Related Party Transaction • Apr 21, 2020
Related Party Transaction
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Drawn up pursuant to Article 5 of the Regulations containing provisions on related party transactions (adopted by CONSOB with Resolution No. 17721 of 12 March 2010, as subsequently amended and supplemented)
This disclosure document has been made available to the public at the administrative office of Tesmec S.p.A. at Via Zanica, 17/O, Grassobbio (BG), on the Tesmec S.p.A. website www.tesmec.com, on the eMarket-Storage authorised storage mechanism at the address , and at Borsa Italiana S.p.A. (Piazza degli Affari 6, Milan)
Milan, 21 April 2020
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A list of the main terms used in this Disclosure Document is provided below.
| Purchaser | Means Tesmec. |
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| Borsa Italiana | Borsa Italiana S.p.A., with registered office at Piazza degli Affari, 6, Milan. |
| RPT Committee or Committee |
Means Tesmec's Control, Risk and Sustainability Committee acting as Committee for Transactions with Related Parties made up of the independent directors Emanuela Teresa Basso Petrino, Simone Andrea Crolla and Guido Traversa. |
| Preliminary Purchase and Sale Agreement or Agreement |
Means the preliminary agreement for the purchase and sale of share signed on 14 April 2020 between Tesmec and MTS, pursuant to which MTS, as Seller, has undertaken to sell to Tesmec the full and exclusive ownership of the Share it owns, free of any encumbrances, and Tesmec, as Purchaser, has undertaken to purchase it against payment of the Consideration. |
| Consideration | The consideration equal to EUR 9,400,000.00 which the Purchaser has undertaken to pay to the Seller at the Closing Date and which the Seller has undertaken to convert into a payment for a future increase in the Purchaser's capital. |
| Date of the Disclosure Document |
Means the date this Disclosure Document is published. |
| Closing Date | Means the closing date of the purchase and sale of the Share, scheduled for 30 April 2020. |
| Disclosure Document | This disclosure document on a significant related party transaction. |
| Expert or Partners | Partners S.p.A., appointed as independent expert to assist the RPT Committee in issuing its reasoned opinion on the Transaction and on the advantageousness and substantive fairness of its terms and conditions. |
| Fi. Ind. | Fi. Ind. S.p.A., with registered office at Piazza Sant'Ambrogio, 16, Milan. |
| Tesmec Group or Group |
The Issuer and its subsidiary companies pursuant to Article 2359 of the Italian Civil Code. |
| MTS | MTS – Officine Meccaniche di Precisione S.p.A., with registered office at Via Provinciale, 26/28, Sirone (LC). |
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| Transaction | Means Tesmec's purchase, at the Closing Date, of the entire share capital of 4 Service against payment of the Consideration. |
| Parties | Means the Purchaser and the Seller jointly. |
| Related Parties | The parties included in the definition provided in the RPT Regulations and the RPT Procedure. |
| RPT Procedure or Procedure for Transactions with Related Parties |
The Procedure governing related party transactions approved by the Issuer's Board of Directors. |
| Share | The entire share capital of 4 Service owned by the Seller who is the sole shareholder. |
| CONSOB Issuers' Regulation |
The regulation on issuers adopted by CONSOB with resolution no. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as subsequently amended and supplemented. |
| RPT Regulation or Regulation on Transactions with Related Parties |
The Regulation containing provisions on related party transactions adopted by CONSOB with resolution no. 17221 of 12 March 2010, as subsequently amended and supplemented. |
| Tesmec or the Company or the Issuer |
Tesmec S.p.A., with registered office at Piazza Sant'Ambrogio, 16, Milan and secondary establishment at Via Zanica, 17/O, Grassobbio (BG). |
| Consolidated Law or TUF |
Italian Legislative Decree no. 58 of 24 February 1998, (Consolidated Law on Financial Intermediation), as subsequently amended and supplemented. |
| TTC | TTC S.r.l., with registered office at Via Fara Gustavo, 35, Milan. |
| Seller | Means MTS. |
| 4 Service | 4 Service S.r.l., a company incorporated under Italian law with registered office at Piazza Sant'Ambrogio 16, Milan, fully subscribed and paid-in share capital equal to EUR 1,000,000, tax code, VAT No. and registration number in the Milan Companies Register 11189150961. |
This Disclosure Document has been drawn up by the Company pursuant to Article 5 of the RPT Regulation and in compliance with Annex 4 to said Regulation, as well as pursuant to Article 5 of the Company's RPT Procedure. The aim is to highlight the transparency and the substantive and procedural fairness of the transaction involving Tesmec's acquisition of the 100% interest held by MTS in 4 Service against payment of the Consideration to be converted by MTS into a payment for a future increase in Tesmec's capital. The Transaction shall be concluded on the Closing Date.
The Transaction is part of the Group's wider strategy to concentrate all the rental management operations, currently performed by 4 Service as well as by Tesmec USA Inc., under a single organisation.
