Quarterly Report • Aug 31, 2017
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Press release Antwerp August 31, 2017
With a net profit of 133.5 million euros (1H16: 84.7 million euros, +58%), AvH looks back on a strong first half year in 2017. This increase is driven by:
"DEME confirms its positive outlook with a very strong order backlog, while Delen Investments and Bank J.Van Breda & C° realize a record inflow of assets under management. AvH continues the implementation of its strategy, with more focus within its portfolio and on a stable growth of the contribution of the core segments to the recurrent result of the group. The developments at SIPEF and the increase of our shareholding percentage illustrate this perfectly. Thanks to the momentum of its real estate development projects, Extensa also contributes on a more recurrent basis to the group result."
Jan Suykens, CEO - Chairman of the executive committee
| (€ mio) | 30.06.2017 | 30.06.2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Engineering & Contracting | 27.5 | 33.5 |
| Private Banking | 52.9 | 47.1 |
| Real Estate & Senior Care | 18.6 | 8.7 |
| Energy & Resources | 9.7 | 3.8 |
| Contribution from core segments | 108.7 | 93.1 |
| Growth Capital | 3.2 | -2.9 |
| AvH & subholdings | -5.4 | -5.0 |
| Net capital gains(losses) / impairments | 7.2 | -0.5 |
| Result before exceptional results | 113.7 | 84.7 |
| Exceptional results | 19.8 | 0.0 |
| Consolidated net result | 133.5 | 84.7 |
| (€ mio) | 30.06.2017 | 31.12.2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Net equity (part of the group - before allocation of profit) |
2,826.1 | 2,783.1 |
| Net cash position of AvH & subholdings | 57.2 | 68.3 |
Contribution to the AvH consolidated net result
| (€ mio) | 1H17 | 1H16 |
|---|---|---|
| DEME | 27.2 | 32.7 |
| CFE (excl. DEME) | 15.0 | 0.1 |
| A.A. Van Laere | -11.3 | 1.1 |
| Rent-A-Port | -3.4 | 0.3 |
| Green Offshore | 0.0 | -0.7 |
| Total | 27.5 | 33.5 |
DEME (AvH 60.4%) realized a significant increase in (economic) turnover over the first six months of 2017 to 1,102.9 million euros, compared with 803.1 million euros over the same period last year. This increase is attributable to the vigorous growth of GeoSea, which was involved in the construction of the wind farms Galloper in the United Kingdom, Merkur and Hohe See in Germany, and Rentel in Belgium. Dredging activity was at a lower level than in the first half of 2016 due to delays in the start-up or tender of several projects in the Middle East and Asia. This led to a lower occupancy of the dredging fleet. Besides maintenance dredging work in Belgium, Germany and Africa, the main projects during the first six months were in Singapore (extension of Jurong island/JIWE and construction of the first phase of the Tuas container terminal) and in the port of Port Louis (Mauritius).
The cash flow from operating activities (EBITDA) amounted to 194.4 million euros (17.6% of turnover). Although in percentage terms this is lower than in 2016, as was expected, it remains within the historical range of 16% to 20% EBITDA margin. The
net profit amounted to 46.1 million euros (1H16: 54.0 million euros).
The order backlog amounted to 3,845 million euros as of June 30, 2017, compared with 3,800 million euros at year-end 2016 and 4,130 million euros as of March 31, 2017. After winning major new orders in 1Q17 (such as in India and the Maldives, the Rijnlandroute and the Hohe See project), DEME landed many new contracts in the second quarter of 2017 as well. DEME was able to boost its order backlog with contracts in Europe, Africa and Asia, including: - maintenance dredging contracts for the river Elbe in Germany, a gas terminal in Angola, the Freeport in Liberia, and the port of Abidjan in Ivory Coast,
works at the ports of Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Brest and Bordeaux in France, and the port of Tema in Ghana,
coastal protection works in the UK and Benin,
dredging works in the port of Barcelona,
the Maiyegun Waterfront project in Lagos - and phase 2 of the Ayer Merbau reclamation project in Singapore.
At the end of June, GeoSea also won the project for the installation of the offshore foundations for the EnBW offshore wind farm Albatros in Germany.
DEME: Order backlog
DEME
| (€ mio) | 1H17 | 1H16 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (1) | (2) | |
| Turnover | 1,097.7 | 1,102.9 | 802.1 | 803.1 |
| EBITDA | 195.4 | 194.4 | 185.3 | 195.2 |
| Net result | 46.1 | 46.1 | 54.0 | 54.0 |
| Equity | 1,217.8 | 1,217.8 | 1,127.3 | 1,127.3 |
| Net financial position | -230.0 | -235.2 | -325.0 | -334.2 |
(1) Following the introduction of the new accounting standards IFRS10/IFRS11, group companies jointly controlled by DEME are accounted for using the equity method with effect from January 1, 2014.
(2) In this configuration, the group companies that are jointly controlled by DEME are still proportionally integrated. Although this is not in accordance with the new IFRS10 and IFRS11 accounting standards, it nevertheless gives a more complete picture of the operations and assets/liabilities of those companies. In the equity accounting as applied under (1), the contribution of the group companies is summarized on one single line on the balance sheet and in the income statement.
DEME - Maldives
DEME - Goliath
Several contracts are not yet included in the order backlog:
the Fehmarnbelt project (approximately 700 million euros), pending the necessary permits,
the provisional award of the contract for the Blankenburgverbinding,
the cable installation for Elia's Modular Offshore Grid (130 million euros),
and the old port of Doha in Qatar (in joint venture, total value 100 million euros).
At the beginning of July, GeoSea reached an agreement in principle with Dong Energy and Siemens on the acquisition of A2SEA, a leading player in the installation of offshore wind turbines. This enables GeoSea to offer a wide range of integrated services and solutions in the offshore wind energy market and to become market leader in the installation of offshore foundations and wind turbines. A2SEA, which in recent months carried out a major restructuring operation, will contribute around 160 highly qualified and specialized staff, and has two modern high-tech installation vessels, Sea Installer and Sea Challenger (built in 2012 and 2014). As of June 30, 2017, A2SEA had an order backlog of 141 million euros. The transaction, representing an investment of approximately 170 million euros, is expected to be closed in the third quarter of 2017.
In the first six months of 2017, DEME already invested an amount of 264.1 million euros. A total of eight new vessels are under construction and are due for completion between 2017 and 2019. The first vessel of this programme, the hopper dredger Minerva (with a capacity of 3,500 m³), was ceremonially named in Zeebrugge on June 23, 2017.
Despite this intensive investment programme, the net debt position only witnessed a limited increase from 154.6 million euros at year-end 2016 to 235.2 million euros at June 30, 2017.
CFE (AvH 60.4%) recorded a sharp increase of its net profit (excluding DEME's contribution to the results) to 22.7 million euros in the first six months (1H16: -1.0 million euros), despite a decrease in turn-over (also excluding DEME) to 358.2 million euros (1H16: 422.5 million euros).
CFE hereby confirms the turn-around achieved in 2016. CFE reported markedly better results in its contracting division,
CFE: Breakdown by division (excl. DEME)
Construction 242.9 293.5 Multitechnics 74.9 76.2 Rail Infra 33.4 30.8 Contracting 351.2 400.5 8.8 4.1 Real estate development 7.1 7.6 18.8 -0.8 Holding, non-transferred activities and eliminations -0.2 14.4 -4.9 -4.3 Total 358.2 422.5 22.7 -1.0
(1) Including contribution from Rent-A-Port and Green Offshore
which doubled its profit to 8.8 million euros (1H16: 4.1 million euros), and in its real estate development activity, where sales of the development projects Oosteroever in Ostend and Kons in Luxembourg boosted the profit to 18.8 million euros. The cost of the holding and the management of legacy activities represented a cost of 4.9 million euros, which is only slightly higher than the 4.3 million euros in 1H16, which had been impacted by the capital gain on the sale of Locorail.
The board of directors of CFE monitored the development of the exposure to Chad, leaving it unchanged. The negotiations to refinance CFE's receivables are progressing slower than expected. The operational management and maintenance of the Grand Hotel were transferred in June 2017 to the hotel operator appointed by the Chadian government. The hotel was officially opened on July 1, 2017.
CFE - Sint-Maarten hospital - Mechelen
CFE - Kons - Luxembourg
At the end of June, the boards of directors of AvH and CFE announced that they are examining the combination of the activities of the Van Laere group and of CFE Contracting under CFE. To this end, the board of directors of CFE set up a committee of independent directors to describe the nature and the terms of that transaction, evaluate the pro's and con's for CFE and its shareholders, and evaluate the financial consequences. The board of directors of CFE will take a final decision on the basis of those findings. The transaction could be completed in the course of the fourth quarter of 2017, after the performance of a due diligence.
Algemene Aannemingen Van Laere (AvH 100.0%) witnessed a disappointing first half-year in 2017, realizing a turnover of 79.5 million euros (1H16: 87.1 million euros). Poor operational results, in particular on two projects that are either already finished or in the final phase of execution, resulted in a loss for Van Laere of 11.3 million euros, as opposed to a profit of 1.1 million euros in 1H16. The order backlog amounted to 150 million euros at the end of June 2017.
As part of a strategic repositioning, Van Laere sold its car park operator Alfa Park to the French company Effia.
The measures taken in the area of operational excellence will start to generate more results from the second half of the year. As a result, the prospects for the rest of the year look better. As of July 31, the management team of Van Laere has been strenghtened by the appointment of Manu Coppens, as new CEO. He has 20 years of experience in the construction industry.
Rent-A-Port (AvH 72.18%) reported a loss of 4.7 million euros in the first half of 2017, mainly due to a very low turnover in Vietnam. The delay in sales of industrial land in Vietnam are due to the late construction of two small seawalls, which means that no large industrial sites are available. These problems will be fully resolved in the course of 2018, which will also see the start of some large-scale development projects in Vietnam.
Contribution to the AvH consolidated net result
| (€ mio) | 1H17 | 1H16 |
|---|---|---|
| Finaxis | -0.7 | -0.4 |
| Delen Investments | 39.5 | 33.5 |
| Bank J.Van Breda & C° |
13.8 | 14.0 |
| Asco-BDM | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Total | 52.9 | 47.1 |
Delen Investments (AvH 78.75%) realized an increase in total assets under management to 39,853 million euros in the first half of 2017, compared with 39,742 million euros at the end of March 2017 and 37,770 million euros at year-end 2016. Both Delen Private Bank and JM Finn & Co contributed to this increase.
This 5.5% increase in six months is due in almost equal measure to additional assets entrusted by clients of Delen Investments and to the increasing value of those assets. In the first half of the year, Delen Private Bank reported the strongest inflow of new capital ever in absolute terms. JM Finn & Co also witnessed a higher inflow of new assets, which in 1H17 remained above the outflow, leaving JM Finn & Co with, on balance, a fairly modest net inflow.
Thanks to the increase in assets under management, gross revenues increased from 152.9 million euros at the end of June 2016 to 176.2 million euros. The cost-income ratio, adjusted for a spread of the bank levies over the entire year, decreased both at Delen Private Bank (to 42.6%) and JM Delen Investments: Assets under management
| (€ mio) | 1H17 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Delen Private Bank | 29,130 | 27,383 |
| JM Finn & Co | 10,065 | 9,730 |
| Oyens & Van Eeghen | 658 | 657 |
| Total | 39,853 | 37,770 |
Finn & Co (to 82.3%), and came to 53.9% (1H16: 57.4%) at the consolidated level of Delen Investments.
The net result increased in the first six months to 50.1 million euros (compared with 42.5 million euros in 1H16), which includes the contribution of JM Finn & Co of 3.8 million euros.
The consolidated equity of Delen Investments stood at 623.8 million euros as at June 30, 2017 (compared with 621.2 million euros at year-end 2016). The Core Tier1 capital ratio of 27.8% is well above the industry average.
Delen Private Bank - Antwerp
| (€ mio) | 1H17 | 1H16 |
|---|---|---|
| Gross revenues | 176.2 | 152.9 |
| Net result | 50.1 | 42.5 |
| Equity | 623.8 | 626.4 |
| Assets under management |
39,853 | 35,681 |
| Core Tier1 capital ratio (%) |
27.8 | 29.1 |
| Cost-income ratio (%) | 53.9 | 57.4 |
Bank J.Van Breda & Co - Antwerp
Bank J.Van Breda & Co (AvH 78.75%) reported a strong commercial performance in the first six months of 2017. The total client assets increased to 13.2 billion euros (end of March 2017: 13.0 billion euros; end of December 2016: 12.4 billion euros), of which 8.8 billion euros entrusted funds and 4.4 billion euros client deposits. The loan portfolio increased slightly to 4.4 billion euros (end of March 2017: 4.3 billion euros; end of December 2016: 4.2 billion euros). The provisions for loan losses represented 0.03% of the average loan portfolio, and remain extremely low.
The cost-income ratio stood at 57.4% compared with 59.3% in 1H16. In this ratio, the bank levies of 8.4 million euros, which were charged entirely to 1H17, was spread over the full year. Without these bank levies, the costs increased by only 2% compared with the same period last year. The net result in the first six months remained more or less stable at 17.5 million euros (compared with The consolidated equity increased from 518.3 million euros at year-end 2016 to 534.1 million euros at June 30, 2017. The solvency expressed as equity to assets (leverage ratio) stood at 9.3% and the Core Tier1 capital ratio at 14.4%.
Bank J.Van Breda & C°
| (€ mio) | 1H17 | 1H16 |
|---|---|---|
| Bank product | 69.4 | 66.1 |
| Net result | 17.5 | 17.8 |
| Equity | 534.1 | 500.3 |
| Entrusted funds | 8,793 | 7,408 |
| Client deposits | 4,372 | 4,201 |
| Loan portfolio | 4,381 | 4,060 |
| Core Tier1 capital ratio (%) |
14.4 | 14.4 |
| Cost-income ratio (%) | 57.4 | 59.3 |
(1) Including ABK bank (since 2011) and Van Breda Car Finance
Contribution to the AvH consolidated net result
| (€ mio) | 1H17 | 1H16 |
|---|---|---|
| Leasinvest Real Estate | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| Extensa Group | 11.1 | 1.6 |
| Anima Care | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| HPA | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| Total | 18.6 | 8.7 |
Leasinvest Real Estate (AvH 30.0%) reported a slight increase in its results in the first six months to 15.6 million euros (1H16: 15.1 million euros).
The fair value of the real estate portfolio at the end of June 2017 amounted to 907.0 million euros (compared with 864.0 million euros at the end of March 2017 and 859.9 million euros at year-end 2016).
At the beginning of May, LRE acquired full ownership of the company Mercator Sàrl, which owns an office building in Luxembourg City. The property is worth 35 million euros.
At the end of June, LRE signed a binding agreement - subject to limited conditions precedent - for a 99-year lease on three of its logistics buildings (Tongeren, Wommelgem, Canal Logistics Phase 1 in Neder-over-Heembeek) with a foreign real estate fund. The value of over 60 million euros is in line with the estimated fair value as at June 30, 2017. As a result, most of the logistics portfolio will be sold by year-end 2017.
