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CTT-Correios de Portugal

Annual Report Jul 31, 2018

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Interim Report

1stHalf of 2018

CTT – Correios de Portugal, S.A. - Public Company Avenida D. João II, 13, 1999-001 LISBON - PORTUGAL Lisbon commercialregistry and fiscal no. 500 077 568 Share Capital EUR 75,000,000.00

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEMESTER 5
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 6
KEY FIGURES 7
PART I – INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT 9
1. STRATEGIC LINES 9
2. POSTAL REGULATORY FRAMEWORK11
3. OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 13
4. CTT SHARE PERFORMANCE27
5. SUSTAINABILITY IN CTT'S ACTIVITIES 28
6. MAIN RISKS30
7. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS32
8. DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY33
PART II – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE35
PART III – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS51
Interim condensed consolidated financial statements51
PART IV –AUDIT REPORT 91
CONTACTS93

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEMESTER

January

Increase of Banco CTT's share capital by €6.4m, by means of the transfer of Payshop (Portugal), S.A. from CTT to Banco CTT, in line with what was previously approved by the Boards of Directors of the two companies and the information conveyed at the Capital Markets Day 2015.

March

Increase of Banco CTT's share capital by €25m, undertaken by CTT, in line with the financial model submitted to the Bank of Portugal on 6 July 2015.

April

  • Price update as of 2 April 2018, corresponding to an average annual price change of 4.1%of the basket of letter mail, editorial mail and parcels services. This update also contemplates the reduction of the prices of the reserved services (transmission of judicial and other postal notifications) and the increase of the bulk mail special prices.
  • Annual General Meeting of CTT which approved, among others, the Company financial statements relating to the financial year of 2017, including the management report, the individual and consolidated accounts, the corporate governance report, the sustainability report and the allocation of profits of the financial year, including the payment of a gross dividend of €0.38 per share, as proposed by the Board of Directors.

May

  • A promissory agreement for the sale of real estate property owned by the Company located at Rua da Palma, in Lisbon,for a total amount of €10.3m was entered into.
  • Payment of a gross dividend of €0.38 Euros per share relative to the financial year of 2017, as approved by the Annual General Meeting of CTT.

June

  • Signing of a Revision Agreement for CTT's 2015 Company Agreement for a salary increase between 1.1% and 1.3% in basic monthly salaries up to €2,790.40, effective 1 January 2018.
  • Launch of the CTT 24H service, which consists in providing Parcel Lockers in strategic locations.
  • Expansion of the Express2Me service to the United Kingdom, a service that offers its users a customised international address which is currently valid in two of the most representative e-commerce markets, the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
  • Conclusion of an agreement for the creation of a joint-venture with Sonae SGPS, S.A., to operate in the e-commerce sector. The agreement sets up the guidelines for a company that will have CTT (50%) and Sonae (50%) as shareholders.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

  • CEO WINS "INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP 2018" AWARD - Francisco de Lacerda, Chief Executive Officer of CTT, was presented with the «Industry Leadership 2018» award, which was delivered at the Internacional World Post & Parcel Awards 2018 event that took place on 12 June, in London.
  • CTT MOST REPUTABLE BRAND OF PSI 20 according to a study conducted by the consulting firm OnStrategy.
  • Readers' Digest TRUSTED BRAND–firstplace in the "Postal and Logistics Services" categoryfor the 15th time, with 89% of the votes.
  • ECSI PORTUGAL PRIZE - Banco CTT was elected the No. 1 Bank for customer satisfaction in Portugal, as per the results of the 2018 National Customer Satisfaction Index (ECSI Portugal).
  • OSCAR OF PHILATELY - International Prize of Philatelic Art of Asiago for the stamp issue dedicated to the Visit of His Holiness Pope Francis I to Fátima.
  • NEXOFIL GRAND PRIX "Marian Sanctuaries Fátima" considered the Best Souvenir Sheet of 2016 These awards are granted by "El Eco" magazine, the oldest and most renowned Spanish philatelic and numismatic magazine, published without interruption for 73 years.
  • MASTERS OF DISTRIBUTION 2018 AWARDS – CTT Expresso wins in the Logistics Operation Master category. The winners were elected by the readers of the magazine DistribuiçãoHoje(Distribution Today), in a joint initiative of this magazine and IFE by Abilways.
  • CTT AND CTT EXPRESSO LINES DISTINGUISHED IN THE APCC BEST AWARDS 2018 Silver and Bronze medals and APCC (Portuguese Association of Contact Centres) Quality Seals.
  • HUMAN RESOURCES PORTUGAL 2017 AWARD in the "Gender Equality" category.
  • "THE INNOVATION FARMER 2017" INNOVATION TROPHY OF THE EXAGO INNOVATION GURUS AWARDS - For sowing a culture of innovation within the Company.
  • FUNDACOM PRIZES first place for CTT TV. Fundacom prizes are awarded for the best work in the field of organisational and strategic communications in Spanish and Portuguese.
  • APCE (Portuguese Association of Business Communication) AWARD - APCE Grand Prix 2018 for the communication campaign "INOV+ by CTT, Innovate without excuses".
  • 5th INTERNATIONAL EDITION OF THE DRIVERS' CHALLENGE IPC first place in the international competition of ecodriving in the postal, express and parcels sector, which is held every two years by the International Post Corporation (IPC).

KEY FIGURES

Economic and financial indicators (consolidated IFRS data)

€ thousand or %, except where indicated 1H 2018 1H 2017 Δ% 18/17
Revenues (1) 355,125 352,114 0.9%
Recurring EBITDA (2) 46,070 52,616 -12.4%
Net profit for the period 6,278 17,695 -64.5%
Recurring EBITDA margin 13.0% 14.9% -1.9 p.p.
Capex 8,265 7,187 15.0%
Operating free cash flow (3) -14,383 14,632 -198.3%
30.06.2018 31.12.2017 Δ% 18/17
Net financial cash (debt) (4) 91,800 163,336 -43.8%

(1) Excluding non-recurring revenues.

(2) Before non-recurring revenues and costs.

(3) Cash flow excluding changes in Net Financial Services payables, Banking customer deposits and other loans, Credit to bank clients, third parties' "Other operating assets and liabilities" regarding Banco CTT, Investments in securities, Deposits at Bank of Portugal and Other banking financial assets.

(4) Including €67.4m of Banco CTT own cash.

Operating Indicators

1H 2018 1H 2017 Δ% 18/17
Mail
Addressed mail volumes (million items) 357.3 388.1 -7.9%
Unaddressed mail volumes (million items) 211.1 234.8 -10.1%
Express & Parcels
Portugal (million items) 9.4 7.8 20.4%
Spain (million items) 8.5 7.2 19.1%
Financial Services
Payments (number of transactions; millions) (1) 13.1 13.9 -6.0%
Savings and insurance (subscriptions; €m) 1,138.1 2,261.4 -49.7%
Banco CTT
Number of current accounts 284,521 147,394 93.0%
Client deposits (€m) 736,396 424,293 73.6%
Number of branches 212 203 4.4%
Staff
Staff (FTE) (2) 12,424 12,593 -1.3%
Retail, Transport and Delivery Networks
Post offices 580 613 -5.4%
Postal agencies (partnership branches) 1,804 1,744 3.4%
Payshop agents 4,512 4,308 4.7%

(1) Due to the incorporation of Payshop in Banco CTT as of January 2018, the figures regarding Payments were adjusted (proforma), excluding Payshop from Financial Services in the 1st half of 2017.

(2) FTE = Full-time equivalent.

Sustainability indicators

1H 2018 1H 2017 Δ% 18/17
Customers
Customer satisfaction (%) 78.9 85.2 -6.3 p.p.
Total number of certified operating units (ISO standard and Retail
and Delivery Networks certification)
1 278 1 251 2.2
Retail and delivery networks certification (% coverage) 100 100 0.0
Overall Quality of Service Indicator (in points) 118.9 138.9 -20.0
Staff
Number of accidents(1) 510 531 -4.0
Training (hours)(1) (2) 103 341 155 518 -33.6
Women in management positions (1st management level) (%) 28.6 31.6 -3.0 p.p.
Community/Environment
Value chain - contracts with environmental criteria (%) 99.4 99.6 -0.2 p.p.
Total CO2 emissions, scope 1 and 2 (kton.) (1) (2) 8.3 8.2 1.5
Energy consumption (TJ) (1) (2) 198.1 191.8 3.3
Eco-friendly vehicles 353 341 3.5
Weight of Eco product range in Direct Mail line (%) (1) (2) 38.8 38.2 0.6 p.p.
Investment in the Community (€ thousand) 612 539 13.5

(1) Provisional data.

(2) 1H2017 data updated: it was considered training hours, CO2 emissions, energy consumption and Eco product range volumes that were known after the 1H2017 management report release.

PART I – INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT

1. STRATEGIC LINES

The postal sector continues to undergo a period of deep structural change as a result of trends observed globally, particularly digitisation / electronic substitution and the growth of e-commerce. This reality has led to an adaptation of the traditional postal business models with a focus on business diversification, namely the creation of solutions that make the most of the growth of e-commerce and / or focus on financial services, and on improving process efficiency.

Therefore, the CTT strategy is based on two fundamental pillars: (i) Transformation and (ii) Growth, which require significant investment and development initiatives, and which can be summarized in the following objectives and initiatives:

1. Preserve the value of the Mail business through the implementation of a sizeable Operational Transformation Plan to improve profitability, reinforce quality of service and sustain the mid-term transformation of the Company

With regard to the postal business, the focus is on implementing the 4 major Transformation Plan initiatives: i) adjustment of human resources policies and reduction of expenses with External Services Supplies (ES&S); ii) optimisation of human resources and rationalisation of non-core assets (238 exits have already been negotiated under this pillar, and a gain of € 8.6 million from the sale of real estate is expected); iii) Optimisation of the RetailNetwork; and iv) reengineering the Distribution Network.

2. Consolidate CTT's positioning as a strong and integrated Iberian CEP (Courier, Express & Parcels) operator, leader in the last-mile distribution in Portugal, leveraging on the e-commerce growth trend

  • I. Strengthening CTT's service offer in the B2B and B2C markets em Portugal, leveraging on the development of e-commerce
  • II. Exploration of opportunities in market niches with potential for synergy with CTT's operations, particularly logistics and cargo
  • III. Consolidation of the positioning of CTT as an Iberia-wide operator
  • IV. Capture of international flows

One of the initiatives to be highlighted in the first half of 2018 was the partnership with Sonae for the creation and operation of an e-commerce platform (marketplace). This initiative, aimed at capturing the growth of ecommerce, will be fundamental to contribute to the development of this ecosystem in Portugal, bringing more companies (namely SMEs) to the sale through the digital channels.

3. Develop an innovative and fast-growing retail banking & financial services player focused on simplicity, transparency and proximity

  • I. Expansion of the Banco CTT franchise by capturing new clients, accounts and deposits, focusing on the digital channels and preserving simplicity and transparency
  • II. Boost mortgage loans and consumer credit origination
  • III. Monetisation of the customer base through cross-selling and the launch of new offers
  • IV. Migration of Payshop and renewal of the value proposition in the digital context

In the beginning of the 2nd half of 2018, an agreement for the acquisition of 321 Crédito1,a specialised financial entity operating through a network of car dealers in the attractive used autoloansmarketexpected to continue to show strong growth dynamics. 321 Crédito will allow for the diversification of the existing Banco CTT

1 The completion opf the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of a set of conditions precedent, including inter alia the customary approvals from the competition and the banking regulatory authorities (CTT expects the acquisition to be concluded in the 1st quarter of 2019).

product portfolio with a profitable consumer credit business and optimise the Banco CTT balance sheet, improving its loan-to-deposits ratio from 20% to over 60%. This was one more logical and important step in Banco CTT's strategy of becoming an integrated player in retails financial services, thus also contributing the CTT's diversification strategy.

4. Stimulate sales and increase profitability

  • I. Strengthening the commercial approach, following up and monitoring the customers' performance
  • II. Maximising cross-selling
  • III. Reviewing the pricing model
  • IV. Optimising margin/profitability policies
  • V. Developing specialised segments and business solutions leveraging on CTT's assets

5. Upgrade technology and the data-management platform, enabling the Company to rapidly develop innovative, value-added offers, guarantee the quality of service and a continuous improvement in customer experience, guarantee efficiency and resource optimisation, and strengthen the decision-making process by improving management information.

2. POSTAL REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

At the level of the European Union

From the viewpoint of the European Commission (EC), the cross-border parcel delivery services comprise an essential element to enhance e-commerce across the entire EU. Within the scope of a package of measures to be developed to improve consumer and corporate access to digital goods and services, presented in 2016 by the EC on 18 April 2018, the European Parliament and the Council approved Regulation EU 644/2018 relative to the cross-border parcel delivery services, aimed at increasing the transparency of prices and the regulatory supervision of these services. The Regulation, which entered into force on 22 May 2018, entails the publication by the European Commission, on a specific website for the purpose, of the public tariffs of the cross-border delivery service providers and grants the regulators more powers to monitor the parcel delivery market.

In this context, European postal operators jointly implemented the Interconnect, project, which essentially entails 5 commitments: flexible delivery options, return solutions, expansion of the track and trace system, better quality of service for the customer, and harmonised labels. The goal of this project is to thereby remove obstacles that dissuade consumers from making online purchases outside their country by equipping vendors with more flexible efficient delivery solutions with a single standard for customers and, as such, maximise growth potential in cross-border electronic commerce for postal operators and contribute to the development of the Single Digital Market.

At a national level

Under the criteria for formation of prices as established by an ANACOM resolution of 21 November 20142, ANACOM approved the universal service pricing proposal presented by CTT on 15 February 2018 by a resolution of 23 March 2018. The prices inherent to this proposal, which complied with the established price formation principles and criteria, became effective on 2 April 2018.

This update corresponded to an average annual change of 4.5% in the price of the basket of letter mail, editorial mail and parcel services, not including the universal service offer to bulk mail senders, to which special prices apply.

As regards special prices for postal services included in the Universal Service3 that apply to bulk mail senders, these were also updated on 2 April 2018, following the proposal submitted to the Regulator on 22 March 2018.

Under the company's tariff policy for 2018, the mentioned updates correspond to an average annual change of 4.1% in prices, also reflecting the effect of the updating of prices for reserved services (service of judicial and other postal notifications) and for special prices for bulk mail.

Following the Draft Decision approved on 11 January 2018, on 18 July ANACOM communicated the final decision on the quality of service criteria applicable to the provision of the postal universal service for 2019 and 2020.Compared to the Draft decision, the 24 quality of service indicators aremaintained, but the reliability targets for the routeing times of ordinary mail, bulk mail, ordinary parcels, and newspapers and periodicals released at greater than weekly intervals were revised downwards and set at 99.7%, instead of the 99.9% laid down in the Draft Decision. Contrary to what was proposed in the Draft Decision, the new indicators shall not apply from 01 July 2018, but rather from 01 January 2019 onwards.

The new set of quality of service indicators, which compare with the previous 11 indicators, as well as the setup of much more demanding objectives for some of them, shows that they go well beyond the current European practices and trends in this field.

2 Under article 14(3) of Law no. 17/2012, of 26 April, amended by Postal Law no. 160/2013, of 19 November, and by Law no. 16/2014, of 4 April.

3 As amended by article 4 of Decree-Law no. 160/2013, of 19 November.

On 18 July 2018, ANACOM also communicated the decision on the price formulation criteria for the services comprising the universal postal service for the three-year period of 2018-2020 following the Draft Decision approved on 11 January 2018. In 2018 the rules currently in force shall apply, as laid down by ANACOM in 2014. The new rules shall be applicable to the prices in force in 2019 and 2020 and set a maximum annual price change of the basket of letter mail, editorial mail and parcels services (non-reserved services), linked to the inflation rate (CPI), including inflation adjustment factors (CPIAF) and volume adjustment factors (VAF), which should take into account the differences that may occur between the actual and the predicted values for those variables.

In 2019 and 2020, the weighted average change in the prices of those services may not exceed, in average nominal terms, CPI + CPIAF -1.33% + VAF. However, in view the modification in the draft decision regarding the methodology to forecast the volumes of those services in the 2018-2020 period, this modification is still subject to public consultation. Hence, the maximum annual price change applicable to the basket of nonreserved services is still pending the final decision to be adopted on said volume forecast methodology.

As regards the services of judicial and other postal notifications (services reserved4 to CTT), a maximum annual price change of their prices is also set out, which is pegged to same factors considered for the basket of non-reserved services. In 2019 and 2020, the weighted average change in prices of these services in each of these years, may not exceed, in average nominal terms, the CPI + CPIAF – 4.4% + VAF 5.

As the Universal Postal Service provider and in order to provide a standardised and non-discriminatory service to operators that wish to use the Universal Service network, as of February 2016, CTT made available to postal operators with an individual license an offer to access its network that is deemed competitive and that safeguards the network's security and the Universal Service provision efficiency. This offer consists of a basic service of collection, transport, sorting and delivery of non-priority letter mail with a maximum weight of 2 kg that allows items to be sent nationally or internationally using the Business Mail counters of Lisbon, Taveiro (Coimbra) and Maia (Porto) as access points.

With the aim of responding to the competition concerns voiced by the Competition Authority (AdC) within the scope of network access, CTT presented, on 22 December 2017, under the terms and for the purposes set out in article 23 of Law no. 19/2012, of 8 May (Competition Law), a number of commitments which consist in extending the scope of the postal network access offer (access offer), made available to competing postal operators, under the following terms:

  • (i) extension of mail services included in the access offer, namely the national editorial service, the national priority service and the national registered service;
  • (ii) introduction of new access points to the postal network, further down the postal distribution chain, namely destination production and logistics offices and 217 destination post offices (with the exception of the National Basic Service, with weight up to 50 g), whose mail is directly forwarded to the postal distribution offices for delivery by postmen;
  • (iii) introduction of a faster delivery deadline in the case of access through the destination post offices for the national basic service for items weighing more than 50 g and national editorial service;
  • (iv) possibility of a competing operator being able to carry out additional sorting tasks, namely the separation of mail by distribution area of the postal distribution office and by artery;
  • (v) network access price list with prices lower than those for final customers, with differentiated prices according to the point of access, mail service and distribution tasks carried out by the competing operator.

Following the public consultation, on 23 March 2018, the commitments presented by CTT were subject to slight changes, having the AdC accepted these commitments on 5 July 2018, which will be implemented within six months as of its notification.

4 In 2017 these services represented circa 0.5% of the total volumes of the Universal Postal Service.

5 Instead of CPI + CPIAF – 11.6% + VAF, as provided for in the draft decision.

3. OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

This section summarises the consolidated results achieved by CTT ("Company") and the consolidated assets, liabilities and financial position of the Company as at 30 June 2018. It should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes, which have more detailed information.

The present review includes the consolidation of the activities of the parent Company and its subsidiaries as included in note 8 of the consolidated financial statements. In addition, a review is carried out by CTT without consolidating Banco CTT, which is treated as a financial investment through the equity method:

  • (i) To facilitate the analysis of the impact of Banco CTT on the CTT accounts; and
  • (ii) Allowing CTT to have an overview of the Balance Sheet excluding financial assets, which besides being specific are autonomous and segregated assets.

It is important to highlight the following relevant facts occurred during the first half of 2018 for a better understanding of the Company accounts:

  • Price update from 2 April 2018, corresponding to a 4.1% average annual increase of the basket of letter mail, editorial mail and parcels services. This percentage update also covers the price decrease of reserved services (services for the transmission of judicial and other postal notifications) and the increase of special prices for bulk mail.
  • Payshop became part of Banco CTT, through a capital increase operation in which all the shares representing the share capital of Payshop for the amount of €6.4m were transferred to Banco CTT on 4 January 2018. This operation is aligned with the strategy of concentrating the Group's financial segment business and had no impact on the consolidated statements, although it had implications on the business segments. Thus, Payshop was included in Banco CTT segment, instead of the Financial Services segment and, as a result, the historical report (2017) was restated, in order to maintain comparability in the new perimeter.
  • In the first half of 2018, Transporta contributed to the consolidated accounts €7.0m of revenues and €7.8m of recurring operating costs. As CTT only acquired the total share capital of Transporta in May 2017, the comparable period of the previous year is only approximately 2 months. The Company has continued the integration of this asset in all fronts of its structural optimisation, aiming to consolidate its sustainability within the CTT Group.

Consolidated revenues increased by 0.9% (+€3.0m) compared to the first half of 2017, driven by growth in the Express & Parcels segment (+€11.1m; +17.7%) and Banco CTT (+€2.0m; +23.3%).

The evolution of the revenues was negatively affected by the Financial Services segment (-€9.4m; -31.7%) with the reduction in the placement of Public Debt products, reflecting the effect of the reduction in the annual average interest rates offered.

The Mail segment reflected the reduction of 7.9% in mail volumes, with a drop in external revenues of 0.3% (-€0.7m) in Mail and SU Parcels, offset by a growth of 12.6% (+€0.5m) in business solutions and 37.5% (+€1.6m) in retail products, of which €1.7m are related with the sale of lottery. This segment posted a performance improvement in the second quarter of 2018: revenues rose from -0.8% in the first quarter of 2018 vs. the same period of the last year to +1.4% in the second quarter), not only due to the updating of regulated prices, but also to the positive evolution of the level of discounts and the product mix.

Recurring operating costs increased by 3.2% (+€9.6m) vs. the first half of 2017, particularly external supplies and services in the Express & Parcels and Banco CTT segments which grew +€9.1m (+18.0 %) and +€2.8m (+33.2%), respectively, as a result of activity increase.

Particular mention should be made of direct costs in the Group, especially those related to the transportation of mail and parcels, delivery, cargo, banking and courier, which grew by 21.2% (+€8.3m) and, conversely, the fall in IT costs of 10.2% (-€1.4m) and of -2.3% in Facilities (-€0.5m).

The operating activity generated earnings before non-recurring items, interest, taxes, impairments, depreciation and amortisation (recurring EBITDA) of €46.1m, -12.4% (-€6.5m) than those obtained in the same period of the previous year, with an EBITDA margin of 13.0% compared to 14.9% in the first half of 2017. The Company's operating performance has been improving, as can be seen in the evolution of the first and second quarters, with an evolution of -18.9% and -5.0%, respectively. This evolution of performance has a very positive profile, considering that:

  • (i) Revenue increase went from 0.0% in the first quarter to +1.7% in the second quarter;
  • (ii) The evolution of recurringcosts went from an increase of 3.6% to 2.8% (+€5.3m to +€4.3m). This growth of the second quarter (€4.3M) includes the growth in Express & Parcels (+€4.0m) costs, resulting from the good performance of the respective Revenue (+€4.6m).

Net profit was mainly affected by non-recurring costs, totalling €17.2m, especially those arising from the operational transformation plan in progress and studies and advisory services for strategic projects, amounting to €15.3m, of which €13.2m are related to staff restructuring costs.

In the first half of 2018, CTT achieved a consolidated net profit attributable to equity holdersof €6.3m, -64.8% (-€11.5m) than in the previous year, corresponding to a consolidated net profit per share of €0.04, compared to €0.12 of the first half of 2017.

