Quarterly Report • Nov 13, 2017
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of the Enav Group
| Main operating data | 3 |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 4 |
| Market and air traffic trends | 5 |
| Effects of seasonality | 10 |
| Group economic and financial performance | 10 |
| Declaration of the Manager responsible for financial reporting | 23 |
| Financial data | 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | Variations | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenues | 672,988 | 662,105 | 10,883 | 1.6% |
| EBITDA | 230,462 | 208,019 | 22,443 | 10.8% |
| EBITDA margin | 34.2% | 31.4% | 2.8% | 9.0% |
| EBIT | 129,010 | 107,459 | 21,551 | 20.1% |
| EBIT margin | 19.2% | 16.2% | 2.9% | 18.1% |
| Group result for the period | 89,639 | 70,436 | 19,203 | 27.3% |
Value in thousands of Euro
Value in thousands of Euro
| Equity and financial data | 31.03.2017 | 31.12.2016 | Variations | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net invested capital | 1,266,575 | 1,219,947 | 46,628 | 3.8% |
| Shareholders' Equity | 1,109,200 | 1,119,826 | (10,626) | -0.9% |
| Net financial indebtedness | 157,375 | 100,121 | 57,254 | 57.2% |
| Other indicators | 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | Variations | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| En route service units | 6,709,301 | 6,492,564 | 216,737 | 3.3% |
| Terminal service unit 1st charging zone | 166,856 | 173,569 | (6,713) | -3.9% |
| Terminal service unit 2nd charging zone | 238,846 | 228,953 | 9,893 | 4.3% |
| Terminal service unit 3rd charging zone | 316,188 | 301,731 | 14,457 | 4.8% |
| Free cash flow (value in thousands of Euro) | 38,507 | 86,807 | (48,300) | -55.6% |
| Headcount at the end of period | 4,251 | 4,327 | (76) | -1.8% |
This document reports and comments on the reclassified consolidated income statement and the statement of financial position, net financial indebtedness and statement of cash flows of the Enav Group at 30 September 2017, compared with the figures for the corresponding period of the previous year for the data included in the income statement and statement of cash flows and with the corresponding figures at 31 December 2016 for the statement of financial position, shown in thousands of Euros.
The consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with the measurement criteria established by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and endorsed by the European Commission and are substantially consistent with the criteria used to prepare the consolidated financial statements for the year ended at 31 December 2016, as the amendments to the existing standards which came into force on 1 January 2017 have not affected the consolidated data.
With the introduction of the regulatory amendment launched in February 2016 by the transposition (through Legislative Decree no. 25 of 15 February 2016) of the Transparency II Directive (which repealed the obligation to publish interim financial reports) and subsequent Consob Resolution no. 19770 of 26 October 2016, the Issuers' Regulations of Consob were amended by the introduction of the new Article 82-ter which allows listed companies to to choose whether or not to publish interim information in addition to the annual and half-yearly financial statements, applicable starting from 2 January 2017. As announced to the market on 30 January 2017, Enav has voluntarily chosen to publish quarterly financial information as at 31 March and 30 September in order to take account of the information requirements of its stakeholders.
The Interim Financial Report at 30 September 2017 does not represent an interim financial statements prepared in accordance with international accounting standard IAS 34, and has not been audited by the independent auditors.
The publication of this Interim Financial Report was authorised by the Board of Directors on 13 November 2017.
The consolidation principles used to prepare the Interim Financial Report as at 30 September 2017 conform to those used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements at 31 December 2016, approved on 16 March 2017 and available on the website www.enav.it at the following address: https://www.enav.it/sites/public/en/InvestorRelations/Financial-Statements-and-Reports.html The scope of consolidation as at 30 September 2017 is the same as at 31 December 2016.
Air traffic control activities in the countries of the Eurocontrol area in the period January - September 2017 recorded a significant increase in traffic in terms of en-route service units (*) compared with the same period in 2016, with Eurocontrol area countries recording a result up 6.3%.
Among the major European providers, there were widespread increases in en-route service units, including, in particular 8.8% for the Great Britain, 6.6% for Spain, 6.2% for Germany and 5.3% for France.
In this context of growth in en-route air traffic, the result recorded in Italy was also positive, thanks, above all, to the growth recorded between April and September, with an increase in Service Units (SUs) of 3.3% compared with the corresponding period of the previous year.
| Total route traffic | 3rd quarter 2016 | Variations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| service units (**) | 3rd quarter 2017 | no. | % | |
| France | 16,161,120 | 15,341,987 | 819,133 | 5.3% |
| Germany | 10,981,144 | 10,337,348 | 643,796 | 6.2% |
| Great Britain | 9,020,402 | 8,287,965 | 732,437 | 8.8% |
| Spain | 8,017,789 | 7,519,382 | 498,407 | 6.6% |
| Italy (***) | 6,706,828 | 6,489,598 | 217,230 | 3.3% |
| EUROCONTROL | 108,540,702 | 102,150,821 | 6,389,881 | 6.3% |
(*) traffic overflying Italian air space, with or without stopover;
(**) service unit is the unit of measurement used by Eurocontrol to calculate the value of the service provided, obtained by combining two elements: aircraft weight at take-off and distance travelled;
(***) excluding exempt traffic not reported to Eurocontrol.
En-route traffic in Italy for the third quarter of 2017 shows an increase of 3.3% in the service units reported by Eurocontrol (the same value if the remaining category Exempt not reported to Eurocontrol is included) and an increase in the number of managed flights of 2.3% (+0.9% if the residual category Exempt not reported to Eurocontrol is included).
