Earnings Release • May 6, 2015
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Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London and Paris – 6 May 2015 – Euronext today announced its results for the first quarter of 2015.
"Today we are announcing results that reflect the hard work we have put in to execute on our strategy and which demonstrate that we are on the right track. We have been able to over deliver on our promises, thanks to tight cost controls, robust volumes in our cash trading, strong tailwinds and a buoyant IPO market. I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to act as interim CEO. It is an honour to accept this position on an interim basis. As a team we have all worked hard to reposition Euronext as a leading capital financing centre in Europe. Our mission will not change and I am committed to defending the interests of the company, creating value for our shareholders and our clients, and fulfilling my role as CEO of this outstanding company." said Jos Dijsselhof, Interim CEO and COO of Euronext NV.
Third party quarterly revenue increased by +9.6% on an adjusted1 basis to €130.0 million (Q1 2014 adjusted: €118.7m) or by +22.4% on a reported basis (Q1 2014 reported: €106.2 million), driven by very strong performance in the cash trading business, underpinned by favorable economic conditions and ECB quantitative easing, as well as by good performance in the market data and listing businesses. This revenue includes €11.7 million from the derivatives clearing contract with LCH.Clearnet which came into force on 1 April 2014 (adjusted1 clearing revenue for Q1 2014: €12.5 million).
In Q1 2014 Group revenue included €7.3 million of ICE transitional revenue and other income which terminated 1 January 2015. These 2014 revenues reflected primarily the IT support services provided to LIFFE for the operation of its derivatives exchanges in the UK and in the US and the impact of the Cannon Bridge House sublease rent in London.
1 for the three month period ending 31 March 2014 the changes in third party revenue and operational expenses have also been included when adjusted for(i) the derivative clearing agreement with LCH.Clearnet. This was included based on our estimate of the amount of revenue we would have received and the amount of associated expenses we would have paid under the Derivatives Clearing Agreement, based on our actual trading volume for the period presented and assuming the Derivatives Clearing Agreement had been in effect from 1 January 2014, and (ii) the termination of ICE transitional services starting 1st January 2015. See also specific paragraph and reconciliation pages 5 and 6.
Operational expenses excluding Depreciation & Amortization decreased by -8.8% on an adjusted1 basis to €62.2 million (Q1 2014 adjusted: €68.3 million) and increased by +1.4% on a reported basis (Q1 2014 reported: €61.4 million), thanks to ongoing strong cost discipline.
These expenses include €6.7 million of costs related to the contract with LCH.Clearnet above mentioned (Q1 2014: €6.9 million if this contract had been in place at that time).
As a result of this strong activity combined with a reduced cost base, the EBITDA margin increased strongly in Q1 2015 to 52.2% compared to 42.5% in Q1 2014 adjusted1 and to 45.9% reported.
Depreciation and Amortization were broadly in line with Q1 2014 (€4.7 million), amounting to €4.6 million in Q1 2015.
Quarterly operating profit before exceptional items was €63.3 million; a 38.4% increase compared to last year on an adjusted1 basis (€45.7 million) and a 33.4% increase compared to Q1 2014 reported (€47.4 million).
€6.3 million of exceptional income was booked in Q1 2015. This income includes mainly restructuring costs for €7.4 million, offset by a reversal of provision of €14.7 million linked to the positive outcome of the negotiation with the landlord on the Cannon Bridge House premises.
Income tax for Q1 2015 amounted to €19.4 million, representing a tax rate of 28.7%. The tax rate was, amongst other discrete items, positively impacted by the release of the provision created in 2014 in connection with the Cannon Bridge House lease.
The net profit for the first quarter of 2015 amounted to €48.0 million, compared to €7.6 million in Q1 2014, representing an EPS of €0.69 (basic) and of €0.68 (diluted), compared to €0.11 in Q1 2014, both basic and diluted.