The rental income remained virtually stable at 28.1 million euros. The average duration of the portfolio was 4.49 years. The temporary decrease in the occupancy rate to 91.8% is essentially attributable to the above-mentioned acquisition of the Mercator building, of which only 42% is currently occupied. The rental yield also decreased to 6.41%.
As at 30/06/17, the equity (group share) stood at 362.8 million euros (year-end 2016: 356.4 million euros). The debt ratio was 59.92% (2016: 58.05%). The sale of the three logistics buildings will lower the debt ratio by around 2.5 percentage points. This decrease will only be noticeable in the third quarter once the notarial sales deeds will be passed.
LRE: Real estate portfolio
| (€ mio) | 1H17 | 1H16 |
|---|---|---|
| Real estate portfolio fair value (€ mio) |
907.0 | 814.1 |
| Rental yield (%) | 6.41 | 6.95 |
| Occupancy rate (%) | 91.8 | 97.5 |
On March 31, 2017, AvH acquired Extensa's 29.3% stake in Leasinvest Real Estate. This, however, has no impact on the group's consolidated shareholding percentage (unchanged at 30.01%).
LRE: Real estate portfolio (% based on fair value)
Leasinvest - Mercator - Luxembourg
Extensa - Gare maritime - Tour & Taxis - Brussels
The net result of Extensa Group (AvH 100.0%) over the first six months of 2017 amounted to 55.2 million euros, of which 44.1 million euros represents the capital gain on the sale of Extensa's 29.3% stake in Leasinvest Real Estate to AvH on March 31, 2017, which is eliminated in AvH's consolidated financial statements. Even without this capital gain, Extensa's results increased from 1.6 million euros (1H16) to 11.1 million euros at June 30, 2017. This significant increase in results reflects the progress of the Herman Teirlinck office building that is under construction on the Tour & Taxis site, and the successful developments on Cloche d'Or in Luxembourg (both residential and offices).
On April 20, 2017, the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region ratified the Special Zoning Plan 'Tour & Taxis', which had already been approved by the City of Brussels at the end of December 2016. After a lengthy procedure that was initiated in 2001, legal certainty has now been obtained with regard to the building lots, zoning status and developable volume. The old freight station (Gare Maritime) is currently being renovated, pending the permit for repurposing into offices, retail and public facilities. Tenants have already been found for 25% of the offices. Completion is scheduled for 2019.
Also on April 20, 2017, the Municipality of Kontich approved the allotment plan for the 'Parkwijk Groeningen' project. This project comprises a varied range of 650 residences in a green area next to the centre of the town, and includes an innovative residential wall concept.
Anima Care (AvH 92.5%) acquired four new retirement homes in the first six months of 2017. At June 30, 2017, it managed a total of 1,638 beds (retirement home beds and convalescent home beds) and 183 service flats in operation, spread over 18 sites.
Anima Care acquired three residences in the Brussels-Capital Region in the first quarter: Eden and Arcade in Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, and La Roseraie in Anderlecht. In June 2017, it also took over the operation of the Atrium residence in Kraainem.
These acquisitions, along with those that were acquired during the second half of 2016 in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek and Wenduine, generated a substantial increase in turnover to 36.7 million euros (1H16: 26.4 million euros). The EBITDA and net profit increased as well to 6.9 million euros (1H16: 6.2 million euros) and 2.0 million euros (1H16: 1.8 million euros) respectively. The increase of the EBITDA and net profit is less than the increase of the turnover, since the newly acquired residences have yet to be integrated into the Anima Care model.
At the beginning of 2017, and in accordance with the agreements of 2015, AvH swapped its last remaining Holding Groupe Duval shares for an additional 23.5% stake in Patrimoine & Santé, the real estate division of the French retirement home operator Residalya.
HPA (AvH 72.31%) realized a turnover over the first six months of 2017 of 56.2 million euros, compared with 50.7 million euros in 1H16. At HPA, too, this increase is partly attributable to the acquisition of two residences. The EBITDA and net result increased to 10.5 million euros and 1.1 million euros respectively.
As of June 30, 2017, Residalya operated 2,598 beds in 34 residences across France.
Contribution to the AvH consolidated net result
| (€ mio) | 1H17 | 1H16 |
|---|---|---|
| SIPEF(1) | 8.5 | 2.7 |
| NMP | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Sagar Cements | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Oriental Quarries & Mines |
-0.1 | 0.0 |
| Total | 9.7 | 3.8 |
(1) Excluding a non-recurrent remeasurement gain of € 19.8 mio, which in the overview on page 2 is reported as a non-recurring element.
SIPEF - Oil palms
SIPEF (AvH 30.25%) recorded a very strong performance in the first half of 2017. Total palm oil production over the first six months increased by 15.9% to 161,541 tonnes (compared with 139,418 tonnes in 1H16). Rising volumes were recorded at all production centres in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Market prices for palm oil experienced strong fluctuations with a high of USD 760/ tonne in January and a low of USD 625/ tonne at the end of June.
As the much higher volumes of palm oil were sold at higher unit prices, turnover increased to 157.0 million euros, compared with 117.4 million euros in 1H16. The full consolidation of PT Agro Muko, a mixed palm oil and rubber plantation with 19,750 planted hectares in Sumatra-Indonesia, had only a minor impact on turnover, in light of the fact that almost the entire production of PT Agro Muko already used to be sold through SIPEF.
In December 2016, SIPEF had reached an agreement with its joint venture partners PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya TBK and M.P. Evans Group Plc on the acquisition of their interest of 10.87% and 36.84% respectively in PT Agro Muko, for a total amount of 144.1 million USD. As a result, SIPEF was able to increase its participation in Agro
| (USD mio) | 1H17 | 1H16(1) |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 157.0 | 117.4 |
| EBIT | 43.5(2) | 15.0 |
| Net result | 107.4 | 12.2 |
| Equity | 602.7 | 421.7 |
| Net cash position | -36.3 | -44.5 |
(1) Restated in accordance with IAS41R
(2) Excl. USD 79.3 mio non-recurrent reamasurement on Agro Muko (share of the group: USD 75.2 mio).
SIPEF: Production
| (Ton)(1) | 1H17 | 1H16 |
|---|---|---|
| 161,541 | 139,418 | |
| 4,424 | 5,409 | |
| 1,169 | 1,507 | |
| 14,812 | 12,186 |
(1) Own + outgrowers
Muko to 95% and acquire exclusive control over Agro Muko. The conditions precedent were fulfilled in February 2017.
In February 2017, an agreement was also reached on the acquisition of 95% of the shares of PT Dendy Marker Indah Lestari in South Sumatra for an amount of 53.1 million USD. Dendy Marker owns 6,562 prepared/planted hectares of oil palms with a potential for expansion up to 9,000 hectares, and has a palm oil extraction mill with a capacity of 25 tonnes/hour. Dendy Marker's activities are RSPO certified. This transaction was closed on July 31.
Both transactions were financed by a combination of a capital increase of 97.1 million USD with preferential subscription rights for the current shareholders and a longterm loan. By exercising its own preferential subscription rights and additional rights acquired on the stock market, AvH subscribed for 629,268 new ordinary shares, increasing its current stake to 30.25%. AvH invested a total of 40.4 million euros during the first half of 2017 to increase its interest in SIPEF (incl. participation in the capital increase).
The management teams of SIPEF and Dendy Marker in front of the palm oil extraction mill
SIPEF - Plantation with mature palms
The net result amounted to 107.4 million USD (1H16: 12.2 million USD). Of this net profit, 75.2 million USD represents a oneoff remeasurement gain that SIPEF had to recognize on the acquisition of exclusive control over Agro Muko. The net profit, without the one-off gain (share of the group) of 75.2 million USD, amounted to 32.3 million USD, which is 164% up on the first half of 2016. Following the acquisition of Dendy Marker, the SIPEF group has 76,768 hectares in operation, of which 70,800 hectares after adjustment for minority interests (beneficial).
Sagar Cements (AvH 17.57%) reported a solid increase in turnover from 51.7 million euros in 1H16 to 68.8 million euros in 1H17. Prices on the Indian market recovered in the first quarter and remained constant. The contribution to the group result amounted to 0.2 million euros (1H16: 0.3 million euros).
At year-end 2016, AvH subscribed to the first phase of a capital increase alongside the Reddy family, the reference shareholder of Sagar Cements. The second phase of the capital increase, which was reserved for qualified institutionals, was successfully closed in February 2017. As a result, AvH's stake has decreased again slightly to 17.6%.
Contribution to the AvH consolidated net result
| (€ mio) | 1H17 | 1H16 |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of participations |
3.2 | -2.9 |
| AvH & subholdings | -5.4 | -5.0 |
| Capital gains(losses)/ impairments |
7.2 | -0.5 |
| AvH & Growth Capital |
5.0 | -8.4 |
The participations in the Growth Capital segment made an overall positive contribution to the results in the first half of 2017. In 1H16, the contribution was still negatively impacted by the losses of Groupe Flo and CKT Offshore. The composition of the Growth Capital portfolio did not undergo any changes in 1H17.
The sale in April 2017 of AvH's 3.0% stake in Ogeda (formerly Euroscreen) for 15.1 million euros resulted in a capital gain of 13.9 million euros.
In the course of the second quarter of 2017, AvH (through GIB, in which it holds 50%) transferred its interest in Financière Flo (principal shareholder of the French listed restaurant group Groupe Flo) to a third party for one euro. At year-end 2016, AvH had already brought the valuation of its investment in Financière Flo in line with the corresponding stock price of Groupe Flo. Following the exit from Financière Flo, a loss of 6.7 million euros was recognized on that value in 1H17. AvH maintains a limited exposure of 1.7 million euros, in the form of a debenture loan to Groupe Flo.
Corelio: At the end of April, Mediahuis and VP Exploitatie received the approval from the competition authorities to acquire Telegraaf Media Groep. Following the close of the tender offer, Mediahuis owns 64.66% of the share capital of Telegraaf Media Groep. The objective of the acquisition is to transform the Mediahuis-Telegraaf Media Groep combination into a leading multimedia group that should in the long term remain successful in the Dutch and Belgian markets.
AvH performed well in the first six months of 2017.
The board of directors continues to believe that the group companies will remain well positioned during the rest of 2017:
• The strong inflow of new asets at Delen Investments and Bank J.Van Breda & Co is expected to yield good results in the second half of the year as well.
• The dynamic of Extensa's large development projects in Brussels and Luxembourg should persist in the second half of the year, as should the further growth of elderly care activities in Belgium and France.
The board of directors therefore expects that, barring unforeseen circumstances, the group's results for the second half of the year will be in the same range as those of the first six months.
| 30.06.2017 | 31.12.2016 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of shares | ||
| Number of shares | 33,496,904 | 33,496,904 |
| Net result per share (€) | ||
| Net result per share | ||
| Basic | 4.03 | 6.77 |
| Diluted | 4.01 | 6.74 |
| Dividend per share | ||
| Gross | 2.0400 | |
| Net | 1.4280 | |
| Net equity per share (€) | ||
| Net equity per share(1) | 85.25 | 83.97 |
| Evolution of the stock price (€) | ||
| Highest | 156.20 | 132.10 |
| Lowest | 125.75 | 100.50 |
| Closing price (June 30) | 146.20 | 132.10 |
(1) Adjusted for treasury shares in portfolio
| (€ 1,000) | 30.06.2017 | 30.06.2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,887,739 | 1,638,357 |
| Rendering of services | 99,499 | 85,799 |
| Lease revenue | 4,402 | 4,320 |
| Real estate revenue | 122,170 | 85,566 |
| Interest income - banking activities | 49,686 | 54,159 |
| Fees and commissions - banking activities | 26,228 | 22,885 |
| Revenue from construction contracts | 1,555,681 | 1,346,161 |
| Other operating revenue | 30,073 | 39,467 |
| Other operating income | 5,245 | 3,023 |
| Interest on financial fixed assets - receivables | 643 | 664 |
| Dividends | 4,537 | 2,314 |
| Government grants | 0 | 0 |
| Other operating income | 65 | 45 |
| Operating expenses (-) | -1,776,696 | -1,516,258 |
| Raw materials and consumables used (-) | -959,998 | -737,092 |
| Changes in inventories of finished goods, raw materials & consumables (-) | 4,603 | 18,827 |
| Interest expenses Bank J.Van Breda & C° (-) | -13,022 | -17,254 |
| Employee expenses (-) | -390,181 | -386,592 |
| Depreciation (-) | -131,716 | -127,302 |
| Impairment losses (-) | 3,163 | -4,036 |
| Other operating expenses (-) | -281,799 | -265,767 |
| Provisions | -7,747 | 2,959 |
| Profit (loss) on assets/liabilities designated at fair value through profit and loss | 10,529 | 1,435 |
| Financial assets held for trading | 0 | 0 |
| Investment property | 10,529 | 1,435 |
| Profit (loss) on disposal of assets | 48,821 | 14,952 |
| Realised gain (loss) on intangible and tangible assets | 2,427 | 832 |
| Realised gain (loss) on investment property | -1,924 | 5,292 |
| Realised gain (loss) on financial fixed assets | 47,122 | 8,078 |
| Realised gain (loss) on other assets | 1,196 | 750 |
| Profit (loss) from operating activities | 175,638 | 141,509 |
| Finance income | 33,852 | 17,083 |
| Interest income | 5,156 | 6,842 |
| Other finance income | 28,696 | 10,241 |
| Finance costs (-) | -64,335 | -48,974 |
| Interest expenses (-) | -19,406 | -23,204 |
| Other finance costs (-) | -44,929 | -25,770 |
| Derivative financial instruments designated at fair value through profit and loss | 643 | -1,319 |
| Share of profit (loss) from equity accounted investments | 73,395 | 48,895 |
| Other non-operating income | 577 | 714 |
| Other non-operating expenses (-) | 0 | 0 |
| Profit (loss) before tax | 219,771 | 157,908 |
| Income taxes | -29,715 | -25,009 |
| Deferred taxes | 4,106 | 9,873 |
| Current taxes | -33,821 | -34,882 |
| Profit (loss) after tax from continuing operations | 190,056 | 132,899 |
| Profit (loss) after tax from discontinued operations | 0 | 0 |
| Profit (loss) of the period | 190,056 | 132,899 |
| Minority interests | 56,551 | 48,194 |
| Share of the group | 133,505 | 84,705 |
| Earnings per share (€) | ||
| 1. Basic earnings per share | ||
| 1.1. from continued and discontinued operations | 4,03 | 2,56 |
| 1.2. from continued operations | 4,03 | 2,56 |
| 2. Diluted earnings per share | ||
| 2.1. from continued and discontinued operations | 4,01 | 2,55 |
| 2.2. from continued operations | 4,01 | 2,55 |
The half-yearly financial report for the period 01/01/17-30/06/17, which comprises besides the condensed financial statements, including all information according to IAS 34, also the interim management report, a statement of the responsible persons and information regarding the external audit, is available on the website www.avh.be.
diversified group active in 4 core sectors: Marine Engineering & Contracting (DEME, one of the largest dredging companies in the world - CFE and A.A. Van Laere, two construction groups with headquarters in Belgium), Private Banking (Delen Private Bank, one of the largest independent private asset managers in Belgium, and asset manager JM Finn & Co in the UK - Bank J.Van Breda & C°, niche bank for entrepreneurs and liberal professions in Belgium), Real Estate & Senior Care (Leasinvest Real Estate, a public regulated real estate company - Extensa, an important land and real estate developer focused on Belgium and Luxembourg) and Energy & Resources (SIPEF, an agro-industrial group in tropical agriculture). In 2016, through its share in its participations, the AvH group represented a turnover of 4.9 billion euros and employed 21.165 people. The group concentrates on a limited number of strategic participations with significant potential for growth. AvH is quoted on the BEL20 index, the Private Equity NXT index of Euronext Brussels and the European DJ Stoxx 600.
