allowance for other accounts receivables for the years ended 30 June 2023 and 2022 were included into expenses of impairment
of trade receivables, contract assets and other receivables in the statement profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
The fair value of the Group’s and the Company’s other receivables approximate to their carrying amount.
Movements in the allowance for impairment of the Group’s other accounts receivable were as follows:
Individually impaired
Balance as at 30 June 2021
24
Written-off during the year
182
Balance as at 30 June 2022
206
Written-off during the year
461
Balance as at 30 June 2023
667
The ageing analysis of the Group’s other receivables (except for non-financial assets) as at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 is as follows:
Other accounts
receivable neither past
Past due but not impaired
Total
due nor impaired
Less than
91-180
181-270
More than
90 days
days
days
271 days
2022
6,537
–
–
–
–
6,537
2023
8,361
–
–
–
–
8,361
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 58
16. OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS AND
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Group uses the hierarchy described in Note 2.26 for determining and disclosing the fair value of financial instruments by valuation technique:
Group
As at 30
As at 30
Derivative financial instruments
June 2023
June 2022
Derivative financial instruments used to hedge the price risk (current
Level 1
a)
1,264
(2,437)
portion) – assets (liabilities)
Derivative financial instruments used to hedge the interest risk (current
Level 1
(240)
-
portion) – assets (liabilities)
Foreign exchange forward and swap contracts – assets (liabilities)
Level 2
(22)
522
Other derivatives
(2)
6
1,000
(1,909)
Other financial assets
Restricted cash
b)
746
690
Other financial assets
226
2,332
972
3,022
The Group concludes forward agreements (with fixed price) with Lithuanian and Latvian agricultural production growers for purchase/sale of
agricultural produce. For part of such agreements the Group does not have agreed sales/purchases contracts with fixed price. As at
30 June 2023, to hedge the arising risk of price fluctuations for the total amount of such unutilized purchase or sales commitments the Group
concluded futures contracts that are traded on NYSE Euronext Paris SA exchange.
The Group uses over-the-counter (OTC) transactions, which are traded on the Rotterdam and Neuss Spyck OTC markets, to prevent the risk of
fluctuations in the prices of rapeseed oil and rapeseed meal.
There is an economic relationship between the hedged items and the hedging instruments as the terms of the forward agreement match the
terms of the commodity future contract (i.e., notional amount and expected payment date). The Group has established a hedge ratio of 1:1 for the
hedging relationships as the underlying risk of the commodity future contracts are identical to the hedged risk components. To test the hedge
effectiveness, the Group uses the hypothetical derivative method and compares the changes in the fair value of the hedging instruments against
the changes in fair value of the hedged items attributable to the hedged risks.
The hedge ineffectiveness can arise from:
- Differences in the timing of the cash flows of the hedged items and the hedging instruments
- The counterparties’ credit risk differently impacting the fair value movements of the hedging instruments. and hedged items
- Changes to the forecasted amount of cash flows of hedged items and hedging instruments
a) Derivative financial instruments used to hedge the price risk of grains were attributed to the category of fair value hedge. As at
30 June 2023, the fair value of such futures contracts was equal to EUR 1,371 thousand of profit (as at 30 June 2022,
EUR (2,437) thousands of loss). Derivative financial instruments used to hedge the price risk of gas were attributed to the category of
cash flow hedge. As at 30 June 2023, the fair value of such futures contracts was equal to EUR (107) thousands of loss.
A hedged item (commitments to purchase agricultural produce) of EUR (541) thousand loss (EUR 464 thousand of profit as at
30 June 2022) is accounted for as inventories in the statement of financial position and in cost of sales in the statements of profit or
loss and other comprehensive income by netting with gain and losses arising from the hedge instrument. And also, a hedged item
(commitments to purchase gas and grains) of EUR 540 thousand of profit is accounted as other reserves in the statement of changes
in equity and in cost of sales in the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income by netting with gain and losses arising
from the hedge instrument.
Derivative financial instruments used for trading are accounted in other income (expenses). The result is recorded in the cost of sale of
the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
As at 30 June 2023, derivative financial instruments used to hedge against the risk of exchange rate fluctuations were classified as
cash flow hedging transactions and their fair value was EUR (22) thousand loss (as at 30 June 2022, EUR 522 thousand profit).
Derivative financial instruments that do not meet the hedging criteria are accounted in Other income (expenses).
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 59
16. OTHER CURRENT FINANCIAL ASSETS AND
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS(CONT‘D)
b) As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, restricted cash balance mostly consists of cash at bank account, held as a deposit for
trading in the futures exchange and reserved for other purposes.
Where the fair value of other financial assets can’t be derived from active markets, they are determined using a variety of valuation techniques
that include the use of mathematical models. Where possible, these models use market data but where this is not feasible certain assumptions
are used in establishing fair values The Group has recognized gain resulting from ineffective hedge in amount of EUR 239 thousand in costs of
sales account for the year ended 30 June 2023 (EUR 6,424 thousand loss for the year ended 30 June 2022).
The Group is holding the following commodity future contracts:
Group
As at 30
As at 30
Derivative financial instruments
June 2023
June 2022
Derivative financial instruments used to hedge the price risk (current
1,371
(2,437)
portion) – assets (liabilities) (Grain and other Oilseeds):
Grain and other oilseeds (thousand. Tonnes):
123
26.8
Derivative financial instruments used to hedge the price risk (current
(107)
-
portion) – assets (liabilities) (Natural Gas):
Natural gas (MWh):
67.827
-
17. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Group
Company
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
June 2023
June 2022
Cash at bank
12,883
19,776
114
222
Cash in transit
279
868
–
–
Cash on hand
102
166
–
–
13,264
20,810
114
222
As at 30 June 2023, the Group pledged cash of EUR 3,940 thousand (EUR 3,403 thousand as at 30 June 2022) to banks as collateral for the
loans (Note 20).
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, there were no restrictions on use of cash balances held in the pledged accounts (Note 20).
Fair value of cash and cash equivalents in 2023 and 2022 June 30 approximately equal to their residual value. The Group has also assessed
the expected credit losses (ECL) for cash and cash equivalents the overall effect was immaterial.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 60
18. EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO
SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY
Dividends
Dividends declared by the parent company during the year:
Dividends per share, in EUR
Amount of dividends
declared in EUR thousand
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
June 2023
June 2022
Declared during the year
0.03
–
5,000
–
0.03
–
5,000
–
Legal reserve
A legal reserve is a compulsory reserve under the Lithuanian legislation. Annual transfers of not less than 5% of net profit, calculated in
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, are compulsory until the reserve reaches 10% of the share capital. As at
30 June 2023, the legal reserve is EUR 4,518 thousand (as at 30 June 2022 – EUR 3,911 thousand). Legal reserve was not fully formed as at
30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022.
Own shares
During the year ended 30 June 2023, the Company disposed of 24,000 own shares, net result of this transaction is recognized directly to the
statement of changes in equity. During the year ended 30 June 2022, the Company disposed of 6,000 own shares, net result of this transaction
is recognized directly to the statement of changes in equity.
Foreign currency translation reserve
The Foreign Currency Translation Reserve stems from currency exchange rate variances encountered during the consolidation process of Linas
Agro A/S, LLC Linas Agro Ukraine, KG Polska Sp.zo.o., OOO KLM as of both June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2022. The currency reserve amounts
associated with the Belarus and Russian Companies, which over the period were disposed, have been reclassified to the profit or loss statement.
The additional information is disclosed Note 12.
Share based payments reserve
As at 30 June 2023, the Group / Company accounted for EUR 1,730 thousand of expenses related to employees participating in share options
incentive (as at 30 June 2022 – EUR 1,165 thousand), additional information is disclosed Note 30.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 61
19. GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES
The movement of grants related with asset, received by the Group is as follows:
Balance as at 30 June 2021
6,838
Acquisition of subsidiaries ( Note 3)
2,611
Received
1,111
Grants used
(781)
Amortization
(747)
Balance as at 30 June 2022
9,032
Received
1,675
Grants used
(624)
Amortization
(716)
Balance as at 30 June 2023
9,367
As at 30 June 2023, the amount is disclosed in the statement of financial position as non-current liabilities of EUR 8, 565 thousand and
EUR 802 thousand – as other current liabilities. As at 30 June 2022, EUR 8,285 thousand as non-current liabilities and EUR 747 thousand – as
other current liabilities.
The major part of the Group’s grants consists of the funds received from the European Union and National Paying Agency for the purpose of an
acquisition of machinery and equipment (property, plant and equipment).
The amortization of grants of the Group for the years ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 was included into the following captions:
Group
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Cost of sales (reducing the depreciation
587
629
expenses of related assets)
Biological assets
129
118
716
747
For the year ended 30 June 2023, the Group received the subsidies for the poultry activities, livestock, related to the compensation for cost
increases for the production resources such as: gas, electricity, fodder raw materials in amount of the EUR 1,670 thousand. Also, for the year
ended 30 June 2023, the Group received the subsidy related to the maintenance of the Ukraine refugees in amount of EUR 5 thousand. (Note 27).
For the year ended 30 June 2022, the Group received subsidies for animals and livestock, crops and milk in the total amount of
EUR 3,930 thousand (Note 27). Also, for the year ended 30 June 2022 the Group received grants for poultry activity, related with COVID19 in
the amount of EUR 3,722 thousand (Note 27)
20. BORROWINGS
Group
Company
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
June 2023
June 2022
Non-current borrowings
Bank borrowings secured by the Group assets
28,415
22,305
–
–
Other non-current related parties’ borrowings (Note
–
–
1,136
4,386
33
28,415
22,305
1,136
4,386
Current borrowings
Current portion of non-current bank borrowings
9,175
20,641
–
–
Current bank borrowings secured by the Group
241,404
207,014
32,048
47,513
assets
Other current related parties’ borrowings (Note 33)
–
–
29,026
9,276
Current stockholders’ borrowings (Note 33)
3,420
6,536
3,420
6,536
253,999
234,191
64,494
63,325
282,414
256,496
65,630
67,711
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 62
20. BORROWINGS(CONT‘D)
Interest payable is normally settled monthly throughout the financial year.
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, part of shares, property, plant and equipment, investment property, biological assets, non-current
receivables, inventories, prepayments trade receivables and bank accounts were pledged to banks as a collateral for the loans (Notes 3, 6, 8, 9,
10, 11, 13, 14, 17).
Compliance with the covenants of the borrowing agreements
As at 30 June 2023, AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava and SIA Lielzeltini have not fulfilled part of covenants under credit agreements with Swedbank AS
and received bank waiver before the end of the financial year.
As at 30 June 2023, AB Linas Agro has not fulfilled part of covenants under credit agreement with Credit Suisse AG, Swedbank AB and
SEB AB and received bank waiver before the end of the financial year.
Weighted average effective interest rates of borrowings outstanding at the year-end:
Group
Company
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
June 2023
June 2022
Current
4.54%
2.00%
1.79%
2.94%
borrowings
Non-current
5.10%
1.98%
5.51%
3.27%
borrowings
Borrowings at the end of the year in national and foreign currencies (EUR equivalent):
Group
Company
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
June 2023
June 2022
Borrowings
denominated in:
EUR
279,609
255,237
65,630
67,711
USD
28
1,259
–
–
BYN
2,261
–
–
–
RUB
516
–
–
–
282,414
256,496
65,630
67,711
As at 30 June 2023, the Group’s not utilized credit lines comprise 203,191 thousand (EUR 149,019 thousand as at 30 June 2022).
The fair value of the Group’s and the Company’s borrowings approximate to their carrying amount.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 63
21. LEASE LIABILITIES
The assets leased by the Group under lease contracts consist of land, premises, machinery and equipment, vehicles and other property, plant
and equipment. The terms of lease do not include restrictions on the activities of the Group in connection with the dividends, additional borrowings
or additional lease agreements.
Group
Company
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
June 2023
June 2022
Non-current lease liabilities
Lease liabilities related to right of use assets
30,068
25,134
10,916
8,780
Lease liabilities related to other assets
5,030
6,733
–
51
35,098
31,867
10,916
8,831
Current lease liabilities
Lease liabilities related to right of use assets
6,304
4,748
430
336
Lease liabilities related to other assets
4,516
2,911
–
19
10,820
7,659
430
355
45,918
39,526
11,346
9,186
As at 30 June 2023, Biržai District Medeikių ŽŪB, Sidabravo ŽŪB, Panevėžys District Aukštadvario ŽŪB , UAB Landvesta 1 and Panevėžys
District Žibartonių ŽŪB have not fulfilled part of covenants under lease agreements with SEB AB and received bank waver after the end of the
financial year, thus EUR 1,327 thousand non-current lease liabilities transferred to current lease liabilities.
Future lease payments under the above-mentioned lease contracts are disclosed in Note 31. The fair value of the Group’s and the Company’s
lease liabilities approximate to their carrying amount.
22. PROVISIONS
Group
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
Non-current provisions
1,642
1,913
Current provisions
552
610
Total:
2,194
2,523
Movement of the Group’s provisions was as follows:
Group
Provision for
Warranty provisions
Provision for
Other
Total
employee
possible return of
benefits
equipment sold to
customers
Balance as at 30 June 2021
1,051
650
511
308
2,520
Used over the period (-)
(52)
(814)
(137)
(121)
(1,124)
Additional provisions were formed over the
period (+)
81
953
93
–
1,127
Balance as at 30 June 2022
1,080
789
467
188
2,523
Balance as at 30 June 2022
1,080
788
467
188
2,523
Used over the period (-)
(22)
(561)
(177)
(188)
(948)
Additional provisions were formed over the
period (+)
71
484
64
–
619
Balance as at 30 June 2023
1,129
711
354
–
2,194
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 64
22. PROVISIONS(CONT‘D)
Provisions for employee benefits include a statutory retirement benefit payable to the Group’s employees. The period of non-current provision is
calculated according to each employee using actuarial assumptions that include the age of employee, mortality risk, index of staff turnover, discount
rate and the expected salary growth rate. The key assumptions applied in determining the Group's projected benefit obligation for the employees
are as follows:
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
Discount rate
1.106%
0.111%
Employee turnover rate
11
15%
17%
Statistical annual salary increase
22
4%
3.18%
Provisions for the possible return of equipment sold to customers includes a liability of uncertain timing and amount of the Group’s sold equipment
return. The Group assess the probability of equipment return based on historical experience, customer expectations and other factors.
23. TRADE PAYABLES
Trade payables are non-interest bearing and are normally settled on 360-day term. Most part of Group trade payables was payables for goods
and services as at 30 June 2023.
24. OTHER NON–CURRENT LIABILITIES,
OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES, AND
CONTRACT LIABILITIES
Group
As at 30
As at 30
Other non-current liabilities
June 2023
June 2022
Other non-current liabilities
33
105
503
Total other non-current liabilities
105
503
Contract liabilities
Contract liabilities
3,206
3,201
Other current liabilities
Bonuses to employees
12,511
9,917
Vacation accrual
11,748
9,936
Payroll related liabilities
10,191
11,019
VAT payable
7,713
8,973
Current portion of grants (Note 19)
802
747
Other liabilities
3
7,723
7,307
Total other current liabilities
50,688
47,899
Other current liabilities are non-interest bearing and have an average settlement term of three months
.
1
In the financial statements, the Group disclosed the average employee turnover rate at the group level because of turnover rates, which vary significantly among
our diverse companies.
2
In the financial statements, the Group disclosed the average Statistical annual salary increase at the group level because of salary growth rates, which vary
significantly among our diverse companies.
3
Comparative information for marked groups was recalculated in the interim financial statements. In 2023, Company reviewed accounts grouping methodology in
separate and consolidated financial statements to reflect more accurately the distribution of items in the financial statements and adjusted the comparative figures
for 2021/2022
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 65
25. COST OF SALES
Group
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Cost of inventories recognized as an expense
11
(1,620,987)
(1,516,209)
Logistics expenses
1
(94,013)
(60,111)
Wages and salaries and social security
(79,952)
(77,481)
Depreciation (Notes 5,6, 7,8)
(19,326)
(22,043)
Utilities expenses
1
(38,817)
(26,153)
Provision of onerous contract
8
39
Change in fair value of biological assets (Note 10)
4,378
12,732
Change in fair value of financial instruments (Note 16)
239
(6,424)
Other
(13,178)
(11,158)
(1,861,648)
(1,706,808)
26. OPERATING EXPENSES
Group
Company
30 June
30 June
30 June
30 June
2023
2022
2023
2022
Wages, salaries, and social security
(58,294)
(55,034)
(1,446)
(1,986)
Advertisement, marketing, representation
(7,509)
(6,881)
(109)
(53)
Premises, vehicles, and other equipment lease and maintanance
22
(7 499)
(5 714)
(89)
(62)
Depreciation and amortization
(3,704)
(4,136)
(79)
(101)
Taxes
(3,293)
(2,535)
(36)
(69)
Inventories and trade receivables insurance
(3,089)
(994)
–
–
Consulting expenses
(2,511)
(3,595)
(276)
(398)
Office supplies and services
(2,190)
(1,546)
(8)
(66)
Bank fees
(1,694)
(1,683)
(38)
(18)
Environmental and waste management costs
2
(712)
(738)
–
–
Support
(499)
(494)
(65)
(86)
Telecommunication expenses
2
(293)
(375)
(8)
(6)
Employees trainings
2
(272)
(185)
(21)
(6)
Currency exchange profit
(69)
(220)
–
–
Other
2
(4,018)
(11,663)
(156)
(341)
(95,646)
(96,356)
(2,302)
(3,180)
1
In 2023, a review of the cost of sales disclosure was conducted across all Group companies. At the financial year ending on 30 June, 2022, not all of the
Group's companies had provided comprehensive information regarding the portion of cost of inventories
recognized as an expense, logistics, and utilities
expenses within the cost of sales category. To ensure consistency, a standardized approach to the disclosure of cost of sales was implemented across all Group
companies, excluding logistics and utilities expenses separately from cost of inventories recognized as an expense in the cost of sales. This led to adjustments in
the components of cost of sales for the year 2021-2022, with cost of inventories recognized as an expense decreasing by EUR 18,470 thousand, logistics
expenses increasing by EUR 359 thousand, and utilities expenses increasing by EUR 18,111 thousand.
2
Comparative information in the financial statements has been recalculated. In 2023, the company reviewed the methodology for grouping articles in separate
and consolidated financial statements, respectively, to more accurately reflect the distribution of articles in the financial statements and adjust the 2022/2023 and
2021/2022 comparative figures.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 66
27. OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES)
Group
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Other income
Grants received for agriculture activity
5,115
3,930
Grants for poultry activity
11
1,675
3,722
Rental income from investment property and property, plant and equipment
361
588
Gain from disposal of investment property and property, plant and equipment
904
2,765
Change in fair value of financial instruments
983
3,903
Dividend income
11
–
Gain from acquisition of subsidiaries
–
1,272
Other income (Sales of surplus equipment and inventory income, sublease income,
4,152
6,511
legal settlements income and other miscellaneous income)
13,201
22,691
Other (expenses)
Direct operating expenses arising from rented and not rented investment properties
(413)
(456)
Loss from disposal of property, plant and equipment
(75)
(71)
Change in fair value of financial instruments
(3,589)
(30)
Impairment of investments into associates
–
(202)
Other expenses (Sales of surplus equipment and inventory income, sublease
(3,043)
(4,822)
expenses, legal settlements expenses and other miscellaneous expenses)
(7,120)
(5,581)
28. INCOME (EXPENSES) FROM FINANCING
ACTIVITIES
Group
Company
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Income from financing activities
Interest income
3,164
1,976
843
804
Income from overdue payments
443
317
–
–
(Expenses) from financing activities
3,607
2,293
843
804
Interest expenses
(16,505)
(11,191)
(3,178)
(2,530)
Loss from foreign exchange rate differences
(2,722)
(3,667)
–
–
Expenses for overdue payments
(112)
(213)
(1)
–
(19,339)
(15,071)
(3,179)
(2,530)
1
Grants received do not have any repayment conditions.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 67
29. INCOME TAX
Group
As at
As at
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Current income tax (expense)
(6,276)
(13,231)
Income tax correction for prior periods
141
25
Deferred income tax income (expense)
11
1,192
(378)
Income tax income (expenses) recorded in the statement of comprehensive
income
(4,943)
(13,584)
Deferred tax gain (loss) recorded in other comprehensive income
95
–
Group
As at 30
June 2023
As at 30
June 2022
Deferred income tax asset
Tax loss carry forward (available indefinitely)
854
418
Tax loss carry forward (available to carry forward 5 years)
329
489
Accruals
1,687
1,175
Investment incentive
–
–
Differences in tax base of trade receivables
1,362
683
Impairment of investment property
78
139
Allowance for inventories
487
121
Fair value of financial instruments
128
33
Acquisition of subsidiaries
–
5,007
Other
3,997
376
Reclassified as non-current assets held for sale
–
(646)
Total deferred income tax asset
8,922
7,795
Deferred income tax liability
Property, plant and equipment and investment property (difference between tax
(415)
(87)
and accounting values)
Fair value of biological assets
(1,301)
(1,934)
Acquisition of subsidiaries
–
(499)
Other
(284)
(199)
Total deferred income tax liability
(2,000)
(2,719)
Deferred income tax, net
6,922
5,076
Accounted for as deferred income tax asset in the statement of financial position
8,323
7,139
Accounted for as deferred income tax liability in the statement of financial position
(1,401)
(2,063)
The Group’s deferred income tax asset and liability were set-off to the extent they relate to the same tax administration institution and the same
taxable entity.
As at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022, the Group has not recognized deferred tax asset for the following temporary differences (temporary
differences basis is provided below before application of income tax rate):
Group
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
Tax loss carry forward
22
4,690
3,480
4,690
3,480
Au
1
Deferred tax income mostly relates to recognition of accumulated tax losses as at 30 June 2023 and as at 30 June 2022.
2
As at 30 June 2023 tax losses are available to carry forward indefinitely EUR 2,494 thousand and EUR 2,196 thousand available to carry forward for 5 years
(EUR 3,236 thousand and EUR 244 thousand respectively as at 30 June 2022).
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 68
29. INCOME TAX(CONT’D)
Deferred tax asset has not been recognized in respect of these losses as they may not be used to offset taxable profits elsewhere in the Group
and they have arisen in subsidiaries that have a history of losses.
The income tax can be reconciled to the theoretical amount, which would be calculated by applying the basic income tax rate to the Group’s
profit before tax as follows:
Group
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
Profit (loss) before tax
25,760
90,841
Income tax (income) expenses, applying the statutory rate in Lithuania (15%)
8,719
13,626
Effect of different tax rates in Estonia, Latvia, Denmark, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia (Note
(614)
(1,897)
2.21.)
Change in temporary differences
(2,161)
–
Income tax correction for prior periods
(141)
(25)
Temporary differences for which no deferred taxes were recognized
–
28
Permanent differences
(860)
2,142
Tax incentive
–
(290)
Total income tax (income) expenses
4,943
13,584
Effective income tax rate
19%
15%
30. BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER
SHARE
Basic earnings per share
Basic earnings per share amounts are calculated by dividing net profit for the year attributable to the equity holders of the parent by the weighted
average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year.
The weighted average number of ordinary shares for the years ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 was as follows:
Calculation of weighted average
Number of shares
Par value (EUR)
Issued/365 (days)
Weighted average
for the year ended 30 June 2023
Shares issued as at 30 June 2022
159,632,426
0.29
1/365
437,349
Disposal of own shares 1 July 2022
2 000
0.29
3/365
1,312,064
Disposal of own shares 4 July 2022
1 000
0.29
4/365
1,749,429
Disposal of own shares 8 July 2022
1 000
0.29
5/365
2,186,800
Disposal of own shares 13 July 2022
6 000
0.29
5/365
2,186,883
Disposal of own shares 18 July 2022
1 000
0.29
135/365
59,046,199
Shares issued as at 30 November 2022
691 535
0.29
44/365
19,328,050
Disposal of own shares 13 January 2023
2 000
0.29
5/365
2,196,397
Disposal of own shares 18 January 2023
1 000
0.29
48/365
21,085,540
Disposal of own shares 7 March 2023
1 000
0.29
114/365
50,078,470
Disposal of own shares 29 June 2023
9 000
0.29
1/365
439,309
Shares issued as at 30 June 2023
160,347,961
160,046,490
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 69
30. BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER
SHARE(CONT’D)
Calculation of weighted average
Number of shares
Par value
Issued/366 (days)
Weighted
for the year ended 30 June 2022
(EUR)
average
Shares issued as at 30 June 2021
158,172,426
0.29
145/365
62,835,621
Shares issued as at 22 November 2022
1,454,000
0.29
30/365
13,119,980
Disposal of own shares 22 December 2022
1,000
0.29
1/365
437,335
Disposal of own shares 23 December 2022
1,000
0.29
189/365
82,656,911
Disposal of own shares 30 June 2022
4,000
0.29
-
-
Shares issued as at 30 June 2022
159,632,426
159,049,847
Calculation of the basic earnings per share is presented below:
As at 30
As at 30
Net profit (loss), attributable to the shareholders of
June 2023
June 2022
the parent (in EUR thousand)
20,817
77,257
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
160,046,490
159,049,847
outstanding for the year
Basic earnings per share (in EUR)
0.13
0.49
Share based payments and diluted earnings per share
AB Linas Agro Group, following the Rules for Granting Equity Incentives approved on 1
st
of June 2018 and acting in accordance with the decision
of the General Shareholders Meeting of 1
st
of June 2018, signed options contracts with employees of AB Linas Agro Group and of the subsidiaries,
in which AB Linas Agro Group owns 50% or more of shares, for 4,610,180 ordinary registered shares of AB Linas Agro Group. During the years
2021-2023, according to the procedures and terms established in options contracts employees will be able to exercise the right to acquire the
above-mentioned number of ordinary registered EUR 0.29 nominal value shares of AB Linas Agro Group provided to the employee free of charge
under the terms and conditions established by the rules.
50% of all share options will vest in 3 years-time from signing of the option agreements, 25% - in four-year time and the rest 25% - in five years-
time. There are no other vesting conditions, except for the requirement for a person to be employed at the Group for the above specified period
of time, i.e. 50% of share-s options will vest if a particular person is still employed for 3 years from signing of the share options agreement. 25%
of share options will vest if a person is employed for 4 years from signing of the share options agreement and the rest 25% of share options will
vest if a person is employed for 5 years from signing of the share options agreement date. Share options are exercisable during the two months
period after each vesting period ends for particular tranche.
Grant date is considered to be 29
th
June 2018 when principal terms of share options agreements were presented to employees participating in
share options incentive. As at 30 June 2023 the Group/ Company accounted for the proportion of the related expenses with the vesting period
amounting to EUR 92 thousand in these financial statements (incl. EUR 29 thousand of the amount that is expected to be transferred to the tax
authority to settle the employee’s tax obligation associated with the share-based payment arrangement) and as at 30 June 2022 –
EUR 208 thousand).
On 28 February 2020, the Company signed additional options contracts with employees of AB Linas Agro Group subsidiaries, in which AB Linas
Agro Group owns 50% or more of shares, for the variable number of share options, which was estimated on 30 June 2023 as maximum possible
number of share options according to the Group rules for share issue signed on 27 February 2020 for 5,465,811 ordinary registered shares of
AB Linas Agro Group (5,283,200 ordinary registered shares of AB Linas Agro Group as at 30 of June 2022). In 2023, according to the procedures
and terms established in options contracts, employees will be able to exercise the right to acquire the above-mentioned number of ordinary
registered EUR 0.29 nominal value shares of AB Linas Agro Group provided to the employee free of charge under the terms and conditions
established by the rules. 100% of all share options will vest in 3-year time from signing of the option agreements.
In these financial statements, the Group and the Company accounted the related expenses corresponding to the given period proportionally,
amounting to EUR 702 thousand as at 30 June 2023 (as at 30 June 2022 - EUR 1,020 thousand).
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 70
30. BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER
SHARE(CONT’D)
On 29 October 2021 AB Linas Agro Group signed an option contract with AB Linas Agro Group and employees of its subsidiaries of which
50% or more shares belong to AB Linas Agro Group, as due to 106,620 ordinary registered shares of AB Linas Agro Group. Based on the terms
and conditions set forth in the options, in 2024-2026, employees will be able to exercise the right to receive the above-mentioned number of
ordinary nominal shares of Linas Agro Group AB with a nominal value of EUR 0.29, which are granted to the employees free of charge in
accordance with the conditions and provisions set forth in the rules.
50% of all stock options are valid for 3 years from the signing of the options, 25% - for four years, and the remaining 25% - for five years. There
are no other terms of validity other than the requirement that the individual has been employed by the Group for the period specified above, i.e.
50% of stock options will be granted if a specific person has worked in the Group for 3 years from the signing of the stock option, 25% of stock
options will be granted if the person has worked in the Group for 4 years from the signing of the stock option, and the remaining 25% of stock
options will be granted if the person has worked in the Group for 5 years from the signing of the stock option. Stock options are exercisable within
two months of each specific expiration period.
As at 30 June 2023 The Group and the Company has accounted EUR 24 thousand (as at 30 June 2022 - EUR 16 thousand) of related
expenses corresponding to the given period in these financial statements.
Movements during the year
The following table illustrates the number and weighted average exercise prices (WAEP) of, and movements in, share options during the year:
Number
WAEP
Balance as at 30 June 2021
5,173,625
–
A change in an estimate of variable number of equity instruments
3,017,576
–
Granted during the year
106,620
–
Fortfeited during the year
(70,930)
–
Exercised during the year
(1,454,000)
–
Balance as at 30 June 2022
6,772,891
–
A change in an estimate of variable number of share options
182,610
_
Exercised during the year
(691,535)
–
Balance as at 30 June 2023
6,263,966
–
As at 30 June 2023, 691,535 units of stock options were exercised (1,454,000 units as at 30 June 2022).
The weighted average fair value of options granted during the year was EUR 0.64 (EUR 0.60 as at 30 June 2022).
The fair value of the share options which grant date is considered to be 29 June 2018 fair value is estimated at the grant date using the average
price derived from a binomial and The Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing models, taking into account the terms and conditions on which the
share options were granted. They key valuation assumptions are provided below:
Weighted average fair value at the measurement date (€)
0.67
Dividend yield (%)
0.7-2.00 %
Expected volatility (%)
0.20-0.30 %
Risk–free interest rate (%)
2.00 %
Expected life of share options (years)
3-5
Weighted average share price (€)
0.705
Option transactions with a grant date of 28 February 2020 and 29 October 2021 the fair value is calculated on the grant date by applying the
share price on the stock exchange on that day, since these contracts only provide for the employment condition of the Group employee during
the stipulated period and the value of the option is not adjusted.
The expected life of the share options is based on options agreements and current expectations and is not necessarily indicative of exercise
patterns that may occur. The expected volatility reflects the assumption that historical volatility over a period similar to the life of the options is
indicative of future trends, which may not necessarily be the actual outcome.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 71
30. BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER
SHARE(cont‘d)
Diluted earnings per share amounts are calculated by dividing net profit for the year attributable to the equity holders of the parent by the
weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be
issued on conversion of all diluted potential ordinary shares (options described above) into ordinary shares.
The weighted average number of ordinary and potential diluted shares for the year ended 30 June 2023 was as follows:
Calculation of weighted average
Number of
Par value
Issued/365
Weighted average
for the year ended 30 June 2023
shares
(EUR)
(days)
Shares issued as at 30 June 2022
166,405,317
0.29
1/365
455,905
Disposal of own shares 1 July 2022
2,000
0.29
3/365
1,367,731
Disposal of own shares 4 July 2022
1,000
0.29
4/365
1,823,653
Disposal of own shares 8 July 2022
1,000
0.29
5/365
2,279,580
Disposal of own shares 13 July 2022
6,000
0.29
5/365
2,279,662
Disposal of own shares 18 July 2022
1,000
0.29
135/365
61,551,241
Shares issued as at 30 November 2022
691,535
0.29
44/365
20,144,508
Disposal of own shares 13 January 2023
2,000
0.29
5/365
2,289,176
Disposal of own shares 18 January 2023
1,000
0.29
48/365
21,976,222
Disposal of own shares 7 March 2023
1,000
0.29
114/365
52,193,839
Disposal of own shares 29 June 2023
9,000
0.29
1/365
457,865
Shares and potential shares issued as at 30 June
167,120,852
166,819,382
2023
Calculation of the diluted earnings per share is presented below:
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
Net profit (loss), attributable to the shareholders of the parent (in EUR thousand)
20,817
77,257
Weighted average number of ordinary plus potential ordinary shares outstanding for the
year
166,819,382
166,391,723
Diluted earnings per share (in EUR)
0.12
0.46
31. FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND
RISK MANAGEMENT
Credit risk
None of the Group’s customers comprise more than 10% of the Group’s trade receivables. The Group evaluates the concentration of risk with
respect to trade receivables as low, as its customers are located in several jurisdictions and industries and operate in largely independent markets.
The Group’s procedures are in force to ensure that sales are made to customers with an appropriate credit history and do not exceed an
acceptable credit exposure limit. As at 30 June 2023, part of the Group’s trade receivables were insured with the insurance limit equal to equivalent
of EUR 73,192 thousand (EUR 83,633 thousand as at 30 June 2022).
According to the Group's assessment, the credit risk related to cash in hand is low, as the Group's liquidity indicators reveal the good financial
condition of the company and show the ability to cover short-term financial liabilities. The Group keeps stable cash on hand, which reveals the
Group's proper and prudent financial management. As well, the positive cash flow from operation activities ensures the company's ability to keep
cash on hand in the event of economic market changes.
The Group does not guarantee obligations of other parties.
The maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the carrying amount of each financial asset, including derivative financial instruments, if
any, in the statements of financial position. Consequently, the Group’s management considers that its maximum exposure is reflected by the
amount of trade, related party and other accounts receivable and cash, net of allowance for doubtful accounts recognized at the reporting date.
Part of the trade and other accounts receivables is secured with pledged assets (Notes 14 and 15).
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 72
31. FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND
RISK MANAGEMENT(CONT‘D)
Interest rate risk
A major part of the Group’s borrowings is with variable rates, related to EURLIBOR, EURIBOR which creates an interest rate risk.
The sensitivity analysis of the pre-tax profit of the Group, considering that all other variables will remain constant, to possible changes in the
interest rates is presented in the table below. There is no direct effect to equity from changes in interest rate.
Effect on the profit before income tax for the year ended (in EUR thousand)
Increase /
30 June
Increase /
30 June
decrease of
2023
decrease of
2022
basis points
basis points
EUR
+150
(4,225)
+150
(3,749)
EUR
-30
845
-30
750
–
–
Liquidity risk
The Group’s policy is to maintain sufficient cash and cash equivalents or have available funding through an adequate amount of committed credit
facilities to meet its commitments at a given date in accordance with its strategic plans. The Group’s liquidity (total current assets / total current
liabilities) and quick ((total current assets – crops, current portion of animals and livestock and inventories) / total current liabilities) ratios as at 30
June 2023 were 1.27 and 0.67 respectively (as at 30 June 2022, 1.25 and 0.71, respectively).
The table below summarizes the maturity profile of the Group’s financial liabilities based on contractual undiscounted payments (scheduled
payments including interest).
Group
On demand
Less than 3
3 to 12
1 to 2 years
2 to 5
More than 5
Total
months
months
years
years
Non-current borrowings
–
1,509
8,928
7,004
25,650
1,392
44,483
Lease liabilities
376
722
4,600
6,613
16,080
15,842
44,233
Current borrowings
47,284
72,234
102,954
–
–
–
222,472
Current borrowings from related parties
–
6,536
–
–
–
–
6,536
Current trade payables
7,358
167,565
30,264
–
–
–
205,187
Derivative financial instruments
–
37
3,133
79
–
–
3,249
Other liabilities
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Balance as at 30 June 2022
55,018
248,603
149,879
13,696
41,730
17,234
526,160
Non-current borrowings
2
1,652
7,747
5,303
12,211
6,577
33,492
Lease liabilities
431
1,271
7,792
4,857
16,046
15,522
45,919
Current borrowings
32,778
81,300
106,835
–
–
–
220,913
Current borrowings from related parties
–
3,427
3,420
–
–
–
6,847
Current trade payables
3,573
143,747
51,311
–
–
–
198,631
Current trade payables to related
parties
–
273
–
–
–
–
273
Derivative financial instruments
–
324
207
–
–
–
531
Balance as at 30 June 2023
36,784
231,994
177,312
10,160
28,257
22,099
506,606
1
Comparative information for marked groups was recalculated in the financial statements. In 2023, the Group reviewed accounts grouping methodology in the
separate and consolidated financial statements to reflect more accurately the distribution of items in the financial statements and adjusted the comparative figures
for 2021/2022.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 73
31. FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND
RISK MANAGEMENT(CONT‘D)
The table below summarizes the maturity profile of the Company’s financial liabilities based on contractual undiscounted payments (scheduled
payments including interest).
Company
On demand
Less than 3
3 to 12
1 to 2 years
2 to 5
More than 5
Total
months
months
years
years
Lease liabilities
–
–
591
601
1,662
10,591
13,445
Non-current borrowings from
related parties
–
–
–
–
1,136
–
1,136
Current borrowings
45,540
–
–
–
–
–
45,540
Current trade payables
–
40
–
–
–
–
40
Current borrowings from
related parties
–
6,536
21,035
–
–
–
27,571
Other liabilities
11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Balance as at 30 June 2022
45,540
6,576
21,626
601
2,798
10,591
87,732
Lease liabilities
–
151
452
891
1,662
10,591
13,747
Non-current borrowings from
related parties
–
–
–
–
1,136
–
1,136
Current borrowings
33,086
–
–
–
–
–
33,086
Current trade payables
–
17
–
–
–
–
17
Current trade payables from related
–
–
4,683
–
–
–
4,683
parties
Current borrowings from
related parties
–
–
31,402
–
–
–
31,402
Balance as at 30 June 2023
33,086
168
36,537
891
2,798
10,591
84,071
The Company liquidity (total current assets / total current liabilities) and quick ((total current assets – crops, current portion of animals and
livestock and inventories) / total current liabilities) ratios as at 30 June 2023 were 0.22 and 0.22 respectively (as at 30 June 2022, 0.19 and
0.19, respectively).
As at 31 June 2023, the Company reported a net current liability position of EUR 54,397 thousand. Most part of liabilities are borrowings from
related parties and the amount of EUR 31,804 thousand of syndicated loan liabilities. After the balance date, the syndicated loan has been
prolonged till 2026 years. In addition, the Company is able to ensure timely fulfilment of its remaining current liabilities with receivable dividends
from earned and distributable profit of subsidiaries. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
Foreign exchange risk
Major currency risks of the Group occur due to the fact that the Group borrows foreign currency denominated funds as well as is involved in
imports and exports. The Group’s policy is to match cash flows arising from highly probable future sales and purchases in each foreign currency.
When the Group opens a position in USD (i.e., goods are bought in USD and sold in EUR or vice versa), it manages USD exposure by changing
positions in its credit line, i.e., buys or sells USD to close the open position.
The major part of the Group’s monetary assets and liabilities as at 30 June 2023 and 2022 is denominated in EUR, consequently the
management of the Group believes that foreign exchange risk on EUR is insignificant. The Group used financial derivatives to manage the USD
foreign currency exchange risk.
1
Comparative information for marked groups was recalculated in the financial statements. In 2023, the Group reviewed accounts grouping methodology in the
separate and consolidated financial statements to reflect more accurately the distribution of items in the financial statements and adjusted the comparative figures
for 2021/2022.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 74
31. FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND
RISK MANAGEMENT(CONT‘D)
Monetary assets and liabilities stated in various currencies as at 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 were as follows (EUR equivalent):
Group
As at 30 June 2023
As at 30 June 2022
Assets
Liabilities
Assets
Liabilities
EUR
349,405
567,903
340,287
542,766
USD
3,256
14,881
2,513
18,643
DKK
555
23
53
24
PLN
3,712
1,219
3,037
173
BYN
2,748
2,240
GBP
6
–
3
48
Other
24
2
38
10
359,700
586,268
345,931
561,664
The following table demonstrates the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in respect of currency exchange rate, with all other variables
held constant of the Group’s profit before tax (due to change in the fair value of monetary assets and liabilities).
Increase/ decrease
Effect on the profit before income tax
in exchange rate
for the year ended (in EUR thousand)
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
USD
+ 15.00%
(1,744)
(2,420)
USD
- 15.00%
1,744
2,420
PLN
+ 15.00%
374
430
PLN
- 15.00%
(374)
(430)
BYN
+ 15.00%
76
–
BYN
- 15.00%
(76)
–
Sensitivity to a reasonable possible change of DKK, GBP and UAH is not disclosed as it is not significant to the financial statements.
Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities
Group
1 July 2022
Cash flows
New
Other
30 June
from (to)
leases
movements
2023
financing
activities
Loans
256,496
23,265
–
2,653
282,414
Grants
9,032
1,675
–
(1,340)
9,367
Interests (paid)
–
(13,627)
–
13,627
–
Dividends
–
(6,638)
–
6,638
–
Lease liabilities
39,526
(9,928)
21,546
(5,226)
45,918
305,054
(5,253)
21,546
16,352
337,699
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 75
31. FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND
RISK MANAGEMENT(CONT‘D)
Financial risk, arising from biological assets, management strategy
The Group is engaged in wholesale trade of milk, therefore, is exposed to risks arising from changes in milk prices. The Group’s wholesale
agreements for milk not related with financial instruments but represent a significant price risk. The Group does not anticipate that milk prices will
be in prolonged decline in the foreseeable future (at current period price increase noted) and, therefore, has not entered into derivative or other
contracts to manage the risk of the decline in milk prices. The Group reviews its outlook for milk prices regularly in considering the need for active
risk management.
Market price risk
The Group is exposed to the grain market price risk which is managed with the hedge accounting described in Note 16.
Fair value of financial instruments
The Group’s principal financial instruments not carried at fair value are trade, related party and other accounts receivable, trade, related party and
other payables, non-current and current borrowings.
Fair value is defined as disclosed in Note 2.26. Fair values of assets and liabilities are obtained from quoted market prices, discounted cash flow
models and option pricing models as appropriate.
The carrying amounts of the Group’s financial assets and liabilities (which are not carried at fair value) approximate fair value and are classified
as level 3 according to the fair value hierarchy described in the Note 2.26.
The following methods and assumptions are used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments:
a) The carrying amount of trade, related party and other accounts receivable, current trade, related party and other accounts payable and
current borrowings approximates fair value (level 3).
b) The fair value of non-current debt is based on discounting future cash flows related to debt using market interest rate and also considering
own credit risk immaterial. The fair value of non-current borrowings with variable and fixed interest rates approximates their carrying amounts
(level 3).
Capital management
For capital management purposes the Group’s capital is equal to total equity in the statement of financial position amounting to EUR 298,631
thousand as at 30 June 2023 (EUR 279,951 thousand as at 30 June 2022).
The primary objective of the Group’s capital management is to ensure that it maintains a strong creditworthiness and healthy capital ratios in
order to support its business and maximize shareholder value. The Group holds high capital for possible future expansion and further development
of the Group.
The Group manages its capital structure and adjusts it in the light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of its activities.
To maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust the dividend payment to shareholders, return capital to shareholders or issue new
shares. No changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes during the years ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022.
The Company and the Group’s subsidiaries registered in Lithuania and Estonia are obliged to keep its equity at no less than 50% of its share
capital, as imposed by the Laws on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Estonia. The Company and the Group’s subsidiaries
registered in Lithuania comply with this requirement, except the subsidiaries Kaišiadorių paukštyno mažmena UAB, Cooperative Baltoji Plunksnele,
Gastroneta UAB, UAB Dotnuva Rent, UAB Kekava food LT, UAB Gerera. As at 30 June 2022 all the subsidiaries registered in the Lithuania
complied with the requirements. Group’s subsidiaries registered in Estonia comply with this requirement as at 30 June 2022 and 30 June 2023,
except the subsidiaries KG Eesti OU, AS Dotnuva Baltic. As at 30 June 2022 all subsidiaries registered in Estonia complied with the requirements,
except the subsidiary AS Dotnuva Baltic.
Group’s subsidiaries registered in the Republic of Latvia are obligated to keep their equity higher than 0, as it is imposed by the Laws on
Companies of the Republic of Latvia. All the subsidiaries, except SIA PFK Trader, complied with the requirements.
The Group and the Company manages capital using a leverage ratio, which is 1 minus total equity divided by total assets of the Group and the
Company. The Group’s policy is to keep the leverage ratio below 75%.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 76
31. FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND
RISK MANAGEMENT(CONT‘D)
Group
Company
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
As at 30
June 2023
June 2022
June 2023
June 2022
Total equity
298,631
279,951
129,241
127,546
Total assets
894,323
872,975
211,483
206,082
Total equity / Total assets
33%
32%
61%
62%
Leverage ratio
67%
68%
39%
38%
32. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
As at 30 June 2023, the Group is committed to purchase property, plant and equipment for the total amount of EUR 1,596 thousand (EUR
1,309 thousand as at 30 June 2022).
A few Group companies (Sidabravo ŽŪB, Kėdainiai District Labūnavos ŽŪB and Panevėžys District Žibartonių ŽŪB and
UAB Linas Agro grūdų centrai) have received grants from the European Union and the National Paying Agency (Lithuania) for acquisition of
agricultural equipment.
Sidabravo ŽŪB and UAB Linas Agro grūdų centrai are committed not to discontinue operations related to agricultural up to 2028, Panevėžys
District Žibartonių ŽŪB – up to July 2023 and November 2027, Kėdainiai District Labūnavos ŽŪB – up to the end of 2027.
SIA Lielzeltini and AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava received grants from the European Union and Rural Support Service (Latvia) for poultry farm,
feedstuffs production and storages upgrade. SIA Lielzeltini is committed not to discontinue broiler breeding, slaughtering and sale of products and
compound feed production up to 2025, AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava – up to the end of 2023 and 2026.
In case of non-compliance with the requirements the Group companies will have to return funds received to the state of Lithuania and Latvia
amounting to EUR 3,060 thousand as at 30 June 2023 (EUR 2,234 thousand as at 30 June 2022). Group has no plans to discontinue above
mentioned operations.
Almex, former customer, has filed an appeal to the Court of Appeal in Serbia regarding the refusal of the Commercial Court to rule in the case
concerning the alleged damages of EUR 1,800 thousand. As at 30 June 2023 and as at 30 June 2022, the Group‘s management is of the opinion
that the appeal has no sound grounds, therefore no provision was recorded in the consolidated accounts regarding this matter.
As at 30 June 2023, the Company has ensured and guaranteed EUR 257,700 thousand (as at 30 June 2022 – EUR 230,845 thousand) for
its subsidiaries to Banks for the granted loans.
33. RELATED PARTIES’ TRANSACTIONS
The parties are considered related when one party has the possibility to control the other or have significant influence over the other party in
making financial and operating decisions.
The related parties of the Company and Group for the years ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 were as follows:
Members of the Board of the Company:
Darius Zubas (Chairman of the Board, ultimate controlling shareholder);
Dainius Pilkauskas;
Arūnas Zubas;
Andrius Pranckevičius;
Tomas Tumėnas (until 28 October 2022);
Mažvydas Šileika;
Jonas Bakšys.
Members of the Supervisory Board:
Tomas Tumėnas (Chairman of the Board);
Arūnas Bartusevičius (Independent Member);
Carsten Højland (Independent Member).
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 77
33. RELATED PARTIES’ TRANSACTIONS(CONT‘D)
Subsidiaries: List provided in Note 3.
Akola ApS group companies:
Akola ApS (Denmark) (same ultimate controlling shareholder);
UAB MESTILLA (same ultimate controlling shareholder).
Related parties through Members of the Board and Supervisory Board:
UAB Darius Zubas Holding – joint ultimate controlling shareholders;
UAB "PICUKĖ" - 100% of shares belong to UAB Darius Zubas Holding;
UAB "Palūšės turas" - 100% of shares belong to UAB "PICUKĖ";
Lobiu Sala AS (Sweden) – Jonas Bakšys until 2023. January 10 was a member of the board of this company;
UAB "Vividum" - joint ownership of Jonas Bakšys together with his wife;
UAB "Dvi T" - 100% of the shares belong to Jonas Bakšys;
10xreturns, UAB – 25% of the shares of this company belong to Mažvydas Šileika together with his wife;
UAB "Baltic Fund Investments" - Tomas Tumėnas is the director of this company;
UAB "Nacionalinė farmacijos grupė" - Tomas Tumėnas is a member of the board of this company;
UAB "Valstybės investijcių valdyje agentūra" - Tomas Tumėnas is a member of the Investment Committee of this company;
VĮ "Regitra" - Tomas Tumėnas is a member of the board of this company and a member of the Audit Committee;
Turing College UAB – Tomas Tumėnas is a member of the board of this company;
CEPD NV – Tomas Tumėnas is the financial director of this company;
Credit union "Saulėgrąža" - Tomas Tumėnas is a member of the supervisory board of this company;
Admenta Sweden AB (Sweden) - Tomas Tumėnas is a member of the board of this company;
ATEA Baltic, UAB – Arūnas Bartusevičius is the general director of this company;
UAB "Nex Group" - Arūnas Bartusevičius is the director of this company;
UAB "Sonex consulting" - Arūnas Bartusevičius is the director of this company
As at 30 June 2023 Group had direct and indirect investments in these joint ventures and associates (effective share stock held by the Group
stated below):
KG Khumex B.V. (The Netherlands) – 50.00%;
KG Khumex Coldstore B.V. (The Netherlands) – 42.46%;
The Group’s transactions with related parties during financial year ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 were as follows:
2022/2023 m.
Purchases
Sales
Income
Expenses
Trade
Non-current
Payables
Current
from
from
receivables
loans
payable loans
financial
financial
receivable
activities
activities
Akola ApS group
1,196
43,747
–
238
286
–
273
3,420
companies
KG Khumex B.V.
578
39,589
–
–
4,384
–
–
–
KG Khumex
–
–
13
–
–
750
–
–
Coldstore B.V.
1,774
83,336
13
238
4,670
750
273
3,420
2021/2022 m.
Purchases
Sales
Income
Expenses
Trade
Non-current loans
Current payable loans
from
from
receivables
receivable
financial
financial
activities
activities
Akola ApS group
958
52,228
–
359
170
–
6,536
companies
KG Khumex B.V.
10
36,583
–
–
5,647
–
–
KG Khumex
–
7
7
–
–
750
–
Coldstore B.V.
SIA
63
5,423
–
–
–
–
–
NOVOBALTIC
1 ,031
94,241
7
359
5,817
750
6,536
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 78
33. RELATED PARTIES’ TRANSACTIONS(CONT’D)
The Company’s transactions with related parties during financial year ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 were as follows:
2022/2023 m.
Purchases
Sales
Income
Expenses from
Non-current
Current
Payables
Payable
from
financial
loans
loans and
loans non-
financial
activities
receivable
other
current and
activities
receivable
current
loans
Akola ApS
group
–
–
–
238
–
–
–
3,420
companies
Subsidiaries
2
10,829
843
895
84
14,884
4,682
30,162
2
10,829
843
1,133
84
14,884
4,682
33,582
2021/2022 m.
Purchases
Sales
Income
Expenses from
Non-current
Current
Payables
Payable
from
financial
loans
loans and
loans
financial
activities
receivable
other
activities
receivable
Akola ApS
group
–
–
–
359
–
–
–
6,536
companies
Subsidiaries
10
17,015
804
573
6,053
11,169
296
13,662
10
17,015
804
932
6,053
11,169
296
20,198
As at 30 June 2023, interest rates of the Company for current loans receivable from related parties are 3.5% and 5% (as at 30 June 2022 –
3.5% and 6.5%), non-current loans receivables from related parties are 5.5% (as at 30 June 2022, 4% and 3-month EURIBOR + 2.45 % margin).
As at 30 June 2023, interest rates of the Company for current loans payable to related parties are 3-month EURIBOR + 2.7% margin, 3.5%
and 5%, interest rates of non-current loans of the Company payable to related parties are 3.2%. As at 30 June 2022, interest rates of the Company
for current loans payable to related parties are from 3.5% to 5%, and interest rates of the Company’s non-current loans payable to related parties
was 3-month EURIBOR + 2.7% margin, and 3.2%.
Transactions with related parties include sales and purchases of goods and services, sales and purchases of property, plant and equipment as
well as financing transactions in the ordinary course of business and on terms equivalent to arm’s length transactions.
The Group has a guarantee from the related party Akola ApS under the guarantee agreement.
Receivables and payables from / to related parties will be settled in cash or offset with the payables / receivables from / to respective related
parties.
Terms and conditions of the financial assets and liabilities:
- Receivables from related parties are non-interest bearing and are normally settled on 30-day terms.
- Payables to related parties are non-interest bearing and are normally settled on 30-90-day terms.
- Interest is applied to loans received from and granted to related parties. Interest payable is normally settled at the end of the loan term.
On 30 June 2023 the Group’s receivables from related parties were overdue and impairment for an amount of EUR 300 thousand was formed
(on 30 June 2022 receivables from related parties were not overdue and were impaired).
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 79
33. RELATED PARTIES’ TRANSACTIONS(CONT’D)
Remuneration of the management and other payments
The Group’s management consists of the Company’s board of directors and the directors of each of the company in the Group. The Group’s
management remuneration amounted to EUR 5,297 thousand (including EUR 92 thousand of bonuses to the board of directors of subsidiaries)
for the year ended 30 June 2023 (EUR 4,718 thousand (including 8 thousand EUR bonus for board members of subsidiaries) for the year ended
30 June 2022). For the year ended 30 June 2023, the Group’s management has received EUR 8 thousand of rent payments (EUR 5 thousand
of rent payments for the year ended 30 June 2022).
The Company’s management consists of managing director, deputy to managing director, chief financial officer and the head of consolidation
and reporting. The Company’s management remuneration amounted to EUR 718 thousand for the year ended 30 June 2023 (EUR 853 thousand
for the year ended 30 June 2022).
The Company has started to accrue the expenses for share options agreements as described in Note 30 to EUR 1,730 thousand (including
EUR 756 thousand for directors of the companies in the Group) - for the year ended 30 June 2023 (EUR 1,165 thousand (including for directors
of the companies in the Group EUR 701 thousand) for the year ended 30 June 2022).
No other payments or property transfers to/from the management were made or accrued; no other loans or guarantees were received / granted
in the years ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022.
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 80
34. PARTLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES
Financial information of subsidiaries that have material non-controlling interests is provided below.