The positive trend in traffic recorded in the third quarter of 2017 enabled the volume of service units recorded in Italy to rise further. In effect, the growth recorded in the first half of 2017 stood at +2.4% plus the good performance recorded in the summer season (+4.6% between July and September) leading to a profit of +3.3%, with positive results both in terms of service units and flights billed contributed by each traffic component. Specifically, note the good performance of service units in September recorded a 6.7% increase. In this regard, note the positive performance of service units despite the incomplete reopening of Libyan airspace and the effects associated with the organisational and operational restructuring of Alitalia. On the other hand, the positive effects related to the implementation by Enav of the Free Route project mitigated
these circumstances. This innovation allows all aircraft overflying at an altitude of more than 11,000 metres, irrespective of whether they land or take off at Italian airports, to pass through domestic airspace on a direct route without having to rely on network crossing points. This enables airline companies in transit in domestic airspace to plan the shortest routes, without any constraints, with savings in fuel and operating costs, in full compliance with the highest safety levels.
| Traffic en-route | Variations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Number of flights) | 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | no. | % |
| Domestic | 221,800 | 225,050 | (3,250) | -1.4% |
| International | 720,239 | 694,415 | 25,824 | 3.7% |
| Overflight | 451,875 | 438,796 | 13,079 | 3.0% |
| Paying total | 1,393,914 | 1,358,261 | 35,653 | 2.6% |
| Military | 25,741 | 26,300 | (559) | -2.1% |
| Other exempt | 13,539 | 16,478 | (2,939) | -17.8% |
| Total exempt | 39,280 | 42,778 | (3,498) | -8.2% |
| Total reported by Eurocontrol | 1,433,194 | 1,401,039 | 32,155 | 2.3% |
| Exempt not reported to Eurocontrol | 17,322 | 37,095 | (19,773) | -53.3% |
| Total | 1,450,516 | 1,438,134 | 12,382 | 0.9% |
| Traffic en-route | 3rd quarter 2017 3rd quarter 2016 |
Variations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (service units) | no. | % | ||
| Domestic | 1,262,463 | 1,232,687 | 29,776 | 2.4% |
| International | 2,790,276 | 2,726,484 | 63,792 | 2.3% |
| Overflight | 2,542,442 | 2,420,346 | 122,096 | 5.0% |
| Paying total | 6,595,181 | 6,379,517 | 215,664 | 3.4% |
| Military | 101,163 | 100,914 | 249 | 0.2% |
| Other exempt | 10,484 | 9,167 | 1,317 | 14.4% |
| Total exempt | 111,647 | 110,081 | 1,566 | 1.4% |
| Total reported by Eurocontrol | 6,706,828 | 6,489,598 | 217,230 | 3.3% |
| Exempt not reported to Eurocontrol | 2,473 | 2,966 | (493) | -16.6% |
| Total | 6,709,301 | 6,492,564 | 216,737 | 3.3% |
In particular, en-route traffic was marked by:
international commercial traffic, a category of flights with departure or arrival for a stopover located in Italian territory, which, for the period in question, recorded positive results both in terms of service units (SUs) up +2.3%, and in the number of assisted flights, up +3.7%. The lower growth in service units compared to the number of assisted flights is primarily the result of a reduction in average distance flown (-1.0%).
The development of international traffic, both at SU level and the number of flights, was generated by a significant increase in flights in both the low mileage band (<350 Km in domestic airspace) with an
increase in SUs (+4.2%) and flights (+5.0%) and in the high mileage band (>700 Km in domestic airspace), with growth in SUs (+8.0%) and flights (+9.6%).
As regards flights within Europe, we note the good performance of the connections between Italy and rest of Europe (up +2.0% in SUs; up +3.2% in number of flights). These comprise the main part of the SUs for international traffic, representing around 80% of the total SUs, and 87% of the total assisted flights. The performance of connections between Italy and Africa was also positive with an increase in SUs of +13.3% and an increase in assisted flights of +11.2% and in connections between Italy and America/Japan (+4.0% SUs; +3.3% number of flights);
commercial overflight traffic, a category of movements only over domestic airspace, which, in the third quarter of 2017, recorded an increase in service units (+5.0%) and in the number of assisted flights (+3.0%). In the period in question the average distance for each individual flight was up (+2.6%) as a result of the significant development of longer distance flights (>800 Km over domestic airspace) which generated an increase in SUs of +14.2% and in the number of assisted flights by +19% thanks to the performance of intra-European connections and Europe-Africa connections.
With regard to the general analysis of departure/destination areas, note the good performance of connections between European countries (+7.5% SUs; +3.4% no. of flights) which represent approximately 70% of total overflight traffic. The figures for connections between Europe and Africa (+6.0% SUs; +4.6% no. of flights) and connections between Europe and Asia (+1.0% SUs; +2.9% no. of flights) were also positive.
With regard to the traffic figures for companies operating in domestic airspace, low-cost companies are the ones driving the domestic air traffic market the most, something which can also be observed in Europe, according to the Eurocontrol figures. Among the largest companies operating in Italy, note the results achieved by Ryanair (+9.6% SUs) and EasyJet (+6.8% SUs), which are the first and the third largest carriers,
respectively, in terms of number of service units produced. The results of Aegean Airlines (+47.1% SUs), Wizz Air (+22.3% SUs), Volotea (+10.0% SUs) and Eurowings (+40.0% SUs) are significant; only Vueling (-15.4%) goes against this trend. All of the above-mentioned companies are in the top fifteen in terms of volumes of service units produced. The operations of Middle Eastern companies like Turkish Airlines (-5.9% SUs) and Emirates (-5.7% SUs) decreased highlighting a fall in air traffic on routes to and from the south east of the Mediterranean. The operations of traditional companies like Lufthansa (+1.0% SUs) and Air France (+3.7%) recovered, while those of Alitalia stayed negative (-4.7% SUs).
