RNS Number:3632B
EDF Energy Networks (EPN) PLC
01 August 2007
EDF ENERGY NETWORKS (EPN) PLC
Registered Number 2366906
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 December 2006
Page:
2 Directors' report
4 Statement of Directors' responsibilities
5 Independent Auditors' report
6 Profit and loss account
6 Statement of total recognised gains and losses
7 Balance sheet
8 Notes to the financial statements
Directors
Vincent de Rivaz
Paul Cuttill
Humphrey A E Cadoux-Hudson
Company Secretary
Robert Ian Higson
Auditors
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Hill House
1 Little New Street
London
EC4A 3TR
Registered Office
40 Grosvenor Place
Victoria
London
SW1X 7EN
The directors present their report and financial statements for the year ended
31 December 2006.
Principal activity and review of the business
The Company's principal activity during the year continued to be the
distribution of electricity to domestic, commercial and industrial customers
through network ownership, management, operation, maintenance and renewal. It
will continue in this activity for the foreseeable future.
Results and dividends
The profit for the year, before taxation, amounted to #153.7m (2005: #139.9m)
and after taxation, to #107.8m (2005: #103.4m). No dividend was paid in the
current year (2005: #34.4m).
Future developments
The Directors aim to deliver the right balance of customer service and
shareholder return through efficient investment in the Network within the
boundaries of the price control allowances.
Directors and their interests
Directors who held office during the year and subsequently were as follows:
Vincent de Rivaz
Paul Cuttill
Humphrey A E Cadoux-Hudson
None of the Directors had a service contract with the Company in the current or
prior year. They are all employed by the parent Company, EDF Energy plc, and
have service contracts with that Company.
There were no contracts of significance during either year or at the end of the
financial year in which a director of the Company was materially interested.
None of the Directors who held office at the end of the financial year had any
interests in the shares of the Company or any other Group Company in either year
required to be disclosed under the Companies Act 1985.
The company has made qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the benefit
of its Directors which were made during the year and remain in force at the date
of this report.
Disclosure of information to Auditors
Each of the persons who is a director at the date of approval of this annual
report confirms that:
* so far as the Director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of
which the company's auditors are unaware; and
* the Director has taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as a
Director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information
and to establish that the Company's auditors are aware of that information.
This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with the
provisions of s234ZA of the Companies Act 1985.
Political and charitable contributions
The Company made no charitable or political contributions in either year.
Creditors payment policy
The Company's current policy concerning the payment of its trade creditors and
other suppliers is to:
* agree the terms of payment with those creditors/suppliers when
agreeing the terms of each transaction;
* ensure that those creditors/suppliers are made aware of the terms of
payment by inclusion of the relevant terms in contracts; and
* pay in accordance with its contractual and other legal obligations.
The payment policy applies to all payments to creditors/suppliers for revenue
and capital supplies of goods and services without exception. At 31 December
2006, the Company had an average of nil days (2005: 8 days) purchases
outstanding in its trade creditors.
Derivatives and other financial instruments
The Company holds or issues financial instruments for two main purposes:
* to finance its operations; and
* to manage the interest rate and currency risks arising from its sources of
finance.
The Company finances its operation by a mixture of retained profits, bank
borrowings, medium-term loans, long-term loans and commercial paper. The Company
has borrowings denominated in sterling at fixed rates of interest. The main risk
arising from the Company's financial instruments is interest rate risk. The
Company's policy for managing this risk is summarised below and is defined in
statements authorised by the Board of Directors and reviewed on an annual basis.
Authority for managing risk consistent with this corporate policy may be
delegated by the Board to, amongst others, the treasury department of the
Company's parent Company, EDF Energy plc.
Interest rate risk
The Company's exposure to interest rate fluctuations on its borrowings and
deposits is managed by using fixed rate debt instruments and index-linked rate
debt instruments.
Auditors
Deloitte & Touche LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office as
auditors and a resolution to reappoint them will be proposed at the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting.