All press releases issued by AvH and its most important group companies as well as the 'Investor Presentation' can also be consulted on the AvH website: www.avh.be. Anyone who is interested to receive the press releases via email has to register to this website.
| November 22, | Interim statement |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Q3 2017 |
| February 28, | Annual results |
| 2018 | 2017 |
| May 25, 2018 | Interim statement Q1 2018 |
| August 31, | Half-year results |
| 2018 | 2018 |
| November 23, | Interim statement |
| 2018 | Q3 2018 |
For further information please contact: Jan Suykens, CEO - Chairman executive committee, Tel. +32.3.897.92.36 Tom Bamelis, CFO - Member executive committee, Tel. +32.3.897.92.42
e-mail: [email protected]
Ackermans & van Haaren NV Begijnenvest 113 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Tel. +32 3 231 87 70 [email protected] - www.avh.be
Antwerp, 31 August 2017
The half-yearly financial report was issued in accordance with article 13 of the Royal Decree of 14 November 2007.
This report contains:
| 1. | Consolidated income statement 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2. | Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 20 | |
| 3. | Consolidated balance sheet 21 | |
| 4. | Consolidated cash flow statement 23 | |
| 5. | Statement of changes in consolidated equity 24 | |
| 6. | Segment reporting 25 | |
| • Consolidated income statement per segment | ||
| • Consolidated balance sheet per segment | ||
| • Consolidated cash flow statement per segment | ||
| 7. | Explanatory notes to the financial statements 37 | |
| 8. | Main risks and uncertainties 39 | |
| 9. Overview of the major related party transactions 39 | ||
| 10. Events after balance sheet date 39 | ||
| (€ 1,000) | 30-06-2017 | 30-06-2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,887,739 | 1,638,357 |
| Rendering of services | 99,499 | 85,799 |
| Lease revenue | 4,402 | 4,320 |
| Real estate revenue | 122,170 | 85,566 |
| Interest income - banking activities | 49,686 | 54,159 |
| Fees and commissions - banking activities | 26,228 | 22,885 |
| Revenue from construction contracts | 1,555,681 | 1,346,161 |
| Other operating revenue | 30,073 | 39,467 |
| Other operating income | 5,245 | 3,023 |
| Interest on financial fixed assets - receivables | 643 | 664 |
| Dividends | 4,537 | 2,314 |
| Government grants | 0 | 0 |
| Other operating income | 65 | 45 |
| Operating expenses (-) | -1,776,696 | -1,516,258 |
| Raw materials and consumables used (-) | -959,998 | -737,092 |
| Changes in inventories of finished goods, raw materials & consumables (-) | 4,603 | 18,827 |
| Interest expenses Bank J.Van Breda & C° (-) | -13,022 | -17,254 |
| Employee expenses (-) | -390,181 | -386,592 |
| Depreciation (-) | -131,716 | -127,302 |
| Impairment losses (-) | 3,163 | -4,036 |
| Other operating expenses (-) | -281,799 | -265,767 |
| Provisions | -7,747 | 2,959 |
| Profit (loss) on assets/liabilities designated at fair value through profit and loss | 10,529 | 1,435 |
| Financial assets held for trading | 0 | 0 |
| Investment property | 10,529 | 1,435 |
| Profit (loss) on disposal of assets | 48,821 | 14,952 |
| Realised gain (loss) on intangible and tangible assets | 2,427 | 832 |
| Realised gain (loss) on investment property | -1,924 | 5,292 |
| Realised gain (loss) on financial fixed assets | 47,122 | 8,078 |
| Realised gain (loss) on other assets | 1,196 | 750 |
| Profit (loss) from operating activities | 175,638 | 141,509 |
| Finance income | 33,852 | 17,083 |
| Interest income | 5,156 | 6,842 |
| Other finance income | 28,696 | 10,241 |
| Finance costs (-) | -64,335 | -48,974 |
| Interest expenses (-) | -19,406 | -23,204 |
| Other finance costs (-) | -44,929 | -25,770 |
| Derivative financial instruments designated at fair value through profit and loss | 643 | -1,319 |
| Share of profit (loss) from equity accounted investments | 73,395 | 48,895 |
| Other non-operating income | 577 | 714 |
| Other non-operating expenses (-) | 0 | 0 |
| Profit (loss) before tax | 219,771 | 157,908 |
| Income taxes | -29,715 | -25,009 |
| Deferred taxes | 4,106 | 9,873 |
| Current taxes | -33,821 | -34,882 |
| Profit (loss) after tax from continuing operations | 190,056 | 132,899 |
| Profit (loss) after tax from discontinued operations | 0 | 0 |
| Profit (loss) of the period | 190,056 | 132,899 |
| Minority interests | 56,551 | 48,194 |
| Share of the group | 133,505 | 84,705 |
| Earnings per share (€) | ||
| 1. Basic earnings per share | ||
| 1.1. from continued and discontinued operations | 4.03 | 2.56 |
| 1.2. from continued operations | 4.03 | 2.56 |
| 2. Diluted earnings per share | ||
| 2.1. from continued and discontinued operations | 4.01 | 2.55 |
| 2.2. from continued operations | 4.01 | 2.55 |
| (€ 1,000) | 30-06-2017 | 30-06-2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) of the period | 190,056 | 132,899 |
| Minority interests | 56,551 | 48,194 |
| Share of the group | 133,505 | 84,705 |
| Other comprehensive income | 8,031 | -24,578 |
| Elements to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods | ||
| Changes in revaluation reserve: financial assets available for sale | 6,537 | -1,708 |
| Changes in revaluation reserve: hedging reserves | 15,977 | -19,386 |
| Changes in revaluation reserve: translation differences | -14,348 | -3,212 |
| Elements not to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods | ||
| Changes in revaluation reserve: actuarial gains (losses) defined benefit pension plans | -135 | -273 |
| Total comprehensive income | 198,086 | 108,321 |
| Minority interests | 69,510 | 37,591 |
| Share of the group | 128,577 | 70,731 |
The recognition at fair value of financial assets available for sale yields an unrealized gain of 6.5 million euros, resulting from the accounting revaluation (since they are unrealized capital gains or losses) of financial assets which at June 30, 2017 are still in portfolio, but are available for sale. The increased value during 1H2017 is explained by the 7.7 million euros increase in value of securities which Leasinvest Real Estate has in portfolio, including its 10% stake in the listed company Retail Estates.
Hedging reserves arise from fluctuations in the fair value of hedging instruments used by several group companies to hedge against risks. Several group companies have hedged against a possible rise in interest rates. Generally speaking, the value of those hedging instruments has increased during the first half of 2017, allowing part of the negative value adjustments that were previously recognized under this item to be reversed (such as at Leasinvest Real Estate and DEME).
Translation differences arise from fluctuations in the exchange rates of group companies that report in foreign currencies. During the first half of 2017, the euro increased in value against most currencies (USD, GBP, INR,…), which is reflected in negative translation differences a.o. at Sipef, Rent-A-Port and Manuchar.
With the introduction of the amended IAS 19 accounting standard in 2013, the actuarial gains and losses on certain pension plans are recognized directly in the other comprehensive income.
| (€ 1,000) | 30-06-2017 | 31-12-2016 |
|---|---|---|
| I. Non-current assets | 8,983,837 | 8,523,262 |
| Intangible assets | 178,131 | 166,832 |
| Goodwill | 343,517 | 342,539 |
| Tangible assets Land and buildings |
2,292,558 478,278 |
2,134,639 475,433 |
| Plant. machinery and equipment | 1,436,345 | 1,488,867 |
| Furniture and vehicles | 31,155 | 31,411 |
| Other tangible assets | 4,366 | 4,364 |
| Assets under construction and advance payments | 342,100 | 134,301 |
| Operating lease - as lessor (IAS 17) | 314 | 263 |
| Investment property | 1,080,052 | 1,010,754 |
| Participations accounted for using the equity method | 1,188,783 | 1,153,300 |
| Financial fixed assets | 298,737 | 289,146 |
| Available for sale financial fixed assets | 123,830 | 113,043 |
| Receivables and warranties | 174,907 | 176,103 |
| Non-current hedging instruments | 6,618 | 3,576 |
| Amounts receivable after one year | 175,105 | 160,669 |
| Trade receivables | 6,521 | 4,230 |
| Finance lease receivables | 142,771 | 129,272 |
| Other receivables | 25,813 | 27,167 |
| Deferred tax assets | 122,843 | 134,236 |
| Banks - receivables from credit institutions and clients after one year | 3,297,492 | 3,127,572 |
| II. Current assets | 4,217,561 | 4,247,159 |
| Inventories | 126,457 | 114,536 |
| Amounts due from customers under construction contracts | 209,731 | 247,803 |
| Investments | 491,564 | 621,408 |
| Available for sale financial assets | 491,561 | 621,405 |
| Financial assets held for trading | 3 | 3 |
| Current hedging instruments | 9,407 | 3,551 |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 1,381,961 | 1,405,260 |
| Trade debtors | 1,149,764 | 1,166,164 |
| Finance lease receivables | 49,803 | 47,850 |
| Other receivables | 182,394 | 191,245 |
| Current tax receivables | 23,153 | 24,429 |
| Banks - receivables from credit institutions and clients within one year | 1,195,027 | 1,041,064 |
| Banks - loans and advances to banks | 83,574 | 74,156 |
| Banks - loans and receivables (excluding leases) | 906,712 | 931,915 |
| Banks - cash balances with central banks | 204,741 | 34,993 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 736,583 | 754,315 |
| Time deposits for less than three months | 172,092 | 156,773 |
| Cash | 564,491 | 597,542 |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 43,679 | 34,793 |
| III. Assets held for sale | 90,986 | 104,637 |
| Total assets | 13,292,383 | 12,875,059 |
The breakdown of the consolidated balance sheet by segment is shown on page 29-30 of this report. This reveals that the full consolidation of Bank J.Van Breda & C° (Private Banking segment) has a significant impact on both the balance sheet total and the balance sheet structure of AvH. Bank J.Van Breda & C° contributes 5,194.7 million euros to the balance sheet total of 13,292.4 million euros, and although this bank is solidly capitalized with a Core Tier1 ratio of 14.4%, its balance sheet ratios, as explained by the nature of its activity, are different from those of the other companies in the consolidation scope. To improve the readability of the consolidated balance sheet, certain items from the balance sheet of Bank J.Van Breda & C° have been summarized in the consolidated balance sheet.