The Transaction constitutes a related party transaction, as specified in greater detail in paragraph 2.2 below, as MTS qualifies as a related party of Tesmec pursuant to paragraph , letters (a) and (i) of Annex 1 to the RPT Regulation, given that Tesmec and MTS are both companies subject to the control of TTC. TTC (i) exercises control over Tesmec, as it holds a total investment equal to 44.609% of its share capital, of which 30.301% is held directly and 14.308% is held indirectly through Fi. Ind.; and (ii) exercises control over MTS, as it holds an investment equal to approximately 57.09% of the share capital of Fi. Ind., which in turn holds an investment equal to 100% of the share capital of MTS. TTC's share capital is held as follows: (i) Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 28.62%; (ii) Ellida Pittaluga, holding an amount equal to 8.62%; (iii) Carlo Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62%; (iv) Caterina Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62%; (v) Lucia Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62% and (vi) Unione Fiduciaria S.p.A., holding an amount equal to 6.90%. Furthermore, it should be noted that: (i) Tesmec's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni holds the office of non-executive director in MTS; and (ii) Tesmec's Vice Chairman Gianluca Bolelli holds the office of director in TTC.
The Transaction constitutes a significant related party transaction in accordance with the indicator of value set forth in paragraph 1.1., letter a) of Annex 3 to the RPT Regulation, as the Consideration exceeds the significance threshold currently applicable, which is equal to Euro 2,307,585, i.e. 5% of the Tesmec Group's shareholders' equity reported in the most recent consolidated balance sheet published by the Company that, as of today's date, is contained in the Annual Financial Report as at 31 December 2019.
With regard to application of the Procedure, as the Issuer is a "small company", it makes use of the possibility of applying to the Transaction the procedure established for transactions with related parties of lesser importance, as provided for by Article 10 of the Related Party Regulation.
The Transaction was approved by Tesmec's Board of Directors on 14 April 2020, after it had obtained a favourable reasoned opinion, issued on the same date, by the Committee, whose decisions were endorsed by the Expert.
On 14 April 2020 the Preliminary Purchase and Sale Agreement of Share was signed between MTS, acting as Seller, on one side and Tesmec, acting as Purchaser, on the other.
Tesmec's Board of Directors believes that the Transaction is in the Group's interest, that does not undermine the protection of corporate assets and that all the necessary measures have been taken to guarantee the substantive and procedural fairness of the Transaction and of its terms and conditions, in view of the relationship between the contracting parties.
This is because:
This Disclosure Document was sent to CONSOB and to Borsa Italiana and filed at the Company's administrative office within the terms provided by law and according to the procedures stated in Part III, Title II, Chapter I, of the Issuers' Regulation. A copy of the Disclosure Document can also be found in the Investor Relations/Governance/Related Party Transactions section of the Tesmec website www.tesmec.com.
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The Transaction is classified as a related party transaction pursuant to the RPT Regulation and the RPT Procedure, as MTS qualifies as a related party of Tesmec pursuant to paragraph 1, letters (a) and (i) of Annex 1 to the RPT Regulation, given that Tesmec and MTS are both companies subject to the control of TTC. TTC (i) exercises control over Tesmec, as it holds a total investment equal to 44.609% of its share capital, of which 30.301% is held directly and 14.308% is held indirectly through Fi. Ind.; and (ii) exercises control over MTS, as it holds an investment equal to approximately 57.09% of the share capital of Fi. Ind., which in turn holds an investment equal to 100% of the share capital of MTS. TTC's share capital is held as follows: (i) Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 28.62%; (ii) Ellida Pittaluga, holding an amount equal to 8.62%; (iii) Carlo Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62%; (iv) Caterina Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62%; (v) Lucia Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62% and (vi) Unione Fiduciaria S.p.A., holding an amount equal to 6.90%. Furthermore, it should be noted that: (i) Tesmec's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni holds the office of non-executive director in MTS; and (ii) Tesmec's Vice Chairman Gianluca Bolelli holds the office of director in TTC.
In this regard it should be noted that on 14 April 2020, when the Board of Directors was passing the resolution on the Transaction, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni abstained pursuant to Article 2391 of the Italian Civil Code – also in view of the position of nonexecutive director held in MTS – while the directors Lucia Caccia Dominioni, Caterina Caccia Dominioni and Gianluca Bolelli declared that they had an interest in the implementation of the Transaction.
In relation to the Transaction, as at the Date of the Disclosure Document, there have been no reports of additional situations where there is a potential conflict of interest other than those that are typical of related party transactions, or risks other than those typically affecting transactions of a similar kind.
The Committee, required to give an opinion pursuant to Article 5 of the RPT Procedure, was involved in the Transaction as it was provided with adequate information and supporting documentation and, after conducting extensive due diligence on the Transaction, on 14 April 2020 it issued a favourable reasoned opinion on the interest of the Company and of the Group in implementing the Transaction, and on the advantageousness and substantive fairness of its terms and conditions, which is attached hereto under Annex 1. In accordance with the RPT Procedure and with the provisions of the RPT Regulation, on 27 February 2020 the RPT Committee appointed the Expert to assist it in assessing the Transaction. On 14 April 2020, the Expert issued its own opinion, the key elements of which are stated in Annex 2.