As of 31 March 2015 the Company had cash and cash equivalents excluding financial investments of €162 million, and total debt of €107.5 million, as a result of its €140 million debt repayment on 23 March 2015.
Listing revenues were €15.3 million in Q1 2015, an increase of 12.6% compared to the €13.6 million achieved in Q1 2014. This performance was driven both by ongoing healthy IPO activity and by strong secondary market activity. In total €40 billion in equity and debt were raised on our markets in Q1 2015, compared to €24.2 billion in Q1 2014. 14 new listings took place in Q1 2015, raising €2.6 billion compared to six listings for €2.1 billion during the same quarter in 2014. Among the largest deals GrandVision and Refresco in Amsterdam raised €1 billion and €580 million respectively while Elis raised €750 million in Paris. Finally Cnova's dual listing with Euronext Paris added €3 billion in additional market capitalisation. EnterNext had a very successful Q1 2015 with €2.4 billion raised across our primary and secondary offerings, more than twice Q1 2014 level. The continued resurgence in IPOs resulted in 10 SME listings compared to four in Q1 2014.
Our performance in the cash trading business has been exceptionally strong in Q1 2015 with revenues of €52.1 million, an increase of 19.6% compared to €43.6 million in Q1 2014.
This quarter was our best quarter for volumes since Q2 2010, with cash market average daily volumes of €8.6 billion, +28.8% compared to Q1 2014. 20 March 2015 was the highest transaction value since May 2010 at €17.2 billion on equities. Our national indices rose by an average of 18%, which is the best first quarter percentage gain since 2000.
Our continued focus on nurturing domestic market share meant it returned to 64% for the month of March in a highly competitive environment. Market share for the full quarter was 62.2%. In our ETF franchise, volumes were up +79% vs Q1 2014. On 23 March we had the tenth most active day since 2010 in terms of transaction value on ETFs with €1 billion traded.
Derivatives trading revenue decreased by -11.3% in Q1 2015 compared to the same quarter last year, amounting to €11.2 million. This business was impacted by the dampening effects of low volatility in February and March and competition in the Dutch segment of the individual equity options business. Commodity products are broadly flat compared to Q1 2014 which was an exceptional quarter due to the situation in Ukraine.
Market data & indices revenue in Q1 2015 was up 12.3% compared to the same quarter in 2014, to €24.6 million (Q1 2014: €21.9 million) benefiting from the price increase for Level 2 data effective 1 January 2015.
The financial benefits of the derivatives clearing agreement with LCH.Clearnet came into force on 1 April 2014. To facilitate the comparison, Euronext has decided to provide adjusted figures for Q1 2014, estimating the impact this contract would have had, had it been in place from January 2014 onwards. For Q1 2015 Euronext recorded clearing revenues of €11.7 million, (Q1 2014 adjusted1: €12.5 million, or Q1 2014 reported: €0.0 million).
Revenues for Interbolsa in Portugal decreased by 9.3% in Q1 2015, to €5.0 million, compared to €5.6 million in Q1 2014 due to a 6% decrease in the average value of assets under custody, still resulting from the overall reduction of securities market value.
Revenues from market solutions increased by 4.3% in Q1 2015 compared to the same quarter in 2014 (from €8.9 million to €9.3 million) thanks to ongoing service fees, reflecting our intention to reduce sensitivity to one-off project revenues.
Successful completion of Euronext Separation Programme (ESP)
As part of establishing an independent Euronext, the Euronext Separation Programme (ESP) was designed to decouple our Derivatives business from LIFFE's infrastructure and to optimise the Euronext Derivatives IT systems. ESP delivered eight major operational tools from July 2014 to completion in March 2015. Such alignment has resulted in substantial cost savings in terms of the IT footprint and the resources required to operate & monitor the systems.