Lastly, a strong increase in cargo traffic was recorded in the period, especially involving domestic routes which recorded a rise in service units of +49.6% and in the number of assisted flights by +39.3%.
Terminal traffic, which regards take-off and landing within 20 km of the runway, reported by Eurocontrol performed well in the third quarter of 2017 both in terms of service units, which were up +2.7%, as well as in terms of the number of assisted flights, which were up +1.9%.
| Terminal traffic | 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | Variations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Number of flights) | no. | % | ||
| Domestic | ||||
| Chg. Zone 1 | 38,430 | 41,455 | (3,025) | -7.3% |
| Chg. Zone 2 | 44,705 | 43,782 | 923 | 2.1% |
| Chg. Zone 3 | 132,175 | 129,723 | 2,452 | 1.9% |
| Total domestic flights | 215,310 | 214,960 | 350 | 0.2% |
| International | ||||
| Chg. Zone 1 | 75,569 | 78,748 | (3,179) | -4.0% |
| Chg. Zone 2 | 135,567 | 128,685 | 6,882 | 5.3% |
| Chg. Zone 3 | 147,035 | 137,598 | 9,437 | 6.9% |
| Total international flights | 358,171 | 345,031 | 13,140 | 3.8% |
| Paying total | 573,481 | 559,991 | 13,490 | 2.4% |
| Exempt | ||||
| Chg. Zone 1 | 102 | 6 9 |
3 3 |
47.8% |
| Chg. Zone 2 | 652 | 1,000 | (348) | -34.8% |
| Chg. Zone 3 | 15,314 | 17,429 | (2,115) | -12.1% |
| Total exempt flights | 16,068 | 18,498 | (2,430) | -13.1% |
| Total reported by Eurocontrol | 589,549 | 578,489 | 11,060 | 1.9% |
| Exempt not reported to Eurocontrol | ||||
| Chg. Zone 1 | 1 | 2 | (1) | 0.0% |
| Chg. Zone 2 | 382 | 703 | (321) | -45.7% |
| Chg. Zone 3 | 8,533 | 24,774 | (16,241) | -65.6% |
| Tot. exempt flights not reported to Eurocontrol | 8,916 | 25,479 | (16,563) | -65.0% |
| Total for chg Zone | ||||
| Chg. Zone 1 | 114,102 | 120,274 | (6,172) | -5.1% |
| Chg. Zone 2 | 181,306 | 174,170 | 7,136 | 4.1% |
| Chg. Zone 3 | 303,057 | 309,524 | (6,467) | -2.1% |
| Total | 598,465 | 603,968 | (5,503) | -0.9% |
| Terminal traffic | Variations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (service units) | 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | no. | % |
| Domestic | ||||
| Chg. Zone 1 | 46,710 | 50,288 | (3,578) | -7.1% |
| Chg. Zone 2 | 51,413 | 49,917 | 1,496 | 3.0% |
| Chg. Zone 3 | 145,630 | 141,488 | 4,142 | 2.9% |
| Total domestic SUs | 243,753 | 241,693 | 2,060 | 0.9% |
| International | ||||
| Chg. Zone 1 | 119,871 | 123,113 | (3,242) | -2.6% |
| Chg. Zone 2 | 187,072 | 178,544 | 8,528 | 4.8% |
| Chg. Zone 3 | 163,847 | 152,383 | 11,464 | 7.5% |
| Total international SUs | 470,790 | 454,040 | 16,750 | 3.7% |
| Paying total | 714,543 | 695,733 | 18,810 | 2.7% |
| Exempt | ||||
| Chg. Zone 1 | 275 | 168 | 107 | 63.7% |
| Chg. Zone 2 | 328 | 433 | (105) | -24.2% |
| Chg. Zone 3 | 5,999 | 6,140 | (141) | -2.3% |
| Total SUs exempt | 6,602 | 6,741 | (139) | -2.1% |
| Total reported by Eurocontrol | 721,145 | 702,474 | 18,671 | 2.7% |
| Exempt not reported to Eurocontrol | ||||
| Chg. Zone 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Chg. Zone 2 | 3 3 |
5 9 |
(26) | -44.1% |
| Chg. Zone 3 | 712 | 1,720 | (1,008) | -58.6% |
| Total exempt SUs not reported to Eurocontrol | 745 | 1,779 | (1,034) | -58.1% |
| Total for chg Zone | ||||
| Chg. Zone 1 | 166,856 | 173,569 | (6,713) | -3.9% |
| Chg. Zone 2 | 238,846 | 228,953 | 9,893 | 4.3% |
| Chg. Zone 3 | 316,188 | 301,731 | 14,457 | 4.8% |
| Total | 721,890 | 704,253 | 17,637 | 2.5% |
In overall terms, the results for the third quarter of 2017, compared with the corresponding period of the previous financial year, show a negative trend in the first charging zone and a positive trend in the second and third charging zones in terms of service units. In particular:
charging zone 3 is up in terms of SUs (+4.8%) compared with the reduction in the number of assisted flights (-2.1%). This latter result depends on the reduction recorded by the item "Exempt flights not reported to Eurocontrol" (-65.6%), which, in any event, produce a marginal number of SUs. Therefore, removing the effect of the reduction of exempt flights, the figure for flights in the third charging zone would have been +3.4%, in line with the result recorded by service units. Conversely, with regard to Alitalia, there has been a -3.8% decrease in SUs compared with the same period in 2016. As with the charging zone 2, the impact is, in any case, limited considering that Alitalia's share compared with all the SUs in zone 3 is about 14.7%. In this charging zone, note the good performance of Naples airport (+17.4% SUs), Catania (+13.7% SUs), Cagliari (+10.2% SUs), Turin (+5.4% SUs) and Palermo (2.6%).