By order of the Board
Robert Ian Higson
Company Secretary
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial
statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each
financial year. Under that law the Directors have elected to prepare the
financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law).
The financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the
state of affairs of the Company and of the profit or loss of the Company for
that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required
to:
* select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
* make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
* state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed; and
* prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is
inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that
disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the
Company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the
Companies Act 1985. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the
Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection
of fraud and other irregularities.
We have audited the financial statements of EDF Energy Networks (EPN) plc for
the year ended 31 December 2006 which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, the
Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses, the Balance Sheet and the
related notes 1 to 22. These financial statements have been prepared under the
accounting policies set out therein.
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance
with section 235 of the Companies Act 1985. Our audit work has been undertaken
so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to
state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone
other than the Company and the Company's members as a body, for our audit work,
for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Respective responsibilities of Directors and Auditors
The Directors' responsibilities for preparing the financial statements in
accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United
Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) are set out in the Statement of
Directors' Responsibilities.
Our responsibility is to audit the financial statements in accordance with
relevant legal and regulatory requirements and International Standards on
Auditing (UK and Ireland).
We report to you our opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true
and fair view and are properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act
1985. We also report to you whether in our opinion the information given in the
Directors' Report is consistent with the financial statements.
In addition we report to you if, in our opinion, the Company has not kept proper
accounting records, if we have not received all the information and explanations
we require for our audit, or if information specified by law regarding
directors' remuneration and other transactions is not disclosed.
We read the Directors' report and consider the implications for our report if we
become aware of any apparent misstatements within it.
Basis of audit opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing
(UK and Ireland) issued by the Auditing Practices Board. An audit includes
examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. It also includes an assessment of the
significant estimates and judgments made by the directors in the preparation of
the financial statements, and of whether the accounting policies are appropriate
to the Company's circumstances, consistently applied and adequately disclosed.
We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and
explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with
sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements
are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other
irregularity or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall
adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
Opinion
In our opinion:
* the financial statements give a true and fair view, in accordance with
United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, of the state of the
Company's affairs as at 31 December 2006 and of its profit for the year then
ended;
* the financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with the
Companies Act 1985; and
* the information given in the Directors' Report is consistent with the
financial statements.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors
London
2006 2005
Note #m #m
Turnover 2 374.3 346.8
Cost of sales (8.1) (8.5)
Gross profit 366.2 338.3
Distribution costs (159.5) (146.9)
Administrative expenses -
(2.0)
Operating profit 3 204.7 191.4
Profit on disposal of fixed assets 0.2 1.3
Profit on ordinary activities before interest and taxation 204.9 192.7
Interest receivable and similar income 5 3.9 2.4
Interest payable and similar charges 6 (55.1) (55.2)
Profit on ordinary activities before taxation 153.7 139.9
Tax on profit on ordinary activities 7 (45.9) (36.5)
Profit for the financial year 17 107.8 103.4
All results are derived from continuing operations in both the current and
preceding year.
STATEMENT OF TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2006
2006 2005
Note #m #m
Profit for the financial year 107.8 103.4
Actuarial gain/(loss) net of deferred tax on defined pension benefits 19 1.2 (0.3)
Total recognised gain relating to the year 109.0 103.1
The deferred tax charge (2005: credit) reflected in the actuarial gain (2005:
loss) net of deferred tax on defined benefit pensions amounted to #0.6m (2005:
#0.2m).
