W A H S E O N G C O R P O R A T I O N B E R H ANNUAL REPORT 2017 A D (4 9 5 8 4 6 - A ) A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 1 7 VISION A global Oil & Gas and Industrial Services group that develops our portfolio of businesses into world class standards. MISSION Be the preferred partner of our customers by providing quality services and reliable solutions, whilst delivering sustainable growth and values to our employees, shareholders, partners and stakeholders. CORE VALUES We are passionate about what we do We deliver We hold ourselves We are a caring our commitments and each other to the and responsible to customers highest standards organisation of professionalism, accountability, integrity and transparency We work together to Performance, merit and We are intolerant create an open, friendly equal opportunity are to waste and safe workplace the cornerstones of our rewards philosophy Only sustainable profit and growth will perpetuate our business and enable all of the above ABOUT US TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT US FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2 Worldwide Operation 64 Directors’ Report 3 Corporate Profile 69 Statement by Directors 4 Corporate Information 69 Statutory Declaration 70 Independent Auditors’ Report THE YEAR IN BRIEF 75 Statements of Financial Position 5 Financial Highlights 77 Statements of Profit or Loss 6 Corporate Calendar 78 Statements of Other Comprehensive 8 Sustainability Statement Income 79 Consolidated Statement of Changes in FROM THE BOARD OF Equity DIRECTORS AND KEY SENIOR 81 Company Statement of Changes in Equity MANAGEMENT 82 Statements of Cash Flows 86 Notes to the Financial Statements 18 Management Discussion And Analysis 24 Profile of the Board of Directors ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 27 Profile of the Key Senior Management 191 Summary of Significant Recurrent Related Party Transactions GOVERNANCE 193 Top 10 List of Properties 30 Audit Committee 195 Analysis of Shareholdings 34 Remuneration Committee 198 Notice of Eighteenth Annual General Meeting 37 Nomination Committee 205 Statement Accompanying Notice of 41 Corporate Governance Overview Eighteenth Annual General Meeting Statement 58 Additional Compliance Information • Proxy Form 59 Statement on Risk Management and Internal Control 62 Statement of Directors’ Responsibility WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2017 1 ABOUT US S R E H T O & G N DI A R T L A RIES TC USVI DR NE S I Y G R E N E E L B A W E N E R E DN IO W I T S D A A G L & R L R OI E O P W O 2 WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2017 ABOUT US CORPORATE PROFILE A RISING GLOBAL ENERGY SERVICE PROVIDER Photo credit: Nord Stream 2 AG, ©Axel Schmidt INCORPORATED IN 1999, WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD (“WSC” OR “THE COMPANY”) HAS GROWN FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, TRANSFORMING ITSELF FROM A MEDIUM-SIZED MALAYSIAN ENTERPRISE INTO AN INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES CONGLOMERATE. PROPELLED BY THE DYNAMIC PACE OF THE ENERGY SECTOR AND RISING DEMAND, THE COMPANY CONTINUES TO BUILD UPON ITS SUCCESS TO EFFECTIVELY MEET THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE OIL AND GAS AS WELL AS NON-OIL AND GAS SECTORS AS A GLOBALLY INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP. Listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, WSC has established its footprint in more than 14 countries worldwide – a feat made possible as a result of its vast technical experience and proven track records. As a rising global player, WSC is committed to achieving success in a holistic manner whereby its economic ambitions are balanced out with its societal and environmental obligations. WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2017 3 ABOUT US CORPORATE INFORMATION DIRECTORS SOLICITORS REGISTERED OFFICE AND PRINCIPAL PLACE OF Dato’ Seri Robert Jeyaratnam & Chong BUSINESS Tan Chung Meng Lee Hisahmmudin Allen & Gledhill Non-Independent Non-Executive Rahmat Lim & Partners Suite 19.01, Level 19 Chairman The Gardens North Tower Chan Cheu Leong PRINCIPAL BANKERS Mid Valley City Managing Director/ Lingkaran Syed Putra Group Chief Executive Officer OCBC Bank Group 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel : 603-2685 6800 Giancarlo Maccagno HSBC Bank Group Fax : 603-2685 6999 Deputy Managing Director RHB Bank Berhad Email : [email protected] CIMB Group Halim Bin Haji Din Website : www.wahseong.com Malayan Banking Berhad Independent Non-Executive Director