Proportion of equity interest held by non-controlling interests:
Country of
Name
incorporation and
30 June 2023
30 June 2022
operation
AB Kauno Grūdai
Lithuania
10.41%
10.91%
UAB KG Group LT
Lithuania
-
10.91%
UAB Šlaituva
Lithuania
10.41%
26.05%
UAB Baltic Fumigation Service
Lithuania
10.41%
10.91%
UAB KG Mažmena
Lithuania
10.41%
10.91%
AB Zelvė
Lithuania
27.62%
27.95%
UAB Kauno Grūdai Ir Partneriai
Lithuania
-
10.91%
AB Vilniaus Paukštynas
Lithuania
15.07%
15.63%
UAB KG Distribution
Lithuania
15.07%
15.63%
UAB Lietbro
Lithuania
15.07%
15.63%
UAB Avocetė
Lithuania
15.07%
15.63%
UAB GASTRONETA
Lithuania
15.07%
15.63%
UAB VKP Valdymas
Lithuania
15.07%
15.52%
Cooperative Baltoji Plunksnelė
Lithuania
16.67%
17.12%
AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas
Lithuania
15.08%
15.40%
UAB Domantonių Paukštynas
Lithuania
10.50%
11.00%
UAB Kaišiadorių Paukštyno Mažmena
Lithuania
15.08%
15.40%
UAB Uogintai
Lithuania
15.08%
15.40%
UAB Kaišiadorių Skerdykla
Lithuania
-
15.40%
UAB Alesninkų Paukštynas
Lithuania
15.08%
15.40%
UAB KG Logistika
Lithuania
15.07%
15.52%
UAB VP Valda
Lithuania
15.07%
15.63%
UAB KP Valda
Lithuania
15.08%
15.40%
SIA KG Latvija
Latvia
10.41%
10.91%
KG Eesti OÜ
Estonia
10.41%
10.91%
KG Polska Sp.zo.o.
Poland
10.41%
10.91%
Nordic Agro Investment Limited
United Kingdom
10.41%
10.91%
IOOO Belfidagro
Belarus
-
10.91%
OOO KLM
Belarus
37.28%
37.63%
OOO VitOMEK
(entity code1117746107291)
Russia
-
2.73%
OOO VitOMEK (entity code 1157746009398)
Russia
-
2.73%
Panevėžys District Aukštadvario ŽŪB
Lithuania
0.46%
0.47%
Kėdainiai District Labūnavos ŽŪB
Lithuania
1.05%
1.05%
Šakiai District Lukšių ŽŪB
Lithuania
1.18%
1.18%
Biržai District Medeikių ŽŪB
Lithuania
1.61%
1.61%
Sidabravo ŽŪB
Lithuania
3.75%
3.75%
Panevėžys District Žibartonių ŽŪB
Lithuania
0.10%
0.10%
Kėdainiai District ŽŪB Nemunas
Lithuania
32.02%
32.56%
AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava
Latvia
2.81%
2.84%
SIA PFK Trader
Latvia
2.81%
2,84%
Akcinė bendrovė „Linas Agro“
Lithuania
2.94%
-
UAB „Linas Agro“ Grūdų centrai
Lithuania
2.02%
-
SIA „Linas Agro“
Latvia
3.42%
-
UAB „Gerera“
Lithuania
2.94%
-
Linas Agro A/S (likviduojama)
Denmark
2.94%
-
TOV „LINAS AGRO UKRAINA“
Ukraine
2.94%
-
Linas Agro OŰ
Estonia
2.94%
-
UAB „GeoFace“
Lithuania
1.47%
-
SIA „Linas Agro“ Graudu centrs
Latvia
2.02%
-
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 81
34. PARTLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES(CONT’D)
The summarized financial information of these subsidiaries is provided below. This information is based on amounts before inter-company
eliminations.
Summarized statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income
Financial year ended 30 June 2023
AB Kauno
AB Vilniaus
AB Kaišiadorių
SIA KG Latvija
Other
Revenue from contracts
Grūdai
Paukštynas
Paukštynas
with customers
329,899
204,051
47,757
41,486
1,678,012
Net profit (loss)
25,205
(8,192)
1,544
1,748
32,916
Total comprehensive
income
25,604
(8,051)
1,544
1,748
32,916
Attributable to non-
controlling interests
2,623
(1,235)
233
182
880
Dividends paid to non-
controlling interests
1,501
-
-
-
137
Financial year ended 30 June 2022
AB Kauno Grūdai
AB Vilniaus
AB Kaišiadorių
OOO KLM
Other
Paukštynas
Paukštynas
Revenue from contracts with
customers
505,565
149,789
60,022
16,143
342,003
Net profit (loss)
27,996
(1,752)
(3,177)
(1,254)
20,866
Total comprehensive income
27,996
(1,752)
(3,177)
(1,429)
20,866
Attributable to non-
controlling interests
3,053
(274)
(489)
(472)
630
Dividends paid to non-
controlling interests
–
–
–
–
94
Summarized statement of financial position
Financial year ended 30 June 2023
AB Kauno Grūdai
AB Vilniaus
AB Kaišiadorių
SIA KG Latvija
Other
Paukštynas
Paukštynas
Current assets
91,399
25,546
5,782
9,535
500,104
Non-current assets
89,865
44,157
17,356
2,182
219,434
Current liabilities
47,314
43,223
8,382
6,668
380,949
Non-current
7,768
3,882
1,236
140
44,596
liabilities
Total equity
132,413
19,142
15,381
7,087
301,656
Attributable to Non-
controlling interests
6,231
(3,455)
1,862
2,178
7,663
Financial year ended 30 June 2022
AB Kauno Grūdai
AB Vilniaus
AB Kaišiadorių
OOO KLM
Other
Paukštynas
Paukštynas
Current assets
238,988
27,227
12,212
5,331
108,349
Non-current assets
43,646
47,106
12,572
1,292
121,285
Current liabilities
166,363
41,971
10,038
5,891
80,316
Non-current
1,549
1,714
2,771
1,930
33,065
liabilities
Total equity
114,722
30,648
11,975
(1,198)
116,253
Attributable to Non-
controlling interests
6,079
5,881
2,002
357
(4,177)
Consolidated and Company‘s Financial Statements of AB „Linas Agro Group for the financial year 2022/23 ended 30 June 2023 (all amounts are in thousand euros unless otherwise stated) 82
34. PARTLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES (CONT’D)
Summarized cash flow statement
Financial year ended 30 June 2023
AB Kauno Grūdai
AB Vilniaus
AB Kaišiadorių
SIA KG Latvija
Other
Paukštynas
Paukštynas
Net Cash flows from
(to) operating
111,009
(6,582)
(240)
(3,292)
(70,673)
activities
Net cash flows from
(to) investing
(44,433)
1,246
3,734
5,653
(30,036)
activities
Net cash flows from
(to) financing
(68,500)
5,079
(3,507)
(1,918)
95,894
activities
Net
increase/(decrease)
(1,924)
(258)
(13)
443
(4,815)
in cash and cash
equivalents
Financial year ended 30 June 2022
AB Kauno Grūdai
AB Vilniaus
AB Kaišiadorių
OOO KLM
Other
Paukštynas
Paukštynas
Net Cash flows from (to) operating
(56,516)
964
(405)
5,242
(2,794)
activities
Net cash flows from (to) investing
(1,430)
(1,921)
887
351
(2,878)
activities
Net cash flows from (to) financing
18,781
(3,902)
1,636
(4,143)
(14,300)
activities
Net increase/(decrease) in cash
(39,165)
(4,859)
2,118
1,450
(19,971)
and cash equivalents
35. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On 21 July 2023, AB Kauno Grūdai, owned by AB Linas Agro Group, completed the acquisition of the cooperative company Grybai LT by
acquiring 100 percent of the company's stock and paying the sellers a total amount of EUR 12,948,612.14. In addition, AB Kauno Grūdai
refinanced loans granted to the cooperative company Grybai LT in the past by the bank and one of the sellers, UAB Baltic Champs, by granting
new loans to the cooperative company Grybai LT in the total amount of EUR 4,121,813.15. Following the revision of the final financial statements
used to calculate the price, the price for shares may be adjusted per the procedures set out in the share purchase agreement.
In preparing the Company's financial statements, a thorough assessment of subsequent events was conducted. It is important to note that after
the balance sheet date, we estimated all relevant subsequent events, leaving no other significant events or transactions unidentified.
AB LINAS AGRO GROUP
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT OF
2022/2023 FINANCIAL YEAR
FOR PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2023
Consolidated Annual Report of AB Linas Agro Group for the FY 2022/2023, ended June 30, 2023 1
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CONTENT
1
CEO‘S LETTER
2
EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE INFORMATION DISCLOSED IN THE REPORT
3
THE COMPANY AND THE GROUP
4
ACTIVITY AND FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE GROUP
5
INVESTMENTS
6
MAJOR EVENTS
7
SCOPE OF RISK AND MANAGEMENT THEREOF
8
STRATEGIC GOALS
STRATEGIC GOALS
9
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL AND SHARES OF THE COMPANY
10
TRADE IN THE COMPANY’S SECURITIES IN REGULATED MARKETS
11
SHAREHOLDERS
12
PROCEDURE FOR AMENDING THE COMPANY’S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
13
ESSENTIAL AGREEMENTS TO WHICH THE COMPANY IS A PARTY
14
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
15
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
16
EMPLOYEES
17
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
CONTACT PERSON
Chief Financial Officer
MAŽVYDAS ŠILEIKA
Email m.sileika@linasagro.lt
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1. CEO‘S LETTER
The financial year that ended was full of challenges, the
biggest of which was related to the fertilizer business.
However, in a volatile and rapidly changing environment, we
have managed to keep the Group's profitability in line with,
and at times even above, the historical five-year average.
This year also shows we are on a good track to implement
investments and further grow shareholder value.
The divestment of the Russian and Belarusian businesses,
started in spring of 2022 and completed in the autumn of
the same year, has worsened the performance of several
segments , limiting revenues and operating profitability. This
is a difficult change that has required tough decisions, but it
is inevitable.
We aim to smooth out spikes in financial performance
through diversification and increase profit margins. Our
portfolio includes four fundamentally different and
complementary activities. We are farmers’ partners,
agriculturists, and food and feed producers. All of these
activities are part of the food chain. Historically, our oldest
activity is services to the farmers. All the activities that have
emerged subsequently have successfully complemented the
value chain. In 2013, we became not only an agribusiness
group but also a food industry group, and in the last two
years, we have made substantial progress in the latter
activity.
We are confident that we have made the right move by
acquiring AB Kauno Grūdai and its related companies in
2021. This has brought us new activities and perspectives,
as well as several changes in the corporate and Group
structures. We have been working for two years to
reorganize our organizational structure so that there are no
overlapping activities and functions. We are reducing the
number of non-operating companies and merging
companies with similar activities. Since the beginning of
January, two different grain elevator networks have become
one; its silos, warehouses, and grain intake stations can hold
595 thousand tons of grain at a time. At the same time, we
have invested in speeding up grain handling and drying
operations, automating processes, and optimizing energy
costs.
Throughout the reporting period, we have been preparing
for a change in the structure of the poultry business group
so that in the financial year 2023/2024, all the companies
in Lithuania and Latvia would start to operate together as
one company. Poultry business needs scale - it is the only
way to withstand the price pressure from Polish poultry
farms in the immediate vicinity and to operate profitably. At
the same time, having a single management structure allows
us to be more flexible and to offer a broader range of
products to the markets, to fulfill large orders, to maintain
uniform production standards, and to expand the production
of products that are exceptional or have a higher added
value, such as antibiotic-free poultry. We are the first in the
Baltic States to label our chicken "Raised without
antibiotics". We have been producing products from
antibiotic-free broilers in Latvia for several years. In the two
years since we acquired the poultry companies in Lithuania,
we have increased the percentage of antibiotic-free poultry
up to to 75%. This is an incredible result, as it took longer to
improve the bird welfare in Latvia. However, the experience
of our colleagues in Latvia has allowed us to accelerate
similar changes in Lithuania. The synergies between the
poultry producers in the two countries have shown their
value, and we are pursuing them in other processes. The
merger of the companies is a complex process and has been
carried out gradually, with part of the management structures
being merged in the last financial year, and the other part of
the changes being implemented in the financial year
2023/2024. In the new joint Lithuanian-Latvian poultry
farming strategy, we are focusing on ensuring the
sustainability of our operations.
In each business area, we search for the "diamonds" - the
goods or services that can generate the most added value
and profitability. In the products and services to farmers
business, such a product is the seeds branded under the
popular Dotnuva Seeds name. We see the prospect of
expanding their production, so we have separated this
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activity from the company Dotnuva Baltic by establishing
new companies in Lithuania and Latvia. In 2024, we will build
a new seed factory in Latvia to meet the demand of the
Latvian and Estonian markets.
At the same time, Dotnuva Baltic is strengthening its sales
and service activities for agricultural machinery and building
new farmer service centers in Šiauliai (Lithuania) and
Jekabpils (Latvia), which will be operational in the financial
year 2023/2024. In addition, a separate company, UAB
Dotnuva Rent, has been set up to develop long-term and
short-term rental services for agricultural machinery. We
have ambitious goals to become one of the leaders in the
agricultural machinery rental business in all three Baltic
States.
Although extremely efficient, agricultural companies are
constantly confronted with the issue of storing and disposing
of their organic waste, which is why we invest in biogas
production. The farming company Šakiai District Lukšių ŽŪB
plans to start up a biogas plant with biomethane purification
facilities in 2025 and connect it to the gas grid. We plan to
produce over 3.6 million cubic meters of biogas per year from
biodegradable waste, mainly animal manure. At the same
time, we will deliver high-quality fertilizer as a by-product of
production.
We are also considering other alternative energy projects.
The high cost of energy resources has hit our profitability in
recent years, and there is an economic incentive to choose
more sustainable solutions. During the 2022/2023 financial
year, we have revised our investment approval procedures,
introducing new eligibility criteria for investments. From the
middle of the financial year onwards, we are assessing not
only the product's viability and payback (economic aspects),
but also the potential impact on the environment and society.
We have decided that all new industrial or administrative
buildings must use renewable energy sources -
recuperators, heat pumps, solar panels, charging stations for
electric cars, etc. Sustainable solutions will be applied first in
new production facilities, but gradually in older ones. We
want our employees to actively initiate the Group's
sustainability projects, which is why we have the initiative
named ‘Four Hearts’ - covering environmental, social,
economic and governance changes.
The first facility to use renewable energy sources and
various energy-saving solutions is the Kauno Grūdai instant
noodles warehouse in Kėdainiai, which opened in spring. All
other facilities under construction or planned will also have
multiple energy-saving solutions.
Similar solutions will be implemented in the new instant
noodles factory planned to be built in Alytus (Lithuania), with
an annual production capacity of 240 million units. Instant
noodles are an export product with a growing demand, and
we plan to produce twice as much of them in 2025, or 505
million units. At the same time, we will create almost 300
new jobs.
Not only for instant products but also for breadcrumb
mixes, the market demand is higher than the supply. In the
first half of the 2024/2025 financial year, we plan to launch
a new breadcrumb plant in Kėdainiai (Lithuania), which will
increase our coating systems production capacity by 125%.
Already after the end of the financial year, we acquired a
modern robotic plant in Širvintos (Lithuania), the cooperative
company Grybai LT, which is active in the production and
sale of ready-to-eat food products and whose main products
are organic soups, stews, cereal-based dishes and organic
canned vegetables and pulses in packets - around 70
product names. We acquired the business with the idea of
expanding production by 3.7 times in 5-6 years, up to 33
million packets per year.
This acquisition broadens our product range and markets
and is one of the milestones in our strategy to expand our
food production and agri-processing businesses.
We have plenty of ideas - more than possible to implement
at a time. I'm proud of our idea-rich and dedicated team - we
have people in all our companies who focus their minds on
the future: thinking about new things we can create and
bring to the market, how we can do it better, how we can
improve our business processes, how we can make our
business more sustainable, or how we can improve the lives
of our neighborhood. Equally noteworthy are the people who
collect and analyze the data, who help the Group to be more
transparent and to choose the best ways and means to
improve sustainability.
To make our shareholding more attractive, we have
adopted a dividend policy whereby we will allocate an annual
dividend of at least 20% of the Group's consolidated net
profit for the previous year. We believe that this policy will not
slow down our further growth and will simultaneously meet
your expectations as shareholders for an annual return.
Sincerely,
Darius Zubas, CEO
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OUR MISSION:
UNLOCK THE
POTENTIAL OF
AGRICULTURE
AND FOOD
INDUSTRY.
OUR VISION –
NEW ERA OF
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE
AND NOURISHING
FOOD.
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2. EXPLANATORY
NOTES ON THE
INFORMATION
DISCLOSED IN THE
REPORT
The financial year of AB Linas Agro Group starts on 1 July
of the calendar year and ends on 30 June of the next year.
This annual report is prepared for the financial year
2022/23, and all the figures are stated as at 30 June 2023,
unless otherwise indicated.
The company's auditor is KPMG Baltics, UAB (code
111494971, Lvivo St. 101, Vilnius, Lithuania). During the
period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, the Group
purchased audit services from an audit company for an
amount of EUR 378 thousand and other services for an
amount of EUR 27 thousand.
AB Linas Agro Group is also referred to as the Company and
its group of companies is referred to as the Group in this
report.
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3. THE COMPANY AND
THE GROUP
AB Linas Agro Group together with its directly and indirectly
controlled companies (hereinafter – subsidiaries) makes the
largest group of agricultural and food production companies in the
Baltic States, operating in the entire food production chain.
The subsidiaries controlled by the Company produce, handle and
merchandise agricultural and food products, also provide products
and services for farming.
The Company performs only the management function and is not
involved in any trading or production activities.
The Company does not have any branches and representative
offices.
Company name
AB Linas Agro Group
Legal form
Public company
Date and place of registration
27/11/1995 in Panevezys
Code of legal entity
148030011
LEI
529900UB9QON717IL030
VAT identification number
LT480300113
Company registers
State Enterprise Centre of Registers (Valstybės
įmonė Registrų centras)
Address
Subačiaus St. 5, LT-01302 Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone
+370 45 50 73 03
E-mail
group@linasagro.lt
Website
www.linasagrogroup.lt
Bank account
LT07 7044 0600 0263 7111, AB SEB bank, bank
code 70440
ISIN code
LT0000128092
Ticker in Nasdaq Vilnius
LNA1L
Financial year starts
July 1
As at June 30, 2023, the Group consisted of:
FOUNDED
ANNUAL
REVENUE
2.0
BEUR
1991
4,887 EMPLOYEES
68 SUBSIDIARIES
2 ASSOCIATES
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A SIGNIFICANT PLAYER IN FOOD
CHAIN IN THE REGION
An international agribusiness and food production group, the
largest of its kind in the Baltics.
One of the largest exporters of Lithuanian and Latvian grain.
The largest poultry meat producer in Lithuania and Latvia.
A major milk producer in Lithuania with the most efficient
dairy farms.
One of the leaders in supplying farmers with certified seeds,
fertilizers, plant care products and agricultural machinery in
Lithuania.
A leader in the production of instant foods in the Baltics.
prepared/
sold seeds
103 kt
crop harvest
27/30 kt
15 kt
plant protection
products
283 kt
fertilizers
96 kt
poultry and its
products sold
3,264
dairy cows
59 M
broilers raised
37.3 kt
milk production
2.1 million t
grain export
266 M units
instant food
9 kt
pet food
353 kt
compound
feed
47 kt
flour and
flour mixes
109M€
agricultural and farming
equipment sales
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THE GROUP'S
BUSINESS MODEL
The core products produced and marketed are grain, oilseed,
compound feed, feed materials and additives, milk, poultry
meat and poultry products, flour and flour products, instant
food, pet food, veterinary pharmaceuticals, and goods to the
farmers.
The production chain, which extends from the field to the
table, provides self-sufficiency in raw materials, ensures
process traceability and the quality of the products produced.
Manufacturers of
farming equipment
Manufacturers of
fertilizers and plant
protection products
Milk processing
Meat processing
Retail, Horeca,
Wholesale
Products for farming
Own farms
Veterinary pharmacy
and pest control
Food retail
Local farmers
Service centers
Seeds production
Compound feed
retail
Poultry processing
Elevators
Flour and mixes
Compound feed
production
Broiler farms
Export
Retail, Horeca,
Wholesale
Instant food
production
Pet food production
Breadcrumbs and
coating production
Feed, sugar, salt, oil, cereal flakes, raw meat, seasonings, packaging
Grain, oilseeds, feed
Food products
Agricultural production
Products and services for farming
Others
External partners
Movement of materials, goods and services within the group
Sales of materials, goods and services outside the group
Supply of materials, goods and services from outside the group
HARVEST
VET PHARMACY AND PEST CONTROL
SEEDS
FEED
GRAIN
SEEDS
FEED
HARVEST
GRAIN
FLOUR
FEED
FEED
RAW
MEAT
RAW MEAT
POULTRY
PRODUCTS
PEST CONTROL AND DISINFECTION CONTROLS
POULTRY PRODUCTS
MATERIALS
BREADCRUMBS AND COATING
MATERIALS
POULTRY PRODUCTS
RAW MEAT
RAW MILK
FEED
PRODUCTS FOR FARMING
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4. ACTIVITY AND
FINANCIAL RESULTS
OF THE GROUP
Consolidated revenue of AB Linas Agro Group in 2022/23
financial year totaled EUR 1,999 million and was 5% more
as compared to previous year (EUR 1,896 million).
The Group’s sales volume reached 3.66 million tons of
various products and was 1% less as compared to the
corresponding period of the previous year (3.69 million tons).
The gross profit reached EUR 138 million and was 27%
less as year before (EUR 189 million).
The Group’s operating profit was EUR 41 million or 60%
less as compared to the respective period of the previous
year.
Consolidated EBITDA amounted to EUR 67 million and
was 49% lower as compared to the previous year (EUR 132
million). Profit before tax amounted to EUR 26 million and
was 72% lower as compared to EUR 91 million in the
previous year.
The net profit was close to EUR 21 million and decreased
by 73% y-o-y.
EXPLANATION OF TERMS
EBITDA
Equals operating profit before depreciation, amortization, and impairment losses.
Operating profit (EBIT)
Equals profit before net from investments and finance activities, and income tax.
Earnings before taxes (EBT)
Equals profit before income tax.
Profit margin of the period
Profit for the period expressed as a percentage of total revenue.
Net financial debt
Non-current, current liabilities to financial institutions and lease liabilities less cash and cash equivalent.
Capital employed
Shareholders’ equity plus non-current and current liabilities to financial institutions.
Current ratio
Current assets divided by current liabilities.
Debt to equity ratio
Non-current and current borrowings as a percentage of Shareholders’ equity.
Return on Equity (ROE), %
Net profit for the period as a percentage of average Shareholders’ equity for the period.
Return on capital employed
(ROCE), %
Operating profit (EBIT) for the period expressed as a percentage of capital employed for the period.
The value of the denominator is calculated as the sum of equity, long-term and short-term loans as well
as leasing liabilities not related to right of use assets.
Return on assets (ROA), %
Net profit for the period expressed as a percentage of total assets for the period. Calculated at the end
of the financial year.
Price earnings ratio (P/E)
Closing Company’s share price at Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange at the end of reporting period divide
by rolling 12 months’ earnings per share.
Readily Marketable Inventories
(RMI)
Inventories to which full unencumbered legal and beneficial title belongs to a member of the Group and
are readily convertible into cash within less than 90 calendar days on the basis that such inventories are:
(a) the subject of contracts traded on futures markets and/or price risk is covered by other forward sale
and/or hedging transaction; (b) liquid and widely available in a range of markets due to homogenous
product characteristics and international pricing; (c) such inventories are not held for processing and/or
conversion into a more value-added product; and (d) liquidation of such inventories would not have a
material adverse effect on the particular business franchise.
RMI adjusted Net financial debt
Net financial debt after deducting 90% of Readily Marketable Inventories of the relevant period.
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4.1. FINANCIAL INDICATORS
thousand EUR, unless stated otherwise
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21*
2021/22
2022/2023
Sales in tons
2,529,711
2,233,808
3,155,329
3,689,585
3,662, 093
Sales revenue
742,542
657,700
942,442
1,895,667
1,999,617
Gross profit
28,871
45,664
51,201
188,859
137,969
Gross profit margin, %
3.89
6.94
5.43
9.96
6.90
EBITDA
5,578
25,923**
33,401**
132,173
67,318
EBITDA margin, %
0.75
3.94
3.54
6.97
3.37
EBITDA
(Excluding the impact of IFRS 16)
5,578
23,860
29,267
127,113
62,578
EBITDA margin, %
(Excluding the impact of IFRS 16)
0.75
3.63
3.11
6.71
3,13
Operating profit
(3,336)
14,827
19,467
103,619
41,492
Operating profit margin, %
(0.45)
2.25
2.07
5.47
2.07
Earnings before taxes EBT
(6,430)
11,931
16,797
90,841
25,760
Earnings before taxes margin, %
(0.86)
1.81
1.78
4.79
1.29
Net profit (thousand EUR)
(4,830)
10,004
14,189
77,257
20,817
Net profit margin, %
(0.65)
1.52
1.51
4.08
1.04
Readily Marketable Inventories (RMI)
(thousand EUR)
18,374
13,735
21,224
26,798
37,689
Current ratio
1.26
1.31
1.44
1.25
1.27
Debt / Equity ratio
1.30
1.24
1.15
2.12
1.99
Net financial debt / EBITDA
25.54
5.38
3.23
2.08
4.68
RMI adjusted Net financial debt / EBITDA
22.24
4.85
2.66
1.90
4.18
Return on equity (ROE), %
(2.84)
5.52
7.23
27.60
6.97
Return on capital employed (ROCE), %
(1.04)
4.77
6.61
18.97
7.03
Return on assets (ROA), %
(1.23)
2.47
3.37
8.85
2.33
Basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS)
(0.03)
0.06
0.09
0.46
0.16
Price earnings ratio (P/E)
(20.83)
9.37
9.19
2.48
8.51
Dividends for the financial year paid per share,
in euros
-
-
-
0.0312
-
Dividends paid for the financial year to net
profit of the period, %
6.47
-
* To ensure more accurate representation of the activity, Company has revised the methodology relocating loss and/or gain from currency exchange line items to
results of financial activity in the in separate and consolidated financial statements, therefore EBITDA, Operating profit and related ratios were adjusted for the
comparative period 2021/2022
** Depreciation of biological assets (crops) sold during the reporting period and related to the previous reporting period, amounting to EUR 2,567 thousand, is also
excluded (EUR 2,229 thousand for the period 2021/2022 and EUR 2,186 thousand for the period 2020/2021, the effect of such depreciation was not significant
for the comparative periods)
Note: The EBITDA ratios were recalculated for financial years 2018 – 2021 based on 12 months rolling basis principle.
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COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE
OVER FIVE REPORTING PERIODS
2.5
2.2
3.2
3.7 3.7
SALES VOLUME, MILLION T
743
658
942
1.896
2,000
REVENUE, MEUR
ASSETS, MEUR
391
405
421
873
894
EBITDA, MEUR
5.6
25.9
33.4
132.2
67.3
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4.2. OVERVIEW
The activity of the Group companies within the latest
quarters of the financial year 2022/2023, were combinedly
shaped by the outlook of the materializing 2023/2024
GRAIN & OILSEEDS harvest, as well as dictated by the
closing 2022/2023 actualities.
2022/2023 IN BRIEF:
▪ great wheat production somewhat offset with lower
maize output resulted in slightly lower total world grain
production; war and food shortage fears, supply
limitations additionally fueled inflationary moods, to
some extent suppressing consumption; yet the opened
Black sea “transport corridor”, ample supply of record
high Russian wheat, strong Australia’s deliveries
started taking off the price pressure, ending the year
with material price contractions compared to the
beginning of the period;
▪ the oilseeds production numbers were quite strong –
yet with tensions in Eastern side of the world,
availability was the other factor; still, gradually
discovered routes, easing off war tensions,
accumulating stocks were supporting price
normalizations;
▪ in Baltics consolidated grain and oilseeds harvest was
exceeding the 5-year average harvest quantities
approximately by 10%, yet the quality suffered a bit
due to the late spring, lack of sun, less intensive
fertilization in farms, delivering lower protein content
and test weight grain; rapeseed quality was at the
same time satisfying, with higher-than-average oil
concentrations.
2023/2024 OUTLOOK:
the world grain production is expected to land
somewhere close to record year (2021/2022), delivering
2,294 million tons harvest compared to 2,266 million
tons for 2022/2023 and 2,296 million tons for
2021/2022; maize quantities estimate is so far
materially offsetting expected lower wheat and barley
production results; outstanding Australia’s, Canada’s
2022/2023 wheat production quantities are anticipated
to contract with the coming harvest (lately dry weather in
Western Australia and across the Prairies in Canada),
while Russia might be delivering close to record high last
year’s volumes based on latest increases in grain
production forecast; doubts on the grain quality remain,
as wet weather during harvest in China and the EU imply
potentially higher amounts of lower-quality wheat used
for feed; maize yields on the contrary – are expected if
not to improve further, then at least to restore (US,
Europe Argentina, Brazil);
▪ the world oilseed production is meanwhile aiming for
another record, delivering 661 million tons harvest
(compared to 630 million tons for 2022/2023), mainly
thanks to higher soybean production for South America,
higher sunflower seed for the Ukraine, Russia, though
slightly deteriorated estimations for rapeseed due to
droughts in Canada;
▪ following the trends of the 2022/2023, the prices of
commodities were mainly decreasing latest months, with
slight wheat and oilseeds upward reactions in
July/August, despite seasonal pressure - reacting to
uncertainty over Ukraine’s exports after Russia’s decision
on July 17th, 2023 to withdraw from the safe “corridor”
agreement, as well as following action damaging
Ukraine’s port infrastructure. Yet it seems that longer
non-instantaneous effect on the prices shall not be
expected, having in mind that such action was to some
extent counted in some time before, as well as having in
mind that due to improved supplies of grain, situation is
better compared to the months after the war in Ukraine
started; however another sensitive factor to spring back
inflation would be realization of ‘El Ninjo’ phenomenon,
which based on early estimation could be expected
second half of 2023; scientists and analysts are carefully
looking at weather forecasts, though if assumed
correctly, disruption of crop cycles is potential, adding
further strain to global food output and prices;
▪ with prices normalized - the consumption is seen to
restore compared to the 2022/2023 for both grain and
oilseeds, expecting highest input from feed category;
▪ hence positive production expectations and consumption
outlook for both – world grain and oilseed categories
bring very different outcomes on carry-over stocks. The
inventory level of world grain (588 million tons) is about
to land lowest since 2014/2015, while the 25.5% stock-
to-use ratio – lowest since 2012/2013, illustrating the
projections of consumption that exceeds production,
contrasted with accumulations in oilseeds stocks (136
million tons), mainly thanks to materially higher soya
harvests in South America;
▪ according to unofficial statements by Lithuanian and
Latvian grain buyers and exporters, the grain and
oilseeds harvest in the Baltics proved to be more resilient
than feared in the beginning of the summer 2023,
despite the unfavorable weather conditions expecting
similar to average quantities. The farmers who have been
following all agrotechnology programs, in most cases are
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receiving satisfying results, especially for winter crops. Of
course, some locations were more severely damaged with
droughts, some also with heavy rainstorms (especially
Latvia), therefore yields will vary. Putting aside the quantities
(based on preliminary data of Lithuania’s statistical office –
harvest could be respectively 1% higher compared to the 5-
year average), the bigger issue shall be lower than export
standard grain quality, which is expected to challenge activity
of the traders; on the positive note - oil concentration of
rapeseed – seem to exceed the expectations.
In addition to GRAIN & OILSEEDS market trends, which at
higher or lower scale are impacting majority of Group’s
activities, the actualities of other essential positions, such as
VEGETABLE OIL, MILK, POULTRY, ENERGY
prices – are covered below:
▪ in the vegetable oil categories – with certain short-lived
increases, overall prices in the category were illustrating
the trends observed under oilseeds section (downward
direction); additionally, prices of palm oil reflected
prospects of subdued global import purchases, as well as
seasonally rising outputs in leading producing countries;
▪ energy – with from time to time occurring volatility, thanks
to mild weather conditions, decreasing industries uptake,
abundant LNG supplies, stronger renewable power
generation prices were lately following the downward
direction - considering energy inflation more or less
contained; natural gas prices 2023-Sep were
approximately 80% lower compared to values a year ago,
supporting restored nitrogen fertilizer production activity
and lowered prices, while for a while normalized crude oil
prices recently elevated (yet still staying more than 20%
lower compared to 2022 peak months) with supply
limiting efforts of OPEC countries, as well as latest (Sep-
2023) Russia’s announcement on temporarily banned
gasoline and diesel exports to all countries outside a
circle of four ex-Soviet states.
▪ milk product prices continued on the same “price falling
moods”, influenced by abundant supplies amid seasonally
rising production, together with a slowdown in the pace
of imports by China as well as overall subsided market
activities in Europe during the summer holidays and
muted interest in import demand in the months ahead
due to market uncertainty over the future directions of
prices; in Lithuania raw milk prices were continuously
falling since 2022 fall – some stabilization in the
beginning of the spring 2023 was seen, yet prices remain
low and challenge farmers’ resilience, still seeing input
costs in above average levels (please refer to graph
“Purchase prices for basic parameters milk in Lithuania”);
▪ average broiler carcass prices in Europe showed some
stabilization, meanwhile prices of the more expensive
chicken parts continue being more volatile due to
higher margins induced competition (please refer to
the graph “Fresh fillet price dynamics in Poland” below,
illustrating the price of the most profitable poultry
product). The competitive environment in Europe
remains tense. Despite lately diminished domestic
overproduction in Europe (projected 8% in 2023
compared to 14% in 2020), prices are still pressured
due to very strong import volumes. For instance,
Ukraine's [among the TOP10 world poultry meat
exporters prior to the military actions] quantities
exported to Europe during 2023 January-June,
compared to same period last year, were close to 2
times higher, volumes from South American countries
such as Brazil increased significantly as well, provoking
competition in the realization of products produced at
unequal costs. Additionally, pork prices declined lately,
limiting substitution and positive spill-over effects on
poultry prices.
▪ while the prices of food and energy products are
mostly moving in the downward direction, the influence
of the rising cost of borrowed capital/financing was
already felt in the reporting period; with central banks
actively pursuing the strategy of increasing interest
rates, not only the cost of investments by companies,
but also the financing of working capital is growing.
Figures as per latest data provided by International Grains Council
(IGC)(21-Sep, 2023), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
(12-Sep, 2023), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO) (8 Sep, 2023), Baltic statistical offices and unofficial statements by
grain buyers and exporters
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THE WORLD
TOTAL GRAIN
PRODUCTION
Data: International Grains Council (IGC)
THE WORLD
TOTAL OILSEEDS
PRODUCTION
Data: United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA)
GRAIN AND
RAPESEED
HARVEST
IN THE BALTIC
STATES
Data: Statistics Lithuania,
Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia,
Statistics Estonia
421
507
554
598
663
650
623
616
602
600
599
588
300
350
400
450
500
550
600
650
700
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
2100
2200
2300
2400
million tons
financial year
Carryover stocks
Consumption (lhs)
Production (lhs)
69
77
93
91
109
116
132
113
115
118
122
136
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
million tons
financial year
Carryover stocks (rhs)
Consumption
Production
11 067
8 309
11 796
13 944
11 614
12 525
0
2 000
4 000
6 000
8 000
10 000
12 000
14 000
16 000
LT LV EE LT LV EE LT LV EE LT LV EE LT LV EE LT LV EE
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 F2022
thousand tons
Grain crops Rapeseed Total (grain crops & rapeseed)
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248
431
283
285
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
Projected values
DYNAMICS OF
WORLD FOOD
PRICES
2021/2023
Data: Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
WHEAT FUTURES
PRICE DYNAMICS
* IQ 2023/2024 average of non-finite period
1-Jul, 2023 to 29-Aug, 2023
Data: Euronext
PURCHASE PRICES
FOR BASIC
PARAMETERS
MILK IN
LITHUANIA
Data: State Enterprise ‘Žemės Ūkio
Informacijos ir Kaimo Verslo Centras‘
2022/03; 251,8
90
110
130
150
170
190
210
230
250
(base period price
-
averages for the years 2014
-2016)
World food price index
Cereals
Dairy
Meat
Oils
Sugar
178
181
187
212
378
237
150
200
250
300
350
400
I Q (Sep-Dec) II Q (Dec-Mar)
III Q (Mar-May) IV Q (May-Sep)
Milk of basic parameters
(fat content - 3.4%,
protein content - 3.0%)
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1,0
1,5
2,0
2,5
3,0
3,5
4,0
4,5
5,0
5,5
6,0
Fresh fillet meat price dynamics in Poland*
Quarterly averages of weekly broiler carcase price in EU
FRESH FILLET MEAT
PRICE DYNAMICS
IN POLAND*
Data: The Polish Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development
*Poland – one of the top poultry meat exporters,
producing around 20% of EU poultry meat
In the operations of different segments of the Group, volatility
in both food and non-food prices have a significant impact not
only on income generation, but also on management of costs.
The most significant direct impact of price changes on the
Group's segments is manifested in the activities of the
following categories:
BUSINESS
SEGMENT
Activity category
PRICPRICES
Grain, oilseed,
feedstuffs
Milk
Meat
Energetics
Industrial metals
Cost of
borrowed
capital
GRAIN,
OILSEEDS,
FEED
Grain storage and logistic services
Grain and oilseed trading
Feed business
PRODUCTS
AND
SERVICES
FOR
FARMING
Preparation of seed in own factory
Supply of seeds, plant care products,
fertilizers to the farmers
Supply of agricultural machinery, spare
parts to the farmers, service and rent
Software development
Installation of grain cleaning, drying and
storage facilities and livestock farms
AGRIGUL-
TURAL
PRODUC-
TION
Cultivation of cereals, oilseed rape, sugar
beet, other crops
Production of milk and beef cattle farming
FOOD
PRODUCTS
Poultry business
Flour, instant food products, breadcrumbs
production
OTHER
Veterinary pharmacy products sales, pet
food production, other
- Significant impact
beginning of war
action in Ukraine
COVID-19
EUR/kg
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4.3. PERFORMANCE OF THE SEGMENTS
Activities of the Group are divided into five business Segments:
▪ Grain, oilseeds, and feed;
▪ Products and services for farming;
▪ Agricultural production;
▪ Food products;
▪ Other activities.
OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS)
BY SEGMENTS
* To ensure more accurate representation of the activity, Company has revised the methodology
relocating loss and/or gain from currency exchange line items to results of financial activity in the
in separate and consolidated financial statements, therefore Operating profits were adjusted for
the comparative period 2021/2022
thousand euro
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022*
2022/2023
Grain, Oilseeds, and Feed
(8,640)
6,225
6,053
51,266
16,199
Products and Services for Farming
2,950
3,555
8,758
45,319
10,763
Agricultural Production
3,230
6,358
11,433
15,078
12,515
Food Products
2,431
2,183
(2,040)
(1,790)
7,931
Other Activities
471
-
(75)
(1,967)
491
Division into separate Segments is dictated by
different types of products and character of
related activities; however, activities of the
Segments are often interconnected.
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GRAIN, OILSEEDS,
AND FEED
since 1991
KEY FACTS OPERATING COMPANIES
CERTIFIKATES OWN TRADEMARKS
Vitamins and mineral supplements
Compound feed ‘Provitac’
Feed
SHARE OF
REVENUE
IN GROUP‘S
PORTFOLIO
AB Linas Agro (Lithuania)
UAB Linas Agro Grūdų Centrai (Lithuania)
UAB Jungtinė Ekspedicija (Lithuania)
AB Kauno Grūdai (Lithuania)
UAB KG Mažmena (Lithuania)
UAB Agro Logistic Service (Lithuania)
SIA Linas Agro (Latvia)
SIA Linas Agro Graudu Centrs (Latvia)
SIA KG Latvija (Latvia)
Linas Agro OÜ (Estonia)
LLC LINAS AGRO UKRAINE (Ukraine)
KG Polska Sp. zo.o. (Poland)
OOO KLM (Belarus)*
* Company for sale
61%
KEY SDGS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Grain storage and logistic services
Grain, oilseeds, feed materials and feed additives trading
Compound feed production and sales
Renting and operating of own or leased real estate
595
301
288
6
12
the main export goods -Lithuanian and Latvian
wheat
ktons storage capacity (535 ktons – silos, 60
ktons – on-ground intake stations) for various
grains and other agricultural commodities in
Lithuania and Latvia
ktons storage capacity at Lithuanian and Latvian
ports
feed retail shops
ktons of annual compound feed production
capacity in own factories in Lithuania (Kaunas,
Alytus)
ktons of annual premixes production capacity in
own factory in Lithuania (Kaunas)
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GRAIN STORAGE AND LOGISTIC
SERVICES
Comparing the quantities of grain accepted by the Group
companies with the same reporting period last year, 23%
decrease was recorded. High yield expectations before the
2022 harvesting have not translated itself into a record
harvest mainly due to the dominant lower test weight
measure (although still higher yields compared to 2021). The
reason for the lower amount of grain accepted by the
elevators remained the same - the purchase price being not
in line with farmers’ expectations; however, in the fourth
quarter of the reporting period, even with prices continuously
falling, deliveries (compared to the second and third
quarters) became somewhat more active as farmers were
preparing their storages for the reception of the new harvest.
Thanks to improving service rates during the first quarter of
the reporting period, as well as amended calculation
methodology* - the basis for income growth was created. In
the financial year 2022/2023, an increase in the income of
all positions (storage, cleaning, drying) was recorded (EUR
10.4 million compared to EUR 5.5 million a year ago). This
was also influenced by the poorer quality of grain delivered
by farmers in the last quarter of the reporting year,
accompanying infection, which meant longer storage and a
greater need for cleaning services. Thanks to the revision of
rates, increased storage capacity in beginning of the
financial year, additional storage-cleaning earnings and at
the end of the year in parallel decreasing costs (gas,
electricity, other) - the overall profitability of the financial year
2022/2023 was record high.
The transformation of the elevator segment, started already
in the beginning of the 2022, was completed by the end of
the reporting period, reducing the number of the Group's
companies in the segment, consolidating operations in
Lithuania, and successfully integrating the elevators of
Kauno Grūdai. Also, during the reporting period, about EUR
0.5 million worth investments in more advanced elevator
equipment, speeding up the loading, enhancing drying work
flexibility, optimizing energy costs, automating part of the
processes, were made.
Grain Storage and Logistic Services
2021/2022
2022/2023
Difference,
%
Revenue, thousand EUR
5,533
10,385
88
Gross profit (loss), thousand EUR
1,840
7,373
301
* At the beginning of the financial year 2022/2023, the accounting principles of income and expenses of the elevator companies of the Group, connected by the
acquisition transaction of AB Kauno Grūdai were unified with the other elevator companies of the Group.
878 thousand tons
of grain collected through
the elevator network:
71% - wheat,
13% - rapeseed,
6% - barley.
This Segment includes handling of the grain for the export in elevators (cleaning, drying, storage, reloading)
and logistic services.
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GRAIN AND OILSEED TRADING
Grain and oilseeds quantities sold by the Group companies
within financial year 2022/2023 were similar to quantities a
year ago, 80% of production was milling wheat. Sales
revenue meanwhile grew by 12%, illustrating still higher
average price of product basket, compared the compounded
results within 12 months of the previous financial year.
However, it should be noted that higher average price of the
product basket was mostly positively influenced by the sales
at the beginning of the financial year, compensating for the
downward price corrections observed in the following
quarters of the financial year 2022/2023 (about 30% lower
price of wheat comparing the prices at the beginning and
end of the year). Such decreases were mainly affected by
balancing trade flows - solid harvests almost everywhere in
the world (Australia, Brasil, Russia, other), created conditions
for Ukrainian export throughout within the reporting period
still open Black Sea “corridor”, continuous trade of Ukrainian
corn and fodder wheat crossing the Ukrainian-Polish border.
With grain and oilseeds prices falling, Group companies
experienced significant pressure on overall profitability.
Russia, offering substantially cheaper than European wheat,
distorted the competition and remained the main player in
the export of food wheat; at the same time, extra challenge
was the class of wheat purchased by the Group companies,
which in most cases did not meet the standard wheat export
quality and required improvement mixing with better
parameters grain. Ensuring performance under the above
conditions meant significant premium cuts. Accordingly, the
total profitability of the Group companies in the reporting
period was 19% lower compared to the result of the same
period previous financial year.
It should be noted that, compared to the situation of the
previous financial year, due to the price factor, the activity of
farmers was significantly lower and fewer preliminary sales
contracts were made for the new 2023 harvest, making it
difficult to assess the prospects of the future 2023/2024
financial year. Based on the information available on the date
of publication of this report, the amount of harvest due to
weather conditions and less fertilization in Latvia will be
lower, and in Lithuania - similar to last year, however,
challenges in the quality of the harvest are again expected.
Grain and Oilseed Trading
2021/2022
2022/2023
Difference,
%
Revenue, thousand EUR
663,410
745,357
12
Gross profit (loss), thousand EUR
20,708
16,675
-19
During the reporting period,
the volume of traded grain
and oilseeds was
2.1 million tons.
’Grain’ means wheat, barley, corn, and some other types of grain. A large part of the activity in this Segment
consists of selling grain grown in Lithuania and Latvia.
‘Oilseed’ means rapeseed, sunflower, and flax seeds.
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FEED BUSINESS
At the date of the publication of this report (on which, the
Russian and Belarusian premixes producing companies
have already been sold), the activity solely is carried out in
own factories in Lithuania (annual production capacity of
294 thousand tons of compound feed and premixes). In
Lithuania, the retail trade of feed is carried out through a
network of retail stores
managed by UAB KG
Mažmena, covering
approximately 70-80%
of Lithuania’s feed retail
market. Yet noting, that
the gradual organic
contraction of this
market is felt for the
second year in a row illustrating farms’ shrinking and the
prevention of bird flu.
The demand for combined feed remained high during the
reporting period, more and more clients of the Group
companies in Lithuania, livestock farms, chose to change
their own feed to factory produced feed. During the reporting
period, the companies of the Group increased the number of
production lines by adding the line in Alytus to the capacity
of the Kaunas factory. Despite increasing efficiency and
growing production volumes, the overall profitability of the
compound feed category was decreasing during the
reporting period. This was influenced by the normalization of
the deliveries of feed raw materials, the increase in supply
and active competition from Polish producers, putting
pressure on the prices. With Group companies still using raw
materials purchased in advance at a relatively higher price,
the decrease in the selling price of production significantly
affected the overall profitability of the category.
The slowing feedstuff consumption and decreasing, yet still
volatile prices trend was characterizing to the reporting
period. Over the first half of the financial year normalizing
supply chain activity, last quarter got complicated due to
logistical constraints and hampered trade through the
territory of Poland, as well as the transit blockade of Bulgaria,
Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. However, on the day of
publication of this report, with indications of solid anticipated
harvest of oilseeds in 2023/2024, not even the closing of
the Black Sea transport "corridor" has caused much activity
in the market. In financial year 2022/2023 Group
companies have sold similar to previous year’s production
amounts, yet recorded 5% revenue decrease and 2%
deterioration in gross profit. During the reporting period, the
trade of soybean meal and other raw materials remained
stable or even increased, while the trade volumes of
vegetable oil and rapeseed decreased significantly.
Compound feed, premixes, feed material trade
2021/2022
2022/2023
Difference,
%
Revenue, thousand EUR
513,938
460,017
-10
Gross profit (loss), thousand EUR
47,793
30,797
-36
During the reporting period
841 thousand tons of
compound feed, premixes
and feed materials were sold.
This business includes the production and sale of bulk and bagged feed for poultry, pigs, cattle and other
animals, also feed materials and feed additives trading.
The products produced by the Group are compound feed for maturing breeders, laying hens, broilers, turkeys,
quails, waterfowl, calves, dairy cows, lactating cows, beef cattle, piglets and fattening pigs, horses, fish, sheep,
goats, rabbits, as well as baits for fish.
Feed materials means trade in food by-products (such as sunflower cake, sunflower meal, rapeseed cake,
soybean meal, sugar beet pellets, etc.) and vegetable oils.
Feed additives means trade in feed additives such as licks, premixes, vitamins, amino acids, etc.
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During the reporting period the revenue of the Grain,
Oilseeds and Feed segment increased by 3% to EUR 1.2
billion. Operating result amounted to EUR 16.2 million profit as
compared to EUR 51.3 million operating profit for the
corresponding period of the previous year. For 2022/2023
financial year revenue of this business segment constituted
61% and was in line with Group’s management estimation.
COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE
OVER FIVE REPORTING PERIODS
2.15
1.83
2.71
2.94
2.95
SALES VOLUME, MILLION T
513
419
680
1,183
1,216
SALES, MEUR
0
12.3
16.2
70.3
54.8
GROSS PROFIT, MEUR
-8,6
6.2
6.1
51.3
16.2
OPERATING PROFIT, MEUR
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REPRESENTED
MANUFACTURERS / BRANDS
Agricultural machinery, spare parts, grain cleaning, drying
and storage facilities as well as livestock farms equipment
– ‘Kverneland’, ‘Cimbria’, ‘Quicke’, ‘Case IH’, ‘Einbock’, ‘Bin’,
‘Agrifac’, ‘Siloking’, ‘Shaffer’, ‘Swimer’, ‘Boumatic’, ‘Arska’,
‘Mandam’, ‘Agrisem’, ‘MacDon’, ‘Laumetris’, ‘Wielton’,
‘Jeantil’, ‘Kongskilde’, ‘Symaga’, ‘Pellon’, ‘Roka’, ‘Spinder’,
‘CMP Impianti Srl’.
Adjustable underground drainage system ‘Ekodrena’;
Seeds, plant care products, fertilizers – ‘Syngenta’,
‘Adama’, ‘Rapool’, ‘Yara’, ‘Ekoplon’, ‘Novagra’, ‘Nando’,
‘Haifa’, ‘Daymsa’, ‘Agritechno’, other.
PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES FOR
FARMING
since 1993
KEY FACTS
ktons of cereals and pulses seeds-
total
annual capacity of the seed production
plant
ktons storage capacity for warehousing
seeds, fertilizers and plant care
products
sales outlets
service centers
185
16
13
AB Linas Agro (Lithuania)
UAB Dotnuva Baltic (Lithuania)
UAB Dotnuva Rent (Lithuania)
UAB GeoFace (Lithuania)
UAB Linas Agro Grūdų Centrai (Lithuania)
SIA Linas Agro (Latvia)
SIA Dotnuva Baltic (Latvia)
SIA Linas Agro Graudu Centrs (Latvia)
Linas Agro OŰ (Estonia)
AS Dotnuva Baltic (Estonia)
OOO KLM (Belarus)*
* Company for sale
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CERTIFICATES
UAB Dotnuva Baltic, SIA Dotnuva Baltic and AS
Dotnuva Baltic have joined the Case IH international
quality network Red Excellence, which unites
companies representing the Case IH brand in Europe.
UAB Dotnuva Baltic has a certificate in preparation and
trade of organic seeds issued by the PE Ekoagros, as
well as a qualification certificate entitling to be a
contractor for the construction of special structures.
SHARE OF
REVENUE
IN GROUP‘S
PORTFOLIO
OPERATING COMPANIES
KEY SDGS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
21%
Preparation of seed in own seed preparation factory
Supply of seeds, plant care products, fertilizers to the farmers
Supply of new and used agricultural machinery, spare parts,
and service to the farmers
Installation of grain cleaning, drying and storage facilities as
well as livestock farms
Software development
Representation of worldwide known brands
OWN TRADEMARKS
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PREPARATION OF SEED IN OWN
SEED PREPARATION FACTORY
Despite late 2022 harvesting, comparatively small 2021
harvest residues for the preparation of seeds ("transitional
fund") as well as in the beginning of the financial year limited
operation of seed certification laboratory, thanks to
successful last quarter activity, increasing market of certified
seeds and gains with summer crop seeding, the result of
total reporting period ended up being 12% increase in heavy
seeds production, compared to the corresponding period last
year. UAB Dotnuva Baltic certified seed volumes in Lithuania
account for approximately one third of all seeds certified in
the country, placing the Group companies in a leading
position.
During the reporting period, the quantities of grass and
sidereal plant seeds category continued to have relatively
modest weight in the structure of the seed portfolio.
SUPPLY OF SEEDS, PLANT
CARE PRODUCTS, AND FERTILIZERS
TO THE FARMERS
During the reporting period demand fluctuations for quality
seeds were felt, in Latvia requirement was decreasing as
farmers calculated the increased costs and decreasing
income due to falling grain prices, in Estonia at the same time
a high demand for sidereal plant seeds was noticed. Over the
reporting period due to time-to-time insufficient supply or
varying demand tendencies, the amount of seeds sold was
lower. However gross profitability of seeds merchandising
remained at a similar to previous year’s level.
In the second half of the 2022/2023 financial year,
fertilizer trade remained very dynamic, it can be noted that
during the 12 months of the reporting period, it managed to
act in two opposite directions - in the first half: from the lack
of raw materials, the closing of factories, the increase in gas
prices and, as a result, the increase in fertilizer prices, - in the
second half: until the drop in gas prices, the recovery of
production and respectively the significant decrease in
fertilizer prices. When comparing fertilizer prices in the first
and second half of 2022/2023, up to 60% reaching price
contraction was recorded. In the third quarter of the financial
year 2023/2024, with fertilizers selling prices falling
significantly, farmers were in no hurry to buy large quantities
Over the reporting period, the own seed
preparation factory of UAB Dotnuva Baltic
(Dotnuva, Kedainiai distr.) prepared
24.6 thousand tons of the certified
‘Dotnuva Seeds’ cereals and pulses seeds,
being 12% more than in previous year.
During the reporting period Group companies sold:
30 thousand tons of seeds (23% less than in
the previous year),
283 thousand tons of fertilizers (10% less than
in the previous year),
15 thousand tons of plant care products and
micronutrients (17% more than in the previous year).
Since 2023 June 30 the seed preparation activities of UAB "Dotnuva Baltic" are separated and transferred to the
newly established company UAB "Dotnuva Seeds". The company will continue the production of certified heavy seeds
at the company's factory in Dotnuva (Kėdainiai district) under its own "Dotnuva Seeds" brand, as well as sales of grass
and sidereal plant seeds.
The majority of seed supply carried out by the Group's companies is ensured through the sourcing from UAB
Dotnuva Baltic seed factory, where cereals, pulses, grass and sidereal plants seeds grown on Lithuanian farms
are prepared; a smaller proportion is marketed by purchasing seeds directly from seed selectors or by
representing the goods of well-known international brands, producing vegetables, flowers and other type of
seeds. Seed supply activity is carried out by the Group companies in the Baltic States, as well as in Belarus.
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in advance, waiting for even "better" quotations; with prices
stabilizing in the fourth quarter (more favorable grain and
fertilizer price proportion from client’s perspective), the
purchase of fertilizers recovered a little. Compared to the
same reporting period a year ago, the fertilizer trade volume
of Group companies decreased by 10%, revenue grew by
8%, illustrating still relatively high average prices of the
period. However, due to the "lagging" more expensive stocks
cost effect (higher relative weight of the latter), the total
category’s profitability of the entire reporting period bounced
to its record lows.
Late spring, summer droughts, unexpected frosts in Latvia
in June, as well as the decreasing price of the future harvest,
led to the postponement of the farmers' decision to purchase
micronutrients and plant care products; in the absence of
supply shortages, there has been a tendency to seek
express delivery only for the quantity and assortment that is
truly necessary and will be consumed shortly. However, the
successful start of the financial year 2022/2023, as well as
the search for cheaper alternatives to fertilizers, the
introduction of new products (for example, sustainable
solutions intended for nitrogen fixation in plants), resulted in
over reporting period increased micronutrients, plant care
products sales volumes and values (respectively 17% and
2% higher than the result of the corresponding period last
year). Profitability remained at a similar level, however, when
projecting the results of the future periods - pressure on
margins can be expected – with decreasing mineral fertilizer
prices, the demand for this category of goods is likely to
decrease, also due to lower consumption throughout the
financial year 2022/2023 the accumulated plant care
products stocks in the market (in the opinion of the Group
management - up to 30%) shall fuel the competition.