Successful negotiation with the landlord on CBH
During the separation from ICE, Euronext inherited the lease of the Cannon Bridge House building (CBH), which ran until 2017. In 2014, Euronext decided to vacate completely the office space by end of December 2014 and to transfer the DR by year-end 2015. Following the vacation of the office space in 2014, a provision for onerous contract was booked to cover the costs of the unused space (£25.5m). In parallel, Euronext management engaged with the landlord of Cannon Bridge House to agree on an early surrender of the lease. On 15 April deed of lease surrender was signed with the CBH landlord. The Euronext disaster recovery site will remain in CBH until the end of the year.
As mentioned publicly in its Registration document, Euronext has considered all courses of action against the administrative decision of the Dutch Ministry of Finance in February not to modify the capital requirements. The Company considers that this decision could negatively impact Euronext's strategic plan and create an unlevel playing field, concluding that an administrative appeal procedure should be launched in order to obtain an independent judgment. Euronext has thus lodged an appeal against the Dutch Ministry of Finance at the District Court of Rotterdam on 31 March 2015. In parallel we have an ongoing constructive dialogue with the Dutch Ministry of Finance.
On 6 May 2014, the Group entered into a syndicated bank loan facilities agreement with 12 institutions ("the Bank Facilities"), with BNP Paribas and ING Bank N.V. as Lead Arrangers, providing for (i) a €250 million term loan facility and (ii) a €250 million revolving loan facility. On 20 February 2015, Euronext NV entered into an amended and extended facility agreement, where the undrawn revolving credit facility has been increased by €140 million to €390 million and €140 million has been repaid as an early redemption of the €250 million term loan facility.
Euronext N.V. announced on 5 May that it has decided to accelerate its transition plan following the announcement by Dominique Cerutti of his resignation on 22 April, and that it will be appointing Jos Dijsselhof as interim Chief Executive Officer of Euronext N.V. with immediate effect, pending relevant regulatory approvals. As a result of this decision, the Board and Dominique Cerutti have jointly decided for Dominique to leave the company immediately.
The Management Team is fully committed to deliver the 5% CAGR top line growth (over the period 2013 – 2016) and the efficiencies2 announced (€60 million by the end of H1 2015 on a run-rate basis - €80 million by the end of 2016 on a run-rate basis), resulting in an EBITDA margin close to 53% by the end of 2016. During the quarter, we have pursued our effort to reduce our cost structure by undertaking a number of actions, including the commencement of negotiations for a restructuring of our organisation in France.
2 pre tax operating optimisation and efficiencies. Net amount, on a run-rate basis, ie taking into account the full year impact of any cost saving measure to be undertaken before the end of the period mentioned.
For comparative purposes, the company provides unaudited non-IFRS measures including:
We define the non-IFRS measures as follows:
Non-IFRS financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable IFRS measures and should be read only in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements.
For comparative purpose, for the three month period ending 31 March 2014 the revenue, expenses and the subsequent impact on revenues, operational expenses excluding depreciation and amortization have also been included when adjusted for (i) the new derivative clearing agreement with LCH.Clearnet, and (ii) the termination of ICE transitional services starting 1 January 2015. Clearing revenues and expenses were included based on our estimate of the amount of revenue we would have received and the amount of associated expenses we would have paid under the Derivatives Clearing Agreement, based on our actual trading volume for the periods presented and assuming the Derivatives Clearing Agreement had been in effect starting on 1 January 2014.