| (€ 1,000) | 30-06-2017 | 31-12-2016 |
|---|---|---|
| I. Total equity | 3,990,078 | 3,916,348 |
| Equity - group share | 2,826,105 | 2,783,083 |
| Issued capital | 113,907 | 113,907 |
| Share capital | 2,295 | 2,295 |
| Share premium | 111,612 | 111,612 |
| Consolidated reserves | 2,731,249 | 2,682,090 |
| Revaluation reserves | 6,987 | 11,915 |
| Financial assets available for sale | 32,612 | 31,145 |
| Hedging reserves | -11,309 | -18,635 |
| Actuarial gains (losses) defined benefit pension plans | -11,707 | -11,569 |
| Translation differences | -2,609 | 10,974 |
| Treasury shares (-) | -26,038 | -24,830 |
| Minority interests | 1,163,972 | 1,133,265 |
| II. Non-current liabilities | 2,653,024 | 2,675,375 |
| Provisions | 97,225 | 105,989 |
| Pension liabilities | 56,569 | 56,021 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 242,980 | 256,685 |
| Financial debts | 1,444,404 | 1,413,303 |
| Bank loans | 954,916 | 892,811 |
| Bonds | 408,517 | 434,049 |
| Subordinated loans | 2,544 | 3,344 |
| Finance leases | 74,542 | 79,446 |
| Other financial debts | 3,886 | 3,654 |
| Non-current hedging instruments | 64,860 | 84,352 |
| Other amounts payable after one year | 49,082 | 54,346 |
| Banks - non-current debts to credit institutions. clients & securities | 697,905 | 704,680 |
| Banks - deposits from credit institutions | 0 | 0 |
| Banks - deposits from clients | 646,295 | 647,175 |
| Banks - debt certificates including bonds | 0 | 0 |
| Banks - subordinated liabilities | 51,610 | 57,505 |
| III. Current liabilities | 6,643,209 | 6,277,332 |
| Provisions | 47,945 | 37,865 |
| Pension liabilities | 228 | 214 |
| Financial debts | 671,758 | 560,632 |
| Bank loans | 324,025 | 299,610 |
| Bonds | 99,959 | 0 |
| Finance leases | 11,688 | 52,202 |
| Other financial debts | 236,086 | 208,819 |
| Current hedging instruments | 16,476 | 25,147 |
| Amounts due to customers under construction contracts | 222,614 | 222,816 |
| Other amounts payable within one year | 1,641,249 | 1,573,372 |
| Trade payables | 1,347,986 | 1,270,310 |
| Advances received on construction contracts | 4,553 | 3,814 |
| Amounts payable regarding remuneration and social security | 181,383 | 183,864 |
| Other amounts payable | 107,328 | 115,384 |
| Current tax payables | 54,977 | 51,989 |
| Banks - current debts to credit institutions. clients & securities | 3,926,067 | 3,727,271 |
| Banks - deposits from credit institutions | 25,378 | 24,422 |
| Banks - deposits from clients | 3,662,564 | 3,532,914 |
| Banks - debt certificates including bonds | 226,576 | 161,693 |
| Banks - subordinated liabilities | 11,549 | 8,242 |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 61,896 | 78,027 |
| IV. Liabilities held for sale | 6,072 | 6,004 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 13,292,383 | 12,875,059 |
| (€ 1,000) | 30-06-2017 | 30-06-2016 |
|---|---|---|
| I. Cash and cash equivalents, opening balance | 754,315 | 704,987 |
| Profit (loss) from operating activities | 175,638 | 141,509 |
| Reclassification 'Profit (loss) on disposal of assets' to cash flow from divestments | -48,821 | -14,952 |
| Dividends from participations accounted for using the equity method | 61,780 | 12,974 |
| Other non-operating income (expenses) | 577 | 714 |
| Income taxes | -22,348 | -29,726 |
| Non-cash adjustments | ||
| Depreciation | 131,716 | 127,302 |
| Impairment losses | -3,081 | 3,908 |
| Share based payment | 311 | -1,832 |
| Profit (loss) on assets/liabilities designated at fair value through profit and loss | -10,529 | -1,435 |
| (Decrease) increase of provisions | 6,535 | -2,666 |
| (Decrease) increase of deferred taxes | -4,106 | -9,873 |
| Other non-cash expenses (income) | 3,021 | 992 |
| Cash flow | 290,694 | 226,916 |
| Decrease (increase) of working capital | -60,217 | -61,235 |
| Decrease (increase) of inventories and construction contracts | 25,340 | 42,210 |
| Decrease (increase) of amounts receivable | 13,378 | 34,662 |
| Decrease (increase) of receivables from credit institutions and clients (banks) | -332,471 | -219,294 |
| Increase (decrease) of liabilities (other than financial debts) | 43,225 | -116,693 |
| Increase (decrease) of debts to credit institutions, clients & securities (banks) | 196,908 | 197,568 |
| Decrease (increase) other | -6,597 | 312 |
| Cash flow from operating activities | 230,477 | 165,681 |
| Investments | -585,095 | -426,701 |
| Acquisition of intangible and tangible assets | -281,905 | -117,184 |
| Acquisition of investment property | -78,041 | -30,284 |
| Acquisition of financial fixed assets | -90,901 | -49,933 |
| New amounts receivable | -12,385 | -3,989 |
| Acquisition of investments | -121,863 | -225,310 |
| Divestments | 346,264 | 371,405 |
| Disposal of intangible and tangible assets | 4,863 | 2,493 |
| Disposal of investment property | 3,427 | 66,744 |
| Disposal of financial fixed assets | 86,795 | 27,756 |
| Reimbursements of amounts receivable | 5,025 | 23,854 |
| Disposal of investments | 246,153 | 250,558 |
| Cash flow from investing activities | -238,831 | -55,296 |
| Financial operations | ||
| Interest received | 5,182 | 6,842 |
| Interest paid | -26,152 | -31,099 |
| Other financial income (costs) | -15,794 | -14,862 |
| Decrease (increase) of treasury shares | -1,867 | 176 |
| (Decrease) increase of financial debts | 147,923 | -26,128 |
| Distribution of profits | -67,638 | -64,980 |
| Dividends paid to minority interests | -39,151 | -60,096 |
| Cash flow from financial activities | 2,503 | -190,147 |
| II. Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | -5,850 | -79,762 |
| Change in consolidation scope or method | -10,230 | 1,874 |
| Capital increases (minority interests) | 75 | 88 |
| Impact of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | -1,727 | -1,304 |
| III. Cash and cash equivalents - ending balance | 736,583 | 625,882 |
| (€ 1,000) | Revaluation reserves | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issued capital & share premium |
Consolidated reserves |
available for sale Financial assets |
Hedging reserves |
Actuarial gains (losses) defined benefit pension plans |
Translation differences |
Treasury shares |
group share Equity - |
Minority interests |
Total equity | |
| Opening balance, 1 january 2016 | 113,907 | 2,496,006 | 32,153 | -17,821 | -3,912 | 11,397 | -24,392 | 2,607,339 | 1,208,273 | 3,815,612 |
| Profit | 84,705 | 84,705 | 48,194 | 132,899 | ||||||
| Non-realised results | -2,769 | -6,904 | -242 | -4,059 | -13,975 | -10,604 | -24,578 | |||
| Total of realised and unrealised results |
0 | 84,705 | -2,769 | -6,904 | -242 | -4,059 | 0 | 70,731 | 37,591 | 108,321 |
| Distribution of dividends of the previous financial year |
-64,980 | -64,980 | -51,476 | -116,455 | ||||||
| Operations with treasury shares | 551 | 551 | 551 | |||||||
| Other (a.o. changes in consol. scope / beneficial interest %) |
1,649 | 1,649 | 14,330 | 15,979 | ||||||
| Ending balance, 30 June 2016 | 113,907 | 2,517,381 | 29,383 | -24,724 | -4,154 | 7,337 | -23,841 | 2,615,290 | 1,208,718 | 3,824,008 |
| (€ 1,000) | Revaluation reserves | |||||||||
| Issued capital & share premium |
Consolidated reserves |
available for sale Financial assets |
Hedging reserves |
Actuarial gains (losses) defined benefit pension plans |
Translation differences |
Treasury shares |
group share Equity - |
Minority interests |
Total equity | |
| Opening balance, 1 january 2017 | 113,907 | 2,682,090 | 31,145 | -18,635 | -11,569 | 10,974 | -24,830 | 2,783,083 | 1,133,265 | 3,916,348 |
| Profit | 133,505 | 133,505 | 56,551 | 190,056 | ||||||
| Non-realised results | 1,467 | 7,326 | -138 | -13,583 | -4,928 | 12,959 | 8,031 | |||
| Total of realised and unrealised results |
0 | 133,505 | 1,467 | 7,326 | -138 | -13,583 | 0 | 128,577 | 69,510 | 198,086 |
| Distribution of dividends of the previous financial year |
-67,638 | -67,638 | -39,151 | -106,789 | ||||||
| Operations with treasury shares | -1,208 | -1,208 | -1,208 | |||||||
| Other (a.o. changes in consol. scope / beneficial interest %) |
-16,708 | -16,708 | 349 | -16,359 |
For comments on the unrealized results, see Note 2 on page 20 of this report.
On May 31, 2017, AvH paid a dividend of 2.04 euros per share.
In the first half of 2017, AvH bought 20,000 treasury shares to hedge stock option obligations to its staff. During that same period, beneficiaries of the stock option plan exercised options on 31,000 AvH shares. As at June 30 2017, AvH had granted options on a total of 346,000 AvH shares. To hedge that obligation, AvH had a total 341,000 treasury shares in portfolio on that same date.
In addition, 54,686 shares were purchased and 48,801 shares sold in the first six months of 2017 as part of the agreement that AvH has concluded with Kepler Cheuvreux to support the liquidity of the AvH share. Kepler Cheuvreux acts entirely autonomously in those transactions, but as they are carried out on behalf of AvH, the net purchase of 5,885 AvH shares in this context has an impact on AvH's equity. This net purchase of 5,885 shares during 1H2017 puts the total number of shares held by AvH as part of this liquidity agreement at 8,163.
The item "Other" in the statement of changes in equity includes a.o. the eliminations of results on sales of treasury shares, the impact of the acquisition of minority interests and the impact of the measurement of the purchase obligation resting on certain shares.
The segment reporting as at 30/06/2016 has changed in line with the altered segment reporting at year-end 2016. See the 2016 annual report (p. 133) for more details.
In 1H2017, AvH increased its shareholding percentage in Sipef from 27.83% at year-end 2016 to 30.25%. This increase was realized by the purchase of 80,000 shares on the stock exchange in 1Q2017 (increase in the stake to 28.72%) and by the subscription for new Sipef shares that were publicly issued with maintenance of preferential subscription rights (increase to 30.25%). AvH acquired 629.268 new Sipef shares under this public capital increase (by exercising its own Sipef subscription rights and subscription rights purchased on the stock market). The new shareholding percentage of 30.25% will be applied in the income statement as of July 1, 2017.
In accordance with the agreements, AvH's 21.80% stake in Holding Groupe Duval, which was reported under 'held for sale' at year end 2016, was swapped in January 2017 against 23.5% in the capital of Patrimoine & Santé. In 2Q2017, those Patrimoine & Santé shares, along with those held by members of the management of Residalya, were subsequently contributed into HPA; consequently, as of June 30, 2017, HPA owns 100% of the capital of Patrimoine & Santé as well as 98.15% of Residalya. As a result of this contribution, AvH's shareholding percentage in HPA has increased further to 72.31%.
AvH's stake in Sagar Cements has decreased from 19.91% to 17.57% as a result of a capital increase subscribed to by institutional investors, after the shareholding percentage had first increased at year-end 2016 by subscribing to another part of the capital increase.
In 2Q2017, GIB (AvH 50%) transferred its entire participation in Financière Flo (controlling shareholder of the listed company Groupe Flo) to Groupe Bertrand, which became the new controlling shareholder of Groupe Flo. The participation in Financière Flo was already reported as 'held for sale' at yearend 2016.
On March 31, 2017, AvH acquired the interests in Leasinvest Real Estate and Leasinvest Real Estate Management from Extensa. Since Extensa is wholly owned by AvH, this transaction does not change the group's shareholding percentage in those companies.
DEME (global integration 60.40%), CFE (global integration 60.40%), Rent-A-Port (global integration 72.18%), Green Offshore (global integration 80.2%), and Van Laere (global integration 100%)
Segment 2
Delen Investments CVA (equity method 78.75%), Bank J.Van Breda & C° (global integration 78.75%), Finaxis (global integration 78.75%) and ASCO-BDM (equity method 50%)
Segment 3
Extensa (global integration 100%), Leasinvest Real Estate (global integration 30%), Leasinvest Real Estate Management (global integration 100%), Anima Care (global integration 92.5%) and HPA (global integration 72.3%). HPA is the new structure that owns 98.15% of Residalya (operation of retirement homes) and 100% of Patrimoine & Santé (which owns real estate operated by Residalya). Both Residalya and Patrimoine & Santé are fully consolidated by HPA.
Segment 4
Sipef (equity method 30.3%), NMP (global integration 75%), AvH India Resources (global integration 100%), Sagar Cements (equity method 17.6%) and Oriental Quarries and Mines (equity method 50%).
Segment 5
| (€ 1,000) | Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Engineering & Contracting |
Private Banking |
Real Estate & Senior Care |
Energy & Resources |
AvH & Growth Capital |
Eliminations between segments |
30-06-2017 | |
| Revenue | 1,553,701 | 80,907 | 212,160 | 6,461 | 35,786 | -1,277 | 1,887,739 |
| Rendering of services | 112 | 92,925 | 6,436 | 1,232 | -1,205 | 99,499 | |
| Lease revenue | 3,623 | 779 | 4,402 | ||||
| Real estate revenue | 7,928 | 114,242 | 122,170 | ||||
| Interest income - banking activities | 49,686 | 49,686 | |||||
| Fees and commissions - banking activities | 26,228 | 26,228 | |||||
| Revenue from construction contracts | 1,522,463 | 33,219 | 1,555,681 | ||||
| Other operating revenue | 23,199 | 1,370 | 4,214 | 25 | 1,336 | -71 | 30,073 |
| Other operating income | 3,831 | 360 | 104 | 0 | 1,120 | -170 | 5,245 |
| Interest on financial fixed assets - receivables | 503 | 104 | 136 | -100 | 643 | ||
| Dividends | 3,328 | 360 | 848 | 4,537 | |||
| Government grants | 0 | ||||||
| Other operating income | 135 | -70 | 65 | ||||
| Operating expenses (-) | -1,490,311 | -58,626 | -174,647 | -4,984 | -49,475 | 1,347 | -1,776,696 |
| Raw materials and consumables used (-) | -854,898 | -88,551 | -3,312 | -13,236 | -959,998 | ||
| Changes in inventories of finished goods, raw materials & consumables (-) | -5,287 | 9,889 | 1 | 4,603 | |||
| Interest expenses Bank J.Van Breda & C° (-) | -13,022 | -13,022 | |||||
| Employee expenses (-) | -295,156 | -21,367 | -55,091 | -411 | -18,156 | -390,181 | |
| Depreciation (-) | -117,932 | -2,612 | -8,874 | -957 | -1,341 | -131,716 | |
| Impairment losses (-) | 11,270 | -1,365 | -12 | -6,730 | 3,163 | ||
| Other operating expenses (-) | -220,412 | -20,260 | -32,158 | -303 | -10,013 | 1,347 | -281,799 |
| Provisions | -7,896 | 149 | -7,747 | ||||
| Profit (loss) on assets/liabilities designated at fair value through profit and loss |
0 | 0 | 10,529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,529 |
| Financial assets held for trading | 0 | ||||||
| Investment property | 10,529 | 10,529 | |||||
| Profit (loss) on disposal of assets | 35,297 | 1,179 | -1,934 | 355 | 13,924 | 0 | 48,821 |
| Realised gain (loss) on intangible and tangible assets | 2,419 | -10 | 3 | 15 | 2,427 | ||
| Realised gain (loss) on investment property | -1,924 | -1,924 | |||||
| Realised gain (loss) on financial fixed assets | 32,878 | -17 | 352 | 13,909 | 47,122 | ||
| Realised gain (loss) on other assets | 1,179 | 17 | 1,196 | ||||
| Profit (loss) from operating activities | 102,518 | 23,820 | 46,213 | 1,833 | 1,355 | -100 | 175,638 |
| Finance income | 31,954 | 3 | 1,617 | 4 | 627 | -353 | 33,852 |
| Interest income | 3,716 | 3 | 1,298 | 4 | 487 | -353 | 5,156 |
| Other finance income | 28,238 | 318 | 140 | 28,696 | |||
| Finance costs (-) | -51,057 | 0 | -12,809 | -50 | -871 | 453 | -64,335 |
| Interest expenses (-) | -11,508 | -8,066 | -49 | -236 | 453 | -19,406 | |
| Other finance costs (-) | -39,549 | -4,744 | -1 | -635 | -44,929 | ||
| Derivative financial instruments designated at fair value throughprofit and loss |
0 | -53 | 696 | 0 | 0 | 643 | |
| Share of profit (loss) from equity accounted investments | -13,034 | 50,716 | 1,922 | 29,954 | 3,837 | 73,395 | |
| Other non-operating income | 0 | 577 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 577 | |
| Other non-operating expenses (-) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Profit (loss) before tax | 70,380 | 75,063 | 37,638 | 31,741 | 4,948 | 0 | 219,771 |
| Income taxes | -17,531 | -7,921 | -3,680 | -515 | -68 | 0 | -29,715 |
| Deferred taxes | 5,383 | -196 | -1,338 | 4 | 253 | 4,106 | |
| Current taxes | -22,914 | -7,725 | -2,342 | -519 | -321 | -33,821 | |
| Profit (loss) after tax from continuing operations | 52,850 | 67,142 | 33,959 | 31,226 | 4,880 | 0 | 190,056 |
| Profit (loss) after tax from discontinued operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Profit (loss) of the period | |||||||
| 52,850 | 67,142 | 33,959 | 31,226 | 4,880 | 0 | 190,056 | |
| Minority interests | 25,337 | 14,200 | 15,359 | 1,765 | -111 | 56,551 | |
| Share of the group | 27,512 | 52,942 | 18,600 | 29,460 | 4,991 | 133,505 |
AvH's consolidated revenue increased by 249.4 million euros to 1,887.7 million euros, which is 15.2% up on last year. This increase is primarily attributable to the higher revenue of DEME (+294.4 million euros), which started up the construction of several large offshore wind farms, of Extensa (+34.7 million euros), whose sales of residential developments on the Tour & Taxis and Cloche d'Or sites are going well, and of the Anima Care and HPA retirement groups, which increased their turnover by 10.8 million euros and 5.3 million euros respectively thanks to external growth.