Consolidated income statement

Thousand Euros 1H2018 1H2017 Δ%
18/17
Revenues 355,125 352,114 0.9%
Sales and services rendered 343,659 340,466 93.8%
Sales 9,211 7,603 21.1%
Services rendered 334,448 332,863 0.5%
Financial margin 3,315 1,161 185.5%
Other operating income 8,151 10,486 -22.3%
Operating costs excluding impairments, provisions,
depreciation/amortisation and non-recurring costs
309,055 299,497 3.2%
Cost of sales 6,391 4,968 28.6%
External supplies and services 126,971 116,206 9.3%
Staff costs 169,837 171,367 -0.9%
Other operating costs 5,855 6,956 -15.8%
Earnings before depreciation/amortisation, impairments and
provisions, non-recurring results, interest and taxes (recurring
EBITDA)
46,070 52,616 -12.4%
Impairment of accounts receivable, net (292) 110 365.5%
Provisions, net 507 (102) -597.1%
Impairment of other financial banking assets 142 - n.a.
Impairment of non-depreciable assets - - n.a.
Depreciation/amortisation and impairment of investments, net (14,876) (14,186) 4.9%
Earnings before non-recurring results, financial income and
taxes (recurring EBIT)
31,551 38,439 -17.9%
Company restructuring (13,314) (2,653) 401.8%
Costs associated to studies and advice services for strategic
projects
(2,016) (4,555) -55.7%
Other non-recurring income and costs (1,885) (677) 178.4%
Earnings before interest and taxes 14,335 30,555 -53.1%
Financial results, net (2,759) (2,400) -15.0%
Gains/losses in associated companies 98 0 n.a.
Earnings before taxes (EBT) 11,674 28,155 -58.5%
Income tax for the period (5,396) (10,460) -48.4%
Net profit before non-controlling interests 6,278 17,695 -64.5%
Non-controlling interests 27 (50) 154.0%
Net profit for the period attributable to equity holders 6,250 17,745 -64.8%

Note: Revenues and costs exclude non-recurring items.

3.1. Revenues

Thousand Euros 1H2018 1H2017
proforma
Δ%
18/17
Mail 270,571 269,810 0.3%
Express & Parcels 73,896 62,759 17.7%
Financial Services 20,213 29,596 -31.7%
Banco CTT 10,753 8,722 23.3%
CTT Central Struture 48,400 52,735 -8.2%
Intragroup eliminations (68,708) (71,509) -3.9%
Revenues 355,125 352,114 0.9%

Note: Revenues exclude non-recurring items.

The Mail segment, which includes the letter mail postal service revenues of CTT, including the USO (Universal Service Obligation), represents the greatest weight in terms of revenues, amounting to €270.6m, an increase of 0.3% (+€0.8m) vis-à-vis the first half of 2017.

The decline of 7.9% in mail volumes corresponded mostly to a decrease of €3.6m (-1.9%) in domestic mail, while registered mail countered this trend (growing by 1.9%, +€1.2m), and to a reduction of €1.3m (-12.8%) in addressed advertising mail. In the first half of 2018, the Company benefited from a particularly positive performance in registered mail as a result of several mailings from the State and Banking and Insurance sectors that improved this revenue.

The less positive mail volumes evolution was mitigated by the raise in the average price per mail item, which benefited not only from the regulated price update (+3.6% vs. the same period of the previous year), but also from a positive evolution of the level of discounts and product mix, and also the growth of €4.8m (+39.3%) in inbound international mail, maintaining the high growth trend of the volumes received from Asian countries. The Mail business also saw a positive evolution in:

  • (i) Business solutions, which increased by €0.5m (+12.6%); and
  • (ii) Lottery sales,with an increase of €1.7m (+187.4%), benefiting from the comparison with the first half of 2017, when the sale of this product only began to grow significantly in the second quarter, with a very good performance for the Company (+51.7% in the second quarter of 2018 vs. the second quarter of 2017).

With regard to the other revenues of the Mail segment, the increase of €0.3m (+24.2%) in pro-rata VAT recovery was absorbed by the decrease in favourable exchange rate differences (-€1.3m;-72.3%) following the appreciation of the SDR6 against the Euro in the first six months of 2018 (+1.6% vs.December 2017).

The Express & Parcels segment, with €73.9m in revenues, recorded an increase of €11.1m (+17.7%) compared to the same period of the previous year, as a result of business growth in all geographies, in particular:

  • (i) Agrowth in Spain of €3.4m (+14.3%), with an increase in volumes of 19.1%;
  • (ii) The good performance of the banking (+€0.6m; +22.0%) and logistics businesses (+€0.7m; +82.9%), in Portugal.

6 Special Drawing Rights

There is an inorganic growth component related to the integration of Transporta in the first half of the year, as when compared to the first half of 2017 it had a positive impact of +€4.6m on revenue performance , turning a 10.7% increase in the revenue performance of the Expresso & Parcels segmentinto a 17.7% increase.

The Financial Services segment, with €20.2m of revenues, registered a decrease of €9.4m (-31.7%) vs. the first half of 2017.

Revenues decreased impacted by the reduction in the placement of one of the Public Debt products, which was replaced, in October 2017, by another one with a lower interest rate (2.25% vs. 1.38% - annual average interest rates for 5-year Treasury Certificates Poupança Mais (CTPM) and 7-year Treasury Certificates Poupança Crescimento (CTPC), respectively), therefore the amounts handled within the issuance of Public Debt Certificates fell by 52.6%, representing a reduction in commissions of €9.4m (-56.6%).

In addition, the commission received by the Company for marketing this IGCP product was reduced by 0.05% in May 2018. In order to face this framework, the Company has been developing a set of commercial initiatives to explain the advantages of this product and the reasons to maintain its remuneration compared to other products on the market, having achieved a recovery between the first and second quarters of 2018, where the reduction in overall revenues from Financial Services external revenues went from from -38.8% to -27.7%. It is also worth noticing the decline of €0.4m (-5.9%) in payment solutions (in particular invoices).

The Banco CTT segment reached external revenues of €8.9m, an increase of +€2.2m (+33.9%), mainly leveraged by the financial margin growth of +€2.2m.

The incorporation of Payshop in this segment contributed +€0.2m (+7.7%) of external revenues in payment solutions, mainly in the collection of invoices and Internet-related collections.

The CTT Central Structure showed a decrease in revenues (-€4.3m; -8.2%), due tothe reduction in real estate disposals and in the costs, due to of the decrease of this segment costs. Specifically, in the first half of 2017 the following took place:

  • (i) Recognition of deferred gains from prior years (€1.1m);
  • (ii) Recognition of deferred gains arising from disposals occurredin thisperiod, amounting to €0.7m, which includes real estate in Praia da Rocha and Monte Estoril; and
  • (iii) Cost reduction of -€2.6m in the CTT Central Structure to be allocated to the Mail and Financial Services segments.

3.2. Operating costs 7

Thousand Euros 1H2018 1H2017 Δ%
18/17
Cost of sales 6,391 4,968 28.6%
External supplies and services 126,971 116,206 9.3%
Staff costs 169,837 171,367 -0.9%
Other operating costs 5,855 6,956 -15.8%
Operating costs 309,055 299,497 3.2%

Note: Excluding non-recurring items.

7 Cost of sales + ES&S + Staff costs + other operating costs (excludes non-recurring items).

Recurring operating costs amounted to €309.1m, +3.2% (+€9.6m) compared to the first half of 2017.

The cost of sales increased €1.4m (+28.6%) accompanying the sales evolution, namely in what concerns lottery.

The recurring external supplies and services costs increased by +€10.8m (+9.3%), mostly in the Express & Parcels segment (+€9.1m; +18.0%), in the Banco CTT segment (+€2.8m; 33.2%) and in the Mail segment (+€0.9m; +1.8%).

The direct costs ofCTT Group (which represent 18.4% of the total operating revenues in the first half of 2018), especially those related to the transportation of mail and parcels, delivery, cargo, banking and courier services, which grew by 21.2% (€8.3m) in line with the increase in activity, are noteworthy. The consolidation of the different Operations that the Group has been integrating into its structure will allow, in a near future, the capture of operational synergies between the networks that will be translated into a costs evolution similarto the external revenues evolution.

The recurring operating costs were negatively impacted by the fuel price increase, which resulted in an increase in fleet costs, namely fuel (+€0.2m; +5.7%). The increase in vehicle maintenance costs (+€0.2m, +16.2%) reflects the renewal of the operational fleet (717 vehicles) and the respective reconditioning costs increase, which is mostly reflected in the Mail segment as it includes the functions of transport and delivery.

The Company reduced IT costs by €1.4m (-10.2%) as a result of several ongoing initiatives to improve the efficiency of IT spending, which include areas of communications and systems administration, and the renegotiation of outsourcing contracts. This impact was mainly reflected in the CTT Central Structure, leading to a reduction in the internal provision of these services and, consequently, reducing the costs allocated to the Mail segment.

The recurring staff costs decreased €1.5m (-0.9%), reflecting the strengthening of the HR optimisation programme initiated in the previous year. As at 30 June 2018, the number of CTT employees (permanent and on fixed-term contract) was 12,599, which is 312 (-2.4%) below the same period in 2017.

The salary revision agreed with the organisations representing the workers with effect as of January 2018 represented an increase of €1.3m in staff costs in the first half of the year.

These increases were absorbed by the revision of the performance bonuses, which had an impact of -€2.8m (1H2018 vs. 1H2017), reductions in health care costs, social welfare costs, and safety and hygiene at work of €0.3m and the -€0.7m of bonuses related to Financial Services, as a result of the decrease in the revenues of this segment.

The recurring other operating costs decreased by €1.1m (-15.8%), largely due to the unfavourable exchange rate differences (-€1.6m; -79.0%), effecting Mail segment, and whose value is similar to the positive impact on incomes previously mentioned.

Operating costs by segment are as follows:

Recurring operating costs by segment
Thousand Euros 1H2018 1H2017
proforma
Δ%
18/17
Mail 224,884 225,534 -0.3%
Express & Parcels 72,029 62,003 16.2%
Financial Services 13,084 15,284 -14.4%
Banco CTT 19,366 15,450 25.3%
CTT Central Struture 48,400 52,735 -8.2%
Intragroup eliminations -68,708 -71,509 -3.9%
Operating costs 309,055 299,497 3.2%

Note: excludes non-recurring items.

3.3. Recurring EBITDA

The recurring EBITDA8 amounted to €46.1m in the first half of 2018, -12.4% (-€6.5m) than the one recorded in the same period of the previous year.

Recurring EBITDA by segment
Thousand Euros 1H2018 Margin 1H2017
proforma
Margin Δ%
18/17
Δ Margin
Mail 45,687 16.9% 44,276 16.4% 3.2 0.5 p.p.
Express & Parcels 1,867 2.5% 756 1.2% 147.0 1.3 p.p.
Financial Services 7,129 35.3% 14,313 48.4% -50.2 -13.1 p.p.
Banco CTT (8,613) n.a. (6,728) n.a. 28.0 n.a.
Recurring EBITDA 46,070 13.0% 52,616 14.9% -12.4 -2.0 p.p.

Note: Excluding non-recurring items.

8 Recurring EBITDA = Operating results + amortisation and depreciation + net change in provisions and impairment losses (does not include non-recurring revenues and costs, such as company restructuring, impairment of investment properties, provisions for onerous contracts and labour contingencies).

3.4. Non-recurring results

In the first half of 2018 CTT recorded negative non-recurring results of €17.2m, of which €15.1m affected EBITDA and €2.2m are related to depreciation / amortisation, impairment and net provisions (below EBITDA).

Thousand Euros 1H2018 1H2017 ΔABS
18/17
Other operating income (10) (0) 10
Capital gains from the sale of real estate (10) (0) 10
External supplies and services 1,566 3,830 (2,264)
Costs associated to studies and advice services for strategic projects 1,566 3,830 (2,264)
Staff costs 13,314 2,854 10,460
Indemnities for termination of employment contracts by mutual agreement -
Operational Transformation Plan 13,234 2,071 11,163
Other indemnities for termination of employment contracts by mutual agreement 80 166 (86)
Completion of the "Long-term variable remuneration – Share Plan 0 617 (617)
Other costs 182 185 (3)
Donation and others 182 185 (3)
Non-recurring results to EBITDA 15,052 6,869 8,183
Depreciation/amortisation and impairment of investments, net 443 715 (271)
Incremental costs in the Retail Network with Banco CTT 443 715 (271)
Impairment of accounts receivable, net 0 415 (415)
Closing of franchisees in Spain - 415 (415)
Provisions, net 1,720 (115) 1,836
Labour contingencies 320 (115) 436
Notification issued to Tourline from the Spanish National Commission on Markets
and Competition 1,400 0 1,400
Results below EBITDA 2,164 1,015 1,149
Non-recurring results to EBIT 17,216 7,884 9,332

Non-recurring results by segment are as follows:

Non-recurring results
Thousand Euros 1H2018 1H2017 ΔABS
18/17
Non-recurring revenues 10 - n.a.
CTT Central Struture 10 - n.a.
Non-recurring operating costs 15,063 6,869 8,193
Mail 7,167 1,093 6,074
Express & Parcels 360 1,572 (1,213)
Financial Services 361 7 354
Banco CTT (including Payshop) 140 2,127 (1,987)
CTT Central Struture 7,035 2,070 4,965
Recurring EBITDA (15,052) (6,869) 8,183
Mail (7,167) (1,093) 6,074
Express & Parcels (360) (1,572) (1,213)
Financial Services (361) (7) 354
Banco CTT (including Payshop) (140) (2,127) (1,987)
CTT Central Struture (7,024) (2,070) 4,955
Non-recurring costs below EBITDA 2,164 1,015 1,149
Mail 443 721 (278)
Express & Parcels 1,400 415 985
Financial Services - - -
Banco CTT (including Payshop) - - -
CTT Central Struture 320 (122) 442
Recurring EBIT (17,216) (7,884) 9,332
Mail (7,610) (1,814) 5,796
Express & Parcels (1,760) (1,988) (228)
Financial Services (361) (7) 354
Banco CTT (including Payshop) (140) (2,127) (1,987)
CTT Central Struture (7,345) (1,948) 5,397

1H2018Non-recurring results

Thousand Euros Mail Express &
Parcels
Financial
Services
Banco CTT Central
CTT Structure
Intragroup
eliminations
Others non
allocated
Total
Other operating income - - - - 10 - - 10
External supplies and services (727) - - (137) (702) - - (1,566)
Staff Costs (6,433) (360) (361) (3) (6,157) - - (13,314)
Other costs (7) - - - (175) - - (182)
Non-recurring results that affect EBITDA (7,167) (360) (361) (140) (7,024) - - (15,052)
Depreciation/amortisation and impairment of
investments, net
(443) - - - - - - (443)
Impairment of accounts receivable, net - - - - - - - -
Impairment of non-depreciable assets - - - - - - - -
Provisions net - (1,400) - - (320) - - (1,720)
Non-recurring results that affect EBIT (7,610) (1,760) (361) (140) (7,345) - - (17,216)
Thousand Euros Mail Express &
Parcels
Financial
Services
Banco CTT Central
CTT Structure
Intragroup
eliminations
Others non
allocated
Total
Other operating income 0 - - - - - - 0
External supplies and services (618) (195) (7) (2,127) (883) - - (3,830)
Staff Costs (465) (1,377) - - (1,012) - - (2,854)
Other costs (10) - - - (175) - - (185)
Non-recurring results that affect EBITDA (1,093) (1,572) (7) (2,127) (2,070) - - (6,869)
Depreciation/amortisation and impairment of
investments, net
(721) - - - - - 7 (715)
Impairment of accounts receivable, net - (415) - - - - - (415)
Impairment of non-depreciable assets - - - - - - - -
Provisions net - - - - 115 - - 115
Non-recurring results that affect EBIT (1,814) (1,988) (7) (2,127) (1,955) - 7 (7,884)

1H2017Non-recurring results

3.5. Financial results

The financial results posted a negative amount of €2.7m, representing a decrease of 10.9% (-€0.3m) in relation to the same period of the previous year.

Interest income and financial revenues decreased by 91.2% (-€0.3m) when compared with the first half of 2017, due to the low remuneration rates of term deposits, to lower liquidity levels and to the preservation of a conservative policy regarding liquidity applications by CTT.

Financial costs incurred amounted to €2.8m, mainly incorporating the financial costs of €2.6m associated with the financial update of the employee benefits liability, as well as, but of little relevance, interest associated with financial leasing operations and bank loans (€0.2m).

Financial results
Thousand Euros 1H2018 1H2017 Δ%
18/17
Interest income 25 285 -91.2%
Interest expenses (2,784) (2,685) 3.7%
Interest expenses (financial) (151) (72) 109.7%
Interest costs with employee benefits (accounting) (2,632) (2,613) 0.7%
Gains/losses in associated companies 98 0 n.a.
Financial results (2,661) (2,400) -10.9%

3.6. Net profit

In the first half of 2018 CTT achieved a consolidated net profit attributable to equity holders of €6.3m, 64.8% lower than the one obtained in the same period of the previous year, corresponding to a net margin of 1.8% (5.0%in 1H2017).

3.7. Capex

The Group's investment amounted to €8.3m, +15.0% (-€1.1m), compared to the first half of 2017, of which:

  • (i) €5.8m are related to IT investments, specifically:
  • Banco CTT core and business support IT systems (€2.9m);
  • Implementation of the Transformation Programme (€0.6m) with emphasis on the new SAP platform;
  • Strategic IT systems development in the areas of commercial excellence and accounting and operational processes, such as, CRM-Customer Relationship Management, New Iberian Offer, new transactional platform for Financial Services.
  • (ii) €1.9m for works in buildings, such as the postal delivery office in Oporto, the Devesas and Maia buildings, theSanta Marta and Restelo Post Offices.

3.8. Financial position

Consolidated statement of financial position
Thousand Euros 30.06.2018 31.12.2017 Δ%
18/17
Non-current assets 867,084 678,474 27.8%
Current assets 925,516 930,291 -0.5%
Total assets 1,792,600 1,608,765 11.4%
Equity 131,783 183,991 -28.4%
Total liabilities 1,660,817 1,424,774 16.6%
Non-current liabilities 272,171 282,738 -3.7%
Current liabilities 1,388,646 1,142,037 21.6%
Total equity and liabilities 1,792,600 1,608,765 11.4%

Total assets reached €1,792.6m (+€183.8m vs.31.12.2017), of which €658.0m (+€208.1m vs 31.12.2017) are related to applications, financial assets and credit held by Banco CTT broken down as follows:

  • €401.5m concerning investment securities;
  • €107.3m of other banking financial assets, mainly investments in credit institutions and in the interbank market; and
  • €149.2m of credit to banking clients, especially mortgage loans and other credits.

In the total assets it is worth noticing the decrease in cash and cash equivalents of €35.1m (-5.6%).

In the first half of 2018 there is also the effect of:

  • +€1.7m recorded as non-recurring assets held for sale, related to the net accounting amount of the building owned by the Company located at Rua da Palma, in Lisbon.
  • -€0.1m of other investments (non-listed capital instruments) with the sale of the Eurogiro Network shareholding.

Equity decreased by €52.2m (-28.4%) following the dividend distribution for the year 2017 (€57.0m), which occurred in May 2018, with the appropriation of €27.3m from the net profit for the 2017 financial year, €14.4m booked as retained earnings and €15.4m booked as free reserves. It's also noted the decrease of €1.5m related to the effect of the adoption of IFRS 9 and IFRS 15, as mentioned above.

Total liabilities increased by €236.0m (+16.6%), of which the increase of €140.7m (+52.1%) related to net financial services payables (+€91.1m in CNP money orders –referring to the money orders received from the National Pensions Centre (CNP) with payment date to the corresponding pensioners in the month after the closing of the financial period - reflecting the payment of holiday bonuses in June), and +€117.7m of banking client deposits from Banco CTT.

Liabilities related toemployee benefits (post-retirement and other long-term benefits) inthe first half of 2018 amounted to €267.7m, -0.9% (-€2.3m) when compared to December 2017, and no actuarial gains and losses were recorded in the period, therefore the reduction derives from the effect of the payments, which more than offset the increase in liabilities arising from Interest cost of the year current interest and service expenses.

and other long-term employee benefits
Thousand Euros 30.06.2018 31.12.2017 Δ%
18/17
Liabilities 267,723 270,020 -0.9%
Healthcare 249,554 253,972 -1.7%
Staff (suspension agreements) 3,265 3,312 -1.4%
Other long-term employee benefits 14,499 12,340 17.5%
Pension plan (Transporta) 345 356 -3.1%
Other benefits 60 40 50.0%

Liabilities with post-retirement benefits

3.9. Cash flow and Net cash / (debt)

The net change in cash and cash equivalents amounted to -€35.1m, which is mainly the result of:

  • +€3.6m in cash flows from operating activities (excluding the cash flows from financial services and Banco CTT);
  • -€2.5m in operating cash flows related to Banco CTT (including Payshop);
  • +€136.5m in changes in financial services receivables/payables;
  • +€52.3m in the net change of Banking customer deposits and other loans;
  • -€17.1m in payments related to tangible and intangible assets;
  • -€118.0m of Banco CTT's financial assets (includes investments and other bank financial assets of Banco CTT);
  • -€57.0m of dividend payment;
  • -€26.5m of demand deposits at Bank of Portugal and outstanding checks from Banco CTT.

The adjusted cash flow in the first half of 2018 was -€79.4m, as a result of the dividend payment (€57.0m) and the adjusted operating cash flow, which amounted to -€14.4m. Excluding non-recurring items, especially the ones related to the payment of indemnities for termination of employment contracts by mutual agreement (€22.2m), the operating cash flow would be positive, of €9.6m.

Cash flow
Reported Adjusted*
Thousand Euros 1H2018 1H2017 ΔABS
18/17
1H2018 1H2017
proforma
ΔABS
18/17
Cash flow from operating activities 189,908 296,718 (106,809) 1,109 35,846 (34,736)
Cash flow CTT excluding FS and Banco CTT
Banco CTT cash flow
3,636
(2,526)
42,239
(6,393)
(38,604)
3,867
Cash flow from investment activities (133,485) (117,901) (15,584) (15,492) (21,214) 5,721
Capex (17,135) (22,927) 5,792 (17,135) (22,927) 5,792
of which Banco CTT (3,582) (4,428) 847 (3,582) (4,428) 847
Banco CTT financial assets** (117,993) (96,687) (21,305)
Other 1,643 1,713 (70) 1,643 1,713 (70)
Operating free cash flow 56,423 178,816 (122,393) (14,383) 14,632 (29,015)
Cash flow from financing activities (64,992) (73,770) 8,778 (64,992) (73,770) 8,778
of which dividends (57,000) (72,000) 15,000 (57,000) (72,000) 15,000
Other*** (26,547) (3,566) (22,981) - 135 (135)
Net change in cash (35,116) 101,480 (136,596) (79,375) (59,003) (20,371)

* Cash flow from operating activities excluding the changes in the financial services receivables/payables and Cash Flow Statement items: "Banking customer deposits and other loans", "Credit to bank clients", "Investment securities", "Other banking financial assets", "Demand deposits at Bank of Portugal", "Other banking financial assets", third parties "Other receivables/payments" regarding Banco CTT.

** Including Investment securities and other banking financial assets held by Banco CTT.

*** These figures were not considered under Cash and equivalents in the Cash flow Statement. However, they are included in Cash and equivalents in the Balanced Sheet.

Net financial cash, excluding third parties receivables/payments, was positive by €91.8m.
Net cash / (debt)
Thousand Euros 30.06.2018 31.12.2017 ΔABS
18/17
Cash and cash equivalents 591,710 626,825 (35,116)
Financial Services payables (net) (402,420) (265,896) 136,524
Banco CTT deposits & other financial liabilities (754,823) (637,112) 117,711
Banco CTT financial assets & credits & other 659,872 449,896 209,976
Own Cash (1) 94,339 173,714 (79,375)
Short and long-term debt (2,540) (10,378) (7,838)
Net financial cash (debt) 91,800 163,336 (71,536)

(1) Including €67.4m of Banco CTT own cash.

Note: The company holds financial leasing operations (related to the acquisition of basic equipment and vehicles), bank loans in Corre in order to fund operating activities and a cash pooling system used within CTT scope, particularly by Tourline, to support the activity.

3.10. Impact of Banco CTT results on the consolidated results

The analysis of the balance sheet and income statement without the full consolidation of Banco CTT allows for a clear view of the CTT Group without the assets / liabilities related to the activity of Banco CTT (including Payshop).

