UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Month of May 2015
Commission File Number 001-36703
Sky Solar Holdings, Ltd.
(Translation of registrants name into English)
Room 635, 6/F, 100 QRC Queens Road, Central
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Peoples Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Sky Solar Holdings, Ltd. | |
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/s/ Mr. Andrew Wang |
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Mr. Andrew Wang |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: 27 May 2015 |
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Exhibit 99.1
Sky Solar Holdings, Ltd. Reports First Quarter 2015 Unaudited Financial Results
HONG KONG May 26, 2015 /Globe Newswire/ - Sky Solar Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SKYS) (Sky Solar or the Company), a global developer, owner and operator of solar parks, today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2015.
Highlights:
· Q1 2015 total revenue of $10.3 million, up 64.5% over Q1 2014
· Q1 2015 Adjusted EBITDA of $7.0 million, compared to $0.9 million in Q1 2014
· 92.7 MW of IPP assets in operation as of March 31, 2015, compared to 65.2 MW as of December 31, 2014
· 28.4 MW of solar parks connected during Q1 2015
· 1.3 GW of projects in pipeline as of March 31, 2015, including 19.5 MW under construction, 283.8 MW of shovel-ready projects and 1.0 GW of solar parks under development
· $7.4 million project refinancing in Japan raised
Mr. Weili Su, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Sky Solar, commented, We are pleased with our first quarter financial and operational results. We saw top line growth both year-over-year and sequentially, driven by strong electricity sales in Japan. We connected 26.4 MW in Japan during the quarter and it remains one of our most important markets. We also continue to make strides in the Latin American market. By the end of the first quarter, in Uruguay, Japan and Canada, we had 8.0 MW, 11.0 MW and 0.5 MW of projects under construction and on schedule, respectively. In China, we have successfully established our operating platform and continue to evaluate financing options and acquisition opportunities. We believe there are significant opportunities in China and are focused on identifying projects with attractive and reliable returns.
Mr. Su continued, Meanwhile, we continue to seek strategic financing opportunities to fuel our pipeline growth. As we previously announced, Mr. Sanjay Shrestha joined our team as the President of Sky Capital Americas in April to enhance our financing capabilities in the Americas. We believe Sanjay will considerably accelerate our growth in Latin America and North America. This strengthened financing ability, along with our track record of successful execution on our project pipeline, gives us considerable confidence for this year and beyond.
First Quarter 2015 Financial Results
Net revenue was $10.3 million, up 64.5% from $6.2 million in the same period in 2014. Revenue from electricity sales was $5.1 million, up 3.7% from $4.9 million in the same period in 2014, while revenue from solar energy system and other sales was $5.1 million, up 297.2% from $1.3 million in the same period in 2014. The growth in electricity sales was primarily due to the connection of additional solar parks in Japan and Canada, partially offset by reductions in Greek subsidies since April 2014. The growth in revenue from solar energy system and other sales was primarily due to increased permit sales in Japan to a joint venture where we are a minority shareholder.
The following table shows the Companys sequential and year-over-year growth in revenue for each segment, region and period indicated.
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Q1 2015 |
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Sequential |
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Q4 2014 |
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Year-Over-Year |
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Q1 2014 |
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(US$ in thousands, except percentages) |
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Asia |
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6,723 |
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97.5 |
% |
3,404 |
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401.0 |
% |
1,343 |
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Electricity Sales |
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2,624 |
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57.0 |
% |
1,671 |
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108.8 |
% |
1,257 |
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System Sales and Other |
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4,099 |
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136.5 |
% |
1,733 |
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4,666.3 |
% |
86 |
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Europe |
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2,458 |
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-17.0 |
% |
2,961 |
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-43.4 |
% |
4,339 |
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Electricity Sales |
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2,018 |
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26.4 |
% |
1,596 |
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-45.2 |
% |
3,685 |
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System Sales and Other |
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440 |
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-67.8 |
% |
1,365 |
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-32.9 |
% |
654 |
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North America |
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1,071 |
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-40.5 |
% |
1,801 |
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94.4 |
% |
551 |
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Electricity |
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482 |
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153.7 |
% |
190 |
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System Sales and Other |
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589 |
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-63.4 |
% |
1,611 |
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6.9 |
% |
551 |
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Electricity Sales |
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5,124 |
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48.2 |
% |
3,457 |
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3.7 |
% |
4,942 |
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System Sales and Other |
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5,128 |
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8.9 |
% |
4,709 |
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297.2 |
% |
1,291 |
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Cost of sales and services was $3.1 million, compared to $3.4 million in the same period in 2014. The decrease was primarily due to decreased euro- and yen-denominated costs.
