Earnings Release • May 27, 2010
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Paris, 27 May 2010 – EUROPACORP (FR0010490920), film producer and distributor and one of Europe's leading independent film studios, today announces the unaudited consolidated annual revenue for its financial year which ended on 31 March 2010.
| Revenue* | Q4 | Q4 | 12 months | 12 months | Δ 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (€ million) | 2009/10 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2008/09 | % | |
| International sales | 57.0 | 10.1 | 80.0 | 41.0 | 95.1% | |
| % of Revenue | 65.4% | 33.0% | 44.1% | 31.9% | ||
| Cinemas, France | 6.4 | 4.7 | 22.7 | 12.8 | 77.3% | |
| % of Revenue | 7.3% | 15.4% | 12.5% | 10.0% | ||
| Video, France** | 8.7 | 2.9 | 26.2 | 15.2 | 72.4% | |
| % of Revenue | 10.1% | 9.5% | 14.5% | 11.8% | ||
| Television, France | 8.4 | 7.9 | 27.6 | 42.5 | -35.1% | |
| % of Revenue | 9.6% | 25.8% | 15.2% | 33.1% | ||
| Subsidies | 2.1 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 87.5% | |
| % of Revenue | 2.4% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 3.1% | ||
| Others activities | 4.5 | 3.6 | 17.3 | 13.0 | 33.1% | |
| % of Revenue | 5.2% | 11.8% | 9.5% | 10.1% | ||
| EuropaCorp Group | 87.2 | 30.6 | 181.3 | 128.5 | 41.1% |
* The financial year ends on 31 March
** On financial year 2008/09, the VoD figures were included under the heading Television, France. From financial year 2009/10, they are now part of the heading Video, France.
Revenue for the 4th quarter 2009/10 is €87.2 million, a 185% increase compared with that of the previous financial year; Revenue for all headings has increased.
As previously announced, this significant increase in activity is mainly due to the high international sales figures for the quarter. Thanks mainly to From Paris with Love, I love you Phillip Morris and the success of Taken in America, international sales total €57.0 million for the 4th quarter 2009/10 as against €10.1 million for the 4th quarter 2008/09.
Revenue under the heading "Cinemas, France" has benefited from on-going admissions for Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard and The Whistler and from the successful start of 22 Bullets, which was released on 24 March 2010.
Thanks to the release of the Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard DVD at the end of the quarter and the increasingly successful catalogue, revenue under the heading "DVD, France" of €8.7 million is significantly higher than that of the 4th quarter of the previous financial year.
"Television, France" revenue is primarily generated from the opening of two broadcast windows for District 13 - Ultimatum and Transporter 3. The heading "Other activities" (€4.5 million) mostly comes from licenses and partnerships.
| 2009/10 | 2008/09 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue (€ million) | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
| International sales | 3.1 | 13.2 | 6.7 | 57.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 26.2 | 10.1 |
| Cinemas, France | 1.5 | 1.0 | 13.8 | 6.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| Video, France | 6.2 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 2.9 |
| Television, France | 6.0 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 18.2 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 7.9 |
| Subsidies | 1.1 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Others activities | 2.4 | 3.0 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| EuropaCorp Group | 20.4 | 26.7 | 47.0 | 87.2 | 27.0 | 22.0 | 49.0 | 30.6 |
Following the rise in investments over the last two financial years, annual activity has increased considerably with the distribution of 18 films compared with 10 for the previous financial year.
As previously announced and in order to strengthen its recurring revenue, EuropaCorp confirmed its interest in producing TV drama with the announcement of its acquisition of CIPANGO in the middle of April 2010. With this highly significant partnership in place, EuropaCorp intends adapting some of its own brands for the television market thus generating an additional and highly regular income stream which complements its existing activities. EuropaCorp also recently announced that production had started for the TV version of its Transporter and Arthur franchises, respectively co-financed and produced by Lagardère Entertainment and Zagtoon.
Moreover, EuropaCorp is one of the 90 securities selected by Euronext to be eligible for the DSO "long only" from 26 May 2010. As the list of eligible securities is based on their daily volume of trade, this announcement confirms growing liquidity of EuropaCorp shares.
As announced on 15 April 2010, notably due to the disappointing performance of certain film releases in France and taking into account the prudential amortization rules applied by the Group (on average approximately 60% of the cost of the film in the 1st year), the operating margin before overheads should be particularly reduced. However these films will help to increase the value of EuropaCorp's catalogue.
In the medium term, the Group intends to further develop its activity in the international market. In the summer of 2010, shooting of two new films with a high international potential will therefore begin, including Lock-Out, a science-fiction thriller directed by Stephen St Leger and James Mather. These two productions will be released during the 2011/12 financial year. For this year, EuropaCorp aims to put together a line-up with 50% Englishlanguage films.
23 June 2010: Consolidated annual results 2009/10
Contacts
EuropaCorp NewCap Séverine Madinier - Investor relations Axelle Vuillermet [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +33 1 53 83 03 03 Tel: +33 1 44 71 94 94
EuropaCorp is listed on Euronext Paris - Compartment C by NYSE Euronext ISIN: FR0010490920 - Mnemonic: ECP
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