The economic and financial position of the CTT Group excluding Banco CTT (including Payshop) from the consolidation perimeter, being accounted as a financial participation according to the equity method, would be as follows:

Consolidated income statement
Thousand Euros 1H2018 1H2017 Δ%
proforma 18/17
Revenues 348,033 346,782 0.4%
Operating costs (308,263) (292,179) 5.5%
EBITDA 39,770 54,603 -27.2%
EBITDA margin 11.4% 15.7% -4.3 p.p.
Depreciations, amortisations, impairments & provisions (15,279) (13,754) 11.1%
Earnings before financial income and taxes (EBIT) 24,492 40,848 -40.0%
Financial results (10,625) (10,593) -0.3%
Gains/losses in associated companies (7,865) (8,182) 3.9%
Banco CTT (including Payshop) (7,963) (8,182) 2.7%
Others 98 - n.a.
Earnings before taxes 13,866 30,256 -54.2%
Income tax for the period (7,589) (12,561) -39.6%
Net profit for the period 6,278 17,695 -64.5%
Non-controlling interests 27 (50) 154.0%
Net profit for the period attributable to equity holders 6,250 17,745 -64.8%
Consolidated statement of financial position
Thousand Euros 30.06.2018 31.12.2017
proforma
Δ%
18/17
Non-current assets 415,195 413,409 0.4%
Current assets 620,553 557,340 11.3%
Total assets 1,035,748 970,749 6.7%
Equity 131,783 183,991 -28.4%
Total liabilities 903,965 786,758 14.9%
Non-current liabilities 272,129 282,652 -3.7%
Current liabilities 631,836 504,106 25.3%
Total equity and liabilities 1,035,748 970,749 6.7%

Impact of the exclusion of Banco CTT (including Payshop) from the consolidation perimeter on the economic position (Profit & Loss) in 1H2018:

  • +€10.2m on the revenues and +€8.8m of EBITDA;
  • -€8.0m of financial results, which reflect the equity method of Banco CTT, due to the negative net profit.

Impact of the exclusion of Banco CTT from the consolidation perimeter on the financial position (Balance Sheet) in 1H2018:

  • -€756.9m on assets;
  • -€169.5m concerning cash and cash equivalents, of which €162.4m in Banco CTT and €7.2m in Payshop.

4. CTT SHARE PERFORMANCE

During the 1st half of 2018, CTT paid a dividend of €0.38 per share and the CTT share price depreciated by 14.29%. Hence, the total shareholder return or TSR (capital gain + dividend, calculated on the basis of the share price as at the end of 2017) in the period was -3.16%. During the same period, the PSI 20 had a total shareholder return of 6.43%.

In terms of share price appreciation, the best performer of the EU postal sector in the first half of 2018 was Poste Italiane, whose share price appreciated by 14.26% as opposed to Bpost and Deutsche Post's which depreciated by 46.70% and 29.6%, respectively.On the same basis, the PSI 20 index appreciated by 2.60%in the first half of 2018.

1 Royal Mail share price in euros

During the 1st half of 2018, circa 155 million CTT shares were traded, corresponding to a daily average of 1.2 million shares, which translates into an annualised turnover ratio of 207% of the share capital, which shows the strong share liquidity. As at the end of the semester, the CTT share price at market close was €3.006.

5. SUSTAINABILITY IN CTT'S ACTIVITIES

Customers

Quality reached 118.9 points in the 1st half of 2018, a result compared to a target of 100 stipulated by the Regulator. In terms of perceived quality, 78.9% of the customers continue to state they were satisfied or very satisfied with the services provided.

Additionally, in order to obtain in-depth knowledge and improve satisfaction with the services provided, CTT periodically carries out studies and questionnaires with its customers from both the Retail Segment (customers going to CTT post offices) and the business segment (contractual customers).

Company and staff

The offer of training decreased by 34% compared to last year, during 103 thousand hours, due to the postponement of some measures, but we foresee a potential implementation until the end of the year. In terms of work security 510 labour accidents have occurred, 4% less compared to the same period of the previous year.

Over the 1st half of the year, the employees participated in several initiatives. Among these activities, it is important to note the blood donation campaign at the headquarters of CTT and Banco CTT in Lisbon, with the support of Instituto Português do Sangue e da Transplantação (Portuguese Blood and Transplantation Institute), which had the participation of 65 donors. In order to promote the balance between work and family, we invited the employees to participate in the Lisbon Marathon, the CTT Cup, the Médis race, the Woman's Race, the XXX National CTT Games and the visits to Kidzania and to the Zoo. Among other social and environmental initiatives, CTT sponsored the wheelchair competition in the 28th Lisbon Half Marathon, the CTT Wheelchair Racing, the "Terra dos Sonhos" (Dreamland), the "Associação Salvador" (Salvador Association), the APCL, the Fenacerci and the Iberian lynx in the Zoo. CTT were partners of the Associação Nacional Doentes Oncológicos (National Association of Oncological Patients) and donated vehicles to the Fire Brigade corporations of Bragança, Cabo Ruivo (Lisbon), Castelo Branco and Oliveira do Hospital.

This year, the wage increases were between 1.1% and 1.3% in the remuneration up to € 2,790.40. Within the scope of human resources management, CTT were distinguished for the 3rd consecutive time by the Human Resources Portugal 2017 with an award in "Gender Equality" category.

The partnership with EPIS continued to be boosted, with 15 mentors and 13 CTT trainees, with the purpose of supporting students who are under-achievers at school. Other trainees carry out a volunteer program including the support to an isolated person, duly identified by CTT, to Vitae Association and to Quercus.

Society and the environment

CTT offset the carbon footprint of the Express & Parcels offer and of the "Green" Mail eco range, which represents about 12% of the company's total revenue. Two winning projects were chosen that CTT is going to finance to offset the carbon footprint of "Green" Mail, through a public voting participatory process launched on CTT's website and which reached more than half a million people in the social networks. Consequently, the national "Criar Bosques" (To Plant Woods) project and the international "Utilização de Biomassa Renovável" (Use of Renewable Biomass) project, in Brazil were elected, with environmental and social benefits.

The DM Eco product continued to increase its relative weight in the total Direct Mail range, in spite of a decrease in volumes and respective revenues. DM Eco currently represents 39% of total direct mail volumes. The "Green" Mail eco range also reports a decrease in volumes and revenues. Concerning acquisition, the weight of the ecological purchase reached 99.4% of the total.

There was an increase in electricity (+5.3%) and fuel (+1.5%) consumption for the entire CTT Group, essentially associated to the banking business, as well as express activity. The use of 100% of green electricity for the entire CTT Group, since 2015, has permitted the reduction of scope 1 and 2 emissions by about 17 ktons of CO2 per year. Notwithstanding, CO2 emissions of scope 1 and 2 surged 1.5%, associated to the increase in fuel consumption.

Twenty-four Ligier electric tricycles acquired at the end of 2017 began operations. These will contribute towards an annual reduction of about 0.2 tons of CO2 emissions.

Sixty-five thousand trees were planted, corresponding to the sales of last year of "Uma Árvore pela Floresta" (A Tree for the Forest), a CTT/Quercus project to plant woods more resistant to fire. The intervention areas covered Serras do Gerês, Alvão, Montemuro and Estrela, and were attended by hundreds of volunteers.

A special note is made to the Drivers' Challenge project, which was selected by the "Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente" (Portuguese Environment Agency) as one of the national representatives in the EBAE 2018 - European Business Awards for the Environment. This year, CTT won its 5th international edition, standing out as the most efficient operator in the use of fuels and in the reduction of emissions of CO2.

Shareholders and investors

Throughout the semester, CTT spent 6.5 days in external meetings with investors, 3 of which in 3 conferences (organised by 3 different brokers in 3 different cities) and 3.5 days in 4 roadshows (organised by 2 different brokers in 4 different cities). The CEO of the Company spent 1 day on these activities and the CFO spent 2.5 days for the same purpose. The CEO of Banco CTT also participated on a roadshow for 1 day. Over the period, the Company met with 87 investors.

As at 30 June 2018, coverage of CTT shares was provided by 9research analysts from 4Portuguese brokers (Caixa BI, CaixaBank BPI, Haitong, and Intermoney Valores), 2 from North America (Goldman Sachs and Jefferies), 2 from Spain (BBVA, and Santander) and 1 from the United Kingdom (Barclays).

6. MAIN RISKS

6.1. Risks faced by CTT

The revision of the risk profile of CTT is based on a dynamic and permanent process of collection of inputs from internal and external sources, allowing a current overview of the events that, in case they occur in a given context, may adversely affect the attainment of the strategy goals of the company.

The risk profile of CTT has currently 63 risks mapped, of which 21 are considered relevant due to the fact that they have a high probability of occurring and/or have a high impact in case they occur.

Out of the set of relevant risks, 12 priority risks are considered, on which the effort to implement specific mitigation measures has occurred:

Strategic Risks
derive from uncertainties arising from the strategy defined by CTT and the way how it is implemented
Competition The risk derives from the lack of capacity and agility of response to competing offers and
corresponding loss of customers.
Iberian CEP (Courier, Express and The risk derives from the challenge of attracting a market share in the Iberian CEP in an
Parcels) challenge incremental and increasing manner.

Other strategic risks considered relevant are being monitored, namely: • Public image

• Operational Transformation Plan

Operational Risks
derive from failures or defects in the management of the business processes, in people and in IT
Operational efficacy The risk derives from the deterioration of the quality of the service provided to the customer
arising from operational, recurring or one offinefficacy (or inefficiency).
Continuity of the postal operation The risk derives from the occurrence of disruptive, unpredictable and unavoidable events,
beyond the will and control of CTT, which ultimately may lead to the interruption of the postal
operations.
Security of information The risk arises from the commitment to the confidentiality and/or integrity of the information
that may result from deliberate or unintentional behavioural failures of CTT employees or third
parties, as well as from unauthorized access to installations or from cyber attacks.

Other operational risks considered relevant are being monitored, namely:

• Labour disputes

• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Financial Risks derive from exogenous and internal factors, which significantly and directly affect the performance and financial condition of CTT
Operational investment The risk derives from the fact that the operational investment projects may have profitability
lower than the initial forecast or even negative.
Financial investment The risk derives from the total or partial loss of the capital invested by CTT in (a) participated
company(ies).
External Risks derive from more or less unpredictable factors that are beyond the power of intervention and influence of CTT
E-substitution The risk derives from the decrease of postal volumes due to the intensification of the
phenomenon of digitalisation and substitution of physical mail by other forms of digital
communication.

Additionally, regarding these risks some KRI (Key Risk Indicators) have been developed and some risk appetite policies and the respective tolerance levels were defined to allow to monitor and follow-up the evolution of the exposure level of CTT to each one of them.

6.2. Risk management and internal control system

The Board of Directors, in coordination with the persons responsible for the entire organisational structure, shall ensure the effectiveness of the internal control and risk management systems of CTT Group, ensuring the existence of a control culture based on the definition, implementation and periodic review of the risk management model.

In this sense, the governance model of the CTT Group incorporates an adequate, robust and effective internal control system to mitigate the risks to which the organisation is subject and to enable that the established goals be achieved, namely through:

  • Definition of effective and efficient strategic and operational processes.
  • Reliable information that enables a timely and appropriate decision-making.
  • Compliance with the applicable laws and regulations, as well as the policies, procedures and controls implemented.
  • Safeguarding resources against risks of loss, fraud and misuse.
  • Security regarding availability, confidentiality and integrity of IT.
  • Mechanisms for independent reporting of information to management and supervisory bodies.

The risk management system is supported by a set of standards and procedures and all relevant risks are assessed for their probability and impact, which determines the definition of mitigation strategies, in order to avoid, reduce, share and/or accept a certain level of risk.

The process of identifying and responding to risk events is ensured by the following bodies:

  • Risk Management, which is responsible for the centralised coordination of the CTT risk management model, aligned with the strategic goals, as well as the management of the process of planning and implementing mitigation measure regarding the identified risks.
  • Internal Audit, which is responsible for the systematic assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of controls and risks associated to processes and systems, in order to identify any relevant situations that imply the need to make adjustments to the current internal control system.

The internal control system acts as a management tool at all levels of the organisation and includes the following components:

  • Control environment the basis of the internal control system, based on principles and commitments of action assumed by management bodies and employees and formally implemented in codes, prevention policies and internal regulations.
  • Information and communication formal and informal channels that monitor the business activity and are critical to the understanding and execution of controls throughout the organisation.
  • Information management activities that in a continuous and cyclical manner allow to identify, assess, mitigate, monitor, control and report risks.
  • Human resources an essential element in the operation of the organisation, which in alignment with internal benchmarks, influence the behaviour of the remaining levels.
  • Organisational structure a relational matrix of missions, positions and skills.
  • Knowledge management activities to identify potential exposures to risk, aiming to ensure an adequate response.
  • Assurance a supervision activity ensured by the Audit Committee and by the Statutory Auditor, under the terms of the applicable legal provisions and of the Articles of Association.

7. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Acquisition of 321 Crédito

On 24 July 2018, through its subsidiary Banco CTT, S.A., CTT entered into an agreement for the acquisition of 321 Crédito, Instituição Financeira de Crédito, S.A., a fast-growing specialised consumer credit business, focused on lending for the purchase of used cars by retail clients through a wide network of car dealers, for the amount of €100m to be paid in cash at completion.

The final price is subject to a post-completion price adjustment mechanism to reflect variations in the regulatory capital of 321 Crédito from 31 December 2017 onwards.

The completion of the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of a set of conditions precedent, including inter alia the customary approvals from the competition and regulatory authorities.

Decisions of ANACOM and AdC

Following the Draft Decision approved on 11 January 2018, on 18 July 2018, ANACOM communicated the final decision on the quality of service criteria applicable to the provision of the universal postal service for 2019 and 2020. Compared to the Draft decision, the 24 quality of service indicators are maintained, but the reliability targets for the routeing times of ordinary mail, bulk mail, ordinary parcels, and newspapers and periodicals released at greater than weekly intervals were revised downwards and set at 99.7%, instead of the 99.9% laid down in the Draft Decision. Contrary to what was proposed in the Draft Decision, the new indicators shall not apply from 01 July 2018, but rather from 01 January 2019 onwards.

The new set of indicators, which compare with the previous 11 indicators, as well as the set-up of much more demanding objectives for some of them, shows that they go well beyond the current European practices and trends in this field.

Following the commitments made by CTT regarding the access to the postal network, as detailed in the chapter on the postal regulatory framework, on 05 July 2018 the AdC (Authority for the Competition) to close the proceedings against CTT and accept the proposed commitments, which will be implemented within six months from the date of the notification.

8. DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Pursuant to article 246(1)(c) of the PortugueseSecurities Code, the members of the Board of Directors of CTT – Correios de Portugal, S.A. ("CTT") identified below hereby state that, to the best of their knowledge, the interim condensed consolidated accounts relative to the first half of 2018 were prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting rules, providing a true and appropriate reflection of the assets and liabilities, the financial situation and the results of CTT and the companies included in its consolidation perimeter, and that the interim report faithfully presents the important events which occurred in the first half of 2018 and their impact on the interim condensed consolidated accounts, as well as the main risks and uncertainties for the second half of this year.

Lisbon, 31 July 2018

The Board of Directors

António Sarmento Gomes Mota Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

Francisco José Queiroz de Barros de Lacerda Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors

Dionizia Maria Ribeiro Farinha Ferreira Member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee

Nuno de Carvalho Fernandes Thomaz Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors and of the Audit Committee

José Manuel Baptista Fino Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors

Céline Dora Judith Abecassis-Moedas Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors

António Pedro Ferreira Vaz da Silva Member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee

Francisco Maria da Costa de Sousa de Macedo Simão Member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee

João Afonso Ramalho Sopas Pereira Bento Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors

Maria Luísa Coutinho Ferreira Leite de Castro Anacoreta Correia Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee

Maria Belén Amatriain Corbi Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors and of the Audit Committee

Rafael Caldeira de Castel-Branco Valverde Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors

Guy Patrick Guimarães de Goyri Pacheco Member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee (CFO)

PART II – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

1. Corporate Bodies and Management9

Board of Directors
Chairman: António Sarmento Gomes Mota
Vice-Chairman: Francisco José Queiroz de Barros de Lacerda (CEO)
Members: Dionizia Maria Ribeiro Farinha Ferreira
Nuno de Carvalho Fernandes Thomaz (Member of the Audit Committee)
José Manuel Baptista Fino
Céline Dora Judith Abecassis-Moedas
António Pedro Ferreira Vaz da Silva
Francisco Maria da Costa de Sousa de Macedo Simão
João Afonso Ramalho Sopas Pereira Bento
Maria Luísa Coutinho Ferreira Leite de Castro Anacoreta Correia (Chairwoman
of the Audit Committee)
Maria Belén Amatriain Corbi (Member of the Audit Committee)
Rafael Caldeira de Castel-Branco Valverde
Guy Patrick Guimarães de Goyri Pacheco (CFO)10

Board of the General Meeting

Chairman: Júlio de Lemos de Castro Caldas
Vice-Chairman: Francisco Maria de Moraes Sarmento Ramalho

Remuneration Committee

Chairman: João Luís Ramalho de Carvalho Talone
Members: Rui Manuel Meireles dos Anjos Alpalhão
Manuel Fernando Macedo Alves Monteiro

9 As at the date of approval of this Interim Management Report.

10 Co-opted by deliberation of the Board of Directors of 19 December 2017 for the position of Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee (Chief Financial Officer (CFO)). Co-optation ratified by deliberation of the Annual General Meeting of 18 April 2018.

Executive Committee
Chairman: Francisco José Queiroz de Barros de Lacerda (CEO)
Members: Dionizia Maria Ribeiro Farinha Ferreira
António Pedro Ferreira Vaz da Silva
Francisco Maria da Costa de Sousa de Macedo Simão
Guy Patrick Guimarães de Goyri Pacheco (CFO)
Audit Committee
Chairwoman: Maria Luísa Coutinho Ferreira Leite de Castro Anacoreta Correia
Members: Nuno de Carvalho Fernandes Thomaz
Maria Belén Amatriain Corbi
11
Statutory Auditor
Statutory Auditor: KPMG & Associados, SROC, S.A., represented by Paulo Alexandre Martins
Quintas Paixão
Alternate Statutory
Auditor:
Vítor Manuel da Cunha Ribeirinho
Corporate Governance, Evaluation and Nominating Committee
Chairman: António SarmentoGomes Mota
Members: José Manuel Baptista Fino
Céline Dora Judith Abecassis-Moedas
João Afonso Ramalho Sopas Pereira Bento
Rafael Caldeira de Castel-Branco Valverde
Committee for the Monitoring of the Implementation of the Operational Transformation Plan
Chairman: António Sarmento Gomes Mota
Members: João Afonso Ramalho Sopas Pereira Bento
Maria Luísa Coutinho Ferreira Leite de Castro Anacoreta Correia
Rafael Caldeira de Castel-Branco Valverde

11 Re-elected for the 2018-2020 term of office at the Annual General Meeting of 18 April 2018.

Management Organisation

TOURLINE AND BANCO CTT: EXECUTIVE TOP MANAGEMENT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS OF CTT

2. Capital structure

In the 1st half of 2018, the share capital of CTT, amounting to €75,000,000, was fully subscribed and paidup, represented by 150,000,000 ordinary shares with a nominal value of €0.50 each. These shares are registered and in book-entry form having no different categories. All shares representing the capital of the Company are admitted to trading on the regulated market Euronext Lisbon.

As at 30 June 2018, CTT shareholder structure in terms of qualifying holdings was as follows:

3. Holders of qualifying holdings

At the end of the 1st half of 2018, based on the communications made to the Company, the qualifying holdings in CTT, as calculated in accordance with the provisions of article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, were as follows:

Holders of Qualifying Shareholdings in CTT as at 30 June 2018 based on the communications made to the Company

Shareholders No. of shares % Share capital % Voting rights
Gestmin SGPS, S.A. (1) 18,589,534 12.393% 12.393%
Manuel Carlos de Melo Champalimaud 284,885 0.190% 0.190%
Manuel Carlos de Melo Champalimaud (2) Total 18,874,419 12.583% 12.583%
Global Portfolio Investments, S.L. (3) 8,492,745 5.662% 5.662%
Indumenta Pueri, S.L. (3) Total 8,492,745 5.662% 5.662%
Norges Bank Total 6,399,190 4.266% 4.266%
Credit Suisse Group AG (4) Total 4,965,530 3.310% 3.310%
BlackRock, Inc.(5) Total 3,880,684 2.587% 2.587%
BBVA BOLSA FI (6) 1,139,308 0.760% 0.760%
BBVA BOLSA EURO FI (6) 674,991 0.450% 0.450%
BBVA BOLSA EUROPA FI (6) 1,335,028 0.890% 0.890%
BBVA BOLSA PLUS FI (6) 346,172 0.231% 0.231%
BBVA Asset Management, SA SGIIC (6) Total 3,495,499 2.330% 2.330%
GreenWood Builders Fund I, LP (7) Total 3,478,370 2.319% 2.319%
Wellington Management Group LLP(8) Total 3,105,222 2.070% 2.070%
CTT, S.A. (own shares)(9) Total 1 0.000% 0.000%
Other shareholders Total 97,308,340 64.872% 64.872%
TOTAL 150,000,000 100.000% 100.000%

(1) Includes 18,465,215 shares directly held by Gestmin SGPS, S.A. and 124,319 shares held by members of its Board of Directors.

(2)Qualifying shareholding directly and indirectly attributable to Manuel Carlos de Melo Champalimaud.

(3)Global Portfolio Investments, S.L. is controlled by Indumenta Pueri, S.L..

(4) The full chain of Credit Suisse Group AG controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held is shown as attachment to the qualifying holdings press release of 21 November 2017 available on CTT website at: http://www.ctt.pt/contentAsset/raw-data/68124fa8-3e13-4051-a36c-

4cabc2009f96/ficheiroPdf/Credit%20Suisse%2021Nov2017\_EN.pdf?byInode=true.

(5) The full chain of undertakings controlled by BlackRock, Inc. through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held is shown as attachment to the qualifying holdings press release of 27 June 2018 available on CTT website at: http://www.ctt.pt/contentAsset/raw-data/15411667-923b-486a-96c9-01098bdaffe5/ficheiroPdf/BlackRock%2027June2018\_EN.pdf?byInode=true.

(6)Investment funds managed by BBVA Asset Management, SA, SGIIC, entity directly controlled by Cidessa Uno, SL, as per point 10 of the qualifying holdings press release of 26 March 2018 available on CTT website at: http://www.ctt.pt/contentAsset/raw-data/a241575b-7dcb-47ff-8374-d5dc44f2bd56/ficheiroPdf/BBVA%20Qualif%20Hold%2026Mar2018\_EN.pdf?byInode=true.

(7)Fund managed by GreenWood Investors LLC.

(8) The full chain of controlled undertakings controlled by the Wellington Management Group LLP through which the voting rights are held is shown in point 8 of the qualifying holdings press release of 5 September 2017 available on CTT website at: http://www.ctt.pt/contentAsset/rawdata/19f0d587-5a8b-4e33-8afd-ba914e4d88cd/ficheiroPdf/Wellington%20Managt%20Gr%20Qualif%20Hold%205Sep2017\_EN.pdf?byInode=true.

(9) See point 4 below.

Updated information on qualifying holdings in the Company as at the date of approval of this report can be found at www.ctt.pt and the Portuguese Securities Commission (CMVM) website, www.cmvm.pt.

4. Own shares

At the present date, CTT holds 1 own share with the nominal value of €0.50 corresponding to 0.000% of the share capital, the inherent voting rights being suspended as prescribed in article 324(1)(a) of the Portuguese Companies Code ("PCC").

5. Shares held by and relevant transactions of the members of the governing and supervisory bodies

On 18 April 2018 the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of CTT was held, during which KPMG & Associados – Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, S.A. was elected as the Statutory Auditor of the Company for the 2018/2020 three-year period. It is represented by Paulo Alexandre Martins Quintas Paixão as effective Chartered Accountant and Vítor Manuel da Cunha Ribeirinho as alternate Chartered Accountant. The AGM also ratified the cooptation of Guy Patrick Guimarães de Goyri Pacheco as Member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee (CFO) of CTT to complete the 2017/2019 term of office.