Gross profit was $7.2 million, up 156.8% from $2.8 million in the same period in 2014. Gross margin was 70.0%, compared to 44.9% in the same period in 2014. The increase was primarily due to permit sales to our joint venture in Japan.
Selling and administrative (SG&A) expenses were $4.4 million, down 50.0% from $8.8 million in the same period in 2014. The decrease was primarily due to an impairment loss of $3.5 million incurred during the first quarter of 2014.
Operating income was $2.8 million, compared to an operating loss of $4.6 million in the same period in 2014.
Net income was $2.6 million, compared to a net loss of $5.7 million in the same period in 2014.
Basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.01, compared to basic and diluted loss per share of $0.02 in the same period in 2014. Basic and diluted earnings per ADS were $0.05, compared to basic and diluted loss per ADS of $0.13 in the same period in 2014.
Adjusted EBITDA was $7.0 million. 1
Pipeline Analysis
As of March 31, 2015, the Company owned and operated 92.7 MW of IPP assets, compared to 65.2 MW at the end of 2014.
The Company had 19.5 MW of projects under construction at the end of the quarter, compared to 47.5 MW under construction at the end of 2014. The majority of projects under construction were in Japan, where the Company is building 11.0 MW of capacity. The Company had another 8.0 MW of projects under construction in Uruguay and 0.5 MW of projects under construction in Canada.
In total, the Company had 1.3 GW of projects in various stages of development, which include the projects under construction described above as well as 283.8 MW of shovel-ready projects and more than 1.0 GW of pipeline in earlier development stages.
During the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company announced its intention to enter the China market. The Company is evaluating the acquisition of operating assets that could meaningfully increase its revenue and pipeline capacity.
In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company entered into bank facility agreements to refinance $4.0 million of solar parks in Canada and obtained project refinancing of a total $7.4 million for solar parks in Japan from several local banks. In March 2015, Sky Solars debt financing application for a portion of its projects in Japan was preliminarily approved by one local bank, subject to finalization of the loan agreement, for a total amount of $23.1 million.
1 Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS measure used by the Company to better understand its results. The Company urges you to study the reconciliation between IFRS net income and adjusted EBITDA provided in this release.
Balance Sheet and Liquidity
As of March 31, 2015, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $20.1 million, trade receivables of $21.0 million and solar park assets of $202.0 million. Total borrowing was $43.5 million, including $16.2 million of borrowing due within one year.
Use of Non-IFRS Measures
To provide investors with additional information regarding the Companys financial results, the Company has disclosed Adjusted EBITDA, a non-IFRS financial measure, below. The Company presents this non-IFRS financial measure because it is used by the Companys management to evaluate its operating performance. The Company also believes that this non-IFRS financial measure provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating the Companys consolidated results of operations in the same manner as the Companys management and in comparing financial results across accounting periods and to those of its peers.
Adjusted EBITDA, as the Company presents it, represents profit or loss for the period before taxes, depreciation and amortization, adjusted to eliminate the impact of share-based compensation expenses, interest expenses, impairment losses, IPO expenses and charges of fair value changes of financial liabilities.
