9. Income and expenses

9.1 Expenses by nature

PLN '000 Note  Year ended
Dec 31 2015
 Year ended
Dec 31 2014
Depreciation/amortisation 8 714,568 808,941
Raw materials and consumables used (1)   16,860,134 24,734,942
Services   1,434,003 1,280,200
Taxes and charges   408,976 (2) 179,710
Employee benefits expense 9.2 685,254 681,865
Other expenses by nature   222,462 344,315
Merchandise and materials sold   1,336,113 978,764
Total expenses by nature   21,661,510 29,008,737
Change in products and adjustments to cost of sales   331,484 67,003
Total   21,992,994 29,075,740
including:      
Cost of sales   20,249,028 27,466,614
Distribution costs   1,284,846 1,162,071
Administrative expenses   459,120 447,055

(1) Including PLN 11,107 thousand of foreign exchange gains from operating activities, recognised as cost of sales (2014: PLN 65,110 thousand of foreign exchange losses) (see Note 31.3).

(2) The year-on-year increase in taxes and charges in 2015 relates mainly to the Parent and is attributable to the introduction, as of January 1st 2015, of a mandatory stocks charge, payable by fuel manufacturers to the Material Reserves Agency towards the costs of creating and financing public stocks of crude oil and petroleum products. In 2015, the Parent paid a stocks charge of PLN 219,928 thousand.

9.2 Employee benefits expense

PLN '000 Note  Year ended
Dec 31 2015
 Year ended
Dec 31 2014
Current salaries and wages   531,551 491,466
Social security and other employee benefits   148,628 144,793
Length-of-service awards, retirement and other post-employment benefits 29.2 5,075 45,606
Total employee benefits expenses 9.1 685,254 681,865
Change in products and adjustments to cost of sales   (152) (20,579)
Total   685,102 661,286
including:      
   Cost of sales   396,122 388,563
   Distribution costs   34,384 30,301
   Administrative expenses   254,596 242,422

9.3 Other income

PLN '000 Note  Year ended
Dec 31 2015
 Year ended
Dec 31 2014
Gain on disposal of non-financial non-current assets   5,215 3,521
Grants 30.2 7.353 1,889
Reversal of impairment losses on receivables: 18.1; 31.3 1.927 -
   - reversal of impairment losses   10,021 -
   - impairment losses   (8,094) -
Compensation (1)   16,870 14,025
Gain on sale of organised part of business 17 2.834 -
Reimbursed excise duty (2)   6,846 896
Other   7,246 6,376
Total   48,291 26,707

(1) Including: in 2015 chiefly PLN 12,764 thousand attributable to penalties for failure to collect guaranteed delivery amounts under contracts; in 2014 − PLN 7,927 thousand of compensation for a production stoppage in the Atla field (one of the Heimdal area assets).

(2) Reimbursements of excise duty unduly paid in earlier periods and deductions due to consumption of components or additives used in manufacture of finished products for which the excise duty had been settled at earlier stages of the trading process.

The Group offsets similar transaction types pursuant to IAS 1 – Presentation of Financial Statements, sections 34 and 35. The Group discloses material items of income and expense charged to profit or loss separately, as presented in the table above.

 

9.4 Other expenses

PLN '000 Note  Year ended
Dec 31 2015
 Year ended
Dec 31 2014
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets:   85,817 806,141
Impairment losses:   88,296 806,562
   - on property, plant and equipment classified as exploration and evaluation assets: Poland: Słupsk area, B-27, B-28 fields 13.1.1 1.836 31,853
   - on property, plant and equipment classified as development assets: Norway: YME field 13.1.1 1.485 578,448
   - on property, plant and equipment classified as production assets: 13.1.1 6,314 48,562
      - Norway: Heimdal area 13.1.3 - 45,854
      - Lithuania 13.1.3 6.314 2,708
   - on intangible assets classified as exploration and evaluation assets: 15.1 10,262 14,439
      - Norway: Heimdal area, PL498 and PL497 licences 15.1.1 - 14,439
      - Lithuania 15.1.1 10.027 -
      - Poland: Słupsk area 15.1.1 235 -
   - on intangible assets classified as exploration, development and production assets: Lithuania 15.1.2 52.419 100,604
   - on refinery and other property, plant and equipment: 13.2 15.980 32,656
      - service stations 13.2 10.228 15,765
     - bitumen production unit (LOTOS Asfalt Branch in Jasło) 13.2 - 15,893
     - vessels 13.2 4.499 -
     - other assets   1.253 998
Reversal of impairment losses:   (2.479) (421)
   - on refinery and other property, plant and equipment:   (2.479) (421)
     - service stations 13.2 (2.416) -
     - other assets   (63) (421)
Loss on discontinued projects 13.1.1; 13.1.3; 15.1.1 27,395 11,935
   - Norway: Heimdal area (Fulla field - PL362, PL035B), PL503 licence 15.1.1 14,846 -
   - Poland: Sambia area 13.1.1; 15.1.1 12,378 5,937
   - Lithuania: Zvaginai well 13.1.3 - 5,772
   - other assets   171 226
Impairment loss on assets held for sale  17 36.634  
Impairment losses on receivables: 18.1; 31.3 - 13,078
   - impairment losses   - 15,928
   - reversal of impairment losses   - (2,850)
Provisions:   16,072 4,761
   - provision for deficit in CO2 emission allowances 34 1.059 1,257
   - revaluation of estimated provision for future cost of removal of MOPU from the YME field 30.1 10.287 -
   - other provisions   4,726 3,504
Fines and compensation   1,546 1,512
Property damage incurred during ordinary course of business   1,718 1,041
Cost brought forward   4,908 567
Charitable donations   1,866 1,067
VAT expense 35.1 160.909 -
Other   4,476 5,760
Total   341,341 845,862