The tables below show the number of shares held by the members of the managing and supervisory bodies of CTT as well as by the entities closely related to them, including when applicable all the acquisitions, encumbrances or disposals of said shares carried out during the 1st half of 2018, based on the communications made to the Company, pursuant to the terms of article 447(5)of the Portuguese Companies Code and article 14 of CMVM Regulation no. 5/2008.

Board of Directors (a) No. of shares
as at
31.12.2017
Date Acquisition Encum
brance
Disposal Price No. of shares
as at
30.06.2018
António Sarmento Gomes Mota 0 0
Francisco José Queiroz de Barros de Lacerda 67,982 67,982
Dionizia Maria Ribeiro Farinha Ferreira 48,828 48,828
António Pedro Ferreira Vaz da Silva 0 0
Francisco Maria da Costa de Sousa Macedo Simão 0 0
Nuno de Carvalho Fernandes Thomaz 0 0
José Manuel Baptista Fino 0 0
Céline Dora Judith Abecassis-Moedas 0 0
João Afonso Ramalho Sopas Pereira Bento 13,550 13,550
Mª Luísa Coutinho F. L. de Castro Anacoreta Correia 0 0
Maria Belén Amatriain Corbi 0 0
Rafael Caldeira de Castel-Branco Valverde 0 0
Guy Patrick Guimarães de Goyri Pacheco 0 0

(a) Includes the members of the Executive Committee and those of the Audit Committee.

Closely Related Parties No. of shares
as at
31.12.2017
Date Acquisition Encum
brance
Disposal Price No. of shares
as at
30.06.2018
Gestmin SGPS, S.A.(b) 16,642,862 Annex Annex Annex 18,465,215

(b) Entity closely related to João Afonso Ramalho Sopas Pereira Bento, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gestmin SGPS, S.A.. The details of the transactions are included in Annex of this Report.

Statutory Auditor and External Auditor No. of shares
as at
31.12.2017
Date Acquisition Encum
brance
Disposa
l
Price No. of shares
as at
30.06.2018
KPMG & Associados, SROC, S.A. 0 0
Paulo Alexandre Martins Quintas Paixão 0 0
Vítor Manuel da Cunha Ribeirinho 0 0

Other than those indicated above, as at 30 June 2018, the members of the managing and supervisory bodies of CTT did not hold any securities issued by the Company or by companies in a group or control relationship with CTT, or have they performed any other transactions in respect of such securities during the 1st half of 2018, pursuant to article 447 of the PCC.

6. Business with the Company and exercise of other activities by the current members of the Board of Directors

In accordance with the internal control procedures implemented pursuant to the Regulation on Assessment and Control Transactions with Related Parties and Prevention of Situations of Conflict of interest ("Regulation on Related Parties") which is available on www.ctt.pt, it is up to the Audit Committee to internally develop, among others, the control procedures in respect of transactions with related parties with a view to strengthening the mechanisms of prevention, identification and resolution of situations of conflict of interest and thus increase the degree of transparency and objectivity in the management of this type of operations.

In terms of internal functioning, it is up to the Executive Committee of CTT to submit to the Audit Committee for analysis and then to the Board of Directors for authorization, the terms and conditions of transactions to be contracted by CTT with related parties, which include qualified Shareholders, directors and third parties related to anyof these through relevant commercial or personal interests (pursuant to the terms in IAS 24) and also subsidiaries, associated companies and joint ventures.

Pursuant to the aforementioned internal control procedures implemented, and for the purposes of point e) of paragraph 5 of article 66 and of article 397 of the Companies Code, by resolution of the Board of Directors of May 24, 2018, the hiring of the Law Company Uría Menéndez-Proença de Carvalho, related party of CTT Administrator Maria Luisa Coutinho Ferreira Leite de Castro Anacoreta Correia, has been authorised, for the provision of legal advisory services to Banco CTT.

With the exception of the business arrangement mentioned in the preceding paragraph, no other business has been conducted between CTT and its Administrators, whether directly or through an intermediary.

For the purposes of reporting as provided for in article 398 of the Companies Code, none of the Administrators of CTT have exercised, during the first half of 2018, in the Company or in companies related to it through a relationship of control or group, any temporary or permanent positions under an employment contract, whether subordinate or autonomous.

The list below indicates the internal and external positions held by members of the management and supervisory bodies at the Company on the date of approval of this Interim Management Report:

Members of the Board of
Directors
Internal Appointments External Appointments
António Sarmento Gomes
Mota
• Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of
Directors of CTT
• Chairman of the Corporate Governance,
Evaluation and Nominating Committee of
CTT
• Chairman of the Selection Committee of
Banco CTT, S.A.
• Member of the Remuneration Committee
of Banco CTT, S.A. (elected at the General
Meeting)
• Member of the Remuneration Committee
of PHAROL, SGPS, S.A.
• Vice-Chairman of the Portuguese
Institute of Corporate Governance and
Chairman of same
Members of the Board of
Directors
Internal Appointments External Appointments
• Chairman of the Committee for the
Monitoring of the Implementation of the
Operational Transformation Plan of CTT
Francisco José Queiroz de
Barros de Lacerda
• Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CTT and
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
• Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Banco CTT, S.A.
• Chairman of the Board of CTT Expresso –
Serviços Postais e Logística, S.A.
• Chairman of the Board and of the
Executive Committee of Tourline Express
Mensajería, S.L.U.
• Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee (elected at the General
Meeting) of Banco CTT, S.A.
• Chairman of the Compensation
Committee (within the Board of Directors)
• Member of the Selection Committee of
Banco CTT, S.A.
• Chairman of the Board of the General
Meeting of Correio Expresso de
Moçambique, S.A.
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors and of the Audit & Compliance
Committee and the Nominating &
Remunerations Committee ofEndesa
Energia, S.A.
• Member of the Board of COTEC Portugal
- Associação Empresarial para a Inovação
• Member of the Board of Directors of
Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações
(former General Council)
• Member of the Remuneration Committee
of PHAROL, SGPS, S.A.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of the
Cascais Yacht Club (Deputy Commodore)
Dionizia Maria Ribeiro
Farinha Ferreira
• Member of the Board of Directors and of
the Executive Committee of CTT
• Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of
Transporta – Transportes Porta a Porta,
S.A.
• Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of
CTT Contacto, S.A.
• Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of
Mailtec Comunicação, S.A.
• Member of the Boards of Directors of CTT
Expresso – Serviços Postais e Logística,
S.A.
• Member of the Boards of Directors and of
the Executive Committee of Tourline
Express Mensajería, S.L.U.
• Member of the Board of Directors of
Correio Expresso de Moçambique, S.A.
Members of the Board of
Directors
Internal Appointments External Appointments
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of CTT
• Chairman of the Fiscal Board of Sagasta
Finance, STC, S.A.
• Member of the Audit Committee of CTT
• Chairman of the Ethics Committee of CTT
• Manager of I Cook -Organização de
Eventos, Lda.
• Member of the Advisory Board of Luz
Saúde, S.A.
Nuno de Carvalho
Fernandes Thomaz
• Member of the General Board of the
Portuguese Institute of Corporate
Governance on behalf of CTT
• Chairman ofthe School Council ofNova
School of Business and Economics
• Vice-Chairman of the Forum para a
Competitividade
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of CTT
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Ramada Energias Renováveis, S.A.
José Manuel Baptista
Fino
• Member of the Corporate Governance,
Evaluation and Nominating Committee of
CTT
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of SDC – Investimentos, SGPS,
S.A.
• Member of the Selection Committee of
Banco CTT, S.A.
• Sole Director of Dignatis - Investimentos
Imobiliários e Turísticos, SGPS, S.A.
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Ramada Holdings SGPS, S.A.
• Managing Partner of Nova Algodoeira,
Lda.
• Sole Director of Dorfino Imobiliário, S.A.
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of Speciality Minerals (Portugal)
Especialidades Minerais, S.A.
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of CTT
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of José de Mello Saúde, S.A.
• Member of the Corporate Governance,
Evaluation and Nominating Committee of
CTT
• Member of the Audit Committee of
Europac (Papeles y Cartones de Europa,
S.A.)
Céline Dora Judith
Abecassis-Moedas
• Lead Independent Director and
Chairwoman of the Nominations and
Remuneration Committee of Europac
(Papeles y Cartones de Europa, S.A.)
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of Europac (Papeles y Cartones
de Europa, S.A.)
• Member of the Advisory Board of COTEC
Portugal –Associação Empresarial para a
Inovação
• Chairwoman of the Innovation Strategic
Council of VdA Vieira de Almeida
Members of the Board of
Directors
Internal Appointments External Appointments
António Pedro Ferreira Vaz
da Silva
• Member of the Board of Directors and of
the Executive Committee of CTT
• Member of the Board of Directors of CTT
Expresso – Serviços Postais e Logística,
S.A.
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of Banco CTT, S.A.
• Member of the Board of Directors of
Payshop (Portugal), S.A.
Francisco Maria da Costa de
Sousa de Macedo Simão
• Member of the Board of Directors and of
the Executive Committee of CTT
• Member of the Board of Directors of CTT
Expresso – Serviços Postais e Logística,
S.A.
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Escrita Inteligente, S.A.
• Member of the Board of Directors of CTT
Contacto, S.A.
• Member of the Board of Directors of
Mailtec Comunicação, S.A.
• Member of the Board of Directors of
Transporta – Transportes Porta a Porta,
S.A.
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of Almonda S.A.
João Afonso Ramalho Sopas
Pereira Bento
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of CTT
• Member of the Corporate Governance,
Evaluation and Nominating Committee of
CTT
• Member of the Committee for the
Monitoring of the Implementation of the
Operational Transformation Plan of CTT
• Manager of Gestmin Serviços,
Unipessoal, Lda.
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of OZ
Energia, S.A.
• Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Gestmin, SGPS, S.A.
• Member of the Innovation Strategic
Council of VdA Vieira de Almeida
• Member of the General Council of the
Portuguese Institute of Corporate
Governance
• Chairman of the Quinta do Peru Golf Club
• Member of the Advisory Board of ANI –
Agência Nacional de Inovação
• Permanent Member of the Advisory
Board of AICEP –Agência para o
Investimento e Comércio Externo de
Portugal
• Vice-Chairman of the Engineering
Academy
• Honorary President of ASECAP –
Association of the European Tolled
Motorways
Members of the Board of
Directors
Internal Appointments External Appointments
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of CTT
• Member of the Management Board of
Ordem dos Revisores Oficiais de Contas
• Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of
CTT
• Chairwoman of the Fiscal Board of Centro
Hospitalar S.João, EPE
• Member of the Committee for the
Monitoring of the Implementation of the
Operational Transformation Plan of CTT
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of Sonaegest-Sociedade
Gestora de Fundos de Investimento, S.A.
Maria Luísa Coutinho • Chairwoman of the Fiscal Board of
Sogrape, SGPS, S.A.
Ferreira Leite de Castro
Anacoreta Correia
• Partner of Novais, Anacoreta &
Associado, SROC
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors and of the Audit Committee of
Impresa, S.A.
• Member of the Scientific Board of the
Portuguese Tax Association
• Arbitrator in tax-related matters of CAAD
–Administrative Arbitration Board
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of CTT
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of Faes Farma, S.A.
• Member of the Audit Committee of CTT • Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors and Chairwoman of the Audit
Committee of PRIM, S.A.
Maria Belén Amatriain Corbi • Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors and Member of the
Appointments and Remuneration
Committee of Euskaltel
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors, Member of the Audit &
Compliance Committee and Risk
Committee and President of the
Appointments and Remuneration
Commission of Banco Evo (Banking
services, Spain)
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors and Member of the
Appointments and Remuneration
Committee of IC-A Instituto de
Consejeros-Administradores
Members of the Board of
Directors
Internal Appointments External Appointments
Rafael Caldeira de Castel
Branco Valverde
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of CTT
• Member of the Corporate Governance,
Evaluation and Nominating Committee of
CTT
• Member of the Remuneration Committee
(elected at the General Meeting) of Banco
CTT, S.A.
• Member of the Committee for the
Monitoring of the Implementation of the
Operational Transformation Plan of CTT
• Vice-Chairman (Non-executive) of the
Board of Directors of Banco Caixa Geral –
Brasil, S.A.
Guy Patrick Guimarães de
Goyri Pacheco
• Member of the Board of Directors and
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of CTT
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of Banco CTT, S.A.
• Member of the Board of Directors of CTT
Expresso – Serviços Postais e Logística,
S.A.
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of
Directors of Tourline Express Mensajería,
S.L.U.
• Member of the Board of Directors of New
Finerge, S.A.
• Member of the Board of Directors of
Âncora Wind – Energia Eólica, S.A.
• Member of the Board of Directors of First
State Wind Energy Investments, S.A.
• Member of the Board of AEM Associação
de Empresas Emitentes de Valores
Cotados em Mercado (Portuguese
Issuers Association)

ANNEX

Detail of the transactions of CTT shares carried out by Gestmin SGPS, S.A., entity closely related to the Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of CTT, João Afonso Sopas Ramalho Pereira Bento, during the 1st half of 2018, according to the communications sent to the Company:

Type of
transaction
Venue Price
(€)
Volume Date of the
transaction
Purchase XLIS 3.570 5,000 02-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.590 12,500 02-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.594 7,500 02-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.600 7,500 02-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.610 7,500 02-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.614 1,250 02-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.618 5,000 02-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.620 10,000 02-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.626 5,000 02-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.630 5,000 02-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.636 8,500 02-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.650 2,700 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.672 1,400 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.678 5,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.680 10,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.684 5,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.690 10,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.694 10,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.698 5,300 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.700 20,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.702 5,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.704 5,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.712 10,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.714 10,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.718 15,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.720 3,600 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.722 10,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.726 5,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.730 5,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.732 5,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.740 12,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.744 5,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.750 10,000 03-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.668 5,000 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.670 12,000 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.680 5,000 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.682 5,000 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.684 1,000 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.686 10,000 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.690 32,500 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.694 10,000 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.698 4,601 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.700 10,399 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.706 5,000 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.710 5,837 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.716 9,163 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.720 10,000 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.730 18,000 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.750 10,000 04-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.760 5,000 04-01-2018
Type of
transaction
Venue Price
(€)
Volume Date of the
transaction
Purchase XLIS 3.696 66,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.698 7,030 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.700 15,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.702 5,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.708 5,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.710 17,970 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.720 10,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.730 5,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.732 5,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.742 10,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.744 5,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.748 15,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.750 24,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.752 26,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.756 10,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.760 5,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.762 10,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.770 10,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.790 10,000 05-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.730 5,000 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.734 5,133 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.738 5,000 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.748 14,867 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.750 25,000 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.752 21,891 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.754 23,109 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.756 10,000 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.758 5,000 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.760 15,000 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.762 16,000 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.764 10,000 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.766 5,000 08-01-2018
08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.770 5,000 08-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.778 10,000
09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS
XLIS
3.784 7,500 09-01-2018
Purchase 3.786 6,607
Purchase XLIS 3.788 3,958 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.790 9,435 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.792 6,567 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.798 6,572 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.800 20,000 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.802 3,777 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.808 5,000 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.810 20,000 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.814 7,403 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.816 7,143 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.818 750 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.820 53,578 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.820 1,781 09-01-2018
Purchase TRQX 3.820 1,707 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.821 1,829 09-01-2018
Type of
transaction
Venue Price
(€)
Volume Date of the
transaction
Purchase XLIS 3.822 8,500 09-01-2018
Purchase CHIX 3.822 1,238 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.822 2,648 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.824 1,669 09-01-2018
Purchase BATE 3.824 1,697 09-01-2018
Purchase CHIX 3.824 1,659 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.824 1,332 09-01-2018
Purchase CHID 3.825 4,105 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.826 3,292 09-01-2018
Purchase CHIX 3.826 1,657 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.826 2,064 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.828 875 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.829 763 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.832 6,222 09-01-2018
Purchase CHIX 3.832 1,623 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.832 4,922 09-01-2018
Purchase TRQX 3.832 1,670 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.833 1,039 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.834 891 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.834 1,756 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.834 1,485 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.836 366 09-01-2018
Purchase BATD 3.837 2,100 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.840 1,693 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.840 3,720 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.841 823 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.842 1,562 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.842 2,195 09-01-2018
Purchase TRQX
XLIS
3.842
3.844
1,713 09-01-2018
09-01-2018
Purchase
Purchase
MSSI 3.845 1,530
193
09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.846 1,352 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.846 850 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.848 1,324 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.850 8,277 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.856 1,595 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.864 1,728 09-01-2018
Purchase MSSI 3.865 243 09-01-2018
Purchase CHIX 3.866 2,440 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.870 1,582 09-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.774 5,000 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.780 15,000 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.784 2,000 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.786 15,000 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.788 5,000 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.790 5,000 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.792 12,500 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.800 6,715 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.802 5,000 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.806 5,000 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.808 709 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.810 14,291 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.818 5,000 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.820 7,747 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.822 10,533 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.826 6,752 10-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.830 23,753 10-01-2018
Type of Price Date of the
transaction Venue (€) Volume transaction
Purchase XLIS 3.810 3,896 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.816 2,500 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.818 1,489 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.822 3,000 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.824 1,905 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.828 10,000 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.830 7,500 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.832 2,956 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.840 5,000 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.844 1,200 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.850 45,519 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.852 31,552 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.854 10,000 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.856 12,496 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.860 36,095 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.864 15,000 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.866 6,552 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.874 5,000 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.878 500 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.880 4,500 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.882 6,015 11-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.474 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.482 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.490 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.500 10,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.510 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.520 15,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.550 10,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.580 10,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.590 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.620 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.630 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.658 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.672 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.680 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.740 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.760 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.770 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.780 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.790 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.794 1,400 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.796 1,447 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.798 4,123 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.800 8,030 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.812 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.820 10,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.822 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.832 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.842 5,000 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.850 3,500 12-01-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.868 1,500 12-01-2018
Type of
transaction
Venue Price
(€)
Volume Date of the
transaction
Purchase XLIS 3.120 1,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.126 5,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.130 5,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.136 4,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.140 27,500 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.142 5,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.150 15,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.154 5,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.160 5,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.170 5,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.174 5,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.176 5,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.180 5,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.184 10,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.190 10,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.194 5,000 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.196 1,037 13-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.198 3,963 13-03-2018
Type of
transaction
Venue Price
(€)
Volume Date of the
transaction
Purchase XLIS 3.090 5,000 14-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.094 5,000 14-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.098 5,000 14-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.100 21,928 14-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.104 2,500 14-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.110 12,500 14-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.120 17,500 14-03-2018
Purchase XLIS 3.130 12,500 14-03-2018

PART III – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Interim condensed consolidated financial statements

CTT-CORREIOS DE PORTUGAL, S.A.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 30 JUNE 2018 AND 31 DECEMBER 2017

Euros
Unaudited
NOTES 30.06.2018 31.12.2017
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Tangible fixed assets 5 189,869,685 199,855,908
Investment properties 7 6,181,251 6,164,849
Intangible assets 6 47,510,348 47,501,684
Goodwill
Investments in associated companies
9,523,180
296,260
9,523,180
296,260
Other investments 1,379,137 1,503,572
Investment securities 9 381,611,966 -
Investments held to maturity 9 - 245,827,759
Other non-current assets 1,573,332 1,375,223
Credit to banking clients 11 128,063,715 64,263,948
Financial assets available for sale 9 - 3,175,180
Other banking financial assets 10 16,934,779 11,831,122
Deferred tax assets 24 84,140,391 87,155,739
Total non-current assets 867,084,044 678,474,423
Current assets
Inventories 6,008,086 5,696,996
Accounts receivable 143,339,295 132,480,130
Credit to banking clients 11 21,167,444 15,083,442
Income taxes receivable 21 876,753 1,552,005
Deferrals 12 8,696,784 6,600,115
Investment securities 9 19,867,257 -
Investments held to maturity 9 - 15,721,373
Other current assets 41,726,563 32,338,234
Financial assets available for sale
Other banking financial assets
9
10
-
90,383,101
2,576,194
91,417,084
Cash and cash equivalents 591,709,654 626,825,397
923,774,936 930,290,969
Non-current assets held for sale 1,741,045 -
Total current assets 925,515,981 930,290,969
Total assets 1,792,600,025 1,608,765,392
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Equity
Share capital 14 75,000,000 75,000,000
Own shares (8) (8)
Reserves 15 65,847,086 79,947,883
Retained earnings 15 17,149,866 34,268,089
Other changes in equity 15 (32,634,996) (32,634,996)
Net profit
Equity attributable to equity holders
6,250,289
131,612,237
27,263,244
183,844,211
Non-controlling interests 170,944 146,738
Total equity 131,783,181 183,990,949
Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Medium and long term debt 64,018 73,689
Employee benefits 250,953,015 252,919,533
Provisions 18 17,558,012 26,028,332
Deferrals 12 311,292 316,892
Deferred tax liabilities
Total non-current liabilities
24 3,284,956
272,171,293
3,399,121
282,737,567
Current liabilities
Accounts payable
Banking clients' deposits and other loans
19
20
511,648,562
736,395,503
384,533,294
619,229,680
Employee benefits 16,769,674 17,100,808
Short term debt 2,475,704 10,304,390
Deferrals 12 2,299,042 1,432,696
Other current liabilities 100,629,730 91,553,848
Other banking financial liabilities 10 18,427,335 17,882,160
Total current liabilities 1,388,645,551 1,142,036,875
Total liabilities
Total equity and liabilities
1,660,816,844
1,792,600,025
1,424,774,442
1,608,765,392

The attached notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

CTT-CORREIOS DE PORTUGAL, S.A.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIODS ENDED 30 JUNE 2018 AND 30 JUNE 2017

Six months ended Three months ended
Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited
NOTES 30.06.2018 30.06.2017 30.06.2018 30.06.2017
Revenues 355,134,939 352,113,592 178,191,902 175,157,996
Sales and services rendered 4 343,659,196 340,466,142 172,590,167 167,311,889
Financial margin 3,314,927 1,161,179 1,811,690 755,953
Other operating income 22 8,160,815 10,486,271 3,790,045 7,090,154
Operating costs (340,800,303) (321,558,792) (173,489,576) (162,186,129)
Cost of sales (6,391,685) (4,968,503) (3,164,121) (2,771,830)
External supplies and services (128,537,101) (120,035,994) (65,929,663) (61,203,746)
Staff costs 23 (183,151,744) (174,221,448) (93,409,293) (85,657,444)
Impairment of accounts receivable, net (292,253) (305,009) (405,272) (241,218)
Impairment of other financial banking assets 141,687 - 127,650 9,002
Provisions, net 18 (1,213,765) 13,074 194,713 71,106
Depreciation/amortisation and impairment of investments, net (15,318,720) (14,900,430) (7,824,577) (7,721,878)
Other operating costs (6,036,723) (7,140,482) (3,079,013) (4,670,121)
Earnings before financial income and taxes 14,334,635 30,554,800 4,702,326 12,971,867
Financial results (2,661,000) (2,399,840) (1,408,579) (1,321,226)
Interest expenses (2,783,554) (2,684,908) (1,390,062) (1,340,516)
Interest income 24,961 285,068 6,682 19,290
Gains/losses in associated companies 97,593 - (25,199) -
Earnings before taxes 11,673,635 28,154,960 3,293,747 11,650,641
Income tax for the period 24 (5,395,976) (10,459,815) (2,396,404) (4,260,062)
Net profit for the period 6,277,659 17,695,145 897,343 7,390,579
Net profit for the period attributable to:
Equity holders 6,250,289 17,745,099 894,091 7,410,608
Non-controlling interests 27,370 (49,954) 3,252 (20,029)
Earnings per share: 17 0.04 0.12 0.01 0.05

CTT-CORREIOS DE PORTUGAL, S.A.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIODS ENDED 30 JUNE 2018 AND 30 JUNE 2017

Euros

Three months ended
NOTES Unaudited
30.06.2018
Unaudited
30.06.2017
Unaudited
30.06.2018
Unaudited
30.06.2017
Net profit for the period 6,277,660 17,695,145 897,343 7,390,579
Adjustments from application of the equity method (non re-classifiable adjustment to profit and
loss)
15 (3,164) (4,644) (5,060) (15,062)
Changes to fair value reserves
Other changes in equity
15 (11,436)
(3,164)
29,052
(4,644)
(12,528)
(5,059)
18,871
(15,062)
Other comprehensive income for the period after taxes (17,763) 19,763 (22,647) (11,254)
Comprehensive income for the period 6,259,897 17,714,908 874,696 7,379,325
Attributable to non-controlling interests
Attributable to shareholders of CTT
24,206
6,235,690
(54,599)
17,769,507
(1,807)
876,503
(35,092)
7,414,417

The attached notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Es ctt
不可以
6,775
24,206
170,944
(79,135)
367,020
-
-
-
-
367,020
-
-
-
(147,921)
(141,146)
146,738
-
-
146,738
-
-
-
(3,164)
-
-
27,370
62,160,395
27,263,244
27,263,244
27,263,244
6,250,289
6,250,289
-
-
(62,160,395)
-
-
(62,160,395)
-
-
-
-
27,263,244
-
-
(27,263,244)
-
(27,263,244)
-
-
-
6,250,289
93,589,211
62,160,395
18,482
18,482
34,268,089
32,800,424
27,263,244
17,149,866
(49,500,000)
-
(72,000,000)
-
(59,339,605)
-
-
-
-
(185,718)
(1,281,946)
(41,627,778)
(14,364,534)
(1,282,861)
-
(3,164)
-
(1,286,025)
(27,137,824)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(5,497,172)
-
-
-
(5,497,172)
(32,634,996)
-
-
(32,634,996)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(32,634,996)
34,891,671
1,282,861
45,019,362
36,849
79,947,883
79,947,883
1,271,425
65,847,086
-
49,500,000
-
-
(4,480,638)
-
-
36,849
-
-
-
-
-
(15,372,222)
(15,372,222)
(11,436)
-
-
5,097,527
5,097,527
(5,097,536)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(8)
-
-
(8)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(8)
75,000,000
49,500,000
(49,500,000)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
75,000,000
-
-
75,000,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
75,000,000
15
15
15
16
15
15
15
15
15
16
15
15
15
3
3
Actuarial gains/losses - Health Care, net from deferred taxes
Adjustments from the application of the equity method
Adjustments from the application of the equity method
Adjustment on initial application of IFRS 15 (net of tax)
Adjustment on initial application of IFRS 9 (net of tax)
Appropriation of net profit for the year of 2016
Appropriation of net profit for the year of 2017
Balance on 30 June 2018 (Unaudited)
Comprehensive income for the period
Comprehensive income for the period
Balance on 31 December 2017
Changes to fair value reserves
Changes to fair value reserves
Balance on 1 January 2017
Attribution of own shares
Net profit for the period
Net profit for the period
Share capital decrease
Share capital increase
Other movements
Other movements
Dividends
Dividends
NOTES Share capital Own Shares Reserves Other changes in
equity
Retained earnings Net profit for the year Non-controlling
interests
Total
Adjusted balance on 1 January 2018 233,326,782
367,020
-
-
(72,000,000)
616,890
(71,016,090)
6,775
(5,497,172)
36,849
18,482
27,115,323
21,680,257
183,990,949
(185,718)
(1,281,946)
182,523,285
-
(57,000,000)
(57,000,000)
(3,164)
(11,436)
(3,164)
6,277,660
6,259,897
131,783,181

CTT-CORREIOS DE PORTUGAL, S.A.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY AS AT 30 JUNE 2018 AND 31 DECEMBER 2017

Euros

The attached notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Interim Report 1stHalf of 2018

CTT-CORREIOS DE PORTUGAL, S.A.