Professor Tan Sri Lin See Yan STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING Senior Independent Non-Executive PRINCIPAL ADVISERS Director Main Market of Bursa Malaysia RHB Investment Bank Berhad Tan Jian Hong, Aaron Securities Berhad CIMB Investment Bank Berhad Non-Independent Non-Executive Director DATE OF LISTING Tan Sri Saw Choo Boon SHARE REGISTRAR Independent Non-Executive Director 9 July 2002 (Appointed on 6 April 2018) Agriteum Share Registration Services Sdn Bhd 2nd Floor, Wisma Penang Garden CATEGORY GROUP COMPANY 42 Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah SECRETARY 10050 Penang, Malaysia Industrial Products Tel : 604-228 2321 Woo Ying Pun Fax : 604-227 2391 (MAICSA 7001280) Email : [email protected] STOCK CODE NO 5142 AUDITORS STOCK NAME PricewaterhouseCoopers PLT (LLP0014401-LCA & AF 1146) WASEONG Chartered Accountants Level 10, 1 Sentral, Jalan Rakyat Kuala Lumpur Sentral 50706 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia COMMITTEE AUDIT NOMINATION REMUNERATION COMMITTEE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE Chairman Halim Bin Haji Din Professor Tan Sri Halim Bin Haji Din Lin See Yan Member Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Robert Chan Cheu Leong Lin See Yan Tan Chung Meng Member Tan Jian Hong, Aaron Halim Bin Haji Din Professor Tan Sri Lin See Yan 4 WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2017 THE YEAR IN BRIEF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS OPERATING RESULTS 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Revenue RM’000 1,779,383 2,438,620 1,839,524 1,276,588 2,492,100 EBITDA/(LBITDA) RM’000 136,974 287,703 121,419 (72,001) 298,286 EBIT/(LBIT) RM’000 75,594 211,952 52,804 (204,913) 156,842 Profit/(Loss) Before tax RM’000 64,319 198,480 35,700 (225,864) 122,605 Net profit/(loss) RM’000 32,293 147,109 (11,868) (234,554) 114,643 Net Profit/(Loss) Attributable to Owners of the Company RM’000 32,324 125,565 9,453 (228,302) 113,021 KEY BALANCE SHEET DATA Total Assets RM’000 2,499,176 2,901,315 2,999,186 2,605,241 3,170,377 Paid-up Capital RM’000 387,444 387,444 387,444 387,444 547,690 Capital and Reserves Attributable to Owners of the Company RM’000 983,509 1,074,977 1,121,918 775,891 894,161 VALUATION Per share of RM0.50 each Basic Earnings/(Loss) sen 4.20 16.26 1.22 (29.54) 14.63 Gross Dividend - Cash Dividend sen 4.00 5.00 3.00 0.50 - - Share Dividend sen 1.10 0.67 - - - Net Assets RM 1.27 1.39 1.45 1.00 1.16 PROFITABILITY RATIOS Return on Total Assets % 3 7 2 -8% 5% Return on Capital Employed % 6 15 3 -21% 9% GEARING RATIO Net Debt to Capital and Reserves Attributable to Owners of the Company Times 0.46 0.69 0.80 1.18 0.76 WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2017 5 THE YEAR IN BRIEF CORPORATE CALENDAR Y 3 January H 2 March Y 30 May R C A Joint Venture and Shareholders’ Wasco Coatings Finland (Plant 1QFY2017 Results A R M U Agreement between Syn Tai A and Equipment) Oy, an indirect Announcement N Hung Trading Sdn. Bhd., M wholly-owned subsidiary of A an indirect wholly-owned WSC acquired plant, other J subsidiary of WSC and Lesso assets and coating equipment E 1 June N Home Service Holdings Limited from Finland Pipecoating Oy WDG Resources Sdn. Bhd., U for the purpose of carrying out an indirect subsidiary of WSC J the business as integrated sales 27 March entered into a Distributor and service center Agreement with Doosan Wasco Coatings Finland Oy Infracore Co., Ltd. commenced concrete weight 17 January coating operations in its Incorporation of Wasco coating plant at the Port of 16 June Coatings Finland (Plant and HaminaKotka, Mussalo Incorporation of Wah Seong Equipment) Oy by WSC’s Management Services indirect wholly-owned 28 March Sdn. Bhd., a wholly-owned subsidiary namely Wasco subsidiary of WSC Coatings Finland Oy PT Wasco Engineering Indonesia, an indirect subsidiary of WSC delivered two identical 16 June 25 January 1,200 ton of Technical Building PT Wasco Engineering Pipe Coating business unit of (E-House) for Kaombo North Indonesia, an indirect subsidiary WSC hosted an exclusive lunch and South FPSO Projects (P2) of WSC was awarded US$ presentation with Nord Stream 2 to Schneider Electric (Australia) 11mil (equivalent to RM44.7mil) at KL Hilton contract by Schneider Electric France for the provision of 26 January L 25 April design and construction of I R PT Wasco Engineering 3 electrical substations for Incorporation of Lesso Home P Indonesia, an indirect subsidiary the Tengizchevroil (TCO) Syn Tai Hung Sdn. Bhd., a joint A of WSC hosted a delegation Kazakhstan