The rental business development strategy was launched in 2017 when agreements were concluded with MTS regarding (i) the purchase by the newly incorporated 4 Service (formerly MTS) of trenchers for subsequent rental, and (ii) the supply by the Group, under sub-contracting arrangements, of all the ancillary services required for using the trenchers (i.e., transport, storage, maintenance and repair actions). These agreements were specifically subject to the rules governing related party transactions (see the disclosure document published on 2 November 2017).
During the negotiations between the Seller and the Purchaser, from December 2019 MTS assigned the rental business branch (including the 100% interest held in the share capital of the US company MTS 4 Service LLC) to the wholly owned subsidiary 4 Service.
In signing the Preliminary Purchase and Sale Agreement on 14 April 2020, MTS undertook to assign and sell to Tesmec the full and exclusive ownership of 100% of the share capital of 4 Service and Tesmec undertook to purchase that interest against payment of the Consideration equal to Euro 9,400,000.00 at the Closing Date. At the same time, MTS undertook to convert the Consideration into a payment for a future increase in Tesmec's share capital. In this regard, the Parties expressly acknowledged that the Consideration is fixed and unchangeable and therefore definitively waived any mechanism for deferment, review or positive or negative adjustment of the Consideration pursuant to law or to the agreement, including purely by way of example, the remedies set forth in Articles 1447 and 1467 of the Italian Civil Code.
The purchase and sale of the Share, in accordance with the Parties' obligations, is scheduled to be completed at the Closing Date and take place by 30 April 2020. At the Closing Date the Purchaser shall purchase the Share with all the related rights to 4 Service's retained earnings.
A clause was included on the interim management of 4 Service, under which, without prejudice to activities authorised in writing by the Purchaser or to activities of which the mandatory fulfilment is strictly required by law, the Seller undertook to ensure that, from the date the Agreement was signed and up to the Closing Date, the activities of 4 Service would be managed according to principles of ordinary and diligent administration, in compliance with past practices, in observance of the obligations assumed, without concluding agreements or implementing other actions, which by their nature or duration, exceed the limits of ordinary business activity, or cause or could cause the Seller's warranties to be breached or inaccurate. If during this period 4 Service intends to undertake actions, which by their nature or duration, exceed the limits of ordinary business activity, the Seller shall be required to request in writing the Purchaser's written consent. The Purchaser's consent shall be considered denied if the Purchaser does not expressly notify its consent in writing within 5 (five) working days of the date it receives the Seller's written request.
Pursuant to the Agreement, MTS provided representations and warranties on the following matters: (i) capacity to enter into the Agreement; (ii) ownership of the Share; (iii) contracts; (iv) employees; (v) pro forma financial statements and absence of liabilities; (vi) taxes and duties, administrative authorisations and permits; (vii) insurance and guarantees; (viii) data protection; (ix) litigation. The Purchaser instead provided the standard representations and warranties for similar transactions to the one covered by the Agreement.
The representations and warranties provided by the Seller in points (i), (ii), (iv), (vi) and (viii) above shall be valid and effective until the twentieth working day after expiry of the period of limitation applicable to the underlying claim; all the other representations and warranties provided above shall be valid and effective until the eighteenth month after the Closing Date.
In addition to the applicable remedies provided by law, provision has been made for the Purchaser to be indemnified and held harmless by the Seller against any loss within the following limits: (i) the Seller shall be liable for indemnification in the event that the cumulative amount of losses, which can effectively be indemnified by the Seller to the Purchaser under the Agreement, exceeds the amount of Euro 25,000; and; (ii) the cumulative aggregate amount due from the Seller to the Purchaser by way of indemnity for losses cannot exceed the amount of Euro 4,000,000.
The Agreement also imposes non-competition obligations on MTS, under which it undertook, with regard to a geographical area limited to certain regions (USA, Europe, Oceania and Middle East), not to engage in competitive activities and not to participate in any enterprise and/or activity competing with those carried out by 4 Service at the Closing Date up to the 5th (fifth) anniversary of the Closing Date, with the assumption of specific behaviour obligations in this respect.
The Transaction is classified as a related party transaction pursuant to the RPT Regulation and the RPT Procedure, as MTS qualifies as a related party of Tesmec pursuant to paragraph 1, letters (a) and (i) of Annex 1 to the RPT Regulation, given that Tesmec and MTS are both companies subject to the control of TTC. TTC (i) exercises control over Tesmec, as it holds a total investment equal to 44.609% of its share capital, of which 30.301% is held directly and 14.308% is held indirectly through Fi. Ind.; and (ii) exercises control over MTS, as it holds an investment equal to approximately 57.09% of the share capital of Fi. Ind., which in turn holds an investment equal to 100% of the share capital of MTS. TTC's share capital is held as follows: (i) Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 28.62%; (ii) Ellida Pittaluga, holding an amount equal to 8.62%; (iii) Carlo Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62%; (iv) Caterina Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62%; (v) Lucia Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62% and (vi) Unione Fiduciaria S.p.A., holding an amount equal to 6.90%. Furthermore, it should be noted that: (i) Tesmec's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni holds the office of non-executive director in MTS; and (ii) Tesmec's Vice Chairman Gianluca Bolelli holds the office of director in TTC.