2006 2005
Note #m #m
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 8 1,618.3 1,501.7
Current assets
Debtors 9 57.4 53.0
Investments: unlisted money market investments 38.1 7.4
Cash at bank and in hand 17.4 23.7
112.9 84.1
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 10 (181.0) (153.7)
Net current liabilities (68.1) (69.6)
Total assets less current liabilities 1,550.2 1,432.1
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year 11 (745.7) (745.3)
Provision for liabilities 14 (285.6) (271.4)
Net assets excluding pension liability 518.9 415.4
Pension liability 19 (19.2) (24.7)
Net assets including pension liability 499.7 390.7
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 15 125.8 125.8
Share premium account 17 5.6 5.6
Capital redemption reserve 17 10.6 10.6
Profit and loss account 17 357.7 248.7
Equity shareholder's funds 499.7 390.7
The financial statements on pages 6 to 17 were approved by the Board of
Directors on
and were signed on its behalf by:
Paul Cuttill Humphrey A E Cadoux-Hudson
Director Director
1. Accounting policies
The principal accounting policies are set out below. They have all been applied
consistently throughout the year and the preceding year.
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost
convention and in accordance with applicable United Kingdom law and accounting
standards, except as noted below in respect of tangible fixed assets.
Cash flow statement
The Company is exempt from preparing a cash flow statement under the terms of
FRS 1 'Cash flow statements (revised 1996)' as it is a member of a group, headed
by EDF Energy plc, whose consolidated accounts include a cash flow statement and
are publicly available.
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost, net of depreciation and provision for
impairment. The carrying values of tangible fixed assets are reviewed for
impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value
may not be recoverable.
Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets other than freehold land,
at rates calculated to write off the cost of acquisition of each asset evenly
over its expected useful life, as follows:
Overhead and underground lines - 45 to 60 years
Other network plant and buildings - 20 to 60 years
Fixtures and equipment - 5 years
Vehicles - 5 to 10 years
Assets in the course of construction for production are carried at cost, less
any recognised impairment loss. Depreciation of these assets, on the same basis
as other assets, commences when the assets are ready for their intended use.
Capital contributions in respect of capital expenditure are credited to a fixed
asset account and are released to the profit and loss account over the expected
useful lives of the relevant assets by equal annual instalments. The
un-amortised amount of such contributions is shown as a deduction from fixed
assets. This is a departure from the Companies Act 1985, which requires fixed
assets to be included at their purchase price or production cost and hence the
contribution would be presented as deferred income. However, contributions
relate directly to the cost of fixed assets used in the distribution network and
it is the opinion of the directors that the treatment adopted is necessary to
give a true and fair view. The value of the contributions is shown in note 8.
Finance costs
Finance costs of debt are recognised in the profit and loss account over the
term of such instruments, at a constant rate on the carrying amount.
Debt
Debt is initially stated at the amount of the net proceeds after deduction of
issue costs. The carrying amount is increased by the finance cost in respect of
the accounting period and reduced by payments made in the period.
1. Accounting policies continued
Taxation
Current tax, including UK corporation tax, is provided at amounts expected to be
paid (or recovered) using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or
substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have
originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date where transactions or
events that result in an obligation to pay more or a right to pay less tax in
the future have occurred at the balance sheet date, with the following
exceptions:
* provision is made for gains on disposal of fixed assets that have been rolled
over into replacement assets only where, at the balance sheet date, there is
a commitment to dispose of the replacement assets with no likely subsequent
rollover or available capital losses;
* provision is made for gains on re-valued fixed assets only where there is a
commitment to dispose of the re-valued assets and the attributable gain can
neither be rolled over nor eliminated by capital losses; and
* deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that the directors
consider that it is more likely than not that there will be suitable taxable
profits from which the future reversal of the underlying timing difference
can be deducted.
Deferred tax is measured on an undiscounted basis.
Investments
Current asset investments are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable
value.
Pensions
The Company has obligations under two funded defined benefit pension
arrangements as part of the EDF Energy plc group, and the Company accounts for
these schemes in accordance with FRS 17 'Retirement Benefit', ("FRS17").
