Interim Report • Sep 15, 2023
Interim Report
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Palmboomen Cultuur Maatschappij Mopoli (Palmeraies De Mopoli) N.V.
Mopoli is a company investing in agro industry projects. Currently, it only grants loans to related companies. As at 31st December 2022 cash loans were provided to each of Socfinaf S.A. ("Socfinaf") and Afico S.A. ("Afico") both related parties of the Company.
The Company is listed on Euronext Brussels. The Company has no routine business processes and has no employees.
The Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders of 10th June 2008 has authorised the Company to buy back its own shares for a maximum period of 18 months. Since then, this authorisation has been extended regularly and is still applicable as at 31 st December 2022, however the availability of shares is limited. No shares were purchased during the period. As at 31 st December 2022, the Company holds 219 founder shares and 5,904 common shares with no new acquisition until the establishment of this report.
The strategy of the Company remains to buy back its own shares in case any shares are offered to the market with the intent to initiate a squeeze-out procedure.
As such, the Management Board recognises that the main risk is credit risk regarding the recoverability of the loans. For this risk, considered low, the Management Board is willing to accept the risk and does not hedge or mitigate these factors.
The Company has no research and development activity.
The financial half-year ended at 31st December 2022 with a profit of EUR 358,143 versus a profit of EUR 127,169 as at 31st December 2021.
The increase of the half-year result is mainly due to the decrease of the administrative costs.
At 31st December 2022, Mopoli's total assets amount to EUR 56.9 million compared to EUR 56.4 million as at 30 th June 2022. Mopoli's assets are mainly composed of non-current receivables for EUR 9.0 million, short-term receivables for EUR 20.4 million and cash and cash equivalents for EUR 27.5 million. As at 31st December 2022, total Equity amounts to EUR 56.6 million compared to EUR 56.3 million as at 30th June 2022.
The Management Board will continue to consider the potential impacts of the climate change in its judgements, and will integrate any new potential impact if this could lead to a material change in the Company's financial statements.
Cash flows of the Company will depend on the proceeds received for the loans, the total amount of which may vary depending on advances and repayments.
Interest received should be stable compared to interest received during the year 2021/2022. The profit should however be slightly higher due to a reduction in financial expenses and in administrative costs.
The management do not foresee any specific or noted any new uncertainties that the company should have to face for the remaining six months of the financial year.
With reference to section 5.25c paragraph 2c of the Financial Markets Supervision Act, the Board of Directors states that, to the best of its knowledge:
MOPOLI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
François Fabri Hubert Fabri Director Director
(before appropriation of profit/loss)
| (in thousands of Euro) NON-CURRENT ASSETS |
Notes | 31st December 2022 | 30th June 2022 8,500 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,000 | |||||
| I. | Other receivables | 1 | 9,000 | 8,500 | |
| CURRENT ASSETS | 47,860 | 47,884 | |||
| II. | Other receivables | 1 | 20,366 | 20,342 | |
| III. | Other current assets | - | 3 | ||
| IV. | Cash and short-term deposits | 2 | 27,494 | 27,539 | |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 56,860 | 56,384 |
| (in thousands of Euro) | Notes | 31st December 2022 | 30th June 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQUITY | 56,632 | 56,274 | ||
| I. | Share capital | 3 | 2,244 | 2,244 |
| II. | Statutory reserves | 3 | 301 | 301 |
| III. | Available reserves | 3 | 523 | 523 |
| IV. | Result for the year | 3 | 358 | 391 |
| V. | Retained earnings | 3 | 56,580 | 56,189 |
| VI. | Treasury Shares | 3 | -3,374 | -3,374 |
| CURRENT LIABILITIES | 228 | 110 | ||
| VII. | Trade and other payables | 101 | 110 | |
| VIII. | Other current liabilities | 127 | - | |
| TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 56,860 | 56,384 |
| (in thousands of Euro) | Notes | 2022.12 | 2021.12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | Revenue | (6 months) - |
(6 months) - |
|||
| A. Dividends |