In this regard it should be noted that on 14 April 2020, when the Board of Directors was passing the resolution on the Transaction, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni abstained pursuant to Article 2391 of the Italian Civil Code – also in view of the position of nonexecutive director held in MTS – while the directors Lucia Caccia Dominioni, Caterina Caccia Dominioni and Gianluca Bolelli declared that they had an interest in the implementation of the Transaction.
In relation to the Transaction, as at the Date of the Disclosure Document, there have been no reports of additional situations where there is a potential conflict of interest other than those that are typical of related party transactions, or risks other than those typically affecting transactions of a similar kind.
The Transaction constitutes a significant related party transaction in accordance with the indicator of value set forth in paragraph 1.1., letter a) of Annex 3 to the RPT Regulation, as the Consideration exceeds the significance threshold currently applicable, which is equal to Euro 2,307,585, i.e. 5% of the Tesmec Group's shareholders' equity reported in the most recent consolidated balance sheet published by the Company that, as of today's date, is contained in the Annual Financial Report as at 31 December 2019.
The economic reasons and benefits of the Transaction for the Tesmec Group lie in the fact that it is part of a wider Group strategy to concentrate all the rental management operations, currently performed by 4 Service as well as by Tesmec USA Inc., under a single organisation.
The possibility of renting trenchers allows the Group's customers to maximise operational benefits by having the most suitable machinery for the work to be done at their disposal, when and where required, generating significant savings in terms of execution times – and costs – and postponing the possible purchase to a later date.
By concentrating all the rental activity under a single organisation, the Group will be able to respond to the customers' requests to have the option of purchasing or renting the machines. In the second case, the machines may often be purchased by the customers at a later date.
It is reminded that the rental business development strategy was launched in 2017, when agreements were concluded with MTS (now 4 Service) regarding (i) the purchase by the newly incorporated 4 Service (formerly MTS) of trenchers for subsequent rental, and (ii) the supply by the Group, under subcontracting arrangements, of all the ancillary services required for using the trenchers (i.e., transport, storage, maintenance and repair actions).
In view of the positive results achieved in the three-year period and as the fleet has reached its ideal size, the Group has taken the opportunity to internalise and concentrate all the "dry rental" activities in a single organisation and has been able to implement the Transaction thanks to MTS's willingness to convert the receivable arising from payment of the Consideration into a payment for a future increase in Tesmec's capital.
Further details on the economic and financial effects of the Transaction can be found in Paragraph 2.5 below.
The Consideration was established in negotiations between the Parties as Euro 9,400,000 and shall be converted, at the Closing Date, into a payment for a future increase in the Purchaser's capital.
The Consideration was also established in light of the results of the assessment drawn up by the independent expert EY Advisory ("EY") to assist Tesmec's Board of Directors and reflects the valuation inferred from application of the comparable listed companies market multiples method and the comparable transactions multiples method using the EBITDA 2019 as reference.
In its assessment EY used valuation methods in line with national and international practices, applying those considered most appropriate, taking into account the purpose of the analysis, the specific characteristics and fundamentals of 4 Service reflected in the information received, as well as the nature of the transaction and the purpose of the valuation.
More specifically, the main methods used were the stock market multiples and the transaction multiples methods, while the simple equity method was used as control method, comparing the results obtained with the various methods applied. EY conducted its assessment of 4 Service from a stand-alone perspective, that is, in the expectation of independent management, disregarding any synergy effects.
The stock market multiples method consists in giving the company a value equal to the one assigned to it by the stock market in which its shares are traded.
It is included in the category of "direct" valuation methods, which are those that refer to the effective market prices in transactions involving shares of the capital of the company being evaluated.
The values arising from the stock market prices represent the summary of the expectations (and consequent value judgments) of the total investors with regard to the company being evaluated.
The method is based on the determination of multiples calculated as ratio between the stock market values and the economic and financial parameters of a sample of comparable companies, which are then applied, with appropriate additions and adjustments to the corresponding parameters of the company being evaluated, in order to estimate a range of values.
The main phases involved in this method are described below:
same unit of measure) and external comparability (i.e. the need to ensure that the market values and the fundamental parameters of the companies in the sample are mutually comparable, such as they all use the same accounting standards). The company is therefore evaluated on the basis of an appropriate range of multiples calculated on the basis of projections where possible, or at least on the most recent historical results (mostly recently disclosed to the market). In this specific case, also taking the reference sector into account, EY considered the Enterprise Value/EBITDA 2019 multiple, where the Enterprise Value was calculated as the average value of this parameter at market close for the three months up to 3 April 2020 and the reference EBITDA for the companies making up the panel is the value of the most recently closed tax year, i.e. the 2019 tax year.
The Enterprise Value range identified using this method stands at between Euro 19.3 million and Euro 23.4 million.
