Earnings Release • May 7, 2013
Earnings Release
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7 May 2013
| st quarter 1 2012 |
st quarter 1 2013 |
% change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In millions of euro | Reported | Like-for-like | ||
| CONSTRUCTION Of which Property |
846 115 |
755 109 |
-10.8% | -9.4% |
| PUBLIC WORKS | 747 | 704 | -5.8% | -6.7% |
| ENERGY | 762 | 751 | -1.4% | -3.2% |
| METAL | 181 | 178 | -1.7% | -2.2% |
| Sub-total Contracting Activities | 2,536 | 2,388 | -5.8% | -6.1% |
| CONCESSIONS (excluding IFRIC 12) | 505 | 518 | +2.6% | +2.6% |
| TOTAL GROUP (excluding IFRIC 12) | 3,041 | 2,906 | -4.4% | -4.7% |
| Of which: . France . Rest of Europe . Rest of the world |
2,612 387 42 |
2,500 349 57 |
-4.3% -9.8% +35.7% |
-4.5% -10.1% +35.7% |
| Construction revenue of Concessions (IFRIC 12) | 24 | 44 | n/s | n/s |
Consolidated sales reported by EIFFAGE for the first quarter of 2013 came to €2,906m, down year-on-year by 4.4% on a reported basis and by 4.7% like-for-like.
The unfavourable wintery weather conditions in France and much of Europe were largely to blame for this decline in activity. Building and Road Construction and Maintenance were particularly affected, whereas Concessions recorded an increase in revenue, mainly thanks to traffic having held up on APRR's network and having increased on the A65 motorway.
At the Contracting activities, sales declined to €2,388m, down by 5.8% on a reported basis and by 6.1% like-forlike.
Construction: sales of €755m (down by 10.8% on a reported basis and by 9.4% like-for-like)
Public Works: € 704m (down by 5.8% on a reported basis and by 6.7% like-for-like)
In Concessions, total traffic on the APRR network, as measured by the number of kilometres travelled, declined slightly by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the year before. Light vehicle traffic increased by 0.5%. On the other hand, heavy goods vehicle traffic continued to be affected by the deterioration in the economic environment and declined by 3.2% compared with the first quarter of 2012.
Given the toll rate revisions on 1 February 2013 (up 1.94% on average) and the increase in other revenues (up 9.1%), sales contributed by APRR increased to €484m, up 1.5% compared with the first quarter of 2012.
Overall traffic on the MILLAU VIADUCT was down by 2.0% compared with the first quarter of 2012, with decreases of 1.7% for light vehicles and 3.6% for heavy goods vehicles. Toll revenues were stable at €5.3m in the first quarter of 2013.
As regards the A65 Pau-Langon motorway, with A'LIÉNOR as concessionaire, overall traffic recorded another sharp increase, up 4.6%, with increases of 4.8% for light vehicles and of 1.9% for heavy goods vehicles. As a result, toll revenues increased to €10.7m, up 9.2% compared with the first quarter of 2012.
Overall traffic on the Autoroute de l'Avenir in Senegal increased by 26.1%, the 27.1% increase for light vehicles more than offsetting the 4.4% decrease for heavy goods vehicles. Toll revenues amounted to €1m in the first quarter of 2013.
Other Concessions and Public Private Partnerships generated sales of €17m in the first quarter of 2013 compared with €9m in the first quarter of 2012, reflecting mainly the operations of two projects: the Grand Stade Lille Métropole and the Energy Performance Contract for secondary schools in central France.
The Group's liquidity (as measured by money market investments and unused confirmed credit lines) exceeded €900m at 31 March 2013, stable compared with 31 March 2012. Since then, this liquidity has improved as a result of the capital increase reserved for the Group employees in France on 24 April 2013, which amounted to nearly €60m.
Furthermore, APRR has signed a new 7-year loan amounting to €75m with the European Investment Bank that will be applied to optimising the fluidity and security of the motorway network. In addition, on 26 April APRR successfully issued €300m of 3-year Floating Rate Notes (FRN), marking its maiden issue in this segment of the capital market.
The order book stood at €12.8bn on 1 April 2013. This represents a 5% increase compared with 1 January 2013 (but a 9.6% decrease year-on-year) and is equivalent to nearly 13 months of activity for the Contracting activities, supporting the 2013 sales guidance of €14.2bn.
Investor contact: Xavier Ombrédanne Eiffage 163 Quai du Docteur-Dervaux, 92601 Asnières-sur-Seine Cedex, France Tel: + 33 (0)1 41 32 81 44 – E-mail: [email protected]
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