The reconciliation of Non-IFRS measurements and adjusted measures with the IFRS income statement is presented hereafter:
| Million of € | Q1'2015 | Q1'2014 reported |
Adjustment | Q1'2014 Adjusted |
Var vs reported |
Var vs adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third party revenue | 130,0 | 106,2 | 12,5 | 118,7 | 22,4% | 9,6% |
| o/w Clearing revenue | 11,7 | 12,5 | 12,5 | |||
| ICE transitional revenue & Other Income | 0,0 | 7,3 | -7,3 | 0,0 | ||
| Total revenue | 130,0 | 113,5 | 5,2 | 118,7 | 14,5% | 9,6% |
| Operational expenses excl. depreciation and | ||||||
| amortization | 62,2 | 61,4 | 6,9 | 68,3 | 1,4% | -8,8% |
| o/w Clearing expenses | 6,7 | 6,9 | 6,9 | |||
| EBITDA | 67,8 | 52,1 | -1,7 | 50,4 | 30,1% | 34,4% |
| EBITDA margin | 52,2% | 45,9% | 42,5% | |||
| Depreciation & amortization | 4,6 | 4,7 | 4,7 | |||
| Operating profit before exceptional items | 63,3 | 47,4 | -1,7 | 45,7 | 33,4% | 38,4% |
| Nb trading days | Q1 2015 63 |
Q1 2014 63 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS (Buy and sells) (reported trades included) | |||
| Q1 2015 | Q1 2014 | Change % | |
| Total Cash Market * | 119 464 794 | 100 442 462 | 18,9% |
| ADV Cash Market * | 1 896 267 | 1 594 325 | 18,9% |
* (shares, warrants, trackers, bonds...)
| Q1 2015 | Q1 2014 | Change % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cash Market * | 546 782,6 | 424 472,0 | 28,8% |
| ADV Cash Market * | 8 679,1 | 6 737,7 | 28,8% |
* (shares, warrants, trackers, bonds...)
(mln of €)
| Q1 2015 | Q1 2014 | Change % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nb New Listings | 14 | 6 | |
| Money Raised IPO | 2 637 | 2 138 | 23,34% |
| Follow-ons on Equities | 10 245 | 2 535 | 304,23% |
| Follow-ons on Corporate Bonds | 27 069 | 19 334 | 40,01% |
| Q1 2015 | Q1 2014 | Change % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nb New Listings | 10 | 4 | |
| Money Raised IPO | 319 | 212 | 50,51% |
| Follow-ons on Equities | 1 572 | 427 | 268,45% |
| Follow-ons on Corporate Bonds | 466 | 413 | 12,84% |
| Nb trading days | Q1 2015 63 |
Q1 2014 63 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume (in lots) | |||||
| Q1 2015 | Q1 2014 | Change % | |||
| Equity | 31 467 529 35 510 424 | -11,4% | |||
| Index | 16 005 399 17 174 842 | -6,8% | |||
| Futures | 12 148 471 12 526 201 | -3,0% | |||
| Options | 3 856 928 | 4 648 641 | -17,0% | ||
| Individual Equity | 15 462 130 18 335 582 | -15,7% | |||
| Futures | 7 196 | 140 | >500% | ||
| Options | 15 454 934 18 335 442 | -15,7% | |||
| Commodity | 3 145 443 | 3 178 502 | -1,0% | ||
| Futures | 2 645 310 | 2 648 099 | -0,1% | ||
| Options | 500 133 | 530 403 | -5,7% | ||
| Other | 54 541 | 20 677 | 163,8% | ||
| Futures | 0 | 5 | |||
| Options | 54 541 | 20 672 | 163,8% | ||
| Total Futures | 14 800 977 15 174 445 | -2,5% | |||
| Total Options | 19 866 536 23 535 158 | -15,6% | |||
| Total Euronext | 34 667 513 38 709 603 | -10,4% |
| Q1 2015 | Q1 2014 | Change % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | 499 485 | 563 658 | -11,4% | |
| Index | 254 054 | 272 617 | -6,8% | |
| Futures | 192 833 | 198 829 | -3,0% | |
| Options | 61 221 | 73 788 | -17,0% | |
| Individual Equity | 245 431 | 291 041 | -15,7% | |
| Futures | 114 | 2 | >500% | |
| Options | 245 316 | 291 039 | -15,7% | |
| Commodity | 49 928 | 50 452 | -1,0% | |
| Futures | 41 989 | 42 033 | -0,1% | |
| Options | 7 939 | 8 419 | -5,7% | |
| Other | 866 | 328 | 163,8% | |
| Futures | 0 | 0 | ||
| Options | 866 | 328 | 163,8% | |
| Total Futures | 234 936 | 240 864 | -2,5% | |
| Total Options | 315 342 | 373 574 | -15,6% | |
| Total Euronext | 550 278 | 614 438 | -10,4% |