The comparable transaction multiples method allows a company to be valued on the basis of the enterprise values observed in market transactions concerning entities considered comparable to the company under analysis.
The method for selecting the reference panel follows the same principles as the market multiples method, with specific regard to the selection of comparable companies and the choice of reference multipliers to be used.
This method is based on the analysis of implicit multipliers – considered significant – recognised in the aforesaid transactions. In this specific case, also taking the reference sector into account, EY took the EV/EBITDA multiple into consideration.
In order to evaluate 4 Service, the first step was to identify a sample of transactions considered comparable, in view of the specific sector in which the company operates.
With regard to the comparable transaction multiples, a 30% discount was again applied, so as to allow for the fact that 4 Service is smaller than the other companies included in the panel.
The Enterprise Value range identified using this method stands at between Euro 18.2 million and Euro 21.9 million.
By overlapping the stock market multiples method and the comparable transactions multiples method, the following value range was identified (where "EV" stands for "Enterprise Value" and "Equity" stands for "Equity Value"):
| EV/EBITDA | 3,8x | 3,9x | 4,0x | 4,1x | 4,2x | 4,3x |
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| EBITDA19 | 5,2 | 5,2 | 5,2 | 5,2 | 5,2 | 5,2 |
| EV | 19,7 | 20,5 | 20,8 | 21,3 | 21,9 | 22,2 |
| NFP Feb20 | 11,7 | 11,7 | 11,7 | 11,7 | 11,7 | 11,7 |
| Equity | 8,0 | 8,8 | 9,1 | 9,6 | 10,2 | 10,5 |
In view of the fact that 4 Service is a company with a strong invested capital component, mainly represented by fixed assets, the equity method was considered the best control method.
The simple equity method considers the economic value of the company's capital equal to the appropriately adjusted book value of shareholders' equity.
The adjusted shareholders' equity is the result of a valuation, at current market value, on a going concern basis, of all the assets duly reduced by all the liabilities.
The valuation usually involves the following phases:
The equity method is therefore based on the market value valuation of the fixed assets (trenchers) owned by 4 Service, according to the estimate made by the company and also compared with the book value of the fixed assets.
According to the estimate made by the company, the value of the 40 trenchers owned by 4 Service is equal to Euro 22 million.
| Simple Equity Method | ||||
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| 1000000 | €m Dec-19 |
€m Feb-20 |
€m Mar-20 |
# trenchers |
| 4Service S.r.l. – Market Price | 7.8 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 19 |
| Leasing 4Service S.r.l. - Market | ||||
| Price | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 8 |
| MTS4Service LLC - Market Price | 10.4 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 13 |
| Total fleet market price | 23.9 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 40 |
| NFP | 12.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | |
| NWC | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | |
| Equity Value – capital method | ||||
| valuation | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 40 |
The Consideration, established in negotiations between the Parties as Euro 9,400,000, corresponding to an Enterprise Value of Euro 21.1 million (based on the NFP of Euro 11.7 million as of 31 March 2020) stands within the overlap of the range of values identified by applying the three methods described above, including the simple equity method used as control method.
In accordance with the RPT Procedure and the provisions of the RPT Regulation, on 27 February 2020 the RPT Committee appointed the Expert to assist it in the assessments on the Transaction.
More specifically, the RPT Committee appointed the Expert to examine the Transaction from the Tesmec Group's perspective, in order to provide the Committee with useful information on (i) the economic reasons underlying the Transaction and (ii) its advantageousness and substantive fairness.
The Expert was chosen on account of its proven track record of reliability and professionalism in corporate accounting and finance. In the pre-appointment selection phase, it was considered that the Expert had no economic, equity or financial relations with the Issuer or with parent or subsidiary companies or companies subject to joint control with Tesmec or with their directors, and did not provide them with any form of ongoing collaboration or consultation.
On 14 April 2020 the Expert issued its opinion, the key elements of which are stated in Annex 2. This information was reproduced in accordance with the content of the Expert's opinion and, as far as the Issuer is aware, there are no omissions that could cause the reproduced information to be inaccurate or misleading.
A summary is provided below of the assessments made by the Expert upon completion of its analysis:
This Paragraph includes a summary of the effects of the Transaction on the main economic and financial indicators of the Tesmec Group (the "Post Transaction Data").
The Post Transaction Data were drawn up by the Company to simulate the effects of the Transaction on the Tesmec Group's statement of financial position, as if it had taken place virtually on 31 December 2019 and, with regard to the economic performance, on 1 January 2019. However it should be noted that the information contained in the Post Transaction Data represents, as stated above, a simulation for illustrative purposes only of the possible effects that could arise from the planned acquisition. More specifically, as the information is constructed to provide a retroactive view of the effects of subsequent transactions, despite the compliance with commonly accepted rules and the use of reasonable assumptions, there are limits associated with the very nature of information prepared in this way. Hence, it should be noted that if the Transaction had actually taken place on the hypothetical dates, the Post Transaction Data would not necessary have been obtained.