The increase in revenue went hand in hand with an increase in operating expenses by 260.4 million euros (+17.2%). This increase in operating expenses is to be found primarily in the 'Marine Engineering & Contracting' and 'Real Estate & Senior Care' segments, which also reported increased revenue.
AvH recognized an impairment of 6.7 million euros following its exit from Financière Flo (the controlling shareholder of Groupe Flo), having in 2016 already brought the value of its participation into line with the market value of Groupe Flo as at 31/12/2016. Bank J.Van Breda & C° recognized an impairment of 1.4 million euros on its loan portfolio, which is more than last year, but still very limited (3 bps) considering the total volume of outstanding loans. The collection of some outstanding receivables by CFE made it possible to reverse the provisions that had been constituted in previous years, with on balance even a positive impact on the operating result of the item 'impairment losses'.
The valuation at fair value of the investment properties of Leasinvest Real Estate and Extensa (particularly as regards the 'Herman Teirlinck' property that is still under construction on the Tour & Taxis site) produced a gain of 10.5 million euros for the first half of 2017.
The operating result at June 30 also includes capital gains of 48.8 million euros realized by AvH on the sale of its stake in Ogeda (formerly Euroscreen), by Leasinvest Real Estate on the sale of the Vierwinden Business Park, and by CFE on the disposal of its stakes in the development projects 'Kons' in Luxembourg and 'Oosteroever' in Ostend.
The balance of finance income less finance costs is slightly less negative than last year.
In 1H2017, the equity accounted companies continued to make a substantial contribution to the group result. Their contribution amounts to 73.4 million euros, which is 24.5 million euros more than in 1H2016. This trend reflects the good results for the first six months of Delen Investments and Sipef (including a non-recurring remeasurement gain). The negative contribution in the 'Marine Engineering & Contracting' segment is attributable to DEME, which reports under this item its share in the results of Merkur Offshore and Rentel, which in the past few months started work on the construction of a large offshore wind farm, and also its stake in the Medco-JV in Qatar.
The income taxes had an impact of 29.7 million euros on the result (1H2016: 25.0 million euros). It should be pointed out in this connection that the contribution of the equity-accounted companies is calculated on their profit after tax, and that the result for the first six months includes capital gains of 48.8 million euros on the disposal of participations.
| (€ 1,000) | Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Engineering & Contracting |
Private Banking |
Real Estate & Senior Care |
Energy & Resources |
AvH & Growth Capital |
Eliminations between segments |
30-06-2016 | |
| Revenue | 1,353,056 | 81,968 | 159,843 | 7,089 | 37,796 | -1,395 | 1,638,357 |
| Rendering of services | 1,594 | 77,124 | 7,053 | 1,353 | -1,325 | 85,799 | |
| Lease revenue | 3,521 | 799 | 4,320 | ||||
| Real estate revenue | 7,662 | 77,904 | 85,566 | ||||
| Interest income - banking activities | 54,159 | 54,159 | |||||
| Fees and commissions - banking activities | 22,885 | 22,885 | |||||
| Revenue from construction contracts | 1,311,284 | 34,877 | 1,346,161 | ||||
| Other operating revenue | 32,516 | 1,403 | 4,015 | 37 | 1,566 | -70 | 39,467 |
| Other operating income | 43 | 1,105 | 1,176 | 1 | 797 | -99 | 3,023 |
| Interest on financial fixed assets - receivables | -21 | 584 | 131 | -29 | 664 | ||
| Dividends | 64 | 1,105 | 592 | 1 | 552 | 2,314 | |
| Government grants | 0 | ||||||
| Other operating income | 115 | -70 | 45 | ||||
| Operating expenses (-) | -1,282,250 | -57,890 | -129,331 | -5,678 | -42,574 | 1,465 | -1,516,258 |
| Raw materials and consumables used (-) | -674,251 | -46,700 | -16,141 | -737,092 | |||
| Changes in inventories of finished goods, raw materials & consumables (-) | 18,896 | -68 | -2 | 18,827 | |||
| Interest expenses Bank J.Van Breda & C° (-) | -17,254 | -17,254 | |||||
| Employee expenses (-) | -305,619 | -20,215 | -43,811 | -353 | -16,594 | -386,592 | |
| Depreciation (-) | -113,264 | -2,834 | -8,944 | -955 | -1,305 | -127,302 | |
| Impairment losses (-) | -3,523 | -223 | -290 | -4,036 | |||
| Other operating expenses (-) | -207,393 | -17,364 | -29,527 | -4,371 | -8,578 | 1,465 | -265,767 |
| Provisions | 2,904 | 10 | 46 | 2,959 | |||
| Profit (loss) on assets/liabilities designated at fair value through profit and loss |
372 | 0 | 1,063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,435 |
| Financial assets held for trading | 0 | ||||||
| Investment property | 372 | 1,063 | 1,435 | ||||
| Profit (loss) on disposal of assets | 9,553 | 827 | 5,305 | 0 | -734 | 0 | 14,952 |
| Realised gain (loss) on intangible and tangible assets | 829 | -16 | 19 | 832 | |||
| Realised gain (loss) on investment property | 5,292 | 5,292 | |||||
| Realised gain (loss) on financial fixed assets | 8,724 | 29 | -675 | 8,078 | |||
| Realised gain (loss) on other assets | 827 | -77 | 750 | ||||
| Profit (loss) from operating activities | 80,774 | 26,010 | 38,057 | 1,413 | -4,715 | -29 | 141,509 |
| Finance income | 15,299 | 6 | 1,501 | 14 | 280 | -18 | 17,083 |
| Interest income | 5,256 | 6 | 1,392 | 14 | 192 | -18 | 6,842 |
| Other finance income | 10,044 | 109 | 88 | 10,241 | |||
| Finance costs (-) | -36,533 | 0 | -11,430 | -68 | -990 | 47 | -48,974 |
| Interest expenses (-) | -15,065 | -7,866 | -56 | -263 | 47 | -23,204 | |
| Other finance costs (-) | -21,467 | -3,564 | -12 | -726 | -25,770 | ||
| Derivative financial instruments designated at fair value throughprofit and loss |
0 | -562 | -757 | 0 | 0 | -1,319 | |
| Share of profit (loss) from equity accounted investments | 6,570 | 42,607 | -353 | 3,131 | -3,060 | 48,895 | |
| Other non-operating income | 0 | 714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 714 | |
| Other non-operating expenses (-) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Profit (loss) before tax | 66,111 | 68,774 | 27,018 | 4,490 | -8,484 | 0 | 157,908 |
| Income taxes | -12,008 | -8,940 | -3,198 | -412 | -452 | 0 | -25,009 |
| Deferred taxes | 12,550 | -1,988 | -702 | -125 | 139 | 9,873 | |
| Current taxes | -24,557 | -6,952 | -2,496 | -287 | -591 | -34,882 | |
| Profit (loss) after tax from continuing operations | 54,103 | 59,835 | 23,820 | 4,077 | -8,936 | 0 | 132,899 |
| Profit (loss) after tax from discontinued operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Profit (loss) of the period | 54,103 | 59,835 | 23,820 | 4,077 | -8,936 | 0 | 132,899 |
| Minority interests | 20,569 | 12,768 | 15,079 | 278 | -500 | 48,194 | |
| Share of the group | 33,534 | 47,066 | 8,741 | 3,799 | -8,435 | 84,705 |
| (€ 1,000) | Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Engineering & Contracting |
Private Banking |
Real Estate & Senior Care |
Energy & Resources |
AvH & Growth Capital |
Eliminations between segments |
30-06-2017 | |
| I. Non-current assets | 2,561,632 | 4,239,915 | 1,705,647 | 220,235 | 262,790 | -6,381 | 8,983,837 |
| Intangible assets | 92,538 | 3,991 | 81,603 | 178,131 | |||
| Goodwill | 177,060 | 134,247 | 32,210 | 343,517 | |||
| Tangible assets | 1,840,734 | 40,191 | 372,619 | 11,306 | 27,708 | 2,292,558 | |
| Investment property Participations accounted for using the equity method |
139,583 | 636,504 | 1,080,052 18,124 |
208,783 | 185,790 | 1,080,052 1,188,783 |
|
| Financial fixed assets | 170,758 | 818 | 96,036 | 37,506 | -6,381 | 298,737 | |
| Available for sale financial fixed assets | 16,717 | 3 | 95,026 | 12,084 | 123,830 | ||
| Receivables and warranties | 154,041 | 815 | 1,011 | 25,422 | -6,381 | 174,907 | |
| Non-current hedging instruments | 1,333 | 4,009 | 1,276 | 6,618 | |||
| Amounts receivable after one year | 23,520 | 119,449 | 23,625 | 8,511 | 175,105 | ||
| Trade receivables | 1,981 | 4,540 | 6,521 | ||||
| Finance lease receivables | 119,449 | 23,322 | 142,771 | ||||
| Other receivables | 21,539 | 303 | 3,971 | 25,813 | |||
| Deferred tax assets | 116,106 | 3,214 | 102 | 146 | 3,275 | 122,843 | |
| Banks - receivables from credit institutions and clients after one year |
3,297,492 | 3,297,492 | |||||
| II. Current assets | 1,980,908 | 1,771,044 | 532,126 | 27,516 | 142,559 | -236,592 | 4,217,561 |
| Inventories | 107,994 | 18,075 | 387 | 126,457 | |||
| Amounts due from customers under construction contracts |
43,550 | 159,478 | 6,703 | 209,731 | |||
| Investments | 3 | 451,656 | 624 | 39,280 | 491,564 | ||
| Available for sale financial assets | 451,656 | 624 | 39,280 | 491,561 | |||
| Financial assets held for trading | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Current hedging instruments | 8,933 | 474 | 9,407 | ||||
| Amounts receivable within one year | 1,164,562 | 110,011 | 257,545 | 23,180 | 62,990 | -236,327 | 1,381,961 |
| Trade debtors | 1,090,918 | 38,653 | 4,574 | 16,826 | -1,207 | 1,149,764 | |
| Finance lease receivables | 49,528 | 275 | 49,803 | ||||
| Other receivables | 73,644 | 60,483 | 218,618 | 18,606 | 46,164 | -235,120 | 182,394 |
| Current tax receivables | 16,120 | 2,668 | 3,545 | 24 | 796 | 23,153 | |
| Banks - receivables from credit institutions and clients within one year |
1,195,027 | 1,195,027 | |||||
| Banks - loans and advances to banks | 83,574 | 83,574 | |||||
| Banks - loans and receivables (excl. finance leases) |
906,712 | 906,712 | |||||
| Banks - cash balances with central banks | 204,741 | 204,741 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 607,227 | 4,059 | 90,097 | 4,213 | 30,987 | 736,583 | |
| Time deposits for less than three months | 155,273 | 1 | 3 | 16,815 | 172,092 | ||
| Cash | 451,954 | 4,058 | 90,094 | 4,213 | 14,172 | 564,491 | |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 32,519 | 7,149 | 2,761 | 99 | 1,415 | -265 | 43,679 |
| III. Assets held for sale | 19,916 | 71,070 | 90,986 | ||||
| Total assets | 4,562,455 | 6,010,959 | 2,308,842 | 247,751 | 405,349 | -242,974 | 13,292,383 |
| (€ 1,000) | Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Engineering & Contracting |
Private Banking |
Real Estate & Senior Care |
Energy & Resources |
AvH & Growth Capital |
Eliminations between segments |
30-06-2017 | |
| I. Total equity | 1,549,990 | 1,339,981 | 808,662 | 238,614 | 52,832 | 3,990,078 | |
| Shareholders' equity - group share | 942,499 | 1,085,982 | 516,806 | 230,917 | 49,902 | 2,826,105 | |
| Issued capital | 113,907 | 113,907 | |||||
| Share capital | 2,295 | 2,295 | |||||
| Share premium Consolidated reserves |
959,561 | 1,083,050 | 511,424 | 222,060 | 111,612 -44,846 |
111,612 2,731,249 |
|
| Revaluation reserves | -17,062 | 2,932 | 5,382 | 8,857 | 6,878 | 6,987 | |
| Financial assets available for sale | 2,941 | 13,748 | 15,923 | 32,612 | |||
| Hedging reserves | -400 | -250 | -10,597 | -63 | -11,309 | ||
| Actuarial gains (losses) defined benefit pension plans | -11,878 | -49 | -8 | -731 | 959 | -11,707 | |
| Translation differences | -4,785 | 290 | 2,239 | 9,588 | -9,941 | -2,609 | |
| Treasury shares (-) | -26,038 | -26,038 | |||||
| Minority interests | 607,491 | 253,998 | 291,856 | 7,697 | 2,930 | 1,163,972 | |
| II. Non-current liabilities | 942,043 | 723,033 | 952,271 | 4,717 | 37,341 | -6,381 | 2,653,024 |
| Provisions | 84,571 | 3,588 | 6,468 | 2,597 | 97,225 | ||
| Pension liabilities | 51,698 | 3,675 | 711 | 429 | 56 | 56,569 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 138,005 | 704 | 102,456 | 1,815 | 242,980 | ||
| Financial debts | 653,984 | 787,949 | 4,288 | 4,565 | -6,381 | 1,444,404 | |
| Bank loans | 391,851 | 558,777 | 4,288 | 954,916 | |||
| Bonds | 202,739 | 205,778 | 408,517 | ||||
| Subordinated loans | 1,294 | 1,250 | 2,544 | ||||
| Finance leases | 48,590 | 21,387 | 4,565 | 74,542 | |||
| Other financial debts | 9,510 | 757 | -6,381 | 3,886 | |||
| Non-current hedging instruments | 12,839 | 9,363 | 42,658 | 64,860 | |||
| Other amounts payable after one year | 946 | 7,798 | 12,029 | 28,308 | 49,082 | ||
| Banks - debts to credit institutions, clients & securities | 697,905 | 697,905 | |||||
| Banks - deposits from credit institutions | 0 | ||||||
| Banks - deposits from clients | 646,295 | 646,295 | |||||
| Banks - debt certificates including bonds | 0 | ||||||
| Banks - subordinated liabilities | 51,610 | 51,610 | |||||
| III. Current liabilities | 2,064,350 | 3,947,946 | 547,910 | 4,420 | 315,176 | -236,592 | 6,643,209 |
| Provisions | 47,860 | 11 | 74 | 47,945 | |||
| Pension liabilities | 220 | 8 | 228 | ||||
| Financial debts | 238,296 | 406,836 | 1,440 | 104,697 | -79,511 | 671,758 | |
| Bank loans | 114,694 | 207,891 | 1,440 | 324,025 | |||
| Bonds | 99,959 | 99,959 | |||||
| Finance leases | 7,656 | 2,486 | 1,546 | 11,688 | |||
| Other financial debts | 15,987 | 196,459 | 103,151 | -79,511 | 236,086 | ||
| Current hedging instruments | 15,314 | 846 | 316 | 16,476 | |||
| Amounts due to customers under construction contracts | 213,580 | 9,033 | 222,614 | ||||
| Other amounts payable within one year | 1,476,960 | 12,798 | 105,259 | 2,456 | 200,592 | -156,816 | 1,641,249 |
| Trade payables | 1,278,770 | 14 | 61,645 | 1,065 | 7,699 | -1,207 | 1,347,986 |
| Advances received | 0 | 3,377 | 1,176 | 4,553 | |||
| Amounts payable regarding remuneration and social security | 147,937 | 8,495 | 19,463 | 215 | 5,273 | 181,383 | |
| Other amounts payable | 50,253 | 4,289 | 20,775 | 187,620 | -155,609 | 107,328 | |
| Current tax payables | 33,384 | 1,854 | 19,316 | 223 | 199 | 54,977 | |
| Banks - debts to credit institutions, clients & securities | 3,926,067 | 3,926,067 | |||||
| Banks - deposits from credit institutions | 25,378 | 25,378 | |||||
| Banks - deposits from clients | 3,662,564 | 3,662,564 | |||||
| Banks - debt certificates including bonds | 226,576 | 226,576 | |||||
| Banks - subordinated liabilities | 11,549 | 11,549 | |||||
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 38,955 | 6,149 | 16,102 | 300 | 655 | -265 | 61,896 |
| IV. Liabilities held for sale | 6,072 | 6,072 | |||||
| Total equity and liabilities | 4,562,455 | 6,010,959 | 2,308,842 | 247,751 | 405,349 | -242,974 | 13,292,383 |
The full consolidation of AvH's interest in Bank J.Van Breda & C°, which because of its specific (banking) activity has a substantially larger balance sheet total than the other group companies, has a major impact on the presentation of the consolidated balance sheet. Of the consolidated balance sheet total of 13,292.4 million euros at June 30, 2017, 5,194.7 million euros comes directly from the balance sheet of Bank J.Van Breda & C°. A number of items from the balance sheet of Bank J.Van Breda & C° are summarized under separate items for distinction purposes.