SUPPLY OF NEW AND USED
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY,
SPARE PARTS, SERVICE AND
RENT TO THE FARMERS
As every year, sales of agricultural machinery were mainly
affected by harvest results, new sowing expectations, raw
material and production purchase prices, the availability of
support and financing, yet additionally this year – also
continuously affected by uncertainty coming from
geopolitical situation.
During the reporting period, the amounts of EU support in
Lithuania and Latvia were quite significant. Thanks to the
specific orientation of the support funds allocation, the
growing precision technologies demand, sales of self-
propelled and trailed sprayers, fertilization and spraying
technologies for the crop farms, as well as trailed fodder
distributors, and other trailed equipment for dairy farms have
increased.
At the beginning of the reporting period, an optimistic
assessment of better than average harvest of 2022, high
grain and record milk prices, the continuing rise in the price
of equipment and the desire to employ funds in an
inflationary environment - acted as a strong incentive to
invest. However, in the second half of the financial year -
canceled EU support funds for the purchase of tractors,
harvesters, plows in the Baltic countries, downward milk
price tendencies, for some time increased farm costs
(fertilizers, feed, fuel, electricity, spare parts), as well as
worries about the requirements of the ‘green deal’, rising
financing costs, and in the last quarter additionally - fear of a
cold spring, dry weather, non-rebounding grain prices - led to
more carefully taken investment decisions.
Trade in seeds, plant care products and fertilizers
2021/2022
2022/2023
Difference,
%
Revenue, thousand EUR
289,694
307,572
6
Gross profit (loss), thousand EUR
56,633
19,377
-66
UAB Dotnuva Baltic‘s market share:
For tractors (western type) – 11%
For harvesters - 5%
SIA Dotnuva Baltic‘s market share:
For tractors (western type) - 11%
For harvesters - 26%
AS Dotnuva Baltic‘s market share:
For tractors (western type) - 5%
For harvesters - 4%
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Even though while assessing results of financial year
2022/2023, such caution was only marginally noticeable
due to strong results in the beginning of the reporting period
(20% higher sales revenue and 12% higher gross profit
compared to the period a year ago), a more moderate
investment mood is expected to move into the next financial
year and possibly lead to increased competition in the
agricultural machinery market. Group companies reduce the
risk of such competition by providing the best quality service,
ensuring the possibility to return part of the ordered parts to
suppliers after the season, as well as developing long-term
and short-term machinery rental activities, which are
expected to be popular with farmers who have deferred
investments.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
After several years of continuous software development, in
the last quarter of the reporting period, the Geoface smart
farming app started generating first sales to external
customers (until then, the service was provided free of
charge).
INSTALLATION OF GRAIN
CLEANING, DRYING AND
STORAGE FACILITIES, AND
LIVESTOCK FARMS
As farms make decisions to invest in grain and farm
equipment installation projects, for the most part, the same
arguments were used as when deciding to invest in
agricultural machinery. With purchase prices of raw milk and
grain falling, a considerable number of farms slowed down
or gave up investments, others - on the contrary, decided to
invest precisely in order to become more resilient - to work
more efficiently at lower costs. Compared to the same
reporting period a year ago, the revenue and gross profit of
the category decreased, though farmers were actively
applying for support, expecting more significant investments
for the 2024 harvest, including construction investments,
which might be applicable for support with the new
application phases.
Sales and rent of new and used agricultural machinery,
spare parts sales, and servicing
2021/2022
2022/2023
Difference,
%
Revenue, thousand EUR
81,974
98,170
20
Gross profit (loss), thousand EUR
9,644
14,656
12
The start-up GeoFace initiated the launch of the intelligent farming system ‘GeoFace’ in Lithuania and Latvia
in January 2021 and over more than a year has improved it as per farmers' requests. The product currently has
the following main functions: crop fertilization and spray mapping, field grouping function, sowing planning and
sowing task structuring, work calendar function, management of farm’s finances, forming an electronic invoice
template and preparing for the sales process, forecasting of the harvest, forecasting of stocks in the warehouse,
direct declaration of used plant protection products, easy upload of the soil analysis data, sharing of information
among farm employees, application subscription fee payment function, etc.
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Total operating Segment revenue grew by 8% to EUR 416
million; operating profit was 76% lower and amounted to EUR
11 million.
For 2022/2023 financial year revenue of this business
segment constituted 21% and was in line with Group’s
management estimation.
COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE
OVER FIVE REPORTING PERIODS
Installation of grain cleaning, drying and storage facilities
and livestock farms
2021/2022
2022/2023
Difference,
%
Revenue, thousand EUR
12,221
10,366
-15
Gross profit (loss), thousand EUR
2,134
2,117
-1
248
255
272
367
393
SALES VOLUME, THOUSAND T
149
156
180
384
416
SALES, MEUR
16.2
16.8
22.3
71.8
36.2
GROSS PROFIT, MEUR
3.0
3.6
8.8
45.3
10.8
OPERATING PROFIT, MEUR
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AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION
since 2003
KEY FACTS
cultivated land area, hectares
own land area, hectares
number of cows
ktons of milk produced
ktons of crop production produced
Companies in Lithuania:
UAB Linas Agro Konsultacijos
Panevėžys District Aukštadvario ŽŪB
Panevėžys District Žibartonių ŽŪB
Kėdainiai District Labūnavos ŽŪB
Šakiai District Lukšių ŽŪB
Biržai District Medeikių ŽŪB
Sidabravo ŽŪB
Kėdainiai District ŽŪB Nemunas
UAB Landvesta 1
UAB Landvesta 2
UAB Landvesta 3
UAB Landvesta 4
UAB Landvesta 5
UAB Landvesta 6
UAB Noreikiškės
UAB Užupė
UAB Paberžėlė
UAB Lineliai
19,229
SHARE OF
REVENUE
IN GROUP‘S
PORTFOLIO
6,074
3,264
12
103
37.3
OPERATING COMPANIES
KEY SDGS
3%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Cultivation of cereals, oilseed rape, sugar beet and other
crops
Production of milk and beef cattle farming
Rent and management of agricultural purposes land
Management of subsidiary farming companies
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CULTIVATION OF CEREALS, OILSEED
RAPE, SUGAR BEET, AND OTHER
CROPS
During the reporting period, crop production harvested and
sold by the operating companies of the Segment were
respectively 15% and 15% higher as compared to the very
same period last year. Greater quantities of the crop
production were related with better 2022 harvest in
Lithuania, exceeding the values of multiyear average.
Regardless of country’s harvest indications with dominating
lower than average quality, as well as marginal gluten and
protein parameters, the quality of crop produced by Group
farming companies was fairly good – the indicators of winter
wheat were in line with class I or II, oil content of rapeseed
was acceptable. However, due to the cold and rainy spring of
2022, the quality of corn and malted barley suffered a bit.
High average grain selling prices in the beginning of the
financial year, already end of the summer 2022 started
decreasing with increasing availability of the crops; for
instance, on the date of the publication of this report, the
price of milling wheat has lost roughly 30% of its value from
its peak price. Due to high costs of fertilizers, plant protection
products, energy resources and other components, the grain
harvested in summer-autumn of 2022 was grown at
approximately 10-20% higher cost compared to the
previous period (depending on the culture). Despite the
aforementioned factors, Group farming companies still
managed to record good results during the reporting period,
largely due to high selling prices at the beginning of the
period, as well as significant part of pre-sale contracts and
the risk policy of the Group companies to carry out the
remaining sales in parts month by month.
On the last day of the reporting period, for the harvest of
the year 2023, the Group's agricultural companies have
sown more than 18 thousand hectares of cultivated land, yet
the condition of the crop, contrary to the assessment most
of the time during the financial year, was assessed on a
much wider scale, some being called in the range of
bad/satisfactory/good. Dry weather dominating the last
quarter of the financial year and continuing after the end of
the financial year, as well as a storm during the harvesting,
raised concerns about possible 2023 production, however,
on the day of the publication of this report, the initial harvest
indications in the part of the Group agricultural companies
even exceeded the yields of the previous year. According to
the preliminary assesses harvest quantities in Aug-2023,
pre-sold production of the Group companies constituted –
55% of wheat, 70% of rapeseed, 40% of malted barley and
40% of beans.
During the reporting period, all crops of the Group
companies were insured. In order to compensate for the frost
of rapeseed, the fall of barley, and the consequences of
rain/hail in the area of 300 ha, the insurance payment was
requested, however, the losses are symbolic – about EUR 35
thousand.
Crop production sales
2021/2022
2022/2023
Difference,
%
Revenue, thousand EUR
20,996
30,496
45
Gross profit (loss), thousand EUR
9,838
8,889
-10
104 thousand tons of crop
production sold during the
reporting period
(15% more than a year before).
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2,6 2,6
2,9
2,8
2,6 2,6
2,8
3,1
2,9
2,7
2,8
3,0
2,3
2,4
2,5
2,6
2,7
2,8
2,9
3
3,1
3,2
0
2 000
4 000
6 000
8 000
10 000
12 000
Dairy cows
Raw milk produced, t
Average quantity of milk per cow per quarter, t (rhs)
PRODUCTION OF MILK AND BEEF
CATTLE FARMING
At the end of the reporting period, the quantities of dairy
cows held were 1% lower, while the amounts of milk
produced were even 7% greater compared to the results of
same period previous financial year. It is noteworthy, that
quantity of milk produced and its qualitative parameters vary
depending on feed, temperatures, animal genetics and other
factors, and usually does not characterize by direct
correlation, therefore with milk yields increasing significantly
over the reporting period, the weighted average protein and
fat content indicator decreased slightly, even so the
composition of milk produced was still excellent. During the
first quarter of the financial year the purchase prices of raw
milk peaked, however already in October of 2022 started to
diminish and continued this direction within the following
months of the reporting period. Nevertheless, the successful
start of the financial year 2022/2023 gave ground to
sustain still slightly higher Group farming companies milk
sales revenue compared to the very same period last year
(9% increase in milk sales revenue). Unfortunately, due to
the higher-than-average cost component prices, the results
of general profitability deteriorated by almost a third.
RAW MILK
PRODUCTION
DYNAMICS IN
AGRICULTURAL
COMPANIES
During the reporting period, 6% less live cattle meat was
grown compared to the same period in the previous year,
however revenue from meat sales increased by 3%.
Milk and live weight cattle sales
2021/2022
2022/2023
Difference,
%
Revenue, thousand EUR
18,137
19,693
9
Gross profit (loss), thousand EUR
4,901
3,366
-31
12 months. milk
quantity
per cow 11,0 t
12 months. milk
quantity
per cow 10,8 t
12 months. milk
quantity
per cow 11,4 t
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The revenue of the operating Segment increased by 28%
during the reporting period, accounting for almost EUR 50.2
million. Meanwhile operating profit reached EUR 12.5 million
compared to EUR 15.1 million in the same period of previous
year.
For 2022/2023 financial year revenue of this business
segment constituted 3% and was in line with Group’s
management estimation.
COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE
OVER FIVE REPORTING PERIODS
103
116
142
127
143
SALES VOLUME, THOUSAND T
26
28
33
39
50
SALES, MEUR
3.1
5.8
9.0
14.7
12.3
GROSS PROFIT, MEUR
3.2
6.4
11.4
15.1
12.5
OPERATING PROFIT, MEUR
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CERTIFICATES
FOOD PRODUCTS
since 2013
KEY FACTS
The only producer of instant products in the
region
The biggest poultry producer in Lithuania
and Latvia
The biggest flour producer in Lithuania
Poultry reared without antibiotics in Latvia
Poultry reared without antibiotics in
Lithuania
retail outlets in Latvia
BRANDS AND TRADEMARKS
Other:
Granfågel (non-Baltic export markets); Nordichicken (export
markets); A‘petito; Fiesta; Vištiena kitaip; Vištyčio; Premium
SHARE OF
REVENUE
IN GROUP‘S
PORTFOLIO
75%
20
100%
#1
#1
OPERATING COMPANIES
KEY SDGS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
In Lithuania:
AB Kauno Grūdai
AB Vilniaus Paukštynas
AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas
UAB Alesninkų Paukštynas
UAB Domantonių Paukštynas
UAB Lietbro
AB Zelvė
UAB Avocetė
UAB Šlaituva
UAB VKP Valdymas
UAB KP Valda
UAB VP Valda
UAB KG Distribution
UAB KG Logistika
In Latvia:
AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava
SIA Cerova
SIA Lielzeltini
SIA Broileks
SIA PFK Trader
21%
Production and wholesale of flour and flour mixes,
instant foods; production and wholesale breadcrumbs
and breading mixes
Provision of logistics, consulting, and management
services
Whole cycle poultry business:
- incubation of hatching eggs
- broiler breeding
- production of poultry and its products
- feed manufacturing for self-supply
- retail sale of chicken meat and its products
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POULTRY BUSINESS
During the reporting period Group poultry companies
produced 2% more of live weight poultry meat, however due
to by one third lower quantities bought from third parties,
delivered roughly 4% less carcass weight, as well as
respectively produced and sold lower quantities of poultry
and its products compared to the very same period last year.
Decreased slaughtered and production quantities were
mostly related with the closure of the slaughterhouse in
Kaišiadorys, since March, 2022 moving the slaughtering and
meat processing of broilers raised in Kaišiadorys to the
Vilnius Poultry Slaughter Complex, using its full capacity.
Despite the lower volumes, the effect of the higher average
production sales prices (approx. 20% higher compared to
the same period a year ago) reflected in the top line of the
reporting period (13% growth). However, both – due to
continuously high prices of main cost components, as well
as due to changes in consumers’ product basket, still wasn’t
sufficient to achieve a positive net result, nor to improve
gross profitability ratios. Due to stocks still available in the
warehouses, raw materials for feed production remained
expensive, meanwhile the infrastructure adaptation
investments, aimed at replacement of natural gas for heating
and production with a cheaper energy source - liquefied
petroleum gas, were only completed in January and February
of 2023. With continuous inflation, a change in consumer
behavior was noticed, refraining from more expensive ready-
to-eat chicken products, choosing fresh meat more often
and preparing it themselves. According to Nielsen survey,
Latvian consumer expense on processed meat products
remained similar (impact of inflation), yet the average weight
of this production decreasing by roughly 16%.
It should be noted that during the reporting period Segment
companies have received EUR around 2 million support
aimed at the COVID-19 pandemic or war situation affected
subjects.
The welfare of the animals and overall results of the farms
over the reporting period remained sound. European
Production Efficiency Factor (EPEF)
1
, indicating efficient
exploitation of breed’s genetic potential, in Lithuanian and
Latvian poultry farms stood at 380, feed conversion (FCR)
ratios were one of the best historically, the health status of
the birds – favorable.
With demand and average poultry prices on the day of
publication of this report illustrating still positive phase
(characteristic to summer season - grilling) – assessment of
the possible financial year 2023/2024 results – still remain
difficult. It is expected that the energy cost reduction
investments made by the Group companies in 2021/2022,
price hedges for the part of the necessary natural gas
demand, strategic management of production quantities and
possible growth in poultry demand as a result of expensive
pork production substitution with chicken products - will
have a positive impact in the following periods of the financial
year 2023/2024. However, prediction of the fundamental
factor determining the results - the movement of poultry
production and feed raw material prices - on the day of
publication of this report - remains complicated.
1
European Production Efficiency Factor (EPEF) - standardized measure of
farm performance (includes feed conversion, mortality, and daily weight gain
results), used to compare broiler performance from different flocks and
different regions.
During the reporting period Group’s poultry
companies
Produced Sold
118 thousand tons 96 thousand tons
of live weight of poultry meat
poultry meat and its products
Group companies together are the largest poultry meat producers in Lithuania and Latvia, owning best-known poultry meat
brands in both countries. Activities include whole cycle poultry business - from incubation of hatching eggs to retail sales of
produced chicken meat / products. Production infrastructure include owned breeding houses, incubators, broilers houses,
slaughterhouses, production sites, waste incineration and utilization units.
‘Raised without antibiotics’ - since the beginning of 2020 in Latvian companies broilers are 100% raised without antibiotics,
in Lithuania the share of antimicrobial-free production in poultry farms is around 75%.
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FLOUR AND ITS MIXTURES, INSTANT
FOOD PRODUCTS, BREADCRUMBS
AND BREADING MIXES PRODUCTION
BUSINESS
The flour, flour mixtures and breadcrumbs quantities sold
by Group companies during the reporting period were 11%
lower compared to the result in the previous financial year.
Although the production volumes and demand for flour, it's
mixtures and coating systems remained at a similar to the
last year’s level, flour sales to third parties contracted due to
a higher demand for flour internally in the Group (over the
reporting period 23% of flour production was sold as
supplies for instant food production), as well as turned down
some marginal profitability contracts. Compared to
corresponding period last year, sales volumes of
breadcrumbs diminished by approx. 8%, to most extent
explained with cancelation of trade relations with Russian
buyers. However, successfully entering new markets (key
geographies - UAE, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Baltic countries),
gradual recovery of quantities are projected. Elevated cost
due to high energy and cereal prices was offset with
inflated selling prices, sustaining the gross profitability, and
recording 22% revenue increase in the flour, its mixtures
and breadcrumbs product category compared to the very
same period last year.
The instant food quantities sold by Group companies
during the reporting period were 28% greater compared to
the result in the previous financial year, income generated
– respectively 49% higher. Higher production quantities
were to some extent enabled thanks to the completion (first
half of FY 2022/2023) of the investments in 2.5 thousand
sq. m. IF warehouse in Kėdainiai, solving the problem of
insufficient storage space. However significant increase in
the revenue was related not only with higher production
quantities, but also with higher IF prices, which, despite cost
components prices (flour, oils, packaging, energy) remaining
also high, still allowed to improve gross profitability ratios a
bit compared to the same reporting period in the previous
Poultry and poultry products
2021/2022
2022/2023
Difference,
%
Revenue, thousand EUR
261,223
296,377
13
Gross profit (loss), thousand EUR
16,424
14,905
-9
During the reporting period Group companies
Produced Sold (not including
quantities required for
internal production).
75 thousand tons 56 thousand tons
of flour, flour mixes, breadcrumbs
284million pcs 266 million pcs
of instant foods (IF) - porridges and noodles in
cups, packages and boxes
By operating grain mill in Kaunas (70 thousand tons capacity per year), breading mixes preparation facility in
Kaunas district (12 thousand tons capacity per year) and instant foods (IF - porridge and noodle cups, packets
and boxes) production facilities in Kėdainiai and Alytus (265 million IF product units capacity per year), entities
of the Group are engaged in production of flour, its mixtures, breading mixes, and instant foods products.
Activities of these companies are integrated – part of flour products produced in the mill are supplied to the
Group’s companies producing noodles, breadcrumbs;
breadcrumbs are used in production of poultry products,
etc.
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financial year. Majority of the IF production is exported to the
markets of Great Britain, Spain, Czech Republic,
Scandinavian and Baltic countries and sold under private
labels. Over the reporting period the accelerating instant
noodles demand moods were felt - according to the latest
data of World Instant Noodles Association (WINA) and
Innova Market Insights, last year’s results indicated 11%
CAGR in Group’s focus market (Europe, excluding Russia,
Ukraine), while the projected CAGR for coming 5 years shall
reach 5%. However Group companies working full capacity,
satisfying this additional demand would be still only possible
with further investments. Taking into account increasing
appetite, already in the beginning of the 2023 Group’s
management announced the plan for EUR 32 million
investment into Alytus IF plant expansion, expecting to have
increased IF production capacities already in 2024
(additional 240 million product units throughout the year).
Observing the growing demand for ready-to-eat food
products, Group's management made a decision to expand
segment's product basket. After the end of the reporting
period, in July, 2023 the acquisition of a part of the third
party’s business was completed, aiming to continue the
production of organic soups, stews, grain dishes and organic
vegetables in pouches in a modern robotic factory in
Lithuania (Širvintos), yet under Group’s own brands. The
impact of this acquisition will be gradually reflected in the
results of the financial year 2023/2024.
Revenue of Food Products segment for the reporting
period increased by 20% and amounted to EUR 416 million.
Operating profit amounted to EUR 7.9 million, compared to
the EUR 1.8 million loss for the same period last year.
For 2022/2023 financial year revenue of this business
segment constituted 21% and was in line with Group’s
management estimation.
COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE
OVER FIVE REPORTING PERIODS
Flour and flour mixtures, instant food
products,
breadcrumbs, and breading mixes
2021/2022
2022/2023
Difference,
%
Revenue, thousand EUR
85,358
119,367
40
Gross profit (loss), thousand EUR
9,224
16,308
77
77
74
72
347
416
SALES, MEUR
33
32 32
221
166
SALES VOLUME, THOUSAND T
2.4
2.2
-2.0
-1.8
7.9
OPERATING PROFIT, MEUR
9.8
10.8
3.7
25.7
31.0
GROSS PROFIT, MEUR
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REPRESENTED
MANUFACTURERS /
BRANDS
Veterinary pharmacy - Zoetis Inc., Woogene B&G CO.
LTD, Bioveta, a. s., Interchemie Werken De Adelaar
B.V., Innov Ad NV/SA , TOV Brovafarma, Boehringer
Ingelheim, Zoovetvaru Ltd. (Virbac), KRKA, LAVET
Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Aconitum
Fumigants - Balticphos and other.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
since 2021
KEY FACTS
Own plant of extruded products in Alytus
OPERATING COMPANIES
AB Kauno Grūdai
OOO KLM*
UAB Baltic Fumigation Services
* Company for sale
SHARE OF
REVENUE
IN GROUP‘S
PORTFOLIO
CERTIFICATES
AB Kauno Grūdai and OOO KLM* have
pharmaceutical licenses for wholesale distribution
OWN TRADEMARKS
KEY SDGS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
1%
Trade in pest control and hygiene products
Production and sales of extruded products, pet food
Provision of veterinary pharmaceutical services and
trade in products
Provision of fumigation and sanitation services
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During the reporting period, operation in wholesale and
retail sale of veterinary pharmacy products was still slightly
burdened with occurring supply disruptions, however
demand of the production remained more or less stable,
revenues of Group companies - in similar levels compared to
previous year. In the second half of the financial year
2022/2023 initiated cooperation with the new supplier had
positive impact on the results of the category, profitability
ratios were improving.
Over the reporting period demand for pet food remained
strong, thus with the Group's production base operating at
full load, management chose to commit for the most
profitable orders, reducing the share of the cheaper
economy class product in the production basket.
Implementation of the mentioned strategy translated into
contraction of pet food produced by Group companies
quantities (7% less as compared to the same period last
year), yet meanwhile into higher revenues, amounting EUR
9.4 million and being even 47% higher if compared to the
result in the previous financial year. Worth noting, that the
recovering profitability of the category was influenced not
only by the product basket, but also by the declining cost of
raw materials at the end of the reporting period.
During the reporting period, demand tendencies in pest
control and hygiene services/products category were
favorable; compared to the same period last year – revenues
were increasing, gross profitability - improved. Achieving
even better results at the end of the financial year was
obstructed by lower orders for spraying services of empty
warehouses, as farmers and agricultural companies could
not free up storages due to still unsold last year's harvest.
It should be noted that after the acquisition of Kauno
Grūdai group companies in July 2021, various minor
activities were gradually allocated to and out of this
Segment, therefore while assessing y-o-y dynamics,
potential discrepancies related with this inconsistency shall
be taken into account.
Revenue of the operating Segment covering above
mentioned and other less material activities during this
reporting period amounted to EUR 22 million, result was
EUR 0.5 million operating profit.
For 2022/2023 financial year revenue of this business
segment constituted 1% and was not in line with Group’s
management estimation. Business segment represents non-
core activities, which are either in development stage or non-
systemic, thus there is a high possibility of deviation.
Pest control, provision of hygiene goods and services, petfood production
and sales, wholesale and retail trade of veterinary pharmacy products and
other activities
2021/2022
2022/2023
Difference,
%
Revenue, thousand EUR
35,861
21,764
-39
Gross profit (loss), thousand EUR
6,306
3,505
-44
During the reporting period
the companies of the Group
Produced Sold
11 thousand tons 9 thousand tons
of the extruded products
In the Other Activities business Segment, largest share of sales is generated by the wholesale and retail sale of worldwide
well-known producers’ veterinary pharmacy products in Lithuania, Belarus, production of pet food in Group’s own
production facilities of extruded products in Alytus, providing pest control services and selling hygiene products in
Lithuania (prophylactical and interventional measures, aimed towards ensuring compliance with food safety requirements,
also chemicals for both – professional use and daily cleaning of household premises).
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4.4. CASH FLOW AND LIQUIDITY
The objective of the Group is to have sufficient financial
resources, maintain high liquidity level, a good quality balance
sheet, have sufficient flexibility and space in borrowing, and
be able to meet the Groups’ working capital and investment
needs.
Group’s cash flow from operating activities before the
changes in the working capital was positive and amounted
to EUR 81 million as compared to EUR 123 million of the
corresponding period of the previous year. Within FY
2022/2023 way more moderate increases in the Group’s
inventories (increased by EUR 23 million), and receivables
(increased by EUR 14 million), resulted in still positive cash
flow from operating activities after changes in working
capital - EUR 13 million (negative EUR 6 million over the
respective period of 2021/2022 financial year). As of the
balance sheet date the Group had EUR 13 million in cash
and cash equivalents (EUR 21 million in FY 2021/2022), its
current solvency ratio was 1.27.
The Group’s financial loans portfolio at the end of the
financial year 2022/2023 was EUR 328 million (EUR 296
million at the end of the financial year 2021/2022) or EUR
292 million if not taking into account leasing obligations
related with right of use assets (respectively EUR 266 million
at the end of the financial year 2021/2022). Financial debt,
out of which 75% is short term loans used for working capital
financing have mainly increased due to higher demand for
working capital financing. Respectively over the referenced
period financial expenses increased by 28% and amounted
to EUR 19.3 million compared to EUR 15.1 million in
financial year 2021/2022.
AB Linas Agro Group is fully capable of financing its core,
as well as investment activities. The main part of the working
capital (total maximum amount of credit, factoring, LCs and
other limits with the banks exceeded 500 million) and long-
term investments Group finances in following financial
institutions: Swedbank AB, AB SEB Bankas, Luminor Bank
AS, Credit Suisse AG, Credit Europe Bank N.V.
5. INVESTMENTS
AB Linas Agro Group and its subsidiaries have invested EUR 30 million over the reporting period. Major investments by character:
Within the FY 2022/2023 a majority share of the total Group investments were directed towards Food products segment. Poultry
companies were looking for the ways to cut energy costs, installing alternative LPG terminals to replace last year record high (prices)
natural gas, additionally small-scale floor and roof repairs, lightning and heating renovation was performed, new filleting and
calibration equipment, trucks for transportation purchased. Instant food category finalized investments into Kedainiai warehouse.
Agricultural companies purchased few land plots, in some cases replacing existing ones with more convenient locations, additionally
bought sowing machines, scrapers, tractor for crop production, crushers for feed preparation, as well as cooling system for milk
farms. Group company UAB Dotnuva Baltic was investing into new modern agricultural service center/workshop and warehouse
located in Siauliai.
Investment object
Investment amount,
thousand EUR
Grain, Oilseeds, and Feed
3,319
Products and Services for Farming
2,694
Agricultural Production
5,538
Food products
18,385
Other Activities
445
Not allocated to any segment
32
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6. MAJOR EVENTS
6.1. THE PUBLICLY DISCLOSED INFORMATION
During the reporting period ended 30 June 2023, the Company publicly disclosed and distributed via Nasdaq Vilnius Exchange
Globenewswire system and in Company‘s website www.linasagrogroup.lt the following information:
16/6/2023
8:00 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group: notification on transactions in the Company's securities by the person discharging managerial
responsibilities
15/6/2023
16:52 EEST
The Board of Directors of AB Linas Agro Group approved the Dividend Policy
13/62023
17:17 EEST
Correction: AB Linas Agro Group seeks to acquire part of AUGA Group, AB food business
7/6/2023
17:42 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group seeks to acquire part of AUGA Group, AB food business
31/5/2023
16:30 EEST
9 months of the 2022/2023 financial year of AB Linas Agro Group: revenue up, profit down
26/5/2023
10:00 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group will hold an Investor Conference Webinar to introduce the financial results for the 9 months of
financial year 2022/2023
15/5/2023
8:23 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group: notification on transactions in the Company's securities by the managers of the Company
11/5/2023
8:19 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group: notification on transactions in the Company's securities by the managers of the Company
8/5/2023
16:05 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group: notification on transactions in the Company's securities by the managers and persons closely
associated with the managers of the Company
4/5/2023
8:16 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group: notification on transactions in the Company's securities by the managers and persons closely
associated with the managers of the Company
2/5/2023
9:06 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group: notification on transactions in the issuer's securities by the managers and persons closely
associated with the managers of the Company
2023-04-26
16:19 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group: notification on transactions in the issuer's securities by the managers and persons closely
associated with the managers of the Company
28/2/2023
18:22 EET
Six months of the 2022/23 financial year of AB Linas Agro Group: sales, revenue, and profit growth.
23/2/2023
9:30 EET
AB Linas Agro Group will hold an Investor Conference Webinar to introduce the financial results for the half year of
financial year 2022/2023.
20/2/2023
8:00 EET
Linas Agro Group invests EUR 32 million in the production of instant foods.
22/12/2022
16:05 EET
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AB Linas Agro Group was elected.
6/12/2022
16:08 EET
Chairman of the Board of AB Linas Agro Group was elected.
2/12/2022
16:05 EET
Notification on the total number of voting rights granted by Linas Agro Group shares, the authorized capital amount,
the number of shares and their nominal value.
2/12/2022
16:04 EET
New wording of the Articles of Association of AB Linas Agro Group, the Supervisory Board and the increase of the
authorized capital are registered.
2/12/2022
9:00 EET
Correction: AB Linas Agro Group investors calendar for the 2023.
2/12/2022
8:30 EET
AB Linas Agro Group investors calendar for the 2023.
30/11/2022
18:41 EET
Revenue of AB Linas Agro Group for the three months of the 2022/2023 financial year grows by one third.
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24/11/2022
8:08 EET
AB Linas Agro Group notification on transactions in the issuer's securities by the managers and persons closely
associated with the managers of the Company.
23/11/2022
8:30 EET
AB Linas Agro Group will hold an Investor Conference Webinar to introduce the financial results for the 3 months of
financial year 2022/2023.
16/11/2022
8:23 EET
AB Linas Agro Group sold IOOO Belfidagro, a company registered in Belarus.
3/11/2022
13:50 EET
Dividend Payment Procedure.
3/11/2022
9:54 EET
AB Linas Agro Group has permission to proceed with the sale of the Belarusian company.
28/10/2022
17:25 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group notification about the Annual information for the financial year 2021/2022.
28/10/2022
17:20 EEST
Decisions of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of AB Linas Agro Group held on 28 October 2022.
10/10/2022
9:53 EEST
Correction: The Board of AB Linas Agro Group approved draft resolutions and documents for the General Meeting of
Shareholders.
7/10/2022
23:23 EEST
Correction: The Board of AB Linas Agro Group approved draft resolutions and documents for the General Meeting of
Shareholders.
7/10/2022
23:01 EEST
The Board of AB Linas Agro Group approved draft resolutions and documents for the General Meeting of
Shareholders.
4/10/2022
8:00 EEST
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is convened.
26/9/2022
8:27 EEST
Linas Agro Group companies receive EUR 118 million to finance operations.
31/8/2022
18:00 EET
Revenue of AB Linas Agro Group for the twelve months of the 2021/2022 financial year approaches EUR 2 billion,
net profit grows 4.6 times.
26/8/2022
8:30 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group sells subsidiaries in Russia and Belarus.
25/8/2022
14:15 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group will hold an Investor Conference Webinar to introduce the financial results for the 12 months of
the financial year 2021/2022.
1/8/2022
9:00 EEST
AB Linas Agro Group: notification on transactions in the issuer's securities by the managers and persons closely
associated with the managers of the Company.
28/7/2022
16:00 EEST
Linas Agro receives EUR 170 million syndicated loan.
27/7/2022
11:03 EEST
Linas Agro Group to expand its operations.
6.2. OTHER EVENTS OF THE REPORTING PERIOD
2023/2024
29/6/2023
The Group’s companies additionally acquired shares of UAB Šlaituva, AB Vilniaus Paukštynas, AB Kauno Grūdai and
others.
The Company transferred 9,000 of its own shares to employees of the Group under AB Linas Agro Group Rules for
Shares Issue.
27/6/2023
The Company acquired from AB Linas Agro shares of UAB Landvesta 1, UAB Landvesta 2, UAB Landvesta 3, UAB
Landvesta 4, UAB Landvesta 5 and UAB Landvesta 6.
20/6/2023
UAB Kaišiadorių Skerdykla was delisted from the Register of Legal Entities.
16/6/2023
UAB KG Group LT was delisted from the Register of Legal Entities.
9/6/2023
UAB Dotnuva Seeds founded SIA Dotnuva Seeds.
9/5/2023
UAB Dotnuva Baltic split off finished and new edition of the Articles of Association of UAB Dotnuva Baltic registered,
the authorized capital decreased by EUR 69,504.
8/5/2023
UAB Dotnuva Seeds was registered after UAB Dotnuva Baltic split off.
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27/4/2023
The authorized capital of AS Dotnuva Baltic increased by EUR 800,00.
11/4/2023
A decision is taken to increase the authorized capital of LLC Linas Agro Ukraine by EUR 300 000.
30/3/2023
The authorized capital of LLC Linas Agro Ukraine increased by EUR 166,545,25.
20/3/2023
The authorized capital of UAB GeoFace increased by EUR 300,000.
17/3/2023
Conversion of Užupės ŽŪB into UAB Užupė was completed.
16/3/2023
Split off of UAB Dotnuva Baltic initiated.
6/3/2023
Liquidation of UAB Kaišiadorių Skerdykla initiated.
March, 2023
UAB TABA Holding additionally acquired shares in AB Kauno Grūdai.
January-March,
2023
The Company transferred 4,000 of its own shares to employees of the Group under AB Linas Agro Group Rules for
Shares Issue.
9/1/2023
UAB Kauno Grūdai ir Partneriai was removed from the Register of Legal Entities.
7/12/2022
AB Kauno Grūdai bought the rest shares of UAB Šlaituva and became the sole shareholder.
1/12/2022
The reorganization was completed, UAB Kauno Grūdai ir Partneriai was merged to UAB Linas Agro Grūdų Centrai.
30/11/2022
The share capital of Užupės ŽŪB was reduced by paying EUR 691,000.64 to its shareholders.
9/11/2022
100 percent of shares in IOOO Belfidagro were sold.
2/11/2022
The authorized capital of SIA Linas Agro increased by EUR 366,856 by a non-monetary contribution of SIA KG
Latvija.
5/10/2022
Liquidation of UAB KG Group LT initiated.
27/9/2022
The sale of part in OOO VitOMEK (Moscow, Russian Federation) is registered.
5/9/2022
The authorized capital of UAB Linas Agro Grūdų Centrai has been increased by EUR 3,866,785 with a non-monetary
contribution from AB Linas Agro.
1/9/2022
The sale of part in OOO VitOMEK (Tver region, Russian Federation) is registered.
25/8/2022
Agreements on sale of shares in OOO VitOMEK (Moscow, Russian Federation) and OOO VitOMEK (Tver, Russian
Federation), also IOOO Belfidagro, registered in Belarus were concluded.
July, 2022
The Company transferred 11,000 of its own shares to employees of the Group under AB Linas Agro Group Rules for
Shares Issue.
22/7/2022
AB Linas Agro concluded a syndicated credit agreement in the amount of EUR 170 m with Credit Suisse AG,
Swedbank, AB and AB SEB bank, and the Company guaranteed its fulfilment.
5/7/2022
Authorized capital of AB Linas Agro increased by EUR 5 134 480 by non-monetary contribution of AB Kauno Grūdai.
6.3. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
29/09/2023
Liquidation of UAB KG Distribution, UAB KG Logistika, UAB VKP Valdymas and UAB Gastroneta initiated.
1/9/2023
Reorganization of SIA Broileks, SIA Cerova and SIA Lielzeltini was initiated by merging them to AS Putnu Fabrika
Kekava.
22/8/2023
Split off from UAB Landvesta 1 initiated.
21/7/2023
AB Kauno Grūdai acquired 100% shares of KB Grybai LT.
7/7/2023
The Company transferred 3,000 of its own shares to employees of the Group under AB Linas Agro Group Rules for
Shares Issue.
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7. SCOPE OF RISK
AND MANAGEMENT
THEREOF
Magnitude (potential impact)
Likelihood
Low
<2%
Medium
2-3%
High
3-5%
Very
High
>5%
Low
Medium
High
Very
high
LIQUIDITY AND FINANCING
ASSOCIATED RISKS
debt servicing
interest rate
TRADE POSSITION'S
MANAGEMENT
open position mismanagement
CREDIT AND
COUNTERPARTY RISK
farmers' defaults
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
MANAGEMENT
cost or execution time overrun
INFORMATION SECURITY
AND IT
loss or disclosure of key
information, leakage,
cyberattacks
interruption of business
processes and decisions
NON-COMPLIANCE RISK
interruption of business
processes, limited or prohibited
activity
SUPPLIER, SOURCING
RISK, LOSS OF
PARTNERSHIPS
loss of representation
exclusivities, limited substitution,
leading to potentially limited
activity
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
AND SAFETY
MISMANAGEMENT
legal procedures, fines
difficulties hiring and keeping
employees
FOOD QUALITY AND
SAFETY MISMANAGEMENT
legal procedures, fines
RISK OF NOT REACHING
ESG TARGETS
complicated relationship with
key stakeholders, loss of image,
brand deterioration
potentially limited offerings to
finance, increased margins
BIOLOGICAL ASSETS
MISMANAGEMENT
improper maintenance of
biological assets (animal housing
condition, feed quality, infection
prevention measures, insurance)
POLITICAL RISKS
reduction of agricultural
subsidies
HR RISKS
loss of employees
inability to hire new employees
REPUTATION RISK
Public opinion
Brand image
CLIMATE RISKS
Extreme climate conditions
impacting crop production
Extreme climate conditions
impacting ability to operate
production business
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7.1. MARKET RISKS
A market risk is understood as the risk of receiving a lower
return than planned in the event of unfavourable market
conditions. A market risk in the activities of the companies of
the Group could occur through fluctuations in market prices
of certain goods, emergence of new competitors in the
market or a merger/formation of a group by competitors,
relevant crop harvest quality/quantity in a given period,
emergence of new goods and production technologies that
lead to a fall in the market prices of specific goods, etc.
In order to manage the potential impact of a market risk,
the employees of the companies of the Group:
- Constantly monitor the market of specialised products;
- Manage trading positions on the basis of permissible
limits of open trading positions and criteria for their
liquidation;
- Use derivatives;
- Etc.
In the financial year 2022/2023, due to high volatility of
commodity prices and disruptions in the supply chain, the
companies of the Group were exposed to market risk.
Market price risk was evident in fertilizer trade due to limited
possibility to hedge the exposure. However, diversification of
Group’s activities helped to balance the overall result.
The probability of the occurrence of market risk in future
periods remains high due to the specifics of the Group’s
normal business operations. Also, inflationary pressures are
expected to have a negative impact on consumer purchasing
power in the short term. However, due to complex
forecasting of market movement trends, it is not possible to
anticipate the consequences of encountering this risk.
7.2. TRADE AND CREDIT
RISKS
A trade and credit risk is understood as the risk of a lower-
than-expected profit if, due to reasons that are dependent or
not dependent on the employees of the companies of the
Group, improper performance of the terms and conditions of
contracts is encountered.
A trade risk in the activities of the companies of the Group
could occur through non-delivery of purchased goods,
refusal of the buyer to accept the sold goods, non-
compliance with contractual terms and conditions
concerning the quantity, range, completeness, quality or
other characteristics of the goods, inaccuracies in the
procedures of the companies of the Group or of outsourced
service providers, failure to ensure a due process, and
criminal operation of parties to a transaction.
A credit risk in the activities of the companies of the Group
could occur through the sale of goods with deferred
payment, lending money, payment of an advance for the
future delivery of goods or services, extension of an overdue
payment term, etc.
To manage the potential impact of a trade and credit risk,
the employees of the companies of the Group:
- Conduct a thorough screening of customers prior to
starting trade operations and assesses the availability of
additional security at the start of the cooperation;
- Observe the credit limit values set for the trade operations
of the companies of the Group, perform continuous
customer monitoring, and make use of insurance options;
- Ensure control over activities of outsourced service
providers;
- Properly document the execution of trade operations and
other procedures;
- Etc.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Company and the
Group managed the risk in an orderly manner, significant
financial impact or above regular default rates were not
observed.
The manifestation of this risk is closely related to the
market risk aspects and in some cases can be provoked by
them. However, the Group estimates the probability of
occurrence of trade and credit risk in future periods as
moderate, due to the long-term experience of the staff of the
companies of the Group and the thorough screening and
control activities carried out.
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7.3. POLITICAL RISKS
In the European Union, agriculture is a highly regulated and
supervised industry. Although this regulation and supervision
is aimed at ensuring a sufficient income for those engaged
in agricultural activities, political changes may affect the
situation in the market in which the Group operates. Political
risks could arise from the reduction of agricultural subsidies,
the tightening of financial assistance-related requirements
(which would have a negative impact not only on the
activities of agricultural companies managed by the Group,
but also on the enterprises supplying those companies), as
well as the adoption political decisions such as embargoes,
quotas, import or export bans.
To minimize the consequences of such risks, the
employees of the companies of the Group monitor the
economic situation in Lithuania and all other countries with
which they trade and assess possible changes that would
result from certain political decisions.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Company and the
Group encountered political risk. Following Russia's invasion
of Ukraine, sanctions imposed on Russia by countries
‘unfriendly’ to the regime have led to further disruptions in
supply chains worldwide (already seen in the COVID-19
pandemic). Supply restrictions imposed by the aggressor
prior to the outbreak of hostilities also had a primary impact
on changes in supply and prices.
Having in mind high geopolitical uncertainty, the probability
of the occurrence of political risks to the Group in future
periods is assessed as moderate.
7.4. HR RISKS
The ability of the Group to maintain a competitive position
and implement its growth strategy is determined by the
experience and knowledge of the management. Loss of
employees and/or inability to hire new employees with
relevant knowledge may adversely affect the business
prospects and financial position of the Group. HR-related
risks in the activities of the companies of the Group could
also be encountered in connection with the confidential
information available to the staff members, the decisions
made by the staff, the responsibility granted to the staff
members based on their rights and duties, improperly
designed employee motivation systems, etc.
To manage HR Risks:
- Non-compete agreements have been concluded with
certain executives of the Group;
- Requirements and responsibility concerning the storage
of confidential information are set for employees;
- The motivational system is developed, etc.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Company and the
Group did not encounter these risks.
The probability of the occurrence of the HR risks in future
periods is assessed as low.
7.5. FUNDING AND
LIQUIDITY RISKS
Examples of funding and liquidity risks include funding
supply risk, lack of liquidity, short-term investment risk,
foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, etc.
Information on the financial risk management objectives
and used hedging instruments that are subject to hedge
accounting, as well as the information on the extent of the
price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk arising
for the Group when the Group makes use of financial
instruments, all of which is important in assessing the assets,
equity, liabilities, income and expenses of the Group, are
disclosed in Note 31 to the Financial Statements of the
Group for the FY 2022/2023.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Company and the
Group did not encounter these risks.
In the opinion of the Group, the probability of occurrence of
funding and liquidity risks in future periods is low/moderate
due to the annual credit limits set by the Group, significant
diversification of bank financing sources, and hedging
instruments used. The most significant impact in the coming
financial year is expected to be due to the active monetary
policy of the central banks and the increase in the interbank
interest rate, however, it should be noted that the Group's
management has considered the impact of this factor in
advance in the formulation of the budget for the coming year
and does not anticipate a material negative impact.
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7.6. RISKS OF CHANGE IN
BIOLOGICAL ASSETS, CLIMATE
RISKS
The risk of change in biological assets used in the operations
of the Group (cattle, birds and crops) is related to improper
maintenance of biological assets, possible out-breaks of
diseases, and other factors that may cause the loss of such
assets.
To minimize potential losses relating to the risk of change
in biological assets, the employees of the companies of the
Group monitor the condition of the soil, use plant protection
products and fertilizers, carefully control the quality of cattle
and poultry feed, continuously improve animal housing
conditions, apply infection prevention measures and make
use of insurance options.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Company and the
Group did not encounter these risks. However, severe dry
weather conditions in 4
th
quarter have indicated increasing
risk related to climate change.
In the opinion of the Group, although the probability of
occurrence of the risk of change in biological assets in future
periods is low due to the systems implemented in the
companies of the Group and a strict control, it is still possible
to encounter such risk in case of extremely unfavorable
weather conditions independently of the Group’s actions.
7.7. SECURITY RISKS
The security risk could be encountered by the Group due
to information technology security vulnerabilities, malware,
viruses, illegal and criminal activities of third parties
encroaching on the information systems in order to seize
information and steal funds. This risk may also be
encountered in the course of storage and archiving of copies
of electronic and written documents, and when carrying out
the protection and surveillance of the premises and the area
of the companies of the Group.
In order to manage the security risks within the Group, the
installation of antivirus programs, archiving digital and paper
documents in accordance with the established rules and with
the assistance of third parties, and installation of office
environment surveillance systems are carried out and
updated on a regular basis.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Company and the
Group encountered the risk when Group company website
was attacked by unfriendly counterparties. However, timely
action was taken, the websites as such are not a crucial part
of Group’s IT infrastructure.
In the opinion of the Group, the probability of occurrence of
safety risks in future periods is low due to the systems
implemented in the companies of the Group and strict
controls.
7.8. CONSUMPTION
PATTERNS AND
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
RISKS
The risks posed by changes in consumption patterns and
technology are related both to temporary trends and to
consistent changes caused by increased education and
better living conditions or scientific progress.
To manage these risks, the companies of the Group that
produce, prepare and sell agricultural and food products, and
supply goods and provide services to farmers perform
ongoing monitoring of market trends, sustainability,
consumer value and functionality perspectives, assess
changes in supply and demand, analyze new products and
market penetration of such products.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Company and the
Group did not encounter these risks.
In the opinion of the Group, the probability of occurrence of
these risks in future periods is low due to the continuous
promotion of innovation and the first necessity and high-
energy value product.
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7.9. REPUTATION RISKS
Reputation risks are related to the image of the Group and
the companies managed by the Group in the course of
building and maintaining relationships with employees,
suppliers, customers and the public.
To prevent the occurrence of these risks, the actions of the
companies of the Group must comply with the values
represented, the mission and vision set, as well as correlate
with the provisions of the Code of Business Ethics and social
responsibility objectives of the Group. Any deviations from
the above could lead to a diminished trust in the Group by its
partners, more complicated supply or lower demand for
products, as well as reduced attractiveness of the Group’s
companies as employers.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Company and the
Group did not encounter these risks.
In the opinion of the Group, the probability of occurrence of
these risks in future periods is low due to the standards set
by the Group and the responsibility in applying the provisions
of the Code of Business Ethics and performing its content
revisions and compliance checks.
7.10. RISKS RELATED WITH
INVESTMENT PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
While expanding existing or introducing new business lines,
Group companies and management initiate investment
projects, which in most cases require specific knowledge,
involves third parties, bringing significant technological, time
management, cost overrun or similar risks.
To manage these risks Group uses extensive planning and
forecasting procedures, where available using external
consultancy.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Company and the
Group managed the risk without any major impact on
activities.
7.11. NON-COMPLIANCE
RISKS
Existing product and service portfolio of Group companies
require certain licensing, certifications, technical assurances,
etc. Non-compliance with the aforementioned requirements,
can translate into significant financial losses due to both –
material fines (regulatory perspective), as well as loss of
markets, trust in the provider of the product/service
(behavioral perspective).
To manage these risks Group establishes policies, internal
procedures and control mechanism, which are updated
regularly to be of highest quality as well as compliant to latest
regulation and laws.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Company and the
Group managed the risk without any major impact on the
activities.
7.12. SUPPLIER, SOURCING
RISK, LOSS OF
PARTNERSHIPS
Delivering the results in all the business lines, Group
companies are highly dependent on it’s suppliers and
partners in various sectors and geographies. Discontinued
cooperation in some cases might translate into lost time,
differences in final product outcome or overall spectrum of
the offering.
To manage these risks Group establishes strategies to
manage supplier concentration, diversifies customer base.
Extensive supply chain planning is performed with alternative
suppliers, routes or substitutes.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Company and the
Group managed the risk without any major impact on the
activities.
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7.13. OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY
MISMANAGEMENT RISKS
Production activity in mills, elevators, factories,
slaughterhouses, baking and other units includes various risk
factors for Group employees. Mismanagement of
occupational health and safety risks can cause various
incidents, physical trauma, long-term disability, or even death.
To manage these risks, Group establishes the highest
standard health and safety rules and procedures, provides
employees with quality and necessary means for work, and
prepares the safe workplace.
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Group unfortunately
failed in managing the risk; please refer to the Group’s
Sustainability Report for further details.
7.14. RISK OF NOT
REACHING ESG TARGETS
Group’s sustainability report 2021/2022 establishes
commitment to deliver progress in all the areas of the
sustainability, stating economic, environmental, social and
governance KPIs in 5-year horizon. Failure to reach the
targets would mean failure to meet the expectations of our
key stakeholders, which could to a higher or lower extent,
limit future partnership with the Group.
To manage these risks, Group regularly revises the
progress and targets, assesses the results and makes plans
going forward. Part of achieving the goals is connected to
technological advance and investment need, where both
depend on the market or financial position of the Group.
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8. STRATEGIC GOALS
The overall strategy of the Group is to grow profitably and sustainably, to develop all key activities and to achieve synergies between
business areas. The group's long-term strategic goals were to achieve an operating profit margin of at least 3% and a return on
capital employed in the company's operations (ROCE) of at least 12%.
Target
2021/2022
2022/2023
Long term objective
Operational efficiency
5.47%
2.07 %
Operating profit margin >/=3%
Optimal return on capital
18.97%
7.03 %
Return on capital employed
(ROCE) >/=12%
Sustainable debt level
1.90
4.18
RMI adjusted Net financial debt /
EBITDA </= 4.0
Target level of EBITDA
132,173
67,318
EBITDA >/= 70,000 – 90,000
thousand EUR
Creating shareholder value
6.00%
0.00 %
Dividends paid within financial
year to net profit of the previous
financial year >/= 20 %
L/T strategic diversification in
activities
Revenue split*:
*Percentages do not add up to 100 due to activity between segments
Grain, Oilseed, and Feed: 62%
Products and Services for
Farming: 20%
Agricultural Production: 2%
Food Products: 18%
Other Activities: 2%
Grain, Oilseed, and Feed: 61%
Products and Services for
Farming: 21%
Agricultural Production: 3%
Food Products: 21%
Other Activities: 1%
Grain, Oilseed, and Feed: 45%
Products and Services for
Farming: 20%
Agricultural Production: <2%
Food Products: 30%
Other Activities: <2%
2021/2022
2022/2023
A long-term perspective
62%
20%
2%
18%
2%
45%
20%
<2%
30%
<2%
61%
21%
3%
21%
1%
Grain, Oilseed, and Feed Products and Services for Farming
Agricultural Production Food Products
Other Activities
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By carrying out activities in each of the five main operating
segments, the Group sets separate targets to achieve the
objectives applicable to respective segments.
GRAIN, OILSEED AND FEED
The objective of the Group’s management is to sustainably
export grain from the Baltic States in order to achieve higher
profitability in this activity. When assessing achievements in
the segment, the following is considered: the ratio of the
volume of grain purchased in the Group’s elevators to the
volume of harvest in the region (target: >/= 7 percent),
segment’s operating profit margin (target: >/= 1.5 percent),
etc.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR FARMING
The key task in this segment is to grow profitably, while
ensuring acceptable earnings for the farmer. Also, to look for
and offer to the market solutions that help plants adapt to
changing climatic conditions. To have one of the best
agricultural machinery servicing networks in the Baltic
States. To develop the investment in GeoFace and offer
modern solutions to farmers with smart technologies. When
assessing achievements in the segment, the following is
considered: the market share of new tractors and combines
(target: TOP 3 position in each country of operation),
segment’s operating profit margin (target: >/= 5 percent),
etc.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
The development of this area of activity is limited by the area
of managed land, therefore, the respective strategic
objectives of the Group are to further increase the
productivity of crop and dairy farms and to expand the
volume of raw milk production through the modernization of
production processes and cow herd expansion. When
assessing achievements in the segment, the following is
taken into account: milk yield (target: >/=12 thousand kg of
milk per year per cow), yields of various cereals (winter wheat
average yield target: >/=7.2 tons per hectare of crop,
EBITDA gained per one hectare planted (target: >/= EUR
300), etc.
FOOD PRODUCTS
The objective of the management of the Group is the
efficient management of the companies in the segment and
further development of poultry farming capacities through
the modernization and automation of packaging,
refrigeration, and logistics solutions, as well as reduction of
gas consumption in poultry farming facilities. When
assessing achievements in the segment, the following is
taken into account: brand awareness regarding the brands
represented (target: to remain No. 1 in the Latvian &
Lithuanian market), poultry farming without usage of
antibiotics (target: 100% raised antibiotic-free), operating
profit margin (target: >/= 3.5 percent), etc.
The objective of the management of the Group in the
segment of grain-based food is to maintain leadership of
branded products in the Baltic states, expand and capitalize
on private label production for export. The emphasis for the
upcoming year goes to implementation of the investment
and expansion projects which will further increase the
earning capacity of the segment. A special interest will be
designated towards acquisitions in the sector with wider
scope than Baltics. When assessing achievements of the
segment special attention is being brought to operating
margin (target: >/= 4 percent).
OTHER ACTIVITIES
The businesses in this segment are not significant in the
context of the Group, and consequently, due to their small
size, their profitability is often lower than that of competitors.
The Group's management's objective is to find a competitive
advantage (e.g., expanding production of higher margin
premium products, increasing brand awareness, maintaining,
and expanding supplier representation contracts, and
achieving the right scale, ensuring an efficient result from the
activities.
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9. AUTHORIZED
CAPITAL AND
SHARES OF THE
COMPANY
1 December 2022, the authorized capital of AB Linas Agro
Group was increased and registered in the Register of Legal
Entities.
The Company's authorized capital was increased by the
amount of EUR 200,545.15 by issuing 691,535 new
ordinary registered uncertificated shares of the Company
with a nominal value of EUR 0.29 each and a grant price of
EUR 0.705 each.
The total issue price of all the new shares was EUR
487,532.18, of which EUR 200,545.15 was the nominal
value of the new shares, and EUR 286,987.03 was the share
premium.
