Related party transactions

Related parties are entities affiliated with Stedin Group in which key management (or their family) of Stedin Group has reporting or partial control or decisive influence. Associates and joint ventures are related parties of Stedin Group. Transactions with related parties take place on terms of business normally prevailing with independent third parties.

Receivables outstanding from associates concern loans granted for an amount of € 15 million (2018: € 15 million) and are mainly of a long-term nature. In 2019, € 3 million of loans were granted and € 3 million of repayments were received. The loans have a term of five years, at interest rates varying from 0.3% to 2.6%. Receivables and liabilities in respect of related parties are not covered by collateral and are paid by bank.

Related parties in which members of the Supervisory Board or members of the Board of Management are or were involved are as follows:

• Stichting Zeeuwse Publieke Belangen is coordinated from within Stedin Group under the Samen Sterker programme. Its governing board is composed of the following individuals: David Peters (succeeded Judith Koole as of 15 November 2018 on behalf of Stedin Group), Koen Verbogt (succeeded Gerard Vesseur as of 20 February 2019 on behalf of Stedin Group), Carla Schönknecht (province of Zeeland) and Loes Meeuwisse (succeeded Ad Schenk as of 1 September 2018 on behalf of the Association of Municipalities in Zeeland). The fund is financed by Stedin up to a maximum of € 10 million. In 2018, the governing board of the foundation committed € 1.2 million to six approved project proposals and paid out € 0.2 million.
• The object of Stichting OUNZ (OUNZ foundation) is to hold ownership of the rights of principal superficies with regard to the grids of DNWG Group and to provide rights of subsuperficies with regard to the gas grids as well as the electricity grids to DKCN, Evides and Enduris in order to carry out grid manager tasks. Stedin has the right, through Enduris, to appoint one of the three directors of Stichting OUNZ. The value of the rights is not material, and there are no other material financial transactions between Stedin and OUNZ.
• Supervisory Board member Annie Krist is CEO of GasTerra, which engages in trading and supplying natural gas. Stedin has no direct relationship with GasTerra.
• Supervisory Board member Pieter Trienekens is a member of the Supervisory Board of DNV Kema in Arnhem. DNV is a supplier of Stedin Group.
• Supervisory Board member Dick van Well is a member of the Supervisory Board of Dura Vermeer Groep N.V. Dura Vermeer is a supplier of Stedin Group.
• Supervisory Board member Theo Eysink is CFO of the Business Market Division of KPN N.V. KPN is a supplier of Stedin Group.

The aforementioned persons were not involved in commercial transactions between the named suppliers and Stedin Group. Contract reviews, negotiations or awards between the two companies were effected at arm's length terms and conditions.

Note 6 Personnel expenses provides details of the remuneration of members of the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board. These persons are 'key management'. There is no other relationship between the members of the Management and Supervisory Boards and Stedin Group except that of customer on normal arm’s length terms and conditions.

Other relationships with parties:

• The municipality of Rotterdam is the largest shareholder of Stedin Group (approximately 31.7%) and has significant influence. There is no relationship other than the shareholder relationship, except that of customer and supplier at normal arm’s length terms and conditions. Stedin Group applies the exemption from detailed disclosures on related party transactions with government-related entities (IAS 24).
• Stedin takes initiatives in the areas of innovation and improving sustainability, and actively maintains alliances and associations with various stakeholders. Collaboration can take various shapes, such as through Netbeheer Nederland or on a project basis, as a sponsor or more systematically through foundations, such as Stichting ElaadNL, Stichting EVnetNL or USEF, in which Stedin can participate as a director. These parties are not related parties.