The amounts charged to the profit and loss account are the current service costs
and gains and losses on settlements and curtailments. They are included as part
of staff costs. Past service costs are recognised immediately in the profit and
loss account if the benefits have vested. If the benefits have not vested
immediately the costs are recognised over the period until vesting occurs. The
interest cost and the expected return on the assets are shown as a net amount of
other finance costs or credits adjacent to interest. Actuarial gains and losses
are recognised immediately in the statement of total recognised gains and
losses.
The defined benefit schemes are funded, with the assets of the scheme held
separately from those of the Group, in separate trustee administered funds.
Pension scheme assets are measured at fair value and liabilities are measured on
an actuarial basis using the projected unit method and discounted at a rate
equivalent to the current rate of return on a high quality corporate bond or
equivalent currency and term to the scheme liabilities. The actuarial
valuations are obtained at least triennially and are updated at each balance
sheet date. The resulting defined benefit asset or liability, net of the
related deferred tax, is presented separately after other net assets on the face
of the balance sheet.
2. Turnover
Turnover, which is stated net of value added tax, arises entirely in the United
Kingdom and is attributable to continuing activities of electricity distribution
and the invoice value of other goods and services provided. This includes an
estimate of the sales value of units supplied to customers between the date of
the last meter reading and the year end.
3. Operating profit
2006 2005
This is stated after charging: #m #m
Depreciation of owned assets 43.2 40.0
Amounts payable to Deloitte & Touche LLP and their associates by the Company in
respect of statutory audit services were #30,000 (2005: #29,048) and in respect
of non-statutory audit services were #18,000 (#17,429). In the prior year these
were borne by another Group Company. The Company had no employees in 2006 (2005:
None).
4. Directors' emoluments
All directors are employees of EDF Energy plc and did not receive any
remuneration for services to the Company during the year or the preceding year.
5. Interest receivable and similar income
2006 2005
#m #m
Net return on pension scheme 2.2 1.0
Other interest receivable 1.7 1.4
3.9 2.4
6. Interest payable and similar charges
2006 2005
#m #m
On loans from other Group companies - 0.1
On loans repayable in whole or in part after five years 55.1 55.1
55.1 55.2
7. Tax on profit on ordinary activities
(a) Analysis of tax charge in the year:
UK current tax
2006 2005
#m #m
UK corporation charge on profit for the year 39.6 34.4
Adjustment in respect of prior year (7.5) (9.7)
Total current tax charge (Note 7(b)) 32.1 24.7
UK deferred tax
2006 2005
#m #m
Origination and reversal of timing differences 6.7 7.5
Adjustment in respect of prior year 7.1 4.3
Total deferred tax charge for the year 13.8 11.8
Total tax charge on profit on ordinary activities 45.9 36.5
7. Tax on profit on ordinary activities continued
(b) Factors affecting tax charge for the year:
The tax assessed for the period is lower than the standard rate of corporation
tax in the UK of 30%.
The differences are explained below.
2006 2005
#m #m
Profit on ordinary activities before tax 153.7 139.9
Tax on profit on ordinary activities at standard UK rate of corporation tax of
30% (2005: 30%)
46.1 42.0
Effect of:
Adjustment in respect of prior year (7.5) (9.7)
Disallowed expenses and non-taxable income 0.2 -
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (5.0) (6.7)
Movement in pension liability (1.8) (1.1)
Other 0.1 0.2
Current tax charge for the period 32.1 24.7
8. Tangible fixed assets
Network Non Network Fixtures and Vehicles Customers' Total
land & equipment contributions
buildings
#m #m #m #m #m #m
Cost
At 1 January 2006 2,992.1 6.0 1.2 2.4 (782.8) 2,218.9
Additions 212.4 5.1 1.3 (64.5)
5.6 159.9
Disposals (6.2) - - - -
(6.2)
At 31 December 2006 3,198.3 11.1 6.8 3.7 (847.3) 2,372.6
Depreciation
At 1 January 2006 910.0 - 0.9 0.2 (193.9) 717.2
Charge for the year 61.9 - 0.2 0.4 (19.3) 43.2
Disposals (6.1) - - - - (6.1)
At 31 December 2006 965.8 - 1.1 0.6 (213.2) 754.3
Net book value
At 31 December 2006 2,232.5 11.1 5.7 3.1 (634.1) 1,618.3
At 31 December 2005 2,082.1 6.0 0.3 2.2 (588.9) 1,501.7
Network assets include land at #15.8m (2005: #14.1m). Non-Network land and
buildings comprises freehold buildings only.