The Group offsets similar transaction types pursuant to IAS 1 – Presentation of Financial Statements, sections 34 and 35. The Group discloses material items of income and expense charged to profit or loss separately, as presented in the table above.

9.5 Finance income

PLN '000 Note  Year ended
Dec 31 2015
 Year ended
Dec 31 2014
Dividends received   1,120 1,103
Interest:   20,697 19,096
   - on trade receivables 31.3 2,847 6,349
   - on cash 31.3 139 1,249
   - on deposits 31.3 16,181 9,360
   - other   1,530 2,138
Revaluation of financial assets:   78,809 -
   - valuation of derivative financial instruments 31.3 290,447 -
   - settlement of derivative financial instruments 31.3 (211,638) -
Other   11 1,541
Total   100,637 21,740

The Group offsets similar transaction types pursuant to IAS 1 – Presentation of Financial Statements, sections 34 and 35. The Group discloses material items of income and expense charged to profit or loss separately, as presented in the table above.

9.6 Finance costs

PLN '000 Note  Year ended
Dec 31 2015
 Year ended
Dec 31 2014
Interest:   284,148 202,503
   - on bank borrowings 31.3 150,364 141,584
   - on non-bank borrowings 31.3 7,870 9,576
   - on notes 31.3 3,819 3,373
   - on trade payables 31.3 236 87
   - on finance lease liabilities 31.3 10,152 12,142
   - on factoring arrangements   4,472 7,400
   - on other financial liabilities 31.3 1,351 -
   - discount related to provisions for oil extraction facilities and for land reclamation, and other provisions 30.1 22,202 20,426
   - cost of discount on employee benefits obligations 29.1; 29.2 5,058 6,354
   - on liabilities to the state budget 35.1 77,932 (1) -
   - other   692 1,561
Exchange differences:   344,940 307,020
   - on bank borrowings 31.3 175,425 222,455
   - on translation of intra-Group loans (2) 31.3 47,750 68,284
   - on realised foreign-currency transactions in bank accounts 31.3 108,419 16,530
   - on notes, including intra-Group notes (2) 31.3 41,975 43,698
   - on cash 31.3 (8,874) (11,564)
   - on cash blocked in bank accounts 31.3 (20,435) (37,630)
   - on investment commitments 31.3 2,529 4,675
   - on trade receivables and payables 31.3 (1,537) (1,988)
   - on other financial assets and liabilities 31.3 858 (1,074)
   - other   (1,170) 3,634
Revaluation of financial assets, including:   - 197,849
   - valuation of derivative financial instruments   - 191,271
   - settlement of derivative financial instruments   - 6,578
Bank fees   20,978 17,287
Bank guarantees   5,317 2,776
Other   32,860 (3) 547
Total   688,243 727,982

(1) Including a PLN 77,873 thousand cost related to interest on the tax arrears of the Parent (see Note 35.1).

(2) According to IAS 21 – The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates, foreign exchange gains and losses on intra-Group foreign currency transactions are recognised in the Group’s net profit or loss.

(3) Including PLN 29,212 thousand of impairment loss on capitalised costs of financing of the B8 Project.

The Group offsets similar transaction types pursuant to IAS 1 – Presentation of Financial Statements, sections 34 and 35. The Group discloses material items of income and expenses charged to profit or loss separately, as presented in the tables above.

The Notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of the statements.
(This is a translation of a document originally issued in Polish)