Lastly, it should be noted that the Post Transaction Data provided below do not in any way intend to represent a forecast of the future results of the Tesmec Group and therefore must not be construed as such.
The table below provides an illustration of the synthetic aggregate income statement and the statement of financial position of 4 Service and Tesmec Group (net of mutual relations) relating to the year 2019, intended to represent the effects of the Transaction on the economic performance and financial position of the Tesmec Group:
| Synthetic Income Statement (in Euro/million) | Tesmec Group 2019 |
Tesmec Group Post Transaction 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenues | 200.7 | 198.6 |
| Cost of goods sold | (148.2) | (142.0) |
| Other operating costs/operating revenues (net) | (25.0) | (25.2) |
| EBITDA | 27.4 | 31.4 |
| Amortisation/depreciation | (19.1) | (21.5) |
| Operating income | 8.4 | 10.0 |
| Income and charges other than the above | (4.2) | (4.2) |
| Income before tax | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| Tax | (1.2) | (1.3) |
| Net profit | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| Asset and financial Structure (Euro/million) |
Tesmec Group 31.12. 2019 |
Tesmec Group Post Transaction 31.12.2019 |
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| Net working capital | 73.0 | 72.7 |
| Fixed assets | 86.9 | 105.1 |
| Other long-term assets and liabilities | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Net invested capital | 164.2 | 182.4 |
| Net financial indebtedness | (118.0) | (120.4) |
| Due to shareholders | - | (10.5) |
| Shareholders' equity | (46.2) | (51.5) |
| Total sources of funding | (164.2) | (182.4) |
The Post Transaction Data were drawn up on the basis of the Tesmec Group's Consolidated Financial Statements as at 31 December 2019 and the Financial Statements of 4 Service (formerly MTS) and of the subsidiary MTS 4 Service LLC as at 31 December 2019, duly adjusted to align their financial data to the IAS/IFRS standards and to take into account the mutual eliminations arising from the effects of completion of the Transaction. The Post Transaction Data were not subject to audit.
The main impacts of the Transaction in economic and financial terms are listed below:
While highlighting an increase in the NFP, the combination of the two businesses in itself leads to an improvement in the PFN/EBITDA ratio, which would rise from 4.3x to 3.8x.
The Transaction has no impact on the fees of the directors of Tesmec and/or of the companies controlled by it.
The Transaction is classified as a related party transaction pursuant to the RPT Regulation and the RPT Procedure, as MTS qualifies as a related party of Tesmec pursuant to paragraph 1, letters (a) and (i) of Annex 1 to the RPT Regulation, given that Tesmec and MTS are both companies subject to the control of TTC. TTC (i) exercises control over Tesmec, as it holds a total investment equal to 44.609% of its share capital, of which 30.301% is held directly and 14.308% is held indirectly through Fi. Ind.; and (ii) exercises control over MTS, as it holds an investment equal to approximately 57.09% of the share capital of Fi. Ind., which in turn holds an investment equal to 100% of the share capital of MTS. TTC's share capital is held as follows: (i) Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 28.62%; (ii) Ellida Pittaluga, holding an amount equal to 8.62%; (iii) Carlo Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62%; (iv) Caterina Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62%; (v) Lucia Caccia Dominioni, holding an amount equal to 18.62% and (vi) Unione Fiduciaria S.p.A., holding an amount equal to 6.90%. Furthermore, it should be noted that: (i) Tesmec's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni holds the office of non-executive director in MTS; and (ii) Tesmec's Vice Chairman Gianluca Bolelli holds the office of director in TTC.
In this regard it should be noted that on 14 April 2020, when the Board of Directors was passing the resolution on the Transaction, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni abstained pursuant to Article 2391 of the Italian Civil Code – also in view of the position of nonexecutive director held in MTS – while the directors Lucia Caccia Dominioni, Caterina Caccia Dominioni and Gianluca Bolelli declared that they had an interest in the implementation of the Transaction.
In relation to the Transaction, as at the Date of the Disclosure Document, there have been no reports of additional situations where there is a potential conflict of interest other than those that are typical of related party transactions, or risks other than those typically affecting transactions of a similar kind.
Tesmec's Board of Directors conducted a preliminary examination of the Transaction on 20 December 2019, then on 17 February 2020, on 13 March 2020 and on 8 April 2020, acknowledging its significance, in terms of its structure, in the process underway in the Tesmec Group to concentrate the machine rental business owned by MTS though 4 Service.
The negotiations relating to conclusion of the Agreement were conducted, on one side, by the Chairman of MTS's Board of Directors, Alfredo Gianetti, and on the other, by Tesmec's General Manager, Paolo Mosconi, with the involvement of the independent director Emanuela Teresa Basso Petrino.
On 30 March 2020, the Parties reached a non-binding agreement on the main terms and conditions of the Transaction.
As known, significant related party transactions are approved by the Board of Directors after obtaining the reasoned opinion of the RPT Committee, made up of the Company's independent directors.
In compliance with the provisions of the RPT Procedure, the Company guaranteed that, for the purposes of assessing the Transaction, the Committee would be provided with full and appropriate information and supporting documentation. More specifically, the Company's management not only gave the Committee the draft agreements exchanged between the Parties, but also the clarifications and explanations requested in a prompt and timely manner.