| Open Interest | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change % | |||||
| Mar-15 | Mar-14 | YOY | |||
| Equity | 12 480 666 | 14 499 203 | -14% | ||
| Index | 1 113 845 | 1 182 618 | -5,8% | ||
| Futures | 505 483 | 458 742 | 10,2% | ||
| Options | 608 362 | 723 876 | -16,0% | ||
| Individual Equity | 11 366 821 | 13 316 585 | -14,6% | ||
| Futures | 2 756 | 106 | >500% | ||
| Options | 11 364 065 | 13 316 479 | -14,7% | ||
| Commodity | 757 494 | 732 689 | 3,4% | ||
| Futures | 360 747 | 313 371 | 15,1% | ||
| Options | 396 747 | 419 318 | -5,4% | ||
| Other | 8 045 | 9 801 | -17,9% | ||
| Futures | 0 | 1 | |||
| Options | 8 045 | 9 800 | -17,9% | ||
| Total Futures | 868 986 | 772 220 | 12,5% | ||
| Total Options | 12 377 219 | 14 469 473 | -14,5% | ||
| Total Euronext | 13 246 205 | 15 241 693 | -13,1% | ||
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| Three months ended | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March | 31 March | ||
| In thousands of euros (except per share data) | 2015 | 2014 | |
| unaudited | unaudited | ||
| Third party revenue and other income | 130 028 | 106 214 | |
| ICE transitional revenue and other income | - | 7 328 | |
| Total revenue and other income | 130 028 | 113 542 | |
| Salaries and employee benefits | (28 710) | (31 441) | |
| Depreciation and amortisation | (4 560) | (4 730) | |
| Other operational expenses | (33 507) | (29 938) | |
| Operating profit before exceptional items | 63 251 | 47 433 | |
| Exceptional items | 6 320 | (12 161) | |
| Operating profit | 69 571 | 35 272 | |
| Net financing income / (expense) | (2 144) | (1 284) | |
| Results from equity investments | (6) | 203 | |
| Profit before income tax | 67 421 | 34 191 | |
| Income tax expense | (19 377) | (26 560) | |
| Profit for the period | 48 044 | 7 631 | |
| Profit attributable to: | |||
| – Owners of the parent | 48 044 | 7 631 | |
| – Non-controlling interests | - | - | |
| Basic earnings per share | 0,69 | 0,11 | |
| Diluted earnings per share | 0,68 | 0,11 | |
(Amounts in thousands of euros)
| Three months ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In thousands of euros | 31 March 2015 |
31 March 2014 |
||
| unaudited | unaudited | |||
| Profit for the period | 48 044 | 7 631 | ||
| Other comprehensive income for the period | ||||
| Items that will be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss: | ||||
| – Currency translation differences | 3 485 | 2 018 | ||
| Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss: | ||||
| – Remeasurements of post-employment benefit obligations | (248) | - | ||
| – Income tax impact post employment benefit obligations | 110 | - | ||
| Total comprehensive income for the period | 51 391 | 9 649 | ||
| Profit attributable to: | ||||
| – Owners of the parent | 51 391 | 9 649 | ||
| – Non-controlling interests | - | - |
| In thousands of euros | As at 31 March 2015 |
As at 31 December 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| unaudited | audited | |
| Assets | ||
| Non-current assets | ||
| Property, plant and equipment | 25 914 | 25 948 |
| Goodwill and other intangible assets | 321 439 | 321 266 |
| Deferred income tax assets | 10 263 | 9 712 |
| Equity investments | 113 596 | 113 596 |
| Other receivables | 4 710 | 1 702 |
| Total non-current assets | 475 922 | 472 224 |
| Current assets | ||
| Trade and other receivables | 112 799 | 105 825 |
| Income tax receivable | 18 467 | 22 375 |
| Financial investments | 5 000 | 15 000 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 162 009 | 241 639 |
| Total current assets | 298 275 | 384 839 |
| Total assets | 774 197 | 857 063 |
| Equity and liabilities | ||
| Equity | ||
| Issued capital | 112 000 | 112 000 |