Regarding the various traffic category items, as already demonstrated for the en-route traffic, international traffic is the main component, with an increase of +3.7% in SUs and +3.8% in the number of assisted flights. This increase is specifically attributable to the results achieved by the airports in charging zones 2 and 3. The domestic traffic item, highlights a 0.9% increase in service units and a 0.2% rise in assisted flights. This traffic item was affected by the negative performance of air traffic on the first charging zone.
The type of business in which the Parent Company operates is affected by the uneven trend of revenues throughout the whole year. Air traffic is, by its very nature, heavily influenced by seasonal factors. As for any activity linked to tourism, passenger traffic increases in the seasons of the year when Italian and foreign passengers typically travel more.
Specifically, revenue performance, which is closely connected to air traffic volumes, is not uniform throughout the year and reach the peak in the summer months in particular. Consequently, the Group's interim results, as already shown in the first quarter and in the half-year report, do not contribute evenly to the economic and financial results for the year.
In addition to the financial data required by the IFRS and in line with the guidelines no. 2015/1415 issued on 5 October 2015 by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) which, as notified by Consob in Communication no. 92543 of 3 December 2015 and starting from 3 July 2016, replace Recommendation CESR/05-178b issued by the Committee of European Securities Regulators, Enav presents certain indicators derived from the former data which provide management with an additional parameter for evaluating the
performance achieved by the Group to ensure greater comparability, reliability and understanding of the financial information.
The alternative performance indicators used in this document are as follows:
The reclassified consolidated income statement, statement of financial position and statement of cash flows, the consolidated statement of net financial indebtedness and the alternative performance indicators used by management to monitor performance are shown below.
| 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | Variations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Values | % | |||
| Revenues from operations | 669,345 | 626,388 | 42,957 | 6.9% |
| Balance | (21,786) | 10,094 | (31,880) | -315.8% |
| Other operating income | 25,429 | 25,623 | (194) | -0.8% |
| Total revenues | 672,988 | 662,105 | 10,883 | 1.6% |
| Personnel costs | (354,188) | (354,164) | (24) | 0.0% |
| Capitalisation of internal work | 20,396 | 20,315 | 8 1 |
0.4% |
| Other operating costs | (108,734) | (120,237) | 11,503 | -9.6% |
| Total operating costs | (442,526) | (454,086) | 11,560 | -2.5% |
| EBITDA | 230,462 | 208,019 | 22,443 | 10.8% |
| EBITDA margin | 34.2% | 31.4% | 2.8% | 9.0% |
| Net amortisation of investment contributions | (96,540) | (100,113) | 3,573 | -3.6% |
| Write-downs, losses (write-backs) of value and provisions | (4,912) | (447) | (4,465) | 998.9% |
| EBIT | 129,010 | 107,459 | 21,551 | 20.1% |
| EBIT margin | 19.2% | 16.2% | 2.9% | 18.1% |
| Financial income (expenses) | (1,559) | (2,630) | 1,071 | -40.7% |
| Pre-tax income | 127,451 | 104,829 | 22,622 | 21.6% |
| Income taxes for the period | (37,812) | (34,393) | (3,419) | 9.9% |
| Profit/(loss) for the period | 89,639 | 70,436 | 19,203 | 27.3% |
| Value in thousands of Euro |
Revenues from operations stood at €669.3 million, up 6.9% compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, comprising €658.7 million in revenue from the parent company's core business (+6.7% in the third quarter of 2016) and €10.6 million from business conducted by the Group in the non-regulated market (up +18.5% in the third quarter of 2016).
| 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | Variations | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| En Route revenues | 478,511 | 456,470 | 22,041 | 4.8% |
| Terminal revenues | 169,765 | 150,975 | 18,790 | 12.4% |
| En Route and terminal exemptions | 10,425 | 9,961 | 464 | 4.7% |
| Revenues from non-regulated market | 10,644 | 8,982 | 1,662 | 18.5% |
| Total revenues from operations | 669,345 | 626,388 | 42,957 | 6.9% |
Value in thousands of Euro
En-route revenues totalled €478.5 million, an increase of 4.8% compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, on account of the higher service units in the period which affected both domestic and international and overflight traffic by +3.4% in total compared with the third quarter of 2016. This was in the
context of charges applied which were essentially unchanged compared with 2016 standing at €80.00 (€80.08 in 2016).
Terminal revenues amounted to €169.8 million and recorded an increase of 12.4% compared with the corresponding period in the previous year, following the differing trend of the service units developed at individual airports classified by different charging zone, which overall stood at +2.7%, with a negative performance for the first charging zone and a positive performance for the other two zones, and also the charge applied.