The balance sheet total of AvH increased again in the first half of 2017, from 12,875.1 million euros at year-end 2016 to 13,292.4 million euros at June 30, 2017. This increase is entirely accounted for by the non-current assets, which increased by 460.6 million euros.
The continuing expansion in the retirement home segment is reflected in an increased number of 'beds' in operation and in additional licences at both Anima Care and Residalya. Consequently, the intangible assets of this segment increased by 15.5 million euros during the first six months and together represent 81.6 million euros at June 30, 2017.
The tangible assets increased by 157.9 million euros, of which 150.2 million euros is accounted for by DEME, which in the first half of 2017 continued to implement its investment programme for the modernization and expansion of its fleet.
The real estate portfolio (excluding leases and real estate held for sale) of Leasinvest Real Estate continued to grow (31.6 million euros), primarily with the acquisition of the Mercator building in Luxembourg. The increase (37.7 million euros) of Extensa's investment property is almost entirely explained by the investment during the first half of 2017 in the office building 'Herman Teirlinck', which is under construction on the Tour & Taxis site.
The total of the equity accounted companies increased by just 35.5 million euros during the first six months. It should be pointed out that since several group companies paid out a dividend in the course of the first six months, the increase in the equity method value turned out lower than their contribution to the group's profit.
The good commercial performance of Bank J.Van Breda & C° is reflected in an increase in short and long-term lending to clients by 3.7% (+ 158.2 million euros). The current low interest income from low-risk investments explains why in the first half of 2017 Bank J.Van Breda & C° held more cash in the form of deposits with the National Bank of Belgium rather than investing it in government bonds.
As was already the case at the end of 2016, the logistics buildings of Leasinvest Real Estate and a property position of CFE are reported as held for sale. At year-end 2016, this item also included AvH's stakes in Holding Groupe Duval and in Financière Flo. At June 30, 2017, Leasinvest Real Estate also reported its building on Prins Boudewijnlaan in Wilrijk as held for sale.
For an explanation of the changes in the consolidated equity of AvH, see Note 5 on p. 24 of this report.
The long-term financial debts of the Group increased in 1H2017 by 31.1 million euros and the short-term debts by 111.1 million euros. The 'Real Estate & Senior Care' segment accounts for 96.3 million euros of this increase, which is explained by the loans that were taken out for the expansion of the retirement home activities of Anima Care and HPA (Residalya - Patrimoine & Santé), the further expansion of the real estate portfolio of Leasinvest Real Estate, and the additional investments by Extensa in its real estate developments. Furthermore, the financial debts of DEME also increased by 70.6 million euros as a result of the investments in the expansion of the fleet, which is partly financed with borrowed capital. The increased financial debt in the AvH & Growth Capital segment is primarily explained by the increased deposits by group companies with AvH Coordination Center: the 104.7 million euro short-term financial debts of this segment at June 30, 2017, consist of 37.5 million euros in commercial paper, 65.7 million euros in deposits received from group companies, while the remainder is accounted for by the fully consolidated Agidens.
In May 2017, Extensa refinanced part of its bank debts by issuing a mediumterm bond of 75 million euros. The bond of 100 million euros which CFE issued in 2012 matures on June 21, 2018, and was therefore reclassified to short-term debts.
The solid commercial growth of Bank J.Van Breda & C° can also be seen on the liabilities side of the balance sheet: the deposits (and CP) received from clients and other credit institutions showed an overall increase of 191.0 million euros. The increase, however, is exclusively short term.
The increase in other amounts payable within one year is almost entirely attributable to the increase in trade payables, which is explained by the development of the Group's activities. The 'other amounts payable' decreased slightly compared with last year. On March 31, 2017, AvH acquired the interests in Leasinvest Real Estate and Leasinvest Real Estate Management from Extensa Group. Since payment of this acquisition had not yet taken place on June 30, 2017, this gave rise to a debt from the 'AvH and Growth Capital' segment towards 'Real Estate & Senior Care', which however is eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.
| (€ 1,000) | Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Engineering & Contracting |
Private Banking |
Real Estate & Senior Care |
Energy & Resources |
AvH & Growth Capital |
Eliminations between segments |
Total 2016 |
|
| I. Non-current assets | 2,456,874 | 4,050,951 | 1,598,499 | 174,483 | 248,792 | -6,336 | 8,523,262 |
| Intangible assets | 95,516 | 5,179 | 66,136 | 1 | 166,832 | ||
| Goodwill | 177,060 | 134,247 | 31,232 | 342,539 | |||
| Tangible assets | 1,697,794 | 40,054 | 359,876 | 9,231 | 27,683 | 2,134,639 | |
| Investment property | 1,010,754 | 1,010,754 | |||||
| Participations accounted for using the equity method |
159,540 | 633,263 | 15,933 | 165,113 | 179,450 | 1,153,300 | |
| Financial fixed assets | 172,125 | 625 | 88,952 | 33,780 | -6,336 | 289,146 | |
| Available for sale financial fixed assets | 16,578 | 3 | 88,237 | 8,225 | 113,043 | ||
| Receivables and warranties | 155,547 | 622 | 715 | 25,554 | -6,336 | 176,103 | |
| Non-current hedging instruments | 510 | 1,481 | 1,584 | 3,576 | |||
| Amounts receivable after one year | 26,143 | 105,906 | 23,623 | 4,997 | 160,669 | ||
| Trade receivables | 1,884 | 2,346 | 4,230 | ||||
| Finance lease receivables | 105,906 | 23,366 | 129,272 | ||||
| Other receivables | 24,259 | 256 | 2,651 | 27,167 | |||
| Deferred tax assets | 128,184 | 2,624 | 409 | 138 | 2,881 | 134,236 | |
| Banks - receivables from credit institutions and clients after one year |
3,127,572 | 3,127,572 | |||||
| II. Current assets | 2,013,435 | 1,708,521 | 375,617 | 32,522 | 155,094 | -38,029 | 4,247,159 |
| Inventories | 96,613 | 17,516 | 407 | 114,536 | |||
| Amounts due from customers under construction contracts |
56,019 | 189,742 | 2,042 | 247,803 | |||
| Investments | 3 | 582,069 | 317 | 39,019 | 621,408 | ||
| Available for sale financial assets | 582,069 | 317 | 39,019 | 621,405 | |||
| Financial assets held for trading | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Current hedging instruments | 2,324 | 1,227 | 3,551 | ||||
| Amounts receivable within one year | 1,174,961 | 71,569 | 98,247 | 26,416 | 71,848 | -37,781 | 1,405,260 |
| Trade debtors | 1,105,991 | 34,373 | 4,781 | 22,583 | -1,563 | 1,166,164 | |
| Finance lease receivables | 47,303 | 547 | 47,850 | ||||
| Other receivables | 68,970 | 24,266 | 63,327 | 21,635 | 49,265 | -36,218 | 191,245 |
| Current tax receivables | 18,954 | 4,515 | 26 | 933 | 24,429 | ||
| Banks - receivables from credit institutions and clients within one year |
1,041,064 | 1,041,064 | |||||
| Banks - loans and advances to banks | 74,156 | 74,156 | |||||
| Banks - loans and receivables (excl. finance leases) |
931,915 | 931,915 | |||||
| Banks - cash balances with central banks | 34,993 | 34,993 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 639,458 | 5,857 | 63,191 | 6,046 | 39,762 | 754,315 | |
| Time deposits for less than three months | 124,658 | 1 | 4,853 | 27,261 | 156,773 | ||
| Cash | 514,801 | 5,856 | 58,338 | 6,046 | 12,501 | 597,542 | |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 25,101 | 6,734 | 2,089 | 34 | 1,083 | -248 | 34,793 |
| III. Assets held for sale | 21,416 | 75,191 | 8,031 | 104,637 | |||
| Total assets | 4,491,724 | 5,759,472 | 2,049,307 | 207,005 | 411,917 | -44,366 | 12,875,059 |
| (€ 1,000) | Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Engineering & Contracting |
Private Banking |
Real Estate & Senior Care |
Energy & Resources |
AvH & Growth Capital |
Eliminations between segments |
Total 2016 |
|
| I. Total equity | 1,550,265 | 1,277,714 | 633,966 | 194,112 | 260,290 | 3,916,348 | |
| Shareholders' equity - group share | 947,977 | 1,036,961 | 354,349 | 186,609 | 257,186 | 2,783,083 | |
| Issued capital | 113,907 | 113,907 | |||||
| Share capital | 2,295 | 2,295 | |||||
| Share premium Consolidated reserves |
968,111 | 1,032,278 | 354,278 | 167,855 | 111,612 159,568 |
111,612 2,682,090 |
|
| Revaluation reserves | -20,133 | 4,683 | 71 | 18,754 | 8,541 | 11,915 | |
| Financial assets available for sale | 4,053 | 11,446 | -9 | 15,656 | 31,145 | ||
| Hedging reserves | -4,939 | -337 | -13,282 | -77 | -18,635 | ||
| Actuarial gains (losses) defined benefit pension plans | -11,878 | -49 | -19 | -664 | 1,041 | -11,569 | |
| Translation differences | -3,317 | 1,016 | 1,926 | 19,427 | -8,079 | 10,974 | |
| Treasury shares (-) | -24,830 | -24,830 | |||||
| Minority interests | 602,287 | 240,753 | 279,617 | 7,503 | 3,104 | 1,133,265 | |
| II. Non-current liabilities | 1,003,847 | 732,951 | 897,578 | 8,354 | 38,981 | -6,336 | 2,675,375 |
| Provisions | 91,968 | 3,588 | 6,297 | 4,135 | 105,989 | ||
| Pension liabilities | 51,544 | 3,404 | 606 | 407 | 60 | 56,021 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 153,792 | 283 | 97,957 | 2,940 | 1,713 | 256,685 | |
| Financial debts | 681,798 | 727,785 | 5,008 | 5,049 | -6,336 | 1,413,303 | |
| Bank loans | 315,577 | 572,227 | 5,008 | 892,811 | |||
| Bonds | 303,537 | 130,512 | 434,049 | ||||
| Subordinated loans | 1,294 | 2,050 | 3,344 | ||||
| Finance leases | 51,808 | 22,589 | 5,049 | 79,446 | |||
| Other financial debts | 9,583 | 407 | -6,336 | 3,654 | |||
| Non-current hedging instruments | 18,988 | 14,148 | 51,215 | 84,352 | |||
| Other amounts payable after one year | 5,756 | 6,848 | 13,717 | 28,024 | 54,346 | ||
| Banks - debts to credit institutions, clients & securities | 704,680 | 704,680 | |||||
| Banks - deposits from credit institutions | 0 | ||||||
| Banks - deposits from clients | 647,175 | 647,175 | |||||
| Banks - debt certificates including bonds | 0 | ||||||
| Banks - subordinated liabilities | 57,505 | 57,505 | |||||
| III. Current liabilities | 1,931,608 | 3,748,807 | 517,763 | 4,538 | 112,645 | -38,029 | 6,277,332 |
| Provisions | 37,758 | 34 | 74 | 37,865 | |||
| Pension liabilities | 206 | 8 | 214 | ||||
| Financial debts | 170,021 | 370,673 | 1,440 | 54,715 | -36,218 | 560,632 | |
| Bank loans | 107,246 | 190,924 | 1,440 | 299,610 | |||
| Bonds | 0 | ||||||
| Finance leases Other financial debts |
48,122 14,653 |
2,583 177,166 |
1,498 53,218 |
-36,218 | 52,202 208,819 |
||
| Current hedging instruments | 23,515 | 1,632 | 25,147 | ||||
| Amounts due to customers under construction contracts | 218,377 | 4,439 | 222,816 | ||||
| Other amounts payable within one year | 1,393,472 | 13,511 | 112,534 | 2,839 | 52,578 | -1,563 | 1,573,372 |
| Trade payables | 1,200,026 | 4 | 57,964 | 1,568 | 12,311 | -1,563 | 1,270,310 |
| Advances received | 2,638 | 1,176 | 3,814 | ||||
| Amounts payable regarding remuneration and social security | 149,279 | 7,947 | 17,378 | 95 | 9,165 | 183,864 | |
| Other amounts payable | 44,168 | 5,560 | 34,554 | 31,102 | 115,384 | ||
| Current tax payables | 32,885 | 1,070 | 17,509 | 156 | 369 | 51,989 | |
| Banks - debts to credit institutions, clients & securities | 3,727,271 | 3,727,271 | |||||
| Banks - deposits from credit institutions | 24,422 | 24,422 | |||||
| Banks - deposits from clients | 3,532,914 | 3,532,914 | |||||
| Banks - debt certificates including bonds | 161,693 | 161,693 | |||||
| Banks - subordinated liabilities | 8,242 | 8,242 | |||||
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 55,579 | 5,083 | 16,966 | 103 | 544 | -248 | 78,027 |
| IV. Liabilities held for sale | 6,004 | 6,004 | |||||
| Total equity and liabilities | 4,491,724 | 5,759,472 | 2,049,307 | 207,005 | 411,917 | -44,366 | 12,875,059 |
| (€ 1,000) | Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Engineering & Contracting |
Private Banking |
Real Estate & Senior Care |
Energy & Resources |
AvH & Growth Capital |
Eliminations between segments |
30-06-2017 | |
| I. Cash and cash equivalents - | |||||||
| opening balance | 639,458 | 5,857 | 63,191 | 6,046 | 39,762 | 754,315 | |
| Profit (loss) from operating activities | 102,518 | 23,820 | 46,213 | 1,833 | 1,355 | -100 | 175,638 |
| Reclassification 'Profit (loss) on disposal of assets' to cash flow from divestments |
-35,297 | -1,179 | 1,934 | -355 | -13,924 | -48,821 | |
| Dividends from participations accounted for using the equity method |
7,652 | 46,386 | 181 | 7,561 | 61,780 | ||
| Other non-operating income (expenses) | 577 | 577 | |||||
| Income taxes | -10,164 | -7,921 | -3,680 | -515 | -68 | -22,348 | |
| Non-cash adjustments | |||||||
| Depreciation | 117,932 | 2,612 | 8,874 | 957 | 1,341 | 131,716 | |
| Impairment losses | -11,270 | 1,362 | 97 | 6,730 | -3,081 | ||
| Share based payment | -50 | 361 | 311 | ||||
| Profit (loss) on assets/liabilities designated at fair value through profit and loss |
-10,529 | -10,529 | |||||
| (Decrease) increase of provisions | 8,055 | 285 | -74 | -1,731 | 6,535 | ||
| (Decrease) increase of deferred taxes | -5,383 | 196 | 1,338 | -4 | -253 | -4,106 | |
| Other non-cash expenses (income) | -14 | 2,852 | 88 | 10 | 85 | 3,021 | |
