Fondul Proprietatea’s profit for the 9-month period that ended 30 September 2022 is of RON 3,510.2 million, compared with RON 3,097.7 million for the same period in 2021 – up 13.3%. The main contributor to the profit recorded in the first nine months of 2022 was the net gain from equity instruments at fair value through profit or loss of RON 2,565.8 million (mainly generated by the valuation updates for Hidroelectrica), and the gross dividend income from portfolio companies of RON 934.9 million.

During the third quarter of 2022, the NAV per share had an overall decrease of 3.2% compared to the end of the second quarter, mainly due to the valuation update of the unlisted holdings in the portfolio (impact on the Fund’s NAV of RON 602.8 million compared with 30 June 2022), net off by the thirteen-buyback programme carried out by the Fund during this period.

In terms of performance objectives, the Adjusted NAV per share as at 30 September 2022 was 25.5% higher than the 31 December 2021 NAV per share of RON 2.2624.

In the period between 1 January 2022 and 30 September 2022, the discount to NAV was below 15% in 81 trading days (42.9% of the period) while in the remaining 108 days was above 15% (57.1% of the period)

The net increase in equity investments of RON 2,546.9 million during the first nine months of 2022 was mainly generated by the increase in the fair value of Hidroelectrica SA (RON 3,074.6 million); this was partially offset by the decrease in the fair value of OMV Petrom SA (RON 133.5 million), Engie Romania SA (RON 123.2 million) and E-Distributie companies (RON 275.6 million).

Gross dividend income for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2022 included the dividend income earned from the Fund’s portfolio companies, mainly from Hidroelectrica SA (RON 764.0 million) and OMV Petrom SA (RON 133.6 million).

The liquid assets decreased by 27.3% during the nine-month period ended 30 September 2022. Most important outflows relate to the dividends paid net of withholding tax (RON 1,069.3 million) and the amounts paid for the acquisition of treasury shares (RON 1,037.6 million), partially offset by net dividends received (RON 928.2 million).

Autor: Bogdan Tudorache

Active in the economic and business press for the past 26 years, Bogdan graduated Law and then attended intensive courses in Economics and Business English. He went up to the position of editor-in-chief since 2006 and has provided management and editorial policy for numerous economic publications dedicated especially to the community of foreign investors in Romania. From 2003 to 2013 he was active mainly in the financial-banking sector. He started freelancing for Energynomics in 2013, notable for his advanced knowledge of markets, business communities and a mature editorial style, both in Romanian and English.