Specifically, the first charging zone, which refers to Rome Fiumicino Airport, recorded lower traffic managed, expressed in service units, of -3.9% compared with the third quarter of 2016, an airport which suffers greatly from the difficulties which Alitalia finds itself in. Added to this effect is the 6% of charge reduction in 2017 which determined a charge of €188.57 compared with €200.68 in 2016. The second charging zone, which refers to the airports Milano Malpensa, Milano Linate, Venezia Tessera and Bergamo Orio al Serio, recorded a good performance for managed air traffic which increased, in terms of service units, by 4.4% compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, a performance which partly offset the lower revenue deriving from a tariff reduction in 2017 of the 10%, with a charge of €209.95 compared with €233.33 in 2016. The third charging zone, which includes 40 medium and low traffic airports, recorded an increase in managed air traffic, expressed in service units, of +5.3% compared with the third quarter of 2016, and benefits from both revenue from the airports of Comiso and Rimini, which came under the management of the Parent Company with effect, respectively from September and November 2016, and the 24% tariff increase applied in 2017 through a charge of €323.79 compared with 2016 when there was a contribution from the Ministry of Economy and Finance of approximately €26 million which allowed a lower charge of €260.96 to be applied. Revenue for en-route and terminal exemptions was €10.4 million, up 4.7% compared with the third quarter of 2016 due to higher service units for exempt flights for en-route traffic.
Revenue from the non-regulated market stood at €10.6 million, with an overall increase of 18.5% equal to €1.7 million compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, a change which would have stood at +33.4% if the €1 million for the third quarter of 2016 resulting from the effect of the acknowledgement and settlement agreement signed by the subsidiary Techno Sky and Leonardo S.p.A., following the arbitration proceedings which concluded in May 2016, was excluded. Revenue from the non-regulated market changed according to the type of service provided in the period with an increase in revenue for services provided abroad including: i) in the United Arab Emirates, for the restructuring of the airspace which generated revenue of €2.6 million; ii) in Libya, both for the construction of the control tower and the technical area of the Mitiga airport and for the training of 60 Libyan air traffic controllers, with total revenue of €1.1 million; iii) in Morocco, for the instrument flight procedures research and the restructuring of the air space, with revenue of €0.7 million. These activities made it possible to offset the reduction in revenue for Air Traffic
Services provided by the Parent Company through direct contracts including those which refer to the airport of Comiso, charged from September 2016 and previously managed under a direct agreement and for tower services for the airport of Crotone following the end of the temporary exercising at the end of October 2016 and as a result of the closure of the airport.
The balance charge adjustments, also part of the Parent Company's operations, totalled -€21.8 million and were calculated on the basis of the items listed in the following table:
| Total balance | (21,786) | 10,094 | (31,880) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance utilisation | (18,061) | (11,061) | (7,000) |
| Balance changes | (2) | (185) | 183 |
| Discounting effect | 6 4 |
(419) | 483 |
| Balance charge adjustments for the period | (3,787) | 21,759 | (25,546) |
| 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | Variations | |
| were calculated on the basis of the items listed in the following table: |
Value in thousands of Euro
The balance charge adjustments item for the period, equal to -€3.8 million, a total fall of €25.5 million compared with the third quarter of 2016, includes €10 million for en-route balances and is negative by €13.8 million for terminal balances. Specifically, route balances refer mainly to traffic risk and the portion not recovered of balances recorded in previous years and incorporated in the 2017 charge in the amount of €18.8 million in total (€14.8 million in the third quarter of 2016), following the lower service units generated at the end of September 2017 compared with the performance plan figures (-6.7%) and the inflation balance of - €9.6 million, in line with the third quarter of 2016. The terminal balances include: i) a positive balance for the first charging zone totalling €0.3 million (negative by €0.7 million in the third quarter of 2016), the net effect between the positive balance for traffic risk (-5.8% in terms of service units compared with the performance plan figures) and the negative balance for inflation; ii) a negative balance for the second charging zone totalling €2.9 million linked to both traffic (+4% compared with the projected figures) and inflation; iii) a balance reimbursed for the third charging zone, created by a cost recovery logic, equal to -€11.2 million as a result of the effect of greater traffic in the period and lower costs incurred. The overall variation of the balance charge adjustments for the period is mainly due to the balance for the third charging zone which in the corresponding previous period was positive by €18.7 million as a lower charge was applied while awaiting the contribution from the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
The balance utilisation of €18.1 million refers to the charge repayment and therefore to the income statement for the portion of en-route and terminal balances recorded in previous years.
Other operating income of €25.4 million, essentially in line with the third quarter of 2016, mainly includes the contribution recognized to the Parent Company pursuant to Article 11-septies of Law 248/05, in order to offset for the costs incurred to ensure the safety of facilities and operational safety in the amount of €22.5 million in the period.
| Variations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | Values | % |
| (354,188) | (354,164) | (24) | 0.0% |
| 20,396 | 20,315 | 8 1 |
0.4% |
| (108,734) | (120,237) | 11,503 | -9.6% |
| (442,526) | (454,086) | 11,560 | -2.5% |
Value in thousands of Euro
Operating costs totalled €442.5 million, a decrease of 2.5% compared with the corresponding period of the previous year and consist of personnel costs of €354.2 million, other operating costs of €108.7 million and capitalisation of internal work which generated a positive effect of €20.4 million.