The new shares were issued to exercise a portion of the
options granted to the Group's employees and/or directors
in 2018, with the new shares being granted gratuitously and
paid for by the Company out of the Company's treasury
share reserve.
Details of the Company's shares at 30 June 2023:
Share type
Ordinary registered shares
ISIN
LT0000128092
Nominal, EUR
0.29
Total number of shares
161,085,933
The authorized capital of the Company, EUR
46,714,920.57
Own shares acquired by the Company
737,972
The total number of the Option Shares
6,263,966
All the shares of the Company are fully paid, and they are
not subject to any restrictions of the transfer of securities. All
shares issued by the Company grant equal rights to the
Company’s shareholders. Company has not issued any
shares of a class other than the aforementioned ordinary
shares. Each ordinary share of the Company shall grant one
vote at the General Meeting of Shareholders (except
ordinary shares acquired by the Company that do not give
the right to vote). Neither limitations of the rights granted by
the Company’s shares nor special control rights for
shareholders are provided for in the Company’s Articles of
Association.
Information on the Option Shares is disclosed in Note 30
to the Financial Statements for the FY 2022/2023.
The subsidiaries of the Company have not acquired any
shares in the Company.
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10. TRADE IN THE
COMPANY’S
SECURITIES IN
REGULATED
MARKETS
During the reporting period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June
2023, all shares of the Company were included in the Official
List of AB Nasdaq Vilnius Stock Exchange (ISIN Code of the
shares is LT0000128092). The ticker of the shares on AB
Nasdaq Vilnius Stock Exchange is LNA1L. Trading in the
Company’s shares on AB Nasdaq Vilnius Stock Exchange
started on 17 February 2010. On July 24, 2017, the
Company have signed the agreement of the Issuer’s
securities accounting management contract with AB Šiaulių
Bankas, represented by the Securities Transactions Division
(code 112025254, address: Šeimyniškių St. 1A, LT-09312
Vilnius).
The securities of the subsidiaries of the Company are not
traded on regulated markets.
10.1. TRADE IN THE
COMPANY’S SHARES
Information on the automated execution transactions, prices
of shares sold on AB Nasdaq Vilnius Stock Exchange and
turnovers during the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June
2023:
10.2. CAPITALIZATION OF THE
COMPANY’S SHARES
Year and
quarter
Price EUR
Turnover EUR
Last trading days of the period
Total turnover
Opening
Max
Average
Min
Max
Min
Price EUR
Turnover EUR
Date
Units
EUR
2022 III
1.140
1.330
1.239
1.110
371,321
1,674
1.300
24,283
30/9/2022
2,004,109
2,511,885
2022 IV
1.300
1.360
1.299
1.250
255,470
1,342
1.340
13,109
31/12/2022
1,303,911
1,697,191
2023 I
1.350
1.730
1.563
1.340
209,864
7,024
1.590
9,815
31/3/2023
2,171,057
3,391,074
2023 II
1.600
1.655
1.499
1.360
514,368
2,112
1.370
3,521
30/6/2023
2,123,437
3,155,310
Date
Capitalization. EUR
Share Price. EUR
30/9/2022
206,622,517
1.300
31/12/2022
214,928,493
1.340
31/3/2023
255,027,093
1.590
30/6/2023
219,740,325
1.370
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10.3. AB LINAS AGRO GROUP
SHARE PRICE AND TURNOVER
Information on changes in the prices of Company’s shares
and turnover from 1/7/2018 until the end of the reporting
period, i. e. 30 June 2023, is presented in the following
diagram:
Information on the fluctuations of the Company's share price
and OMX Baltic Benchmark GI (OMXBBGI) and OMX Baltic
Vilnius GI (OMXVGI) indices from 1/1/2020 until the end of
the reporting period, i. e. 30 June 2023, is presented in the
following diagram:
0
500 000
1 000 000
1 500 000
2 000 000
2 500 000
3 000 000
3 500 000
4 000 000
4 500 000
5 000 000
0,0
0,2
0,4
0,6
0,8
1,0
1,2
1,4
1,6
1,8
227%
148,55%
136%
0%
50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
300%
350%
LNAL1 OMXBBGI OMXVGI
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11. SHAREHOLDERS
According to the list of shareholders provided by AB Linas
Agro Group securities account operator AB Šiaulių Bankas
(data for the end of 30 June, 2023), the number of
Company‘s shareholders at the end of the reporting period
was 4,535.
Shareholders of the Company have all the property and
non-property rights specified in the Articles 15 and 16 of the
Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Companies.
There are no Company shareholders possessing special
control rights; the Company’s ordinary non-certificated
shares grant equal rights to all shareholders of the Company.
The Company does not have any further information about
any agreements between shareholders due to which the
shareholders’ and/or voting rights might be limited.
11.1. SHAREHOLDERS BY
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
AND LEGAL FORM:
Distribution of the Company’s Shareholders by Country of Residence and Legal Form as at 30 June 2023:
* Investors from the Baltic countries are considered as local
Investors
Number of shares
Portion in the
authorized capital and
voting rights. %
Non-resident investors:
111,598,281
69.28
Companies
110,802,826
68.78
Individuals
795,455
0.49
Local investors*:
49,487,652
30.72
Companies
15,544,238
9.65
Individuals
33,943,414
21.07
Total
161,085,933
100
78%
22%
Companies Individuals
69%
31%
Non-resident investors Local investors
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The shareholders controlling more than 5% of the
Company’s shares and/or votes as at 30 June, 2023:
12. PROCEDURE FOR
AMENDING THE
COMPANY’S
ARTICLES OF
ASSOCIATION
The Company’s Articles of Association shall be amended
exclusively by the general meeting of shareholders under the
Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Companies. Adoption of a
decision to amend the Company’s Articles of Association shall
be the jurisdiction of the Company’s General Meeting of
Shareholders subject to a qualified majority of 2/3 of votes of
the shareholders participating in the Meeting, with the
exception of cases specified in the Law of the Republic of
Lithuania on Companies.
13. ESSENTIAL
AGREEMENTS TO
WHICH THE COMPANY
IS A PARTY
During the reporting period, no essential agreements to
which the Company is a party and which entered into force
were amended or expired in case of change in the control of
the Company were concluded.
Number of shares held
Portion in the
authorized capital. %
Akola ApS (public company, code 25174879, registration address:
Thistedvej 68, st., 9400 Norresundby, Denmark)
109,909,167
68.23
Darius Zubas
17,049,995
10.58
Investment and pension funds managed by UAB INVL Asset
Management (private limited liability company, code 126263073;
registration address Gynėjų St. 14, Vilnius, Lithuania)
8,224,156
5.11
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14. CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
The Company complies with the company management
procedures stipulated in the Law of the Republic of Lithuania
on Companies. The Company complies with the essential
management principles indicated in the Corporate
Governance Code for the Companies Listed on Nasdaq
Vilnius.
The bodies of the Company are the General Meeting of
Shareholders, the Supervisory Board, the Board of the
Company, and the Head of the Company (Chief Executive
Officer).
The members of the bodies of AB Linas Agro Group have
never been convicted for the property, management
procedures and financial offences.
The detailed information on compliance with the Corporate
Governance Code is disclosed in Annex 7 of this Annual
Report.
14.1. GENERAL MEETING
OF SHAREHOLDERS
The General Meeting of Shareholders is the supreme body
of the Company. The procedure for the convening and
organization of a General Meeting of Shareholders, and for
passing decisions is established in the Law on Companies
of the Republic of Lithuania.
During the reporting period the annual general meeting of
shareholders of the Company was held on October 28,
2022, and was attended by the shareholders of the
Company holding 84.94% of all voting shares of the
Company.
14.2. THE MANAGEMENT
BOARD
The Company’s Management Board (the Board) consists
of six members elected for four years period. The Board’s
Chairman of the Board is also the Company’s Head (Chief
Executive Officer).
The previous Board adopted 13 Board decisions between
1 July 2022 and 28 October 2022, with 100% participation
of Board members.
The New Board was elected for a new term of 4 (four)
years at the Company’s Ordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders on 28 October 2022. There are no
independent members on the new Board. During the period
from election to 30 June 2023 the New Board adopted 10
Board decisions with 100% participation of the Board
members.
Composition of the Board as at 30 June 2023:
Name
Position
within the Board
Cadence
started
Cadence
ends
Number of the Company’s
shares held
Darius Zubas
Chairman
28/10/2022
27/10/2026
17,049,995
Andrius Pranckevičius
Vice Chairman
28/10/2022
27/10/2026
155,745
Dainius Pilkauskas
Member
28/10/2022
27/10/2026
480,281
Mažvydas Šileika
Member
28/10/2022
27/10/2026
1,100
Arūnas Zubas
Member
28/10/2022
27/10/2026
480,281
Jonas Bakšys
Member
28/10/2022
27/10/2026
3,400,000
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Darius Zubas
Darius Zubas – the principal founder of the Group.
Graduated from Veterinary Academy of Lithuanian University
of Health Sciences.
Serves as CEO at AB Linas Agro Group since 1996.
Activities in other companies:
Name, code, and address of legal entity
Position
Since
Companies of the Group:
UAB Dotnuva Seeds. 306313873, Tilto g. 2C, Dotnuva, Kėdainiai district, Lithuania
Member of the Board
2023
AB Kauno Grūdai, 133818917, H. ir O. Minkovskių St. 63, Kaunas, Lithuania
Chairman of the Board
2021
AB Vilniaus Paukštynas, 186107463, Gamyklos St. 27, Rudamina, Vilnius district,
Lithuania
Chairman of the Board
2021
AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas, 158891218, Paukštininkų St. 15, Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
Chairman of the Board
2021
AB Zelvė, 181323215, Tiesioji St. 21, Daučiuliškės vill., Elektrėnai municipality, Lithuania
Chairman of the Board
2021
UAB Linas Agro Konsultacijos, 248520920, Žibuoklių St. 20, Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Vice Chairman
of the Board
2020
UAB Dotnuva Baltic, 261415970, Parko St. 6, Akademija, Kėdainiai district, Lithuania
Member of the Board
2019
SIA Lielzeltini, 40003205232, “Mazzeltini“, Janeikas, Bauskas district, Latvia
Chairman of the Council
2015
AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava, 50003007411, Kekava, Kekava district, Latvia
Chairman of the Council
2014
AB Linas Agro, 147328026, Smėlynės St. 2C-3, Panevėžys, Lithuania
Chairman of the Board
2006
Other companies:
UAB Darius Zubas Holding, 305363909, Subačiaus St. 5, Vilnius, Lithuania
Chairman of the Board
2019
UAB MESTILLA, 300097027, Kretainio St. 5, Klaipėda, Lithuania
Chairman of the Board
2006
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Andrius
Pranckevičius
Obtained a bachelor’s degree in business administration and
a master’s degree in marketing management at Kaunas
University of Technology. Joined the Group in 1999 and
serves as Deputy CEO at AB Linas Agro Group since 2009.
Activities in other companies:
Name, code, and address of legal entity
Position
Since
Companies of the Group:
AB Kauno Grūdai, 133818917, H. ir O. Minkovskių St. 63, Kaunas, Lithuania
CEO
Vice Chairman of the Board
2021
AB Vilniaus Paukštynas, 186107463, Gamyklos St. 27, Rudamina, Vilnius district,
Lithuania
Vice Chairman of the Board
2021
AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas, 158891218, Paukštininkų St. 15, Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
Vice Chairman of the Board
2021
AB Zelvė, 181323215, Tiesioji St. 21, Daučiuliškės vill., Elektrėnai municipality, Lithuania
Vice Chairman of the Board
2021
UAB Linas Agro Konsultacijos, 248520920, Žibuoklių St. 20, Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Chairman of the Board
2020
AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava, 50003007411, Kekava, Kekava district, Latvia
Chairman of the Board
2015
SIA Lielzeltini, 40003205232, “Mazzeltini“, Janeikas, Bauskas district, Latvia
Chairman of the Board
2015
SIA Cerova, 43603019946, Centra St. 11, Musa, Ceraukstes par., Bauskas district, Latvia
Chairman of the Board
2015
SIA Broileks, 50103262981, Gaismas St. 2A-48, Kekava, Latvia
Chairman of the Board
2015
Other companies:
Lithuanian Poultry Association, 120748664, Verkių St. 5, Vilnius, Lithuania
Chairman of the Council
2022
Latvian Poultry Association LAPNA, 50008102661, Republikas laukums 2, Rīga, Latvia
Member of the Council
2021
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Dainius Pilkauskas
Obtained a master’s degree in animal science at Veterinary
Academy of the Lithnoteuanian University of Health Sciences.
Joined the Group in 1991.
Activities in other companies:
Name, code, and address of legal entity
Position
Since
Companies of the Group:
UAB Linas Agro Grūdų Centrai, 148451131, Smėlynės St. 2C, Panevėžys, Lithuania
Vice Chairman of the Board
2022
SIA Linas Agro, 53603019011, ‘Baltijas Ceļš’, Brankas, Cenu district, Jelgava municipality,
Latvia
Member of the Supervisory Council
2020
AB Linas Agro, 147328026, Smėlynės St. 2C-3, Panevėžys, Lithuania
Trade Director for Baltic States
Member of the Board
2006
2006
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Mažvydas Šileika
Graduated from the University of Leeds with a Bachelor of
Management degree and from City University London Bayes
Business School with a Master of Science (MSc) degree in
Shipping. Commodity Trading and Finance. Joined the Group
in 2020 and since then serve as CFO at AB Linas Agro Group.
Activities in other companies:
Name, code, and address of legal entity
Position
Since
Companies of the Group:
UAB Kekava Foods LT, 304784428, Subačiaus St. 5, Vilnius, Lithuania
Director
2023
AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava, 50003007411, Kekava, Kekava district, Latvia
Member of the Supervisory Council
2022
SIA Lielzeltini, 40003205232, “Mazzeltini“, Janeikas, Bauskas district, Latvia
Member of the Supervisory Council
2022
UAB TABA Holding, 304141581, Subačiaus St. 5, Vilnius, Lithuania
Director
2021
UAB Kormoprom Invest, 304141542, Subačiaus St. 5, Vilnius, Lithuania
Director
2021
AB Kauno Grūdai, 133818917, H. ir O. Minkovskių St. 63, Kaunas, Lithuania
Member of the Board
2021
AB Vilniaus Paukštynas, 186107463, Gamyklos St. 27, Rudamina, Vilnius district,
Lithuania
Member of the Board
2021
AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas, 158891218, Paukštininkų St. 15, Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
Member of the Board
2021
AB Zelvė, 181323215, Tiesioji St. 21, Daučiuliškės vill., Elektrėnai municipality, Lithuania
Member of the Board
2021
UAB Linas Agro Konsultacijos, 248520920, Žibuoklių St. 20, Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Member of the Board
2021
AB Linas Agro, 147328026, Smėlynės St. 2C-3, Panevėžys, Lithuania
Member of the Board
2021
Other companies:
UAB MESTILLA, 300097027, Kretainio St. 5, Klaipėda, Lithuania
Member of the Board
2023
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Jonas Bakšys
Obtained a bachelor’s degree in international economics at
Concordia University (USA) and a master’s degree in business
administration at the University of Surrey. Joined the Group in
2004.
Activities in other companies:
Name, code, and address of legal entity
Position
Since
Companies of the Group:
SIA Dotnuva Seeds, 40203489925, ‘Iecavas baze’, Iecava, Bauskas district, Latvia
Chairman of the Supervisory
Council
2023
UAB Dotnuva Seeds, 306313873, Tilto St. 2C, Dotnuva, Kėdainiai district, Lithuania
Vice Chairman of the Board
CEO
2023
2023
UAB Linas Agro Grūdų Centrai, 148451131, Smėlynės St. 2C, Panevėžys, Lithuania
Member of the Board
2022
UAB GeoFace, 304781617, Karaliaus Mindaugo av. 37, Kaunas, Lithuania
Director
Chairman of the Board
2022
2022
AB Kauno Grūdai, 133818917, H. ir O. Minkovskių St. 63, Kaunas, Lithuania
Member of the Board
2021
Linas Agro OU, 16071924, Savimäe 7, Vahi, Tartu district, Estonia
Member of the Supervisory Council
2020
UAB Dotnuva Baltic, 261415970, Parko St. 6, Akademija, Kėdainiai district,. Lithuania
Vice Chairman of the Board
CEO
2019
2019
SIA Linas Agro, 53603019011, ‘Baltijas Ceļš’, Brankas, Cenu district, Jelgava municipality,
Latvia
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory
Council
2019
SIA Dotnuva Baltic, 43603041881, ‘Baltijas Ceļš’, Brankas, Cenu district, Jelgava
municipality, Latvia
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory
Council
2019
AS Dotnuva Baltic, 12019737, Savimäe 7, Vahi, Tartu district, Estonia
Member of the Supervisory Council
2019
AB Linas Agro, 147328026, Smėlynės St. 2C-3, Panevėžys, Lithuania
CFO
Member of the Board
2019
2018
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Arūnas Zubas
Arūnas Zubas holds a master’s degree in food production
technology from the Kaunas University of Technology. He
was employed within the Group from 1995 to 2005. also
serves as Business Development Director at AB Linas Agro
Group since 2022.
Activities in other companies:
Board members controlling more than 5% of other
Companies shares and votes:
Name and surname
Participation in other Companies authorized capital
Darius Zubas
UAB Darius Zubas Holding-100%; UAB MESTILLA-14.3%
Jonas Bakšys
(joint community property with spouse together)
UAB Vividum-100%; Dvi T, UAB-100%
Mažvydas Šileika
(joint community property with spouse together)
10xreturns, UAB-25 %
Andrius Pranckevičius, Arūnas Zubas and Dainius Pilkauskas
do not have more than 5% of shares in the other companies.
During the reporting period, the Company has not granted
any loans, guarantees or surety ships to the members of the
Board that would ensure fulfilment of their obligations.
Name, code, and address of legal entity
Position
Since
Companies of the Group:
AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava, 50003007411, Kekava, Kekava district, Latvia
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory
Council
Member of the Supervisory Council
2018
2015
SIA Lielzeltini, 40003205232, “Mazzeltini“, Janeikas, Bauskas district, Latvia
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory
Council
Member of the Supervisory Council
2018
2015
Other companies:
UAB MESTILLA, 300097027, Kretainio St. 5, Klaipėda, Lithuania
Vice Chairman of the Board
Managing Director
2018
2005
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14.3. SUPERVISORY BOARD
As of 1 December 2022, the Company has a Supervisory
Board whose members are elected for a term of 4 (four)
years.
The Supervisory Board is composed of 3 members, two of
whom are independent.
By the end of the reporting period, the Supervisory Board
had held 3 meetings with 100% participation of the
Supervisory Board members.
The Members of the Supervisory Board as at 30 June, 2023:
Tomas Tumėnas
Chairman
Cadence started on 1/12 2022.
Cadence to end on 30/11/2026.
Number of the Company’s shares held: 2,200
Arūnas Bartusevičius
Independent Member
Cadence started on 1/12 2022.
Cadence to end on 30/11/2026.
Number of the Company’s shares held: 484,561
Carsten Højland
Independent Member
Cadence started on 1/12 2022.
Cadence to end on 30/11/2026.
Number of the Company’s shares held: 649,477
Tomas Tumėnas obtained MBA in Economics at Vilnius
University, MSc Certificate in International Business
Economics from the University of Aalborg, MBA in Finance
at Manchester Business School of the University of
Manchester. Tomas Tumėnas is not considered as an
independent member of the Supervisory Board as he is a
Director and Board Member of UAB Darius Zubas Holding,
as well as a Director of Akola ApS and UAB PICUKĖ. Tomas
Tumėnas' main employer is CEPD NV. He is director at UAB
BALTIC FUND INVESTMENTS and he is an independent
member of the Board of Directors of the State Enterprise
Regitra and the State Enterprise UAB Valstybės Investicijų
Valdymo Agentūra, a Board member at Admenta Sweden
AB, Turing College UAB, and UAB Nacionalinė Farmacijos
Grupė and member of supervisory board at Kredito Unija
Saulėgrąža.
Arūnas Bartusevičius holds a master’s degree in economics
from Vilnius University and an EMBA from the Baltic
Management Institute. CEO of ATEA Baltic, UAB, Director of
UAB Nex Group and UAB Sonex Consulting.
Carsten Højland graduated from the Management
programs at Business school of St. Gallen and holds an
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Academy Economist degree from the Aarhus School of
International Business. Has many years of management
experience in multinational companies in the UK and
Germany and is currently unemployed.
During the reporting period, the Company has not granted
any loans, guarantees or surety ships to the members of the
Supervisory Board that would ensure fulfilment of their
obligations.
14.4. COMMITTEES FORMED
BY THE COMPANY
On October 28, 2010 the Audit Committee was formed by
the Company. The members of the Committee are elected
for a term of office of 4 (four) years.
The duration of office of the members of the Audit
Committee started on October 28, 2022 and will end on
October 27, 2026. The Audit Committee consists of 3
members, two of whom are independent:
Lukas Kuraitis – an independent member of the Audit
Committee. Employed as an Executive Manager at UAB
BJK, UAB Timis, and UAB Lizus. Does not own shares of the
Company.
Skaistė Malevskienė – an independent member of the
Audit Committee. Employed at UAB Kirtimų Logistikos
Centras as a Commercial Director. Does not own shares of
the Company.
Irma Antanaitienė – a member of the Audit Committee.
Employed at AB Linas Agro as Accountant. Does not own
shares of the Company.
By the end of the reporting period, 7 Audit Committee
meetings had been held, with 100% participation of Audit
Committee members.
14.5. THE HEAD AND
SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF
THE COMPANY
The Head of the Company is the single-person
management body of the Company. In his activities, the Head
of the Company follows laws, other legal acts, the Articles of
Association, decisions of the General Meeting of
Shareholders and the Board, and his office regulations.
The Head of the Company (Chief Executive Officer) is
Darius Zubas, he is also the Chairperson of the Board.
The senior executives of the Company work under open-
ended contracts of employment. Details of the senior
executives remained unchanged during the financial year
2022/2023.
There are no separate agreements between the Company
and its employees that would provide any compensations in
case of their resignation or dismissal without a justified
reason.
The Head and Senior Executives as at 30 June, 2023:
Darius Zubas
Position:
Chief Executive Officer
Employed since:
1/9/1996
Number of the Company’s shares held:
17,049,995
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Andrius Pranckevičius
Position:
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Employed since:
19/11/2009
Number of the Company’s shares held:
155,745
Mažvydas Šileika
Position:
Chief Financial Officer
Employed since:
15/4/2020
Number of the Company’s shares held:
1,100
Rasa Klein
Position:
Head of Consolidation and Reporting
Employed since:
1/2/2022
Number of the Company’s shares held:
0
Information about Senior Executives who are also the
Members of the Board, is provided in chapter 14.2 The
Management Board.
Rasa Klein obtained a bachelor’s degree in business
administration and management and a master’s degree in
economics at Kaunas University of Technology; she also
attended qualification courses on audit, taxes, IFRS and local
GAP standards, training on robotization and big data
management. Joined the Group in 2022.
The remuneration charged to the Company's Senior
Executives during the period under review for their duties in
the Company amounted to EUR 731 thousand. They did not
receive any bonuses for serving on the boards of other Group
companies.
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15. SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
* As of June 30. 2023. The scheme excludes dormant. associated companies and the companies under liquidation: UAB Gerera (100% owned by AB Linas Agro). UAB Kekava Foods LT (100% owned by AB Linas Agro
Group). Linas Agro A/S under liquidation (100% owned by AB Linas Agro). UAB Gastroneta (100% owned by AB Vilniaus Paukštynas). UAB Kaišiadorių Paukštyno Mažmena (99% owned by UAB Uogintai and 1% by AB
Kaišiadorių Paukštynas). KG Eesti OU (100% of shares owned by AB Kauno Grūdai). UAB Uogintai (100% of shares owned by AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas). Kooperatyvas Baltoji Plunksnelė (the companies UAB Domantonių
Paukštynas. UAB Lietbro. AB Zelvė. UAB Avocetė and UAB Alesninkų Paukštynas each own 20% stock). KG Khumex B. V. (associate. 50% owned by AB Linas Agro Group). KG Khumex Coldstore B.V. (associate. 25% owned
by AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas and 25% by AB Vilniaus Paukštynas).
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DATA ON SUBSIDIARIES
As at June 30, 2023. Dormant companies and the
companies under liquidation, as well as associates not
attributable to the Group are not included:
1. UAB Gerera (dormant, the Group owns 97.06% stock)- private
limited liability company, founded 15/1/1993, code of legal
entity 147676584, address Smėlynės St. 2C, LT-35143
Panevėžys, Lithuania, company register – State Enterprise
Centre of Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras);
2. UAB Kekava Foods LT (dormant, the Group owns 100%
stock)- private limited liability company, founded 8/3/2018,
code of legal entity 304784428, address Subačiaus St. 5, LT-
01302 Vilnius, Lithuania, company register – State Enterprise
Centre of Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras);
3. Linas Agro A/S (under liquidation, the Group owns 97.06%
stock)-private limited liability company, founded 15/3/1994,
code of legal entity CVR 17689037, address Vinkel Allé 1, DK-
9000 Aalborg, Denmark, company register – Danish
Commerce and Companies Agency;
4. UAB Gastroneta (dormant, the Group owns 84.93% stock)-
private limited liability company, founded 15/2/2000, code of
legal entity 125057526, address Dariaus ir Girėno St. 175,
LT-02189 Vilnius, Lithuania, company register – State
Enterprise Centre of Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų
centras);
5. UAB Kaišiadorių Paukštyno Mažmena (dormant, the Group
owns 84.92% stock)- private limited liability company, founded
2/6/1999, code of legal entity 158986919, address
Paukštininkų St. 15, LT-56110 Kaišiadorys, Lithuania,
company register – State Enterprise Centre of Registers
(Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras);
6. KG Eesti OU (dormant, the Group owns 89.59% stock)- private
limited liability company, founded 12/7/2016, code of legal
entity 14079784, address P. Suda 11, 10118 Tallinn, Estonia,
company register – Centre of Registers and Information
Systems (RIK);
7. UAB Uogintai (dormant, the Group owns 84.92% stock)-
private limited liability company, founded 10/11/2006, code of
legal entity 300614873, address Paukštininkų St. 15, LT-
56110 Kaišiadorys, Lithuania, company register – State
Enterprise Centre of Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų
centras);
8. Kooperatyvas Baltoji Plunksnelė (dormant, the Group owns
83.33% stock)- cooperative, founded 22/11/2007, code of
legal entity 301293559, address Paukštininkų St. 15, LT-
56110 Kaišiadorys, Lithuania; company register – State
Enterprise Centre of Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų
centras);
9. KG Khumex Coldstore B.V. (associate, the Group owns 42.46%
stock)- private limited liability company, founded 16/11/2016,
code of legal entity 67283845, address Landauer 11, 3897AB
Zeewolde, the Netherlands; company register – Chamber of
Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel);
10. KG Khumex B.V. (associate, the Group owns 50% stock)-
private limited liability company, founded 17/12/2012, code of
legal entity 56668317, address Landauer 9, 3897AB
Zeewolde, the Netherlands; company register – Chamber of
Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel).
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Company name
Share of
the stock
held by
the Group
Principal activities
Registration date, code of legal entity,
legal form, company register
Contact data
AB Linas Agro
97.06%
Wholesale trade of grains,
oilseeds, feedstuffs, and
agricultural inputs supply
8/7/1991, code of legal entity
1473 28026, public limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Smėlynės St. 2C-3, LT-35143
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 507 333
Fax +370 45 507 444
E-mail info@linasagro.lt
www.linasagro.lt
UAB Dotnuva Baltic
100%
Sale of agricultural
machinery, equipment for
grain elevators and farms,
seeds production
5/3/1996, code of legal entity
261415970, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Parko St. 6, Akademija, 58351
Kėdainiai district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 347 370 30
Fax +370 347 370 40
E-mail info@dotnuvabaltic.lt
www.dotnuvabaltic.lt
UAB Dotnuva Rent
100%
Rent of agricultural
machinery
25/6/1998, code of legal entity
161452398, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Parko St. 6, Akademija, 58351
Kėdainiai district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 347 37030
E-mail info@dotnuvarent.lt
UAB Dotnuva
Seeds
100%
Seed production
8/5/2023, code of legal entity
306313873, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Tilto St. 2C, Dotnuva, 58373 Kėdainiai
district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 612 20179
E-mail info@dotnuvaseeds.lt
UAB Linas Agro
Grūdų Centrai
97.98%
Grain processing and
storage
10/7/2002, code of legal entity
148451131, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Smėlynės St. 2C, LT-35143
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 507 343
Fax +370 45 507 344
E-mail grudu.centras@linasagro.lt
UAB Jungtinė
Ekspedicija
100%
Logistics and forwarding
services
17/2/1998, code of legal entity
141642963, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Nemuno St. 2A, LT-91199 Klaipėda,
Lithuania
Ph. +370 46 310 163
Fax +370 46 312 529
E-mail info@je.lt
www.je.lt
UAB Linas Agro
Konsultacijos
100%
Management of subsidiary
farming companies
23/6/2003, code of legal entity
248520920, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Žibuoklių St. 20, LT-57128 Kėdainiai,
Lithuania
Ph. +370 686 53 692
E-mail konsultavimas@linasagro.lt
Biržai District
Medeikių ŽŪB
98.39%
Growing and sale of crop
5/10/1992, code of legal entity
154771488, agricultural company,
State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Biržų St.32, Medeikiai vill.,
LT-41462 Biržai district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 450 584 22
E-mail medeikiai@linasagro.lt
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Company name
Share of
the stock
held by
the Group
Principal activities
Registration date, code of legal entity,
legal form, company register
Contact data
Panevėžys District
Aukštadvario ŽŪB
99.54%
Mixed agricultural activities
9/3/1993, code of legal entity
168573274, agricultural company,
State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Pirties St, 3, Aukštadvaris vill.,
LT-38255 Panevėžys district,
Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 592 651
E-mail aukstadvaris@linasagro.lt
Sidabravo ŽŪB
96.25%
Mixed agricultural activities
20/4/1993, code of legal entity
171331516, agricultural company,
State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Pergalės St. 1A, Sidabravas,
LT-82251 Radviliškis district,
Lithuania
Ph. +370 422 477 27
E-mail sidabravas@linasagro.lt
Panevėžys District
Žibartonių ŽŪB
99.90%
Mixed agricultural activities
22/5/1992, code of legal entity
168521815, agricultural company,
State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Žibartonių St. 74, Žibartoniai vill.,
LT-78323 Panevėžys district,
Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 557 444
E-mail zibartoniai@linasagro.lt
Šakiai District
Lukšių ŽŪB
98.82%
Mixed agricultural activities
30/10/1992, code of legal entity
174317183, agricultural company,
State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Lukšiai vill. 2, LT-71176 Šakiai district,
Lithuania
Ph. +370 345 442 88
E-mail luksiai@linasagro.lt
Kėdainiai District
Labūnavos ŽŪB
98.95%
Mixed agricultural activities
25/2/1992, code of legal entity
161228959, agricultural company,
State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Serbinų St, 19, Labūnava vill.,
LT-58173 Kėdainiai district, Lithuania
Ph. + 370 347 34 180
E-mail labunava@linasagro.lt
Kėdainiai District
ŽŪB Nemunas
67.98%
Mixed agricultural activities
21/10/1992, code of legal entity
161268868, agricultural company,
State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Žibartonių St, 74, Žibartoniai vill.,
LT-78323 Panevėžys district,
Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 557 444
E-mail nemunas@linasagro.lt
UAB Landvesta 1
100%
Rent and management of
agricultural purposes land
21/10/2005, code of legal entity
300501060, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Smėlynės St, 2C, LT-35143
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 507 406
E-mail info@landvesta.lt
UAB Landvesta 2
100%
Rent and management of
agricultural purposes land
21/10/2005, code of legal entity
300501085, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Smėlynės St. 2C, LT-35143
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 507 406
E-mail info@landvesta.lt
UAB Landvesta 3
100%
Rent and management of
agricultural purposes land
21/10/2005, code of legal entity
300501092, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Smėlynės St. 2C, LT-35143
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 507 406
E-mail info@landvesta.lt
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Company name
Share of
the stock
held by
the Group
Principal activities
Registration date, code of legal entity,
legal form, company register
Contact data
UAB Landvesta 4
100%
Rent and management of
agricultural purposes land
23/04/2007, code of legal entity
300709428, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Smėlynės St. 2C, LT-35143,
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 507 406
E-mail info@landvesta.lt
UAB Landvesta 5
100%
Rent and management of
agricultural purposes land
16/8/2007, code of legal entity
301019661, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Smėlynės St. 2C, LT-35143
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 507 406
E-mail info@landvesta.lt
UAB Landvesta 6
100%
Rent and management of
agricultural purposes land
14/1/2008, code of legal entity
301520074, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Smėlynės St. 2C, LT-35143
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 507 406
E-mail info@landvesta.lt
UAB Noreikiškės
100%
Rent and management of
agricultural purposes land
16/8/2012, code of legal entity
302841649, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Žibartonių St. 70, Žibartoniai vill.,
LT-38323 Panevėžys district,
Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 507 406
E-mail noreikiskes@linasagro.lt
UAB Užupė
100%
Mixed agricultural activities
6/4/2011, code of legal entity
302612561, agricultural company,
State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Liaudės St. 81, Užupės vill.,
LT-58311 Kėdainiai district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 698 58583
E-mail uzupe@linasagro.lt
UAB Paberžėlė
100%
Rent and management of
agricultural purposes land
30/6/2008, code of legal entity
301772627, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Liaudės St. 81, Užupės vill.,
LT-58311 Kėdainiai district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 698 58583
E-mail paberzele@linasagro.lt
UAB Lineliai
100%
Rent and management of
agricultural purposes land
9/3/2012, code of legal entity
302740714, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Smėlynės St. 2C-3, LT-35143
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 45 507 406
Fax +370 45 507 404
E-mail lineliai@linasagro.lt
UAB GeoFace
98.53%
Software developing
12/03/2018, code of legal entity
304781617, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Brastos St. 14, –Karaliaus Mindaugo
per, 37
LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Ph. +370 676 99 244
Email info@geoface.com
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Company name
Share of
the stock
held by
the Group
Principal activities
Registration date, code of legal entity,
legal form, company register
Contact data
AB Kauno Grūdai
89.59%
Production and wholesale
of flour and flour products,
compound feed, extruded
products, and instant foods;
products and services for
farming; wholesale of feed
materials; fumigation,
disinsection, disinfection
and deratization services
15/10/1993, code of legal entity
133818917, public company, State
Enterprise Centre of Registers
(Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras)
H. ir O. Minkovskių St. 63,
LT-46550 Kaunas, Lithuania
Ph. +370 37 223317
E-mail info@kggroup.eu
www.kauno-grudai.lt
AB Vilniaus
Paukštynas
84.93%
Chicken raising for meat
and eggs production,
production of poultry and its
products
21/1/1993, code of legal entity
186107463, public company, State
Enterprise Centre of Registers
(Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras)
Gamyklos St. 27, LT-13249
Rudamina, Vilnius district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 5 2687331
E-mail
vilniaus.paukstynas@paukstynas.lt
www.paukstynas.lt
AB Kaišiadorių
Paukštynas
84.92%
Chicken raising for meat
and eggs production,
production of poultry and its
products
20/05/1993, code of legal entity
158891218, public company, State
Enterprise Centre of Registers
(Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras)
Paukštininkų St. 15, LT-56110
Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
Ph, +370 346 51034
E-mail
kaisiadoriu.paukstynas@paukstynas.lt
www.paukstynas.lt
UAB Šlaituva
89.59%
Production and wholesale
of breadcrumbs and
breading mixes
30/3/1994, code of legal entity
134019827, private limited liability
company, Register of Enterprises
of Republic of Lithuania, VĮ
Registrų centras
Sodų St, 7, 53290 Linksmakalnis,
Kaunas district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 37 473446
AB Zelvė
72.38%
Broiler breeding
10/3/1995, code of legal entity
181323215, public company, State
Enterprise Centre of Registers
(Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras)
Tiesioji St. 21, 21364 Daučiuliškės,
Elektrėnai municipality, Lithuania
Ph. +370 528 26536
UAB Kormoprom
Invest
100%
Management services
24/11/2015, code of legal entity
304141542, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Subačiaus St. 5, LT-01302 Vilnius,
Lithuania
Ph. +370 619 19403
UAB TABA Holding
100%
Management services
24/11/2015, code of legal entity
304141581, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Subačiaus St. 5, LT-01302 Vilnius,
Lithuania
Ph. +370 619 19403
UAB Baltic
Fumigation Service
89.59%
Fumigation services
7/3/2005, code of legal entity
300094020, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Stoties St. 38, 70484 Pilviškiai,
Vilkaviškis district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 655 62153
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Company name
Share of
the stock
held by
the Group
Principal activities
Registration date, code of legal entity,
legal form, company register
Contact data
UAB KG Mažmena
89.59%
Retail trade
14/3/2011, code of legal entity
302602745, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
H. ir O. Minkovskių St. 63,
LT-46550 Kaunas, Lithuania
Ph. +370 656 50366
E-mail info@kggroup.eu
UAB KG
Distribution
84.93%
Consultation and business
management
29/8/1997, code of legal entity
186442465, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Gamyklos St. 27, LT-13249
Rudamina, Vilnius district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 5 2687331
UAB Lietbro
84.93%
Broiler breeding
13/12/2004, code of legal entity
300073371, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Nevėžio St. 70, Velžys, Panevėžys
district, LT-38129 Lithuania
Ph. +370 642 72857
UAB Avocetė
84.93%
Management services
17/12/2003, code of legal entity
186758285, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Gamyklos St. 27, LT-13249
Rudamina, Vilnius district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 685 17342
UAB VKP Valdymas
84.93%
Consultation and business
management
3/11/2011, code of legal entity
302682691, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Paukštininkų St. 15, LT-56110
Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 5 2687331
E-mail t.sprindziunas@paukstynas.lt
UAB Domantonių
Paukštynas
89.50%
Broiler breeding
2/6/2004, code of legal entity
300030822, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Muiželėnai vill., Alytus district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 615 51259
UAB Alesninkų
Paukštynas
84.92%
Broiler breeding
28/2/2005, code of legal entity
300092247, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Tiesioji St. 21, 21364 Daučiuliškės,
Elektrėnai municipality, Lithuania
Ph. +370 528 26536
UAB KG Logistika
84.93%
Freight transport services
25/9/2007, code of legal entity
301133864, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Paukštininkų St. 15, LT-56110
Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 618 10826
UAB VP Valda
84.93%
Rent of own real estate
24/5/2021, code of legal entity
305776014, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Gamyklos St. 27, LT-13249
Rudamina, Vilnius district, Lithuania
Ph. +370 614 23749
E-mail t.sprindziunas@paukstynas.lt
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Company name
Share of
the stock
held by
the Group
Principal activities
Registration date, code of legal entity,
legal form, company register
Contact data
UAB KP Valda
84.92%
Rent of own real estate
24/5/2021, code of legal entity
305775535, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
Paukštininkų St. 15, LT-56110
Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
Ph. +370 614 23749
E-mail t.sprindziunas@paukstynas.lt
UAB Agro Logistic
Service
100%
Wholesale of feedstuffs for
fodder and premixes
production
6/3/2013, code of legal entity
303014392, private limited liability
company, State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė
Registrų centras)
H. ir O. Minkovskių St. 120
LT-46550 Kaunas, Lithuania
Ph. +370 640 59608
E-mail info@agrols.eu
www.agrols.eu
SIA Linas Agro
96.58%
Wholesale trade of grains
and oilseeds, agricultural
inputs supply
23/4/2003, code of legal entity
53603019011, The Register of
Enterprises of the Republic of
Latvia (Latvijas Republikas
Uzņēmumu Reģistrs)
Baltijas Ceļš, Brankas, Cenu district,
Jelgava municipality,
LV-3043, Latvia
Ph. +371 630 840 24
Fax +371 630 842 24
E-mail info@linasagro.lv
www,linasagro,lv
SIA Linas Agro
Graudu Centrs
97.98%
Grain processing and
storage
2/5/2013, code of legal entity
43603059101, The Register of
Enterprises of the Republic of
Latvia (Latvijas Republikas
Uzņēmumu Reģistrs)
Jaunsalieši, LV-5202 Jekabpils, Latvia
Ph. +371 220 001 82
E-mail graudu.centrs@linasagro.lv
LLC LINAS AGRO
UKRAINE
97.06%
Representative office
30/7/2018, code of legal entity
42340549, The United State
Register of Legal Entities,
Individual Entrepreneurs and Public
Organizations of Ukraine
Verhniy Val St. 28, Kiev, 04071,
Ukraine
Ph. + 380 96 634 24 02
E-mail info.ukraine@linasagro.lt
SIA Dotnuva Baltic
100%
Sale of agricultural
machinery and equipment
for grain elevators
26/4/2010, code of legal entity
43603041881, The Register of
Enterprises of the Republic of
Latvia (Latvijas Republikas
Uzņēmumu Reģistrs)
Baltijas Ceļš, Brankas, Cenu district,
Jelgava municipality,
LV-3043, Latvia
Ph. +371 679 131 61
Fax +371 677 602 52
E-mail info@dotnuvabaltic.lv
www.dotnuvabaltic.lv
SIA Dotnuva Seeds
100%
9/6/2023, code of legal entity
40203489925, The Register of
Enterprises of the Republic of
Latvia (Latvijas Republikas
Uzņēmumu Reģistrs)
Bauskas district, Iecavas municipality,
„Iecavas bāze“, LV-3913 Latvia
Ph. +371 20270712
E-mail m.dimante@linasagro.lv
AS Dotnuva Baltic
100%
Sale of agricultural
machinery and equipment
for grain elevators
11/11/2010, code of legal entity
12019737, Centre of Registers
and Information Systems (RIK)
Savimäe 7, Vahi 60534, Tartu district,
Estonia
Ph. +372 661 2800
Fax +372 661 8004
E-mail info@dotnuvabaltic.ee
www.dotnuvabaltic.ee
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Company name
Share of
the stock
held by
the Group
Principal activities
Registration date, code of legal entity,
legal form, company register
Contact data
AS Putnu Fabrika
Kekava
97.19%
Poultry farming, production
and marketing of poultry
and poultry products
11/6/1991, code of legal entity
50003007411, The Register of
Enterprises of the Republic of
Latvia (Latvijas Republikas
Uzņēmumu Reģistrs)
Kekava, Kekava district,
LV-2123 Latvia
Ph. +371 6787 4000
Fax +371 6787 4001
E-mail info@pfkekava.lv
www.vistas.lv
SIA PFK TRADER
97.19%
Food retail
26/8/2013, code of legal entity
40103703853, The Register of
Enterprises of the Republic of
Latvia (Latvijas Republikas
Uzņēmumu Reģistrs)
Kekava, Kekava district,
LV-2123 Latvia
Ph. +371 6787 4000
Fax +371 6787 4001
E-mail info@pfkekava.lv
www.vistas.lv
SIA Lielzeltini
100%
Poultry farming, production
and marketing of poultry
and poultry products, feed
production
7/7/1994, code of legal entity
40003205232, The Register of
Enterprises of the Republic of
Latvia (Latvijas Republikas
Uzņēmumu Reģistrs)
“Mazzeltini“, Janeikas,
Bauskas district, Latvia
Ph. +371 6396 0770
Fax +371 6396 0768
E-mail lielzeltini@lielzeltini.lv
www.lielzeltini.lv
SIA Broileks
100%
Chicken breeding and sale
7/12/2009, code of legal entity
50103262981, The Register of
Enterprises of the Republic of
Latvia (Latvijas Republikas
Uzņēmumu Reģistrs)
Gaismas St, 2A-48, Kekava
LV-2123, Latvia
Ph./Fax +371 67313182
SIA Cerova
100%
Egg incubation and chicken
sale
8/10/2003, code of legal entity
43603019946, The Register of
Enterprises of the Republic of
Latvia (Latvijas Republikas
Uzņēmumu Reģistrs)
Centra St. 11, Musa, Bauskas district,
Latvia
Ph. +371 2633 4110
Fax +371 6392 6234
E-mail cerova@latnet.lv
Linas Agro OŰ
97.06%
Products for crop growing
8/10/2020, code of legal entity
16071924, Centre of Registers
and Information Systems (RIK)
Savimae 7, Vahi 60534,
Tartu region, Estonia
Ph. +372 6602810
Email info@linasagro.ee
www.linasagro.ee
SIA KG Latvija
89.59%
Production and wholesale
of compound feed,
wholesale of feed materials
and products for crop
growing
2/4/2014, code of legal entity
40103775495, Register of
Enterprises of the Republic of
Latvia (Latvijas Republikas
Uzņēmumu Reģistrs)
Škunu St 2. Peltes,
Sigulda Parish, Sigulda Municipality,
LV-2150, Latvia
Ph. +371 2240 1142
KG Polska Sp.zo.o.
89.59%
Wholesale of feed materials
26/10/2011, code of legal entity
200655918, National Court
Register (Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy)
Sejnenska St. 51,
Suwalki, Poland
Ph. +487 565 08 01
Nordic Agro
investment Limited
89.59%
Management services
9/5/2011, code of legal entity
07625931, Companies House
93 Tudor drive, Kingston, Surrey,
England, KT2 5NP, UK
Ph. +44 (0)20 8974 5252
OOO KLM
62.72%
Wholesale of products for
crop growing, veterinary
products, premixes and
seeds for gardening
7/9/2007, code of legal entity
69608281, Ministry of Justice of
the Republic of Belarus
Sosnovaja St. 7, office 9, Sonečnij vill.,
Minsk region, Belarus
Ph. +375 172379980
E-mail office@klm-agro.by
www.klm-agro.by
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16. EMPLOYEES
As at 30 June 2023 the number of employees of AB Linas
Agro Group and its subsidiaries was 4,887 or 144
employees less than as at 30 June 2022 (5,031). The
decrease in the number of employees is due to the sales of
the companies in Russia and Belarus.
The number of employees of the Company was 20 (17 as
at 30 June 2022).
AB Linas Agro Group has no collective agreement.
All employment contracts concluded by the Group with the
Company’s and Group’s employees are entered into in
accordance with the Labor Code of the Republic of Lithuania
and respective legal requirements in Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine,
Denmark, Poland, UK, Belarus. Both hiring and dismissal of
employees is carried out pursuant to the requirements of the
Labor Code. No special rights or obligations of employees
are provided for in employment contracts.
Employees have undertaken the obligation of non-
disclosure of confidential information. Some Board members
and key executives have signed confidentiality and non-
competition agreements.
16.1. DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEES
2
DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEES BY POSITION:
30/6/2022 30/6/2023
DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEES BY SEX
30/6/2022 30/6/2023
2
End-of-period data, Managers include top and middle managers
Top and middle
managers
10%
Specialists
30%
Workers
60%
Top and middle
managers
10%
Specialists
25%
Workers
65%
Women
47%
Men
53%
Women
49%
Men
51%
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DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEES BY COUNTRIES
30/6/2022 30/6/2023
16.2. AVERAGE MONTHLY
SALARY
Monthly salary before taxes, EUR:
2021–2022*
2022–2023**
Managers
3,980
4,514
Specialists
2,215
2,002
Workers
1,360
1,437
*Salary before taxes average, calculated for the employees who worked in the
Group at the end of the financial year
**Average salary before taxes considering the average number of employees in
the Group over the reporting period
Further information on employee relations is disclosed in the
Group's Sustainability Report for the financial year
2022/2023.
16.3. REMUNERATION POLICY
During the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held
on 28 October 2022, the updated Remuneration Policy of
AB Linas Agro Group was approved, which continuously
defines the requirements and guidelines determining the
remuneration amount for the CEO and members of the
Board of the Company, as well as additionally since then
covering remuneration for the members of the Supervisory
Board. The Remuneration Policy aims to establish a
remuneration system that promotes fair representation and
value creation for all stakeholders, the achievement of the
Company's articulated objectives and short and long-term
goals, as well as the motivation of employees and the
attraction of talented employees.
Detailed information on the remuneration system
applicable to the Company’s management is provided in the
Remuneration Policy document, which could be found on
Company’s webpage, while specifically results of the Policy
implementation within FY 2022/2023, could be examined
checking the Remuneration Report of AB Linas Agro Group
for the twelve months period ended 30 June 2023 (Annex
8).
Lithuania
71%
Latvia
22%
Other
countries
7%
Lithuania
75%
Latvia
24%
Other
countries
1%
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17. SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
AB LINAS AGRO GROUP
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
FOR FY 2022/2023
This is our second annual sustainability report in accordance with the GRI Standards for the latest fiscal year 2022/23. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) offers a robust framework for sustainability reporting, emphasizing the need
for organizations to conduct due diligence on their potential and actual impacts. The due diligence process in GRI involves a systematic approach whereby an organization recognizes, prevents, manages, and accounts for its impacts
on the economy, environment, and people, including human rights. In line with updates to GRI reporting, we have incorporated the Sector Standard GRI 13: Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fishing Sectors 2022. This integration with the
GRI standards ensures we meet the heightened transparency levels mandated by the GRI. Notably, all impacts and material topics mandated by the new GRI Sector standards had already been identified as significant during our
materiality assessment from the previous year. Although there were slight shifts in topic prioritization, no major restatements are required.
We acknowledge the efforts of our team in enhancing both the due diligence and the integration of the sustainability agenda. The process of consolidating sustainability data on a Group level involves coordination across multiple
stakeholders, internal departments, and companies and can be extremely complex and challenging. Sustainability, as a reliable measure of our long-term success, is progressively taking on greater significance within our organization.
To ensure comprehensive integration, we are working to involve all key decision-makers and data owners as well as enthusiasts and internal advocates.
Adjustments to the previous year's data were made due to refinements in the data collection process and revised methodologies. These adjustments have been noted and detailed in the relevant sections of this report. In the pursue of
more accurate representation:
- the effects of food products such as flour, flour mixes and instant food are accounted and represented in the FOOD segment instead of GRAIN, OILSEEDS, and FEED segment as per previous report;
- total output volume was recalculated, mainly due to recorded discrepancies in compound feed quantities, as well as other minor alignments; such recalculation required corresponding recalculation of certain KPI ratios, which were
expressed per ton of production.
Linas Agro Group, AB holds a significant role in the local food industry, emphasizing our commitment to delivering affordable, nutritious, and accessible meals. As a principal exporter of locally-sourced grain and oilseeds, we're
integrally linked to the global food system, a network that transcends borders and is influenced by global trends and occurrences. With over half of our production directed towards international markets, we recognize the importance
of addressing sustainability challenges on both the domestic and global front.
This document highlights the non-financial impacts of Linas Agro Group, AB to our diverse range of stakeholders. The GRI reporting process and the final report have been produced by the independent third-party consultancy,
Sustainability.lt. Additionally, our sustainability report aligns with our financial reporting (except for minimal scope discrepancies related with companies not included in this report, please refer to ANNEX II) and is based on our
Group's fiscal year, only audited data is used in relevant disclosures.
REPORTING PRINCIPLES:
• Accuracy: ensuring consistency with evidence, clarity in data measurements, and transparent disclosure of estimations and their associated methodologies.
• Balance: transparently showcasing year-on-year trends, clearly differentiating between facts and interpretations, ensuring relevant negative impacts are included, and avoiding undue emphasis on positive outcomes to prevent
misleading conclusions by users.
• Clarity: organizing information for easy retrieval, using clear language, avoiding jargon, and incorporating visuals and consolidated data to enhance comprehension.
• Comparability: using internationally recognized metrics and maintaining uniformity in data measurement and presentation methods. This ensures that data, whether absolute or ratio-based, can be compared, and any changes or
restatements are clearly contextualized for the user's understanding.
• Completeness: any information essential to comprehending the organization's impacts is disclosed and contextualised.
• Sustainability context: Linas Agro Group, AB is the largest vertically integrated agriculture and food business in Baltic States. Our scope of operations has measurable and significant impacts to people and environment. Due to the
complex nature of our businesses, we analyse most of the social impacts on Group level, while environmental impacts are more distinguishable on business segment level. To contextualize our impact within the broader frame of
sustainable development, we reference authoritative measures, align our report with global sustainability objectives like the UN's Paris Agreement, and adhere to recognized guidelines such as the OECD's directives for
multinational enterprises and the UN's human rights principles, while also tailoring our report to various local contexts.
• Timeliness: timeliness in reporting requires a balance between prompt availability and maintaining high-quality information that adheres to other reporting principles.
• Verifiability: we maintain structured documentation, ensure transparency in decision-making, design systems conducive to external reviews, and substantiate data with evidence or clarify uncertainties.
SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS: we disclose our progress on the sustainability agenda approved last year (2021/22). The reasons behind different paces of improvements are analyzed and disclosed. Our sustainability
agenda is approved by key desicion makers on board level and is cascaded to the subsidiries. All commitments and goals are aligned with UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
EXTERNAL ASSURANCE: no external assurance was commissioned for this report.
REPORTING FREQUENCY: we are committed to publish GRI reports annually.
CONTACTS: all stakeholders are encouraged to send us feedback or ask any questions related to the content of this report. Key contact Dovilė Revutaitė, D.REVUTAITE@LINASAGRO.LT
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A B O U T T H I S P U B L I C A T I O N
GRI: 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-12, 2-14
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VALUES
or what we want to be
RESPONSIBLE:
Acting sustainably and with a sense of responsibility to
employees, the environment, investors, and the community.
DYNAMIC:
We are vibrant optimists - passionate and not afraid to be
challenged.
CREATIVE:
We are curious. Aim to make something new and useful or
valuable.
COOPERATIVE:
Cooperate with colleagues, customers, investors, and
communities. We value long-term partnerships.
MISSION
New era of sustainable agriculture and nourishing food.
Unlock the potential of agriculture and food industry.
VISION
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A B O U T U S
GRI: 2-23
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The infographic illustrates all volumes of key inputs
and our outputs for society, value generation to
shareholder and effects on environment.
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
PRODUCTS &
SERVICES**
FINANCIAL
RESULTS
NEGATIVE
OUTPUTS
4,956
EMPLOYEES*
CULTIVATED 19,229 HA /
OWNED 6,074 HA
LAND
49.8M
BROILERS
RAISED
3,264
DAIRY COWS
82 THOUS T.
FEED
PURCHASED
7.3 THOUS T.
PACKAGING
8.9 THOUS T.
FERTILISERS
USED
264 GWH
NATURAL
GAS
87.6 GWH
ELECTRICITY
70 GWH
FUEL
EUR 1,999.6 m
CONSOLIDATED
REVENUE
EUR 67.3 m
CONSOLIDATED
EBITDA
EUR 138 m
WAGES PAID
EUR
9.5m
INCOME
TAX PAID
EUR 219.7m
MARKET
CAPITALISATION
EUR 2m
GRANTS & SUBSIDIES
RECEIVED
EUR 13.6m
PAYMENTS TO
CAPITAL PROVIDERS
135.2 THOUS T.
Scope 1 GHG
EMISSIONS
C0
2
3.3 THOUS T.
WASTE DIRECTED TO
LANDFILL
562. T.
INCINERATED WASTE
2.1 THOUS T.
RECYCLED WASTE
0.85
TRIR
118 THOUS T.
LIVE WIEGHT
POULTRY
21.7 THOUS T.
INSTANT FOOD
2.1 million T.