The Committee was already involved in the negotiation phase and examined and held a preliminary discussion on the contents of the Transaction during the meetings held on 20 December 2019, 17 February 2020, 27 February 2020, 12 March 2020 and 8 April 2020. On 27 February 2020, the RPT Committee appointed the Expert to assist it in the assessments on the Transaction.
On 8 April 2020, the Committee gave a preliminary favourable opinion on the Transaction with regard to a consideration ranging between Euro 8,800,000 and Euro 10,500,000 as initially established by the Parties.
Then, on 14 April 2020, after a complex evaluation process based on full and appropriate information on the Transaction in terms of the nature of the relationship, the main terms and conditions of the Transaction, the timeframe, the reasons underlying the Transaction as well as any risks for the Company and its subsidiaries, pursuant to the RPT Regulation and the RPT Procedure, the Committee gave a favourable reasoned opinion on the Transaction, which was issued with the assistance of the independent expert Partners. A copy of the RPT Committee's favourable opinion on the interest of the Company and of the Group in implementing the Transaction, and on the advantageousness and substantive fairness of its terms and conditions is attached hereto under Annex 1.
Tesmec's Board of Directors therefore approved the Transaction during the meeting held on 14 April 2020 and this Disclosure Document during the meeting held on 20 April 2020.
Pursuant to Article 5 of the RPT Regulation, the opinion of the RPT Committee, set forth in Annex 1, and this Disclosure Document can be found on the Company's website www.tesmec.com.
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Milan, 21 April 2020
The Board of Directors
the Control, Risk and Sustainability Committee, acting as Committee for Transactions with Related Parties, (hereinafter also the "Committee") of Tesmec S.p.A. (hereinafter also "Tesmec", the "Company", the "Issuer" or the "Purchaser"), has drawn up this opinion pursuant to Article 8, paragraph 1, of CONSOB Regulation no. 17221 of 12 March 2010 and subsequent amendments and supplements (hereinafter also "RPT Regulation"), as well as to Article 5 of the Related Party Transaction Procedure adopted by the Company (hereinafter also the "RPT Procedure"), in compliance with the provisions set forth – at primary legislation level – by Article 2391-bis of the Italian Civil Code.
of which in accordance with the results of the sworn appraisal report drawn up by an expert appointed by MTS pursuant to Article 2465, paragraph 1, of the Italian Civil Code;
Tesmec and MTS pursuant to which MTS, as Seller, shall undertake to assign and sell to Tesmec the full and exclusive ownership of the Share it owns, free of any encumbrances, and Tesmec, as Purchaser, shall undertake to purchase it against payment of a consideration equal to Euro 9,400,000.00 (the "Consideration") at the closing date of the purchase and sale of the Share, scheduled for 30 April 2020 (the "Closing Date");
of valuations specified by EY, the Board's advisor, and by Partners, the Related Party Committee's advisor
and therefore,
on the interest of the Company and the Group in implementing the Transaction, and on the advantageousness and substantive fairness of the terms and conditions of the Transaction, as set out in the Preliminary Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Milan, 14 April 2020
The Chairman
Emanuela Teresa Basso Petrino
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TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE ACQUISITION OF THE 100% SHAREHOLDING IN 4SERVICE S.R.L. BY TESMEC S.P.A.
14 April 2020
| Reference context and assignment | p. 3 |
|---|---|
| Performance of the assignment and documentation reviewed | p. 4 |
| Scope of the deliverable | p. 5 |
| Summary of the conditions for carrying out the Transaction | p. 6 |
| Tesmec Group's interests in carrying out the Transaction: economic justifications | p. 9 |
| Benefits of the Transaction from a stand-alone perspective | p. 10 |
| Benefits of the Transaction from the Tesmec Group perspective | p. 13 |
| Conclusions | p. 16 |
Tesmec S.p.A. ("Tesmec" or the "Company") is currently studying a transaction ("Transaction") which entails the acquisition of a 100% shareholding in the company 4Service S.r.l. ("4Service"), currently 100% owned by MTS S.p.A. ("MTS")
Based on the preliminary agreements, consideration for the Transaction will fall between € 8.8 million and € 10.5 million (see the letter concerning the "Expression of interest for the acquisition of the rental business by Tesmec Group" of 30 March 2020 sent by Tesmec to MTS)
Given that Tesmec and MTS are related parties - as the reference shareholder for both is TTC S.r.l. - the Transaction must be subject to the "Procedure for Related Party Transactions" ("RPT Procedure") adopted by Tesmec pursuant to Art. 4 of Consob Regulation no. 17221 of 12 March 2010
This RPT Procedure envisages that the Related Party Transactions Committee ("RPT Committee") of Tesmec issues a reasoned (though non-binding) opinion "on the interests of the Company in carrying out the Transaction as well as on the benefits and substantial correctness of the relevant conditions" for the administrative body that will be called to resolve on the Transaction1
Assignment granted to Partners S.p.A.