| 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | Variations | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages and salaries, of which: | ||||
| fixed remuneration | 205,435 | 204,836 | 599 | 0.3% |
| variable remuneration | 45,393 | 44,469 | 924 | 2.1% |
| Total wages and salaries | 250,828 | 249,305 | 1,523 | 0.6% |
| Social security contributions | 82,240 | 82,924 | (684) | -0.8% |
| Employee severance indemnity | 15,941 | 16,013 | (72) | -0.4% |
| Other costs | 5,179 | 5,922 | (743) | -12.5% |
| Total personnel costs | 354,188 | 354,164 | 2 4 |
0.0% |
| Value in thousands of Euro |
The balance of personnel costs was in line with the final figures in the third quarter of 2016, standing at €354.2 million. The performance of the various cost items changed, specifically with a 0.6% increase in wages and salaries due in part to the fixed remuneration which contains a valuation of the possible effects of the renewal of the contract which expired at the end of 2016, effects which were largely offset by the lower costs generated by the reduction in the Group headcount corresponding to 42 average units, compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, and 76 actual units, with a headcount at the end of the third quarter of 2017 of 4,251 units (4,327 units in the third quarter of 2016). Variable remuneration recorded an overall increase of 2.1% mainly related to overtime connected to the training of Air Traffic Controllers for the implementation of the free route platform project which involved the Parent Company's operating staff starting from the last months of 2016, and the need to employ a larger number of resources in July and August to deal with the increase in recorded traffic. Social security contributions declined by 0.8% following the reaching of the pension contribution ceiling, while other personnel costs fell by 12.5% in part with reference to the early retirement incentive paid to employees leaving in the period in question which amounted to €1.7 million (€2.1 million in the third quarter of 2016).
Other operating costs stood at €108.7 million, a fall of 9.6% compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, equal to €11.5 million; a greater change compared with the reduction linked to costs incurred for the privatisation process which in the third quarter of 2016 weighed in at €7.4 million.
| 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | Variations | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costs for the purchase of goods | 5,653 | 6,150 | (497) | -8.1% |
| Costs for services: | ||||
| Maintenance costs | 14,756 | 15,589 | (833) | -5.3% |
| Costs for Eurocontrol contributions | 28,029 | 30,995 | (2,966) | -9.6% |
| Costs for utilities and telecommunications | 27,087 | 26,782 | 305 | 1.1% |
| Costs for insurance | 2,034 | 4,467 | (2,433) -54.5% | |
| Cleaning and security | 3,651 | 3,965 | (314) | -7.9% |
| Other personnel-related costs | 7,159 | 7,285 | (126) | -1.7% |
| Professional services | 7,566 | 7,891 | (325) | -4.1% |
| Other costs for services | 4,832 | 9,933 | (5,101) -51.4% | |
| Total costs for services | 95,114 | 106,907 | (11,793) -11.0% | |
| Costs for the use of third-party assets | 4,301 | 4,512 | (211) | -4.7% |
| Other operating expenses | 3,666 | 2,668 | 998 | 37.4% |
| Total | 108,734 | 120,237 | (11,503) | -9.6% |
Value in thousands of Euro
In the break-down of the individual items note a widespread reduction in the various cost items including those for the purchase of goods, which mainly includes the costs incurred for the purchase of replacement parts relating to equipment and apparatus used for air traffic control, which fell on account of the fewer purchases in the period and costs for services. The latter recorded a total net decrease of 11% connected to the lower Eurocontrol contribution costs, the reduction in insurance costs which benefited from the saving associated with the new contracts concluded which ran from 1 July 2016, the lower costs for professional services which in the third quarter of 2016 included part of the costs associated with the privatisation process while the third quarter in question includes costs, not incurred previously, which refer both to costs supporting the new projects abroad and costs incurred in relation to the new status as a listed company, as well as costs for radio frequency utilisation in non-aeronautical bands. Other costs for services fell by €5.1 million because the third quarter of 2016 included the advertising costs for the privatisation.
These amounts had a positive effect in the calculation of the EBITDA, generating an increase of 10.8% compared with the third quarter of 2016 and reaching €230.5 million with an EBITDA margin up 34.2% (31.4% in the third quarter 2016).
EBIT was €129 million, up €21.5 million on the corresponding period of the previous year when it stood at €107.5 million. Amortisation and depreciation affected this result by €96.5 million, a fall of €3.6 million compared with the third quarter of 2016, partly offset by the effect of the write-down of receivables in the period in order to take into account the situation of Alitalia which went into extraordinary administration through the order of 2 May 2017. The EBIT margin in the third quarter of 2017 was 19.2%, an improvement compared with the corresponding period of the previous year when it stood at 16.2%.
Financial income and expenses had a negative value of €1.6 million, recording an improvement compared with the third quarter of 2016 of €1 million, mainly due to the growth of financial income.
| 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | Variations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income from investments in other companies | 417 | 250 | 167 |
| Financial income from balance discounting | 2,060 | 487 | 1,573 |
| Financial income from non-current financial assets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interest income on VAT credit refunds | 1 9 |
356 | (337) |
| Other interest income | 1,230 | 1,443 | (213) |
| Total financial income | 3,726 | 2,536 | 1,190 |
| 3rd quarter 2017 | 3rd quarter 2016 | Variations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest due on bank loans | 1,554 | 1,555 | (1) |
| Interest due on bonds | 2,602 | 2,601 | 1 |
| Interest due on employee severance indemnity | 543 | 722 | (179) |
| Other interest due | 148 | 304 | (156) |
| Total financial expenses | 4,847 | 5,182 | (335) |
| Profit/(loss) on foreing exchange | (438) | 1 6 |
(454) |
| Total financial income and expenses | (1,559) | (2,630) | 1,071 |
Value in thousands of Euro
Value in thousands of Euro
The increase in financial income of €1.2 million compared with the corresponding period of the previous year refers mainly to the income from the balance discounting, which only includes the portion of balance receivables attributable to the quarter, but also the allocation to the income statement of the discounting of part of the receivables for the balance of the third charging zone, following the termination of the receivables
implemented in compliance with Decree Law 50 of 24 April 2017 converted through Law 96 pursuant to Article 51 which recognized to the Parent Company €26 million for curbing the terminal third charging zone increases set out in the 2016-2019 programme contract.