venture company between Syn from Denmark’s DONG Energy Tai Hung Sdn. Bhd., an indirect as part of the pre-tender wholly-owned subsidiary of qualification exercise to design Y 17 July WSC and Lesso Home Service L Holdings Limited and build offshore E-House U Wasco Coatings Germany J GmbH commenced concrete weight coating in Port of Y 15 February Y 19 May Mukran A R WSC 17th Annual General A Wasco Coatings Germany M Meeting 17 July U GmbH, an indirect wholly- R owned subsidiary of WSC Wasco Coatings Finland Oy B acquired 100% equity interest in 29 May took its first transshipment of E Mutares Holding-16 AG concrete weight coated pipes F Pipe Coating business unit of from Port of HaminaKotka, WSC took its first load out of Finland to the Port of Koverhar 28 February pipes for Johan Sverdrup Export in Hanko Pipeline Project (JoSEPP) from 4QFY2016 Results Port of Kuantan to Leirvik, Announcement Norway 6 WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2017 THE YEAR IN BRIEF CCOORRPPOORRAATTEE CCAALLEENNDDAARR Y 24 July R 5 October L E U Disposal of Land and Buildings Wasco Coatings Germany B J by Wasco Resources Sdn. GmbH took first transshipment O Bhd., Wasco Coatings Services of its concrete coated pipes T Sdn. Bhd., Wasco Coatings C from its coating plant in Insulation Sdn. Bhd., Wasco O Mukran, Germany to the Port of Lindung Sdn. Bhd. and Wasco Karlshamn in Sweden Coatings Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., 25 January 2017 the indirect subsidiaries of WSC 30 October to RHB Trustees Berhad (as trustee for Axis Real Investment Wasco Engineering International Trust) Limited packaged and delivered 4 Waukesha Driven Ariel compressor packages to the T 1 August Basrah Gas Company, Iraq PNhoordto S ctrreeadmit: 2 AG, ©Axel Schmidt S U PT Wasco Engineering 27 March 2017 G Indonesia, an indirect subsidiary U of WSC was awarded R 17 November E A US$ 24.2mil (equivalent Energy Services Division, an B to RM103.6mil) contract indirect subsidiary of WSC M by Siemens SAS for the completed the installation of a E provision of design and build V Sensorlink PipeMonit System up of three (3) Substations O for the Gumusut Kakap field in including Heating, Ventilation N Malaysia 28 March 2017 and Air Conditioning for the Tengizchevroil (TCO) Area 29 November project in Kazakhstan 3QFY2017 Results 28 August Announcement PT Wasco Engineering Indonesia, an indirect subsidiary Photo credit: R 21 December Nord Stream 2 AG, ©Axel Schmidt of WSC made its presence at E Wasco Engineering Division, 5 October 2017 the 2017 Offshore Wind Farm B an indirect subsidiary of WSC Substation Conference in M was awarded US$ 3.15mil Bremen, Germany E C (equivalent to RM12.8mil) E ‘LOI’ by PTSC Mechanical 28 August D & Construction Co., Ltd. 2QFY2017 Results (PTSC M&C), a subsidiary Announcement of PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) for 30 October 2017 the supply and delivery of Gas R 13 September Compressor package for Sao E Incorporation of WS Integrasi Vang and Dai Nguyet (SVDN) B Sdn. Bhd., a joint venture Development project in the M company between WSC and Idemitsu – operated blocks 05- E T Tengku Rozitatoria Binti Tengku 1b and 05-1c in the Nam Con P Rostam Son Basin, Vietnam E S 17 November 2017 WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2017 7 THE YEAR IN BRIEF SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT UNDERSTANDING THAT STAKEHOLDER EXPECTATIONS GOES BEYOND UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF A COMPANY, AHEAD OF THE COMPULSORY REQUIREMENT OF BURSA MALAYSIA FOR LISTED COMPANY TO DELIBERATE ON ITS SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICE, THE COMPANY DECIDED TO TAKE A PROACTIVE STEP IN 2017 TO DISCLOSE ITS SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL BASED ON THE ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL (“EES”) PLATFORM. WHILST GOVERNANCE IS ALSO A KEY COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABILITY, GOVERNANCE WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED IN THIS SECTION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT BUT DISCUSSED SEPARATELY ON PAGES 41 TO 57 AS PART OF THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN THE LISTING REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS THE MALAYSIAN CODE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 2017 AND THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDE. Photo credit: Nord Stream 2 AG, ©Axel Schmidt 8 WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2017
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