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIODS ENDED 30 JUNE 2018 AND 30 JUNE 2017 Euro

NOTES
30.06.2018
30.06.2017
Cash flow from operating activities
Collections from customers
337,818,513
325,692,517
Payments to suppliers
(143,564,195)
(119,507,305)
Payments to employees
(170,753,434)
(154,598,461)
Banking customer deposits and other loans
117,202,832
170,437,230
Credit to banking clients
(69,586,527)
(25,502,790)
Cash flow generated by operations
71,117,189
196,521,191
Payments/receivables of income taxes
(2,035,389)
(901,032)
Other receivables/payments
120,826,390
101,097,389
Cash flow from operating activities (1)
189,908,190
296,717,548
Cash flow from investing activities
Receivables resulting from:
Tangible fixed assets
35,600
3,040,720
Investment properties
1,246,000
-
Financial investments
222,028
-
Investment securities
26,835,918
-
Financial assets available for sale
-
5,600,000
Investments held to maturity
-
1,253,248
Demand deposits at Bank of Portugal
26,575,467
3,721,804
Other banking financial assets
53,005,000
62,965,000
Interest income
138,987
400,470
Payments resulting from:
Tangible fixed assets
(6,581,222)
(16,133,750)
Intangible assets
(10,553,749)
(6,793,156)
Financial investments
-
(1,728,091)
Investment securities
(167,589,214)
-
Financial assets available for sale
-
(13,733,418)
Investments held to maturity
-
(77,279,085)
Other banking financial assets
(56,820,000)
(79,215,000)
Cash flow from investing activities (2)
(133,485,185)
(117,901,258)
Cash flow from financing activities
Receivables resulting from:
Loans obtained
11,246,806
4,550,000
Payments resulting from:
Loans repaid
(19,074,050)
(5,506,409)
Interest expenses
(153,605)
(359,494)
Finance leases
(10,699)
(454,088)
Dividends
16
(57,000,000)
(72,000,000)
Cash flow from financing activities (3)
(64,991,547)
(73,769,991)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents (1+2+3)
(8,568,541)
105,046,299
Changes in the consolidation perimeter
-
134,862
Cash and equivalents at the beginning of the period
592,677,415
613,845,248
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
584,108,874
719,026,409
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
584,108,874
719,026,409
Sight deposits at Bank of Portugal
6,180,514
70,529
Outstanding checks of Banco CTT / Checks clearing of Banco CTT
1,518,342
1,194,259
Impairment of slight and term deposits
(98,076)
-
Unaudited Unaudited
Cash and cash equivalents (Balance sheet) 591,709,654 720,291,197

The attached notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

1. INTRODUCTION56
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 57
2.1 Basis of presentation57
3. CHANGES TO ACCOUNTING POLICIES, ERRORS AND ESTIMATES57
4. SEGMENT REPORTING60
5. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS63
6. INTANGIBLE ASSETS65
7. INVESTMENT PROPERTIES 67
8. COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THE CONSOLIDATION68
9. INVESTMENT SECURITIES, INVESTMENTS HELD TO MATURITY AND FINANCIAL
ASSETS AVAILABLE FORSALE 69
10. OTHER BANKING FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 72
11. CREDIT TO BANKING CLIENTS72
12. DEFERRALS74
13. ACCUMULATED IMPAIRMENT LOSSES 74
14. EQUITY75
15. RESERVES, OTHER CHANGES IN EQUITY AND RETAINED EARNINGS 77
16. DIVIDENDS78
17. EARNINGS PER SHARE 79
18. PROVISIONS, GUARANTEES PROVIDED, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS79
19. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE82
20. BANKING CLIENTS' DEPOSITS AND OTHER LOANS82
21. INCOME TAXES RECEIVABLE /PAYABLE 83
22. OTHER OPERATING INCOME83
23. STAFF COSTS83
24. INCOME TAX FOR THE PERIOD85
25. RELATED PARTIES 87
26. OTHER INFORMATION88
27. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS89

1. INTRODUCTION

CTT –Correios de Portugal, S.A. –Sociedade Aberta ("CTT" or "Company"), with head office at Avenida D. João II, no. 13, 1999-001 in Lisbon, had its origin in the "Administração Geral dos Correios Telégrafos e Telefones" government department and its legal form is the result of successive re-organisations carried out by the Portuguese state business sector in the Communications area.

Decree-Law no. 49.368 of 10 November 1969 founded the state-owned company CTT - Correios e Telecomunicações de Portugal, E. P., which started operating on 1 January 1970. By Decree-Law no. 87/92, of 14 May, CTT –Correios e Telecomunicações de Portugal, E. P., was transformed into a legal entity governed by private law, with the status of a state-owned public limited company. Finally, with the foundation of the former Telecom Portugal, S.A. by spin-off from Correios e Telecomunicações de Portugal, S.A. under Decree-Law no. 277/92 of 15 December, the Company's name was changed to the current CTT – Correios de Portugal, S.A..

On 31 January 2013 the Portuguese State through the Order no. 2468/12 – SETF, of 28 December, determined the transfer of the investment owned by the Portuguese State in CTT to Parpública – Participações Públicas, SGPS, S.A..

At the General Meeting held on 30 October 2013, the registered capital of CTT was reduced to 75,000,000 Euros, being from that date onwards represented by 150,000,000 shares, as a result of a stock split which was accomplished through the reduction of the nominal value from 4.99 Euros to 0.50 Euros.

During 2013, CTT's capital was opened to the private sector. Supported by Decree-Law no. 129/2013 of 6 September and the Resolution of the Council of Ministers ("RCM") no. 62-A/2013, of 10 October, the RCM no. 62-B/2013, of 10 October and RCM no. 72-B/2013, of 14 November, the first phase of privatisation of the capital of CTT took place on 5 December 2013. From this date, 63.64% of the shares of CTT (95.5 million shares) were owned by the private sector, of which 14% (21 million shares) were sold in a Public Offering and 49.64% (74.5 million shares) by Institutional Direct Selling. On 31 December 2013 the Portuguese State, through Parpública - Participações Públicas, SGPS, S.A. held 36.36% of the shares of CTT, 30.00% by detention and 6.36% by allocation.

On 5 September 2014, the second phase of the privatisation of CTT took place. The shares held by Parpública - Participações Públicas, SGPS, S.A., which on that date represented 31.503% of CTT's capital, were subject to a private offering of Shares ("Equity Offering") via an accelerated bookbuilding process. The Equity Offering was addressed exclusively to institutional investors.

The shares of CTT are listed on Euronext Lisbon.

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements attached herewith are expressed in Euros, as this is the functional currency of the Group.

These interim condensed consolidated financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 31 July 2018.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accounting policies adopted, including financial risk management policies, are consistent with those followed in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017, except for the changes mentioned in section 3. Changes to accounting policies, errors and estimates.

2.1 Basis of presentation

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared using accounting policies consistent with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IAS / IFRS") as adopted by the European Union as at 1 January 2018, and in accordance with IAS 34 - Interim Financial Reporting.

3. CHANGES TO ACCOUNTING POLICIES, ERRORS AND ESTIMATES

The Group has initially adopted IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customer and IFRS 9 Financial Instruments as at 1 January 2018.

IFRS 9 – Financial Instruments

IFRS 9 sets out requirements for recognising and measuring financial assets, financial liabilities and some contracts to buy or sell non-financial items. This standard replaces IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement.

IFRS 9 established a new impairment model. In this way, loss event will no longer need to occur before an impairment loss is recognised.

As soon as the loss event occur (what is currently defined as "objective evidence of impairment"), the accumulated impairment is allocated directly to the financial asset affected, thus providing, from that point on, a similar treatment the IAS 39, including the treatment of interest revenue.

One of the main amendments resulting from the adoption of this standard is the recognition of the impairment recognition of impairment on the exposure to securities, bank deposits and other financial applications, which was not required under IAS 39, except if there was objective evidence of impairment.

Impact at the time of transition and in the period

The impacts of the adoption of IFRS 9 are detailed as follows:

IFRS 9 - Impact at the time of transition and in the period

Impact of adopting IFRS 9
at 1 January 2018
Impact on the period Impact of adopting IFRS 9
at 30 June 2018
Banco CTT - Investments held to maturity, Financial assets
available for sale, Cash and Other financial applications
(882,083) 245,732 (636,351)
Banco CTT - Account Receivables 2,713 (1) (1)
Other Companies - Cash and Equivalents and Fin. Investments (405,982) 308,788 (97,194)
Other Companies - Account Receivables 883,882 317,635 1,201,517
Related Tax 215,752 (201,411) 14,341
Impact (185,718) 670,744 482,313

(1) Taking into account that the amount is residual, the impairment was not calculated in accordance with IAS 39 on 30.06.2018

The change in the accounting policy resulting from the adoption of IFRS 9 was applied retrospectively, except for the option not to restate comparative information for prior periods in relation to classification and measurement requirements (including impairment). The differences in the accounting amount of financial assets and liabilities resulting from the adoption of IFRS 9 were recognized in retained earnings with reference to 1 January 2018.

Classification and measurement

Comparing with the previous standard, there was the need to reclassify and re-measure the financial assets and liabilities in accordance with IFRS 9, therefore the new classification and measurement was applied to the amounts as at 1 January 2018, as shown below:

01.01.2018
Original classification under
IAS 39
New classification under
IFRS 9
Original carrying amount
under IAS 39
New carrying amount under
IFRS 9
Assets
Other Investments Available-for-sale financial
assets
Fair Value through Other
Comprehensive Income
1,503,572 1,503,572
Investments held to maturity Investments held to
maturity
Amortised Cost 261,549,132 261,302,060
Other assets Loans and receivables Amortised Cost 33,713,457 33,713,457
Financial assets available for sale Available-for-sale financial
assets
Fair Value through Other
Comprehensive Income
5,751,374 5,740,688
Credit to bank clients Loans and receivables Amortised Cost 79,347,390 79,350,103
Other banking financial assets Loans and receivables Amortised Cost 103,248,206 102,624,809
Accounts receivable Loans and receivables Amortised Cost 132,480,130 133,364,012
Cash and cash equivalents Loans and receivables Amortised Cost 626,825,397 626,418,487
Total Financial Assets 1,244,418,658 1,244,017,188

Impairment

  1. Adoption of IFRS 9 by Banco CTT

The adoption of IFRS 9 represents a significant change to the methodology and calculation of impairments in banks.

Due to the absence of past records, Banco CTT based the calculation on benchmarking of parameters making the needed adjustments in order to migrate from the vision of loss incurred to the vision of expected credit loss (ECL).

The analysis framework of credit risk is based on a model of collective and individual analysis. In the collective analysis, basically, Banco CTT considers that the probability of default (PD) is constant over the instruments' life time and applies in stage 2 a methodology of survival rate to calculate the PD of each period of the instrument's life time that it is multiplied by the Loss Given Default (LGD), which, in turn, is a function of expected exposure in each period and the existing collateral in the operation. Finally, Banco CTT updates the expected value of the all the periods considered (12 months in stage 1, life time in stages 2 and 3).

In the individual analysis, Banco CTT begins by evaluating the existence of objective evidence of impairment. If it does not exist, the credit losses are treated as stage 1. If there is objective evidence of impairment, the impairment losses are calculated by comparing the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the original effective interest rate of each contract and the accounting value for each credit. The losses are recorded against profit or loss.

In the portfolio of securities and cash and cash equivalents and financial investments, the impairments are calculated by assigning i) a probability of default that derives from the rating of the issuer or counterparty, respectively, and ii) a Loss Given Default (LGD) that results from market parameters.

  1. Adoption of IFRS 9 by the remaining companies of the Group

Cash equivalents and financial investments

In the portfolio of securities and cash equivalents and financial investments, the impairments are calculated by assigning i) a probability of default that derives from the rating of the issuer or counterparty, respectively and ii) a Loss Given Default (LGD) that results from market parameters.

Accounts receivable

Regarding the remaining companies, the Group applies the simplified method and registers expected credit losses until maturity for all accounts receivables. The expected credit losses were calculated based on past records of credit losses throughout the period considered statistically relevant, estimating the rate of expected losses by companies and customer typology.

IFRS 15 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The revenue recognition model according to IFRS 15 is based on five steps in order to determine when the revenue should be recognised and the amount:

  • 1) Identify the contract with a customer;
  • 2) Identify the performance obligations in the contract;
  • 3) Determine the transaction price;
  • 4) Allocate the transaction price; and
  • 5) Recognise revenue.

According to the new model, the revenue recognition depends on whether the "performance obligations" are satisfied over the period or, on the contrary, the control of the goods or services is transferred to the customer at a given point in time. The revenue should be recognised for the amount that the company expects to receive.

The impacts of the adoption of IFRS 15 are detailed as follows:

IFRS 15 - Impact at the time of transition and in the period

Impact of adopting IFRS 15
at 1 January 2018
Impact on the period Impact of adopting IFRS 15
at 30 June 2018
Sales of philatelic and pre-paid products (782,046) 116,225 (665,821)
Rendering of Express Services (822,765) 154,338 (668,426)
Related Tax 322,865 (37,470) 285,394
Impact (1,281,946) 233,092 (1,048,853)

The Group decided to adopt IFRS 15 using the cumulative effect method ("modified retrospective approach"), with the effect of the initial application of this standard recognised at the date of initial application (i.e. 1 January 2018). As a result, the Group will not apply the requirements of IFRS 15 to the comparative period presented.

According to the analysis performed, in the CTT Group, the adoption of IFRS 15 had the following impacts:

a) Sales of philatelic and pre-paid products

Before the adoption of this new standard, the revenue was recognised when the philatelic and pre-paid products were sold.

Under IFRS 15, the revenue is recognised only when the performance obligation is satisfied, i.e., only at the moment of the effective utilisation of the products for mail delivery purposes. However, as some of these products have never been used by the clients, for example the philatelic products for stamps collection, CTT performed a customer survey in order to obtain information regarding the use pattern of these products and, in this way, assess the percentage of the products that are not expected to be used. In these situations, the

revenue should be recognised at the time of the sale. In the remaining situations, the adoption of the IFRS 15 implies the deferral of the revenue given the current policy.

b) Rendering of Express Services

Before the adoption of this new standard, the revenue from the rendering of express services (parcels) was recognised when the customer requested the service at our retail network.

According to IFRS 15, the revenue is recognised only when the performance obligation is satisfied, i.e., only when the mail or parcel is delivered to the final customer. The adoption of the IFRS 15 implies the deferral of the revenue given the current policy.

The underlying estimates and assumptions were determined based on the best knowledge of the on-going events and transactions, at the time the financial statements were approved, as well as on the experience of past and/or current events.

4. SEGMENT REPORTING

In accordance with IFRS 8, the Group discloses the segment financial reporting.

The Board of Directors regularly reviews segmental reports, using them to assess and communicate each segment performance, as well as to decide on how to allocate resources.

In 2018, Payshop became a subsidiary of Banco CTT, through a capital increase operation in which all the shares representing the share capital of Payshop (Portugal), S.A. were transferred to Banco CTT. This operation is aligned with the strategy of concentrating the Group's business lines related to the financial sector at Banco CTT as well as with the project submitted to Banco de Portugal at the time of its creation.

The comparable information for 2017 has been restated, having Payshop been included in Banco CTT segment.

Therefore, the business of CTT is organised in the following segments:

  • Mail CTT, S.A. excluding financial services, but including the retail network, the sales department, the corporate and support areas, CTT Contacto, Mailtec Comunicação and Escrita Inteligente;
  • Express & Parcels includes CTT Expresso, Tourline, CORRE and Transporta;
  • Financial Services CTT, S.A. Financial Services; and
  • Banco CTT Banco CTT, S.A. and Payshop.

The segments cover the three CTT business areas, as follows:

  • Postal Market, covered by the Mail segment;
  • Express and Parcels Markets, covered by the Express & Parcels segment; and
  • Financial Market, covered by the Financial Services and Banco CTT segments.

Besides the four above mentioned segments, there are two sales channels, which are common to all businesses and products, the Retail Network and the Sales Department. In this analysis, the Retail Network, which is connected to the obligations of the universal postal service concession, is incorporated in the Mail segment as well as the Sales Departments, and integrates internal revenues related to the provision of services to other segments, as well as the sale in its network of third-party products and services.

The amounts reported in each business segment result from the aggregation of the subsidiaries and business units defined in each segment perimeter and the elimination of transactions between companies of the same segment.

The statement of financial position of each subsidiary and business unit is determined based on the amounts booked directly in the companies that compose the segment, including the elimination of balances between companies of the same segment, and excluding the allocation in the segments of the adjustments between segments.

The income statement for each business segment is based on the amounts booked directly in the financial statements of the companies and related business units, adjusted by the elimination of transactions between companies of the same segment.

However, as CTT, S.A. has activity in more than one segment it was necessary to split its income and costs by the various operating segments. The Internal Services Rendered refer to services provided across the different CTT, S.A. business areas, and the income is calculated according to standard activities valued through transfer prices.

Initially, CTT, S.A. operating costs are allocated to the different segments by charging the internal transactions for the services mentioned above. After this initial allocation, costs relating to corporate and support areas (CTT Central Structure) previously unallocated, are allocated among the Mail and Financial Services segments according to the average number of CTT, S.A. employees affected to each of these segments.

With the allocation of all costs, the earnings before depreciation, provisions, impairments, financial results and taxes by segment in the first semester of 2018 and 2017 are as follows:

30.06.2018
Euros Mail Express & Parcels Financial
Services
Banco CTT
(includes Payshop)
CTT Central
Structure
Intragroup
eliminations
Others non
allocated
Total
Revenues 270,570,689 73,896,022 20,212,923 10,753,461 55,434,745 (75,732,901) - 355,134,938
Sales and services rendered 250,007,857 72,911,872 19,056,252 5,264,599 - (3,581,384) - 343,659,196
Sales 8,794,071 417,370 - - - (242) - 9,211,199
Services rendered 241,213,786 72,494,502 19,056,252 5,264,599 - (3,581,142) - 334,447,997
Financial Margin - - - 3,314,927 - - - 3,314,927
Operating revenues external customers 13,459,806 984,150 1,114,927 2,173,935 5,091,944 (14,663,946) - 8,160,815
Internal services rendered 7,103,026 - 41,744 - 20,614,326 (27,759,096) - -
Allocation to CTT central structure - - - - 29,728,475 (29,728,475) - -
Operating costs (239,039,381) (72,389,075) (13,480,749) (19,506,206) (55,434,745) 75,732,901 - (324,117,252)
External supplies and services (51,496,001) (59,533,025) (4,212,233) (11,537,978) (19,999,397) 18,241,532 - (128,537,101)
Staff costs (130,621,030) (11,679,097) (1,240,991) (6,769,891) (32,840,735) - - (183,151,744)
Other costs (7,245,296) (1,176,953) (762,613) (1,198,337) (2,049,008) 3,799 - (12,428,406)
Internal services rendered (20,100,332) - (7,113,159) - (545,605) 27,759,096 - -
Allocation to CTT central structure (29,576,722) - (151,753) - - 29,728,475 - -
EBITDA(1) 31,531,308 1,506,947 6,732,174 (8,752,745) - - - 31,017,686
Depreciation/amortisation and impairment of (7,868,079) (1,705,289) (277,109) (1,497,862) (3,855,971) - (114,410) (15,318,720)
investments, net
Impairment of accounts receivable, net - - - - - - - (292,253)
Impairment of non-depreciable assets - - - - - - - -
Impairment of other financial banking assets - - - - - - - 141,687
Provisions, net - - - - - - - (1,213,765)
Interest expenses - - - - - - - (2,783,554)
Interest income
Gains/losses in associated companies
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
24,961
97,593
Earnings before taxes - - - - - - - 11,673,635
Income tax for the period - - - - - - - (5,395,976)
Net profit for the period - - - - - - - 6,277,659
Non-controlling interests - - - - - - - 27,370
Equity holders of parent company - - - - - - - 6,250,289
(1) Operating results + depreciation/amortisation + provisions and impairment losses, net.
30.06.2017 Restated
Euros Mail Express & Parcels Financial
Services
Banco CTT
(includes Payshop)
CTT Central
Structure
Intragroup
eliminations
Others non
allocated
Total
Revenues 269,809,610 62,758,747 29,596,448 8,721,872 54,805,193 (73,578,279) - 352,113,592
Sales and services rendered 248,171,506 61,702,526 29,003,004 5,134,902 - (3,545,797) - 340,466,142
Sales 7,212,345 390,807 - - - - - 7,603,152
Services rendered 240,959,161 61,311,719 29,003,004 5,134,902 - (3,545,797) - 332,862,990
Financial Margin - - - 1,161,179 - - - 1,161,179
Operating revenues external customers 13,680,193 1,056,221 552,215 2,425,791 7,167,363 (14,395,512) - 10,486,271
Internal services rendered 7,957,911 - 41,229 - 20,252,700 (28,251,841) - -
Allocation to CTT central structure - - - - 27,385,129 (27,385,129) - -
Operating costs (228,684,076) (63,574,749) (15,303,431) (17,577,259) (54,805,193) 73,578,279 - (306,366,427)
External supplies and services (50,498,019) (50,630,616) (4,660,290) (10,687,789) (21,406,570) 17,847,290 - (120,035,994)
Staff costs (124,562,528) (11,778,060) (1,430,554) (6,443,002) (30,099,677) 92,373 - (174,221,448)
Other costs (6,935,101) (1,166,073) (763,802) (446,468) (2,799,188) 1,646 - (12,108,985)
Internal services rendered (19,468,269) - (8,283,814) - (499,758) 28,251,841 - -
Allocation to CTT central structure (27,220,159) - (164,971) - - 27,385,129 - -
EBITDA(1) 41,125,534 (816,002) 14,293,017 (8,855,387) - - - 45,747,165
Depreciation/amortisation and impairment of (7,902,876) (1,818,196) (106,024) (1,353,140) (3,629,032) - (91,161) (14,900,430)
investments, net
Impairment of accounts receivable, net
- - - - - - - (305,009)
Impairment of non-depreciable assets - - - - - - - -
Impairment of other financial banking assets - - - - - - - -
Provisions, net - - - - - - - 13,074
Interest expenses - - - - - - - (2,684,908)
Interest income - - - - - - - 285,068
Gains/losses in associated companies - - - - - - - -
Earnings before taxes - - - - - - - 28,154,960
Income tax for the period - - - - - - - (10,459,815)
Net profit for the period - - - - - - - 17,695,145
Non-controlling interests - - - - - - - (49,954)
Equity holders of parent company - - - - - - - 17,745,100
(1) Operating results + depreciation/amortisation + provisions and impairment losses, net.