GRAIN
EXPORT
282 THOUS T.
COMPOUND
FEED
133 THOUS T.
CROP
HARVEST
15 THOUS. T.
PLANT CARE
PRODUCTS
283 THOUS. T.
FERTILISERS SOLD
11.2 THOUS
T.
PET FOOD
64.6 THOUS T.
FLOUR AND
FLOUR MIXES
37,876 T.
MILK
PRODUCTION
SALES AND RENT
EUR 142.4m
AGRICULTURAL
EQUIPMENT
27.2 THOUS T.
prepared
30 THOUS T. sold
SEEDS
SALES EUR
12.4m
FARMING
EQUIPMENT
GRI: 2-6, 2-7, 201-1, 201-4, 301-1, 302-1, 305-1, 306-2, 403-9,
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2 0 2 2 / 2 0 2 3 I N N U M B E R S
NOTE:
• *Employees number as of 2023/06/30 not including data of employees in Belarus, as well as dormant
companies in Baltics (please refer to Group structure to find out more), also not eliminating multi-company
employee numbers (some employees are employed in several group companies);
• **Products and services figures do not exclude intra Group transactions
• We do not include evaporation from grain drying process.
79
PL
EE
LV
LT
BY
UA
NL
#1
Largest agribusiness
and food company
in the Baltics
68
subsidiaries
2
associates
Founded in
1991
2010
Listed on
Nasdaq Vilnius
10 years
In poultry business
20 years
In agriculture business
25 years
In products for
farmers
32 years
In grain trade
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A B O U T U S : A G R O B U S I N E S S & F O O D G R O U P
5
business
Segments
more than
60 different
locations
GRI: 2-1, 2-6
80
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S T A K E H O L D E R A S S E S S M E N T
OUR
PEOPLE
OUR
NEIGHBOURS
CLIENTS
SUPPLIERS
REGULATORS
CAPITAL
PROVIDERS
COMMUNICATION
CHANNELS
SOCIETY: EMPLOYEES&COMMUNITIES
BUSINESS PARTNERS:
SUPPLIERS&CLIENTS
REGULATORS&CAPITAL SUPPLIERS
Honest treatment
Stability
Consistent career development
Occupational safety
Personal development
Fair and transparent salary
Participation in the decision-making
process
Innovations
Management of adverse effects
Good reputation
Quality
Timely execution of
contracts
Reliable supply
Flexibility
Traceability
Good reputation
Reducing air pollution &
CO
2
emissions
Reducing the use of drugs
& antibiotics
Animal welfare
Optimising packaging
Reducing food waste
Managing negative impacts
Optimising the use of
pesticides and fertilisers
Financial return
Operational
efficiency
Transparency
Risk management
Compliance
Good
management
practices
Reputation
Reduction of CO
2
emissions
Compliance with standards
Business continuity
Execution of contractual terms
Loyalty
Risk management
Employment opportunities
Economic inclusion
Positive economic effects
Supporting local communities
Accessibility of services
Sustainable business practices
Responsible agriculture
Odours/air quality
Responsible management of
environmental resources
Compliance
Product safety
Timely reports
Taxes
- Daily activities
- Involvement in cross-functional teams
- Employee training
- Annual performance reviews
- Intranet channel
- Newsletters
- Teambuildings, Company events
- Employee surveys
- Financial reports
- Webinars
- Shareholder meetings
- Credit agreements
- Stock exchange
- Public
announcements
- Business plans
- Media
- Contracts
- Negotiations
- Exhibitions
- Media
- Social networks
- Customer line
- Focus groups
- Meetings
- Consultations
- Quality control
We understand that our sustainable development is highly dependent on our
ability to meet the expectations of key stakeholders, including our business
partners, employees, shareholders, and local communities (our neighbours).
Key stakeholders are entities or individuals whose engagement with our
business activities, products, or services can significantly impact them, and
whose actions can reasonably be expected to influence our ability to pursue
our business strategies and achieve our objectives.
It is important to note that we have previously conducted this exercise for our
reporting purposes. Over the year, we have expanded the stakeholder
assessment process to the segment level, allowing us to gather insights and
feedback more comprehensively. This bottom-up approach has enabled us to
represent the contextual perspectives of various key stakeholder groups
effectively.
STEP I. BENCHMARKING
• Assessment of industry-specific issues and best practices
STEP II. IDENTIFICATION
• Identification of a full list of stakeholders though the entire supply chain
• Stakeholder mapping based on their influence and interest in our long-term
success
• Approval by key decision makers
STEP III: ENGAGEMENT PLAN
- Assessment of the most reliable methods and communication channels to
collect feedback (expectations and grievances)
STEP IV: PERFORMANCE
- Revision of existing engagements
- Assessment of our understanding of the key expectations and grievances of
our stakeholders
- Reaching out to our stakeholders to fill in the gaps
STEP V: ANALYSIS
- Analysis of relevant information on stakeholder engagement
- Categorisation of all stakeholders by their interest and influence areas into
major groups
- Summary of the key points on stakeholder engagement in the following
table
- Constantly strengthening the dialogue and building culture of trust
- Promoting the exchange of employees’ experiences and ideas within the Group
- Focus on occupational safety and health
- Promoting employee inclusion and the sense of pride in working with us
- Adequately addressing issues and questions raised
- Social and economic inclusiveness an
- Commitment to economically stressed communities
- Financial support to vulnerable groups
- “Good neighbour” approach
- Only high-quality and nutritious food products
- Focus on transparent and efficient processes
- Active participation in international trade shows
- Standardization and development of products and services
- Communication and proactive disclosure of social and environmental impacts of
activities, purchase practices, and overall Group’s efforts
- Ambitious yet realistic sustainability agenda
- Focusing on solving occurring client problems swiftly
- Consistent assessment, communication and promotion of social and
environmental action by suppliers, reducing negative impacts throughout the
supply chain
- Fulfilling contractual terms in a timely and honest manner
- Where relevant, striving to meet the standards set by suppliers
- We assess, communicate and promote social and environmental actions
- Evaluate our possibilities to, reduce negative impacts throughout the supply
chain including those related to
- Fulfilling contractual terms in a timely and honest manner
- Where relevant, striving to meet the standards set by suppliers
- Zero tolerance for breaches
- Transparent and timely reporting
- Promotion of long-term cooperation
- Remaining a reliable and respected social partner
OUR ACTIONS
STAKEHOLDERS ASSESSMENT STEPS:
EXPECTATIONS AND GRIEVANCES
EXPECTATIONS AND GRIEVANCES
GRI: 2-24. 2-25, 2-26, 2-29, 3-1,
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SFDR" in the context of financial reporting stands for the "Sustainable
Finance Disclosure Regulation." This European Union regulation, which
came into effect in March 2021, is part of the EU's broader agenda to
integrate sustainability considerations into its financial policy framework.
The SFDR aims to increase transparency and provide clearer information
on sustainability to investors.
In the GRI Standards, due diligence is the systematic approach an
organization adopts to recognize, prevent, manage, and account for its
potential and actual adverse impacts on the economy, environment, and
individuals, inclusive of their human rights. The organization should
proactively address possible adverse effects through preventive or
mitigative actions. In situations where the organization determines that it
has either instigated or played a part in the negative outcomes, there
should be efforts towards rectification.
The manner in which an organization is associated with these adverse
effects will guide its response strategy. This association also dictates if
the organization is obliged to participate in or facilitate the rectification
process. Key actions for the organization include:
- Ensuring they neither cause nor contribute to adverse outcomes through
their own activities, and, when such issues arise, taking responsibility by
actively engaging in or supporting the rectification process.
- For negative consequences directly associated with the organization’s
operations, products, or services due to its business relationships, the
organization should aim to prevent or minimize these effects, even if not
directly responsible for them.
If addressing all adverse impacts simultaneously is challenging, the
organization should prioritize based on the gravity and probability of
occurrence. Specifically, for potential adverse human rights effects, the
impact's severity supersedes its probability.
GRI's Due Diligence and SFDR's Principal Adverse Impact (PAI)
Assessment:
ALIGNMENT ON IMPACTS
Both the GRI's due diligence process and SFDR's PAI assessment
emphasize understanding an organization's broader impacts, not just its
operational footprint. They highlight the importance of assessing potential
adverse outcomes and taking preventive or mitigative actions.
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH
GRI’s due diligence process involves considering an array of impacts,
ranging from environmental to social, much like the spectrum of impacts
considered under SFDR's PAI assessment.
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U N D E R S T A N D I N G O U R I M P A C T S . S F D R A N D P A I
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
GRI places a significant emphasis on stakeholder engagement to
determine material topics for reporting. This aspect aligns with the SFDR’s
intent to ensure that organizations are transparent about the adverse
impacts that matter most to stakeholders.
ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENCY
GRI's framework urges organizations to be accountable for their adverse
impacts and take corrective actions when they cause or contribute to
negative outcomes. Similarly, the SFDR requires financial market
participants to disclose how they consider and address PAIs.
CONTINUOUS REVIEW
Both GRI and SFDR encourage regular monitoring and review of the
identified adverse impacts, ensuring that mitigation strategies are effective
and adjusted as needed.
PRIORITIZATION
In situations where addressing all adverse impacts simultaneously is
challenging, both the GRI and SFDR highlight the importance of
prioritizing..
In essence, the GRI's approach to due diligence offers a foundational
framework that can serve organizations well as they navigate the
requirements of the SFDR, especially around the Principal Adverse Impact
assessment.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Both dairy cattle and poultry produce
significant methane emissions. Grain agriculture, especially when done
unsustainably, can result in nitrous oxide emissions from the soil.
Water Pollution Dairy cattle, poultry farms, and grain agriculture can all
lead to nutrient runoff (nitrogen and phosphorus), potentially causing
waterway eutrophication. Pesticides and herbicides used in grain farming
can further contaminate water sources.
Land Degradation soil health is a material topic in our Group.
Biodiversity Loss our operations are limited by the arable land and species
we cultivate can lead to habitat destruction, impacting local ecosystems.
SOCIAL ISSUES
Workers' Rights. All production activities within the Group can have
challenging work conditions, ranging from potential health hazards in grain
farming due to pesticide exposure to long hours in milling plants or poultry
farms.
Public Health. Overuse of antibiotics in both dairy and poultry farming can
lead to antibiotic resistance. Grain agriculture, when reliant on excessive
pesticides, presents risks of chemical residues in food.
Animal Welfare. Intensive dairy and poultry farming practices have been
scrutinized for their impacts on animal well-being.
ECONOMIC IMPACTS
Local Economy. The proliferation of large-scale operations in any of these
industries can influence the economic viability of smaller, local businesses.
Price Volatility All these sectors can be affected by fluctuations in feed
prices, global market dynamics, diseases, and climate impacts.
SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES
Feed Production. Both poultry and dairy cattle require feed, the production
of which can have extensive environmental impacts. Grain agriculture,
when focused on monocultures, can make regions vulnerable to pests and
diseases.
Transportation. The transport of grains, milk, poultry, and flour requires
energy and has associated carbon emissions.
PRODUCT SAFETY AND QUALITY
Contamination Risks. From grains to milk, there's potential for product
contamination, whether it's from pathogens, chemical residues, or other
contaminants.
RESOURCE INTENSIVENESS
Energy Consumption. All Group production sites require controlled
environments, and have significant energy demands.
Given the focus of the SFDR on sustainability our Group seeks to provide
maximum transparency and disclose how we manage these adverse
impacts. Our diverse teams of professionals assess, develop and
implement clear strategies to mitigate these risks, ensuring that our
activities are responsibly and sustainably.
LEGAL REGULATIONS
Poultry, agriculture, and food sectors are among the most regulated
industries globally due to their direct impact on human health,
environmental safety, and economic significance. Not only does this
compliance ensure that businesses can sustainably operate within their
licenses, but it also serves as a protective shield, managing risks and pre-
empting potential adversities
GRI: 2-24, 2-25, 3-1, 3-3
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Taxonomy eligible activity examples throughout the Group
NACE codes
Taxonomy
eligible, share
%
Taxonomy
aligned, share
%
Income assessment:
Elevator, farm equipment / structures installation projects, ownership and rent of various
buildings, transportation rent income
68.2 / 41.2 / 49.41 / 50.2 0.54% 0%
CapEx
assessment:
Purchase of real estate, new non
-residential buildings construction, purchase of
passenger or cargo vehicles, installation of a solar photovoltaic power plant
L68 / F41.1, F41.2, F43 / H49.39,
N77.11 / H49.4.1, N77.11 / F42, F43,
M71, C16, C17, C22, C23, C25, C27, C28
33.20% 0%
OpEx
assessment: not reported due to required updates in existing accounting system to support data collection based on Taxonomy criteria
Climate Risk & Vulnerability
Assessment:
combined Group assessment has not been carried out, however case by case applicable on different Group Segment levels
Minimal
safeuards: based on Platform on Sustainable Finance, 2022 - Group compliance with minimal safeguards is considered to be partial
SUMMARY TABLE: COMPLIANCE WITH THE EU TAXONOMY REGULATION, FY 2022/23
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U N D E R S T A N D I N G O U R I M P A C T S . E U T A X O N O M Y R E G U L A T I O N
The European Union (EU) Taxonomy Regulation, (EU) 2020/852, and the delegated acts adopted pursuant to it (hereinafter referred to as the Taxonomy) is a classification system for environmentally sustainable economic
activities aimed at encouraging private investment in activities contributing to the European Green Deal. The taxonomy defines criteria based on scientific evidence for assessing the sustainability of activities and establishes the
reporting obligations of companies.
Consolidated overview of the taxonomic activities carried out by the Group (AB "Linas Agro Group" together with its subsidiaries) and compliance with the criteria of the Taxonomy according to the main indicators (income, CapEx,
OpEx) is provided in the ANNEX V. Below summary table covers the main aspects of the disclosure.
GRI: 2-1
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product quality
Average
Significant
Critical
Average Significant Critical
local communities
partnerships
biodiversity
responsible consumption internally
compliance (regulations & certifications)
human capital development
waste management
Employees welfare
soil health
optimal consumption of fertilizers and pesticides
good business management
practices
innovation
animal welfare
food safety
risk management
energy efficiency
occupational safety & health
human rights
ethics / reputation
value creation to
shareholders
economic inclusion
trusted tax payer
Packaging
equality
transparency of supply chain
GHG emissions
high quality and ensured availability of
raw materials
significance
to stakeholders
significance to Group’s l/t success
CHOOSING WHAT REALLY MATTERS
Materiality is a concept that plays a pivotal role in financial and
sustainability reporting. It acts as a threshold, influencing the decisions of
stakeholders, particularly investors. However, materiality takes on a dual
nature in sustainability reporting, serving two critical dimensions.
In sustainability reporting, materiality is the guiding principle that
determines which relevant topics deserve reporting. It functions as a tool
to identify key subjects essential for our long-term success and securing
our social and legal license to operate.
Following the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), all
material topics are meticulously mapped to assess their significance in the
context of our business continuity and their importance to stakeholders.
Throughout this report, we analyse and present data and relevant
information on the most material topics, adhering to GRI standards.
Additionally, our materiality assessment helps us identify key risks and
critically important sustainability areas for our organization.
This process underscores our commitment to transparency and
sustainability reporting, reinforcing our dedication to long-term success
while building trust and support among our diverse group of stakeholders.
Our materiality assessment process is closely tied to the scope and
intricacies of the Group's operations. Building on the insights from the
previous year, we've initiated a new assessment cycle that involves all key
decision-makers from across the Group.
This year, the materiality assessment process delved deeply into material
topics, examining them at both the business segment and Company levels.
Notably, in companies like AB Kauno Grūdai and Linas Agro, we
conducted individual mapping to capture their unique operational nuances.
When assessing materiality in the poultry business, we considered both
Lithuanian and Latvian units together.
This thorough materiality assessment process has not only helped us
pinpoint critical topics for our organization but has also reinforced our
commitment to transparency and sustainability reporting, in alignment with
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards. In the following sections, we
present the results of this rigorous assessment, shedding light on the key
issues that drive our long-term success and dedication to earning the trust
and support of our stakeholders.
STEP I: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
As per previous chapter, IMPACT ASSESSMENT: ENGAGING WITH
OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
STEP II: IDENTIFICATION
The final mapping and prioritisation of material topics was performed,
taking into account the following factors:
- Results of stakeholder engagement: expectations and grievances
- Food industry specifics in general
- Sustainability issues associated with dairy industry
- Region-specific agriculture issues
- Risks associated with grain trade business model
- Peer comparison
- Laws, regulations, international agreements, and voluntary
agreements of strategic significance to the organisation and its
stakeholders
- Standards and certifications
- Our values, policies, strategies, operational management systems,
goals, and targets
- Our ability and opportunities to contribute to sustainable development
- The core competencies of the organisation and the manner, in which
they can contribute to sustainable development
STEP III: IMPACT MEASUREMENT
- Qualitative assessment: which impacts are of critical importance for
our long-term success.
- Quantitative assessment: how much resources we need for our
products and services, as well as residual outputs in the form of
emissions and waste.
- Over the course of sustainability assessment, all business impacts are
divided into four main categories:
Economic: how much value added we produce in the form of
orders, paid taxes, dividends, long term investment, etc.
Social: what effects our activities, products, services, and
byproducts have on people: our employees, neighbours,
consumers, and suppliers.
Environmental: resource intensity, emissions, waste, effects on
biodiversity, soil health, animal welfare, etc.
Governance and compliance requirements specific to our
businesses.
STEP IV: SUSTAINABILITY RISKS
Our impacts were assessed in terms of risks they pose to our sustainable
long-term development.
STEP V: PRIORITISATION
To make sure we focus on the most important issues, we prioritised all
impacts by they criticality. All topics were mapped according to their
importance to our stakeholders and our long-term development.
STEP VI: VALIDATION
- The final list of topics, prioritised as highly material, was reviewed by
the Board for feedback and approval.
- We identify and report on the indicators within each relevant GRI
Standard to ensure the completeness of the report.
- We do not limit ourselves to the topics of relevant GRI standards and
disclose information on all topics of critical importance.
- The report is subsequently reviewed and approved by the Board.
- We are committed to reviewing impacts, risks, and opportunities
annually.
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M A T E R I A L I T Y
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A B O U T U S : 4 H E A R T S
reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or
minimize the harm (climate change, water pollution and
ocean acidification, and loss of biodiversity, etc)
great place to work, great neighbour for local communities,
valued partner to our suppliers, buyers and society
business’s social responsibility is to maximize
value over the long-term
ensuring strong governance through well covered policies,
functional whistle blower system, high transparency
GRI: 2-22, 2-24, 3-3
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4 H E A R T S : H O W I T W O R K S
OUR ACTIONS
SUPERVISION AND ADVICE
OWNERSHIP
ACTION AND COMMUNICATION
- In 2022, The Group clarified and formalized its sustainability agenda, marking a
pivotal step in its commitment to sustainable practices.
- Oversight for sustainability reporting and the formulation of related strategies
has been entrusted to the Group’s CFO, who also holds a position on the
Board.
- All strategic-level sustainability initiatives and associated KPIs for the Group
are not only approved but also periodically reviewed by the Board.
- Advise and training services are provided by the third party consultancy
- Sustainability due diligence, impact evaluation and reporting is a joint effort
with our consultant.
- All data relevant to sustainability reporting and decision making is sourced and
analysed on segment level
- Our data owners are responsible for timely and accurate data collection and
presentation
- Data owners initiate change within data systems if needed
- KPI owners initiate Group KPI division and allocation among Group
companies/segments
- Report each 6 months on the progress
- Proactively suggest if KPI shall be updated
- Drive the change in the represented company/segment to achieve the goals
- Ambassadors’ club shall bring together Group employees with strongest
sustainability values
- Our voices of sustainability communicate internally and externally on
coordinated actions among Group companies
- Communication includes key data findings, education, progress of the KPI,
initiatives of the ambassadors club
- Board members
- Far reaching hands
collecting all possible data
on our impacts
- Third party advisory
- communicate on coordinated Group
companies‘ sustainability actions
- KPI performance analysis
- Initiating calculated change
• Encourage employees to feel a sense of ownership and responsibility
towards sustainability efforts
• Promote the sharing of sustainability concepts and strategies across
various departments or segments
• Motivate and inspire more team members to fully commit to
sustainability practices.
FOUR HEARTS CLUB
The club aims to be a community for sustainability ambassadors, ensuring
they're part of a broader movement and not working in isolation.
Onboarding process is currently in the process, members shall be selected
biannually and the club to comprise 15-20 members, ensuring a
consistent inflow of innovative ideas and renewed vigor. While
participation is voluntary, the club will have a dedicated annual budget.
GRI: 2-13, 2-24, 2-25, 2-26, 3-3, 403-6
WHAT WE ARE AIMING FOR
Transparency: Non-financial reporting to improve impact disclosure.
Guidance & Concerns: Mechanism for seeking advice and addressing
aggravation.
Relevance & Evolution: An iterative review process to keep the Group’s
sustainability efforts up-to-date, effective, and in line with global standards
and the Company's goals.
Team building & Dialogue: Cultivating team unity and encouraging
discussions that shape the sustainability culture.
Employee engagement:
• Involve employees in sustainability discussions and actions
• Launch sustainable initiatives at the local level
• Inform and educate colleagues about true sustainability compared to
mere greenwashing
- Colleagues who are
willing and able to
convert ideas into
initiatives and drive
actions
Projects that resonate with the Group's vision—targeting local
communities, employee involvement, and environmental concerns such as
energy, water, waste, and greenhouse gases—shall be prioritized for
funding.
FIRST STEPS
We kicked-off FOUR HEARTS with a Group wide W15 program, in which
steps translate into votes, determining which charitable causes receive
funding. This project was not only designed to bring employees together
but also to encourage a healthier lifestyle and simultaneously allows
employees to have a say in funding decisions. The project aligns with The
Group's approach of engaging employees in important decisions.
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MEASURE
UNIT
**TRIR
-
BASE YEAR
2021/22
2022/23
GOAL BY 2026/2027
TRIR
* x 0.78 0.85
< 0.62 (20% reduction)
Employee turnover ratio (full time
employees)
% 55.3 / 35** 26
Not more than 35%
Employee retention ratio (employees with
Group >1Y)
% 90.8 86
Higher than 85%
Number of legal actions, claims, scandals
0 1
0
Engagement level (subjective criteria)
n/a
Engage with local communities,
provide assistance etc
Farms / cows: active antibiotic substance
per liveweight of cows
mg per 1 kg PCU*** 29 23
Decrease
cows antibiotic usage by 25% compared to base
year
Poultry: antibiotics free production share in
LV
and LT
% 100 and 65 100 and 75
WHAT WE ARE AIMING FOR
A safe work environment not only protects employees from harm but also
boosts morale, productivity, and trust. A lower TRIR demonstrates the
Company's responsibility and dedication towards its workforce, leading to
enhanced Company reputation and employee satisfaction.
Fostering a work environment where employees feel valued and want to
continue their association with the Company. A reduced turnover rate
implies reduced recruitment and training costs. Furthermore, it showcases
the Company as a desirable place to work, which helps in attracting top
talent and retaining institutional knowledge.
Retaining experienced employees ensures that the Company preserves its
knowledge base, fosters a sense of community, and reduces costs
associated with hiring and training new employees. A higher retention rate
indicates a positive work culture and effective management practices.
Building trustworthy and equitable relationships with local partners,
operating transparently and ethically. Being a fair partner fosters trust,
ensures sustainable partnerships, and enhances the Company's
reputation. By minimizing legal actions, claims, or scandals, the Company
showcases its dedication to ethical operations, which can lead to improved
stakeholder relationships and trust in the community.
Engaging actively with local communities, offering support, and
collaborating on initiatives that benefit all. Active community engagement
demonstrates corporate responsibility and can foster goodwill. It leads to
mutual growth, strengthens the Company's ties with its operating regions,
and can even open up avenues for new collaborations and opportunities.
Promoting healthier livestock practices by reducing the reliance on
antibiotics, ensuring the produce is safer for consumption. As consumers
become more health-conscious and aware of their food sources, reducing
antibiotic use in livestock positions the Company as a leader in sustainable
and healthy food production. This can lead to increased trust from
consumers, potential market growth, and alignment with global health
recommendations.
PROGRESS
There's a marked improvement in the employee turnover ratio, plummeting
from a combined rate of 55.3/35% in 2021/2022 to a commendable
26% in 2022/2023, despite internal transfers. This is well within the
target to keep the turnover under 35% by 2026/2027.
Unfortunately, we failed to ensure fatality free workplace. The incident is
described further in this report in the section GOOD HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING.
Compared to the previous period, over 2022/23 the number of registered
incidents grew by 7 to reach 39.
CEO of Linas Agro Group AB, Mažvyds Šileika comments that "The Group
maintains a zero-tolerance policy for workplace incidents and places the
utmost priority on occupational health and safety. However, our current
KPIs indicate that there's a need for greater effort in this area. We must
improve, set even higher standards, and ensure consistent control. Given
the size of our production facilities and the significant number of people
employed, it's crucial that we meet the expectations of our employees and
stakeholders.”
In the section SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
we disclose complaints and disputes
regarding sanitary protection zone in Rudamina.
ANTIBIOTICS
Over FY 2022/23 substantial deductions in animal antibiotic consumption
was achieved; Farming companies are continuously improving animal
welfare, feeding conditions and are determined to explore alternative ways
to ensure strong health of the animals.
Poultry LT companies are in parallel showing further progress, while LV
companies stay proud with their 100% achievement.
GRI: 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-29, 3-3,
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*TRIR
–Total recordable incident rate (TRIR) =total recordable incidents * 200 000 / total manhours worked
**
- including and excluding Kaišiadorių Paukštynas AB
***
- PCU (population correction unit or standardised average weight of animals as per The Veterinary Medicines Directorate)
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ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS
COMMITMENT
MEASURE
UNIT
BASE YEAR
RESULT 2022/23
GOAL BY 2026/2027
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
Improving energy efficiency
Energy efficiency as one of investment approval criteria
Prioritised investments improving energy
efficiency
Regular energy efficiency audits for energy
intensive companies
Regularity of energy efficiency audits
At least once per every 4 years
Reduce energy consumption per ton of
TOTAL output*
Perform energy consumption feasibility study during FY
2022/2023, followed by approved quantitative goal
towards energy consumption reduction by
FY2026/2027
Feasibility studies performed, energy
consumption target per ton of total output
established and achieved.
KPI to be revised with following Sustainability
report.
Energy consumption per ton of total output*
MWH/t 0.6 0.635
PACKAGING
Increase share of renewable packaging
Renewable packaging % of total packaging
% 45.7% 50.1%
50%
GHG EMISSIONS
Develop low carbon agriculture
N fertilizers application
kg of
N
2
Oper Ha
(kg CO
2
eq)
4.26 N
2
O
(1269 CO
2
)
4.19 N
2
O
(1240 CO
2
)
3
-5% reduction compared to base year
Reduce GHG intensity in milk
C0
2
eq kg per ton of ECM milk
kgCO
2
eq/t
378 334
5% reduction compared to base year
Improve energy mix
Share of renewable energy (Scope 1)
% 1.2 2.4
at least 25%
ADJUSTMENT:
to be delivered with the results
of FY 2027/2028.
WATER
Maintain water use intensity
Water use intensity per ton of total output*
m3/t 2.6 3.119
ADJUSTMENT (
restating KPI from 2.6 m
3
/t to
3.2 m3/t due to recalculated base year total
production output*)
WASTE
Reduce waste directed to disposal
Waste directed to disposal per ton of total output*
kg/t 4.7 5.521
5% reduction compared to base year
PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES FOR
FARMING
Climate positive agricultural innovations
Knowledge sharing (subjective criteria)
no data
Prioritised Climate positive agricultural
innovations
More environment positive equipment,
fetilizers
and plant care products
Knowledge sharing (subjective criteria)
no data
Promoted environment positive equipment,
fe
rtilizers and plant care products
SHIFTING FOCUS
Existing investment approval process was revised, introducing new
investment eligibility criteria. Starting from the mid-year of the previous
financial period, the evaluation of product viability and the conduct of pay-
back analyses were supplemented with assessments of potential
environmental, social, and governance impacts should the investment be
approved and implemented. Energy efficiency criteria became a focal
point.
The most recent energy efficiency audits conducted for "energy intensive"
companies, namely AB Kauno grūdai and UAB Šlaituva in February 2023,
as well as for poultry companies in Lithuania in February 2022 and
September 2021, and in Latvia in August and September 2023, yielded
no critical or major findings. Subsequent audits are scheduled for
November 2026.
EVALUATING POTENTIAL
Feasibility studies focused on energy consumption efficiencies have been
prepared for our key production companies. These studies encompassed
evaluations at Kauno Grūdai AB in February 2023, Šlaituva UAB in
January 2023, and poultry production firms operating in both Lithuania
and Latvia as of February 2023. The findings highlighted multiple avenues
for potential energy efficiency enhancements.
These include the incorporation of economizers for thermal water heating
in instant foods which impacts gas consumption, the introduction of state-
of-the-art electric motors beneficial for flour and compound feed in
relation to electricity, and the repurposing of hot air from baking tunnels
for water heating in breadcrumb production which again affects gas
usage.
Furthermore, initiatives in sync with ISO 50001 standards have been
pinpointed. These involve upgrades to refrigeration
equipment, integration of economizers and hot water recovery systems,
the addition of new heating boilers, and significant refurbishments to
building structures, particularly in the poultry sector, impacting both gas
and electricity consumption.
Currently, our Group's companies are delving into the technical feasibility
of these recommendations while simultaneously conducting payback
analyses. This aids in making informed decisions about potential
investments linked to these insights. It's pertinent to note that such
investments lined up for ongoing FY 2023/2024 investment plan.
GRI: 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 3-3, 302-4, 302-5, 305-1, 305-5
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ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS
Within the Group, some product lines come with specific product
safety and packaging demands. AB Kauno grūdai, UAB Šlaituva,
and poultry segment stand out as principal contributors to the
Group's total packaging volumes. These sectors are dedicated to
reducing the use of non-renewable packaging materials and
simultaneously enhancing the recyclability of these materials
after use.
LOW CARBON AGRICULTURE
For several years now, the Group's companies have been taking
measures to optimize the use of fertilizers and are resolute in
furthering these practices in upcoming years.
Among the proactive steps taken are soil tests for analytical
examination, practicing crop rotation, cultivating intercrops, and
planting undersowings. The goal with these practices is either to
boost nitrogen fixation (as seen with pulses) or to use certain
plants as barriers against nitrogen leaching from the soil. It's
essential to note that excessive use of nitrogen fertilizers
contributes to the release of N
2
O gases, which are far more
potent in causing warming effects than CO
2
and remain in the
atmosphere longer.
50.1% OF TOTAL
PACKAGING WAS
RENEWABLE
IN 2022/23
4.19N
2
O kg/ha
IN 2022/23
In a bid to gain comprehensive insights into soil quality and its
components, one of our farming companies embarked on a CO
2
credits certification program in spring 2023. We have allocated
roughly 2000 hectares of arable land for rigorous scientific
testing and sequestration monitoring, paving the way for potential
CO
2
credit issuance based on tangible improvements.
ENERGY MIX IMPROVEMENTS
The Group's leadership identifies the 25% renewable energy
(scope1) target as the most challenging commitment,
demanding significant involvement and investment. As disclosed
further in this report, poultry operations are the most energy-
intensive within the Group. Scope 1 energy consumption in this
sector accounts for approximately 70% of the Group's total
Scope 1 energy usage.
This high consumption stems from various factors: the energy-
intensive bird rearing processes, substantial energy requirements
during slaughtering and production, and the significant energy
draw from freezing ready-to-sell products. Other major
contributors include grain-based food and feed production, as
well as energy consumption in farming enterprises.
In 2022/23, we took initial steps towards renewable energy
production. This included the installation of small-scale solar
panels and use of straw residuals for energy recovery. Our
farming entities are actively targeting a 5% reduction in diesel
consumption by consistently adopting no-till farming practices.
However, these collective efforts have so far made only a
moderate impact towards achieving our 25% KPI target.
A pivotal move anticipated to make a significant difference is the
planned installation of biomethane plants. This will effectively
replace a large portion of our natural gas consumption with
biogas. However, due to the extensive planning and setup phase,
these installations won't be operational before 2027/28.
Therefore group aims to revise the 'Renewable energy share in
Scope 1 type of energy' KPI, expecting to deliver 25% ratio with
the results of FY 2027/2028.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
We are actively searching for ways to decrease the amount of
waste directed to disposal.
PROMOTING CLIMATE POSITIVE INNOVATIONS
Historically, Linas Agro AB, has been promoting more effective
farming solutions. In 2022/23 we focused on sustainable
farming. Our experts emphasize the significance of using
advanced agro-technologies and reducing the use of pesticides.
They also discuss the importance of adhering to EU guidelines
and the potential of organic compounds like coal for healthier
soil.
Our team has hosted spring seminars focusing on sustainable
agriculture, sharing insights on global trends, and introducing
efficient organic farming methods. In collaborations, they have
delved into subjects like plant protection and certified seeds.
In addition Linas Agro was recognized at the "Social'INGAS
2023" awards for our contribution to socially responsible causes,
MORE ENVIRONMENT POSITIVE EQUIPMENT
For more than 20 years we focus on equipment which can deliver
measurable and consistent results in the most efficient way. For
example, this year we sold as many as 21 Agrifac self-propelled
sprayers, which help to reduce the amount of water (-25%) and
the use of plant protection products (-25%). The advanced HTA
technology is utilized to regulate the form of sprayed liquid with
the assistance of airflow. This ensures optimal coverage on
plants while minimizing drift caused by wind. Additionally, the
GPS system aids in accurate spraying, reducing overlaps by
turning the spraying sections on and off precisely. By leveraging
fertilization maps and variable rates, fertilizers are applied in
direct correlation with a plant's development stage, minimizing
potential fertilizer leaching. These sprayers, with a total width of
672 meters, cover up to 210,000 hectares annually, playing a
crucial role in upholding sustainability standards.
Experts from our Group were also visible in national media
representing a voice of innovation and better agricultural
practices.
LINAS AGRO PODCATS
Our stakeholders are always welcome to tune in to our podcasts
on YouTube where we discuss latest developments in agro
innovations and share tips and tricks to make farming more
sustainable.
GRI: 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 3-3, 203-1, 302-3, 305-1, 305-5
89
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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND COMPLIANCE
COMMITMENT
MEASURE
UNIT
BASE YEAR
2021/22
2022/23 GOAL BY 2026/27
ECONOMIC
Operational efficiency
Operating profit margin
% 5.47 2.06 >/=3%
Optimal return on capital
Return on capital
employed (ROCE)
% 18.97 6.98 >/=12%
Sustainable debt level
RMI adjusted Net
financial debt / EBITDA
x 1.90 4.22 </= 4.0
Target level of EBITDA
EBITDA
kEUR 132.173 67.318 >/= 70,000 - 90,000
Creating shareholder value
Dividends paid within
FY to net profit of the
previous FY
% 0.00 6.47 >/= 20 %
L/T strategic diversification in
activities (optimal revenue split
between segments)
Grain, Oilseed, and
Feed:
% 62 61 45%
Products and Services
for Farming:
% 20 21 20%
Agricultural Production:
% 2 3 <2%
Food Products:
% 18 21 30%
Oher Activities:
% 2 1 <2%
GOVERNANCE
No tolerance to breaches
number of breaches
0 1 0
Revision and establishment of
new policies
revised policies:
environmental, Partner
Code of Ethics
-
initiated
yes
new policies: Soil
health, Quality policy,
Food safety policy,
Procurement policy,
Sponsorship policy,
Good governance
policy
- yes
Whistle blower system
(internal & external)
Established and
functional whistle
blower system
no initiated yes
Transparency
Consistency in
reporting, annual
publishing
yes yes yes
Chief financial officer of Linas Agro Group AB,
Mažvydas Šileika says that "Group is on a good track to
achieve its strategy and the decisions made during the
financial year will be implemented during 2023/24.
However, the volatility in the market persist due to
geopolitics, supply chain fragility and global
supply/demand imbalances. Financial year 2022/23
comes after very successful 2021/22 where some
adjustments were expected due to global commodity
price normalization. Group is fully committed to
operational efficiency and long term returns for
investors".
„Within FY 2022/2023 we have initiated and strongly
progressed on preparation and establishment of market
abuse, sanction compliance, whistleblower, equal rights
and related party transaction policies and procedures.
The implementation stage of aforementioned policies
will be finished by end of 2023 and Group is aiming to
have procedures in place up to the latest standard and
regulation. The focus scope of policies will be extended
with coming years. We believe, that after the completion
of the implementation period (KPI year), Group will be
operating according highest standard in the market“.
GRI: 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 3-3
90
MATERIAL TOPIC
GHG emissions
Energy use
Biodiversity
Soil health
Use of pesticides and
fertilisers
Water stewardship
Packaging
Waste
Food safety
Animal health and
welfare
Materials
Local communities
OHS
Human rights
Employee welfare
Shareholder value
Tax
Supply chain
transparency
Compliance
Economic inclusion
Partnerships
Equal opportunity
Governance practices
Human capital
development
OHS: Occupational Health and Safety
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), part of the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development, adopted by the 193 United Nations’
member states, comprise the world’s comprehensive plan of action for
achieving sustainable development.
Formally, SDGs and the targets associated with them apply on country
level. Given the scope and complexity of our activities, Linas Agro Group,
AB has the potential to contribute to almost all SDGs by enhancing our
positive impacts or by preventing and mitigating negative impacts on the
economy, environment, and people.
The group operates mainly in economically stressed regions, providing
employment and contributing to economic activity. The Company has
established policies ensuring equal opportunities for professional growth
for all employees, and there have been no recorded cases of
discrimination.
In its role as a food producer, the group produces and distributes food,
with an emphasis on poultry products as a source of protein. The
decision to not use antibiotics in poultry production aligns with health
and safety standards.
AB LINAS AGRO GROUP is involved in various agricultural practices,
including the production and sale of locally adapted seeds and the use
of advanced farming equipment. We also develop the Geoface precision
farming system.
The Company's energy consumption primarily relies on renewable
sources. Additionally, there are practices in place to minimize waste in
different stages of production.
Transparency is a key aspect of the group's operations, evident in their
sustainability reports and policies against corruption.
Linkages between the material topics and Sustainable Development Goals
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G R O U P A N D G L O B A L C O N T E X
GRI: 2-24, 3-2, 3-3
91
GRAIN STORAGE
Harvesting is very important for every farm. As farmers have a
narrow time window for harvesting their crops, the two most
important factors in grain harvesting are speed and accuracy.
We operate 13 modern elevators, 10 of which are in Lithuania:
Joniškis, Kėdainiai, Vilkaviškis, Šiauliai, Pasvalys, Lukšiai,
Jungėnai, Kartena, Kupiškis, and together with partners – in
Gustonys (Panevėžys district). Three grain storages operate in
Latvia: Jēkabpils, Grobiņa, and Rēzekne.
At our grain centres, we constantly innovate and look for the best
solutions in order to improve client experience and reduce
service time. Automated presses in our laboratories ensure swift
and reliable grain quality assessment. Integration of quality
assessment system with our accounting programme allows
smoother documentation of delivered harvest. As a result, we
minimise the possibility of error and our clients do not waste time
waiting.
Should farmers have the capacity to prepare their harvest to
match the appropriate parameters, grain can be delivered directly
to the port. Modernised and automated reception process at the
ports helps us manage cargo flows smoothly and helps farmers
minimise waiting time.
ECO GRAIN PROCUREMENT
Lithuania has seen a surge in organic farming, influenced by
global consumer trends emphasising organic and eco-friendly
products. Beyond the potential health benefits linked to organic
consumption, these eco-centric farming methods play a pivotal
role in rejuvenating and enhancing the fertility of otherwise
infertile soils.
GRAIN TRADE
Crop cultivation is the backbone of global economy and the
foundation of food system. We are an international player in grain
trade market, exporting locally grown grain and oilseeds from
Lithuania and Latvia to more than 40 markets worldwide.
For more than three decades, we have been working to ensure a
steady supply of high-quality locally grown grain and oilseeds.
Our long-term success is built on fair and economically inclusive
relations with local famers and farming companies. We cherish
trust of our suppliers and are always willing to share our
profound experience by advising business partners on grain price
fluctuations and business risks.
Farmers and farming companies deliver harvest (food and feed
wheat, rapeseed, barley, peas and beans, rye, triticale, oats, and
corn) directly from fields to our grain centres and partner
elevators.
Our highly skilled and motivated professionals working at our
grain centres are responsible for proper preparation of grain for
export markets. Therefore, we are focused on increasing the
demand and competitiveness of Lithuanian and Latvian grain in
the highly competing global market.
We strive to maintain high grain quality, so we have acquired
GMP+, GTP, ISCC certificates for international trade, and we
have joined the GAFTA trade association, which obliges us to
comply with extremely strict requirements.
The regulatory landscape for organic products is rigorous. Every
product falling under the ‘organic’ label must adhere to the
regulations set forth by the European Council. Furthermore, every
entity in the supply chain, right from seed producers, must
possess a valid Ekoagros certificate. This certification from the
public institution serves as proof that the organic products being
sold align with the European Union’s directives and criteria.
AB Linas Agro is a certified trader of organic crop products as
certified by Ekoagros. Our organic trade department procures a
variety of organic grain and seeds from local farmers, including,
but not limited to, oats, wheat, spelt, rye, barley, and beans. To
further fortify our commitment to organic trade, AB Linas Agro
operates a specialised elevator in Kartena, exclusively dedicated
to handling organic grain.
COMPOUND FEED
This business line includes production and sale of bulk and
bagged feed for poultry, pigs, cattle, and other animals, also feed
material and feed additive trading. We produce compound feed
for maturing breeders, laying hens, broilers, turkeys, quails,
waterfowl, calves, dairy cows, lactating cows, beef cattle, piglets
and fattening pigs, horses, fish, sheep, goats, rabbits, as well as
baits for fish.
Feed materials entail trade in food by-products (such as
sunflower cake, sunflower meal, rapeseed cake, soybean meal,
sugar beet pellets, etc.) and vegetable oils. The portfolio of
feeding products includes feed additives, such as licks, premixes,
vitamins, amino acids, etc.
RETAIL AND WHOLESALE
12 dedicated AB Kauno Grūdai feed stores operate across
Lithuania. Products are also available in our online store.
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G R A I N , O I L S E E D S , F E E D
LEADING
EXPORTER
OF LOCAL
HARVEST
ECO GRAIN
ELEVATOR
IN KARTENA
MORE THAN
50 UNIQUE
RECIPES
GRI: 2-6, 2-24, 2-29, 3-3
92
FERTILISERS AND MICRONUTRIENTS
We supply fertilisers for crops, garden, and vegetables. Our
portfolio includes mineral, organic, micronutrient, and bio-
mineral fertilisers.
PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS
To ensure the safety of crops, we offer a wide range of
herbicides, fungicides, growth regulators, insecticides, and
glyphosates.
The use of chemicals for plant protection in Lithuania is strictly
regulated by the Law on Plant Protection.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
We are proud representers of world-class agricultural machinery
in the Baltic States. Our portfolio of agricultural machinery
includes everything necessary for successful farming: tractors,
grain and forage harvesters, tillage, sowing and forage
preparation machinery, sprayers and fertiliser spreaders,
telescopic and articulated loaders, trailers and semi-trailers,
irrigation and manure handling equipment.
In order to maintain representation rights, we must meet the
highest quality requirements, so we are always try to provide top
class experience to all our clients.
We also sell and rent used machinery of high quality.
SPARE PARTS AND SERVICE
Our professional maintenance services are designed to ensure
maximum efficiency of our clients’ farms so that our clients can
focus on their direct farming activities.
FARMING EQUIPMENT
Our range includes feed production, grain drying, cleaning,
sorting, baiting, transport and storage equipment, as well as air
purification and dust collection equipment. Modern equipment
installed by our teams of professionals contributes to increased
energy efficiency, helps prevent loss of grain and materials
caused by pests, mold, etc.
REGULATED DRAINAGE
We are the experts in helping our clients increase the efficiency
and the long-term profitability of their fields. Our experienced
engineers at Dotnuva Baltic are able to adapt the regulated
drainage systems to the fields of a specific farm. This method of
water management developed by “Ekodrena” helps reduce short-
term water-related stress on plants.
SEED MANUFACTURING
It is estimated that our brand “Dotnuva Seeds” accounts for 30%
of certified seeds’ market in Lithuania. In FY2022/2023, 27.2
thousand tons of certified seeds were produced in our own seed
production plant located in Dotnuva.
UAB Dotnuva Baltic has a certificate for the preparation and
trade of organic seeds, issued by PI Ekoagros.
MODERN FARMINING SOLUTIONS
Geoface is a cutting-edge agricultural system paired with an
intuitive app, tailored for farmers, agricultural entities, and
agronomy professionals. The main objective behind Geoface is to
revolutionise farm management, making it not only seamless, but
also amplifying crop outputs.
Regional adaptability: It is developed to address the unique
challenges and needs posed by farmers in different regions,
ensuring each farm benefits from a customised experience.
Precision farming, central to Geoface, is the cornerstone of a
sustainable and economically viable agricultural future. At the
heart of Geoface are essential functions, like comprehensive
crop monitoring, streamlined planning for spraying and
fertilisation, and a robust financial analysis tool.
Geoface integrates the FAPAR algorithm, a sophisticated tool
that assesses the solar spectrum portion absorbed by plant
chlorophyll. This allows Geoface to deliver unparalleled accuracy
in estimating the requirements for fertilisers and plant protective
agents.
Crop monitoring: With Geoface, real-time monitoring of field
growth is at one’s fingertips, ensuring immediate detection of any
anomalies, accessible both on desktops and mobile devices.
Nitrogen fertilisation mapping: Geoface simplifies the creation of
variable rate application maps for nitrogen fertilisation, ensuring
quick turnarounds without necessitating in-depth agronomic
expertise. Optimised fertiliser utilisation not only augments farm
profitability, but also curtails GHG emissions linked with fertiliser
applications. Moreover, it fosters increased carbon retention in
the soil.
Resource management: The platform offers an integrated
dashboard where resources can be effortlessly managed and
monitored. The added advantage is its capability to auto-record
any resource changes, ensuring users stay updated.
PRECISION
FOR BETTER
AGRICULTURE
MODERN
TECHONOLOGY
FOR MORE
EFFICIENT
FARMING
TOP
PERFORMANCE
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P R O D U C T S A N D S E R V I C E S F O R F A R M I N G
GRI: 2-6, 2-24, 2-29, 3-3
93
We understand that higher productivity levels are very dependent
on the life quality of the animals. In addition, higher farm
efficiency helps us reduce resource intensity without
compromising the quality of produced milk. Therefore, farming
companies cooperate closely with other professionals within the
Group to develop the most sustainable industrial milk production.
WATER BEDS
A double water bed allows our cows to form the most
comfortable bearing and have a sound rest. Water inside the bed
facilitates the heat exchange and eliminates the risk of heat-
related stress.
Special water bed coating is less damaging to cows’ feet, which
results in fewer diseases and bruises.
Water beds are mounted in longitudinal metres, so that the fluid
does not intermix (which would lead to bacterial accumulation).
Water beds are balloon-shaped; when a cow stands up, all the
liquid runs on the manure path, reducing the risk of mastitis.
CROP PRODUCTION
According to the SE Agricultural Data Center, 2.904m ha of
arable land was declared in 2023. Based on these statistics, we
manage approximately 0.7% of total agricultural land in Lithuania.
Crops are the core component of food industry. In 2022/23, we
harvested 133 thousand tons of different sorts of grain.
The development of agricultural activities is restricted by land
resources; thus, we are committed to nurture arable land to
ensure business continuity.
Pesticide use and intensive agriculture are two main hazards for
biodiversity; therefore, we are obliged to strictly follow existing
regulations and apply precise measures, such as timing and
quantities of chemicals used.
No invasive crops are cultivated within the Group.
OUR CATTLE
By the end of the reporting period, the headcount of ruminants in
our farms amounted to 7.3 thousand cows, bulls, and heifers.
MILK PRODUCTION
According to the State Enterprise Agricultural Information and
Rural Business Centre, over the reported period, our dairy cattle
(3,304 cows) accounted for approximately 1.5% of total dairy
cattle in Lithuania. Raw milk production over the reporting period
reached 35.5 thousand tons (35.6 thousand tons of energy-
corrected milk (ECM)), which accounts for 2.5% of total raw milk
sold in Lithuania.
We manage the most efficient dairy farms in Lithuania. In 2022,
Sidabravo ŽŪB was officially recognised as the most efficient
raw milk producer in Lithuania, followed by Šakiai District Lukšių
ŽŪB. In 2021, Šakiai District Lukšių ŽŪB ranked first, with
Sidabravo ŽŪB as a runner-up.
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A G R I C U L T U R E
46%
36%
13%
5%
SOIL AND RESIDUALS ENTERIC EMISSIONS DIESEL MANURE
55%
13%
16%
4%
4%
8%
Winter wheat Winter rapeseed Barley Corn Beans Other
CROPS BY
AREA
CROPS BY
HARVEST
VOLUME
GHG
EMISSIONS BY
ACTIVITY
40%
19%
16%
10%
7%
8%
Winter wheat Winter rapeseed Barley Corn Beans Other
GRI: 2-6, 2-24, 2-29, 3-3, 305-1, 13.11.2
94
FLOUR
The beginning of milling business of KG Group dates back 120
years. The flour milling industry is a vibrant sector that combines
traditional skills with modern technology to produce a wide range
of flours. Quality flour production is one of the cornerstones of
food industry.
Upstream, we are a reliable partner for local farmers: in
2022/23, AB Kauno Grūdai procured 306 thousand tons of local
harvest, 30% of which was used for flour production in our mill.
All grain is carefully tested in our own laboratory; optical sorting
technology ensures the highest precision in removing all
impurities and defected grain.
Downstream, we are a key player in multiple fields, from industrial
bakeries to household kitchens.
FLOUR MIXES
We offer flour mixtures for pancakes, chocolate cake, doughnuts,
kibins, pizza, cupcakes, and we keep introducing new options for
those who are looking for hassle-free cooking experience at
home.
INSTANT NOODLES
Since 2011, AB Kauno Grūdai has been producing instant
noodles. Our factory sources only the finest and most exotic
materials from overseas, as well as in the local market, and
remains the only instant noodle manufacturer in the Baltic States.
Products are exported to 23 countries all over the world,
including Spain, Germany, France, Holland, and Scandinavia.
We produce palm oil, flavour enhancers, preservatives, synthetic
color-free product lines. Natural exotic additives, such as coconut,
mushrooms, or green curry, enrich this product range and add an
exceptional taste to Sun Yan Nature noodles.
Noodles are packed in pouches and cups.
INSTANT PORRIDGE
Whole grain oatmeal,
buckwheat, or
couscous porridge
is an excellent
source of dietary
fiber for everyone.
FULL-CYCLE POULTRY BUSINESS
Besides grain-based products, poultry production cycle is a
notable part of our food segment. Overall, poultry business
represents a significant part of energy and material consumption.
Each broiler chicken originates from our hatcheries with fertilised
eggs from parent flocks maintained at our farms, ensuring
genetic consistency. On average, our hatcheries produce about
160,000 chicks daily.
After hatching, chickens are transferred to poultry houses, each
accommodating 22-30 thousand broilers, for a period of 40 days.
Their diet is formulated to meet their requirements across all life
stages, with a significant portion of their feed being locally
prepared.
Our birds are slaughtered conforming to established standards.
The meat is then processed at our facilities, allowing us to
expand our product offerings. We operate under strict industry
regulations, understanding that non-compliance could lead to
operational interruptions or penalties.
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F O O D P R O D U C T S
GRI: 2-6, 2-24, 2-29, 3-3
95
BIRD CONTROL
Wild birds, such as pigeons, might cause damage to storage and
production facilities; therefore, we offer sustainable and modern
solutions for the protection of materials and products.
FREEZE-DRIED PET FOOD
AB Kauno Grūdai has been producing pet food for almost 30
years.
We offer economically inclusive brands, such as “Canis” and
“Aport”, providing pet owners with an opportunity to maintain
proper nutrition for their pets.
In 2020, a super premium pet food production line was launched
in Alytus.
“Freeze-dried raw coated” is an innovative technological solution
which offers an exclusive taste to “QUATTRO" products and
enriches them with naturally preserved nutrients necessary in
daily nutrition.
“QUATTRO” dog food contains 58-83% of animal proteins to
ensure that the natural nutritional needs of dogs are met.
“QUATTRO” cat food contains 64-73% of animal proteins for
better nutrition and health of cats.
VETERINARY PHARMACY
Our veterinary business line offers the most advanced means of
disease prevention and treatment for animals and pets:
- Selection of feed and feed additives
- Veterinary medicine and tools for veterinary pharmacies,
veterinary doctors, clinics, and pet shops
- Professional consultation for veterinarians
- Individual customer information about market innovations
- Regular training seminars
TRAININGS, SEMINARS
Educating veterinary community helps raising quality standards,
saving animal life and maintaining business segment
development. Our professionals and partners share their
experience, insights, and present veterinary pharmacy novelties.
In addition, we hold the largest biannual veterinary pharmacy
congress in the Baltic States, “VET Congress”, which attracts
hundreds of participants not only from Lithuania, but also from
foreign countries. During the congress, we delve into trends in
veterinary medicine, advanced practice solutions, and innovations
in veterinary pharmacy.
DERATIZATION
We offer a full scale of products and tools for observation,
repelling, and destruction of rodents using special methods and
tools.
DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS
Insects might cause a large-scale irreparable damage for food
industry; thus, a complex of measures that includes prevention,
monitoring, repelling, and destruction of arthropods using various
methods and tools must be considered at all times.
DETECTION OF PESTS IN WAREHOUSES
Up to several dozen types of pests are found in storage facilities.
Cereal pests multiply very quickly; they damage and contaminate
huge quantities of grain and other products that are no longer
suitable for use, causing significant financial damage.
Fumigation can be carried out in warehouses with infected grain
or other products.
DISINFECTION
Our team helps prevent and remove mold and microorganisms by
performing prophylactic and focal disinfections. To ensure human
health and safety, these services are essential in public gathering
places, such as shops, schools, hospitals, public catering, etc. In
addition, disinfection is necessary in poultry and livestock farms,
as well as manufacturing facilities processing the products of
animal origin.
WE HELP
FOOD
INDUSTRY
PLAYERS
ENSURE
FOOD SAFETY
WE ARE
TRUSTED BY
THE LARGEST
INTERNATIONAL
PTODUCERS
11.2 THOUS.
TONES
PRODUCED
OVER
2022/23
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O T H E R A C T I V I T I E S
GRI: 2-6, 2-24, 2-29, 3-3
96
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35%
8%
8%
12%
5%
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DECENT WORK CONDITIONS
Workplace standards have been established based on globally
accepted benchmarks. These standards encapsulate safety,
hygiene, and optimal working conditions. Regular audits are
conducted to ensure that these conditions are maintained, which,
in turn, ensures that productivity is maximised.
In the fiscal year under review, our total compensation for
employees amounted to EUR138m. This figure represents our
ongoing commitment to fair compensation and is in line with
industry standards.