- | - | ||||
| B. Other operating revenues |
- | - | ||||
| II. | Other operating expenses | -109 | -321 | |||
| A. Administrative costs |
-109 | -321 | ||||
| B. Other operating expenses |
- | - | ||||
| Operating profit | -109 | -321 | ||||
| III. | Financial income | 619 | 595 | |||
| IV. | Financial expenses | -25 | -101 | |||
| Profit before tax | 485 | 173 | ||||
| V. | Income tax expense | -127 | -46 | |||
| Profit for the year | 358 | 127 | ||||
| Other comprehensive income | - | - | ||||
| Total comprehensive income for the year, net of tax | 358 | 127 | ||||
| Earnings per share (profit for the year attributable to common shares): |
||||||
| Basic earnings per share | 4 | 2.64 | 1.26 | |||
| Diluted earnings per share | 4 | 2.64 | 1.26 | |||
| Earnings per share (profit for the year attributable to founder shares): |
||||||
| Basic earnings per share | 4 | 54.59 | 3.46 | |||
| Diluted earnings per share | 4 | 54.59 | 3.46 |
| (in thousands of euro) | 2022.12 (6 months) |
2021.12 (6 months) |
|---|---|---|
| Profit for the year | 358 | 127 |
| Adjustments for: | ||
| Interest income | -619 | -595 |
| Interest cost | 25 | 101 |
| Income tax incurred | 127 | 46 |
| Changes in working capital | ||
| Variation trade payables | 3 | -8 |
| Variation other current liabilities | -9 | 29 |
| Variation other receivables (excl. interest and income tax) | - | 1 |
| Interest received | 595 | 595 |
| Income tax paid | - | -46 |
| Operating cash flows | 480 | 250 |
| Loans granted | -500 | - |
| Loans repaid | - | - |
| Investing cash flows | -500 | - |
| Dividend paid | - | 0 |
| Purchase treasury shares | - | - |
| Financial expenses / interest paid | -25 | -101 |
| Financing cash flows | -25 | -101 |
| Net cash flows | -45 | 149 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 27,539 | 26,123 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 27,494 | 26,272 |
| Movements for the period | -45 | 149 |
As at 31 st December 2022
| (in thousands of Euro) | Number of shares |
Share capital EUR |
Statutory reserves EUR |
Available reserves EUR |
Retained earnings EUR |
Profit for the year EUR |
Treasury shares EUR |
Total EUR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance as at 30th June 2021 | 102,500 | 2,244 | 301 | 523 | 55,852 | 340 | -3,374 | 55,886 |
| Profit for the period | 127 | 127 | ||||||
| Other comprehensive income | - | |||||||
| Total comprehensive income for the year | - | - | - | - | - | 127 | - | 127 |
| Dividends | -3 | -3 | ||||||
| Transfert from previous year | 340 | -340 | - | |||||
| Treasury Shares | - | |||||||
| Balance as at 31st December 2021 | 102,500 | 2,244 | 301 | 523 | 56,189 | 127 | -3,374 | 56,010 |
| Profit for the period | 264 | 264 | ||||||
| Other comprehensive income | - | |||||||
| Total comprehensive income for the year | - | - | - | - | - | 264 | - | 264 |
| Interim dividends | - | |||||||
| Treasury Shares | - | |||||||
| Balance as at 30th June 2022 | 102,500 | 2,244 | 301 | 523 | 56,189 | 391 | -3,374 | 56,274 |
| Profit for the year | 358 | 358 | ||||||
| Other comprehensive income | - | |||||||
| Total comprehensive income for the year | - | - | - | - | - | 358 | - | 358 |
| Dividends | - | |||||||
| Transfert from previous year | 391 | -391 | - | |||||
| Treasury Shares | - | |||||||
| Balance as at 31st December 2022 | 102,500 | 2,244 | 301 | 523 | 56,580 | 358 | -3,374 | 56,632 |
| (in thousands of euro) | 31st December 2022 | 30th June 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Loans granted | 29,000 | 28,500 |
| Provision under expected life-cycle credit loss model | - | - |
| Other receivables | 50 | 50 |
| Interest to be received on loan granted | 316 | 292 |
| Total of Trade and other receivables | 29,366 | 28,842 |
| Trade and other receivables whose recovery is awaited 1 year at the most |
20,366 | 20,342 |
| Trade and other receivables whose recovery is awaited between 1 and 5 years |
9,000 | 8,500 |
| Trade and other receivables whose recovery is awaited at more than 5 years |
- | - |
The loan of Socfinaf is unchanged to EUR 20,000,000. This loan bears an interest rate of 4% and has an indefinite term, but it can be recalled at any time.
An amount of EUR 500.000 was granted to Afico during the period from 1st July to 31st December 2022, for a remaining balance of EUR 9,000,000. This loan bears an interest rate of 4% and the term is fixed at 31st December 2024.
There is due interest on the loans to Socfinaf and Afico for the last quarter.
