Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited
(“Shenzhen Expressway”) (HKEx: 00548; SSE: 600548) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) is pleased to announce the third quarterly unaudited results of 201
3
(the “Reporting Period”).
T
he Group recorded
net profit
of RMB
25
0million
i
n the third quarter of 201
3
,
recorded net profit of
RMB 6
4
0million
and
earnings per share
of RMB 0.291in the first three quarters,
representing a YOY increase of 9.8%
.
From January to September 2013, although the implementation of Toll free Scheme on Holidays and Standardisation Scheme in Guangdong Province had negative effects on the toll revenues of the projects, the overall traffic volume and toll revenues of most of the projects maintained a stable growth which were benefited from the combined factors such as the improvement of surrounding road networks, traffic diversion measures and organic growth of traffic flow. Among these, average daily toll revenues of Nanguang Expressway, Qinglian Expressway and Nanjing Third Bridge increased by 25.2%, 29.8% and 30.6% respectively. Meanwhile, industrial policy and parallel roads diversion brought negative effects on Meiguan Expressway, Jihe West and Wuhuang Expressway Wuhuang Expressway to a certain degree, dragging down average daily toll revenues by 12.2%, 7.6% and 9.8% respectively.
From January to September 2013, the Group recorded revenue of RMB 2.35 billion, representing a YOY increase of 2.6%, which mainly attributed to the growth of toll revenue of the projects including Qinglian Expressway and Nanguang Expressway. As the Standardisation Scheme and the Toll Free Scheme on Holidays effective from the second half of 2012, the growth rate of revenue for the Reporting Period is significantly higher than that for the period from January to September 2013. From January to September 2013, the cost of services of the Group amounted to RMB 1.08billion, representing a YOY increase of 6.2%, of which the cost of depreciation and amortisation increased as a result of the growth of traffic volume, and the increase in the salaries for the toll collection staff also led to a YOY increase in the employee expenses. In addition, the maintenance cost of the Group decreased as maintenance cost of Qinglian Class 2 Road recorded a YOY decrease. The Group’s financial expenses recorded a YOY decrease of 5.8%
as a result of the decrease in the average borrowing scale and the increase in exchange gains. In addition, the Group’s investment income from joint ventures and associates amounted to RMB 38million, representing an increase of 35.5%. Under the effects of these combine factors, the performance of Shenzhen Expressway from January to September 2013 outperformed the first half year, with net profit reached a YOY increase of 9.8%.
On 9th October, 2013, Shenzhen Expressway repaid RMB1.5billion maturing bonds on schedule. The management states that the Group has been actively studied financing channels, types and schemes and will use them when appropriate in order to continuously improve the debt structure.
2013 Third quarterly Results Highlights
|
(Unit: RMB million)
|
Jul ~ Sep
2013
|
Jul ~ Sep 2012
|
Change
|
Jan ~ Sep 2013
|
Jan ~ Sep 2012 |
Change |
|
Revenue
|
862
|
730
|
+18.10%
|
2,351
|
2,290
|
2.64%
|
|
Of which: Toll revenue
|
789
|
682
|
+15.69%
|
2,152
|
2,065
|
4.20%
|
|
Net profit attributable to owners of the Company
|
250
|
160
|
+56.28%
|
635
|
579
|
9.79%
|
|
Earnings per share (RMB)
|
|
|
|
0.291
|
0.265
|
9.79%
|
|
Return on net assets
（
%
）
|
|
|
|
6.52%
|
6.20%
|
+0.32
p.pt
|
Basic Operating Statistics of Various Toll Highways
|
Toll highway
|
Percentage of interests held by the Group |
Percentage of revenue consolidated |
Average daily
|
Average daily
|
Average daily
|
Average daily
|
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|
J
ul
~
Sep
201
3
|
YOY |
Jul ~ Sep 2013 |
YOY |
Jan ~ Sep 2013 |
YOY |
Jan ~ Sep 2013 |
YOY |
||||
|
Shenzhen region: |
|||||||||||
|
Meiguan Exp
. |
100%
|
100%
|
139
|
3.2%
|
847
|
-3.9%
|
128
|
3.2%
|
793
|
-12.2%
|
|
|
Jihe East
|
100%
|
100%
|
166
|
19.0%
|
1,462
|
20.6%
|
146
|
12.6%
|
1,302
|
0.1%
|
|
|
Jihe West
|
100%
|
100%
|
136
|
16.1%
|
1,147
|
9.8%
|
122
|
14.8%
|
1,040
|
-7.6%
|
|
|
Yanba Exp
.
|
100%
|
100%
|
39
|
13.6%
|
544
|
21.0%
|
32
|
7.2%
|
450
|
13.2%
|
|
|
Yanpai Exp
. |
100%
|
100%
|
60
|
22.9%
|
641
|
8.8%
|
50
|
18.4%
|
538
|
1.7%
|
|
|
Nanguang Exp.
|
100%
|
100%
|
82
|
32.8%
|
859
|
27.2%
|
73
|
26.9%
|
762
|
25.2%
|
|
|
Shuiguan Exp
. |
40%
|
－
|
170
|
13.4%
|
1,407
|
7.0%
|
154
|
13.3%
|
1,285
|
8.4%
|
|
|
Shuiguan Extension
|
40%
|
－
|
40
|
27.2%
|
186
|
22.4%
|
35
|
22.8%
|
166
|
5.6%
|
|
|
Other regions in Guangdong Province: |
|||||||||||
|
Qinglian
Exp
. |
76.37%
|
100%
|
29
|
36.8%
|
2,050
|
49.4%
|
28
|
19.8%
|
1,947
|
29.8%
|
|
|
Yangmao Exp
. |
25%
|
－
|
35
|
26.1%
|
1,497
|
14.0%
|
32
|
16.6%
|
1,484
|
9.9%
|
|
|
Guangwu
Project
|
30%
|
－
|
28
|
12.7%
|
730
|
15.8%
|
26
|
1.3%
|
712
|
1.3%
|
|
|
Jiangzhong
Project
|
25%
|
－
|
95
|
2.5%
|
963
|
3.4%
|
88
|
-4.5%
|
918
|
-3.3%
|
|
|
GZ
W2 Exp
. |
25%
|
－
|
45
|
29.3%
|
871
|
22.0%
|
41
|
19.7%
|
801
|
12.8%
|
|
|
Other provinces in the PRC: |
|||||||||||
|
Wuhuang Exp
. |
55%
|
100%
|
40
|
0.4%
|
1,031
|
-13.0%
|
39
|
-1.8%
|
1,051
|
-9.8%
|
|
|
Changsha Ring Road
|
51%
|
－
|
14
|
6..3%
|
149
|
14.9%
|
14
|
5.9%
|
134
|
15.6%
|
|
|
Nanjing Third Bridge
|
25%
|
－
|
30
|
23.6%
|
1,253
|
42.2%
|
30
|
17.7%
|
1,162
|
30.6%
|
|