| Share premium | 116 560 | 116 560 |
| Reserve own shares | (819) | (541) |
| Retained earnings | 164 792 | 114 163 |
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | 2 915 | (432) |
| Total equity | 395 448 | 341 750 |
| Non-current liabilities | ||
| Borrowings | 107 514 | 248 369 |
| Deferred income tax liabilities | 392 | 483 |
| Post-employment benefits | 15 530 | 14 997 |
| Provisions | 7 609 | 32 418 |
| Other liabilities | 1 400 | 1 400 |
| Total non-current liabilities | 132 445 | 297 667 |
| Current liabilities | ||
| Borrowings | 94 | 129 |
| Current income tax liabilities | 90 260 | 78 043 |
| Trade and other payables | 147 357 | 126 427 |
| Provisions | 8 593 | 13 047 |
| Total current liabilities | 246 304 | 217 646 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 774 197 | 857 063 |
(Amounts in thousands of euros)
| Three months ended | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| In thousands of euros | 31 March 2015 |
31 March 2014 |
|
| unaudited | unaudited | ||
| Profit before income tax | 67 421 | 34 191 | |
| Adjustments for: | |||
| - Depreciation and amortisation | 4 561 | 4 730 | |
| - Share based payments | 2 854 | 258 | |
| - Changes in working capital and provisions | (20 005) | (7 544) | |
| Income tax paid | (3 779) | (3 295) | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 51 052 | 28 340 | |
| Cash flow from investing activities | |||
| Net purchase of short-term investments | 10 000 | (5) | |
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (2 037) | (2 525) | |
| Purchase of intangible assets | (2 043) | (2 129) | |
| Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets | - | 208 | |
| Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities | 5 920 | (4 451) | |
| Cash flow from financing activities | |||
| Proceeds from borrowings, net of transaction fees | (141 043) | - | |
| Net interest paid | (667) | - | |
| Settlement of derivatives financial instruments | - | 1 893 | |
| Acquisition own shares | (278) | - | |
| Transfers (to) / from Parent, net | - | 92 828 | |
| Net change in short-term loans due to/from Parent | - | (137 948) | |
| Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities | (141 988) | (43 227) | |
| Non-cash exchange gains/(losses) on cash and cash equivalents | 5 386 | 13 | |
| Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (79 630) | (19 325) | |
| Cash and cash equivalents - Beginning of the period | 241 639 | 80 827 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents - end of the period | 162 009 | 61 502 |
This press release is available in English, French, Dutch and Portuguese; nevertheless the English version prevails.
Q2'2015 results 30 July 2015 Q3'2015 results 5 November 2015 Full-year 2015 results 17 February 2016
Caroline Nico +33 1 49 27 10 74 [email protected]
Analysts & investors Stephanie Bia +33 1 49 27 12 68 [email protected]
Euronext is the primary exchange in the Euro zone with over 1 300 issuers worth €2.6 trillion in market capitalisation, an unmatched blue-chip franchise consisting of 20+ issuers in the EURO STOXX 50® benchmark and a strong, diverse domestic and international client base.
Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets. Its total product offering includes Equities, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Derivatives, Commodities and Indices. Euronext also leverages its expertise in running markets by providing technology and managed services to third parties. Euronext operates regulated markets, Alternext and the Free Market; in addition it offers EnterNext, which facilitates SMEs' access to capital markets.
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