Cash and cash-equivalents consist of cash in hand, bank balances and short-term deposits in money market instruments.
| (in thousands of Euro) | 31st December 2022 | 30th June 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash at banks and in hand Short-term deposits |
15,494 12,000 |
27,539 - |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 27,494 | 27,539 |
There are not undrawn borrowing facilities.
There is no restriction to the availability of cash and cash equivalents.
| Number of shares as at 30th June 2021 | 100,000 | 100 | 2,400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changes during the year | - | - | - |
| Number of shares as at 30th June 2022 | 100,000 | 100 | 2,400 |
| Changes during the period | - | - | - |
| Number of shares as at 31st December 2022 | 100,000 | 100 | 2,400 |
| Number of shares issued, fully paid | 100,000 | 100 | 2,400 |
The subscribed and fully paid capital of EUR 2,244,000 is represented as follows:
As at 31st December 2022, the Company owned 5,904 (30th June 2022: 5,904) of its own common shares, and 219 (30th June 2022: 219) of its founder shares.
The extraordinary General Meeting as at 10th June 2008 authorised the Company to acquire its own shares.
The General Meeting as at 17th December 2020 renewed the authorisation for 18 months from 17th December 2020. As at 31 st December 2022, 219 founder shares and 5,904 common shares have been bought back for a total of EUR 3.4 million, deducted from the Shareholder's equity.
As at 1st January 2020, pursuant the provision of Dutch Conversion Act (wet omzetting aandelen aan toonder), 1,517 common shares and 148 founder shares were converted into registered shares by operation of law and have lost their voting right and right to dividends. This will lead to the following overview of shares outstanding:
| Shares outstanding (in units) | Common shares | Preferred shares | Founder shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| ------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------ | ---------------- |
| Number of shares as at 30th June 2021 | 92,579 | 100 | 2,033 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changes during the year | - | - | - |
| Number of shares as at 30th June 2022 | 92,579 | 100 | 2,033 |
| Changes during the period | - | - | - |
| Number of shares as at 31st December 2022 | 92,579 | 100 | 2,033 |
| Reserves (in thousands of Euro) | Statutory | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|
| reserves | reserves | ||
| Not distributable | Distributable | ||
| 30th June 2021 | 301 | 523 | |
| Changes during the year | - | - | |
| 30th June 2022 | 301 | 523 | |
| Changes during the period | - | - | |
| 31st December 2022 | 301 | 523 |
The statutory reserves were relative to article 36.1.b. (i) of the Company statutes. These reserves are no more funded as they reached 10% of the capital.
The General Meeting of December 2020 adapted the share capital when amending the Company's articles of association. "The issued and paid-up capital in the amount of EUR 2,314,279.10 is, in accordance with section 2:67a paragraph 1 DCC, hereby converted into EUR 2,244,000, divided into 100,000 ordinary shares, with a nominal value of EUR 22 each and 100 preference shares, with a nominal value of EUR 440 each." The funds relating to this adjustment (EUR 70,279.10) are included in the statutory reserves following the decision of the General Meeting and is not-distributable in accordance with section 2:67a paragraph 3 of the DCC.
The available reserves were build up until 1995. The profits of the year were allocated to these reserves instead of the retained earnings. They are no more funded and can be distributed or allocated to another equity account based on a decision of the General Meeting.
| Distribution of profit (in thousands of euro) | Retained earnings |
Result for the period |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 30th June 2021 | 55,852 | ||
| Profit for the year | - | 391 | |
| Dividends | -3 | ||
| Transfer from previous year | 340 | -340 | |
| 30th June 2022 | 56,189 | 391 | |
| Profit for the period | - | - | |
| Dividends | - | - | |
| Transfer from previous year | 391 | -391 | |
| 31st December 2022 | 56,580 | - |
Basic earnings per share amounts are calculated :
The Company did not issue any financing instrument requiring to disclose a diluted earnings per share.
| (in thousands of euro) | 2022.12 (6 months) |
2021.12 (6 months) |
|---|---|---|
| Numerator | ||
| Net profit from continuing operations | 358 | 127 |
| Preference dividends | -3 | -3 |
| Net profit | 355 | 124 |
| Net profit attributable to common shares | 244 | 117 |
| Net profit attributable to founder shares | 111 | 7 |
| Denominator | ||
| Weighted average number of common shares | 92,579 | 92,579 |
| Weighted average number of founder shares | 2,033 | 2,033 |
| Net profit attributable to common shares per common share (in euro) | 2.64 | 1.26 |
| Net profit attributable to founder shares per founder share (in euro) | 54.59 | 3.46 |
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