OVERVIEW
During the year, we increased our turnover and Profit After Tax and Minority Interests (PATMI), notwithstanding the difficult operating environment in 2002.

Turnover increased by 30 per cent or S$1.0 billion in 2002. Half of this increase came from Utilities and a quarter came from SembCorp Simon-Carves, a subsidiary of SembCorp Engineers and Constructors (SembE&C).

Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) and PATMI grew by 5 per cent and 3 per cent respectively.

If not for the problems encountered in SembE&C relating to a deep tunnel sewerage system project and a land reclamation project and the one-time impairment loss on goodwill by an associate, Kuehne & Nagel, the increase in PATMI would have been greater.


TURNOVER (S$’000)



EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST, TAX,
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (S$’000)


Note: EBITDA was before share of results of associates and joint ventures

 
PROFIT BEFORE TAX (S$’000)


PROFIT AFTER TAX AND
MINORITY INTEREST (S$’000)


TURNOVER
Turnover in Utilities almost doubled in 2002 due to full year contributions from SembCorp Cogen and SembCorp Power which became operational in September 2001. Marine Engineering's turnover hit S$1.0 billion, attributed mainly to increased revenue from newbuilding and ship conversion jobs, while Engineering & Construction's turnover increased due to a full year contribution from SembCorp Simon-Carves, which was acquired in May 2001.

The increases in turnover in the various Key Businesses were offset by a reduction
in turnover in Logistics due to the divestment of a major portion of its marine services business and some investments in 2001.

Turnover from Singapore increased by 20 per cent to S$2.3 billion. There was also substantial improvement in turnover contributed from China, Europe and the United States.

TURNOVER BY ACTIVITY (S$’000)



TURNOVER BY ACTIVITY (S$’000)
  2002 % 2001 %
 
 
  Key Businesses      
  Utilities 1,071,933 26 548,319 17  
  Environmental Engineering 134,962 3 139,700 4  
  Engineering & Construction 857,623 20 618,505 19  
  Logistics 446,254 11 469,161 15  
  Marine Engineering                1,006,897 24                850,064 26  
  Sub-total for Key Businesses 3,517,669 84 2,625,749 81  
             
  In Development          
  Food Processing & Distribution 392,289 9 373,928 12  
  Minting 18,752 * 20,843 1  
  Industrial Parks 103,369 3 84,588 3  
  Building Materials 77,799 2 72,334 2  
  Properties, Financial Services, Hotels & Resorts 88,255 2 46,843 1  
  Corporate                       3,788 *                       930 *  
  Sub-total for In Development 684,252 16 599,466 19  
   
 
   
  Total 4,201,921 100 3,225,215 100  
   
 
   
  * less than 1%          

EARNINGS
Contribution to PATMI came mainly from Utilities, Marine Engineering and Logistics. Together they contributed 77 per cent to Group PATMI.

Utilities' PATMI registered a healthy growth of 55 per cent primarily due to increased contributions from centralised utilities, offshore engineering and SembCorp Gas.
SembCorp Cogen's performance was however adversely affected by the high spinning reserve costs under the old electricity market rules.

Marine Engineering grew 14 per cent on the back of a healthy order book in ship conversion, newbuilding and offshore; and was further strengthened by a net exceptional gain arising from the sale of Jurong Technologies Industrial Corporation.

Logistics‘ PATMI declined by 54% as a result of the extraordinary goodwill amortisation taken up by Kuehne & Nagel. Excluding exceptionals, Logistics recorded a growth of 30 per cent, primarily due to growth in supply chain management. Joint marketing efforts and process integration with its associate, Kuehne & Nagel, have also borne fruit and brought in new contracts.


PROFIT BEFORE TAX BY ACTIVITY (S$’000)




PROFIT BEFORE TAX BY ACTIVITY (S$’000)
  2002 % 2001 %
 
 
  Key Businesses      
  Utilities 69,999 23 55,454 16  
  Environmental Engineering 11,321 4 9,290 3  
  Engineering & Construction (130,900) (43) 7,048 2  
  Logistics 69,240 23 135,738 40  
  Marine Engineering                114,717 38                100,811 30  
  Sub-total for Key Businesses 134,377 45 308,341 91  
             
  In Development          
  Food Processing & Distribution 39,803 13 38,883 11  
  Minting 3,167 1 2,913 1  
  Industrial Parks 5,696 2 8,363 3  
  Internet Service Provider 3,515 1 (1,595) *  
  IT Services 654 * 4,938 1  
  Building Materials (13,175) (4) (1,781) (1)  
  Properties, Financial Services, Hotels & Resorts (19,563) (7) (2,587) (1)  
  Travel & Retail 9 * 3,730 1  
  Others (8,886) (3) (1,229) *  
  Corporate                156,283 52                (19,699) (6)  
  Sub-total for In Development 167,503 55 31,936 9  
   
 
   
  Total 301,880 100 340,277 100  
   
 
   
  * less than 1%          

Environmental Engineering's improved performance was due to on-going restructuring and costs containment measures.