| Cash flow | 174,029 | 68,940 | 44,261 | 2,107 | 1,457 | -100 | 290,694 |
| Decrease (increase) of working capital | 67,752 | -191,340 | -128,851 | 3,055 | 146,261 | 42,907 | -60,217 |
| Decrease (increase) of inventories and construction contracts | -3,709 | 29,095 | -47 | 25,340 | |||
| Decrease (increase) of amounts receivable | 20,644 | -54,652 | -153,299 | 3,238 | -1,455 | 198,903 | 13,378 |
| Decrease (increase) of receivables from credit institutions and clients (banks) |
-332,471 | -332,471 | |||||
| Increase (decrease) of liabilities (other than financial debts) | 55,284 | 568 | -4,300 | -315 | 147,985 | -155,996 | 43,225 |
| Increase (decrease) of debts to credit institutions, clients & securities (banks) |
196,908 | 196,908 | |||||
| Decrease (increase) other | -4,467 | -1,693 | -347 | 132 | -222 | -6,597 | |
| Cash flow from operating activities | 241,781 | -122,399 | -84,590 | 5,162 | 147,717 | 42,807 | 230,477 |
| Investments | -282,880 | -123,623 | -128,457 | -43,459 | -6,676 | -585,095 | |
| Acquisition of intangible and tangible assets | -268,685 | -1,567 | -7,226 | -3,035 | -1,393 | -281,905 | |
| Acquisition of investment property | -78,041 | -78,041 | |||||
| Acquisition of financial fixed assets | -2,252 | -42,985 | -40,425 | -5,239 | -90,901 | ||
| New amounts receivable | -11,942 | -193 | -205 | -45 | -12,385 | ||
| Acquisition of investments | -121,863 | -121,863 | |||||
| Divestments | 48,420 | 244,236 | 27,683 | 10,578 | 15,348 | 346,264 | |
| Disposal of intangible and tangible assets | 4,706 | 6 | 106 | 3 | 42 | 4,863 | |
| Disposal of investment property | 1,500 | 1,927 | 3,427 | ||||
| Disposal of financial fixed assets | 38,785 | 22,378 | 10,574 | 15,058 | 86,795 | ||
| Reimbursements of amounts receivable | 3,429 | 1,348 | 248 | 5,025 | |||
| Disposal of investments | 244,230 | 1,923 | 0 | 246,153 | |||
| Cash flow from investing activities | -234,459 | 120,613 | -100,774 | -32,882 | 8,671 | -238,831 | |
| Financial operations | |||||||
| Interest received | 3,725 | 3 | 1,316 | 4 | 487 | -353 | 5,182 |
| Interest paid | -18,278 | -8,042 | -49 | -236 | 453 | -26,152 | |
| Other financial income (costs) | -9,913 | -5,440 | -1 | -440 | -15,794 | ||
| Decrease (increase) of treasury shares | -1,867 | -1,867 | |||||
| (Decrease) increase of financial debts | 44,986 | 97,066 | -720 | 49,498 | -42,907 | 147,923 | |
| Distribution of profits | 0 | -67,638 | -67,638 | ||||
| Dividends paid intra group | -36,172 | -7,262 | -1,247 | 44,681 | 0 | ||
| Dividends paid to minority interests | -21,554 | -17,073 | -416 | -109 | -39,151 | ||
| Cash flow from financial activities | -37,206 | 3 | 60,566 | -2,429 | 24,377 | -42,807 | 2,503 |
| II. Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | -29,885 | -1,784 | -124,798 | -30,148 | 180,765 | -5,850 | |
| Transfer between segments | 149,100 | 40,425 | -189,525 | 0 | |||
| Change in consolidation scope or method | -234 | -15 | 2,119 | -12,100 | -10,230 | ||
| Capital increases (minorities) | 75 | 75 | |||||
| Impact of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | -2,113 | 410 | -9 | -16 | -1,727 | ||
| III. Cash and cash equivalents - ending balance |
607,227 | 4,059 | 90,097 | 4,213 | 30,987 | 736,583 |
During the first half of 2017, AvH realized a consolidated cash flow of 290.7 million euros, which is a 63.8 million euro increase (+28.1%) compared with the first half of 2016.
48.8 million euros of this increase is explained by higher dividends received from equity accounted companies. Unlike in 1H2016, Finaxis already received a dividend from Delen Investments (46.4 million euros) in the first half of 2017. Higher dividends were received from o.a. Sipef, Turbo's Hoet Groep, Atenor, Manuchar and Telemond.
The operating profit in 1H2017 amounted to 175.6 million euros, contributing 34.1 million euros more towards the cash flow than in the same period last year. This increase, however, consists almost entirely (33.9 million euros) of cash flow from divestments. The divestments in the first half of 2017 consist primarily of the disposal by CFE of its stake in the companies developing the real estate projects Oosteroever in Ostend and Kons in Luxembourg, the partial downsizing by Bank J.Van Breda & C° of its investment portfolio, the sale of the Vierwinden building by Leasinvest Real Estate, and the disposal by AvH of its 3.0% interest in Ogeda.
CFE in particular, and to a lesser extent DEME, received payments in 1H2017 on receivables on which impairments had been recognized in previous periods. Bank J.Van Breda & C° and AvH recognized impairments in respect of loan losses (1.4 million euros) and 6.7 million euros following the exit from Financière Flo/Groupe Flo (participation held through GIB).
The adjustment of the cash flow for gains arising from fair value adjustments to assets amounted to 10.5 million euros (9.1 million euros more than in 1H2016). The fair value adjustment in 1H2017 consists primarily of the increase in value of the office building 'Herman Teirlinck', which is under construction on the Tour & Taxis site, and of the real estate portfolio of Leasinvest Real Estate.
In 1H2017, CFE constituted 7.8 million euros worth of new provisions for risks that were identified in the execution of projects. In 1H2017, AvH did not reverse any of the provisions for contingent liabilities that were recognized in 2013 upon the acquisition of control over CFE.
The working capital of AvH increased on balance by 60.2 million euros. Bank J.Van Breda & C° accounts for 146.3 million euros of this increase, which is explained by increased lending (158.2 million euros), which is growing faster than the incoming client deposits (126.2 million euros), as well as by a downsizing of part of the investment portfolio of Bank J.Van Breda & C°, which was converted into deposits with the National Bank of Belgium. This trend also clearly emerges from the investment cash flow in the 'Private Banking' segment. At 30/6/2017, Finaxis had an outstanding receivable of 46.6 million euros from group company AvH Coordination Center (an increase of 45.9 million euros), while Extensa Group had an outstanding receivable of 155.6 million euros from AvH. Both these receivables are eliminated in consolidation.
In 1H2017, the investments amounted to 585.1 million euros. After adjustment for the acquisition of investments by Bank J.Van Breda & C° as part of its ALM policy, there remains 463.2 million euros, which is substantially higher than the 201.7 million euros in 1H2016. DEME again invested heavily (261.4 million euros) in the further modernization and expansion of its fleet. In the 'Real Estate & Senior Care' segment, too, investments were stepped up: Leasinvest Real Estate bought the Mercator building in Luxembourg, and made additional investments in the redevelopment of two properties in Brussels. In 1H2017, Extensa invested in the further completion of the office building Herman Teirlinck. Anima Care and HPA expanded their network of retirement homes by acquiring new residences. AvH increased its stake in Patrimoine & Santé by swapping its last remaining Holding Groupe Duval shares (which were held for sale) and subsequently contributed those shares into HPA. AvH also invested 40.4 million euros in the capital increase and the increase of its stake in Sipef.
The divestments in 1H2017 yielded 346.3 million euros. Discounting the downsizing by Bank J.Van Breda & C° of its investment portfolio, which was explained earlier, the divestments amounted to 102.0 million euros. The main divestments in 1H2017 were the disposal by CFE of its stakes in the property development companies of Oosteroever and Kons, the disposal by AvH of the Holding Groupe Duval shares, the disposal by Nationale Maatschappij der Pijpleidingen of its subsidiary Canal Re, and the disposal by AvH of its 3% stake in Ogeda (formerly Euroscreen).
There was a decrease in the interest cost, despite a 147.9 million euro increase in financial debt compared with year-end 2016. On balance (interest received less interest paid), too, the interest cost was 3.3 million euros lower, primarily thanks to more favourable financing conditions in the 'Marine Engineering & Contracting' segment.
End of May, AvH paid a dividend of 2.04 euros per share. This represented (taking into account the treasury shares in portfolio) an outlay of 67.6 million euros (2.7 million euros more than in 2016).
The dividends paid to minority interests amounted to 39.2 million euros in 1H2017, and consisted primarily of the dividends that are paid outside the group by CFE (21.6 million euros), Leasinvest Real Estate (16.9 million euros) and Nationale Maatschappij der Pijpleidingen (0.4 million euros).
| (€ 1,000) | Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Engineering & Contracting |
Private Banking |
Real Estate & Senior Care |
Energy & Resources |
AvH & Growth Capital |
Eliminations between segments |
30-06-2016 | |
| I. Cash and cash equivalents - | |||||||
| opening balance | 519,386 | 7,292 | 58,691 | 4,984 | 114,633 | 704,987 | |
| Profit (loss) from operating activities | 80,774 | 26,010 | 38,057 | 1,413 | -4,715 | -29 | 141,509 |
| Reclassification 'Profit (loss) on disposal of assets' to cash flow from divestments |
-9,553 | -827 | -5,305 | 734 | -14,952 | ||
| Dividends from participations accounted for using the equity method |
7,879 | 409 | 4,687 | 12,974 | |||
| Other non-operating income (expenses) | 714 | 714 | |||||
| Income taxes | -16,725 | -8,940 | -3,198 | -412 | -452 | -29,726 | |
| Non-cash adjustments | |||||||
| Depreciation | 113,264 | 2,834 | 8,944 | 955 | 1,305 | 127,302 | |
| Impairment losses | 3,523 | 321 | 64 | 3,908 | |||
| Share based payment | 26 | -2,250 | 392 | -1,832 | |||
| Profit (loss) on assets/liabilities designated at fair value through profit and loss |
-372 | -1,063 | -1,435 | ||||
| (Decrease) increase of provisions | -2,812 | 138 | 55 | -46 | -2,666 | ||
| (Decrease) increase of deferred taxes | -12,550 | 1,988 | 702 | 125 | -139 | -9,873 | |
| Other non-cash expenses (income) | -1,183 | 3,071 | -291 | -20 | -585 | 992 | |
| Cash flow | 162,271 | 23,059 | 37,965 | 2,470 | 1,181 | -29 | 226,916 |
| Decrease (increase) of working capital | -32,921 | -50,072 | 11,963 | 2,930 | -4,945 | 11,811 | -61,235 |
| Decrease (increase) of inventories and construction contracts | 20,720 | 21,331 | 160 | 42,210 | |||
| Decrease (increase) of amounts receivable | 57,689 | -20,288 | -16,331 | 3,007 | -1,849 | 12,436 | 34,662 |
| Decrease (increase) of receivables from credit institutions and clients (banks) |
-219,294 | -219,294 | |||||
| Increase (decrease) of liabilities (other than financial debts) | -115,189 | -555 | 3,004 | -94 | -3,233 | -625 | -116,693 |
| Increase (decrease) of debts to credit institutions, clients & securities (banks) |
197,568 | 197,568 | |||||
| Decrease (increase) other | 3,860 | -7,503 | 3,960 | 17 | -22 | 312 | |
| Cash flow from operating activities | 129,349 | -27,013 | 49,928 | 5,399 | -3,765 | 11,782 | 165,681 |
| Investments | -121,877 | -226,772 | -69,413 | -406 | -8,859 | 625 | -426,701 |
| Acquisition of intangible and tangible assets | -110,181 | -1,555 | -4,000 | -127 | -1,322 | -117,184 | |
| Acquisition of investment property | -30,284 | -30,284 | |||||
| Acquisition of financial fixed assets | -9,821 | -32,971 | -279 | -6,862 | -49,933 | ||
| New amounts receivable | -1,875 | -227 | -1,837 | -675 | 625 | -3,989 | |
| Acquisition of investments | -224,990 | -320 | -225,310 | ||||
| Divestments | 34,045 | 250,232 | 81,003 | 0 | 6,125 | 371,405 | |
| Disposal of intangible and tangible assets | 1,982 | 487 | 24 | 2,493 | |||
| Disposal of investment property | 1,291 | 65,453 | 66,744 | ||||
| Disposal of financial fixed assets | 10,530 | 14,951 | 2,275 | 27,756 | |||
| Reimbursements of amounts receivable | 20,242 | 112 | 3,500 | 23,854 | |||
| Disposal of investments | 250,232 | 326 | 250,558 | ||||
| Cash flow from investing activities | -87,832 | 23,460 | 11,591 | -406 | -2,734 | 625 | -55,296 |
| Financial operations | |||||||
| Interest received | 5,255 | 6 | 1,392 | 14 | 192 | -18 | 6,842 |
| Interest paid | -22,865 | -7,961 | -56 | -263 | 47 | -31,099 | |
| Other financial income (costs) | -11,423 | -2,789 | -11 | -638 | -14,862 | ||
| Decrease (increase) of treasury shares | 176 | 176 | |||||
| (Decrease) increase of financial debts | 4,060 | -32,468 | -724 | 15,440 | -12,436 | -26,128 | |
| Distribution of profits | -64,980 | -64,980 | |||||
| Dividends paid intra group | -37,295 | 0 | -175 | -1,055 | 38,525 | 0 | |
| Dividends paid to minority interests | -24,060 | 0 | -16,293 | -352 | -19,392 | -60,097 | |
| Cash flow from financial activities | -86,328 | 6 | -58,294 | -2,184 | -30,941 | -12,407 | -190,147 |
| II. Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | -44,810 | -3,547 | 3,225 | 2,810 | -37,440 | -79,762 | |
| Transfer between segments | 456 | 23 | -3,460 | 2,982 | 0 | ||
| Change in consolidation scope or method | 2,136 | -262 | 1,874 | ||||
| Capital increases (minorities) | 88 | 88 | |||||
| Impact of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | -1,341 | 57 | -18 | -3 | -1,304 | ||
| III. Cash and cash equivalents - | |||||||
| ending balance | 473,780 | 3,745 | 64,131 | 4,316 | 79,910 | 0 | 625,882 |
The consolidated financial statements of Ackermans & van Haaren are prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and IFRIC interpretations effective on 30 June 2017 as approved by the European Commission. The applied accounting principles have not changed since the end of 2016.