The revenues are detailed as follows:

Thousand Euros 30.06.2018 30.06.2017
Restated
Mail 270,571 269,809
Transactional mail 210,139 208,122
Editorial mail 7,651 8,273
Parcels (USO) 3,350 3,543
Advertising mail 12,537 14,360
Retail 5,981 4,352
Philately 3,863 3,907
Business Solutions 4,777 4,242
Other 22,272 23,011
Express & Parcels 73,896 62,759
Financial Services 20,213 29,597
Banco CTT 10,753 8,722
Banco CTT 5,472 3,516
Payshop 5,282 5,206
CTT Central Structure 55,435 54,805
Intragroup eliminations (75,733) (73,578)
355,135 352,114

The assets by segment are detailed as follows:

30.06.2018
Assets (Euros) Mail Express & Parcels Financial
Services
Banco CTT
(includes Payshop)
CTT Central
Structure
Non allocated
assets
Total
Intagible assets 3,605,373 4,522,623 325,993 22,822,050 8,798,673 7,435,637 47,510,348
Tangible fixed assets 160,811,793 13,820,523 1,877 656,872 12,480,753 2,097,867 189,869,685
Investment properties - - - - - 6,181,251 6,181,251
Goodwill 6,161,326 2,955,753 - 406,101 - - 9,523,180
Deferred tax assets - - - - - 84,140,391 84,140,391
Accounts receivable - - - - - 143,339,295 143,339,295
Credit to bank clients - - - 149,231,159 - - 149,231,159
Investment securities - - - 401,479,223 - - 401,479,223
Other banking financial assets - - - 107,317,880 - - 107,317,880
Other assets - - - - - 60,556,915 60,556,915
Cash and cash equivalents - - - - - 591,709,654 591,709,654
Non-current assets held for sale - - - - - 1,741,045 1,741,045
170,578,492 21,298,899 327,870 681,913,285 21,279,426 897,202,055 1,792,600,026
31.12.2017 Restated
Assets (Euros) Mail Express & Parcels Financial
Services
Banco CTT CTT Central
Structure
Non allocated
assets
Total
Intagible assets 3,119,896 5,005,423 404,038 21,211,707 7,631,667 10,128,953 47,501,684
Tangible fixed assets 167,562,232 14,477,996 2,231 815,209 15,141,231 1,857,009 199,855,908
Investment properties - - - - - 6,164,849 6,164,849
Goodwill 6,161,326 2,955,753 - 406,101 - - 9,523,180
Deferred tax assets - - - - - 87,155,739 87,155,739
Accounts receivable - - - - - 132,480,130 132,480,130
Credit to bank clients - - - 79,347,390 - - 79,347,390
Investments held to maturity - - - 261,549,132 - - 261,549,132
Financial assets available for sale - - - 5,751,374 - - 5,751,374
Other banking financial assets - - - 103,248,206 - - 103,248,206
Other assets - - - - - 49,362,404 49,362,404
Cash and cash equivalents - - - - - 626,825,397 626,825,397
Non-current assets held for sale - - - - - - -
176,843,454 22,439,172 406,269 472,329,119 22,772,898 913,974,480 1,608,765,392

Debt by segment is detailed as follows:

30.06.2018
Other information (Euros) Mail Express & Parcels Financial Services Banco CTT CTT Central
Struture
Total
Medium and long-term debt - 64,018 - - - 64,018
Bank loans - 50,659 - - - 50,659
Leasings - 13,359 - - - 13,359
Short-term debt - 2,475,704 - - - 2,475,704
Bank loans - 2,445,015 - - - 2,445,015
Leasings - 30,689 - - - 30,689
- 2,539,722 - - - 2,539,722
31.12.2017
Other information (Euros) Mail Express & Parcels Financial Services Banco CTT CTT Central
Struture
Total
Medium and long-term debt - 73,689 - - - 73,689
Bank loans - 49,596 - - - 49,596
Leasings - 24,093 - - - 24,093
Short-term debt - 10,304,390 - - - 10,304,390
Bank loans - 10,272,258 - - - 10,272,258
Leasings - 32,132 - - - 32,132
- 10,378,079 - - - 10,378,079

The CTT Group is domiciled in Portugal. The result of its Sales and services rendered by geographical areas is disclosed below:

Thousand Euros 30.06.2018 30.06.201 7
Revenue - Portugal 292,776 298,488
Revenue - other countries 50,884 41,978
343,659 340,466

The financial statements are subject to seasonality, however this does not affect comparability between identical periods in a given year. There are nonetheless atypical / non-recurring factors that may affect comparability between equal periods of the several years such as the number of working days of the period (mobile holidays or weekend holidays), special events (elections, promotional campaigns for clients) which may impact the revenue, leading to its increase / decrease from one period to another.

5. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018 and the year ended 31 December 2017, the movements occurred in Tangible fixed assets, as well as in the respective accumulated depreciation, were as follows:

30.06.2018
Land and natural
resources
Buildings and other
constructions
Basic equipment Transport
equipment
Office equipment Other tangible fixed
assets
Tangible fixed
assets in progress
Advance payments
to suppliers
Total
Tangible fixed assets
Opening balance 37,102,139 342,655,745 146,667,392 3,381,283 62,174,555 26,040,114 1,500,567 391,109 619,912,904
Acquisitions - 42,697 738,050 1,637 326,632 105,472 1,724,505 (37,683) 2,901,310
Disposals - - (443,168) - - - - - (443,168)
Transfers and write-offs (547,279) (4,243,459) (4,034,332) - - - (1,367,511) (959) (10,193,540)
Adjustments - (9,751) (34,952) 346 (22,701) 482 - (47,608) (114,184)
Closing balance 36,554,860 338,445,233 142,892,989 3,383,266 62,478,486 26,146,068 1,857,561 304,858 612,063,322
Accumulated depreciation
Opening balance 3,851,494 207,661,484 128,294,129 3,271,073 55,716,402 21,213,074 - - 420,007,656
Depreciation for the period - 4,993,665 2,935,801 15,074 1,357,048 542,482 - - 9,844,070
Disposals - - (366,112) - - - - - (366,112)
Transfers and write-offs (53,433) (3,261,096) (4,034,444) - 112 - - - (7,348,861)
Adjustments - 63 8,548 288 714 (2,069) - - 7,544
Closing balance 3,798,061 209,394,116 126,837,923 3,286,435 57,074,275 21,753,487 - - 422,144,296
Accumulated impairment
Opening balance - - - - - 49,340 - - 49,340
Other variations - - - - - - - - -
Closing balance - - - - - 49,340 - - 49,340
Net Tangible fixed assets 32,756,799 129,051,117 16,055,066 96,831 5,404,211 4,343,241 1,857,561 304,858 189,869,685
31.12.2017
Land and natural
resources
Buildings and other
constructions
Basic equipment Transport
equipment
Office equipment Other tangible fixed
assets
Tangible fixed
assets in progress
Advance payments
to suppliers
Total
Tangible fixed assets
Opening balance 36,903,717 334,909,767 140,435,199 3,269,073 59,021,936 25,037,425 5,016,467 3,351,405 607,944,990
Acquisitions - 300,889 5,013,385 81,568 2,087,373 741,212 2,277,480 475,458 10,977,364
Disposals - (8,315) (1,125,067) - (40,687) (137) - - (1,174,206)
Transfers and write-offs 1,396 6,396,121 1,673,849 - 750,365 (867,944) (5,793,379) (3,425,208) (1,264,800)
Adjustments - (44,923) (61,259) (247) (61,727) (21,887) - (10,547) (200,588)
Changes in the consolidation perimeter 197,025 1,102,206 731,285 30,889 417,295 1,151,444 - - 3,630,144
Closing balance 37,102,139 342,655,745 146,667,392 3,381,283 62,174,555 26,040,114 1,500,567 391,109 619,912,904
Accumulated depreciation
Opening balance 3,851,494 197,359,750 121,934,623 3,208,997 52,255,805 20,239,484 - - 398,850,154
Depreciation for the period - 9,924,796 7,139,729 34,044 3,426,663 1,113,660 - - 21,638,891
Disposals - (7,026) (1,096,952) - (40,236) (137) - - (1,144,351)
Transfers and write-offs - (39,113) (158,051) - (145,697) (712,315) - - (1,055,176)
Adjustments - 274 15,044 (404) 1,082 (6) - - 15,989
Changes in the consolidation perimeter - 422,804 459,736 28,437 218,784 572,388 - - 1,702,149
Closing balance 3,851,494 207,661,484 128,294,129 3,271,073 55,716,402 21,213,074 - - 420,007,656
Accumulated impairment
Opening balance - - - - - 173,055 - - 173,055
Other variations - - - - - (123,714) - - (123,714)
Closing balance - - - - - 49,340 - - 49,340
Net Tangible fixed assets 33,250,644 134,994,262 18,373,263 110,210 6,458,153 4,777,700 1,500,567 391,109 199,855,908

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018, Land and natural resources and Buildings and other constructions include 608,178 Euros (625,996 Euros as at 31 December 2017), related to land and property in co-ownership with MEO – Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia, S.A..

In the year ended 31 December 2017, the caption Changes in the consolidation perimeter relates to the balances of the company Transporta – Transportes Porta a Porta, S.A. acquired in May 2017.

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018, the most significant movements in Tangible fixed assets were the following:

Land, Buildings and other constructions:

The movements associated to acquisitions and transfers relate mostly to the capitalisation of repairs in own and third-party buildings of CTT and Tourline. They also include the transfer to the caption Non-current assets held for sale of the building located in Rua da Palma by CTT, following the conclusion of the promissory agreement for the sale of this property.

Basic equipment:

The amount of acquisitions mainly relates to the purchase of ATM's in the amount of 19 thousand Euros, bar code readers in the amount of 29 thousand Euros, scales in the amount of 25 thousand Euros and pallets for about 184 thousand Euros by CTT. CTT Contacto acquired a parcel sorting machines in the amount of 148 thousand Euros and Tourline acquired IT equipment worth approximately 231 thousand Euros and PDA's worth approximately 5 thousand Euros.

The amounts recorded under write-offs, are mainly due to the write-offs of CTT assets that were fully depreciated and considerably old.

Office equipment:

The amount of acquisitions relates essentially to the purchase of several administrative equipment, namely safes and security doors totalling 21 thousand Euros, office furniture worth about 66 thousand Euros and the acquisition of personal computers for approximately 118 thousand Euros by CTT.

Other tangible fixed assets:

The amount of acquisitions mainly relates to prevention and safety equipment for approximately 89 thousand Euros by CTT.

Tangible fixed assets in progress:

The amounts under this heading are related to the recognition of improvements in own and third-party properties. The movements associated to transfers relate to the capitalisation of the assets in progress.

The depreciation recorded in the amount of 9,844,070 Euros (10,620,393 Euros on 30 June 2017), is booked under the heading Depreciation/amortisation and impairment of investments, net.

Contractual commitments related to Tangible fixed assets are as follows:

30.06.2018
Hardware firewall networks 280,353
Upgrades to mail sorting machines 112,684
CCTV, safes and security doors 81,703
Scales 25,646
Tractor Pneumatic System 9,471
Batteries 5,307
UPS 4,869
520,032

6. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018 and the year ended 31 December 2017, the movements which occurred in the main categories of Intangible assets, as well as the respective accumulated amortisation, were as follows:

30.06.2018
Development
projects
Computer Software Industrial property Other intangible
assets
Intangible assets in
progress
Total
Intangible assets
Opening balance 4,380,552 80,235,963 13,297,151 444,739 13,254,456 111,612,861
Acquisitions - 2,013,345 13,145 - 3,337,571 5,364,061
Transfers and write-offs - 5,710,432 - - (5,710,432) -
Adjustments - - 8,654 - - 8,654
Closing balance 4,380,552 87,959,740 13,318,950 444,739 10,881,595 116,985,577
Accumulated amortisation
Opening balance 4,371,234 50,542,647 8,752,556 444,739 - 64,111,177
Amortisation for the period 3,852 5,029,357 327,031 - - 5,360,239
Adjustments - - 3,812 - - 3,812
Closing balance 4,375,086 55,572,004 9,083,399 444,739 - 69,475,228
Net intangible assets 5,466 32,387,736 4,235,551 - 10,881,595 47,510,348
31.12.2017
Development
projects
Computer Software Industrial property Other intangible
assets
Intangible assets in
progress
Total
Intangible assets
Opening balance 4,372,923 69,732,469 11,722,559 444,739 8,870,277 95,142,968
Acquisitions - 2,776,195 1,569,908 - 13,167,265 17,513,369
Transfers and write-offs - 7,727,299 (16,833) - (8,802,367) (1,091,901)
Adjustments - - 21,516 - - 21,516
Changes in the consolidation perimeter 7,629 - - - 19,281 26,910
Closing balance 4,380,552 80,235,963 13,297,151 444,739 13,254,456 111,612,861
Accumulated amortisation
Opening balance 4,360,060 43,021,166 8,400,280 444,739 - 56,226,245
Amortisation for the period 10,495 8,740,207 361,397 - - 9,112,100
Transfers and write-offs - (1,218,272) (16,834) - - (1,235,106)
Adjustments - (454) 7,713 - - 7,259
Changes in the consolidation perimeter 679 - - - - 679
Closing balance 4,371,234 50,542,647 8,752,556 444,739 - 64,111,177
Net intangible assets 9,318 29,693,316 4,544,595 - 13,254,456 47,501,684

The caption Industrial property includes the license of the trademark "Payshop Internacional" of CTT Contacto, S.A., of 1,200,000 Euros. This license has an indefinite useful life, therefore it is not being amortised.

The transfers toComputer softwareoccurred in the six-monthperiod ended 30 June2018 in Intangible assets in progress to refer to IT projects which were completed during the period.

The amounts of 474,392 Euros and 424,936 Euros that werecapitalised in Computer software or in Intangible assets in progress as at 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2017, respectively, related to the staff costs incurred in the development of IT projects.

As at 30 June 2018, Intangible assets in progress relate to IT projects which are under development, of which the most relevant are:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
SAP Hana & Hybris Billing 1,566,989 2,846,202
Management information - Software 1,009,159 901,204
NAVE evolution 788,277 736,189
RAID - Software 492,738 453,856
Business Excellence - Software 305,293 292,317
FATCA/CRS 255,846 170,291
Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 230,791 230,791
SIGPOSTAL - software 192,808 -
Legacy aplications improvements 188,288 617,767
INTRANET CTT 184,117 -
International Accounts - Software 170,547 -
SADIP - Dynamics Change Plans 159,702 141,983
SAP developments 157,059 144,997
Mortgage loans - software 148,884 491,317
APARTADOS - Software 137,348 136,220
CRM - Sales Software 120,266 287,602
Lease Management - software 119,894 -
Customs Portal 105,149 -
DOL - Treatment and generation of schedules 102,137 98,836
BD SQL Server consolidation - 622,975
Mail products evolution - 586,899
X86 - Servers, storage and backup - 342,239
6,435,292 9,101,687

The amortisation for the period, of 5,360,239 Euros (4,188,876 Euros as at 30 June 2017), was recorded under Depreciation / amortisation and impairment of investments, net.

There are no Intangible assets with restricted ownership or any carrying amounts relative to any Intangible Assets which have been given as a guarantee of liabilities.

Contractual commitments relative to Intangible assets are as follows:

30.06.2018
SAP S/4 Hana e SAP Hybris 1,573,718
CBS - Core Banking System 479,653
SIG Postal 359,643
Software servers 123,246
Setup Infrastructure 95,624
Mailmanager 52,275
Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) 51,733
Iberian operator Solutions 37,091
App Receipts Online 22,140
New Offer Solutions 22,080
APP Mobility Android 20,295
Worflow Solution 17,188
Online Account Opening 17,042
Transaction Monitoring 16,648
ITSM Solution 14,909
Hybrid Mail 6,642
Consolidation SW 5,230
2,915,157

7. INVESTMENT PROPERTIES

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the Group has the following assets classified as investment properties:

30.06.2018
Land and natural
resources
Buildings and other
constructions
Investment
properties in
progress
Total
Investment properties
Opening balance 2,882,477 11,824,326 - 14,706,803
Disposals (43,658) (341,601) - (385,259)
Transfers and write-offs 300,837 1,315,536 - 1,616,373
Closing balance 3,139,657 12,798,261 - 15,937,917
Accumulated depreciation
Opening balance 166,541 7,282,857 - 7,449,397
Depreciation for the period - 114,410 - 114,410
Disposals (2,315) (185,167) - (187,482)
Transfers and write-offs 34,103 655,979 - 690,082
Closing balance 198,329 7,868,079 - 8,066,407
Accumulated impairment
Opening balance - 1,092,556 - 1,092,556
Transfers/Adjustments - 597,703 - 597,703
Closing balance - 1,690,259 - 1,690,259
Net Investment properties 2,941,328 3,239,923 - 6,181,251
31.12.2017
Land and natural
resources
Buildings and other
constructions
Investment
properties in
progress
Total
Investment properties
Opening balance 3,921,049 18,372,780 - 22,293,828
Additions - - 43,152 43,152
Disposals (1,038,572) (6,591,606) - (7,630,178)
Transfers and write-offs - 43,152 (43,152) -
Closing balance 2,882,477 11,824,326 - 14,706,803
Accumulated depreciation
Opening balance 210,097 11,500,249 - 11,710,347
Depreciation for the period - 242,117 - 242,117
Disposals (43,557) (4,459,510) - (4,503,066)
Closing balance 166,541 7,282,857 - 7,449,397
Accumulated impairment
Opening balance - 1,291,498 - 1,291,498
Transfers/Adjustments - (198,942) - (198,942)
Closing balance - 1,092,556 - 1,092,556
Net Investment properties 2,715,936 3,448,913 - 6,164,849

These assets are not allocated to the Group's operating activities, nor have a specific future use.

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018, the amount of disposals relates to the sale of one property, having the corresponding gains, of 10 thousand Euros, been recorded in the caption Other operating income.

During the year ended 31 December 2017, the amount of disposals relates to the sale of ten properties, having the corresponding gains, of 1.1 million Euros, been recorded in the caption Other operating income.

Depreciation for the period, of 114,410 Euros (159,781 Euros as at30 June 2017), was recorded in the caption Depreciation / amortisation and impairment of investments, net.

8. COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THE CONSOLIDATION

Subsidiary companies

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the parent company, CTT - Correios de Portugal, S.A. and the following subsidiaries in which it holds control were included in the consolidation:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Percentage of ownership Percentage of ownership
Company name Place of business Head office Direct Indirect Total Direct Indirect Total
Parent company:
CTT - Correios de Portugal, S.A.
Portugal Av. D. João II N.º 13
1999-001 Lisboa
- - - - - -
Subsidiaries:
CTT Expresso - Serviços Postais e
Logística, S.A. ("CTT Expresso")
Portugal Lugar do Quintanilho
2664-500 São Julião do Tojal
100 - 100 100 - 100
Payshop Portugal, S.A.
("Payshop")
Portugal Av. D. João II N.º 13
1999-001 Lisboa
- 100 100 100 - 100
CTT Contacto, S.A.
("CTT Con")
Portugal Av. D. João II N.º 13
1999-001 Lisboa
100 - 100 100 - 100
Mailtec Comunicação , S.A.
("Mailtec TI")
Portugal Av. D. João II N.º 13
1999-001 Lisboa
100 - 100 100 - 100
Tourline Express Mensajería, SLU.
("TourLine")
Spain Calle Pedrosa C, 38-40 Hospitalet de
Llobregat (08908)- Barcelona - Spain
100 - 100 100 - 100
Correio Expresso de Moçambique, S.A.
("CORRE")
Mozambique Av. Zedequias Manganhela, 309
Maputo - Mozambique
50 - 50 50 - 50
Escrita Inteligente , S.A.
("RONL")
Portugal Av. D. João II N.º 13
1999-001 Lisboa
100 - 100 100 - 100
Banco CTT, S.A.
("BancoCTT")
Portugal Av. D. João II N.º 11
1999-001 Lisboa
100 - 100 100 - 100
Transporta - Transportes Porta a Porta, S.A.
("Transporta")
Portugal Estrada de São Marcos N.º 15
2735-521 Cacém
100 - 100 100 - 100

On 4 January 2018, the share capital of Banco CTT was increase by 6,400,000 Euros through the transfer to Banco CTT of all the shares representing the share capital of Payshop (Portugal), S.A.. This transaction had no impact on the consolidated statements.

On 7 March 2018, a new share capital increase was made in Banco CTT in the amount of 25,000,000 Euros through the issue of new shares without nominal value and with the issuance value of 1 Euro each, currently totalling the amount of 156,400,000 Euros.

In June 2018, the subsidiaries Escrita Inteligente, S.A. and Transporta - Transportes Porta a Porta, S.A., underwent a share capital reduction operation, and the amounts of the reduction were transferred to retained earnings. The share capital of these companies, after the mentioned operation, is 37,374 Euros and 250,000 Euros, respectively.

There were also capital increase operations, recognised under the caption "Other Equity Instruments", in the subsidiaries Escrita Inteligente, S.A., Transporta - Transportes Porta a Porta, S.A. and Tourline Express Mensajería, SLU, for the amounts of 285,000 Euros, 3,000,000 Euros and 7,100,000 Euros, respectively.

On 4 May 2017, CTT – Correios de Portugal, S.A., acquired 100% of the share capital of the company Transporta – Transportes Porta a Porta, S.A. for the amount of 1,728,091 Euros.

Joint ventures

As at 30 June2018 and 31 December 2017, the Group held the following interests in joint ventures, accounted for by the equity method:

30.06.2018
Percentage of ownership
31.12.2017
Percentage of ownership
Company name Place of business Head office Direct Indirect Total Direct Indirect Total
NewPost, ACE Portugal Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40
Lisboa
49 - 49 49 - 49
PTP & F, ACE Portugal Estrada Casal do Canas
Amadora
- 51 51 - 51 51

Associated companies

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the Group held the following interests in associated companies accounted for by the equity method:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Percentage of ownership Percentage of ownership
Company name Place of business Head office Direct Indirect Total Direct Indirect Total
Multicert - Serviços de Certificação Electrónica, S.A.
("Multicert")
Portugal R. do Centro Cultural, 2
Lisboa
20 - 20 20 - 20
Mafelosa, SL (a) Spain Castellon - Spain - 25 25 - 25 25
Urpacksur, SL (a) Spain Málaga - Spain - 30 30 - 30 30

(a) Company held by Tourline Mensajeria, SLU, which currently has no activity.