Engineering & Construction made a loss of S$127 million. Substantial provisions for foreseeable losses relating to a deep tunnel sewerage system project and a land reclamation project were made during the year.

We also made impairment provisions of S$34 million for our properties and investments in In Development.

During the year, we also sold off our non-core investments in Singapore Food Industries and Singapore Computer Systems and realised profits of S$168 million and S$23 million respectively.

SembCorp Industries continues to focus on its five Key Businesses and sees strong contribution from its three Key Businesses namely Utilities, Marine Engineering and Logistics.


PROFIT AFTER TAX AND MINORITY INTERESTS BY ACTIVITY (S$’000)



PROFIT AFTER TAX AND MINORITY INTERESTS BY ACTIVITY (S$’000)

    2002 % 2001 %  
 
 
Key Businesses    
  Utilities 54,248 31 34,907 20  
  Environmental Engineering 9,175 5 8,030 5  
  Engineering & Construction

(126,968)

(71) 5,553 3  
  Logistics 25,196 14 54,390 31  
  Marine Engineering                57,342 32                50,427 29  
  Sub-total for Key Businesses 18,993 11 153,307 88  
             
  In Development          
  Food Processing & Distribution 22,397 12 20,748 12  
  Minting 2,952 2 2,219 1  
  Industrial Parks (132) * 7,734 4  
  Internet Service Provider 2,140 1 (1,854) (1)  
  IT Services 357 * 3,515 2  
  Building Materials (10,763) (6) 28 *  
  Properties, Financial Services, Hotels & Resorts (19,714) (11) (2,659) (1)  
  Travel & Retail (79) * 1,596 1  
  Others (6,806) (4) (1,261) (1)  
  Corporate                168,98 95                (9,493) (5)  
  Sub-total for In Development 159,340 89 20,573 12   
   
 
   
  Total 178,333 100 173,880 100  
   
 
   
  * less than 1%          

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AND CASHFLOW
Of the total capital expenditure amounting to S$334 million in 2002, we spent S$152 million on investments and S$182 million on fixed assets.

During the year, cashflow from operating activities improved substantially due to better collections from debtors and better creditor management.

The proceeds from the equity placement and divestments were used to make substantial repayment of debt amounting to about S$0.9 billion.

  2002
S$m
2001
S$m
Increase/(Decrease)
S$m
 
 
  Capital Expenditure:        
  Fixed Assets 182.1 267.7 (85.6)  
  Investments 152.0 176.9 (24.9)  
              


FINANCIAL INDICATORS
Earnings Per Share (EPS) would have risen in accordance to the increase in PATMI. However, as a result of the increase in share capital, EPS fell from 10.83 cents to 9.89 cents. Return on Equity, calculated on a much higher equity base was 14.0 per cent, which was higher than the target of 12 per cent. Return on Total Assets edged down slightly from 5.8 per cent to 5.6 per cent.

Net Tangible Assets Per Share increased by 37 per cent to 81 cents due to the increase in capital, share premium and profits during the year. Interest cover was a healthy 5.4 times.

With net debt reduced to only S$1.3 billion and total of shareholders' funds and minority interests increased by S$0.5 billion to S$2.2 billion, our debt/equity ratio has been reduced substantially from 1.3 times in 2001 to only 0.6 times at the end of 2002. Excluding project finance loans, our net gearing ratio came down to 0.4 times.

Our balance sheet has been significantly strengthened as at the end of the year under review.

    2002 2001 Increase/(Decrease)  
 
 

Shareholders' Funds (S$m) 1,515.4 1,025.70 489.7
  Return on Equity (%) 14.0 18.5 (4.5)  
  Return on Total Assets (%) 5.6 5.8 (0.2)  
  Net Tangible Assets Per Share (S$) 0.81 0.59 0.22  
  Earnings Per Share (cents) 9.89 10.83 (0.94)  
  Interest Cover (times) 5.4 5.4  
  Net Gearing (times) 0.6 1.3 (0.7)  
  Economic Value Add (EVA™) (S$m) (80.5) (56.2) (24.3)  
  Weighted Average Cost of Capital (%) 8.2 8.4 (0.2)  
  EVA attributable to shareholders (S$m) (39.0) (12.9) (26.1)  
           

 


Overview

Turnover

Earnings

Capital Expenditure And Cashflow

Financial Indicators