The use of Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Companys financial results as reported under IFRS. Some of these limitations are: (a) although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements; (b) Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, the Companys working capital needs; (c) Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the potentially dilutive impact of equity-based compensation; (d) Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to the Company; and (e) other companies, including companies in the Companys industry, may calculate Adjusted EBITDA or similarly titled measures differently, which reduces their usefulness as a comparative measure. Because of these and other limitations, you should consider Adjusted EBITDA alongside the Companys other IFRS-based financial performance measures, such as profit (loss) for the period and the Companys other IFRS financial results.
The following table presents a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to profit (loss) for the period, the most directly comparable IFRS measure, for each of the periods indicated:
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Three months ended |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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(US$ in thousands) |
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Profit (loss) for the period |
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2,587 |
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(5,681 |
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Adjustments: |
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Income tax expense |
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(78 |
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774 |
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Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
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1,691 |
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1,375 |
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Share-based payment charged into profit or loss |
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180 |
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170 |
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Interest expenses |
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888 |
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748 |
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Impairment loss on IPP solar parks |
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42 |
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1,285 |
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Impairment loss on amounts due from other related parties |
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2,201 |
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Fair value changes of financial liabilities-FVTPL |
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1,650 |
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Adjusted EBITDA |
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6,960 |
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872 |
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The Company does not consider historical Adjusted EBITDA to be representative of future Adjusted EBITDA, as the Companys revenue model changed from primarily generating revenue from selling solar energy systems to primarily generating revenue from selling electricity in the fourth quarter of 2013. The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA is an important measure for evaluating the results of its IPP business.
These measures are not intended to represent or substitute numbers as measured under IFRS. The submission of non-IFRS numbers is voluntary and should be reviewed together with IFRS results.
Project Capacities
Unless specifically indicated or the context otherwise requires, megawatt capacity values in this earnings release refer to the attributable capacity of a solar park. We calculate the attributable capacity of a solar park by multiplying the percentage of our equity ownership in the solar park by the total capacity of the solar park.
Conference Call
Sky Solar will hold a conference call on May 26, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 p.m. Hong Kong Time) to discuss the Companys first quarter 2015results.
Dial-in details for the live conference call are as follows:
International: |
+65-6823-2299 |
United States: |
+1-855-298-3404 |
Hong Kong: |
+852-5808-3202 |
Passcode: |
8876359 |
A simultaneous live webcast will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Companys website at www.skysolargroup.com.
A telephone replay will be available approximately two hours after the call concludes through June 1, 2015. The dial-in details for the replay are as follows:
International: |
+61-2-9641-7900 |
United States: |
+1-866-846-0868 |
Hong Kong: |
800-966-697 |
Passcode: |
8876359 |
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About Sky Solar Holdings, Ltd.
Sky Solar is a global independent power producer (IPP) that develops, owns and operates solar parks and generates revenue primarily by selling electricity. Since its inception, Sky Solar has focused on the downstream solar market and has developed projects in Asia, South America, Europe, North America and Africa. The Companys broad geographic reach and established presence across key solar markets are significant differentiators that provide global opportunities and mitigate country-specific risks. Sky Solar aims to establish operations in select geographies with highly attractive solar radiation, regulatory environments, power pricing, land availability, financial access and overall power market trends. As a result of its focus on the downstream photovoltaic segment, Sky Solar is technology agnostic and is able to customize its solar parks based on local environmental and regulatory requirements. As of March 31, 2015, the Company has developed 236 solar parks with an aggregate capacity of 214.5 MW and owned and operated 92.7 MW of solar parks.