Included within tangible fixed assets are assets in course of construction of
#38.4m as at 31 December 2006. The balance as at 31 December 2005 was #47.1m, of
which #31.8m was completed during the year.
9. Debtors
2006 2005
#m #m
Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade debtors 47.4 41.0
Amounts owed by Group undertakings 3.1 4.9
Prepayments and accrued income 6.9 7.1
57.4 53.0
10. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2006 2005
#m #m
Trade creditors - 0.5
Amounts owed to Group undertakings 39.8 37.3
Corporation tax (Group payments) 86.4 54.3
Other creditors 0.2 1.1
Other taxation and social security 5.1 4.2
Accruals and deferred income 49.5 56.3
181.0 153.7
11. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2006 2005
#m #m
Borrowings (note 12) 745.7 745.3
12. Borrowings
2006 2005
#m #m
Amounts falling due after more than one year
#350m 5.75% Eurobond due March 2024 348.8 348.7
#200m 8.75% Eurobond due March 2012 199.1 198.9
#200m 8.50% Eurobond due March 2025 197.8 197.7
745.7 745.3
13. Derivatives and financial instruments
The Company's funding, liquidity and exposure to interest rate risks are managed
by the Company's immediate parent company, EDF Energy plc. Treasury operations
are conducted within a framework of policies and guidelines authorised by the
Board of EDF Energy plc.
The following disclosures are in compliance with FRS 25: Financial Instruments:
disclosures and presentation.
13. Derivatives and financial instruments continued
(a) Interest rate and currency risk
The Company's long-term debt has been issued at fixed rates of interest.
Exposure to short-term interest rate movements is limited to short-term
investments and short and long term borrowings resulting from funding needs and
working capital surpluses and deficits. The Company does not have any direct
material exposure to foreign currencies.
(b) Interest rate profile
The interest rate profile of the Company's financial liabilities was as follows:
Borrowings
Total Weighted Weighted
average average fixed
interest period
rate
#m % Years
As at 31 December 2006 745.7 7.3 14.0
As at 31 December 2005 745.3 7.3 15.0
(c) Fair values
The fair values of financial instruments represent the amount at which the
instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties,
other than in a forced sale or liquidation. Where market values are not
available, fair values have been calculated by discounting cash flows at
prevailing interest rates at the year end.
Book value Fair value Book value Fair value
2006 2006 2005 2005
Amounts payable: #m #m #m #m
In more than five years 745.7 865.9 745.3 921.0
14. Provision for liabilities
The movements in provisions during the current year are as follows:
At 1 January Utilised in the Arising during the At 31
2006 year year December 2006
#m #m #m #m
Deferred tax 271.1 - 12.0 283.1
Other 0.3 - 2.2 2.5
271.4 - 14.2 285.6
Other provision arising during the year of 2.2m relates to a claim for reduction
of the market value of land due to overhead cable.