Changes in the consolidation perimeter

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018, there were no changes in the consolidation perimeter.

During the year ended 31 December 2017, the consolidation perimeter was changed following the acquisition of the company Transporta – Transportes Porta a Porta, S.A. on 4 May 2017.

9. INVESTMENT SECURITIES, INVESTMENTS HELD TO MATURITY AND FINANCIAL ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR SALE

As at 30 June 2018, the caption Investment securities showed the following composition:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Non-current
Investment securities measured at Fair Value through Other Comprehensive Income (1)
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public issuers 552,650 -
Other issuers 1,089,338 -
1,641,988 -
Investment securities measured at amortised cost
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public issuers 349,887,107 -
Other issuers 30,230,311 -
Impairment (147,440) -
379,969,978 -
381,611,966 -
Current
Investment securities measured at Fair Value through Other Comprehensive Income (1)
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public issuers 4,061 -
Other issuers 2,607,461 -
2,611,522 -
Investment securities measured at amortised cost
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public issuers 11,326,672 -
Other issuers 5,934,785 -
Impairment (5,722) -
17,255,735 -
19,867,257 -
401,479,223 -

(1) As at 30 June 2018 includes the amount of 5,324 Euros regarding Accumulated impairment losses.

It should be noted that the Group adopted IFRS 9 in accordance with the modified retrospective approach, and therefore the amounts of the comparative period are not restated. Accordingly, the amounts currently shown in the caption Investment securities are shown under the headings Investments held to maturity and Financial assets available for sale.

As at 31 December 2017, the composition of the headings Investments held to maturity and Financial assets available for sale is as follows:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Non-current
Financial assets available for sale
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public issuers - 562,115
Other issuers - 2,613,065
- 3,175,180
Investments held to maturity
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public issuers - 228,806,240
Other issuers - 17,021,519
- 245,827,759
Current
Financial assets available for sale
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public issuers - 13,765
Other issuers - 2,562,429
- 2,576,194
Investments held to maturity
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public issuers - 8,729,378
Other issuers - 6,991,995
- 15,721,373
Financial assets available for sale - 5,751,374
Investments held to maturity - 261,549,132
- 267,300,506

The analysis of the Investment securities measured at Fair Value through Other Comprehensive Income and the residual maturity of the investment securities as at 30 June 2018 is detailed as follows:

30.06.2018
Amortised cost Fair value reserve Total
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public-debt securities
National 530,950 25,761 556,711
Foreign - - -
Other issuers
National - - -
Foreign 3,683,672 13,127 3,696,799
4,214,622 38,888 4,253,510
30.06.2018
Current Non-current
Due within 3
months
Over 3 months and
less than 1 year
Total Over 1 year and
less than 3 years
Over 3 years Total Total
Investment securities measured at Fair Value through Other Comprehensive Income (1)
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public-debt securities
National 4,061 - 4,061 552,650 - 552,650 556,711
Foreign - - - - - - -
Other issuers
National - - - - - - -
Foreign 1,596,276 1,011,185 2,607,461 978,287 111,051 1,089,338 3,696,799
1,600,337 1,011,185 2,611,522 1,530,937 111,051 1,641,988 4,253,510
(1) As at 30 June 2018 includes the amount of 5,324 Euros regarding Accumulated impairment losses.
30.06.2018
Current Non-current
Due within 3
months
Over 3 months and
less than 1 year
Total Over 1 year and
less than 3 years
Over 3 years Total Total
Investment securities measured at amortised cost
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public-debt securities
National 3,973,779 6,665,778 10,639,557 15,820,179 214,084,002 229,904,182 240,543,739
Foreign 687,115 - 687,115 29,868,539 90,114,387 119,982,926 120,670,041
Other issuers
National 5,032,448 902,337 5,934,785 21,944,547 8,285,764 30,230,311 36,165,096
Foreign - - - - - - -
9,693,342 7,568,115 17,261,457 67,633,265 312,484,153 380,117,418 397,378,875

Regarding 31 December 2017, the analysis of the Financial assets available for sale and the corresponding residual maturity as well as the analysis of the residual maturity of the investments held to maturity are detailed as follows:

31.12.2017
Amortised cost Fair value reserve Total
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public-debt securities
National 545,545 30,335 575,880
Foreign - - -
Other issuers
National 250,002 - 250,002
Foreign 4,905,504 19,988 4,925,492
5,701,051 50,323 5,751,374
31.12.2017
Current Non-current
Due within 3
months
Over 3 months and
less than 1 year
Total Over 1 year and less
than 3 years
Over 3 years Total Total
Financial assets available for sale
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public-debt securities
National 13,765 - 13,765 - 562,115 562,115 575,880
Foreign - - - - - - -
Other issuers
National 250,002 - 250,002 - - - 250,002
Foreign 239,942 2,072,485 2,312,427 2,500,506 112,559 2,613,065 4,925,492
503,709 2,072,485 2,576,194 2,500,506 674,674 3,175,180 5,751,374
31.12.2017
Current Non-current
Due within 3
months
Over 3 months and
less than 1 year
Total Over 1 year and less
than 3 years
Over 3 years Total Total
Investments held to maturity
Debt securities and other fixed-income securities
Public-debt securities
National 3,370,516 5,083,554 8,454,070 11,789,808 142,181,624 153,971,432 162,425,502
Foreign 275,308 - 275,308 20,888,425 53,946,383 74,834,808 75,110,116
Other issuers
National 1,683,085 5,308,910 6,991,995 14,603,866 2,417,653 17,021,519 24,013,514
Foreign - - - - - - -
5,328,909 10,392,464 15,721,373 47,282,099 198,545,660 245,827,759 261,549,132

The impairment losses, for the six-month period ended 30 June 2018, are detailed as follows:

30.06.2018
Opening balance Increases Reversals Utilisations Changes in the
accounting
standards
Closing balance
Non-current assets
Investment securities measured at Fair Value
through Other Comprehensive Income
- 6 (1,353) - 4,566 3,219
Investment securities measured at amortised cost - 81,550 (178,118) - 244,008 147,440
- 81,556 (179,471) - 248,575 150,660
Current assets
Investment securities measured at Fair Value
through Other Comprehensive Income
- - (4,016) - 6,120 2,104
Investment securities measured at amortised cost - 2,658 - - 3,064 5,722
- 2,658 (4,016) - 9,184 7,826
Investment securities measured at Fair Value
through Other Comprehensive Income
- 6 (5,369) - 10,686 5,323
Investment securities measured at amortised cost - 84,208 (178,118) - 247,072 153,162
- 84,214 (183,487) - 257,759 158,486

10. OTHER BANKING FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the headings Other banking financial assets and Other banking financial liabilities showed the following composition:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Non-current assets
Investments in credit institutions - -
Loans to credit institutions 17,102,890 11,831,122
Impairment (168,111) -
16,934,779 11,831,122
Current assets
Investments in credit institutions 77,950,983 82,221,285
Loans to credit institutions 10,712,008 7,859,401
Impairment (308,872) -
Other 2,028,983 1,336,398
90,383,101 91,417,084
107,317,880 103,248,206
Current liabilities
Other 18,427,335 17,882,160
18,427,335 17,882,160

Regarding the captions Investments in credit institutions and Loans to credit institutions, the scheduling by maturity is as follows:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Up to 3 months
From 3 to 6 months
37,092,110
34,000,280
16,716,838
16,078,185
From 6 to 12 months 17,570,602 57,285,663
From 1 to 3 years
Over 3 years
10,662,229
6,440,661
7,473,850
4,357,272
105,765,881 101,911,808

The impairment losses, for the six-month period ended 30 June 2018, are detailed as follows:

30.06.2018
Opening balance Increases Reversals Utilisations Changes in the
accounting
standards
Closing balance
Non-current assets
Investments and loans in credit institutions - 252,873 (201,055) - 116,293 168,111
- 252,873 (201,055) - 116,293 168,111
Current assets
Investments and loans in credit institutions - - (198,232) - 507,104 308,872
- - (198,232) - 507,104 308,872
- 252,873 (399,287) - 623,397 476,983

11. CREDIT TO BANKING CLIENTS

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the caption Credit to banking clients was detailed as follows:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Performing loans 149,350,911 79,393,333
Mortgage Loans 131,925,256 66,145,178
Overdrafts 462,377 299,170
Other credits 16,963,278 12,948,985
Overdue loans 99,231 71,708
149,450,142 79,465,041
Credit risk impairment (218,983) (117,651)
149,231,159 79,347,390

The breakdown of this heading by type of rate is as follows:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Fixed rate 561,608 370,878
Floating rate 148,888,534 79,094,163
149,450,142 79,465,041
Credit risk impairment (218,983) (117,651)
149,231,159 79,347,390

The maturity analysis of the Credit to banking clients as at 30 June2018 and 31 December 2017 is detailed as follows:

30.06.2018
Current Non-current
In cash Due within 3
months
Over 3 months
and less than 1
Total Over 1 year and
less than 3 years
Over 3 years Total Total
Mortgage loans - 971,494 2,779,255 3,750,749 7,533,706 120,640,801 128,174,507 131,925,256
Overdrafts 561,608 - - 561,608 - - - 561,608
Other credits - 16,963,278 - 16,963,278 - - - 16,963,278
561,608 17,934,772 2,779,255 21,275,635 7,533,706 120,640,801 128,174,507 149,450,142
31.12.2017
Current Non-current
Over 3 months Total
In cash Due within 3
months
Over 3 months
and less than 1
Total Over 1 year and
less than 3 years
Over 3 years Total Total
Mortgage loans - 465,590 1,357,066 1,822,656 3,680,670 60,641,852 64,322,522 66,145,178
Overdrafts 370,878 - - 370,878 - - - 370,878
Other credits - 12,948,985 - 12,948,985 - - - 12,948,985
370,878 13,414,575 1,357,066 15,142,519 3,680,670 60,641,852 64,322,522 79,465,041

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018 and the year ended 31 December 2017, the movement in the Credit to banking clients impairment caption was as follows:

30.06.2018
Opening balance Increases Reversals Utilisations Changes in the
accounting
standards
Closing balance
Non-current assets
Credit to banking clients 59,078 75,792 (17,489) - (6,589) 110,792
59,078 75,792 (17,489) - (6,589) 110,792
Current assets
Credit to banking clients 58,573 45,742 - - 3,876 108,191
58,573 45,742 - - 3,876 108,191
117,651 121,534 (17,489) - (2,713) 218,983
31.12.2017
Opening balance Increases Reversals Utilisations Closing balance
Non-current assets
Credit to banking clients - 62,628 (3,550) - 59,078
- 62,628 (3,550) - 59,078
Current assets
Credit to banking clients 417 70,950 (12,794) - 58,573
417 70,950 (12,794) - 58,573
417 133,578 (16,344) - 117,651

12. DEFERRALS

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the Deferrals included in Current assets and Current and Noncurrent liabilities showed the following composition:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Assets deferrals
Current
Rents payable 1,323,403 1,375,076
Meal allowances 1,575,509 1,615,852
Other 5,797,872 3,609,187
Diferimentos 8,696,784 6,600,115
Liabilities deferrals
Non-current
Investment subsidy 311,292 316,892
Diferimentos 311,292 316,892
Current
Phone-ix top ups 123,093 143,203
Investment subsidy 14,250 17,299
Contratual liabilities 1,334,247 -
Other 827,452 1,272,194
Diferimentos 2,299,042 1,432,696
2,610,334 1,749,588

The caption "Contractual liabilities" results from the adoption, as at 1 January 2018, of IFRS 15 -Revenue from Contracts with Customers and stands for the amount already invoiced but not yet recognised as revenue because the performance obligations have not yet been met as recommended by the standard.

13. ACCUMULATED IMPAIRMENT LOSSES

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018 and the year ended 31 December 2017, the following movements occurred in impairment losses:

30.06.2018
Opening balance Increases Reversals Utilisations Transfers Changes in the
consolidation
perimeter
Changes in the
accounting
standards
Closing balance
Non-current assets
Tangible fixed assets 49,340 - - - - - - 49,340
Investment properties 1,092,556 - - - 597,703 - - 1,690,259
1,141,896 - - - 597,703 - - 1,739,599
Investment securities - 81,556 (179,471) - - - 248,575 150,660
Other non-current assets 1,786,730 - - - 154,439 - - 1,941,169
Credit to banking clients 59,078 75,792 (17,489) - - - (6,589) 110,792
Other banking financial assets - 252,873 (201,055) - - - 116,293 168,111
TA105019 - Imparidade 1,845,808 410,221 (398,015) - 154,439 - 358,279 2,370,732
2,987,704 410,221 (398,015) - 752,142 - 358,279 4,110,331
Current assets
Accounts receivable 32,583,555 749,002 (214,363) (178,810) - - (883,882) 32,055,502
Credit to banking clients 58,573 45,742 - - - - 3,876 108,191
Investment securities - 2,658 (4,016) - - - 9,184 7,826
Other current assets 7,335,098 211,134 (144,606) (10,078) (154,439) - - 7,237,109
Other banking financial assets - - (198,232) - - - 507,104 308,872
Slight and term deposits - 23,350 (332,310) 127 - - 406,909 98,076
39,977,226 1,031,886 (893,527) (188,761) (154,439) - 43,191 39,815,576
Merchandise 1,719,745 186,572 - (39,390) - - - 1,866,927
Raw, subsidiary and consumable 658,137 20,115 - - - - - 678,252
2,377,882 206,687 - (39,390) - - - 2,545,179
42,355,108 1,238,573 (893,527) (228,151) (154,439) - 43,191 42,360,755
45,342,812 1,648,794 (1,291,542) (228,151) 597,703 - 401,470 46,471,086
31.12.2017
Opening balance Increases Reversals Utilisations Transfers Changes in the
consolidation
perimeter
Closing balance
Non-current assets
Tangible fixed assets 173,055 - (123,714) - - - 49,341
Investment properties 1,291,498 49,208 (248,150) - - - 1,092,556
1,464,553 49,208 (371,864) - - - 1,141,897
Credit to banking clients - 62,628 (3,550) - - - 59,078
Other non-current assets
TA105019 - Imparidade
1,748,286 233,311 - (194,868) - - 1,786,729
1,748,286 295,939 (3,550) (194,868) - - 1,845,807
3,212,839 345,147 (375,414) (194,868) - - 2,987,704
Current assets
Accounts receivable 30,309,524 2,358,555 (1,302,268) (1,060,347) - 2,278,091 32,583,555
Credit to banking clients 417 70,950 (12,794) - - - 58,573
Other current assets 8,173,677 254,470 (445,833) (974,012) - 326,796 7,335,098
38,483,618 2,683,975 (1,760,895) (2,034,359) - 2,604,887 39,977,226
Merchandise 1,565,187 236,253 (455) (81,240) - - 1,719,745
Raw, subsidiary and consumable 579,327 78,810 - - - - 658,137
2,144,514 315,063 (455) (81,240) - - 2,377,882
40,628,132 2,999,038 (1,761,350) (2,115,599) - 2,604,887 42,355,108
43,840,971 3,344,185 (2,136,764) (2,310,467) - 2,604,887 45,342,812

In the year ended 31 December 2017, the caption Changes in the consolidation perimeter refers to the balances of Transporta as at the acquisition date.

The net amount between increases and reversals of impairment losses of inventories is recorded in the Consolidated income statement under the caption Cost of sales.

14. EQUITY

As at 30 June 2018, the Company's share capital was composed of 150,000,000 shares with the nominal value of 0.50 Euros each. The share capital is fully underwritten and paid-up.

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017 the Company's shareholders with greater than or equal to 2% shareholdings, according to the information reported, are as follows:

30.06.2018
Shareholder No. of shares % Nominal value
Gestmin SGPS, S.A. (1) 18,589,534 12.393% 9,294,767
Manuel Carlos de Melo Champalimaud 284,885 0.190% 142,443
Manuel Carlos de Melo Champalimaud (2) Total 18,874,419 12.583% 9,437,210
Global Portfolio Investments, S.L. (3) 8,492,745 5.662% 4,246,373
Indumenta Pueri, S.L. (3) Total 8,492,745 5.662% 4,246,373
Norges Bank Total 6,399,190 4.266% 3,199,595
Credit Suisse Group AG (4) Total 4,965,530 3.310% 2,482,765
BlackRock, Inc.(5) Total 3,880,684 2.587% 1,940,342
BBVA BOLSA FI (6) 1,139,308 0.760% 569,654
BBVA BOLSA EURO FI (6) 674,991 0.450% 337,496
BBVA BOLSA EUROPA FI (6) 1,335,028 0.890% 667,514
BBVA BOLSA PLUS FI (6) 346,172 0.231% 173,086
BBVA Asset Management, SA SGIIC (6) Total 3,495,499 2.330% 1,747,750
GreenWood Builders Fund I, LP (7) Total 3,478,370 2.319% 1,739,185
Wellington Management Group LLP (8) Total 3,105,222 2.070% 1,552,611
CTT, S.A. (own shares) (9) Total 1 0.000% 0.50
Other shareholders Total 97,308,340 64.872% 48,654,170
Total 150,000,000 100.000% 75,000,000

(1) Includes 18,465,215 shares directly held by Gestmin SGPS, S.A. and 124,319 shares held by members of its Board of Directors.

(2) Qualifying shareholding directly and indirectly attributable to Manuel Carlos de Melo Champalimaud.

31.12.2017
Shareholder No. of shares % Nominal value
Gestmin SGPS, S.A. (1) 16,733,301 11.156% 8,366,651
Manuel Carlos de Melo Champalimaud 284,885 0.190% 142,443
Manuel Carlos de Melo Champalimaud (2) Total 17,018,186 11.345% 8,509,093
Global Portfolio Investments, S.L. (3) 8,492,745 5.662% 4,246,373
Indumenta Pueri, S.L. (3) Total 8,492,745 5.662% 4,246,373
Credit Suisse Group AG (4) Total 4,965,530 3.310% 2,482,765
Norges Bank Total 4,726,966 3.151% 2,363,483
BNP Paribas Asset Management, S.A. (5) Total 4,646,344 3.098% 2,323,172
Wellington Management Group LLP (6) Total 3,105,222 2.070% 1,552,611
Kairos Partners SGR SpA (7) Total 3,075,000 2.050% 1,537,500
CTT, S.A. (own shares) (8) Total 1 0.000% 0.50
Other shareholders Total 103,970,006 69.313% 51,985,003
Total 150,000,000 100.000% 75,000,000
  • (1) Includes 16,642,862 shares directly held by Gestmin SGPS, S.A. and 90,439 shares held by members of its Board of Directors (for this purpose, CTT assumes that the shareholdings of the members of the Board of Directors of Gestmin communicated in the notification to the Company on 4 January 2018 correspond to their shareholdings as at 31 December 2018) . Qualified shareholding directly and indirectly attributable to Manuel Carlos de Melo Champalimaud who holds the controlling interest in Gestmin.
  • (2) Qualified shareholding directly and indirectly attributable to Manuel Carlos de Melo Champalimaud.
  • (3) As per section 10 of the press release of 4 January 2018 available on CTT website (http://www.ctt.pt/contentAsset/rawdata/321d6a50-14fa-47e9-9d42-

94d17701a9f8/ficheiroPdf/Global%20Portfolio%2004Jan2018\_EN.pdf?byInode=true ) Wilmington Capital, S.L., a subsidiary of Indumenta Pueri, S.L. which held the qualifying holding in CTT, transferred all its CTT titles to a sister company controlled by Indumenta Pueri, S.L. –Global Portfolio Investments, S.L.

15. RESERVES, OTHER CHANGES IN EQUITY AND RETAINED EARNINGS

Reserves

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the heading Reserves is detailed as follows:

30.06.2018
Legal reserves Own shares reserves Fair Value reserves Other reserves Total
Opening balance 15,000,000 8 50,323 64,897,551 79,947,883
Distribution of dividends (Note 16) - - - (15,372,222) (15,372,222)
Other movements - - - 1,282,861 1,282,861
Assets fair value - - (11,436) - (11,436)
Closing balance 15,000,000 8 38,888 50,808,190 65,847,086
31.12.2017
Legal reserves Own shares reserves Fair Value reserves Other reserves Total
Opening balance 18,072,559 5,097,536 13,474 11,708,102 34,891,671
Share capital decrease - - - 49,500,000 49,500,000
Transfers (3,072,559) - - 3,072,559 -
Own shares attribution - (5,097,527) - 5,097,527 -
Assets fair value - - 36,849 - 36,849
Share Plan (attribution) - - - (4,480,638) (4,480,638)
Closing balance 15,000,000 8 50,323 64,897,551 79,947,883

Legal reserves

The commercial legislation establishes that at least 5% of the annual net profit must be allocated to reinforce the legal reserve, until it represents at least 20% of the share capital. This reserve is not distributable except in the event of the liquidation of the Company but may be used to absorb losses after all the other reserves have been depleted or incorporated in the share capital.

Own shares reserve (CTT, S.A.)

Following the attribution of own shares to executive members of the Board of Directors within the scope of the remuneration policy established by the Remuneration Committee for the 2014-2016 term of office, in January 2017, the correspondent reserve was, reduced in the amount of 5,097,527 Euros.

As at 30 June 2018, this caption includes the amount of 8 Euros related to the creation of an unavailable reserve for the same amount of the acquisition price of the own shares held.

Other reserves

This heading records the profits transferred to reserves that are not imposed by the law or the articles of association, nor constituted pursuant to contracts signed by the Company.

Retained earnings

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018 and the year ended 31 December 2017, the following movements were made in the heading Retained earnings:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Opening balance 34,268,089 93,589,211
Application of the net profit of the prior year 27,263,244 62,160,395
Distribution of dividends (Note 16) (41,627,778) (72,000,000)
Share capital increase - (49,500,000)
Changes to accounting polices (1,467,664) -
Adjustments from the application of the equity method (3,164) 18,482
Other movements (1,282,861) -
Closing balance 17,149,866 34,268,089

The amount of 1,467,664 Euros relates to the effect of the adoption of IFRS 9 and IFRS 15, which is disclosed in more detail in note 3.

Other changes in equity

The Actuarial gains/losses associated to post-employment benefits, as well as the corresponding deferred taxes, are recognised in this heading.

Thus, for the six-month period ended 30 June 2018 and the year ended 31 December 2017, the movements occurred in this heading were as follows:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Opening balance (32,634,996) (27,137,824)
Actuarial gains/losses - (7,579,217)
Tax effect - 2,082,045
Closing balance (32,634,996) (32,634,996)

16. DIVIDENDS

According to the dividends distribution proposal included in the 2017 Annual Report, at the General Meeting of Shareholders, which was held on 18 April 2018, a dividend distribution of 57,000,000 Euros regarding the financial year ended 31 December 2017 was proposed and approved, the amount of41,627,778 Euros from retained earnings and 15,372,222 Euros from reserves. The dividend amount assigned to own shares was transferred to Retained earnings, totalling 0.38 Euros.

At the General Meeting of Shareholders, which was held on 20 April 2017, a dividend distribution of 72,000,000 Euros was also approved, corresponding to a dividend per share of 0.48 Euros, regarding the financial year ended 31 December 2016. The dividend was paid on 19 May 2017. The dividend amount assigned to own shares was transferred to Retained earnings, totalling 0.48 Euros.

17. EARNINGS PER SHARE

During the six-month periods ended 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2017, the earnings per share were calculated as follows:

30.06.2018 30.06.2017
Net income for the period 6,250,289 17,745,100
Average number of ordinary shares 149,999,999 149,900,464
Earnings per share
Basic 0.04 0.12
Diluted 0.04 0.12

The average number of shares is detailed as follows:

30.06.2018 30.06.2017
Shares issued at begining of the period 150,000,000 150,000,000
Own shares effect 1 99,536
Average number of shares during the period 149,999,999 149,900,464

The basic earnings per share are calculated dividing the net profit attributable to equity holders of the parent company by the average ordinary shares, excluding the average number of own shares held by the Group.