Certain new standards and amendments to existing standards were published by the IASB, but were not yet compulsory for the financial year beginning on January 1, 2017, and were not applied early. AvH will apply those standards and interpretations once they become effective.
The final version of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments replaces IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement and all previous versions of IFRS 9. IFRS 9 brings together all three aspects of the accounting for financial instruments project: classification and measurement, impairment and hedge accounting. IFRS 9 is effective for financial years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, with early application permitted. Except for hedge accounting, retrospective application is required but providing comparative information is not compulsory. For hedge accounting, the requirements are generally applied prospectively, with some limited exceptions.
(I) Classification and measurement:
The Private Banking segment will perform the business model and SPPI test in the second half of the year, although it is expected that the classification and measurement of financial assets will be largely consistent with IAS 39. No changes are expected for financial liabilities.
The consequences of reclassification are currently examined throughout AvH and its other participations, although it is expected that the classification and measurement of financial assets will largely concur with IAS 39.
The introduction of IFRS 9 involves a changeover from an 'incurred loss' model to an 'expected loss' model as regards impairments. Under IFRS 9, a provision must be constituted for expected losses at the start of a contract. In general, all financial assets will carry a provision for credit losses (save for a few exceptions). Given the quality of the loan portfolio of Bank J.Van Breda & C°, the impact on equity will be very limited. In the autumn of 2017, Bank J.Van Breda & C° will further implement the IFRS 9 concepts in its models, systems, processes and governance. The model being developed to determine the expected credit loss is currently being tested. There will be a parallel run in the autumn. The quantitative disclosures are in preparation. No material impact on equity is expected as far as the other participations of the AvH group are concerned.
(III) The amended hedge accounting rules are not expected to have a significant impact.
IFRS 15 introduces a five-step model to recognize revenue from contracts with customers. Under IFRS 15, revenue from the transfer of goods or services is recognized in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard replaces all existing IFRS requirements for revenue recognition. For financial years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, full retrospective application or modified retrospective application is required.
AvH will introduce the new standard on the required effective date. The main participations are currently engaged on this exercise. According to their first assessment, the impact will be fairly limited. AvH expects that the principle of revenue recognition in the contracting activities will remain the same; only the spread of the revenue recognition over time may differ for certain specific contracts. The impact will be quantified in H2 2017.
IFRS 16 Leases*: This new standard sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases (1/1/2019) and replaces IAS 17. As a result, all operating lease and rental obligations (such as real estate leases) must appear on the balance sheet. The impact of this has yet to be determined.
We refer to Note 6. Segment information, p. 25.
| (€ 1,000) | 30-06-2017 |
|---|---|
| Non current assets | 26,820 |
| Current assets | 7,706 |
| Total assets | 34,526 |
| Equity - group share | 25,381 |
| Minorities | 0 |
| Non current liabilities | 1,379 |
| Current liabilities | 7,766 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 34,526 |
| Total assets | 34,526 |
| Total liabilities | -9,145 |
| Net assets (100%) | 25,381 |
| Non-acquired minorities | 0 |
| Net assets - group share | 25,381 |
| Goodwill (post allocation) | 3,728 |
| Purchase price | 29,110 |
The business combinations are entirely attributable to the Senior Care activity. Anima Care acquired three retirement homes in the Brussels-Capital Region in the first quarter: Eden and Arcade in Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, and La Roseraie in Anderlecht. In June 2017, it also took over the operation of the Atrium residence in Kraainem.
HPA finalized two acquisitions at the beginning of 2017: the residences Pyla sur Mer (60 beds, to be extended to 83 beds) and Villa Thalia (95 beds). In both cases, the operation as well as the real estate were acquired. Since the acquisition of the real estate is an asset deal, it falls outside the scope of IFRS 3.
After allocation of the acquisition price to intangible and tangible assets, the goodwill amounts to 3.7 million euros.
Ackermans & van Haaren is active in several segments, each (more or less) cyclically sensitive : dredging & infrastructure, oil & energy markets (DEME, Rent-A-Port), construction (CFE, Van Laere), evolution on the financial markets and interest rates (Delen Private Bank, JM Finn & Co and Bank J.Van
Breda & C°), real estate and interest rates evolution (Extensa & Leasinvest Real Estate) and the evolution of commodity prices (Sipef, Sagar Cements). The segments in which the Growth Capital participations are active, are also confronted with seasonal or cyclical activities. Distriplus in particular is affected by consumer confidence.
| 30-06-2017 | 30-06-2016 | |
|---|---|---|
| I. Continued and discontinued operations | ||
| Net consolidated profit, share of the group (€ 1,000) | 133,505 | 84,705 |
| Weighted average number of shares (1) | 33,145,184 | 33,141,996 |
| Basic earnings per share (€) | 4.03 | 2.56 |
| Net consolidated profit, share of the group (€ 1,000) | 133,505 | 84,705 |
| Weighted average number of shares (1) | 33,145,184 | 33,141,996 |
| Impact stock options | 132,383 | 112,587 |
| Adjusted weighted average number of shares | 33,277,567 | 33,254,583 |
| Diluted earnings per share (€) | 4.01 | 2.55 |
| 30-06-2017 | 30-06-2016 | |
| II. Continued activities | ||
| Net consolidated profit from continued activities, share of the group (€ 1,000) | 133,505 | 84,705 |
| Weighted average number of shares (1) | 33,145,184 | 33,141,996 |
| Basic earnings per share (€) | 4.03 | 2.56 |
| Net consolidated profit from continued activities, share of the group (€ 1,000) | 133,505 | 84,705 |
| Weighted average number of shares (1) | 33,145,184 | 33,141,996 |
| Impact stock options | 132,383 | 112,587 |
| Adjusted weighted average number of shares | 33,277,567 | 33,254,583 |
| Diluted earnings per share (€) | 4.01 | 2.55 |
(1) Based on number of shares issued, adjusted for treasury shares in portfolio.
In the first half of 2017, AvH bought 20,000 treasury shares to hedge stock option obligations to its staff. During that same period, beneficiaries of the stock option plan exercised options on 31,000 AvH shares. As at 30 June 2017, AvH had granted options on a total of 346,000 AvH shares. To hedge that obligation, AvH had a total 341,000 treasury shares in portfolio on that same date.
In addition, 54,686 shares were purchased and 48,801 shares sold in the first six months of 2017 as part of the agreement that AvH has concluded with Kepler Cheuvreux to support the liquidity of the AvH share. Kepler Cheuvreux acts entirely autonomously in those transactions, but as they are carried out on behalf of AvH, the net purchase of 5,885 AvH shares in this context has
| 30-06-2017 | 30-06-2016 | |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury shares as part of the stock option plan |
||
| Opening balance | 352,000 | 357,000 |
| Acquisition of treasury shares | 20,000 | 0 |
| Disposal of treasury shares | -31,000 | -13,000 |
| Ending balance | 341,000 | 344,000 |
| 30-06-2017 | 30-06-2016 |
|---|---|
| 2,278 | 2,132 |
| 54,686 | 208,146 |
| -48,801 | -203,594 |
| 8,163 | 6,684 |
an impact on AvH's equity. This net purchase of 5,885 shares during 1H2017 puts the total number of shares held by AvH as part of this liquidity agreement at 8,163.
On April 25, 2017, AvH announced that an agreement was reached on the disposal of its participation (through GIB - AvH share 50%) in Financière Flo, the principal shareholder of the French listed restaurant group Groupe Flo. That agreement was implemented on June 16, 2017 after the approval of all the parties involved was obtained. The agreement also provided for the conversion of part of the financing granted by GIB in previous years into a new debenture loan to Groupe Flo, which at 30/6/2017 was valued at 1.65 million euros in the financial statements of AvH. The exposure to Financière Flo (Groupe Flo) resulted in an impairment loss of K€ 6,730 in the financial statements at 30/6/2017.
Bank J.Van Breda & C° follows strict procedures to recognize impairments on outstanding receivables. The total cost of loan losses increased in relation to last year to 1.4 million euros, which is still very low.
Since CFE received payments in 1H2017 on receivables on which impairments were recognized in previous periods, a net amount of 10.1 million euros could be reversed on impairment losses that had been recognized in previous periods.
CFE's board of directors carefully examined the development of its exposure to the Chadian government, which at June 30, 2017 remained unchanged at 60 million euros, and discussed the matter once more at its meeting of August 25, 2017. The receivables relate to the construction of the 'Grand Hotel' and a building for the Ministry of Finance. The operational management and maintenance of the Grand Hotel were transferred in June 2017 to the hotel operator appointed by the Chadian government. The hotel was officially opened on July 1, 2017. The negotiations to refinance CFE's receivables are progressing slower than expected. The board of directors of CFE decided not to recognize an impairment on the exposure to Chad.
AvH made no changes in the first half of 2017 to the contingent liabilities recognized in previous periods in respect of its stake in CFE. Consequently, 46.3 million euros (share AvH: 28.0 million euros) is still set aside for such contingent liabilities .
For a description of the main risks and uncertainties, please refer to our annual report for the financial year ended 31/12/2016. The composition of Ackermans & van Haaren's portfolio changed only slightly during the first half of the year; accordingly, the risks and the spread of those risks have not changed fundamentally in relation to the situation at the end of the previous year.
Several group companies of AvH (such as DEME, CFE, Rent-A-Port, Sipef, Telemond, Manuchar, Turbo's Hoet Groep, Agidens, Atenor,...) are also internationally active and are therefore exposed to related political and credit risks. In this context, reference is also made to section 7.6 Impairments with regard to CFE's exposure to the risk of non-payment in Chad.
When disposing of participating interests and/or activities, AvH and its subsidiaries are regularly required to provide certain warranties and representations. These may give rise to claims - legitimate or otherwise - from buyers for compensation on that basis. AvH received no such claims in 1H2017, and an old case involving a sale in 2015 was settled for a sum that was lower than the provision that was constituted in 2016, and considerably lower than the claim that was filed.
In May 2017, DEME reached an agreement with the Swiss authorities to end a legal procedure over a case more than 10 years ago where two subsidiaries of DEME were reproached for having insufficiently effective internal control systems. In addition to the action that had already been taken in that regard, DEME tightened its compliance programmes to help prevent such risks.
AvH did not acquire any new major participations in the first half of 2017. It increased its stakes in Sipef and HPA, among others, while several subsidiaries such as DEME, Leasinvest Real Estate, Anima Care, HPA and Sipef invested in the further development of their activities. AvH believes that those investments do not fundamentally alter the risk profile; they are follow-up investments in or by companies in which the Group has been a shareholder for some time now.
Several group companies of AvH (such as DEME, CFE, Van Laere,...) are actively involved in the execution of projects. This always entails a certain operational risk, but also means that certain estimates of profitability need to be made at the end of such a project. This is inherent in such activity, as is the risk of disagreements with customers over divergent costs or changes in execution and the collection of these receivables.
In the current market context, AvH is focusing more than ever on its role as proactive shareholder in the companies in which it has a stake. By participating in risk committees, audit committees, technical committees etc. at DEME, CFE, Van Laere and Rent-A-Port, AvH specifically monitors the risks in its contracting division from a very early stage.
As regards the risk of value adjustments on assets, reference is made to section 7.6 Impairments.
No transactions with related parties took place during the first half of 2017 that have any material impact on Ackermans & van Haaren's results.
Furthermore, during the first six months there were no changes in the transactions with affiliated parties as described in the annual report for the 2016 financial year which could have material consequences for Ackermans & van Haaren's financial position or results.
On June 28, AvH and CFE announced that they wanted to examine the possibility of bringing together the activities of the Van Laere group and of CFE Contracting under CFE. The board of directors of CFE decided to set up a committee of independent directors that will report on this transaction and on the benefits and drawbacks for CFE and its shareholders. Such a transaction could be completed in the fourth quarter of 2017.
At the beginning of July, GeoSea, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEME, announced that it had reached an agreement with Dong Energy and Siemens on the acquisition of A2Sea, a Danish company specializing in the maintenance and installation of offshore wind turbines. The transaction is expected to be closed in the third quarter of 2017. It is financed entirely from DEME's equity capital, and represents an investment of approximately 170 million euros.
Report of the statutory auditor to the shareholders of Ackermans & van Haaren NV on the review of the interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of 30 June 2017 and for the 6 month period then ended.
We have reviewed the accompanying interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position of Ackermans & van Haaren NV (the "Company"), and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as "the Group") as at 30 June 2017 and the related interim condensed consolidated statements of income, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the statements of changes in consolidated equity and cash flows for the six month period then ended, and explanatory notes, collectively, the "Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements".
These statements show a consolidated statement of financial position total of 13,292 million euros and a consolidated profit (share of the group) for the 6 month period then ended of 133.5 million euros. Management is responsible for the preparation and presentation of these Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standard IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting ("IAS 34") as adopted for use in the European Union. Our responsibility is to express a conclusion on these Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements based on our review.
We conducted our review in accordance the International Standard on Review Engagements 2410 "Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity" applicable to review engagements. A review of interim financial information consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing and, consequently, does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.
Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements do not give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Group as at 30 June 2017, and of its financial performance and its cash flows for the 6 month period then ended in accordance with IAS 34.
Antwerp, 29 August 2017 Ernst & Young Reviseurs d'Entreprises SCCRL/Bedrijfsrevisoren BCVBA Statutory auditor represented by Patrick Rottiers Wim Van Gasse Partner* Partner*
* Acting on behalf of a BVBA/SPRL
first six months of the financial year and their effect on the condensed financial statements, as well as a description of the main risks and uncertainties for the remaining months of the financial year.
31 August 2017 On behalf of the company
Jan Suykens Chairman of the Executive Committee
Tom Bamelis Member of the Executive Committee John-Eric Bertrand Member of the Executive Committee Piet Bevernage Member of the Executive Committee
André-Xavier Cooreman Member of the Executive Committee Piet Dejonghe Member of the Executive Committee
Koen Janssen Member of the Executive Committee
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