14. Provision for liabilities continued
Deferred taxation provided in the financial statements is as follows:
2006 2005
#m #m
Accelerated capital allowances 284.4 272.5
Other timing differences (1.3) (1.4)
Provision for deferred tax 283.1 271.1
The movements in deferred taxation are as follows:
At 1 January Profit and loss Statement of At 31 December 2006
2006 account total recognised
gains and losses
#m #m #m #m
Provision for deferred tax 271.1 12.0 - 283.1
Deferred tax shown against pension (10.6) 1.8 0.6 (8.2)
liability
Net deferred tax 260.5 13.8 0.6 274.9
15. Share capital
Authorised
2006 2005 2006 2005
Number Number #m #m
Ordinary shares of #0.50 each 400,000,000 400,000,000 200.0 200.0
Allotted, called up and fully paid
2006 2005 2006 2005
Number Number #m #m
Ordinary shares of #0.50 each 251,513,142 251,513,142 125.8 125.8
16. Dividends paid
2006 2005
#m #m
Ordinary dividends on equity shares - Nil (2005:13.7p) per ordinary share - 34.4
17. Reconciliation of shareholder's funds and movements on reserves
Share Share Capital Profit and Total
redemption
Capital premium reserve loss account Shareholder's
account funds
#m #m #m #m #m
At 1 January 2006 125.8 5.6 10.6 248.7 390.7
Profit for the year - - - 107.8 107.8
Actuarial gain net of
deferred tax on defined
pension benefits - - - 1.2 1.2
At 31 December 2006 125.8 5.6 10.6 357.7 499.7
18. Capital commitments
Amounts contracted for but not provided in the financial statements amounted to
#66.8m (2005: #36.7m).
19. Pension commitments
Former employees of the Company participate in a number of group-wide funded
defined benefit pension arrangements, and the Company accounts for these schemes
in accordance with FRS17.
The principal pension schemes of EDF Energy plc are the EDF Energy Pension
Scheme (EEPS) and the EDF Energy Group of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme
(ESPS). Both of these schemes are defined benefit schemes. On 1 September 2005
the EDF Energy Group of the ESPS was created by the merger of the Company's two
ESPS Groups, the London Electricity Group of the ESPS and the SEEBOARD Group of
the ESPS. The London Electricity group and SEEBOARD group of the ESPS closed to
new employees in April 1994 and July 1995 respectively. New employees were
offered membership of the following schemes; the SEEBOARD Final Salary Pension
Plan, the London Electricity 1994 Retirement Plan (LERP), the 24seven Group
Personal Pension Plan (24seven GPP), and the SEEBOARD Pension Investment Plan.
The first of these schemes was a defined benefit scheme whilst all the others
are defined contribution schemes.
The EDF Energy Group closed its non-ESPS pension arrangements (the London
Electricity 1994 Retirement Plan, the SEEBOARD Final Salary Pension Plan, the
SEEBOARD Pension Investment Plan, and the 24seven Group Personal Pension Plan)
with effect from 29 February 2004. A new scheme, the EDF Energy Pension Scheme,
a final salary arrangement, replaced these for future service from 1 March 2004.
A special contribution of #2 million was made to the EDF Energy Pension Scheme
at inception, and the regular ongoing employer's contribution has been assessed
as 10% of pensionable pay. This contribution rate will be reviewed as a result
of future actuarial valuations.
The latest full actuarial valuation of the EDF Energy Group of the ESPS was
carried out by Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow, consulting actuaries, as at 31 March
2004. The valuation was agreed on 15 December 2004, at the same time that a
special contribution was agreed to fund the deficit over a 12 year period from 1
April 2005. The present value of the defined benefit obligation, and the
related current service cost and past service cost, were measured using the
projected unit credit method.
The principal financial assumptions used to calculate ESPS liabilities under FRS
17 were:
2006 2005 2004
% p.a. % p.a. % p.a.
Discount rate 5.2 4.7 5.3
Inflation assumption 3.1 2.9 2.9
Rate of increase in salaries 4.1 3.9 3.9
Rate of increase of pensions increases RPI 3.1 2.9 2.9
These assumptions are governed by FRS 17 and do not reflect the assumptions used
by the independent actuary in the triennial valuation as at 31 March 2004, which
determined the Company's contribution rate for future years.