Financial expenses fell by €0.3 million both through lower interest costs on employee severance indemnity in the period and through lower financial expenses recorded in the third quarter of 2017 by the subsidiary Techno Sky following the conclusion of the arbitration proceedings at the end of the 2016 half-year where interest legal rate was applied to the credit and debit entries frozen in the arbitration award.
Income taxes for the period were negative by €37.8 million, up by €3.4 million compared with the third quarter of 2016, following the higher tax base, although the result for the period benefits from the lower current taxes following the reduction of the IRES rate from 27.5% to 24%. The profit for the period, as a result of the above, stands at €89.6 million, a 27.3% improvement compared with the corresponding period of the previous year when it stood at €70.4 million.
| 30.09.2017 | 31.12.2016 | Variations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tangible assets | 1,026,865 | 1,056,281 | (29,416) |
| Intangible assets | 123,977 | 123,084 | 893 |
| Investments in other companies | 52,025 | 36,468 | 15,557 |
| Non-current trade receivables and payables | 67,381 | 136,770 | (69,389) |
| Other non-current assets and liabilities | (70,705) | (73,036) | 2,331 |
| Net fixed capital | 1,199,543 | 1,279,567 | (80,024) |
| Inventories | 60,749 | 60,895 | (146) |
| Trade receivables | 366,193 | 226,651 | 139,542 |
| Trade payables | (124,622) | (132,512) | 7,890 |
| Other current assets and liabilities | (189,764) | (166,459) | (23,305) |
| Assets held for disposal net of related liabilities | (275) | 1 3 |
(288) |
| Net working capital | 112,281 | (11,412) | 123,693 |
| Gross net fixed capital | 1,311,824 | 1,268,155 | 43,669 |
| Employee severance indemnity and other benefits | (54,988) | (57,388) | 2,400 |
| Provisions for risks and charges | (10,417) | (11,029) | 612 |
| Deferred tax assets net of liabilities | 20,156 | 20,209 | (53) |
| Net invested capital | 1,266,575 | 1,219,947 | 46,628 |
| Shareholders' equity | 1,109,200 | 1,119,826 | (10,626) |
| Net Financial Indebtedness | 157,375 | 100,121 | 57,254 |
| Total coverage sources | 1,266,575 | 1,219,947 | 46,628 |
Value in thousand of Euro
Net invested capital was €1,266.6 million, up by €46.6 million compared with 31 December 2016 resulting from changes in the following items.
Net fixed capital of €1,199.5 million decreased by €80 million as at 30 September 2017 compared with 31 December 2016, because of: i) the decrease in tangible assets of €29.4 million, mainly the result of depreciation higher than the investments made during the period; ii) an increase of €15.6 million in the item investment in other companies resulting from the payment by Enav North Atlantic of the third and fourth instalments for the acquisition of the interest in Aireon of \$22.9 million, which took its stake up to 10.07%; iii) the net reduction in non-current trade receivables and payables, which refer exclusively to the balances of €69.4 million, being the net effect of the recognition of the balances for the period of -€3.8 million, the cancellation of €26 million of terminal balances of the third charging zone recorded in previous years and recognised by the Ministry of Economy and Finance through Article 51 of Legislative Decree 50/2017, reducing the payable recognised for the same period of 2014 and the reclassification of current balance trade receivables and trade payables which will be included in the 2018 charge.
Net working capital was €112.3 million, up by €123.7 million compared with 31 December 2016. The main changes involved: i) the €139.5 million increase in trade receivables which refers €91.2 million to Eurocontrol following increased traffic in the last two months of the third quarter of 2017, and therefore relates to notpast due positions and to the two months' revenue from Alitalia not collected; the receivable from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport for the safety contribution which provides €22.5 million and the balance receivable of €31 million mainly for the allocation in the current portion of balances which will be included in the 2018 charge. These increases were reduced by €4.7 million following the prudential writedown of receivables made in the period and which refer to Alitalia and an airport management company; ii) the €7.9 million decrease in trade payables following the higher payments to suppliers of €19 million, an effect offset by the increase in balance payables following the reclassification in the current portion of part of the balances which will be included in the 2018 charge and the collection of the pre-financing obtained for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) project 2015 call first cluster 2015 -2018 for approximately €6 million; iii) the change in other current assets and liabilities creating a net effect of greater debt of €23.3 million relating to tax payables of €12.6 million following IRES in the period; greater payables to the Italian Air Force of €28.2 million for the portion pertaining to the collection of en-route and terminal receivables recognized in the period net of payments made; a reduction in payables to the Ministry of Economy and Finance of €26 million following the effects associated with Legislative Decree 50 of 24 April 2017; a decrease in tax
receivables of €11.4 million mainly through the collection of the VAT receivable for 2016 for which a refund was requested in February 2017 and collected for a total of €13.6 million.
When calculating net invested capital the employee severance indemnity, negative by €55 million also had an impact, recording a positive change in the period of €2.4 million both in payments and advances made during the period and the actuarial gain recorded at 30 September 2017, as well as provisions for risks and charges of €10.4 million and deferred tax asset and liabilities for a positive net amount of €20.2 million.
Shareholders' equity stood at €1,109.2 million recording a net decrease of €10.6 million compared with 31 December 2016 mainly following the profit recorded at 30 September 2017 of €89.6 million and the falls in shareholders' equity following the payment of the €95.3 million dividend and the negative effect of the translation reserve of the financial statements in foreign currency which had a negative impact of €4.9 million.