ANNUAL
TOTAL COMPENSATION
EUR138m
GROUP
INCOME BY
MARKETS
FY 2022/23
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D E C E N T W O R K A N D E C O N O M I C G R O W T H
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GRI: 2-6, 3-3, 201-1, 203-2
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International
trading of
agricultural
products
Supply of
agricultural
products
secured with
Baltic farmers
Expanding
activity with
agricultural
machinery sales,
seeds and grain
storage equipment
Starting
seed
production
Launching
grain handling
and storage
services
Engaging
in milk
production
and crop
cultivation
Entering
poultry business
Expanding
fertilizer
operation
Controlling
stake of
KG Group
Development
of precision
farming
systems
First entity of
Linas Agro Group
founded -
UAB Linas ir viza
Acquisition
of a 50% stake
in Dotnuvos
Projektai
Seed processing
plant built...
... 1st modern grain
elevator commissioned…
… & acquisition of first
farming entities in LT
EUR 28m IPO
with a listing on
Nasdaq Vilnius
Acquisition
of LV‘s largest
poultry
producer
Acquisition
of fertilizer
sales business
in LV
Acquisition
of a startup
GeoFace
Divestment
of subsidiaries
in Russia and
Belarus
Expanding
ready to eat
food category
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NKP CERTIFICATION AND STANDARD
The National Food Quality (NKP) system characterises products
by their inherent naturalness, robust nutritional profile, and
commitment to environmental conservation.
• Vilniaus Paukštynas is the first poultry company to be
certified under the NKP system.
• The “National Quality Lithuania” label on product packaging
signifies Vilniaus Paukštynas’ successful navigation through
NKP audits and their attainment of the NKP certificates.
• Label significance: it underscores the product’s superior
quality that not only aligns with, but also surpasses the safety,
animal welfare, health, and environmental standards dictated
by the European Union (EU) and national legislative
directives. This superior quality is attributed to certain
distinctive farming or production methodologies.
ROSS 420 CLUB
AB Vilniaus paukštynas has earned a prestigious spot in the
“Aviagen Kft Ross 420 Club”, marking the first Lithuanian
company to achieve this honour. The US-based “Aviagen” is a
global authority in poultry breeding, extending membership only
to entities that surpass stringent industry benchmarks. AB
Vilniaus paukštynas clinching the European Poultry Efficiency
Factor (EPEF) of 420 showcases their commitment to stellar
poultry health, growth, and feed assimilation standards. Their
practices, which emphasise biosecurity, disease prevention, and
state-of-the-art farming tools for real-time poultry health
monitoring, have set them apart. Furthermore, their antibiotic-free
approach fulfils Lithuania’s poultry needs while underscoring the
importance of animal welfare. The membership in the “Ross 420”
forum allows to exchange novel ideas with global poultry
magnates. An “Aviagen” representative praised our cutting-edge
genetic practices.
AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava is also a member of the “Aviagen Kft
Ross 420 Club”.
GREEN SPOON
SIA Putnu Fabrika Kekava received a „Zaļā karotīte” (“Green
spoon“) certificate back in 2015. This confirms that the fresh
poultry products “Kekava” are produced in Latvia using local raw
materials and meet high quality standards.
SIA Putnu Fabrika Kekava was the first company in the segment
of manufacturers of meat products, to whom sertificate “Green
spoon” was given.
PRIVATE LABEL CONTRACTING
More than 40 major foreign companies, including large
supermarket chains, trust their private label production to AB
Kauno Grūdai.
We are ready to produce instant food products based on clients’
recipes or the ones created by our R&D team.
Product assortment for Private Label: instant noodles, pasta,
oatmeal, buckwheat, couscous, rice, granola, muesli, and
superfood mix.
The majority of highest quality raw materials for instant noodles
are made by AB Kauno Grūdai. Constantly improving recipes will
allow your customers to enjoy only the highest quality products.
KEY INVESTMENTS
In 2022/23 we have invested EUR 30m in our operations in
order to improve production efficiency.
For 2023/24 we have confirmed following investments:
• Expansion of instant noodle production (AB Kauno grūdai)
• Food segment product portfolio expansion (Grybai LT –
soups, vegetables, porridges, etc in pouches)
• Expansion of breadcrumbs production Biogas plant in Lukšiai
• Active land portfolio management Dotnuva Baltic
showrooms/centers in LT and LV
• New seed factory in Latvia
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I N D U S T R Y I N N O V A T I O N A N D I N F R A S T R U C T U R E
AB KAUNO
GRŪDAI
RECEIVED AN
EXPORTER OF
THE YEAR
AWARD
PRODUCT OF
THE YEAR
AWARD FOR
AS PUTNU
FABRIKA
ĶEKAVA
GRI: 2-6, 3-3, 203-1
WE STRIVE FOR
THE HIGHEST
QUALITY AND
CONSTANTLY
IMPROVE
EFFICIENCY
98
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
HAY FOR HEAT PRODUCTION
Using hay for heat production in poultry farming is an
alternative and potentially sustainable method for heating.
When considering the traditional energy sources used in
poultry farming, such as propane, electricity, or natural gas,
hay could serve as an organic, renewable resource that can
be produced on-site or sourced locally from our own farms.
Advantages of hay as biofuel:
• Low environmental impact: Using hay as a fuel source
promotes sustainable farming practices.
• Cost-effective: Depending on the local price of hay versus
traditional fuel sources, hay might be a more economical
option, especially if produced on-site.
• Carbon neutral: Burning hay releases carbon dioxide, but
this is offset by the amount absorbed during its growth,
making it potentially carbon-neutral.
• Renewable: Unlike fossil fuels, hay can be replanted and
harvested annually.
Challenges of hay as biofuel:
• Infrastructure: Traditional heating systems in poultry
houses are not designed to burn hay. Significant
modifications or new equipment might be needed.
• Storage: Hay requires proper storage to prevent mold
growth, which can produce toxins harmful to both humans
and chickens.
• Consistency: Achieving a consistent heat output with hay
can be more challenging compared to traditional fuels.
• Efficiency: The energy content of hay is generally lower
than that of conventional fuels. Hence, larger volumes
might be needed to produce the same amount of heat.
.
GREEN
ELECTRICITY
CONSUMPTION
2022/23
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A F F O R D A B L E A N D C L E A N E N E R G Y
In conclusion, while hay can be considered an alternative
heating source in poultry farming, it is essential to weigh its
benefits against its challenges. It might be more suitable for
smaller-scale or organic poultry farms focused on sustainable
practices. However, technological advancements can
potentially make it a more viable option for larger operations
in the future.
SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION
The Group companies source almost all their electricity from
renewable resources that are certified as green. During the
reported period, the solar plant produced 85.9MWh, which
was used for instant food production within AB Kauno
Grūdai. At present, the solar energy from our plant represents
0.12% of the total electricity. After the end of FY 2022/2023
solar system was also installed in Kedainiai instant noodles
plant (capacity: 160 kMWh per year) and by the closing of
calendar 2023 – additionally shall be operational in Coating
system production plant (capacity: 60 kMWh per year). Plans
are in place to further assess the potential expansion of solar
capacity.
BIOGAS PRODUCTION PLANTS
The Group has outlined plans to establish a biogas plant in
the village of Plyniai, Šakiai district municipality, complete with
biomethane purification equipment. The goal is to integrate it
into the gas grid within three years and launch operations by
2025. This facility will include two bioreactors with a
combined capacity of 415 m
3
/h or 3,635,400 m
3
annually.
The agricultural company, Šakiai District Lukšių ŽŪB, is
spearheading this project. The biogas plant will utilise
biodegradable waste and other materials from the Lukšių
ŽŪB cattle unit and other affiliated entities to produce biogas.
Additionally, the production process will generate digestate, a
premium-quality fertiliser.
The Group also continuously assesses the viability of biogas
production at other locations. we aim to install biogas plants
in poultry farms both in Lithuania and Latvia by 2027/28.
However, a large part of this will depend on the support from
structural funds for the projects.
HAY USED AS
BIOFUEL
ACCOUNTED
FOR 2.3% OF
TOTAL ENERGY
USED
FOCUS ON
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY IS
OUR
STRATEGIC
COMMITMENT
TOTAL OUTPUT
OF ENERGY
CONSUMPTION
INTENSITY
2022/23
0.635
MWh/t
70%
23%
4%
3%
Poultry Grain processing Elevators Agriculture
GRI: 3-3, 302-4, 302-5
99
38%
18%
22%
8%
4%
10%
AB Vilniaus paukštynas AS Putnu fabrika Kekava
AB Kauno Grūdai SIA Lielzeltini
AB Kaišiadorių paukštynas Others
GROUP
ENERGY MIX
GWH, 2022/23
Energy consumption GWh, Linas Agro Group, AB, 2021/22-2022/23
Compared to the previous period, total energy consumption declined by 4.4 GWh and amounted to 450.5 GWh.
Group-wide, natural gas consumption accounts for 58.6% of total energy used. 80% of the total natural gas was used in poultry production. The poultry
business is especially sensitive to temperature variations. To maintain antibiotic-free production at 100%, there is limited scope for potential energy
reductions. Additionally, as biosafety and animal wellbeing requirements have become stricter over time, energy savings are primarily achieved through
improved building insulation and the introduction of alternative energy sources. All poultry houses and production facilities are regularly audited to assess the
need for energy efficiency-related investments. Due to high prices of natural gas, dependency on this fuel was softened by the shift to LPG for heat
production.
Virtually all electricity consumed by the Group companies came from renewable resources. In total, renewable energy amounted to 21.1%.
Crop cultivation was the key contributor to the consumption of fuel, 37% of fuel-generated energy was required for crop production. Introduced sustainable
agricultural practices reduce the number and extent of operations over grain production cycle, resulting in reduced fuel consumption and increasing energy
efficiency. The increase in fuel for transportation is attributed to the improved data collection process.
ELECTRICITY
CONSUMPTION
2022/23
GRAIN, OILSEEDS, AND
FEED
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
FOR FARMING
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION
FOOD PRODUCTS GROUP LEVEL
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
Biofuel
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.6 4.5 8.6 4.5
Renewable Electricity
12.7 20.1 0.9 0.8 3.3 3.4 69.5 67.3 86.3 91.7
Natural gas
18.9 36.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 244.8 261.5 263.9 297.5
Electricity
0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.3 1.3 0.5
Diesel for transportation
7.4 2.9 5.2 5.3 3.8 0.0 20.7 17.0 37.3 25.2
Diesel for heating of
elevators
0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.5
Diesel in agriculture
0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 25.05 24.5 0.0 0.0 25.25 24.5
Petrol for transportation
1.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.05 0.1 2.8 1.9 5.45 3.0
LPG for transportation
0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.3
LPG for heat production
1.2 4.0 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 17.9 0.0 19.9 4.5
Heating
0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.45 0.9
TOTAL ENERGY USED
42.4 64.5 8.3 7.4 34.3 30.3 365.5 352.8 450.5 455.0
% of renewable energy
29.95% 31.18% 10.84% 11.20% 9.62% 11.22% 21.36% 20.35% 21.07% 21.14%
32%
19%
16%
16%
7%
10%
AB Vilniaus paukštynas AS Putnu fabrika Kekava
AB Kaišiadorių paukštynas AB Kauno Grūdai
SIA Lielzeltini Others
NATURAL GAS
CONSUMPTION
2022/23
1.52 MWH/T
78%
11%
10%
Natural gas Electricity
0.09 MWH/T
Energy intensity and energy mix, instant food, Linas Agro
Group, AB, 2022/23
Energy intensity and energy mix, compound feed
production, Linas Agro Group, AB, 2022/23
59%
41%
Natural gas Electricity
2.69 MWH/T
69%
19%
6%
6%
Natural gas Electricity Fuel LPG
Energy intensity and energy mix, poultry production, Linas
Agro Group, AB, 2022/23
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E N E R G Y C O N S U M P T I O N
66%
20%
12%
Natural gas Electricity Diesel LPG Petrol
GRI: 3-3, 302-1, 302-2, 302-3, 302-4, 302-5
100
THE FIRST
BIOMETHANE-
POWERED
TRUCK IN
LITHUANIA
GHG emissions and contribution to the climate change is one of the key
adversities generated by our Group activities. We are committed to
decreasing our dependency on fossil fuels as well as optimising GHG
emissions related to animal rearing, manure management, and soil
management.
COWS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Absolute emission reduction is critical, as the world moves towards carbon
neutrality by 2050. We recognise the responsibility of the dairy sector to
develop sustainably; however, the mitigation potential of the industry will
remain limited by biological processes.
In 2022/23, total enteric emissions by our ruminants accounted for
17.1% of total Scope 1 GHG emissions generated by the Group activities.
In order to reduce negative impacts of milk production, we focus on the
efficiency of dairy farming to achieve declining emission intensity per
product.
Focus on productivity over the reporting period resulted in the decline of
average enteric GHG emissions per ton of ECM produced by our dairy
cattle, which amounted to 0.37t CO
2
eq to 0.33t CO
2
eq.
SOIL GHG EMISSIONS
Agricultural soil is a dynamic biological system that sequestrates and
emits greenhouse gases. In 2022/23, total emissions from managed soils
amounted to 23.6 thousand tons of CO
2
eq or 17.6% of total Scope 1
emissions by the Group. The most conservative estimate indicates that the
soil sequestrated approximately 21.6 thousand tons of CO
2
eq. Therefore,
adjusted to estimated sequestration, total emissions from managed soils
amount to 2.4% of the entire Scope 1 GHG emissions by the Group.
POULTRY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The poultry segment, like many other agricultural sectors, has a two-fold
relationship with climate change. On one hand, poultry production
contributes to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; on the other, the
industry is vulnerable to the impacts of the changing climate. Below is a
comprehensive look at this relationship:
Direct emissions: Methane (CH
4
) and nitrous oxide (N
2
O) are released
from manure management.
Indirect emissions: Emissions from feed production can be significant.
Producing the grain used in poultry feed requires fertiliser, which emits
nitrous oxide. Additionally, land-use changes for feed crop production
contribute to carbon dioxide emissions.
Energy use: Heating, cooling, and general operations in poultry houses
rely on energy, often from fossil fuels. While we are able to virtually
eliminate scope 2 emissions by switching to green electricity, scope 1
emissions remain significant.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Impact of climate change on poultry production:
Heat stress: Poultry are particularly sensitive to heat. Elevated
temperatures can reduce feed intake, growth rates, and egg production,
and can increase mortality rates.
Disease dynamics: Changing climates can influence the range and
lifecycle of many poultry diseases and pests.
Feed grain production: Climate change can affect the yield of feed grains,
influencing the cost and availability.
Water availability: As climate patterns shift, some regions may experience
water scarcity, impacting poultry operations.
FIRST STEPS
Vilniaus Paukštynas is the first Lithuanian company to acquire a
biomethane-powered truck. The company is evaluating the addition of
more such vehicles to its fleet. Biomethane trucks can cut CO
2
emissions
by up to 90%, according to Scania Lietuva. These vehicles also operate
more quietly, benefiting drivers and the public alike. After a year-long
testing phase of the truck in Lithuania, Vilniaus Paukštynas decided on its
purchase. By early April, 2023, ten more such trucks were acquired by
various Lithuanian enterprises.
SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS CHALLENGE
We are responsible for all the stages of production, from feed production
to the final sale of food products. As such, the GHG emissions for us
encompass the entirety of the production chain.
Quantifying the exact GHG Scope 3 emissions for our Group requires
detailed data on each of these stages. Factors like the type of energy
used (renewable vs. non-renewable), the efficiency of operations, the
sources and processing methods of feed, and waste management
practices will all influence the total carbon footprint.
We are keen on improving the reliability of our Scope 3 estimates;
however, taking into account the complexity of our supply chain, it is too
early to set reliable strategic commitments.
CLIMATE POSITIVE GOODS
It is our strategic commitment to promote climate positive goods and
machinery to local farmers making an indirect impact to GHG emission
reduction.
EMISSIONS BY
SCOPES
21%
0%
79%
SCOPE 1 SCOPE 2 SCOPE 3
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C L I M A T E A C T I O N
GRI: 2-25, 3-3, 305-1, 305-2, 305-3, 305-4, 305-5, 305-6
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C L I M A T E C H A N G E R I S K S
REPUTATION&LEGAL
MARKET&TECHOLOGY
PHYSICAL RISKS
We performed qualitative climate change risk analysis based on TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) reporting principles. Quantitative analysis was chosen over the qualitative
analysis due to the limited reliable tools and scenarios to assess climate change-related risks specific to our region and business lines. We understand that quantitive climate change scenario analysis would
be of value for our stakeholders and eventually we would have reliable tools to model possible long-term effects on our supply chains and business lines.
Please consult ANNEX IV GHG INVENTORY for specific climate change disclosures published by the Group
- Improving transparency (regular non-financial reporting)
- Improved accounting of non-financial impacts on environment and society
- Internal education to avoid greenwashing
- Monitoring changes in regulation through supply chain
- Develop assessment metrics for suppliers
- Active engagement with stakeholders
- Prioritisation of energy-efficient investments
- Tracking and implementing sustainable innovations
- Improving livestock productivity in order to reduce GHG emissions associated
with milk production
- Vertical integration of feed production business
- Shift to renewable electricity
- Improving energy efficiency
- Employing sustainable agriculture practices
- Developing precision farming tools
- Livestock is highly sensitive to extreme temperature changes
- Assessing and implementing advanced control of the microclimate
- Operating broiler houses at full capacity with bird flocks of uniform size is a
common practice, one which enables more accurate control of the microclimate
inside the barn and improves efficiency
- Improved Climate Change Scenario
- Promoting climate-positive agriculture innovation in products and services for
farms
OUR ACTIONS
LEGAL
REPUTATION
MARKET
TECHNOLOGY
ACUTE
CHRONIC
EFFECTS ON SUPPLY CHAIN
- Tightening regulation and supervision of
carbon intensive businesses
- Financing restrictions related to GHG
emissions
- Introduction of carbon pricing
- Shift from dairy to plant-based
milk products
- Growing health concerns
- Product quality stability
- Increased prices for electricity
- Increasing costs of mineral
fertilisers
- Increased prices for feed (raw
material), such as soy
- Higher livestock mortality
rates due to increase in
temperature and number
of hot days
- Increasing yield volatility
due to changing climate
conditions
- Soil erosion
- Overall reduction in
livestock productivity
- Heat Stress:
- Reduced conception rates
- Milk quality decline
- Expensive technology development
- Scarcity of components for fast
developing technology
- Lack of the infrastructure
- Disease and Pest Proliferation
- Infrastructure vulnerability
- Reduced Yields
- Precipitation volatility and lower predictability
- Damaged crops
- Extreme cold during winter
- Shift in procurement practices, such as
strict environmental assessment
downstream the supply chain
- Opportunity to enhance reputation and
brand value
- Opportunity to engage with stakeholders
consistently
- Increased volatility in grain prices
- Grain deficit
- Compromised reliability of material
supply
- Reduced energy demands for heating
of farms
- Increased water demands for cooling
farms
- Possible shift in species of profitable
crops
- Increased yields of crops
- Increased demand for energy-
efficient lower-carbon products
- New technologies that disrupt
markets
- Increased production costs
- Concerns about GHG emissions
- Accusations about greenwashing
- Growing expectations for responsible
manufacturing
- Threats to securing social license to
operate
- Pressure on dairy industry
GRI: 2-24, 3-3, 201-2
102
SCOPE 1 GHG
EMISSIONS BY
SOURCE
2022/23
For detailed GHG inventory and methodology, please consult ANNEX IV GHG INVENTORY
GRAIN, OILSEEDS, FEED
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
FOR FARMING
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION
FOOD PRODUCTS GROUP LEVEL
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
Scope 1 5.97 8.3 1.66 1.5 54.86 55.0 72,65 69.0 135.15 133.8
Scope 2 (location-based) 4.4 8.1 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.3 23.9 26.0 29.9 35.9
Scope 2 (market-based) 0.04 0.07 0.14 0.2 0.01 0.0 0.17 0.1 0.36 0.4
Scope 3 321.9 410.1 26.6 26.3 24.2 25.9 178.3 90.2 551 552.5
Total (location-based) 332.27 426.5 28.77 28.3 80.2 82.2 274.9 185.2 716.1 722.2
TOTAL (market-based) 327.9 418.5 28.4 28.0 79.1 80.9 251.1 159.3 686.5 686.7
SCOPE 1: Direct GHG emissions occur from sources that are owned or controlled by the Group. GHG emissions not covered by the Kyoto Protocol, e.g.,
CFCs, NOx, etc., are not included in Scope 1. Total Scope 1 GHG emissions over the reported period amounted to 135.15 thousand tons of CO
2
eq. We
estimate that the sequestration of organic carbon in managed soil could account for 21.58 thousand tons of CO
2
eq, which could potentially reduce our Scope
1 emissions down to 113.57 thousand tons of CO
2
eq.
SCOPE 2: It represents emissions that our companies caused indirectly when the energy (electricity and heating) we purchase has been produced by third
party providers. 98.5% of electricity consumed by the Group companies came from renewable sources; thus, Scope 2 GHG emissions are virtually non-
existent. Essentially, the difference between location-based and market-based volumes of GHG emissions equals to avoided GHG emissions; in other words,
we avoided 29.5 thousand tons of CO
2
eq in 2022/23.
GHG emissions by business segments, thousand tCO
2
eq, LINAS AGRO GROUP, AB, 2021/22 – 2022/23
SCOPE 3: Other indirect emissions are consequences of the activities of the company, but those that occur from sources neither owned, nor controlled by
the Group. Notable increase in of SCOPE 3 emissions in FOOD segment is attributed to addition of AB Kauno Grūdai food business (part of Grain, oilseed,
feed previous year) and increased volumes of meat source outside the Group. We acknowledge the lack of reliability of final numbers for Scope 3 calculations
due to a wide range and complexity of data which is not directly available. We are ready to improve data collection process through supplier assessment in the
future.
NATURAL GAS FOR
PRODUCTION
CATTLE ENTERIC
GHG
CH
4
CO
2
34.7%
N
2
0
DIESEL IN
AGRICULTURE
CO
2
11.6%14.4%
SOIL
MANAGEMEN
T
18.4%
MANURE
MANAGEMENT
CH
4
N
2
0
6.4%
CH
4
POULTRY ENTERIC
GHG
7.9%4.7%
FUEL
REFRIGERANTS
1.9%
HFCSCO
2
Type of key GHG gases
Source
% share in Scope 1 not
adjusted for sequestration
Scope 1 GHG emissions by source, thousand tCO
2
eq, LINAS AGRO GROUP, AB, 2022/23
% share in Scope 1 adjusted for
sequestration
41.3% 13.6%
17.1%
2.9% 7.6%9.4%5.9%
2.2%
SCOPE 3 GHG
EMISSIONS
2022/23
66%
20%
12%
Natural gas Electricity Diesel LPG Petrol
SCOPE 1 GHG
EMISSIONS
2022/23
17%
14%
10%
9%
9%
41%
AB Vilniaus paukštynas AS Putnu fabrika Kekava
Žibartonių ŽŪB AB Kaišiadorių paukštynas
Lukšių ŽŪB Others
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G H G E M I S S I O N S : S C O P E 1 , 2 & 3
EMISSION SOURCE
ktCO
2
eq
%
Production of inputs 339.2 61.6%
Transportation of grain traded 100 18.1%
Downstream transportation of
products
43 7.8%
Upstream transportation of inputs 24.6 4.5%
Transportation of products for
farmers
25.9 4.7%
Well to tank (fossil fuels) 13.7 2.5%
Other 4.6 0.8%
Total 551 100 %
Scope 3 GHG emissions by activity, thousand tCO
2
eq, LINAS AGRO GROUP, AB, 2022/23
Source
% share in
Scope 3
TRANSPORTATION
OF GRAIN TRADED
18.1%
Group
activity
Grain, oilseeds, feedFlour products, feed,
instant food
GRAIN AND GRAIN
PRODUCTS
21.1%
PRODUCTION OF
FERTILISERS
Agricultural production
2.9%
Food
PURCHASED
RAW MEAT
18.6%
Poultry business
4.4%
Instant food
COOKING OIL
5.4%
Group-wide
UPSTREAM &
DOWNSTREAM
TRANSPORTATION
PURCHASED
FEED
PACKAGING
5%
OTHER
7.5%
17%
GRI: 3-3, 305-1, 305-2, 305-3, 305-4, 305-5, 305-6
103
Oversight of 0.8% of Lithuania’s arable land places upon us a substantial
responsibility. Our mission is clear: advocating for sustainable farming that
is economically sound while preventing land degradation. Simultaneously,
our operations aim to mitigate the challenges posed by invasive species.
Our strategy integrates managing direct effects in agriculture and poultry
to indirect effects linked to promoted farm equipment.
ANIMAL WELFARE
While animal welfare is not explicitly mentioned in the SDGs, it is crucial to
recognise that the humane treatment of animals aligns with the broader
ethos of the SDGs, which is to create a more sustainable, equitable, and
compassionate world.
While their primary focus is on wild species and habitats, the principles of
conserving biodiversity and ensuring that the use of ecosystem services is
sustainable can indirectly relate to animal welfare.
We are committed to and responsible for meeting the animals’
physiological and etiological needs, from hatching to slaughtering.
All our companies engaged in poultry and cattle farming business are
obliged to comply with national and European Union laws and regulations,
including the world-renowned animal welfare standard, or The Five
Freedoms:
• Freedom from thirst, hunger, and malnutrition: all birds are provided
with free access to water and balanced nutritious feed based on
animal needs by breed, age, and life stage.
• Freedom from fear and distress by ensuring conditions and treatment,
which allow to avoid mental suffering. We provide animals with gentle
and attentive care at all times: while growing, during transportation to
the slaughterhouse, and throughout the slaughter process.
• Freedom from physical and heat-related stress and discomfort. We
provide a safe and comfortable living space for animals, protecting
them from frost, rain, draught, extreme temperatures, and predators.
They are raised in large, open broiler houses. The houses are well-
equipped with mechanical systems to deliver feed and water to the
animals, and have environmental systems to provide a comfortable
and protective environment, including ventilation systems and heaters.
Rest period is provided, including the period of darkness.
• Freedom from pain, injury, and disease. Our team of highly trained
qualified professionals is constantly monitoring all birds and ensure
humane treatment of sick animals and slaughter animals. Animal
health surveillance, disease prevention, and control are performed by
certified veterinarians.
• Freedom to express normal behaviour. We provide animals with
sufficient space, dry, clean, and soft bedding, and company of the
birds’ own kind.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Managing directors of farming companies are obliged to ensure the
compliance to animal welfare standards at all phases of animal lifecycle.
Compliance assessment is conducted regularly on a farm level.
BIODIVERSITY
Possible biodiversity loss due to conversion of forests or other natural
habitats to agricultural land for crop cultivation, poultry, or cattle farming
can be regarded as one of adverse effects of our activities.
Pest and invasive species management: Embracing IPM (Integrated Pest
Management) reduces chemical dependencies. Our product trade,
primarily to local farmers, aligns with this ethos, designed to counter the
introduction and amplify the reduction of invasive alien species. Plant
protection used by our farms range from non-hazardous to moderately
hazardous. Total consumption volume amounted to 91 ton or 4.7 kg per
ha.
Reforestation & habitat conservation: We do not face challenges directly.
However, procurement of materials, namely soy, might be challenging. Our
trade policies favour sustainably-grown grains, advocating against
deforestation and unnecessary land-use changes. We strive to mitigate
deforestation risks through trade agreements. Additional due dilligence
might be required following stricter regulations.
Poultry waste management process is strictly regulated to ensure the
prevention of natural habitat and water source contamination. Our no-
antibiotics policy further protects the soil from resistant bacteria.
NATURA 2000
None of our operational sites border NATURA 2000 territories.
FUTURE OUTLOOK
The European Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy, part of the European
Green Deal, emphasises the need for improved animal welfare and
proposes revising the existing animal welfare legislation.
USE OF PLANT
PROTECTION
PRODUCTS
WE PROMOTE
ENVIRONMENT-
POSITIVE
EQUIPMENT,
FETILISERS,
AND PLANT
CARE
PRODUCTS
Herbicides Fungicides Insecticides
OVER
2022/23, WE
RAISED
49.8M
BROILERS
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L I F E ON L A N D
GRI: 2-24, 3-3, 304-2,13.6.2, 13.11.2
104
NON-
RENEWABLE
MATERIALS
2022/23
EFFICIENT
PRODUCTION,
PACKAGING &
CORRECT
LABELLING
REDUCES
FOOD WASTE
PACKAGING
2022/23
FRESH POULTRY AND MEAT PRODUCTS
Our key responsibility is to deliver top quality nutritious and safe
products to your table.
Packaging is the largest non-food category among our inputs.
Due to the sanitary requirements for food packaging, only
secondary packaging might contain recycled materials; thus, our
task is to constantly look for opportunities to reduce product
packaging intensity without compromising food safety.
COMPOUND FEED
Over the reporting period, compound feed accounted for the
major part of our production, so almost 40% of total output was
sold in bulk.
AGRICULTURE
On average, 82% of total feeding material was grown and
prepared independently by our agricultural companies. More than
half of remaining feedstuff was procured within the Group.
Consolidated agronomic know-how and exposure to the most
innovative solutions Group-wide contribute to the more
sustainable management of crop fields. We are constantly
working to optimise the productivity of our crops to obtain better
value for the society in the form of food and to keep adverse
effects on the environment at the lowest possible level.
In absolute volume terms, organic fertilisers, such as slurry and
solid manure, accounted for 90.5% of the total input used for
crop production in our fields.
GRAIN-BASED FOOD
Development of higher value added product lines, such as flour
mixes and instant food, implies a growing use of semi-
manufactured food and additives, such as dried fruit and
vegetables, broth, spices, and sugar. In other words, virtually all
ingredients are plant based and renewable.
Dairy and poultry production are circular businesses; virtually all material inputs for the business segment are renewable. In turn,
manure is used to fertilise crops which are consequently used as feed for the animals or processed to grain-based products.
42%
22%
17%
1%
Vitamins, premixes, salt Fertilisers
Cleaning agents Packaging
Other
96.7% OF
RENEWABLE
MATERIALS
2022/23
95% OF
RENEWABLE
MATERIALS
2022/23
99.9% OF
RENEWABLE
MATERIALS
2022/23
90.9% OF
RENEWABLE
MATERIALS FOR
GRAIN GROWING
2022/23
43%
7%
49%
1%
Paper Wood Plastic Metal
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M A T E R I A L S
GRI: 3-3, 301-1
105
32%
19%
16%
16%
7%
10%
AB Vilniaus paukštynas AS Putnu fabrika Kekava
AB Kaišiadorių paukštynas AB Kauno Grūdai
SIA Lielzeltini Others
SOURCE
GRAIN, OIL SEEDS AND
FEED
PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES FOR FARMING
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION
FOOD PRODUCTS TOTAL GROUP
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
Tap water 35.5 100 3.8 2.8 1.4 1.0 121 31.5 161.7 135.8
Water from well 0 0.1 0 0 200.9 187.3 1839.5 1784.1 2,040.4 1971.6
Surface water 0 0 0 0 9.9 10.6 0 0 9.9 10.6
TOTAL 35.5 100.1 3.8 2.8 212.2 198.9 1960.5 1,815.6 2,212.0 2,118.0
Water withdrawal by source, Linas Agro Group, AB, million litres, 2021/22 – 2022/23
NOTE:
Not all rented offices have individual waste metering system.
Water consumption for flour, instant food, and flour mixes is included in food products for 2022/23 (for 2021/22, were included in oil and feed category business segment).
Water embedded in processed materials was not estimated.
EFFLUENT
DISCHARGE
2022/23
NOTE:
Not all rented offices have individual waste water metering system.
We do not include evaporation from grain drying process.
WATER IN OUR BUSINESS
Compared to FY 2021/22, total water withdrawal over the reporting period increased by 4% and accounted for 2,212.0 million l, equivalent to 2.3 Olympic
swimming pools daily.
According to the OECD, both Lithuania and Latvia have an abundant freshwater supply. Water is an essential daily need for livestock; we are committed to
maintaining the highest animal welfare standards. Thus, no optimisation of water consumption by animals is planned. All production sites operate in water-
rich areas; water from own wells accounts for 93% of total water withdrawal.
Poultry business is the most water-intensive activity within the Group, accounting for 86% of total water withdrawal. Besides water for chicken
consumption, we use water to clean poultry houses after each cycle (every 37-42 days). Water intensity can be decreased by improving the floor surface of
poultry houses to facilitate more efficient cleaning. In recent years, we have renewed the flooring surfaces of poultry farms in Latvia.
Water is also used for cooling livestock. Livestock, especially chicken, are very sensitive to heat-related stress; thus, water consumption for cooling our
animals is estimated to increase as a result of the climate change.
MANAGEMENT OF EFFLUENTS
Our activities generate considerable amount of waste water which is a major adverse impact. Poultry business is the most water-intensive segment within
the Group, accounting for 94.4% of total waste water. In Latvia, all waste water from operations is directed to the sewage network for third party treatment.
AB Vilniaus Paukštynas use own treatment facilities; waste water from smaller poultry companies in Lithuania is sprayed on the manure and used as
fertiliser. Following the closure of slaughtering and processing units in AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas, the amount of effluents decrased drastically, resulting in
a decline of untreated waste water directed to the third party treatment facilities in Kaišiadorys.
TYPE
GRAIN, OIL SEEDS AND
FEED
PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES FOR FARMING
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION
FOOD PRODUCTS TOTAL GROUP
2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22 2022/23 2021/22
Untreated directed to third party
treatment facilities
14.0 85.7 0.9 1.1 6.0 2.2 152.7 436.2 173.6 525.2
Partially treated directed to third
party treatment facilities
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 384.9 316.9 384.9 316.9
Completely treated 0.0 1.0 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 901.0 770.9 902.3 772.1
TOTAL 14.0 86.7 2.1 1.3 6.1 2.2 1,438.6 1,524.0 1,460.8 1,614.2
Effluent by type of discharge, Linas Agro Group, AB, million litres, 2021/22 – 2022/23
WATER
WITHDRAWAL
2022/23
62%
26%
12%
Completely treated
Partially treated to third party treatment facilities
Untreated to third party treatment facilities
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WASTE WATER
MANAGEMENT
IS OUR KEY
RESPONSIBI-
LITY
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W A T E R
GRI: 2-25, 3-3, 303-1, 303-2, 303-3, 303-4, 303-5, 306-1
106
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Total volume of hazardous waste amounted to 166 tons Group-wide,
which accounted for 0.06% of total waste generated and 4% of total
waste directed to disposal.
NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE
Non-hazardous waste mainly consists of animal products not fit for human
consumption, construction waste, and packaging.
OTHER RECOVERY OPERATIONS
We sell animal sub-products not fit for human consumption to pet food
and other manufacturers. This way poultry processing has virtually no
waste, all parts of animals are used to retrieve calories and nutrients.
Other recovery operations also refer to up-cycling and reuse of waste
generated. For example, reuse of packaging.
Non-standard noodles are used for pet food.
BIOGAS PRODUCTION
In Latvia, fallen birds and part of animal by-products are utilised for biogas
production (third party).
RECYCLING
Whenever possible, we aim to recycle both administrative and production
waste. Recycled waste mostly consisted of packaging and electronics.
HAZARDOUS OFFSITE
NON
-HAZARDOUS ONSITE
NON
-HAZARDOUS OFFSITE
TOTAL
2022/23
2021/22
2022/23
2021/22
2022/23
2021/22
2022/23
2021/22
DIVERTED FROM DISPOSAL
Manure and sludge
0
0
157,855
209,533
100,047
39,8
257,
902.8
249,
333
Reuse
0
0
669
1
0
0
669
1,
000
Recycling
1
0
324.1
143.8
2,114
1,996
2,
439.1
2,
139.8
Other recovery operations
86
11
0
257.4
9,031.5
7052
9,117.
6
7320.4
TOTAL DIVERTED FROM DISPOSAL
87
11
158,848.3
210,934.2
111,193.1
48,848
270,
128.4
259,
793.2
DIRECTED TO DISPOSAL
Incineration (with energy recovery)
0
0
0
0
562.3
602.67
562.3
602.7
Incineration (without energy recovery)
20
66
0
0
0
1108.48
20.0
1,174.
5
Landfilling
6
73.84
0
0
3,268.5
2,05
0
3,
274.9
2,123.
8
Other disposal operations
53
16
0
0
5.1
0
57.8
15.7
TOTAL DIRECTED TO DISPOSAL
79
156
0
0
3,835.9
3,761
3,915.
1
3,916.
6
Total waste
166
167
158848.3
210,
934.2
115,029.6
10,813
273,856
263,707
WASTE EXCLUDING MANURE
166
167
993.1
1401.2
14,981.
5
12,809.
1
16,
140.7
14,
376.8
Waste generated t, Linas Agro Group, AB, 2021/22 – 2022/23
NUTRITION LOOP
Agriculture and food industry form a loop of nutrients. For example, animal
waste (manure) is applied as an organic fertiliser which increases crop
yields and is used as feedstuff for the livestock.
90% of total waste Group-wide actually is fertiliser which is a valuable
nutrition source.
Nutrition loop, Linas Agro Group, AB
LOCAL FARMS
FEED PRODUCTION
OWN FARMS
FEED
RAW FEED
LIVESTOCK
WASTE
GENERATED
BY SEGMENTS
2022/23
WASTE
DIVERTED
FROM
DISPOSAL
2022/23
WASTE
DIRECTED TO
DISPOSAL
2022/23
96%
3%
1%
Fertilising soil Other recovery operations Recycling
84%
14%
1%
1%
Landfilling
Incineration (with energy recovery)
Other disposal operations
Incineration (without energy recovery)
89%
6%
0%
Food products
Grain, oil seeds, and feed
Agricultural production
Products and services for farming
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W A S T E
GRI: 2-24, 3-3, 301-2, 301-3, 306-2
107
CAPACITY BUILDING
• Training in modern farming and poultry-keeping practices
• Education on grain and flour quality standards for access to
international markets
• Workshops on efficient use of machinery and fertilisers
• Making fertilisers and quality seeds available for better crop yields
• Providing quality feed and health products for poultry
• Producing and distributing flour to ensure availability of staple foods
• Reducing dependencies on imports by empowering local production
through quality inputs
• Providing warranties or support services for machinery
• Offering tailored financial solutions to farmers for purchasing seeds,
machinery, or fertilisers
PROMOTION OF AFFORDABLE FOOD PRODUCTS
• Flour: Flour is a staple in many diets. By producing affordable, quality
flour and related products, companies can ensure that even low-income
families can access basic food.
• Dairy: Dairy products are primary sources of calcium and other
essential nutrients. Ensuring that milk and other dairy products are
affordable helps combat malnutrition, especially among children.
• Poultry: In many countries, chicken is one of the most affordable
sources of protein. Making it accessible to all economic classes plays a
role in reducing hunger and malnutrition, which are closely linked to
poverty.
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FOSTERING
RESILIENT
COMMUNITIES
50+ LOCAL
COMMUNITIES
ARE OUR
NEIGHBOURS
99%
EMPLOYEES
LIVE IN LOCAL
COMMUNITIES
ECONOMIC INCLUSION
Most of our sites operate in economically stressed areas.
We believe that geographic diversity serves local communities and helps
building rural resilience:
• Enhanced skills and knowledge
• Creating job opportunities, especially in rural areas, can be a direct
way to combat poverty
• Reliable partnerships with local farmers
• Availability of our products within reasonable distance (specialised
retail shops)
• Career opportunities: attracting young professionals to rural areas
• Promoting positive and innovative image of farming
GIVING BACK TO SOCIETY
It is our privilege and duty to support social initiatives which align with our
values:
• Local communities
• Projects building resilient society
• Farmers’ and other agricultural organisations
• Training and educational institutions
• Children and youth engagement projects
• The most vulnerable society groups, such as people with limited
physical or mental capabilities
• Child foster homes, child medical institutions
• Health promotion and environmental projects
• Unwavering support for Ukrainian armed forces
EMPLOYEE WELFARE
The success of our business is our employees.
Our strength is not only technological competence, but also our team
which consists of almost 5,000 qualified and knowledgeable industry
professionals, including engineers, food technologists, poultry farmers,
laboratory assistants, logistics specialists, highly motivated sales and
marketing professionals who are flexible and dedicated to the customers’
needs.
BETTER FOOD FOR
BETTER FUTURE
INSTANT
NOODLES AND
PORRIDGES
PROVED VERY
USEFUL IN THE
WAR ZONE
21.7 THOUS. T
OF INSTANT
FOOD
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N O P O V E R T Y
GRI: 2-24, 2-25, 3-3, 413-1
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CERTIFIED SEEDS
Quality seeds are the cornerstone of food industry. We produce and sell
certified seeds adapted to local conditions, contributing to genetic
diversity and productivity of crops.
FOOD WASTE PREVENTION VIA PEST CONTROL
AB Kauno Grūdai has been offering pest control services and products.
CAREFUL ADVICE AND QUALITY PRODUCTS
We help our clients build integrated pest control programmes in
compliance with BRC, ISO, and other certifications. Pest control is a
critical process ensuring the quality of food materials, produced and stored
food. Everyday we help our Group companies and clients assure food
safety and quality, and prevent loss of materials and production.
Providing farmers with quality fertilisers and machinery can increase crop
yields, ensuring a more abundant food supply.
The scale and know-how of our agricultural companies help us maintain
high productivity.
Our dedicated teams of professionals look for the right solutions for each
individual farm. We consult and give advice to attain the best possible yield
and highest income.
We cooperate with the world’s most famous agrochemical companies,
which allows us to share and help implement the best world-class
agricultural practices.
BIOSECURITY
Biosecurity refers to procedures used to prevent the introduction and
spread of disease-causing organisms in poultry flocks. All people who
come into contact with chicken must follow strict biosecurity standards:
• Keeping visitors to the minimum
• All visitors must take a shower before entering farming spaces
• All visitors must wear personal protective equipment at all times
• People showing symptoms of contagious illness are not allowed to the
chicken barn
• Ensuring sound rodent and pest control
• Avoiding contact with wild or non-commercial birds
• Controlling humidity and ensuring good ventilation
• Making sure all facilities are cleaned and maintained to the maximum
standard
MOST AFFORDABLE NUTRITION SOURCE
Poultry, especially chicken, has emerged as one of the primary sources of
animal protein in many parts of the world.
• Rapid growth rate: Broiler chickens, which are raised for meat, have
been selectively bred to grow quickly. Within 6 to 7 weeks, they can
reach a marketable weight, allowing for quick turnovers and
consistent supply.
• Feed efficiency: Chickens convert feed into protein more efficiently
than many other animals. This means they require less feed per unit of
weight they gain, making their production more cost-effective.
• Space efficiency: Poultry requires less space compared to other
livestock, such as cattle or pigs. This space efficiency means more
birds can be raised in a smaller area, leading to higher production
density.
• Short production cycle: Because of the rapid growth rate of broilers,
poultry farmers can have several production cycles in a year, ensuring
a steady income and consistent supply for consumers.
• Broad consumer acceptance.
• Versatility in cooking: Chicken is versatile and can be prepared in
countless ways.
• Health and dietary benefits: Chicken, particularly its lean parts, like the
breast, is low in fat and calories compared to some other meats. It is
also a good source of essential vitamins and minerals.
Dairy products are a source of essential nutrients, like calcium and protein,
contributing to improved nutrition. Grain based products, such as flour, are
main staple foods.
SOIL HEALTH
We have run the agricultural business since 1993. The area of managed
land limits the development of this segment; therefore, we are bound to
make sure the soil is managed in a balanced and sustainable manner.
Since 2016, all our farms are shifting their focus towards more
sustainable agricultural practices:
• Reducing tillage
• Avoiding soil compaction by the reduced number of treatment
• Introducing cover crops
• Better crop rotations
• Organic fertilisers: in total, organic fertiliser used amounted to 90
thousand tons per reporting period
• Precision farming
• Integrated pest management ensures long-term soil health and
reduces the risk of crop failure
CALORIES
PRODUCED
WITHIN THE
GROUP
UAB DOTNUVA
SEEDS
PRODUCED 27
THOUS.
TONES OF
CERTIFIED
SEEDS
WE ENSURE
STEADY
SUPPLY OF
LOCALLY
PRODUCED
FOOD
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Z E R O H U N G E R
385
billion
GRI: 2-24, 2-25, 3-3, 203-2, 13.5.1, 13.10.2
109
NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES
NUMBER OF FTEs
FULL TIME
EMPLOYEES
PERMANENT
CONTRACT
EMPLOYEES
TEMPORARY
CONTRACT
EMPLOYEES
PART-TIME
CONTRACT
EMPLOYEES
Female 2,415 2,340.99 2,304 2,330 85 111
Male 2,541 2,476.02 2,435 2,461 80 106
Total 4,956 4,816.01 4,739 4,791 165 217
27%
49%
24%
Under 30 30-50 50+
727 NEWLY
HIRED
FEMALES BY
AGE
951 NEWLY
HIRED MALES
BY AGE
32%
43%
25%
Under 30 30-50 50+
4,956
EMPLOYEES
BY AGE
30 JUN 2023
Employees by type of contract and gender, 30 Jun 2023
WORKERS WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYEES
Workers not classified as employees are all line workers. By the close of
the reporting period, we engaged 327 contract employees, making 6% of
our total workforce. These contracted workers were all part of the poultry
division, accounting for 16% of all workers in that segment. 231 of these
contractors worked at AS Putnu fabrika Kekava, comprising 20% of the
total workforce in the Latvian poultry segment. In contrast, the Lithuanian
poultry sector had 95 non-employee workers, representing 5.2% of the
entire segment workforce.
PARENTAL LEAVE
122 females and 28 males took parental leave in 2022/23. All heads of
our companies are obliged to make sure all people are granted the same
or higher position and duties upon the return from parental leave. In total,
36 female and 37 male employees returned from parental leave to their
positions in 2022/23.
EMPLOYEE TURNOVER
Employee turnover rate refers to the total number of workers who leave a
company over a certain time period, divided by the average number of
employees.
On 14 March 2022, the activities of the slaughtering and cutting shop of
AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas were suspended as a result of operations
being transferred to AB Vilniaus Paukštynas slaughtering and cutting
shop.
When comparing the results of the FY 2021/22 and 2022/23, it should
be taken into account that discontinuing of slaughtering activities and
further optimisation of business at AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas resulted in
a drastic decrease in employee number. As a result, employee turnover
rate in FY 2021/22 spiked up to 55.3%.
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
Long-term employees (working for over 12 months) accounted for 86.1%.
In other words, nine out of ten people work with us longer than one year.
Naturally, retention rates vary depending on the position held by
employees and a business segment. For example, managers tend to stay
within the Group longer than line workers. We believe this is a healthy
tendency which strengthens our long-term prospects.
NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES
Over the reporting period, we hired 1,678 new people (9.2% increase
compared to 2021/22). 727 or 43.3% of new colleagues were females.
Distribution by age was similar both among female and male new hires.
2022/23 2021/22
Employee turnover rate 25.9% 55.3%
Employee retention rate 86.1% 90.8 %
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O U R P E O P L E
13%
48%
39%
Under 30 30-50 50+
NOTE: employees number does not include data of companies not included in Sustainability report (please refer to ANNEX II) also do not eliminate
multi-company employee numbers (some employees are employed in several group companies)
GRI: 2-7, 2-8, 2-24, 3-3, 401-1, 401-2, 401-3, 405-1
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SAFE PRODUCT DESIGN
• Selling machinery designed with user safety in mind reduces the
risk of accidents, promoting overall community well-being.
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
• We train our clients and staff on the safe and efficient use of
machinery and fertilisers, which ensures that farmers can operate
without health risks.
• Promoting the use of non-toxic, environmentally friendly fertilisers
and strict compliance with existing regulations reduce the risk of
water source contamination and related health issues.
• Informing consumers about the importance of cooking poultry to a
safe temperature, avoiding cross-contamination, and proper storage.
ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP
AS Putnu Fabrika Kekava is among the leading poultry companies in
Europe, which managed to reach 100% antibiotic-free meat
production. The most important thing for us is to ensure very good
conditions for the chickens to grow, so that they do not get sick and
there is no need to treat them with antibiotics. As a result, all fresh
chicken raised in Latvia and 75% of chicken meat in Lithuania is raised
without antibiotics.
Social benefits of antibiotic-free chicken meat:
• Minimised risk of catching antibiotic-resistant bacteria
• Healthier diet without antibiotic exposure
• Growing demand for healthier food options encourages us to
improve the quality of life for our animals
Environmental benefits of antibiotic-free birds and cattle:
• Preventing the spread of resistant bacteria via manure used as an
organic fertiliser in local farms
Economic benefits of reduced use of antibiotics:
• In line with legal requirements, we cannot sell milk containing traces
of antibiotic, all production must be utilized.
FOOD SAFETY
It is our prime responsibility to ensure all food safety risks are
managed soundly:
• Public health: contaminated poultry products can lead to
foodborne illnesses, such as salmonellosis and
campylobacteriosis
• Effective salmonella prevention
• Helping our consumers minimise food waste through product
preparation process and effective packaging
• Food safety in the poultry sector is crucial not only for the well-
being of consumers, but also for the economic health and
reputation of the poultry industry itself
Potential hazards in food:
• Biological hazards: this includes bacteria, like Salmonella,
Campylobacter, and Listeria, as well as viruses and parasites
• Chemical hazards: residues from veterinary drugs, contaminants
from feed, and environmental pollutants
• Physical hazards: foreign objects, like metal fragments or bone
shards
Prevention and control measures:
• Biosecurity: implementing and maintaining strict biosecurity
measures on farms to prevent the introduction and spread of
pathogens
• Hygienic slaughter and processing: ensuring that slaughtering
and processing operations meet hygienic standards to minimise
contamination
• Proper storage: storing poultry products at recommended
temperatures to inhibit bacterial growth
• Testing and monitoring: regular testing of poultry for the
presence of pathogens and harmful residues
• Feed control: ensuring the feed given to poultry is of high quality
and free from contaminants
TRACEABILITY
Keeping detailed records of each batch of poultry, including its origin,
feed history, health records, processing details, and distribution chain,
allows for quick responses if a food safety issue is detected.
PRODUCT RECALL
Over the reporting period, no food products were recalled from the
market due to food safety breaches.
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IT IS OUR
STRATEGIC
COMMITMENT
TO OFFER
HEALTHIER
FOOD
100% OF OUR
BIRDS IN LATVIA
AND 75% RAISED
IN LITHUANIA
ARE ANTIBIOTIC-
FREE
WE SELL
WORLD-CLASS
MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT.
OUR SERVICES
OFFER 24/7
SUPPORT TO
THE FARMERS
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G O O D H E A L T H A N D W E L L - B E I N G
2022/23 2021/22
Antibiotics 74,393,430 93,410,922
Use of antibiotics (active ingredient mg), cattle, AB Linas Agro Group
GRI: 2-24, 2-25, 2-29, 3-3, 13.10.2
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HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policies in our subsidiaries are
in line with relevant regulations and is applicable to all employees and
contractors within our organisation. This policy is an essential
component of our daily operations.
It is our best interest to establish a culture where each individual
recognises the importance of adhering to OHS requirements in their
daily tasks. Additionally, we prioritise providing a safe and continuously
improving work environment.
Our strategy emphasises prevention and open dialogue. Prevention is
primarily about effective risk management. The culture of dialogue
encourages active participation from employees, fostering a
collaborative approach to safety and health.
To ensure the thorough implementation of our Health and Safety policy,
we emphasise the following measures:
• Regular safety training sessions
• Provision of personal protective equipment
• Maintenance of walking and working surfaces to prevent slips, trips,
and falls
• Display of safety information boards in manufacturing and service
facilities
• Ensuring proper ventilation in work areas
• Frequent inspections and improvements of potentially hazardous
equipment
• Keeping emergency exits unblocked and easily accessible without
tools
• Proper storage and handling of chemicals
• Clear training directives for the whole staff
• Allocating required resources to uphold safe operational conditions
• Ensuring staff possesses the necessary skills for safe task
execution
• Mandatory reporting of potential health risks or hazardous
situations
• Policies in place to protect employees who report potential dangers
from punitive actions
• Allowing employees the discretion to decline perceived risky tasks
• Managers’ responsibility to recognise and prepare for potential risks
and emergencies
• Expectation for managers to consistently follow and enforce safety
protocols
• Regular health assessments for employees
• Emphasis on preventive measures for all operations
HEALTH HAZARDS
Agriculture ranks among the sectors with significant hazards, primarily due
to the risks associated with vehicles, machinery, and livestock
management. Additional health and safety concerns arise from the use of
chemical pesticides, exposure to vibrations, noise, and stress.
In the grain handling and processing industry, prominent risks include fires,
suffocation, high noise exposure, engulfment, entrapment, falls, and
amputation.
For those in poultry handling and processing, potential hazards encompass
high noise levels, hot surfaces, cutting tools, slippery conditions, and
chemicals. There is also the potential risk of zoonotic infections.
A prevalent concern for a majority of our workforce is musculoskeletal
issues, such as back pain and limb injuries, which often stem from
excessive strain and incorrect lifting or movement techniques.
FATAL ACCIDENT AND MEASURES TAKEN
On 11 April, at approximately 10:25 PM, an accident occurred at AB
Vilniaus Paukštynas located in Rudaminos. A 60-year-old male employee
fell from the stairs. The individual suffered fatal injuries as a result of the
fall. Forensic results revealed blood alcohol level of 2.22‰. The State
Labour Inspectorate conducted the investigation in accordance to local
legislation.
Following the accident, these preventive actions were taken:
• Employees were educated on safety measures for work at heights.
• Protective helmets were issued to waste processing staff with proper
usage training.
• Equipment adjusters’ roles were revised for better supervision,
especially during off-peak hours.
• A stationary breathalyser was installed at the security post. Protocols
for alcohol checks were updated, and portable breathalysers were
distributed to departments.
• Additional training sessions focusing on work at heights were
conducted across departments.
Currently, no administrative fines have been levied, and the criminal case
remains open. The State Labour Inspectorate shared their findings on 14
July. The insurance company decided against a payout due to the
employee’s intoxication. Besides covering funeral expenses, no additional
compensation was provided by the company.
2022/23
2021/22
Total number of incidents 39 32
Total man hours worked per year 9,178,870 8,379,359
TRIR 0.85 0.78
TRIR means the total recordable incidents per 200,000 man hours worked.
Total hours worked and rate of injuries, Linas Agro Group, AB, 2021/22-2022/23
RATE OF INJURIES
Unfortunately, injury rate rose by 7 counts per year, we registered 39 work-
related incidents over the reporting period. Bruises, slips, and lifting injuries
account for majority of the incidents. One fatal injury was recorded within
the Group. We are committed to invest in order to ensure fatality-free
workspace and we aim to reduce total recordable injury rate to 0.62.
WE AIM TO
DECREASE
TRIR TO 0.62
OR LESS
ONE FATAL
ACCIDENT IN
VILNIAUS
PAUKŠTYNAS
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In the context of the Group with 5,000 employees, a diverse educational
background means a vast array of skills, experiences, and perspectives.
Inclusive development can be harnessed to drive growth, innovation, and
sustainable success. However, it is essential to create an environment
where every employee feels valued, irrespective of their educational
attainment.