The amount recognised in the balance sheet in respect of the Company's defined
benefit retirement benefit plan is as follows:
2006 2005 2004
#m #m #m
Fair value of scheme assets 195.7 185.8 160.5
Present value of defined benefit obligations (223.1) (221.1) (199.2)
Deficit in scheme (27.4) (35.3) (38.7)
Related deferred tax asset 8.2 10.6 11.6
Liability recognised in the balance sheet (19.2) (24.7) (27.1)
This amount is presented in pension liabilities.
19. Pension commitments continued
Analysis of the net return on pension scheme:
2006 2005
#m #m
Expected return on pension scheme assets 12.4 11.4
Interest on pension scheme liabilities (10.2) (10.4)
2.2 1.0
Analysis of the actuarial gain in the statement of total recognised gains and
losses:
2006 2005
#m #m
Actual return less expected return on pension scheme assets 1.9 19.1
Experience gains and losses arising on scheme liabilities - (0.7)
Changes in assumptions underlying the present value of the scheme liabilities (0.2) (18.9)
1.7 (0.5)
Movements in the scheme deficit in the current period were as follows:
2006 2005
#m #m
At 1 January 2006 (35.3)
(38.7)
Deficit payments 4.0 2.9
Net finance income 2.2 1.0
Actuarial gain/(loss) 1.7 (0.5)
At 31 December 2006 (27.4) (35.3)
The analysis of the scheme assets and the expected rate of return at the balance
sheet date were as follows:
Expected return Fair value of assets
2006 2005 2004 2006 2005 2004
% % #m #m
% #m
Gilts 4.5 4.1 4.5 78.1 37.9 27.8
Equities 8.2 7.8 8.2 95.0 127.7 118.7
Property 7.2 6.8 7.2 5.3 5.0 0.3
Corporate bonds 5.0 4.5 5.0 13.5 13.3 11.6
Cash 5.2 4.6 5.0 3.8 1.9 2.1
195.7 185.8 160.5
19. Pension commitments continued
History of experience gains and losses are as follows:
2006 2005 2004
#m #m #m
Fair value of scheme assets 195.7 185.8 160.5
Present value of defined benefit obligations (223.1) (221.1) (199.2)
Deficit in the scheme (27.4) (35.3) (38.7)
Experience adjustments on scheme liabilities:
Amount (#m) - (0.7) (1.2)
Percentage of scheme liabilities - 0.3% 0.6%
Difference between the expected and actual return on scheme
assets:
Amount (#m) 1.8 19.1 4.3
Percentage of scheme assets 1.0% 10.3% 2.7%
Total amount recognised in statement of total recognised gains and
losses net of deferred tax on defined pension benefits:
Amount (#m) 1.2 (0.3) (4.3)
Percentage of scheme liabilities 0.5% 0.1% 2.1%
20. Related parties
In accordance with FRS 8 'Related party disclosures', the Company is exempt from
disclosing transactions with entities that are part of the Group or investees of
the Group qualifying as related parties, as it is a wholly owned subsidiary of a
parent, which prepares consolidated accounts which are publicly available.
21. Parent undertaking and controlling party
EDF Energy plc holds a 100% interest in EDF Energy Networks (EPN) plc and is
considered to be the immediate parent company. EDF Energy plc heads the smallest
group for which consolidated accounts are prepared which include the results of
the Company.
At 31 December 2006 Electricite de France SA (EDF), a company incorporated in
France, is regarded by the Directors as the Company's ultimate parent Company
and controlling party. This is the largest group for which consolidated
financial statements are prepared. Copies of that Company's consolidated
financial statements may be obtained from Electricite de France SA, 22-30 Avenue
de Wagram, 75382, Paris, Cedex 08, France.
22. Regulatory accounts
On 1 October 2001, under the Utilities Act 2000, EDF Energy Networks (EPN) plc
was granted a Distribution Licence under which it is required to produce
regulatory accounts. The regulatory accounts, which cover a twelve month period
ended 31 March of each year, are available free of charge by contacting the
finance department at Energy House, Carrier Business Park, Hazelwick Avenue,
Three Bridges, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1EX or by telephoning 01293 657862.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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