Net financial indebtedness amounted to €157.4 million, an increase of €57.3 million compared with 31 December 2016, as shown in the following table.
| 30.09.2017 | 31.12.2016 | Variations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 158,594 | 231,007 | (72,413) |
| Current financial receivables | 0 | 1,221 | (1,221) |
| Current financial debt | (32,258) | (32,622) | 364 |
| Net current financial position | 126,336 | 199,606 | (73,270) |
| Non-current financial receivables | 283 | 0 | 283 |
| Non-current financial liabilities | 0 | (104) | 104 |
| Non-current financial debt | (283,994) | (299,623) | 15,629 |
| Non-current financial indebtedness | (283,711) | (299,727) | 16,016 |
| Net financial indebtedness | (157,375) | (100,121) | (57,254) |
Value in thousands of Euro
There was a negative change in net financial indebtedness as at 30 September 2017 of €57.3 million compared with 31 December 2016, relating mainly to the payment of the €95.3 million dividend made in May and the payment of the third and fourth instalments of the purchase price for the stake in Aireon of approximately \$22.9 million. These effects were offset by the ordinary operations which produced a positive cash flow, as described below. Non-current financial debt fell by €15.6 million on account of the repayment of the half-year instalments on medium-term loans.
| 30.09.2017 | 31.12.2016 | |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Cash | 158,594 | 231,007 |
| (B) Other cash equivalents | 0 | 0 |
| (C) Trading Securities | 0 | 0 |
| (D) Liquidity (A)+(B)+(C) | 158,594 | 231,007 |
| (E) Current financial receivables | 0 | 0 |
| (F) Current financial payables | 0 | 0 |
| (G) Current portion of non-current indebtedness | (32,258) | (32,622) |
| (H) Other current financial debt | 0 | 0 |
| (I) Current financial indebtness (F)+(G)+(H) | (32,258) | (32,622) |
| (J) Net current financial indebtedness/Liquidity (D)+(E)+(I) | 126,336 | 198,385 |
| (K) Non-current bank loans | (103,994) | (119,623) |
| (L) Bonds issued | (180,000) | (180,000) |
| (M) Other non-current loans | 0 | 0 |
| (N) Non-current financial indebtedness (K)+(L)+(M) | (283,994) | (299,623) |
| (O) CONSOB Net Financial Indebtedness (J)+(N) | (157,658) | (101,238) |
| (P) Current and non-current derivatives instruments | 283 | 1,117 |
| (Q) ENAV Group Net Financial Indebtedness (O)+(P) | (157,375) | (100,121) |
Value in thousand of Euro
| 30.09.2017 | 30.09.2016 | Variations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash flow generated/(absorbed) from operating activities | 137,748 | 150,053 | (12,305) |
| Cash flow generated/(absorbed) from investing activities | (99,241) | (63,246) | (35,995) |
| Cash flow generated/(absorbed) from financing activities | (111,285) | (61,148) | (50,137) |
| Cash flow for the period | (72,778) | 25,659 | (98,437) |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | 231,811 | 174,141 | 57,670 |
| Exchange rate differences on cash | 104 | (379) | 483 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period (*) | 159,137 | 199,421 | (40,284) |
| Free cash flow | 38,507 | 86,807 | (48,300) |
Value in thousands of Euro
(*) Cash and cash equivalent at the end of the period includes for 543 thousands of euro the liquidity of the SICTA Consortium in liquidation.
The cash flow from operating activities generated at 30 September 2017 stood at €137.7 million, down €12.3 million compared with the figure in the corresponding period of the previous year, following the not collected receivables due from Alitalia of approximately €17 million, lower VAT collections of €13.6 million compared with €40.5 million at 30 September 2016, the increase in the balance payables following the increase in the period of negative balances totalling €24.4 million compared with €12.4 million in the corresponding previous period, lower balance receivables recorded in the period of €13.5 million, greater receivables from the core business, lower changes regarding the provision for risk and charges used in 2016 following the dispute of the subsidiary Techno Sky to the tune of €5.2 million, effects partly offset by the greater profit for the period of €19.2 million.
The cash flow from investing activities at 30 September 2017 was negative by €99.2 million, up by €36 million compared with the figure recorded at 30 September 2016, due to greater payments of €19.1 million to suppliers associated with investment projects and for the payment of the third and fourth instalments of €16.9 million as the purchase price for the investment in Aireon, which was not present as at 30 September 2016.
The cash flow from financing activities absorbed total liquidity of €111.3 million recording a negative change of €50.1 million compared with the corresponding period of the previous year mainly with reference to the payment of the €95.3 million dividend, an increase of €48 million compared with 30 September 2016.
The free cash flow stood at €38.5 million thanks to the cash flow generated by activities in the period which allowed to cover the cash flow absorbed by investing activities. In this regard, note that net of the investing activities in Aireon which absorbed cash of €16.9 million, the free cash flow would have stood at €55.4 million with a negative change of €31.4 million compared with the corresponding period of the previous period, mainly on account of the not-collected receivables due from Alitalia, the lower collection of VAT receivables and the higher payments made to suppliers for investment projects.
The undersigned Loredana Bottiglieri, as Manager responsible for financial reporting for Enav, pursuant to Article 154-bis, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree 58/1998 - Consolidated Finance Act, declares that the accounting information in this Interim Financial Report at 30 September 2017 corresponds to that contained in the accounting documentation, books and records.
Rome, 13 November 2017
Signed by Loredana Bottiglieri
Enav S.p.A. Via Salaria 716, 00138 Rome Tel. +39 06 81661 www.enav.it
Share capital: €541,744,385.00 fully paid-up Tax Code and enrolment number in the Companies Register of Rome: 97016000586 VAT Registration No. 02152021008
email: [email protected]
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