RECOGNISE AND RESPECT DIVERSITY
Across the Group companies, we have various training programmes that
emphasise the importance of diversity and the value that each educational
level brings to the table.
The essence of our sustainability programme ,
is rooted in the belief that every team member, irrespective of their
background, plays a vital role in shaping the future of our organisation.
Through this initiative, we are reaching out to each member of our vibrant
team, ensuring that they are seen, heard, and valued.
At the heart of FOUR HEARTS is the commitment to uplift and celebrate
team diversity. We firmly believe that different educational experiences
enrich our collective intelligence, spark innovative solutions, and foster a
vibrant organisational culture.
Rather than viewing educational qualifications as a ladder, we envision
them as a mosaic, where each piece, whether graduate education, higher
education, or secondary education, adds to the bigger picture. This
inclusive mindset ensures a collaborative environment where every voice
matters and every perspective is recognised.
With FOUR HEARTS, we are not just promoting sustainability in an
environmental sense, but are also ensuring that the very core of our
organisational structure is sustainable, inclusive, and forward-thinking.
CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
At the core of our organisational strategy is the commitment to continuous
growth and development of our team members. We offer training
programmes to equip our team with necessary tools and knowledge.
We prioritise long-term partnerships and invest in the development of our
employees. This approach strengthens our organisational capabilities and
supports our industry leadership.
ALL
EMPLOYEES
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FOCUS ON
INCLUSIVE
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Total training budget amounted to EUR271k. Given the varied sizes,
structures, and business lines of our companies, training intensity differs
significantly.
AB Vilniaus Paukštynas leads in training, with averaging total (including
onboarding and security training) annual training hours for females at 87
and for males at 64. A distinct emphasis was given to line workers,
averaging at 132 hours per employee.
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
The regularity and way of getting feedback from our employees varies
among the companies. We work on further integration of internal processes
within the Group to achieve a unified way. Over the reporting period, 1,285
employees (26% of all people employed by the Group) received formal
performance reviews. Among females, the percentage reached almost
28%, compared to 25% among male employees.
Formal performance reviews by positions, 2022/23
INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
Inclusive development refers to economic growth and development
strategies which ensure that the benefits of increased prosperity are
distributed broadly across all segments of society. The primary objective is
to create opportunities for all and ensure that every individual has the
means to realise their potential, irrespective of their background, gender,
economic status, ethnicity, or other personal characteristics.
SUPPLY CHAIN
• Developing and maintaining supply chains that are inclusive, giving
business opportunities to marginalised groups, and ensuring they
receive fair compensation
• Ensuring farmers receive a fair price for their produce, especially small-
scale and marginalised farmers
Challenges upstream supply chain:
We have numerous suppliers, and there is potential for risks related to the
unfair treatment of vulnerable societal groups in some product supply
chains.
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A majority of our operations are based in economically stressed areas.
Improved resilience and economic capacity of local communities is our
strategic commitment. By taking into account urban-centric challenges
and opportunities we can significantly impact the development of
sustainable cities and communities, as well as life quality in general.
SANITARY ZONE DABATE IN RUDAMINA
AB Kaišiadorių Paukštynas and AB Vilniaus Paukštynas have sanitary
protection zones (SAZ) set at 1,000 meters, in line with local regulation.
The SAZ for Kaišiadorių Paukštynas has been determined, approved, and
registered after undergoing necessary assessments.
For AB Vilniaus Paukštynas, the boundary was set according to the
general plan for a section of the Vilnius district municipality. However,
there are legal challenges. Actual complaints and disputes have persisted
since the onset of the SAZ approval process, with no definitive resolution
at the time of the report's publication.
CLIMATE-POSITIVE INNOVATIONS
Promoting organic and eco-friendly fertilisers which can be used safely in
urban gardens.
ODOUR MANAGEMENT
Advancing techniques that allow for sustainable poultry farming in urban
or peri-urban areas with minimal odour.
POLLUTION
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) is a regulatory system
that employs an integrated approach to control the environmental impacts
of certain industrial activities. It requires industrial and agricultural
operations to employ the best available techniques (BAT) to minimise the
emissions of pollutants.
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All our production sites operate under the Integrated Pollution Prevention
and Control (IPPC) permit, ensuring that the operations adhere to
environmental standards and regulations to minimise their impact on the
environment and human health. This framework mandates regular
monitoring and evaluations to ensure compliance:
1. Emissions to air: This includes minimising the release of ammonia, dust,
odours, and other pollutants.
2. Waste management: The IPPC principles emphasise proper collection,
storage, treatment, and utilisation of manure to prevent the contamination
of surface and groundwater.
3. Water consumption and pollution: The principles stress efficient water
use, treatment of wastewater, and prevention of runoff that could carry
pollutants into water bodies.
4. Noise and energy: While not unique to poultry operations, the IPPC also
covers noise and energy efficiency considerations.
5. Chemicals: Use of chemicals, such as disinfectants and veterinary
medicine, should be managed properly to prevent environmental
contamination.
6. Use of Best Available Techniques (BAT): The idea behind BAT is to
promote technologies and practices that are both economically and
technically viable and that cause the least pollution.
7. Monitoring and reporting: Businesses operating under IPPC regulations
are required to monitor certain emissions, track their waste and resource
use, and report these figures to the regulatory authorities. These reports
are public and readily available on the websites of our companies.
8. Accident management: Businesses must have plans in place to deal
with unexpected events.
PARTNERS OF
BC ŽALGIRIS
SINCE 2021
SUPPORTERS
OF LATVIAN
NATIONAL
BASKETBALL
TEAM SINCE
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ALL OUR
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Particulate matter
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NH3
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Nox
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TRANSPARENCY IN FOOD INDUSTRY
When we discuss transparency in this context, we refer to an in-depth
understanding and disclosure of each step involved in the food production
and distribution process – from farm to fork. This transparency ensures
that consumers are well-informed about the products they purchase and
consume, and it provides businesses with a mechanism to ensure ethical
and sustainable practices.
Here are some key requirements for supply chain transparency in the food
industry:
• Traceability: This involves tracking food products and their ingredients
at every stage of the supply chain. It is the ability to identify the origin
of a food product and trace its journey through the various stages of
production, processing, and distribution.
• Full disclosure: We provide complete information about ingredients,
their sources, and any processing they have undergone. This
disclosure is often mandated by regulatory bodies and is essential for
managing food allergies, religious dietary restrictions, and specific
dietary choices (like veganism).
• Auditing and verification: Regular third-party audits and verifications
can provide an objective assessment of a company’s claims regarding
its supply chain. This could involve ensuring ethical practices, verifying
organic claims, or checking adherence to other standards.
• Sustainability information: Consumers are increasingly concerned
about the environmental footprint of their food. This includes details
about water usage, carbon footprint, packaging, and waste
management.
• Ethical practices: This entails information about labour practices, fair
wages, working conditions, and any other human rights-related
aspects of the supply chain. Ensuring that there is no child labour or
forced labour at any stage is a critical aspect of this.
• Regulatory compliance: Different countries and regions have various
regulations in place to ensure food safety and quality. Companies
must adhere to these regulations and, in many cases, demonstrate
their compliance through documentation and certifications.
• Collaboration with stakeholders: Engaging with farmers, suppliers,
distributors, and other stakeholders ensures that all parties are aligned
in their commitment to transparency and best practices.
95%
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Lithuania Latvia Estonia
TAXES PAID IN
PROFIT-
GENERATING
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• Consumer engagement: Keeping consumers informed and providing
them with easy access to information about products, such as
websites, or packaging details, is key.
• Continuous improvement: Transparency is not a one-time
achievement but an ongoing process. The food industry should be
committed to continuous improvement, regular reviews, and adapting
to new information or technologies.
SOYBEAN PROCUREMENT CHALLENGES
Supply chain transparency:
• Tracing the origin: Determining the exact origin of soybeans can be
challenging due to the complex supply chains.
• Deforestation risk: Soy production is a major driver of deforestation,
especially in areas like the Amazon. Ensuring the procurement of
deforestation-free soy requires in-depth supply chain verification.
• Multiple intermediaries: Numerous middlemen can make transparency
harder to achieve and maintain.
• Labour rights: The soy production sector, particularly in certain
regions, can be prone to labour rights violations.
Responsible production:
• Environmental concerns: Soy production can lead to extensive
pesticide and herbicide use, soil degradation, and loss of natural
habitats.
• GMO debate: The use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in soy
production can lead to public concerns and require clear labelling and
communication strategies.
Local community support:
• Land disputes: Large-scale soy cultivation can lead to land disputes
with local communities or indigenous populations.
• Economic reliance: Areas heavily reliant on soy production can face
economic challenges in the event of market fluctuations.
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Our commitment extends beyond mere participation. We actively drive
global partnerships, disseminate knowledge, and pursue collaborative
ventures, thus significantly contributing to the broader sustainable
development objectives and SDG 17.
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
We engage with international agricultural institutions, seeking to introduce
best practices, innovative technologies, and sustainable agricultural
methods.
Our strategic alliances with academic institutions and research entities
emphasise the enhancement of agricultural research, aiming for
sustainable elevation in crop yields.
UAB Dotnuva Baltic’s cooperation with the Academy of Agriculture of
VDU spans over two decades. Such a robust alliance underscores the
essence of training top-tier professionals in the agricultural sector to
harness emerging technologies. This not only augments labour efficiency,
but also amplifies the national economic value.
AB Linas Agro, UAB Dotnuva Baltic, and AB Kauno grūdai are esteemed
collaborators with VMU Agriculture Academy. Our synergy with the
Science and Innovation Development Fund, in tandem with the VMU
Agriculture Academy and other industry stalwarts, stands testament to our
commitment.
SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATIONS
Our vast network spans over international stakeholders across different
sectors. Such global partnerships amplify our capacity to uphold
sustainability and adhere to ethical tenets throughout the supply chain,
from feed generation to poultry operations.
ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS
• Association of Business Effectivity (Latvia)
• Estonian Seed Association
• Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA)
• Klaipėda Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts
• Latvian Association for Personnel Management
• Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Latvian Egg and Poultry Producers Association
• Latvian Federation of Food Companies
• Latvian Seed Producers Association
• Lithuanian Agrochemical Products and Fertilisers’ Industry and
Trade Association
• Lithuanian Association of Agricultural Companies
• Lithuanian Association of Planters and Ornamental Plant
Growers
• Lithuanian Poultry Breeders Association
• Lithuanian Association of Shipping Agents and Forwarders
• Lithuanian Cattle Breeders Association
• Lithuanian Association of Grain Processors
• Lithuanian Plant Protection Association
• Lithuanian Seed Producers Association
• Panevėžys Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts
• Several associations for users of drainage systems
• Estonian Chamber of Agriculture and Commerce
• Lithuanian Marketing Association
• Lithuanian Agricultural Machinery Association
•
Latvian Association of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers and
Dealers
TRANSPARENT ENGAGEMENTS
Open conversations with varied stakeholders – from government bodies
and civil society to the private sector – are pivotal. Such interactions
cultivate mutual comprehension and foster a spirit of collaboration.
FOR LOCAL PARTNERS
More than a thousand farmers gathered in Kėdainiai district for the “Grain
Path 2023: Innovations in Practice” event. Organised by Linas Agro and
Dotnuva Baltic Lithuania, the event showcased the latest in agricultural
technology, ranging from new grain varieties to innovative equipment.
Emphasis was placed on the increasing use of smart technologies in
farming, with nearly 70% of farmers now using tractors with automatic
steering. Linas Agro highlighted the effectiveness of their plant protection
products in unpredictable weather conditions. The Labūnava Agricultural
Company emphasised their shift towards increased robotisation and
modernisation. Additionally, the event raised EUR4.5 thousand for charity
on its first day.
COOPERATION WITH PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
CENTRES
Our Group companies develop social partnerships with professional
training centres in Lithuania and Latvia. For instance, on 20 October
2022, third-year students of the Engineering, Mechanics, and Machine
Building study programme went on a field trip to the company Putnu
fabrika Ķekava. Company representatives introduced the visitors to the
production processes, safety requirements, and mechanical equipment
(both new, modern equipment, as well as time-tested equipment, even that
designed by the company’s own engineers) used in meat processing.
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Working with prominent plant
protection product makers,
machinery stakeholders, and
agrarian solution partners
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• Occupational Safety and Health Policy
• Remuneration Policy
• Non-Discrimination Policy
• Human Rights, Child and Forced Labour Policy
• Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy
• Animal Welfare Policy
• Environmental Protection Policy
• Personal Data Protection Policy
• Code of Business Ethics
• Partner Code of Ethics
• Privacy Policy
• Procurement Policy
• Dividend Policy
Across the Group, there are more than 70 policies and formalised
procedures. As we continually integrate various business segments and
expand our operations, there is an increasing imperative for us to refine
and streamline these processes.
The Group's approach to responsible business conduct references
international frameworks, specifically the United Nations Guiding
Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for
Multinational Enterprises.
We conduct due diligence processes to identify, prevent, and mitigate
adverse impacts related to its operations, products, or services.
The Group applies the precautionary principle, especially when addressing
potential environmental and human health risks.
The Group is committed to respecting the rights listed in the International
Bill of Human Rights. Additionally, policies are in place to protect specific
stakeholder categories, including indigenous peoples, children, migrant
workers, and local communities.
Policies are available on the official website. Any unavailable policy
indicates an ongoing review to ensure its alignment with modern
governance standards.
All policy commitments are approved by the highest decision-making level
within The Group.
P R I N C I P L E S O F O U R S U P P L I E R C O D E O F C O N D UC T
(might vary in defferent cpmpanies of the Group)
1 . L A W R E G U L A T I O N
We operate globally with honesty and integrity, and do not tolerate corrupt suppliers.
2 . C O N F L I C T O F I N T E R E S T
All our dealings prioritise the company’s best interests without conflicting personal gain.
3 . F I G H T A G A I N S T C O R R U P T I O N
We have a zero-tolerance policy for any form of corruption and expect the same from suppliers.
4 . F A I R C O M P E T I T I O N
We never breach competition rules and promote open competition.
5 . F I N A N C I A L R E C O R D S , M O N E Y L A U N D E R I N G , I N S I D E R T R A D I N G , A N D B R I B E R Y
We prohibit bribery, avoid politics, and expect suppliers to mitigate fraud risks.
6 . G I F T S A N D D O N A T I O N S
Gifts should be reasonable and never used to unduly influence decisions.
7 . C O N F I D E N T I A L A N D E X C L U S I V E I N F O R M A T I O N
Suppliers must keep trade secrets and confidential information undisclosed.
8 . H U M A N R I G H T S
We stand by human rights and expect suppliers to do the same.
9 . L A B O U R S T A N D A R D S
We demand ethical hiring and employment practices from our suppliers.
1 0 . S A F E T Y A N D H E A L T H
Suppliers should prioritise their employees’ safety and health.
1 1 . Q U A L I T Y R E Q U I R E M E N T S
We expect consistent high-quality products and services from suppliers.
1 2 . A N I M A L W E L F A R E
We advocate for ethical animal treatment in related products.
1 3 . E N V I R O N M E N T A L R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y
Our suppliers should adhere to environmental laws and promote eco-friendly practices.
1 4 . S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y
We value sustainability and expect our suppliers to adopt sustainable practices.
1 5 . S U P P L I E R M A N A G E M E N T S Y S T E M S
Suppliers should incorporate the principles of this Code into their operations and extend it to their own suppliers.
1 6 . V E R I F I C A T I O N
We can verify supplier compliance, and non-compliance may lead to contract termination.
1 7 . A U D I T
We may audit suppliers and expect prompt resolutions to any raised concerns.
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Proper labelling of food is our major responsibility. The requirements for
information vary across different markets and different requirements
might apply for private label products.
Food labelling rules established by the European Union are a good
indicator of minimal requirements we must adhere to before our
products reach the shelves.
GENERAL LABELLING REQUIREMENTS
• The information must be easily visible, clearly legible, and indelible.
• It must not be hidden, obscured, detracted from, or interrupted by
any other written or pictorial matter.
MANDATORY PARTICULARS
• Name of the food
• List of ingredients
• Any ingredient causing allergies or intolerances must be
emphasised
• Quantity of certain ingredients or categories of ingredients (QUID)
• Net quantity of the food
• Date of minimum durability or ‘best before’ date
• Special storage and/or usage conditions
• Name or business name and address of the food business operator
• Country of origin or place of provenance, if applicable
• Instructions for use if it would be difficult to use the food
appropriately without them
• Actual alcoholic strength by volume for beverages containing more
than 1.2% by volume of alcohol
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NUTRITION DECLARATION
• Energy value and the amounts of fat, saturates, carbohydrates,
sugars, protein, and salt must be presented together in that order,
with the possibility of further elements.
• Information must be expressed per 100 g/ml, but can additionally be
expressed per portion or as a percentage of the Reference Intakes.
ADDITIONAL MANDATORY PARTICULARS FOR
SPECIFIC TYPES OR CATEGORIES OF FOODS
• For instance, the presence of sweeteners in drinks or the caffeine
content in high-caffeine beverages.
VOLUNTARY FOOD INFORMATION
• The FIC Regulation also allows for some voluntary food information to
be provided if it meets certain criteria, e.g., it should not mislead
consumers.
DISTANCE SELLING
• If foods are offered for sale by means of distance communication
(e.g., online), mandatory food information should be available before
the purchase is completed.
RESPONSIBILITY
• The food business operator, under whose name or business name the
food is marketed, is responsible for food information.
LANGUAGE
• Information must be provided in a language easily understood by the
consumers of the member states where the product is marketed.
EXEMPTIONS
• There are some exemptions in place, particularly for small and local
businesses, and specific products, like coffee and fermented
vinegars.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING
• Required for certain types of meat (e.g., pork, poultry, lamb, and
goat). It may also be required if the absence of this information
might mislead the consumer about the food’s true origin.
HEALTH AND NUTRITION CLAIMS
• Any claim made on food labels about health benefits or nutritional
content must be clear, accurate, and based on scientific evidence.
This is covered under Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006.
It’s crucial for us to be aware of these requirements and ensure
compliance therewith. Non-compliance can result in penalties, product
recalls, or reputational damage. This overview provides a general
understanding, but specific requirements can be complex. Our team
monitors regulations and/or seeks expert advice for detailed
understanding and implementation.
RECALLS
In 2022/23 food recalls from the market included 1.86 t of instant
noodles because celery (allergen). was not highlighted on the Danish
sticker.
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KEY FINANCIAL DATA Unit 2022/23 2021/22
Revenue thous. EUR 1,999,617 1,895,667
Gross profit thous. EUR 137,969 188,859
Gross profit margin % 6.9% 9.96%
EBITDA thous. EUR 67,318 132,173
EBITDA margin % 3.37% 6.97%
Operating profit thous. EUR 41,492 103,619
Operating profit margin % 2.07 5.47%
Earnings before taxes EBT thous. EUR 25,760 90,841
Earnings before taxes margin thous. EUR 1.29% 4.79%
Net profit thous. EUR 20,817 77,257
Net profit margin thous. EUR 1.04 4.08
Grants received for agriculture activity thous. EUR 5,115 3,930
Grants for poultry activity, related with COVID-
19
thous. EUR 1,675 3,376
Other grants for poultry activity thous. EUR - 346
GROUP CAPACITY Unit 2022/23 2021/22
Employees persons 4,956 5,031
Total hours worked thous. hours 9,178 8,379
Arable land (ha) ha 19,229 18,258
Own land (ha) ha 6,074 5,919
Total cattle headcount 7,434 7,374
Dairy cattle headcount 3,264 3,304
Broilers raised headcount49,813,205 50,854,264
Size of parental flock headcount 479,443 512,318
INPUTS Unit 2022/23 2021/22
Grain for production tones 368,273
Data shall be
recalculated
Feed for livestock (cattle and birds) tones 81,872
Semi-manufactured food and additives tones 28,945 16,808
Plastic packaging tones 7,165.8 2,337
Paper packaging tones 6,317 2,424.5
Metal packaging tones 167 113.2
Wood packaging tones 1,055 549.6
Raw meat tones 29,357 24,298
Food oil tones 10,187 9,546
Fertilisers tones 9,490 10,621.3
Plant protection tones 167 98
Seeds tones 2,145 2,637
SOCIAL EFFECTS 2022/23 2021/22
Wages and salaries and social security thous. EUR 138,246 132,515
Income tax (paid) million EUR 9.5 7.1
TRIR 0.85 0.78
ENERGY CONSUMED Unit 2021/22 2021/22
Natural gas 1,000m
3
25,019.6
28,207
Diesel for transportation thous. litres
3,726.3
2,527.9
Petrol for transportation thous. litres 613.9 378
Diesel for agriculture thous. litres 2,514 2,452.6
LPG thous. kg 2,895 392
Diesel for heat production thous. litres 156.0 251.6
Certified green electricity Gwh 86.3 91.6
Not certified electricity Gwh 1.3 0.47
Heating purchased Mwh 0.46 0.8
PRODUCTION OUTPUT Unit 2022/23 2021/22
Compound feed thous. tones 281.6 257.8
Flour and mixes thous. tones 64.6 67.8
Raw milk thous. kg 37,876 35,514
Harvest thous. tones 133.4 127
Poultry meat live weight thous. tones 118.1 116.1
Pet food thous. tones 11.2 12
Instant food thous. tones 21.5 13.1
Breadcrumbs thous. tones 9.4 9.8
Seeds thous. tones 27.2 25
Cattle meat thous. tones 1.2 1.3
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS 2022/23 2021/22
Scope 1 GHG emissions tCO
2 eq
135,153
133,821
Scope 2 GHG emissions (market-based) tCO
2 eq
365 358
Scope 3 GHG emissions tCO
2 eq
551,016 552,540
CO
2
sequestration in soil tCO
2 eq
-21,584 -20,798
Waste directed to disposal tones 3,914.9 3,913.2
Waste directed from disposal tones 270,020 277,400.6
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INTENSITY OF EMISSIONS
Unit 2023/23 2021/22
SCOPE 1 emission per employee t CO
2
eq 27.8 26.6
SCOPE 1 emission million Eur
(revenue)
t CO
2
eq 67.6 70.6
SCOPE 1 emission ton ECM t CO
2
eq 0.334 0.378
SCOPE 1 emission poultry meat (live
weight)
t CO
2
eq 0.555 0.600
SCOPE 1 emission ton wheat t CO
2
eq 0.252 0.251
SCOPE 1 emission ha arable soil t CO
2
eq 1.212 1.269
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Dormant companies (1-2, 4-8), companies under liquidation (3), associates not attributable to the Group (9-10), little activity management services or similar
companies (11-13), as well as subsidiary in Belarus (14), were not included in the scope of the report:
1. UAB Gerera (dormant, the Group owns 97.06% stock) - private limited liability company, founded 15/1/1993, code of legal entity 147676584, address Smėlynės St. 2C, LT-35143 Panevėžys, Lithuania, company register – State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras);
2. UAB Kekava Foods LT (dormant, the Group owns 100% stock) - private limited liability company, founded 8/3/2018, code of legal entity 304784428, address Subačiaus St. 5, LT-01302 Vilnius, Lithuania, company register – State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras);
3. Linas Agro A/S (under liquidation, the Group owns 97.06% stock)-private limited liability company, founded 15/3/1994, code of legal entity CVR 17689037, address Vinkel Allé 1, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark, company register – Danish Commerce and
Companies Agency;
4. UAB Gastroneta (dormant, the Group owns 84.93% stock)- private limited liability company, founded 15/2/2000, code of legal entity 125057526, address Dariaus ir Girėno St. 175, LT-02189 Vilnius, Lithuania, company register – State Enterprise
Centre of Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras);
5. UAB Kaišiadorių Paukštyno Mažmena (dormant, the Group owns 84.92% stock)- private limited liability company, founded 2/6/1999, code of legal entity 158986919, address Paukštininkų St. 15, LT-56110 Kaišiadorys, Lithuania, company register –
State Enterprise Centre of Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras);
6. KG Eesti OU (dormant, the Group owns 89.59% stock) - private limited liability company, founded 12/7/2016, code of legal entity 14079784, address P. Suda 11, 10118 Tallinn, Estonia, company register – Centre of Registers and Information Systems
(RIK);
7. UAB Uogintai (dormant, the Group owns 84.92% stock) - private limited liability company, founded 10/11/2006, code of legal entity 300614873, address Paukštininkų St. 15, LT-56110 Kaišiadorys, Lithuania, company register – State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras);
8. Kooperatyvas Baltoji Plunksnelė (dormant, the Group owns 83.33% stock) - cooperative, founded 22/11/2007, code of legal entity 301293559, address Paukštininkų St. 15, LT-56110 Kaišiadorys, Lithuania; company register – State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras);
9. KG Khumex Coldstore B.V. (associate, the Group owns 42.46% stock) - private limited liability company, founded 16/11/2016, code of legal entity 67283845, address Landauer 11, 3897AB Zeewolde, the Netherlands; company register – Chamber of
Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel);
10. KG Khumex B.V. (associate, the Group owns 50% stock) - private limited liability company, founded 17/12/2012, code of legal entity 56668317, address Landauer 9, 3897AB Zeewolde, the Netherlands; company register – Chamber of Commerce
(Kamer van Koophandel).
11. UAB Kormoprom Invest (Subsidiary, the Group owns 100% stock) - private limited liability company, founded 24/11/2015, code of legal entity 304141542, address Subačiaus St. 5, LT-01302 Vilnius, Lithuania; company register – State Enterprise Centre
of Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras);
12. UAB TABA Holding (Subsidiary, the Group owns 100% stock) - private limited liability company, founded 24/11/2015, code of legal entity 304141581, address Subačiaus St. 5, LT-01302 Vilnius, Lithuania; company register – State Enterprise Centre of
Registers (Valstybės įmonė Registrų centras);
13. Nordic Agro investment Limited (Subsidiary, the Group owns 89.59% stock) - private limited liability company, founded 9/5/2011, code of legal entity 07625931, address 93 Tudor drive, Kingston, Surrey, England, KT2 5NP, UK; company register – State
Enterprise, Companies House;
14. OOO KLM (Subsidiary, the Group owns 62.72% stock) - private limited liability company, founded 7/9/2007, code of legal entity 69608281, address Sosnovaja St. 7, office 9, Sonečnij vill., Minsk region, Belarus; company register – Ministry of Justice of the
Republic of Belarus.
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Group companies are fostering close relations with a wide array of world-class producers. Our extensive network allows us to offer the best possible solutions for the needs of local farmers and agricultural companies.
SEEDS
PLANT CARE PRODUCTS,
FERTILISERS
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
FARM EQUIPMENT
GRAIN CLEANING, DRYING, AND
STORAGE FACILITIES
ADJUSTABLE DRAINAGE SYSTEM
VETERINARY PHARMACY &
SUPPLEMENTS
PLANT CARE PRODUCTS, FERTILISERS
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ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
This is our second year consolidated GHG emissions accounting effort
based on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
RELEVANCE
We analysed the entire value chain of the Group to make sure that
collected GHG inventory reflects Group activities and GHG emissions. All
relevant Group activities are described in our sustainability report.
COMPLETENESS
We account for and report on all GHG emission sources and activities
within the chosen inventory boundary. Contextual information behind
reported results is presented for all relevant inventories. All exclusions and
reasons for excluding are listed below.
CONSISTENCY
We use consistent methodologies to allow for meaningful comparisons of
emissions over time. All emission factors and other indicators are carefully
documented.
TRANSPARENCY
All relevant issues are addressed in a factual and coherent manner, based
on relevant activity data. We disclose relevant accounting methods and
assumptions behind our calculations, and assess the reliability of results.
ACCURACY
Quantification of final results is comparable and reports in unified units
(tCO2 equivalent).
ACCOUNTING APPROACH
We account for 100 percent of the GHG emissions from operations, over
which we have operational control.
SCOPE 1: DIRECT EMISSIONS
Direct emissions and sequestration occur from GHG sources or sinks
within the Group boundaries and are owned or controlled by the
organisation.
KEY DIRECT EMISSIONS WITHIN THE GROUP
C0
2
(carbon dioxide) emissions occur from direct combustion of fossil
fuels (natural gas, diesel, LPG, petrol) by stationary and mobile machinery.
HFC (hydrofluorocarbon) emissions are direct results of cooling,
refrigeration, and freezing of production, mainly occurring in poultry
processing processes.
N
2
O (nitrous oxide) emissions are the result of application of chemical
nitrogen fertilisers and manure to agricultural soils.
CH
4
(methane) emissions are directly related to livestock (ruminants and
birds) enteric fermentation process and manure management.
SOC (soil organic carbon) sequestration (trapping of carbon within soil) is
a result of farming practices in an attempt to reduce environmental effects
of crop production process.
HFC (hydrofluorocarbon) emissions are direct results of cooling,
refrigeration, and freezing of production, mainly occurring during poultry
processing.
STATIONARY COMBUSTION
The Group operates a network of 13 modern grain storage facilities,
which includes 10 facilities in Lithuania and 3 in Latvia, farming
companies also run their own grain drying and storage facilities. Poultry
business is responsible for 88% of natural gas consumption within the
Group.
Reliability: high. Data collected directly from company records.
Source Unit Quantity tCO
2
eq
Natural gas 1000 m
3
25,019.5 46,911.6
Diesel 1000 l 156.0 392
LPG 1000 kg 2,895.4 4,498.6
Total 51,802.2
GHG emissions from stationary machinery, Linas Agro Group, AB, 2022/23
MOBILE COMBUSTION
The direct emissions from mobile sources are divided into two key
categories: fuel consumed for agricultural production and other activities,
such as transportation of products and inputs by tractors and vehicle
owned and/or leased by the Group companies.
Reliability: high. Data collected directly from company records.
Source Unit Quantity tCO
2
eq
Diesel in agriculture 1000 l 2,514 6,315.2
Diesel for other
activities
1000 l 3,726.3 9,360.8
Petrol 1000 l 613.9 1,287.7
Total 13,505.3
GHG emissions from mobile machinery, Linas Agro Group, AB, 2022/23
EMISSIONS FROM COOLING AND FREEZING
We account for industrial use of refrigerants in poultry production.
Refrigerants used for cooling our offices and vehicles are procured as a
service and not included in Scope 1 calculations.
Reliability: high. Data collected directly from company records.
Source Unit Quantity tCO
2
eq
Refrigerants
t
0.959 2,364
Total 2,364
GHG emissions from refrigerants, Linas Agro Group, AB, 2022/23
N
2
O (NITROUS OXIDE) EMISSIONS
Direct emissions from managed soils: the method is based on Chapter 11,
N
2
O emissions from managed soils and CO
2
emissions from lime and urea
application, of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas
Inventories (GNGGI). The assessment of soil emissions considers, to
some extent, soil types and climate.
Reliability: moderately high. Data collected directly from company records.
Source Unit Quantity tCO
2
eq
Application of chemical fertilisers
t
9,490 24,922.05
Manure management 942.3
Total 25,864.4
* The composition of all fertiliser was broken down to estimate the actual content
N (Nitrogen) based on composition declared by manufacturers.
GHG emissions from managed soils, Linas Agro Group, AB, 2022/23
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DIRECT EMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCK
Methane is produced by animals as a result of enteric fermentation, a
digestive process by which carbohydrates are broken down by
microorganisms into simple molecules. Digestive systems and feed intakes
are two major parameters influencing the rate of methane emissions.
The assessment of GHG emissions from enteric fermentation is based on
the IPCC, Tier 2 simplified method for all livestock categories.
The rate of methane emissions depends on diet (DMI/day), gross energy
(MJ/day), and a methane conversion factor per animal, and the type of
diet.
Globally, cattle is the leading methane emission source, poultry is not a
major contributor to emissions from enteric fermentation emissions.
The reliability of CH4 depends on an organization's ability to compile data
on dry matter intake per animal as well as other parameters, such as
animal weight and days spent gazing etc.
All relevant data can be tracked back to company records; thus, the
reliability of CH4 calculations is estimated to be high.
Direct N
2
O emissions from the treatment and storage of manure are
estimated with the IPCC method, Tier 2.
Reliability: high. Data collected directly from company records.
Source Unit Quantity tCO
2
eq
All ruminants
Animal
7,210 19,418
Broilers
Animal
49,813,205
9,422.4
Parental flock
Animal
479,443 1,252.1
Manure management 8,702
Total 41,257
GHG emissions from livestock, Linas Agro Group, AB, 2022/23
* Average headcount of cattle (cows, bulls, heifers)
GHG SEQUESTRATION
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the balance between plant inputs and
biologically mediated losses. The amount of SOC is so large compared to
anthropogenic CO
2
fluxes to the atmosphere that small changes in the
SOC pool could have a major impact on the concentration of CO
2
in the
atmosphere (Cox et al., 2000; Crowther et al., 2016).
The methodology for the estimation of GHG sequestration is mostly based
on the IPCC guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories – Volume
4: Agriculture, forestry and other land use.
The precise estimation of annual change in carbon storage is an extremely
complex multilevel exercise requiring detailed investigation, testing, and
analysis of specific crops' ability to absorb and soil’s capacity to retain
CO
2
from the atmosphere.
Our estimate is based on the IPCC guidelines, taking into account the
changes in soil management practices and Tier 2 specification level of
soil. Calculating total possible sequestration volumes, we assumed the
worst-case scenario, thus we are confident the estimated amount is a
conservative representation of change in CO
2
sinks in soils managed by
our companies.
Reliability: low. No sampling of soil nor crops were performed.
SOURCE UNIT QUANTITY tCO
2
eq
Change in SOC in soil
ha
19,229 -21,584
Total -21,584
GHG sequestration, Linas Agro Group, AB, 2022/23
SCOPE 2
Scope 2 represents emissions that our companies caused indirectly when
the energy we purchased is produced by third party providers.
Estimating location-based GHG emissions for electricity consumption, we
apply emission factors published in 2021 European Residual Mix.
GHG emissions related to acquired heating energy are estimated based
on supplier-specific emission factors.
Below, we present GHG calculations for Scope 2, the location-based
amount of CO
2
for green electricity represents avoided GHG emissions by
switching to clean energy consumption in all production and virtually all
administrative sites operated by the Group.
Reliability: high. Data collected directly from company records.
SOURCE UNIT QUANTITY tCO
2
eq
Green electricity (market-
based)
Gwh
86.3 0
Not certified electricity
(market-based)
Gwh 1.3 283.4
Heating (market-based) Mwh 0.46 82
Total market-based 365.4
Scope 2 market-based GHG emissions Linas Agro Group, AB, 2022/23
SOURCE UNIT QUANTITY tCO
2
eq
Green electricity (location-
based)
Gwh 86.3 29,342
Not certified electricity
(location-based)
Gwh 1.3 442
Heating (location-based) Mwh 0.46 176
Total location-based 29,960
Scope 2 location-based GHG emissions Linas Agro Group, AB, 2022/23
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SCOPE 3
Scope 3 represents indirect GHG emissions that occur because of our
operations from sources not owned nor controlled by the Group
companies.
Reliable data for Scope 3 emissions can be difficult to obtain, thus we
used a variety of generally accepted emissions factors in order to
represent the extent of our impacts to the indirect GHG emissions.
Evaluating our supply chain and assessing the materiality of our impact,
we identified theses Scope 3 categories as relevant to our GHG
calculation:
• Purchased materials;
• Fuel and energy related activities;
• Transportation and distribution;
• Waste generated in operations;
• End of life treatment of packaging of sold goods.
EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PURCHASED
MATERIALS
Consistent tracking of consolidated Scope 3 GHG emissions was initiated
in 2022.
- Estimating GHG emissions related to packaging we use DEFRA
2021 emission factors.
- GHG emissions from fertiliser production process are estimated
based on composition of fertilisers applied.
- Calculating GHG emissions related to grain based products we
assume that grain production emission factor are similar to CO
2
emissions per tone of output produced within our Group.
Reliability: average. The supplier specific data was not collected.
SOURCE UNIT QUANTITY tCO
2
eq
Grain and for production
t
276,576 92,990
Soya
t
58,573 14,643
Grain products
t
33,112 9,157
Purchased feed t 81,872 24,561
Fertilisers t 9,490 16,133
Purchased raw meat t 29,349 102,721
Food oil t 10,187 29,489.4
Food additives t 28,045 8,413.5
Plastic packaging t 7,165 22,328.9
Paper packaging t 6,317 4,421.9
Cleaning agents and other
petrochemicals
t 7,818 13,290.6
Metal packaging t 168 160
Seeds t 2,806 750
Plant protection t 92 156
Wooden packaging t 1,055.8 422.32
Total 339,219
Scope 3 GHG emissions from input production, Linas Agro Group, AB 2022/23
FUEL AND ENERGY RELATED ACTIVITIES
We apply DEFRA 2023 emission factors to estimate GHG emissions
related to extraction, production, and transportation of fuels and energy
consumed within the Group over the reporting period, not already
accounted for in scope 1 or scope 2.
Reliability: average. The supplier specific data was not collected.
SOURCE UNIT QUANTITY tCO
2
eq
Transmission and
distribution losses of
electricity
Gwh 87.6 1,578.5
Well to tank (natural gas) 1,000 m3 25,019 8,421.6
Well to tank (diesel) 1,000 l 6,240 3,901.8
Well to tank (LPG) 1,000 kg 2,970.7 1,037.6
Well to tank (petrol) 1,000 l 613.9 356.1
Total 15,295.6
Scope 3 GHG emissions from fuel and energy related activities, Linas Agro Group, AB
2022/23
TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION
In order to estimate SCOPE 3 transportation and distribution emissions
we used average traveling distances for inputs procured as well as for
the goods sold. The table below accounts for third party transportation
emissions by:
- Rail transport
- Road transport
- Marine transport
DEFRA emission factors for transportation by different means were
employed.
Reliability: average. The supplier specific data was not available.
SOURCE UNIT QUANTITY tCO
2
eq
Upstream transportation of
inputs
tkm 44,306,939 24,590
Downstream transportation
of products
tkm 70,750,350 43,011
Transportation of goods for
farmers
tkm 4,400,200 25,917
Transportation of grain
(trade)
tkm 1,720,000,000 99,958
Total 193,476
tkm A tonne-kilometre, abbreviated as tkm, is a unit of measure of freight
transport which represents the transport of one tonne of goods over a distance of
one kilometre.
Scope 3 GHG emissions from upstream and downstream transportation, Linas Agro
Group, AB 2022/23
WASTE TREATMENT EMISSIONS
We apply DEFRA emission factors to estimate GHG emissions factors to
evaluate end-of-life related emissions for waste diverted to disposal
assuming no packaging was recycled by our clients.
Reliability: average. The supplier specific data was not available.
SOURCE UNIT QUANTITY tCO
2
eq
Waste generated operations t 3,836 83
End of life for packaging
sold
t 14,712 2,943
Total 3,026
Scope 3 GHG emissions from waste treatment, Linas Agro Group, AB 2022/23
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EXCLUDED EMISSION SOURCES
Our calculations of GHG emissions are based on materiality criteria:
emission sources accounting for less than 1% of total Group emissions are
not included.
• Capital goods, such as buildings and other fixed assets: Scope 3 GHG
indirect emissions exclude indirect emissions related to processing of
materials for buildings.
• We exclude indirect GHG emissions related to materials and
processing of owned fixed assets, such as machinery, elevators, farm
equipment, etc.
• Investments: We do not add indirect emissions associated with
materials and processing activities related to investments.
• Emissions related to employee commuting: 99% of our employees are
from local communities; thus, commuting is not material.
• Emissions related to work from home.
• Emissions related to heating/cooling and maintenance of rented
offices not controlled by the company.
• Processing of sold goods: We have no capacity to estimate further
processing of raw milk, flour products, instant food, poultry meat, etc.
• GHG sequestration by trees, groves, and other CO
2
sinks not used in
agriculture.
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Overview of the alignment with the EU Taxonomy Regulation. The European Union (EU) Taxonomy Regulation, (EU) 2020/852, and the delegated acts adopted thereon (hereinafter - Taxonomy) is a classification system for environmentally sustainable economic
activities, which aims to encourage private investment in activities contributing to the European Green Deal. The Taxonomy defines scientific evidence-based criteria for assessing the sustainability of activities and sets out reporting obligations for companies.
Taxonomy-eligible economic activities are defined as activities described in the delegated acts of the Taxonomy Regulation, i.e. included in the Taxonomy. Companies that have identified that their economic activity's revenue (Turnover), capital expenditure (CapEx)
and/or operating expenses (OpEx) are related to a taxonomy-eligible activity are required to carry out an analysis and disclose the extent to which their activity meets the Taxonomy criteria in relation to these indicators. Taxonomy-aligned activities are those, that
meet the technical analysis criteria listed in Annexes I and II of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139, i.e. make a significant contribution to at least one of the six environmental objectives and do not significantly harm the other five. At the time of writing this
overview, the significant contribution criteria have been adopted for two of the objectives: climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation.
In this overview, we present consolidated information on the taxonomy-eligible activities of Linas Agro Group AB together with its subsidiaries (hereinafter - the Group) and their compliance with the Taxonomy criteria by key performance indicators (Turnover, CapEx,
OpEx). The information is provided for the financial year 2022-2023 (hereinafter – FY 2022-2023), starting on 1 July of the calendar year and ending on 30 June of the following calendar year. This overview should be read together with the Group's annual
financial statements. The Taxonomy assessment excludes revenues and expenses arising from transactions between Group companies.
We note that certain terms and phrases in the Taxonomy and its associated delegated acts remain open to various interpretations without official clarification. In this overview, we provide the calculated Taxonomy indicators and elucidate the interpretations applied to
meet Taxonomy requirements. It is important to note that future disclosures and the methodology for calculating indicators may be adjusted based on potential new official EU interpretations of the Taxonomy
While there is no comprehensive Group-wide assessment of climate risks and vulnerabilities, certain companies within the Group conduct ongoing assessments and implement solutions to address physical climate risks associated with taxonomy-eligible activities.
These efforts are reflected in the Taxonomy assessment results tables (žr. žemiau).
ASSESSMENT OF REVENUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TAXONOMY. The Taxonomy indicator related to turnover is defined in point 1.1.1 of Annex I to the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178.
The Group's main business segments (grain, oilseed and feed, products and services for farming, agricultural production, food products and others), from which the Group's companies derive their income, are not included in the Taxonomy at this date. Our analysis
has shown that only a small proportion (0.54%) of the Group's revenue is taxonomy-eligible. The Group's taxonomy-eligible turnover includes revenues from the construction of elevators, and equipment (7.1); ownership and leasing of buildings to third parties (7.7);
leasing of freight transport by road, sea and coastal water (6.6 and 6.10 respectively). The numbers in brackets next to the activities refer to the taxonomy-eligible activity number in the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 setting out the criteria for technical
screening. The table „ASSESSMENT OF REVENUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TAXONOMY“shows the detailed results of the assessment of the taxonomy-eligible activities against the technical screening criteria.
We did not collect detailed data on Group companies' compliance with the Taxonomy criteria regarding revenues from the “construction of new buildings” and “acquisition and ownership of buildings” activities. These activities, constituting only 0.01% of the total
revenue stream, are not part of the Group's targeted economic activities and are thus deemed not material. We may gather and present this data in next year's reports, as necessary.
Our technical analysis has shown that the Group's current activities partially fulfil the Taxonomy criteria, resulting in an overall assessment of non-alignment. Recognizing the high sustainability standards set by the Taxonomy criteria, we intend to explore possibilities
for presenting more detailed information in the future and enhancing our alignment with the Taxonomy criteria.
ASSESSMENT OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (CAPEX) IN ACCORDANCE WITH TAXONOMY. The Taxonomy indicator related to capital expenditure is defined in point 1.1.2 of Annex I to the Delegated Regulation (EU)
2021/2178.
A significant proportion of the Group's capital expenditure (33.2%) relates to the purchase of output from Taxonomy-aligned economic activities and individual measures enabling the target activities to become low-carbon or to lead to greenhouse gas reductions.
The Group's expenditure that is taxonomy-eligible is related to the acquisition of real estate (7.7), the construction of new non-residential buildings (7.1), the purchase of cars and trucks (6.5 and 6.6, respectively), and the installation of a new solar photovoltaic
power plant (7.6). The numbers in brackets next to the activities refer to the taxonomy-eligible activity number in the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 setting out the criteria for technical screening. The table „ASSESSMENT OF CAPITAL
EXPENDITURE (CAPEX) IN ACCORDANCE WITH TAXONOMY“ shows the detailed results of the assessment of the taxonomy-eligible activities against the technical screening criteria.
The Taxonomy CapEx indicator encompasses only those buildings and structures that were finalized and officially registered in the real estate register within the reporting period (covering expenses incurred during the financial year). This includes all residential and
non-residential buildings and structures, as well as construction works of exceptional significance and simple construction works related to residential and non-residential buildings and structures, as defined by the Republic of Lithuania's Law on Construction.
Our technical analysis has shown that the Group's current activities partially fulfil the Taxonomy criteria, resulting in an overall assessment of non-alignment. Recognizing the high sustainability standards set by the Taxonomy criteria, we intend to explore possibilities
for presenting more detailed information in the future and enhancing our alignment with the Taxonomy criteria.
ASSESSMENT OF OPERATING COSTS (OPEX) IN ACCORDANCE WITH TAXONOMY.
Operating costs (OpEx) are defined in the Taxonomy regulation as direct non-capitalised costs that relate to research and development, building renovation measures, short-term lease, maintenance and repair, and any other direct expenditures relating to the day-to-
day servicing of assets of property, plant and equipment by the undertaking or third party to whom activities are outsourced that are necessary to ensure the continued and effective functioning of such assets. The accounting system currently used by the Group is
not adapted to exclude data according to the definition of Taxonomy OpEx. The specific data is therefore unavailable and is not provided in this overview. Looking ahead, we plan to better prepare and provide at least the most significant data for this indicator in our
future reports.
MINIMUM SAFEGUARDS.
According to the Taxonomy, economic activities should only qualify as environmentally sustainable where they are carried out in alignment with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, including
the declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the eight fundamental conventions of the ILO and the International Bill of Human Rights. We have assessed our Group's compliance with this requirement
against the Final Report on Minimum Safeguards 2022 of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance. According to this report, the Group has implemented minimum safeguards; however, during the reporting period, one accident occurred at the Group's company
Vilniaus Paukštynas AB and a violation of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Safety and Health at Work was recorded (for more information, please refer to the section of the sustainability report titled "Social impacts. Good health and well-being"). Hence, we evaluate
compliance with this Taxonomy requirement as partially met. We are committed to advancing and broadening the implementation of the Group's good governance practices and policies, including the channels for reporting potential breaches.
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GRI: 2-27
Assessment of revenue in accordance with Taxonomy 2022/2023
Substantial contribution
criteria
Do no significant harm criteria
Economic activity
NACE
code(s)
Absolute
revenue
2022
-2023
Proportion
of revenue
2022
-
2023
Climate
change
mitigation
Climate
change
adaptation
Climat
e
chang
e
mitigat
ion
Climate
change
adaptatio
n
Water
and
marine
resource
s
Circular
economy
Pollution
Biodiversit
y and
ecosystem
s
Minimum
safeguards
Taxonomy
-
aligned
proportion of
revenue
2022
-2023
Category
(enabling)
Category
(transitional)
thousand Eur
%
%
%
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
%
E
T
A. Taxonomy
-eligible activity:
A.1. Environmentally sustainable activities (Taxonomy
-aligned)
Revenue of environmentally sustainable activities
(Taxonomy
-aligned) (A.1)
0
0%
0%
A.2. Taxonomy
-eligible but not environmentally sustainable activities (not Taxonomy-aligned activities)
7.1. Construction of new buildings
68.2
7,736
0.38%
n/a
1
n/a
1
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
7.7. Acquisition and ownership of buildings
41.2
165
0.01%
n/a
1
n/a
1
n/a
1
n/a
1
N
6.6. Freight transport services by road
49.41
2,757
0.14%
0.40%
0.15%
N
N
N
N
N
6.10. Sea and coastal freight water transport,
vessels for port operations and auxiliary activities
50.2
216
0.01%
100%
0%
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Revenue of Taxonomy
-eligible
but not environmentally sustainable activities (not
Taxonomy
-aligned activities)
(A.2)
10,874
0.54%
Total: A.1 + A.2
10,874
0.54%
B. Taxonomy
-non-eligible activities
Revenue of Taxonomy
-non-eligible activities (B)
2,001,944
99.46%
TOTAL: A + B
2,012,818
100 %
Notes:
1
Not all accurate information is available, so a definitive assessment is not provided.
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GRI: 2-27
Substantial contribution
criteria
Do no significant harm criteria
Economic activity
NACE code(s)
Absolute
Taxonomy
CapEx in
2022
-
2023
Proportion
of taxonomy
CapEx
2022
-
2023
Climate
change
mitigation
Climate
change
adaptation
Climate
change
mitigation
Climate
change
adaptation
Water and
marine
resources
Circular
economy
Pollution
Biodiversity
and
ecosystems
Minimum
safeguard
s
Taxonomy
-
aligned
proportion
of
Taxonomy
CapEx
2022
-
2023
Category
(enabling)
Category
(transitional)
thousand
Eur
%
%
%
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
%
E
T
A. Taxonomy
-eligible activity:
A.1. Environmentally sustainable activities (Taxonomy
-aligned)
Taxonomy
CapEx
of environmentally sustainable
activities (Taxonomy
-aligned) (A.1)
0
0%
0%
A.2. Taxonomy
-eligible but not environmentally sustainable activities (not Taxonomy-aligned activities)
7.7. Acquisition and ownership of buildings
L68
2,190
4.83%
25.2%
36.4%
N
N
N
7.1. Construction of new buildings
F41.1, F41.2,
F43
7,596
16.74%
0%
6.1%
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
6.5. Transport by motorbikes, passenger cars
and light commercial vehicles
H49.39,
N77.11
3,735
8.23%
12.2%
44.9%
N
N
n/a
1
n/a
1
N
6.6. Freight transport services by road
H49.4.1,
N77.1.2
1,381
3.04%
37.9%
43.7%
N
N
n/a
1
N
N
7.6. Installation, maintenance and repair of
renewable energy technologies
F42, F43,
M71, C16,
C17, C22,
C23, C25,
C27, C28
174
0.38%
100%
0%
Y
N
N
Taxonomy CapEx of Taxonomy
-eligible but not
environmentally sustainable activities (not
Taxonomy
-aligned activities)
(A.2)
15,076
33.23%
Total: A.1 + A.2
15,076
33.23%
B. Taxonomy
-non-eligible activities
Taxonomy
CapEx of Taxonomy-non-eligible
activities (B)
30,293
66.77%
TOTAL: A + B
45,369
100%
Assessment of capital expenditure (CapEx) in accordance with Taxonomy, 2022/2023
Notes:
1
Not all accurate information is available, so a definitive assessment is not provided.
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AB Linas Agro Group
has reported the information cited in this GRI content index for the period July 1, 2022 – Jun 96, 2023 with accordance to the GRI Standards.
GRI 1 used
GRI 1: Foundation 2021
Applicable GRI
Sector standards
GRI 13: Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fishing
Sectors 2022
The organization and its reporting practices
2-1 Organizational details 2, 78, 81, 50, 84, 67-73
2-2 Entities included in the organization’s sustainability reporting 78,50, 67-73, 121
2-3 Reporting period, frequency and contact point 78
2-4 Restatements of information 78
2-5 External assurance 78
Activities and workers
2-6 Activities, value chain and other business relationships 80, 81, 9, 93 – 99, 115, 117, 122
2-7 Employees 80
2-8 Workers who are not employees 13.21.2
Governance
2-9 Governance structure and composition 61-64
2-10 Nomination and selection of the highest governance body 61-64
2-11 Chair of the highest governance body 2, 3, 61-64
2-12 Role of the highest governance body in overseeing the management of impacts 2, 3, 78,
2-13 Delegation of responsibility for managing impacts 85, 87,
2-14 Role of the highest governance body in sustainability reporting 78,
2-15 Conflicts of interest 56-60
2-16 Communication of critical concerns Directly. No critical concerns were reported
2-17 Collective knowledge of the highest governance body 61-64, 66
2-18 Evaluation of the performance of the highest governance body 61-64
2-19 Remuneration policies
https://www.linasagrogroup.lt/en/sustainability/corporate-social-responsibility-policy-2/remuneration-policy/
2-20 Process to determine remuneration
2-21 Annual total compensation ratio 6
Strategy, policies and practices
2-22 Statement on sustainable development strategy 2, 3, 79, 86, 88 – 91,
2-23 Policy commitments 88 – 91, 114, 118, 42 - 47
2-24 Embedding policy commitments 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88 – 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 110-117, 42-47
2-25 Processes to remediate negative impacts 82, 83, 87, 107, 110, 112, 113, 115-116
2-26 Mechanisms for seeking advice and raising concerns 82, 87
2-27 Compliance with laws and regulations 127-129
2-28 Membership associations 117
Stakeholder engagement
2-29 Approach to stakeholder engagement 82, 88, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 112-115, 117, 42 - 47
2-30 Collective bargaining agreements n/a
Disclosures on material topics
3-1 Process to determine material topics 13.1.1 82, 83, 85
3-2 List of material topics 85, 92
3-3 Management of material topics 13.3.1, 13.4.1
13.5.1,13.6.2
2, 3, 83, 86-92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97-118, 42-47
Economic Performance 2016
GRI 201:1 Direct economic value generated and distributed 13.22.2 80, 98, 120
GRI 201:2 Financial implications and other risks and opportunities due to climate change 13.2.2, 13.22.3 103
GRI 201:3 Defined benefit plan obligations andother retirement plans n/a
GRI 201:4 Financial assistance received from government 80, 120
Market Presence 2016
GRI 202:1 Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage n/a
GRI 202:2 Proportion of senior management hired from the local community 98%
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Indirect Economic Impacts 2016
GRI 203:1 Infrastructure investments and services supported 13.22.3 2, 3, 90, 98-100,
GRI 203:2 Significant indirect economic impacts 13.22.4 110, 116
Procurement Practices 2016
GRI 204:1 Proportion of spending on local suppliers 78.5%
Anti-corruption 2016
GRI 205:1 Operations assessed for risks related to corruption 13.26.2 none
GRI 205:2 Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures 13.26.3 yes
GRI 205:3 Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken 13.26.4 none
Anti-competitive Behavior 2016
GRI 206:1 Legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices 13.25.2 none
Tax 2019
4
GRI 207:1 Approach to tax 9
GRI 207:2 Tax governance, control, and risk management 42-47
GRI 207:3 Stakeholder engagement and management of concerns related to tax No specific approach, same as other concerns
GRI 207:4 Country-by-country reporting 117
Materials 2016
GRI 301:1 Materials used by weight or volume 80, 106, 120
GRI 301:2 Recycled input materials use 80, 108
GRI 301:3 Reclaimed products and their packaging materials 108
Use of pesticides 13.6.2 105
Energy 2016
GRI 302:1 Energy consumption within the organization 80,101, 123, 124, 125
GRI 302:2 Energy consumption outside of the organization 101, 123, 125
GRI 302:3 Energy intensity 90, 101,
GRI 302:4 Reduction of energy consumption 89, 100, 101,
GRI 302:5 Reductions in energy requirements of products and services 89, 100, 101
Water and Effluents 2018
GRI 303:1 Interactions with water as a shared resource 13.7.2 107
GRI 303:2 Management of water discharge-related impacts 13.7.3 107
GRI 303:3 Water withdrawal 13.7.4 107
GRI 303:4 Water discharge 13.7.5 107
GRI 303:5 Water consumption 13.7.6 107
Biodiversity 2016
GRI 304:1
Operational sites owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of
high biodiversity value outside protected areas
13.3.2 none
GRI 304:2 Significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity 13.3.3 105
GRI 304:3 Habitats protected or restored 13.3.4 none
GRI 304:4 IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas
affected by operations
13.3.5 none
GRI13 Natural ecosystem conversion 13.4 none
Animal
welfare
Animal health and welfare standards 13.11.2 95, 40
Emissions 2016
GRI 305:1 Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions 13.1.2 80, 88-90, 95, 102, 104 , 120, 123, 124
GRI 305:2 Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions 13.1.3 102, 104 , 120, 124
GRI 305:3 Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions 13.1.4 102, 104 , 120, 125, 126
GRI 305:4 GHG emissions intensity 13.1.5 102, 104 , 120
GRI 305:5 Reduction of GHG emissions 13.1.6 89-90, 102, 104
GRI 305:6 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) 13.1.7 102, 104
GRI 305:7 Nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), and other significant air emissions 13.1.8 115
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GRI: 102:55
Environmental compliance
GRI 307:1 Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations none
Supplier Environmental Assessment 2016
GRI 308:1 New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria Limited to food ingredients,
GRI 308:2 Negative environmental impacts in the supply chain and actions taken none
Employment 2016
GRI 401:1 New employee hires and employees turnover 111
GRI 401:2 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or parttime
employees
111
GRI 401:3 Parental leave 111
Food safety
GRI13 Food loss and product recalls 13.10.2 110, 112
Labor/Management Relations 2016
GRI 402:1 Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes In line with local regulations
Occupational Health and Safety 2018
GRI 403:1 Occupational health and safety management system 13.19.2 113
GRI 403:2 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and incident investigation 13.19.3 113
GRI 403:3 Occupational health services 13.19.4 113
GRI 403:4 Worker participation, consultation, and communication on occupational health and safety 13.19.5 113
GRI 403:5 Worker training on occupational health and safety 13.19.6 113
GRI 403:6 Promotion of worker health 13.19.7 87, 113
GRI 403:7 Prevention and mitigation of occupational health and safety impacts directly linked by
business relationships
13.19.8 113
GRI 403:8 Workers covered by an occupational health and safety management system 13.19.9 113 All
GRI 403:9 Work-related injuries 13.19.10 80, 113, 120
GRI 403:10 Work-related ill health 13.19.11 113
Training and Education 2016
GRI 404:1 Average hours of training per year per employee
114
GRI 404:2 Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs
114
GRI 404:3
Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development
reviews
114
Diversity and Equal Opportunity 2016
GRI 405:1 Diversity of governance bodies and employees 13.15.2 61-64, 111
GRI 405:2 Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men 13.15.3 No basic salary across the Group
Differences in employment terms and approach to compensation based on workers’
nationality or migrant status, by location of operations
13.15.5
Non-discrimination 2016
GRI 406:1 Incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken
13.15.4 None
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining 2016
GRI 407:1
Operations and suppliers in which the right to freedom of association and collective
bargaining may be at risk
13.18.2 No cases identified
Child Labor 2016
GRI 408:1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labor 13.17.2 No cases identified
Forced or Compulsory Labor 2016
GRI 409:1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor 13.16.2 none
Security Practices 2016
GRI 410:1 Security personnel trained in human rights policies or procedures n/a
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Waste 2020
GRI 306:1 Water discharge by quality and destination 13.8.2 107
GRI 306:2 Waste by type and disposal method 13.8.3 80, 108, 120
GRI 306:3 Significant spills 13.8.4
GRI 306:4 Transport of hazardous waste 13.8.5 third party
GRI 306:5 Water bodies affected by water discharges and/or runoff 13.8.6 none
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Local Communities 2016
GRI 413:1 Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments, and development
programs
13.12.2 109
GRI 413:2 Operations with significant actual and potential negative impacts on local communities
13.12.3 n/a
Land and resoure rights
GR1# Locations of operations, where land and natural resource rights may be affected by the
organization’s operations.