Safe-Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as will, expects, anticipates, future, intends, plans, believes, estimates and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this press release and the Companys operations and business outlook contain forward-looking statements. Such statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Sky Solars filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its final prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4). Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
Company: |
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Investor Relations: |
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IR@skysolarholding.com |
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ICR, LLC |
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Victor Kuo |
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+86 (10) 6583-7526 |
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Victor.kuo@icrinc.com |
Sky Solar Holdings Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
USD In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended March 31, |
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2015 |
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2014 |
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Revenue: |
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Electricity generation income |
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5,124 |
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4,942 |
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Solar energy system and other sales |
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5,128 |
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1,291 |
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Total revenue |
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10,252 |
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6,233 |
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Cost of sales and services |
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(3,071 |
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(3,437 |
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Gross profit |
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7,181 |
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2,796 |
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Impairment loss on IPP solar parks |
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(42 |
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(1,285 |
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Provision on receivables |
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(2,201 |
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Selling expenses |
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(361 |
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(352 |
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Administrative expenses |
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(3,996 |
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(4,923 |
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Other operating income |
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42 |
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1,338 |
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Profit (loss) from operations |
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2,824 |
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(4,628 |
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Investment gains |
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87 |
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127 |
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Finance costs |
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(888 |
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(748 |
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Other non-operating expenses |
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485 |
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342 |
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Profit (loss) before taxation |
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2,508 |
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(4,907 |
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Income tax expense |
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78 |
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(774 |
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Profit (loss) for the period |
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2,586 |
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(5,681 |
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Other comprehensive (expense) income that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss: |
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Exchange differences on translation of financial statements of foreign operations |
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(11,969 |
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(308 |
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Total comprehensive income (expense) for the year |
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(9,383 |
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(5,989 |
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Profit (loss) for the year attributable to owners of the Company |
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2,586 |
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(5,681 |
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Profit (loss) for the year attributable to non-controlling interests |
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2,586 |
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(5,681 |
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Total comprehensive income (expense) attributable to: |
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Owners of the Company |
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(9,383 |
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(5,880 |
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Non-controlling interests |
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(109 |
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(9,383 |
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(5,989 |
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Profit (loss) per share Basic |
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0.01 |
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(0.02 |
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Profit (loss) per share Diluted |
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0.01 |
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(0.02 |
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Profit (loss) per ADS Basic |
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0.05 |
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(0.13 |
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Profit (loss) per ADS Diluted |
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0.05 |
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(0.13 |
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Sky Solar Holdings Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
USD In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts
(Unaudited)
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December 31, 2014 |
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March 31, 2015 |
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Current assets: |
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Bank balances and cash |
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52,993 |
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20,052 |
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Restricted cash |
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5,438 |
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1,889 |
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Amounts due from customers for contract work |
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68 |
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Amounts due from related parties |
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15,175 |
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14,771 |
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Trade and other receivables |
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20,321 |
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20,973 |
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Inventories |
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1,569 |
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1,949 |
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95,496 |
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59,702 |
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Non-current assets: |
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IPP solar parks |
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180,610 |
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202,008 |
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Other non-current assets |
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13,480 |
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16,164 |
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194,090 |
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218,172 |
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Total assets |
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289,586 |
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277,874 |
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Current liabilities: |
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Trade and other payables |
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60,297 |
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60,416 |
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Amount due to related parties |
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2,148 |
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5,421 |
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Amounts due to customers for contract work |
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1,194 |
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Tax payable |
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5,485 |
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4,953 |
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Borrowings |
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31,735 |
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16,184 |
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100,859 |
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86,974 |
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Non-current liabilities: |
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Borrowings |
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17,946 |
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27,337 |
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Other non-current liabilities |
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47,032 |
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49,040 |
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64,978 |
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76,377 |
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Total liablilities |
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165,837 |
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163,351 |
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Total assets less total liabilities |
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123,749 |
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114,523 |
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Equity: |
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Share capital |
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5 |
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5 |
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Reserves |
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123,711 |
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114,471 |
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Equity attributable to owners of the Company |
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123,716 |
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114,476 |
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Non-controlling interests |
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33 |
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47 |
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Total equity |
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123,749 |
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114,523 |
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Total liabilities and equity |
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289,586 |
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277,874 |
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