Reference context
In the context outlined above, the Tesmec RPT Committee, without prejudice to its assessment autonomy, assigned Partners to review the Transaction from the perspective of Tesmec Group in order to provide useful elements to the Committee regarding (i) the economic justifications for the Transaction and (ii) its benefits and substantial correctness
1 See § 5.2 of the RPT Procedure.
For purposes of carrying out its assignment, Partners reviewed the documents relevant to the Transaction provided by the Company
In particular, the documents reviewed by Partners are summarised below:
Information reviewed
The validity of the considerations presented in this deliverable is subject to the assumptions and limits set out below.
The Transaction entails the acquisition by Tesmec of the entire share capital of 4Service, a company established on 13 February 2020 and which, following a transfer completed on 4 March 2020, was the beneficiary of the MTS business unit ("MTS rental business") dedicated to trencher rental activities
As a result of the Transaction, Tesmec Group will set up an operating division specifically dedicated to the rental business ("Tesmec Rental"), which will combine a fleet of a total of 56 trenchers (16 from Tesmec USA Inc. and 40 from the acquisition of 4Service)1
1 Ref. information provided by the Company and EY Presentation, p. 15. Furthermore, note that the division in question will manage 2 additional trenchers already managed by 4Service (but owned by Tesmec) under two specific contracts. 2 Book values were maintained for the transfer and the expert assigned to draft the sworn valuation pursuant to Art. 2465, paragraph 1 of the Italian Civil Code (Massimo Chiarella) certified that the economic value of the MTS Rental Business is "at least equal to the value attributed to it for purposes of determining the share capital and any share premium of the transferee 4Service S.r.l." (Ref. Chiarella Valuation, p. 18). 3 Chiarella Valuation, pp. 13-18 and information provided by the Company, contained in the EY Presentation on pp. 9 and 11
Subject of the Transaction
| €/mln | $dic-19$ | $mar-20$ |
|---|---|---|
| Ricavi | 6,9 | |
| EBITDA | 5, 2 | |
| margine % | 75,2% | |
| PFN | 12,8 | 11,7 |
| PN | 8,7 | |
| PFN/EBITDA | 2,4x | |
| Flusso di cassa operativo | 1,8 |
rmation provided by the Company and contained in EY Presentation, p. 11.
2 Information provided by the Company
Pro-forma consolidated balance sheet and income statement of 4Service
3 Information provided by the Company
7
Summary of the conditions for carrying out the Transaction(3/3)
OMISSIS
Economic justifications for the Transaction
1 Source: Expression of Interest and Draft Proposed Preliminary Contract
Fairness of the agreed consideration compared to the economic value of 4Service from a stand-alone perspective: results contained in the EY Presentation
| EV/EBITDA 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| €/mln | 3,8x | 4,3x |
| EBITDA 2019 (ramo rental) | 5,2 | 5,2 |
| Enterprise Value | 19,7 | 22,2 |
| Posizione finanziaria netta (31.03.2020) | 11,7 | 11,7 |
| Equity Value | 8,0 | 10,5 |
Fairness of the agreed consideration compared to the economic value of 4Service from a stand-alone perspective: results contained in the EY Presentation
1 EY Presentation, p. 13.
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In order to further test the ranges of economic value contained in the EY Presentation from a stand-alone perspective, an independent validation was made of the economic value of 4Service based on the following assumptions:
1 Partners calculated the EV/EBITDA multiple using the same sample identified by EY, based on data extracted from the Factset database. 2 Partners calculated the EV/EBITDA multiple using the same sample identified by EY, based on data extracted from the MergerMarket database.
Fairness of the agreed consideration compared to the economic value of 4Service from a stand-alone perspective: an additional validation
Benefits of the Transaction from the Tesmec Group perspective
This table shows the simulation, based on data provided by the Company, of the impact of the Transaction on the 2019 final results of Tesmec Group in terms of EBITDA
| Simulazione su dati consuntivi 2019 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| €/mln | 4Service (Sale + Rental) |
Tesmec Group | Aggregato | Elisioni | Aggregato Pro-forma |
Delta EBITDA |
| a. | b. | c.=a.+b. | d. | e.=c+d | f.=e.-b. | |
| EBITDA 2019 | 5,4 | 27,4 | 32,9 | (1,4) | 31,4 | 4,0 |
Benefits of the Transaction from the Tesmec Group perspective
| EV/EBITDA 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| €/mln | 5,44x | 6,40x |
| Differenziale di EBITDA 2019 | 4,0 | 4,0 |
| Enterprise Value differenziale | 21,8 | 25,6 |
| Posizione finanziaria netta (31.03.2020) | 11,7 | 11,7 |
| Equity Value differenziale | 10,1 | 13,9 |
perspective Note that:
Benefits of
Transaction from the Tesmec Group
the
based on that which was represented to Partners, it is worth noting that the sales activities should not reasonably result in the reversals that reduced EBITDA at consolidated level that were seen in 2019
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As a result of the analyses conducted, it is possible to reach the following summary considerations:
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