13.12.2
Number, size in hectares, and location of operations where violations of land and natural
resource rights occurred and the groups ofrightsholders affected.
13.13.3
Supplier social assessment
GRI 414:1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria
Food ingredients
GRI 414:2 Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions take
n/a
Public Policy 2016
GRI 415:1 Political contributions
13.24.2 n/a
Customer Health and Safety 2016
GRI 416:1 Assessment of the health and safety impacts of product and service categories
GRI 416:2
Incidents of non-compliance concerning the health and safety impacts of products and
services
none
Marketing and Labelling 2016
GRI 417:1 Requirements for product and service information and labeling
119
GRI 417:2
Incidents of non-compliance concerning product and serviceinformation and labeling
None
GRI 417:3 Incidents of non-compliance concerning marketing communications
None
Customer Privacy 2016
GRI 418:1 Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy and losses of
customer data
none
Socioeconomic compliance
GRI 419:1 Non-compliance with laws and regulations in the social and economic area
none
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Human rights assessment
GRI 412:1 Operations that have been subject to human rights reviews or impact assessments none
GRI 412:2 Employee training on human rights policies or procedures Informal
GRI 412:3
Significant investment agreements and contracts that include human rights clauses or
that underwent human rights screening
Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2016
GRI 411:1 Incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous peoples 13.14.2 n/a
Locations of operations where indigenous peoples are present or affected by activities of
the organization.
13.14.3
Seeking free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) from indigenous peoples 13.14.4
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ANNEX No7
TO CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT
OFAB LINAS AGRO GROUP
OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2022/23/2022
I
INFORMATION
ON COMPLIANCE
WITH THE CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE CODE
AB Linas Agro Group, code of legal entity 148030011, Subačiaus g. 5, LT-01302 Vilnius, Lithuania
Information on Compliance with the Corporate Governance Code 1
AB Linas Agro Group (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), acting in compliance with Article 22 (3) of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania
on Securities and paragraph 24.5 of the Listing Rules of AB Nasdaq Vilnius, hereby discloses how it complies with the Corporate Governance
Code for the Companies listed on Nasdaq Vilnius as well as its specific provisions or recommendations. In case of non-compliance with this Code
or some of its provisions or recommendations, the specific provisions or recommendations that are not complied with must be indicated and the
reasons for such non-compliance must be specified. In addition, other explanatory information indicated in this form must be provided.
SUMMARY
The bodies of the Company are the General Shareholders‘ Meeting, Supervisory Board, the Board and CEO, also the Company has the Audit
Committee. The Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee are not formed in the Company.
The Board elects and recalls CEO of the Company, sets his/her remuneration and other conditions of the employment agreement.
CONTENT
PRINCIPLE 1
General meeting of shareholders, equitable treatment of shareholders, and shareholders’ rights
PRINCIPLE 2
Supervisory board
PRINCIPLE 3
Management Board
PRINCIPLE 4
Rules of procedure of the supervisory board and the management board of the company
PRINCIPLE 5
Nomination, remuneration and audit committees
PRINCIPLE 6
Prevention and disclosure of conflicts of interest
PRINCIPLE 7
Remuneration policy of the company
PRINCIPLE 8
Role of stakeholders in corporate governance
PRINCIPLE 9
Disclosure of information
PRINCIPLE 10
Selection of the company’s audit firm
AB Linas Agro Group, code of legal entity 148030011, Subačiaus g. 5, LT-01302 Vilnius, Lithuania
Information on Compliance with the Corporate Governance Code 2
DISCLOSURE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. GENERAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS,
EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF
SHAREHOLDERS, AND
SHAREHOLDERS’ RIGHTS
The corporate governance framework should ensure the equitable treatment of all shareholders. The corporate governance framework
should protect the rights of shareholders.
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
1.1.All shareholders should be provided with access to
the information and/or documents established in the
legal acts on equal terms. All shareholders should be
furnished with equal opportunity to participate in the
decision-making process where significant corporate
matters are discussed.
Yes
The Company’s documents and other information
required by the legal acts are available on the Company’s
website www.linasagrogroup.lt and via informational
system of stock-exchange Nasdaq Vilnius.
All shareholders have the equal rights to participate in the
General Meetings of Shareholders.
1.2.It is recommended that the company’s capital should
consist only of the shares that grant the same rights to
voting, ownership, dividend and other rights to all of their
holders.
Yes
The share capital of the Company consists of ordinary
registered shares, that gives equal rights to each
shareholder.
1.3.It is recommended that investors should have access
to the information concerning the rights attached to the
shares of the new issue or those issued earlier in
advance, i.e. before they purchase shares.
Yes
The Articles of Association of the Company, stipulating
all the rights of shareholders, are publicly available on the
Company’s webpage in Lithuanian and English
languages.
1.4.Exclusive transactions that are particularly important
to the company, such as transfer of all or almost all assets
of the company which in principle would mean the
transfer of the company, should be subject to approval of
the general meeting of shareholders.
Yes
The shareholders approve all the transactions that,
following the Law on Companies and the Articles of
Association of the Company, should be approved by the
shareholders.
1.5.Procedures for convening and conducting a general
meeting of shareholders should provide shareholders
with equal opportunities to participate in the general
meeting of shareholders and should not prejudice the
rights and interests of shareholders. The chosen venue,
date and time of the general meeting of shareholders
should not prevent active participation of shareholders at
the general meeting. In the notice of the general meeting
of shareholders being convened, the company should
specify the last day on which the proposed draft
decisions should be submitted at the latest.
Yes
The Company convenes General Shareholders’ Meetings
and implements other related procedures in accordance
with the procedure established in the Law on Companies
of the Republic of Lithuania and provides all shareholders
with equal opportunities to participate in the meeting, get
familiarized with the draft resolutions and materials
necessary for adopting the decisions.
The notice of the General Meetings of Shareholders shall
specify the date the shareholders may submit the
proposed draft resolutions in writing.
AB Linas Agro Group, code of legal entity 148030011, Subačiaus g. 5, LT-01302 Vilnius, Lithuania
Information on Compliance with the Corporate Governance Code 3
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
1.6.With a view to ensure the right of shareholders living
abroad to access the information, it is recommended,
where possible, that documents prepared for the general
meeting of shareholders in advance should be
announced publicly not only in Lithuanian language but
also in English and/or other foreign languages in
advance. It is recommended that the minutes of the
general meeting of shareholders after the signing thereof
and/or adopted decisions should be made available
publicly not only in Lithuanian language but also in
English and/or other foreign languages. It is
recommended that this information should be placed on
the website of the company. Such documents may be
published to the extent that their public disclosure is not
detrimental to the company or the company’s commercial
secrets are not revealed.
Yes
The notice of the General Meeting of Shareholders and
all related documents and information are published in
advance in Lithuanian and English via regulatory news
dissemination system and on the Company's website.
After the General Meeting of Shareholders, information
related to the meeting are publicly announced: number of
participants, number of votes, information on the
submitted advance General Voting Ballots, adopted
resolutions and voting results.
1.7.Shareholders who are entitled to vote should be
furnished with the opportunity to vote at the general
meeting of shareholders both in person and in absentia.
Shareholders should not be prevented from voting in
writing in advance by completing the general voting ballot.
Yes
Shareholders of the Company may exercise their right to
participate in the General Meeting of shareholders in
person or through a representative upon issuance of
proper proxy or having concluded an agreement on the
transfer of their voting rights in the manner compliant with
the legal regulations, also the shareholder may vote by
completing the General Voting Ballot in the manner
provided by the Law on Companies.
1.8.With a view to increasing the shareholders’
opportunities to participate effectively at general
meetings of shareholders, it is recommended that
companies should apply modern technologies on a wider
scale and thus provide shareholders with the conditions
to participate and vote in general meetings of
shareholders via electronic means of communication. In
such cases the security of transmitted information must
be ensured and it must be possible to identify the
participating and voting person.
No
In the future the Company will discuss such possibilities
by taking into account necessary financial resources,
current legal regulations and objective distribution of the
Company’s shareholders as well as their wishes. So far
there were no such requests received from the
shareholders of the Company.
1.9.It is recommended that the notice on the draft
decisions of the general meeting of shareholders being
convened should specify new candidatures of members
of the collegial body, their proposed remuneration and the
proposed audit company if these issues are included into
the agenda of the general meeting of shareholders.
Where it is proposed to elect a new member of the
collegial body, it is recommended that the information
about his/her educational background, work experience
and other managerial positions held (or proposed) should
be provided.
Yes
The nominees to the collegial bodies and all information
about their educational background, work experience and
other positions held are each time publicly announced
when General Meeting of Shareholders is convened to
elect the members.
The suggested amount of annual compensation
(tantiemes) to the Board members is provided in the draft
of the Profit allocation statement presented to the
General Meeting of Shareholders.
The name of proposed audit company and proposed
remuneration for the audit services are presented in
advance as a draft decision for the General Meeting.
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Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
1.10.Members of the company’s collegial management
body, heads of the administration
1
or other competent
persons related to the company who can provide
information related to the agenda of the general meeting
of shareholders should take part in the general meeting
of shareholders. Proposed candidates to member of the
collegial body should also participate in the general
meeting of shareholders in case the election of new
members is included into the agenda of the general
meeting of shareholders.
No
On October 28, 2022, the annual general meeting of
shareholders of the Company was attended and
information provided by the Company’s CFO and Chief
Legal Officer. One person, candidate for members of the
collegial body, attended the General Meeting of
Shareholders.
2. SUPERVISORY BOARD
2.1. FUNCTIONS AND LIABILITY OF THE
SUPERVISORY BOARD
The supervisory board of the company should ensure representation of the interests of the company and its shareholders,
accountability of this body to the shareholders and objective monitoring of the company’s operations and its management bodies as
well as constantly provide recommendations to the management bodies of the company.
The supervisory board should ensure the integrity and transparency of the company’s financial accounting and control system.
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
2.1.1.Members of the supervisory board should act in
good faith, with care and responsibility for the benefit and
in the interests of the company and its shareholders and
represent their interests, having regard to the interests of
employees and public welfare.
Yes
These provisions are established in the Articles of
Association of the Company, and all members of the
Supervisory Board are commited to follow them.
The Supervisory Board was elected on October 28, 2022
and consisting of 3 members, including 2 independant
members. Their term started on December 1, 2022, when
new edition of the Articles of Associaition of the
Company was registered in the Register of Legal Entities
of the Republic of Lithuania.
2.1.2.Where decisions of the supervisory board may have
a different effect on the interests of the company’s
shareholders, the supervisory board should treat all
shareholders impartially and fairly. It should ensure that
shareholders are properly informed about the company’s
strategy, risk management and control, and resolution of
conflicts of interest.
Yes
The Supervisory Board meets regulary and prepares
minutes/decisions of the meetings with particular points
raised for management which is followed by
recomendations.
2.1.3.The supervisory board should be impartial in
passing decisions that are significant for the company’s
operations and strategy. Members of the supervisory
board should act and pass decisions without an external
influence from the persons who elected them.
Yes
The member of the Supervisory Board have to inform the
shareholders and the Supervisory Board about any
circumstances that have or may have an impact on the
independent and impartial performance of the duties of a
member of the Supervisory Board.
1
For the purposes of this Code, heads of the administration are the employees of the company who hold top level management positions.
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Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
2.1.4.Members of the supervisory board should clearly
voice their objections in case they believe that a decision
of the supervisory board is against the interests of the
company. Independent
2
members of the supervisory
board should: a) maintain independence of their analysis
and decision-making; b) not seek or accept any
unjustified privileges that might compromise their
independence.
Yes
2 out of 3 members are independant and do not have any
interest in the Company outside the duties of being
Supervisory Board members.
2.1.5.The supervisory board should oversee that the
company’s tax planning strategies are designed and
implemented in accordance with the legal acts in order to
avoid faulty practice that is not related to the long-term
interests of the company and its shareholders, which may
give rise to reputational, legal or other risks.
Yes
2.1.6.The company should ensure that the supervisory
board is provided with sufficient resources (including
financial ones) to discharge their duties, including the
right to obtain all the necessary information or to seek
independent professional advice from external legal,
accounting or other experts on matters pertaining to the
competence of the supervisory board and its committees.
Yes
The Company appoints employees of the Company to
organize and record meetings of the Supervisory Board,
also provides premises of the Company with all necessary
equipment provided for the meetings of the Supervisory
Board.
2.2. FORMATION OF THE SUPERVISORY
BOARD
The procedure of the formation of the supervisory board should ensure proper resolution of conflicts of interest and effective and fair
corporate governance.
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
2.2.1.The members of the supervisory board elected by
the general meeting of shareholders should collectively
ensure the diversity of qualifications, professional
experience and competences and seek for gender
equality. With a view to maintain a proper balance
between the qualifications of the members of the
supervisory board, it should be ensured that members of
the supervisory board, as a whole, should have diverse
knowledge, opinions and experience to duly perform their
tasks.
Yes
The Supervisory Board members were chosen to cover
variety of competences including finance, risk
management, IT and cyber security, trading and business
development. .
2.2.2.Members of the supervisory board should be
appointed for a specific term, subject to individual re-
election for a new term in office in order to ensure
necessary development of professional experience.
Yes
Term of the Supervisory Board is 4 years.
2
For the purposes of this Code, the criteria of independence of members of the supervisory board are interpreted as the criteria of unrelated parties defined in Article
31(7) and (8) of the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania.
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Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
2.2.3.Chair of the supervisory board should be a person
whose current or past positions constituted no obstacle
to carry out impartial activities. A former manager or
management board member of the company should not
be immediately appointed as chair of the supervisory
board either. Where the company decides to depart from
these recommendations, it should provide information on
the measures taken to ensure impartiality of the
supervision.
No
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, who is conected to
the main shareholder, was elected to the Supervisory
Board after ending term in the Board. Having 2
independant members the balance of experience
regarding the Company and recent connection is
maintained.
2.2.4.Each member should devote sufficient time and
attention to perform his duties as a member of the
supervisory board. Each member of the supervisory board
should undertake to limit his other professional
obligations (particularly the managing positions in other
companies) so that they would not interfere with the
proper performance of the duties of a member of the
supervisory board. Should a member of the supervisory
board attend less than a half of the meetings of the
supervisory board throughout the financial year of the
company, the shareholders of the company should be
notified thereof.
Yes
The members of the Supervisory Board are aware of the
following duties.
Regular meetings are organised and members have
accomodated the duties accordingly, attend meeting 100
percent.
2.2.5.When it is proposed to appoint a member of the
supervisory board, it should be announced which
members of the supervisory board are deemed to be
independent. The supervisory board may decide that,
despite the fact that a particular member meets all the
criteria of independence, he/she cannot be considered
independent due to special personal or company-related
circumstances.
Yes
2 members are independent and publicaly presented.
2.2.6.The amount of remuneration to members of the
supervisory board for their activity and participation in
meetings of the supervisory board should be approved by
the general meeting of shareholders.
Yes
The General Meeting of Shareholders approved the
annual remuneration fund.
2.2.7.Every year the supervisory board should carry out
an assessment of its activities. It should include
evaluation of the structure of the supervisory board, its
work organization and ability to act as a group, evaluation
of the competence and work efficiency of each member
of the supervisory board, and evaluation whether the
supervisory board has achieved its objectives. The
supervisory board should, at least once a year, make
public respective information about its internal structure
and working procedures.
Yes
The Supervisory Board prepared the Annual Report.
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3. MANAGEMENT BOARD
3.1. FUNCTIONS AND LIABILITY OF THE
MANAGEMENT BOARD
The management board should ensure the implementation of the company’s strategy and good corporate governance with due regard
to the interests of its shareholders, employees and other interest groups.
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
3.1.1.The management board should ensure the
implementation of the company’s strategy approved by
the supervisory board if the latter has been formed at the
company. In such cases where the supervisory board is
not formed, the management board is also responsible
for the approval of the company’s strategy.
Yes
The strategy of the Group was approved by the
Supervisory Board and the Board acts accordingly to it.
3.1.2.As a collegial management body of the company,
the management board performs the functions assigned
to it by the Law and in the articles of association of the
company, and in such cases where the supervisory board
is not formed in the company, it performs inter alia the
supervisory functions established in the Law. By
performing the functions assigned to it, the management
board should take into account the needs of the
company’s shareholders, employees and other interest
groups by respectively striving to achieve sustainable
business development.
Yes
The Board performs the specified functions through
regular meetings.
3.1.3.The management board should ensure compliance
with the laws and the internal policy of the company
applicable to the company or a group of companies to
which this company belongs. It should also establish the
respective risk management and control measures aimed
at ensuring regular and direct liability of managers.
Yes
The Board performs the specified functions through
regular meetings.
3.1.4.Moreover, the management board should ensure
that the measures included into the OECD Good Practice
Guidance
3
on Internal Controls, Ethics and Compliance
are applied at the company in order to ensure adherence
to the applicable laws, rules and standards.
Yes
The Company implements the recommendations of good
practice through the Social Responsibility Policy, which is
published on the Company's website.
3.1.5.When appointing the manager of the company, the
management board should take into account the
appropriate balance between the candidate’s
qualifications, experience and competence.
Yes
3
Link to the OECD Good Practice Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics and Compliance: https://www.oecd.org/daf/anti-bribery/44884389.pdf
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3.2. FORMATION OF THE MANAGEMENT
BOARD
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
3.2.1.The members of the management board elected by
the supervisory board or, if the supervisory board is not
formed, by the general meeting of shareholders should
collectively ensure the required diversity of qualifications,
professional experience and competences and seek for
gender equality. With a view to maintain a proper balance
in terms of the current qualifications possessed by the
members of the management board, it should be ensured
that the members of the management board would have,
as a whole, diverse knowledge, opinions and experience
to duly perform their tasks.
Yes
(except gender
diversity)
The members of the Company’s Board have experience
in the fields, where the Company performs its main
activities; also, all members have versatile knowledge in
the fields of finance, economics, investment management
and maintenance.
3.2.2.Names and surnames of the candidates to become
members of the management board, information on their
educational background, qualifications, professional
experience, current positions, other important
professional obligations and potential conflicts of interest
should be disclosed without violating the requirements of
the legal acts regulating the handling of personal data at
the meeting of the supervisory board in which the
management board or individual members of the
management board are elected. If supervisory board is
not formed, the information specified in this paragraph
should be submitted to the general meeting of
shareholders. The management board should, on yearly
basis, collect data provided in this paragraph on its
members and disclose it in the company’s annual report.
Yes
The General Meeting of Shareholders shall be submitted
the curricula vitae of the candidate members of the Board
providing complete information of the respective
candidate’s educational background, professional
experience and his/her competence.
The information about members of the Board is on a
regular basis updated and submitted in the annual reports
prepared by the Company and on its internet website.
3.2.3.All new members of the management board should
be familiarized with their duties and the structure and
operations of the company.
Yes
The Members of the Company’s Board are familiarized
with the Rules of Procedures of the Management Board,
their other duties.
3.2.4.Members of the management board should be
appointed for a specific term, subject to individual re-
election for a new term in office in order to ensure
necessary development of professional experience and
sufficiently frequent reconfirmation of their status.
Yes
The Board is elected for the term of 4 (four) years with
right to be re-elected.
3.2.5.Chair of the management board should be a person
whose current or past positions constitute no obstacle to
carry out impartial activity. Where the supervisory board is
not formed, the former manager of the company should
not be immediately appointed as chair of the
management board. When a company decides to depart
from these recommendations, it should furnish
information on the measures it has taken to ensure the
impartiality of supervision.
Yes
The Supervisory Board has been formed, and the Chair
of the Board is as well the Head of the Company (CEO)
and re-elected to the Board.
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Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
3.2.6.Each member should devote sufficient time and
attention to perform his duties as a member of the
management board. Should a member of the
management board attend less than a half of the
meetings of the management board throughout the
financial year of the company, the supervisory board of
the company or, if the supervisory board is not formed at
the company, the general meeting of shareholders should
be notified thereof.
Yes
Members of the Company’s Board, each individually and
all collectively, pay sufficient time and attention to have
the function attributed to the competence of the Board
duly performed. The members of the Board take part in
the sessions, the time of which is agreed among the
members so that all members of the Board could take
part in the session. If any of the members cannot
participate in the session due to a valid excuse, the
conditions are arranged for the member to cast his
advance vote in writing. During the 2022/23 financial
year, the Members of the Company's Board were all 100
percent involved in making the decisions.
3.2.7.In the event that the management board is elected
in the cases established by the Law where the
supervisory board is not formed at the company, and
some of its members will be independent
4
, it should be
announced which members of the management board
are deemed as independent. The management board
may decide that, despite the fact that a particular member
meets all the criteria of independence established by the
Law, he/she cannot be considered independent due to
special personal or company-related circumstances.
Not applicable
During the financial year 2022/23 there were no
independent Board members in the Board of the
Company, however the Supervisory Board was formed.
3.2.8.The general meeting of shareholders of the
company should approve the amount of remuneration to
the members of the management board for their activity
and participation in the meetings of the management
board.
Yes
The General Meeting of the Company’s Shareholders
while approving the Profit allocation statement sets the
annual compensations (tantiemes) to the members of the
Board for their activity in the Board.
3.2.9.The members of the management board should act
in good faith, with care and responsibility for the benefit
and the interests of the company and its shareholders
with due regard to other stakeholders. When adopting
decisions, they should not act in their personal interest;
they should be subject to no-compete agreements, and
they should not use the business information or
opportunities related to the company’s operations in
violation of the company’s interests.
Yes
All members of the Board are acting in a good faith in
respect of the Company, in the interest of the Company
but not in the interest of their own or third parties,
pursuing principles of honesty and rationality, following
obligations of confidentiality and property separation.
3.2.10.Every year the management board should carry
out an assessment of its activities. It should include
evaluation of the structure of the management board, its
work organization and ability to act as a group, evaluation
of the competence and work efficiency of each member
of the management board, and evaluation whether the
management board has achieved its objectives. The
management board should, at least once a year, make
public respective information about its internal structure
and working procedures in observance of the legal acts
regulating the processing of personal data.
Not applicable
So far there has been no practice in the Company for
the Board to perform the assessment of its activities.
4
For the purposes of this Code, the criteria of independence of the members of the board are interpreted as the criteria of unrelated persons defined in Article 33(7)
of the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania.
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4. RULES OF PROCEDURE
OF THE SUPERVISORY
BOARD AND THE
MANAGEMENT BOARD OF
THE COMPANY
The rules of procedure of the supervisory board, if it is formed at the company, and of the management board should ensure efficient
operation and decision-making of these bodies and promote active cooperation between the company’s management bodies.
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
4.1.The management board and the supervisory board, if
the latter is formed at the company, should act in close
cooperation in order to attain benefit for the company and
its shareholders. Good corporate governance requires an
open discussion between the management board and the
supervisory board. The management board should
regularly and, where necessary, immediately inform the
supervisory board about any matters significant for the
company that are related to planning, business
development, risk management and control, and
compliance with the obligations at the company. The
management board should inform he supervisory board
about any derogations in its business development from
the previously formulated plans and objectives by
specifying the reasons for this.
Yes
The Company’s Board cooperates with the Supervisory
Board to benefit the the Company and its shareholders.
4.2.It is recommended that meetings of the company’s
collegial bodies should be held at the respective intervals,
according to the pre-approved schedule. Each company
is free to decide how often meetings of the collegial
bodies should be convened but it is recommended that
these meetings should be convened at such intervals that
uninterruptable resolution of essential corporate
governance issues would be ensured. Meetings of the
company’s collegial bodies should be convened at least
once per quarter.
Yes
The Company’s Board meetings are held according to the
preliminary approved meeting schedule, once per month.
In need, the sessions of the Board are held more
frequently. The Supervisory Board meets quaterly.
4.3.Members of a collegial body should be notified of the
meeting being convened in advance so that they would
have sufficient time for proper preparation for the issues
to be considered at the meeting and a fruitful discussion
could be held and appropriate decisions could be
adopted. Along with the notice of the meeting being
convened all materials relevant to the issues on the
agenda of the meeting should be submitted to the
members of the collegial body. The agenda of the
meeting should not be changed or supplemented during
the meeting, unless all members of the collegial body
present at the meeting agree with such change or
supplement to the agenda, or certain issues that are
important to the company require immediate resolution.
Yes
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Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
4.4.In order to coordinate the activities of the company’s
collegial bodies and ensure effective decision-making
process, the chairs of the company’s collegial supervision
and management bodies should mutually agree on the
dates and agendas of the meetings and close cooperate
in resolving other matters related to corporate
governance. Meetings of the company’s supervisory
board should be open to members of the management
board, particularly in such cases where issues concerning
the removal of the management board members, their
responsibility or remuneration are discussed.
Yes
5. NOMINATION,
REMUNERATION AND AUDIT
COMMITTEES
5.1. PURPOSE AND FORMATION OF
COMMITTEES
The committees formed at the company should increase the work efficiency of the supervisory board or, where the supervisory board
is not formed, of the management board which performs the supervisory functions by ensuring that decisions are based on due
consideration and help organise its work in such a way that the decisions it takes would be free of material conflicts of interest.
Committees should exercise independent judgment and integrity when performing their functions and provide the collegial body with
recommendations concerning the decisions of the collegial body. However, the final decision should be adopted by the collegial body.
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
5.1.1.Taking due account of the company-related
circumstances and the chosen corporate governance
structure, the supervisory board of the company or, in
cases where the supervisory board is not formed, the
management board which performs the supervisory
functions, establishes committees. It is recommended
that the collegial body should form the nomination,
remuneration and audit committees
5
.
Yes
The Company has formed the Audit Committee.
According to the scope of the Company’s activities,
results and objective needs as well as the fact that the
Board consists of 6 (six) members, the Company is not in
a need of establishment of other committees indicated in
this recommendation though the foundation of
Nomination and Remuneration Committees will be
considered in the future.
Additionaly Supervisory board was formed and currently
it is evaluated as sufficient working together with Audit
commiitee.
5.1.2.Companies may decide to set up less than three
committees. In such case companies should explain in
detail why they have chosen the alternative approach, and
how the chosen approach corresponds with the
objectives set for the three different committees.
Yes
5
The legal acts may provide for the obligation to form a respective committee. For example, the Law on the Audit of Financial Statements of the Republic of Lithuania
provides that public-interest entities (including but not limited to public limited liability companies whose securities are traded on a regulated market of the Republic of
Lithuania and/or of any other Member State) are under the obligation to set up an audit committee (the legal acts provide for the exemptions where the functions of
the audit committee may be carried out by the collegial body performing the supervisory functions).
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Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
5.1.3.In the cases established by the legal acts the
functions assigned to the committees formed at
companies may be performed by the collegial body itself.
In such case the provisions of this Code pertaining to the
committees (particularly those related to their role,
operation and transparency) should apply, where relevant,
to the collegial body as a whole.
Not applicable
5.1.4.Committees established by the collegial body
should normally be composed of at least three members.
Subject to the requirements of the legal acts, committees
could be comprised only of two members as well.
Members of each committee should be selected on the
basis of their competences by giving priority to
independent members of the collegial body. The chair of
the management board should not serve as the chair of
committees.
Yes
During the reporting period, the Audit Committee was
composed of three members, including two independent
members. The Chairman of the Committee was an
independent member.
5.1.5.The authority of each committee formed should be
determined by the collegial body itself. Committees
should perform their duties according to the authority
delegated to them and regularly inform the collegial body
about their activities and performance on a regular basis.
The authority of each committee defining its role and
specifying its rights and duties should be made public at
least once a year (as part of the information disclosed by
the company on its governance structure and practice on
an annual basis). In compliance with the legal acts
regulating the processing of personal data, companies
should also include in their annual reports the statements
of the existing committees on their composition, the
number of meetings and attendance over the year as well
as the main directions of their activities and performance.
Yes
The Audit Committee chooses its operation order and
procedures autonomously and operates in accordance
with the Regulations of the Audit Committee, approved
on the General Meeting of the Company‘s Shareholders.
The Company‘s Audit Committee activity report for the
financial year is announced once per financial year,
presented at the Annual General Meeting of Company’s
Shareholders, after the meeting together with other
related documents is publicly announced on the
Company's website. The Company also announces about
the members of its Audit Committee in its Consolidated
Annual Report.
5.1.6.With a view to ensure the independence and
impartiality of the committees, the members of the
collegial body who are not members of the committees
should normally have a right to participate in the meetings
of the committee only if invited by the committee. A
committee may invite or request that certain employees
of the company or experts would participate in the
meeting. Chair of each committee should have the
possibility to maintain direct communication with the
shareholders. Cases where such practice is to be applied
should be specified in the rules regulating the activities
of the committee.
Yes
The Audit Committee is provided all conditions for
holding meetings of the committee, furthermore, at the
discretion of the committee, the employees responsible
for the areas considered at the committee may be invited
to meetings of the committee or requested to submit
required information.
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5.2. NOMINATION COMMITTEE
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
5.2.1.The key functions of the nomination committee
should be the following:
1) to select candidates to fill vacancies in the
membership of supervisory and management bodies and
the administration and recommend the collegial body to
approve them. The nomination committee should
evaluate the balance of skills, knowledge and experience
in the management body, prepare a description of the
functions and capabilities required to assume a particular
position and assess the time commitment expected;
2) assess, on a regular basis, the structure, size and
composition of the supervisory and management bodies
as well as the skills, knowledge and activity of its
members, and provide the collegial body with
recommendations on how the required changes should
be sought;
3) devote the attention necessary to ensure succession
planning.
Not applicable
The Nomination Committee is not formed in the
Company.
5.2.2.When dealing with issues related to members of the
collegial body who have employment relationships with
the company and the heads of the administration, the
manager of the company should be consulted by granting
him/her the right to submit proposals to the Nomination
Committee.
Not applicable
5.3. REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
The main functions of the remuneration committee
should be as follows:
1) submit to the collegial body proposals on the
remuneration policy applied to members of the
supervisory and management bodies and the heads of
the administration for approval. Such policy should
include all forms of remuneration, including the fixed-rate
remuneration, performance-based remuneration,
financial incentive schemes, pension arrangements and
termination payments as well as conditions which would
allow the company to recover the amounts or suspend
the payments by specifying the circumstances under
which it would be expedient to do so;
2) submit to the collegial body proposals regarding
individual remuneration for members of the collegial
bodies and the heads of the administration in order to
ensure that they would be consistent with the company’s
remuneration policy and the evaluation of the
performance of the persons concerned;
3) review, on a regular basis, the remuneration policy and
its implementation.
Not applicable
The Remuneration Committee is not formed in the
Company.
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5.4. AUDIT COMMITTEE
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
5.4.1.The key functions of the audit committee are
defined in the legal acts regulating the activities of the
audit committee
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.
Yes
The Audit Committee follows the functions assigned to it.
5.4.2.All members of the committee should be provided
with detailed information on specific issues of the
company’s accounting system, finances and operations.
The heads of the company’s administration should inform
the audit committee about the methods of accounting for
significant and unusual transactions where the
accounting may be subject to different approaches.
Yes
The members of the Audit Committee are informed
accordingly as per assigned functions.
5.4.3.The audit committee should decide whether the
participation of the chair of the management board, the
manager of the company, the chief finance officer (or
senior employees responsible for finance and
accounting), the internal and external auditors in its
meetings is required (and, if required, when). The
committee should be entitled, when needed, to meet the
relevant persons without members of the management
bodies present.
Yes
The Audit Committee has the necessary conditions to
carry out its activities.
5.4.4.The audit committee should be informed about the
internal auditor’s work program and should be furnished
with internal audit reports or periodic summaries. The
audit committee should also be informed about the work
program of external auditors and should receive from the
audit firm a report describing all relationships between
the independent audit firm and the company and its
group.
Yes
5.4.5.The audit committee should examine whether the
company complies with the applicable provisions
regulating the possibility of lodging a complaint or
reporting anonymously his/her suspicions of potential
violations committed at the company and should also
ensure that there is a procedure in place for proportionate
and independent investigation of such issues and
appropriate follow-up actions.
Yes
5.4.6.The audit committee should submit to the
supervisory board or, where the supervisory board is not
formed, to the management board its activity report at
least once in every six months, at the time that annual and
half-yearly reports are approved.
Yes
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Issues related to the activities of audit committees are regulated by Regulation No. 537/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 April 2014 on
specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities, the Law on the Audit of Financial Statements of the Republic of Lithuania, and the Rules
Regulating the Activities of Audit Committees approved by the Bank of Lithuania.
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6. PREVENTION AND
DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS
OF INTEREST
The corporate governance framework should encourage members of the company’s supervisory and management bodies to avoid
conflicts of interest and ensure a transparent and effective mechanism of disclosure of conflicts of interest related to members of the
supervisory and management bodies.
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
Any member of the company’s supervisory and
management body should avoid a situation where his/her
personal interests are or may be in conflict with the
company’s interests. In case such a situation did occur, a
member of the company’s supervisory or management
body should, within a reasonable period of time, notify
other members of the same body or the body of the
company which elected him/her or the company’s
shareholders of such situation of a conflict of interest,
indicate the nature of interests and, where possible, their
value.
Yes
The members of the Board and the Supervisory Board
avoid situations where their personal interests may
conflict with the interests of the Company. The members
of the Board and the Supervisory Board abstain from
voting or refuse to vote when the matter is related to his
person.
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7. REMUNERATION POLICY
OF THE COMPANY
The remuneration policy and the procedure for review and disclosure of such policy established at the company should prevent
potential conflicts of interest and abuse in determining remuneration of members of the collegial bodies and heads of the
administration, in addition it should ensure the publicity and transparency of the company’s remuneration policy and its long-term
strategy.
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
7.1.The company should approve and post the
remuneration policy on the website of the company; such
policy should be reviewed on a regular basis and be
consistent with the company’s long-term strategy.
Yes
On October 28, 2022 Annual General Meeting of the
Company’s Shareholders approved the remuneration
policy of AB Linas Agro Group, which defines the
requirements and guidelines for determining the
remuneration of the Company's Managing Director,
members of the Board and the Supervisory Board, as well
as the requirement to regularly review this policy to
comply with the Company's long-term strategy. The
Company's remuneration policy is published on the
Company's website.
7.2.The remuneration policy should include all forms of
remuneration, including the fixed-rate remuneration,
performance-based remuneration, financial incentive
schemes, pension arrangements and termination
payments as well as the conditions specifying the cases
where the company can recover the disbursed amounts
or suspend the payments.
Yes
The recommendations are included in the Remuneration
Policy of the Company.
7.3.With a view to avoid potential conflicts of interest, the
remuneration policy should provide that members of the
collegial bodies which perform the supervisory functions
should not receive remuneration based on the company’s
performance.
Yes
The recommendations are included in the Remuneration
Policy of the Company.
7.4.The remuneration policy should provide sufficient
information on the policy regarding termination payments.
Termination payments should not exceed a fixed amount
or a fixed number of annual wages and in general should
not be higher than the non-variable component of
remuneration for two years or the equivalent thereof.
Termination payments should not be paid if the contract
is terminated due to inadequate performance.
Yes
The recommendations are included in the Remuneration
Policy of the Company.
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Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
7.5.In the event that the financial incentive scheme is
applied at the company, the remuneration policy should
contain sufficient information about the retention of
shares after the award thereof. Where remuneration is
based on the award of shares, shares should not be
vested at least for three years after the award thereof.
After vesting, members of the collegial bodies and heads
of the administration should retain a certain number of
shares until the end of their term in office, subject to the
need to compensate for any costs related to the
acquisition of shares.
Not applicable
The financial incentive scheme is not included in the
Remuneration Policy of the Company.
7.6.The company should publish information about the
implementation of the remuneration policy on its website,
with a key focus on the remuneration policy in respect of
the collegial bodies and managers in the next and, where
relevant, subsequent financial years. It should also
contain a review of how the remuneration policy was
implemented during the previous financial year. The
information of such nature should not include any details
having a commercial value. Particular attention should be
paid on the major changes in the company’s
remuneration policy, compared to the previous financial
year.
Yes
The recommendations are included in the Remuneration
Policy of the Company.
7.7.It is recommended that the remuneration policy or any
major change of the policy should be included on the
agenda of the general meeting of shareholders. The
schemes under which members and employees of a
collegial body receive remuneration in shares or share
options should be approved by the general meeting of
shareholders.
Yes
The recommendations are included in the Remuneration
Policy of the Company.
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8. ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS
IN CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
The corporate governance framework should recognize the rights of stakeholders entrenched in the laws or mutual agreements and
encourage active cooperation between companies and stakeholders in creating the company value, jobs and financial sustainability.
In the context of this principle the concept “stakeholders” includes investors, employees, creditors, suppliers, clients, local community
and other persons having certain interests in the company concerned.
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
8.1.The corporate governance framework should ensure
that the rights and lawful interests of stakeholders are
protected.
Yes
The Company performs its activities and is managed
following the legal and other normative acts of the
Republic of Lithuania, according to the reasonable and
lawful interests of the community and the third parties,
which do not contradict and do not cause the threat to
violate the reasonable and lawful interests of the
Company.
8.2.The corporate governance framework should create
conditions for stakeholders to participate in corporate
governance in the manner prescribed by law. Examples
of participation by stakeholders in corporate governance
include the participation of employees or their
representatives in the adoption of decisions that are
important for the company, consultations with employees
or their representatives on corporate governance and
other important matters, participation of employees in the
company’s authorized capital, involvement of creditors in
corporate governance in the cases of the company’s
insolvency, etc.
Yes
All persons concerned and the third parties may access
the publicly disclosed information about the
activities of the Company via regulatory news
dissemination system and on website of the Company.
All persons concerned can address the Company’s
Investor Relations Specialist orally or in written form.
8.3.Where stakeholders participate in the corporate
governance process, they should have access to relevant
information.
Yes
All necessary information is available via regulatory news
dissemination system and on website of the Company.
8.4.Stakeholders should be provided with the possibility
of reporting confidentially any illegal or unethical
practices to the collegial body performing the
supervisory function.
No
Such an option will be considered in the future.
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9. DISCLOSURE OF
INFORMATION
The corporate governance framework should ensure the timely and accurate disclosure of all material corporate issues, including the
financial situation, operations and governance of the company.
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
9.1.In accordance with the company’s procedure on
confidential information and commercial secrets and the
legal acts regulating the processing of personal data, the
information publicly disclosed by the company should
include but not be limited to the following
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9.1.1.operating and financial results of the company;
Yes
The Company publishes interim reports and financial
statements on operating and financial results on a
quarterly basis.
9.1.2.objectives and non-financial information of the
company;
Yes
The Company publishes interim reports and financial
statements on operating and financial results on a
quarterly basis.
9.1.3.persons holding a stake in the company or
controlling it directly and/or indirectly and/or together
with related persons as well as the structure of the group
of companies and their relationships by specifying the
final beneficiary;
Yes
Information is disclosed in annual reports and/or financial
statements and on the website.
9.1.4.members of the company’s supervisory and
management bodies who are deemed independent, the
manager of the company, the shares or votes held by
them at the company, participation in corporate
governance of other companies, their competence and
remuneration;
Yes
Information is disclosed in annual reports and/or financial
statements.
9.1.5.reports of the existing committees on their
composition, number of meetings and attendance of
members during the last year as well as the main
directions and results of their activities;
Yes
Information is disclosed in annual reports and/or financial
statements.
9.1.6.potential key risk factors, the company’s risk
management and supervision policy;
Yes
Information is disclosed in annual reports and/or financial
statements.
9.1.7.the company’s transactions with related parties;
Yes
Information is disclosed in annual reports and/or financial
statements.
9.1.8.main issues related to employees and other
stakeholders (for instance, human resource policy,
participation of employees in corporate governance,
award of the company’s shares or share options as
incentives, relationships with creditors, suppliers, local
community, etc.);
Yes
Information is disclosed in annual reports and/or financial
statements and Remuneration Policy.
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This list is deemed minimum and companies are encouraged not to restrict themselves to the disclosure of information included into this list. This principle of the
Code does not exempt companies from their obligation to disclose information as provided for in the applicable legal acts.
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Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
9.1.9.structure and strategy of corporate governance;
Yes
Information is disclosed in annual reports and/or financial
statements.
9.1.10.initiatives and measures of social responsibility
policy and anti-corruption fight, significant current or
planned investment projects.
Yes
Information is disclosed in annual reports and/or financial
statements.
9.2.When disclosing the information specified in
paragraph 9.1.1 of recommendation 9.1, it is
recommended that the company which is a parent
company in respect of other companies should disclose
information about the consolidated results of the whole
group of companies.
Yes
By presenting the information specified in this clause the
Company announces the consolidated information of
both the Company and the Group.
9.3.When disclosing the information specified in
paragraph 9.1.4 of recommendation 9.1, it is
recommended that the information on the professional
experience and qualifications of members of the
company’s supervisory and management bodies and the
manager of the company as well as potential conflicts of
interest which could affect their decisions should be
provided. It is further recommended that the
remuneration or other income of members of the
company’s supervisory and management bodies and the
manager of the company should be disclosed, as
provided for in greater detail in Principle 7.
Yes
The Company supplies the information specified in this
clause in its annual reports.
9.4.Information should be disclosed in such manner that
no shareholders or investors are discriminated in terms of
the method of receipt and scope of information.
Information should be disclosed to all parties concerned
at the same time.
Yes
The information specified in this clause is announced via
regulatory news dissemination system and on the
Company’s website in Lithuanian and English languages.
The Company makes efforts to present all material
events and information to investors not during the trade
session, but before the session starts or after it ends.
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10. SELECTION OF THE
COMPANY’S AUDIT FIRM
The company’s audit firm selection mechanism should ensure the independence of the report and opinion of the audit firm.
Principles/ Recommendations
Yes | No
Not Applicable
Commentary
10.1.With a view to obtain an objective opinion on the
company’s financial condition and financial results, the
company’s annual financial statements and the financial
information provided in its annual report should be
audited by an independent audit firm.
Yes
The independent firm of auditors assesses the annual
report and the annual statements.
10.2.It is recommended that the audit firm would be
proposed to the general meeting of shareholders by the
supervisory board or, if the supervisory board is not
formed at the company, by the management board of the
company.
Yes
The Supervisory Board approved and proposed to elect
Ernst&Young Baltic, UAB as the audit company for the
next four financial year after acquainted with the survey
data of audit companies.
10.3.In the event that the audit firm has received
remuneration from the company for the non-audit
services provided, the company should disclose this
publicly. This information should also be available to the
supervisory board or, if the supervisory board is not
formed at the company, by the management board of the
company when considering which audit firm should be
proposed to the general meeting of shareholders.
Yes
Information is disclosed in annual reports.
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ANNEX No8
To Consolidated Annual Report
of AB Linas Agro Group
for the financial year 2022/23/2022
REMUNERATION REPORT
For the 12(twelve)-month period ended on 30 June 2023
This Remuneration Report (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Remuneration Report’) of AB Linas Agro Group (hereinafter referred to
as ‘the Company’) provides information on the Company’s compliance with the requirements and guidelines of the Company’s
Remuneration Policy (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Remuneration Policy’) updated and approved by the Ordinary General Meeting
of Shareholders on 28 October 2022 in determining the remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer (hereinafter referred to as ‘the
CEO’), members of the Board and members of the Supervisory Board of the Company in the financial year 2022/2023.
CONCLUSION: no deviations were recorded in the implementation of the Remuneration Policy during the reporting period.
REMUNERATION OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD OF THE COMPANY
For the financial year 2022/2023
All members of the Board of the Company were employees of the Company or of the enterprises controlled by the Company,
elected by the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on 28 October 2022 for a new 4 year term; there are no independent
Board members. Based on the provisions of the effective Remuneration Policy, the Company did not pay any additional benefits for
their work as members of the Board during the reporting period, and the remuneration they received was defined by respective
employment contracts. The Remuneration Policy of the Company provides for the possibility to pay bonuses and grant Company
shares or share options (according to AB Linas Agro Group Rules for Granting Shares approved by the General Meeting of
Shareholders of the Company). During the reporting period Member of the Board declared 283,690 shares acquisition based on
share subscription agreement (29 June 2018 share option agreement).
Member of the Board
Dependent/
Independent
Remuneration for
Carrying Out Duties
of a Member of the
Board (EUR)
Bonuses
Granting
Company
Shares
Notes
Andrius Pranckevičius
Employee of the
Group
Not
Allocated
Not
Allocated
283,690 shares
granted based on
share subscription
agreement
(29 June 2018
share option
agreement)
Remuneration is
Paid on the
Basis of the
Employment
Contracts with
the Respective
Companies of
the Group
Arūnas Zubas
Employee of the
Group
Not
Allocated
Not
Allocated
Not
Allocated
Dainius Pilkauskas
Employee of the
Group
Not
Allocated
Not
Allocated
Not
Allocated
Darius Zubas
Employee of the
Group
Not
Allocated
Not
Allocated
Not
Allocated
Jonas Bakšys
Employee of the
Group
Not
Allocated
Not
Allocated
Not
Allocated
Mažvydas Šileika
Employee of the
Group
Not
Allocated
Not
Allocated
Not
Allocated
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During the reporting period, no loans, guarantees and sureties were provided to the members of the Board to secure the fulfilment
of their obligations, nor were any assets transferred. There are no separate agreements between the Company and the members
of the Board providing for compensation in the event of their resignation or dismissal without a valid reason.
REMUNERATION OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE COMPANY’S SUPERVISORY BOARD
The Board of the Company proposed to elect, and the shareholders under the decision of Ordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders in 2022 October 28, approved the appointment of the persons indicated in the table below as members of the
Supervisory Board for a 4-year term, determining the annual remuneration fund for the Supervisory Board.
*According to the company's remuneration policy, members of the supervisory board receive remuneration on the supervisory board member contract
basis, by paying a fixed fee from the annual remuneration fund approved by the ordinary general meeting of shareholders, applying an up to 1.6 rate
to the remuneration of the chairman of the supervisory board.
For the activities in the supervisory board, its members may be paid bonuses, granted shares of the company or remunerated with
stock options (according to AB Linas Agro Group rules for granting shares), but no other additional benefits are paid for the work
as members of the supervisory board (except compensation for reasonable and pre-agreed expenses), nor are any additional
pensions or early retirement conditions applied, no termination payments established.
REMUNERATION OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE COMPANY‘S AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Board of the Company proposed to elect, and the shareholders under the decision of Ordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders in 2022 October 28, approved the appointment of the persons indicated in the table below as members of the Audit
Committee for a 4 year term, determining the annual remuneration fee for the members.
REMUNERATION OF
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY
For the financial year 2020/2023
During the reporting period, the Managing Director of the Company whose employment contract is of an indefinite duration did
not change. The Remuneration Policy of the Company stipulates that the remuneration of CEO consists of a fixed and a variable
part, and that the Company’s shares or share options may be granted as well. The fixed part is determined and approved by the
Board and paid in accordance with the rules effective in the Company. The variable part of the remuneration is paid at the end of
the financial year by the decision of the Board, taking into account the approved strategy, as well as the implementation of the set
financial and non-financial goals. To acknowledge a work well-done, the performance of an important project, ensuring the
implementation of the Company’s strategy, an incentive payment may be granted to CEO on the Board’s initiative (optional). The
Member of the Supervisory
Board
Dependent/
Independent
Annual remuneration fund
Bonuses
Granting
Company
Shares
Tomas Tumėnas
Employee of the related
company, Chairman
70,000 EUR*
Not allocated
Not allocated
Arūnas Bartusevičius
Independent member
Not allocated
Not allocated
Carsten Højland
Independent member
Not allocated
Not allocated
Member of the Audit Committee
Dependent/
Independent
Annual remuneration
Lukas Kuraitis
Independent, Chairman
800 EUR
Irma Antanaitienė
Employee of the Group, member
600 EUR
Skaistė Malevskienė
Independent member
600 EUR
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Company also provides for the possibility of granting other benefits to CEO (e.g., the right to the Company’s car, wellness and
medical services, pension plans, etc.), which depends on the market conditions and may be subject to change.
Manager
Period
Remuneration Assigned
to the Position of CEO, EUR
Other Benefits,
EUR
Granting Company
Shares
Incentive Payments
Fixed part
Variable part
Chief
Executive
Officer
2020/2021
140,454
0
7,501
Not allocated
Not allocated
(percentage)
100%
0%
2021/2022
138,851
0
5,238
Not allocated
Not allocated
(percentage)
100%
0%
2022/2023
138,302
0
3,239
Not allocated
Not allocated
(percentage)
100%
0%
There are no separate agreements between the Company and the CEO providing for compensation in the event of his resignation
or dismissal without a valid reason. In case of termination of employment, either voluntarily or on the initiative of the Company, the
compensation amount is not determined, however, it may not exceed the amount equal to 24 fixed salaries. Other terms and
conditions are determined in accordance with the applicable legal acts.
The Company’s Remuneration Policy provides for the possibility to recover the variable part of the remuneration by the respective
decision of the Board within 12 months from the appointment, if it turns out that such a variable part was assigned based on
misleading or false information provided by the Managing Director. No such recovery was initiated during the reporting period.
CORRELATION BETWEEN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY,
ENTERPRISES CONTROLLED BY THE COMPANY AND CHANGES IN ANNUAL SALARY
For the financial year 2020/2023
The average monthly salary changes shall be analyzed carefully, due to changes in methodology described below, as well as overall
significant KG Group companies acquisition (15 July 2021) related increase in number of employees over the reporting period,
along with the fact that “Managers” category continuously include data of employees, referred as both - top and middle managers.
1
Comparing salary information of previous periods with data of reporting period, following has to be taken into account:
2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2022/2023 salary data illustrate average salary before taxes, using the average number of employees in the Group over the
reporting period,
2021/2022 salary information is provided as salary before taxes average, calculated for the employees, who worked in the Group at the end of the financial year.
2
To ensure more accurate representation of the activity, Company has revised the methodology relocating loss and/or gain from currency exchange line items to
results of financial activity in the in separate and consolidated financial statements, therefore EBITDA value was adjusted for the comparative period 2020/2021.
Financial Year
Monthly Salary
1
, EUR
Group‘s Sales
Volume, in Tons
Group‘s Revenue,
TEUR
EBITDA of the
Group,
TEUR
Group’s Net Profit,
TEUR
Managers
Specialists
Workers
2018/2019
3,276
1,296
1,180
2,529,711
742,542
5,578
(4,830)
2019/2020
(change,%)
5,087
(+55%)
2,200
(+70%)
1,166
(-1%)
2,233, 808
(-12%)
657,700
(-11%)
25,923
(+365%)
10,004
(-307%)
2020/2021
(change,%)
5,211
(+2%)
2,010
(-9%)
922
(-21%)
3,155,329
(+41%)
942,442
(+43%)
33,401
2
(+29%)
14,189
(+42%)
2021/2022
1
(change,%)
3,980
(-24%)
2,215
(+10%)
1,360
(+48%)
3,689,585
(+17%)
1,895,667
(+101%)
133,173
(+296%)
77,257
(+444%)
2022/2023
1
(change,%)
4,514
(+13%)
2,002
(-10%)
1,437
(+6%)
3,661,639
(-1%)
1,999,617
(+5%)
67,318
(-49%)
20,817
(-73%)