As at 30 June 2018, the number of own shares held by the Group is 1 and its average number for the period ended 30 June 2018 is also 1, reflecting the fact that no acquisitions or sales/attribution have occurred in the given period.

There are no dilutive factors of earnings per share.

18. PROVISIONS, GUARANTEES PROVIDED, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS

Provisions

For the six-month period ended 30 June 2018 and the year ended 31 December 2017, in order to face legal proceedings and other liabilities arising from past events, the Group recognised Provisions, which showed the following movement:

30.06.2018
Opening balance Increases Reversals Utilisations Transfers Changes in the
consolidation
perimeter
Closing balance
Non-current provisions
Litigations 3,390,479 889,344 (590,666) (162,898) 58,365 - 3,584,624
Restructuring 1,729,651 - - (62,177) (597,703) - 1,069,771
Other provisions 8,338,601 1,400,078 (484,991) (4,409) (58,365) - 9,190,914
Sub-total - caption "Provisions (increases)/reversals" 13,458,730 2,289,422 (1,075,657) (229,483) (597,703) - 13,845,309
Restructuring 11,903,172 9,363,516 (134,866) (18,402,351) - - 2,729,471
Other provisions 666,430 316,802 - - - - 983,232
Provisões 26,028,332 11,969,740 (1,210,523) (18,631,834) (597,703) - 17,558,012
31.12.2017
Opening balance Increases Reversals Utilisations Transfers Changes in the
consolidation
perimeter
Closing balance
Non-current provisions
Litigations 4,838,552 2,316,092 (2,805,272) (1,140,292) 151,399 30,000 3,390,479
Restructuring - 1,729,651 - - - - 1,729,651
Other provisions 9,288,931 118,462 (333,053) (584,340) (151,399) - 8,338,601
Sub-total - caption "Provisions (increases)/reversals" 14,127,483 4,164,205 (3,138,325) (1,724,632) - 30,000 13,458,730
Restructuring - 13,101,590 (146,221) (1,052,197) - - 11,903,172
Other provisions - 666,430 - - - - 666,430
Provisões 14,127,483 17,932,225 (3,284,546) (2,776,829) - 30,000 26,028,332

In the year ended 31 December 2017 the caption Changes in the consolidation perimeter refers to the balances of Transporta as at the acquisition date.

The net amount between increases and reversals of provisions was recorded in the consolidated income statement under the caption Provisions, net and amounted to (1,213,765) Euros (13,074 Euros as at 30 June 2017).

Litigations

The provisions for litigations were set up to face the liabilities resulting from lawsuits brought against the Group and are estimated based on information from its lawyers.

Restructuring

On 19 December 2017, CTT approved an Operational Transformation Plan, which emphasises the purposes of optimising the retail network, reinforcing the HR optimisation programmeand reengineering the distribution network. As a result of this Transformation Plan, a provision for restructuring in the total amount of 13,571,359 Euros was recorded in the year ended 31 December 2017, having 11,841,708 Euros been recorded against the caption Staff costs and the amount of 1,729,651 Euros was recognised under the heading Provisions, net in the income statement.

Following the maintenance of the HR optimisation programmein 2018, reinforcements of this provision in the amount of 9,363,516 Euros were recorded against the caption Staff costs in the income statement. As at 30 June 2018 the provision amounts to 2,729,471 Euros. The utilisations recorded in the same period regard mainly the payment of indemnities foreseen when the provision was booked as well as the costs incurred with the closing of post offices.

Other provisions

For the six-month period ended 30 June 2018, the provision to cover contingencies relating to employment litigation actions not included in the current court proceedings and related to remuneration differences that can be claimed by workers, amounts to 7,440,682 Euros (7,882,083 Euros as at 31 December 2017).

On 30 June2018, a provision was recognised in Tourline to face the notification issued by the Spanish National Commission on Markets and Competition, which has now been the subject of an appeal to the Spanish Audiencia Nacional (National High Court). The amount provisioned, of 1,400,000 Euros, is the result of the evaluation carried out by its legal advisors.

As at 30 June 2018, in addition to the previously mentioned situations, this heading also includes:

  • the amount of 85,591 Euros to cover costs for dismantlement of tangible fixed assets and/or removal of facilities and restoration of the sites;
  • the amount of 670,835 Euros, which arisefrom the assessment made by the management regarding the possibility of tax contingencies;
  • the amount of 316,802 Euros regarding the liability, recognised in the company Transporta, with a labour legal proceeding.

Guarantees provided

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the Group had provided bank guarantees to third parties as follows:

Description 30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority) 10,987,388 4,844,868
FUNDO DE PENSÕES DO BANCO SANTANDER TOTTA (Pension Fund) 3,030,174 3,030,174
PLANINOVA - Soc. Imobiliária, S.A. (Real estate company) 2,033,582 2,033,582
LandSearch, Compra e Venda de Imóveis (Real estate company) 1,792,886 1,792,886
NOVIMOVESTE - Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário (Property fund) 1,523,201 1,523,201
LUSIMOVESTE - Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário (Property fund) 1,274,355 1,274,355
TIP - Transportes Intermodais do Porto, ACE (Oporto intermodal transport) 150,000 150,000
Courts 112,888 126,204
Municipalities 96,665 188,491
Solred (Repsol's fuel cards) 80,000 80,000
EPAL - Empresa Portuguesa de Águas Livres (Multi-municipal System of Water Supply and Sanitation of the Lisbon Area) 68,895 21,433
INCM - Imprensa Nacional da Casa da Moeda (Portuguese Mint and Official Printing Office) 46,167 46,167
Fonavi, Nave Hospitalet 40,477 40,477
ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal (Airports of Portugal) 34,000 68,000
EMEL, S.A. (Municipal company managing parking in Lisbon) 26,984 26,984
Águas do Norte (Water Supply of the Northern Region) 23,804 23,804
Serviços Intermunicipalizados Loures e Odivelas (Inter-municipal Services of Water Supply and Sanitation of the Loures and Odivelas Areas) 17,000 17,000
Direção Geral do Tesouro e Finanças (Directorate General of Treasury and Finance) 16,867 16,867
Portugal Telecom, S.A. (Telecommunication Company) 16,658 16,658
Refer (public service for the management of the national railway network infrastructure) 16,460 16,460
Instituto de Gestão Financeira Segurança Social (Social Security Financial Management Institute) 16,406 16,406
SMAS de Sintra (Services of Water Supply and Sanitation of the city of Sintra) 15,889 15,889
Repsol (Oil and Gas Company) 15,000 15,000
Administração Regional de Saúde - Lisboa e Vale do Tejo ( Regional Health Authority of the Lisbon Area) 13,086 13,086
Other entities 12,603 14,103
ACT Autoridade Condições Trabalho (Authority for Working Conditions) 12,460 12,460
Águas do Porto, E.M (Services of Water Supply and Sanitation of the city of Porto) 10,720 10,720
SMAS Torres Vedras (Services of Water Supply and Sanitation of the city of Torres Vedras) 9,909 9,909
Instituto de Segurança Social (Social Security Institute) 8,190 8,190
Promodois (Real estate company) 6,273 6,273
TNT Express Worldwide 6,010 6,010
Consejeria Salud ( Local Health Service/Spain) 4,116 4,116
Instituto do emprego e formação profissional (Employment and Professional Training Institute) 3,718 3,718
Casa Pia de Lisboa, I.P. (public institute for the promotion and protection of the children and youngsters' rights) 1,863 1,863
IFADAP (National Support Institute for Farming and Fishing) 1,746 1,746
Águas de Coimbra (Services of Water Supply and Sanitation of the city of Coimbra) 870 870
SPMS - Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde (Shared services of the Ministry of Health) - 30,180
21,527,309 15,508,150

According to the terms of some lease contracts of the buildings occupied by the Group's services, at the moment that the Portuguese State ceased to hold the majority of the share capital of CTT, bank guarantees on first demand had to be provided. These guarantees amount to 9,654,198 Euros as at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017.

The amounts relating to the Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority ("Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira") arise essentially from tax enforcement proceedings arising from the inspection process regarding VAT of the fiscal years 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Following the risk assessment carried out by its legal advisors, the Group provided bank guarantees under the opposition presented in the arbitral tribunal, considering these proceedings as contingent liabilities.

Commitments

As at 30 June 2018, the Group had subscribed promissory notes amounting to approximately 43.4 thousand Euros, for various credit institutions intended to secure complete and timely compliance with the corresponding financing contracts.

The Group assumed financial commitments (comfort letters) in the amount of 1,170,769 Euros for the subsidiary Tourline and regarding the subsidiary CORRE in the amount of 94,080 Euros, which are still active as at 30 June 2018.

In addition, the Group also assumed commitments relating to real estate rents under lease contracts and rents for operating and financial leases.

The contractual commitments related to Tangible fixed assets and Intangible assets are detailed respectively in Notes 5 and 6, respectively.

19. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the heading Accounts payable showed the following composition:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Current
Advances from customers 3,002,447 2,989,508
CNP money orders 283,842,936 192,760,943
Suppliers 62,831,293 67,167,246
Invoices pending confirmation 9,679,779 10,783,684
Fixed assets suppliers 2,918,317 8,069,559
Invoices pending confirmation (fixed assets) 2,585,595 8,934,307
Values collected on behalf of third parties 10,357,688 10,307,613
Postal financial services 127,230,438 77,584,441
Advances regarding disposals 1,117,162 9,947
Other accounts payable 8,082,907 5,926,046
511,648,562 384,533,294

CNP money orders

The value of CNP money orders refers to the money orders received from the National Pensions Centre (CNP), whose payment date to the corresponding pensioners must occur in the month after the closing of the period.

Postal financial services

This heading records mainly the amounts collected related to taxes, insurance, savings certificates and other money orders.

Advances regarding disposals

The increase of this heading mainly regards the deposit stipulated in the agreement for the sale of the building located at Rua da Palma.

20. BANKING CLIENTS' DEPOSITS AND OTHER LOANS

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the composition of the heading Banking clients' deposits and other loans is as follows:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Sight deposits 523,776,180 408,639,274
Term deposits 114,660,457 129,945,220
Savings deposits 97,958,866 80,645,186
736,395,503 619,229,680

The above-mentioned amounts relate to Banco CTT clients' deposits. As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the residual maturity of banking clients' deposits and other loans, is detailed as follows:

30.06.2018
No defined maturity Due within 3
months
Over 3 months and
less than 1 year
Over 1 year and
less than 3 years
Over 3 years Total
Sight deposits 523,776,180 - - - - 523,776,180
Term deposits - 54,383,224 60,277,233 - - 114,660,457
Savings deposits 97,958,866 - - - - 97,958,866
621,735,046 54,383,224 60,277,233 - - 736,395,503
31.12.2017
No defined maturity Due within 3
months
Over 3 months and
less than 1 year
Over 1 year and
less than 3 years
Over 3 years Total
Sight deposits 408,639,274 - - - - 408,639,274
Term deposits - 63,510,961 66,434,259 - - 129,945,220
Savings deposits 80,645,186 - - - - 80,645,186
489,284,460 63,510,961 66,434,259 - - 619,229,680

21. INCOME TAXES RECEIVABLE /PAYABLE

As at 30 June 2018 the caption reflects the estimated income tax regarding 2017, which has not yet been received, as well as the estimated income tax regarding the six-month period ended 30 June 2018.

22. OTHER OPERATING INCOME

During the six-month periods ended 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2017, the composition of the heading Other operating income was as follows:

30.06.2018 30.06.2017
Supplementary revenues 2,195,447 2,211,602
Early settlement discounts received 32,898 32,475
Gains inventories 336 -
Favourable exchange rate differences of assets and
liabilities other than financing
533,731 1,829,350
Income from financial investments 244,838 441,070
Income from non-financial investments 70,653 1,761,857
Income from services and commissions 2,151,994 2,270,582
Interest income and expenses - financial services 52,851 102,216
VAT adjustments 2,083,422 1,581,229
Other 794,645 255,890
8,160,815 10,486,271

The amount related to VAT adjustments mainly results from the improvements made in the procedures of the VAT deduction methodology.

The interest related to the Financial Services segment is recognised under this caption.

23. STAFF COSTS

During the six-month periods ended 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2017, the composition of the heading Staff Costs was as follows:

30.06.2018 30.06.2017
Remuneration 132,238,459 134,450,304
Employee benefits 2,126,067 2,266,612
Indemnities 13,603,073 2,672,975
Social Security charges 29,621,293 29,450,246
Occupational accident and health insurance 2,205,242 1,664,875
Social welfare costs 3,311,116 3,638,948
Other staff costs 46,494 77,488
183,151,744 174,221,448

Remuneration of the statutory bodies of CTT, S.A.

In the six-month periods ended 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2017, the fixed and variable remunerations attributed to the members of the statutory bodies of CTT, S.A. were as follows:

30.06.2018
Board of Directors Audit Comittee Remuneration
Board
General Meeting of
Shareholders
Total
Short-term remuneration
Fixed remuneration 1,096,839 80,143 27,900 14,000 1,218,882
Annual variable remuneration - - - - -
1,096,839 80,143 27,900 14,000 1,218,882
Long-term remuneration
Defined contribution plan RSP 91,775 - - - 91,775
Long-term variable remuneration - Share Plan 20,070 - - - 20,070
111,845 - - - 111,845
1,208,684 80,143 27,900 14,000 1,330,727
30.06.2017
Board of Directors Audit Comittee Remuneration
Board
General Meeting of
Shareholders
Total
Short-term remuneration
Fixed remuneration 980,176 103,714 18,720 4,500 1,107,110
Annual variable remuneration 448,181 - - - 448,181
1,428,357 103,714 18,720 4,500 1,555,291
Long-term remuneration
Defined contribution plan RSP 96,389 - - - 96,389
Long-term variable remuneration - Share Plan 616,890 - - - 616,890
713,279 - - - 713,279
2,141,636 103,714 18,720 4,500 2,268,570

Following the revision of the Remuneration Regulation for Members of the Statutory Bodies for the term of office 2017-2019, the terms of the Long-term Variable Remuneration were revised, with the payment being now made in cash, not in shares as in the previous plan. The plan is now considered as "cash settlement" which, according to IFRS2, implies that the liability should be annually updated and any changes resulting from the assessment should be recorded in the income statement.

The attribution and calculation of the Long-term Variable Remuneration are based on the results of the performance evaluation during the term of office (1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019), which consists of a comparison of the recorded performance of the Total Shareholder Return (TSR) of CTT shares and the TSR of a weighted peer group, composed of national and international companies.

The long-term variable remuneration attributed to the executive members of the Board of Directors will be paid at the end of the 2017-2019 term of office, and the amount of 20,070 Euros corresponds to the cost to be assumed in the period between 1 January 2018 and 30 June2018based on the assessment performed by an independent entity as at 31.12.2017.

For the six-month period ended 30 June 2018, and in accordance with the provisions of the Operational Transformation Plan, no estimate of Annual Variable Compensation was recorded for the members of the Statutory Bodies of CTT, S.A..

Remuneration

The change in the "Remuneration" caption arises essentially from the combined effect ofthe HR optimisation programme initiated in the previous year, the salary revision agreed with the workers' representative organisations, as well as the decision not to pay the variable remuneration related to 2017.

Indemnities

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018, this caption includes the amount of 13.2 million Euros related to compensations established for termination of employment contracts by mutual agreement, a process initiated in 2018.

Social welfare costs

Social welfare costs relate almost entirely to health costs incurred by the Group with active workers, as well as expenses related to Health and Safety at Work.

During the six-month periods ended 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2017, the heading Staff costs includes the amounts of 292,906 Euros and 401,109 Euros, respectively, related to expenses with workers' representative bodies.

For the six-month periods ended 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2017, the average number of staff of the Group was 12,335 and 12,402, respectively.

24. INCOME TAX FOR THE PERIOD

Companies with head office in Portugal are subject to tax on their profit through Corporate Income Tax ("IRC") at the normal tax rate of 21%, whilst the municipal tax is established at a maximum rate of 1.5% of taxable profit, and State surcharge is 3% of taxable profit above 1,500,000 Euros and 5% of taxable profit above 7,500,000 Euros up to 35,000,000 Euros and 9% of the taxable profit above 35,000,000 Euros. Tourline is subject to income taxes in Spain, through income tax (Impuesto sobre Sociedades - "IS") at a rate of 25%, and the subsidiary CORRE is subject to corporate income tax in Mozambique ("IRPC") at a rate of 32%.

Corporate income tax is levied on the Group and its subsidiaries CTT – Expresso, S.A., Mailtec Comunicação, S.A., Payshop Portugal, S.A, CTT Contacto, S.A., Banco CTT, S.A. and Escrita Inteligente, S.A., through the Special Regime for the Taxation of Groups of Companies ("RETGS"). The remaining companies are taxed individually.

Reconciliation of the income tax rate

In the six-month periods ended 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2017, the reconciliation between the nominal rate and the effective income tax rate was as follows:

30.06.2018 30.06.2017
Earnings before taxes 11,673,635 28,154,960
Nominal tax rate 21.0% 21.0%
2,451,463 5,912,542
Tax Benefits (187,933) (179,010)
Accounting capital gains/(losses) (6,185) (144,476)
Tax capital gains/(losses) (4,127) 73,646
Impairment losses and reversals 39,513 (91,271)
Other situations, net 1,119,968 858,306
Adjustments related with - autonomous taxation 265,681 792,586
Adjustments related with - Municipal Surcharge 206,016 553,056
Adjustments related with - State Surcharge 536,239 1,870,241
Tax losses without deferred tax 771,761 849,309
Insuficiency / (Excess) estimated income tax 203,579 (35,114)
Income taxes for the period 5,395,976 10,459,815
Effective tax rate 46.22% 37.15%
Income taxes for the period
Current tax 1,752,206 8,809,790
Deferred tax 3,440,190 1,685,139
Insuficiency / (Excess) estimated income tax 203,579 (35,114)
5,395,976 10,459,815

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018, the heading Insufficiency/(Excess) estimated income tax mainly relates to the insufficiency of the income tax estimate of previous years in the net amount of 783,025 Euros and to the tax credit related to SIFIDE of 2016 in the amount of 444,943 Euros.

Deferred taxes

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the balance of deferred tax assets and liabilities was composed as follows:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Deferred tax assets
Employee benefits - healthcare 71,219,110 71,544,019
Employee benefits - pension plan 77,580 80,044
Employee benefits - other long-term benefits 4,084,278 4,409,187
Impairment losses and provisions 3,926,832 6,753,261
Tax losses carried forward 961,445 688,388
Impairment losses in tangible fixed assets 421,963 257,614
Long term variable remuneration 16,962 11,308
Land and buildings 473,844 494,805
Tangible assets' tax revaluation regime 2,419,969 2,581,300
Other 538,408 335,813
84,140,391 87,155,739
Deferred tax liabilities
Revaluation of tangible fixed assets before IFRS 2,490,738 2,591,593
Suspended capital gains 763,212 776,522
Other 31,006 31,006
3,284,956 3,399,121

As at 30 June 2018, the expected amount of deferred tax assets and liabilities to be settled within 12 months is 2.6 million Euros and 0.2 million Euros, respectively.

During the six-month period ended 30 June 2018 and the year ended 31 December 2017, the movements which occurred under the deferred tax headings were as follows:

30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Deferred tax assets
Opening balances 87,155,739 86,220,762
Effect on net profit
Employee benefits - healthcare (324,909) (1,061,122)
Employee benefits - pension plan (2,464) 80,044
Employee benefits - other long-term benefits (324,909) (892,139)
Deferred accounting gains - (606,790)
Impairment losses and provisions (2,805,196) 3,722,704
Tax losses carried forward 273,057 361,204
Impairment losses in tangible fixed assets 164,349 (102,719)
Long term variable remuneration 5,654 11,364
Share plan - (1,268,526)
Land and buildings (20,961) (1,365,661)
Tangible assets' tax revaluation regime (161,331) (86,657)
Other (164,439) 61,230
Effect on equity
Employee benefits - healthcare - 2,082,045
345,801 -
Closing balance 84,140,391 87,155,739
30.06.2018 31.12.2017
Deferred tax liabilities
Opening balances 3,399,121 4,123,146
Effect on net profit
Revaluation of tangible fixed assets before IFRS (100,855) (560,116)
Suspended capital gains (13,310) (158,299)
Other - (5,610)
Closing balance 3,284,956 3,399,121

The tax losses carried forward are related to the losses of the subsidiaries Tourline, Escrita Inteligente and Transporta, and are detailed as follows:

Company Tax losses Deferred tax assets
Tourline 45,916,808 -
Escrita Inteligente 64,718 13,591
Transporta 4,513,590 947,854
Total 50,495,117 961,445

Regarding Tourline, the tax losses of the years 2008, 2009 and 2011 may be reported in the next 15 years, the tax losses related to 2012, 2013 and 2014 may be carried forward in the next 18 years and the tax losses of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 have no time limit for deduction. As far as Escrita Inteligente is concerned, the tax losses related to the years 2015 and 2016 may be carried forward in the next 12 years and the tax losses of 2017 may be reported in the next 5 years. Regarding Transporta, the tax loss refers to the years 2017 and 2018 and may be carried forward in the next 5 years.

The sensitivity analysis performed allows us to conclude that a 1% reduction in the underlying rate of deferred tax would imply an increase in the income tax for the period of about 2.4 million Euros.

SIFIDE

The Group policy for recognition of fiscal credits regarding SIFIDE is to recognise the credit at the moment of the effective receipt of the commission certification statement, certifying the eligibility of expenses presented in the applications for tax benefits.

Regarding the year ended 31 December 2015, for the expenses incurred with R&D of 3,358,151 Euros, the Group will have the possibility of benefiting from a tax deduction in corporate income tax estimated at 2,556,380 Euros. According to the notification dated 6 April 2017 of the Certification Commission, a tax credit of 1,079,209 Euros was attributed to CTT.

For the year ended 31 December 2016, regarding the expenses incurred with R&D of 1,895,281 Euros, the Group will have the possibility of benefiting from a tax deduction in corporate income tax estimated at 1,006,271 Euros. According to the notification dated 22 March 2018 of the Certification Commission, a tax credit of 444,943 Euros was attributed to the Group.

For the year ended 31 December 2017, regarding the expenses incurred with R&D of 1,432,825 Euros, the Group will have the possibility of benefiting from a tax deduction in corporate income tax estimated at 590,740 Euros

Other information

Pursuant to the legislation in force in Portugal, income tax returns are subject to review and correction by the tax authorities for a period of four years (five years for Social Security), except when there have been tax losses, tax benefits have been received, or when inspections, claims or challenges are in progress, in which cases, depending on the circumstances, these years are extended or suspended. Therefore, CTT's income tax returns from 2016 and onwards may still be reviewed and corrected, since the income tax returns prior to this date have already been inspected, even though the deadlines for the years 2014 and 2015 have not yet expired.

The Board of Directors of the Company believes that any corrections arising from reviews/inspections by the tax authorities of these income tax returns will not have a significant effect on the interim condensed consolidated financial statements as at 30 June 2018.

25. RELATED PARTIES

The Regulation on Assessment and Control of Transactions with CTT's Related Parties defines related party as a qualified shareholder, officer, or even a third party related by any commercial or relevant personal interest and subsidiaries or associates or jointly controlled entities (joint ventures).

According to the Regulation, the significant transactions with related parties must be previously approved by the Audit Committee of CTT as well as transactions that members of the Board of Directors of CTT and/or its subsidiaries conduct with CTT and/or its subsidiaries.

The other transactions with related parties are communicated to the Audit Committee for the purpose of subsequent examination.

During the six-month periods ended 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2017, the following transactions took place and the following balances existed with related parties:

30.06.2018
Accounts receivable Accounts payable Revenues Costs Dividends
Shareholders - - - - 57,000,000
Other shareholders of Group companies
Associated companies 2,918 11 6,119 2,619 -
Jointly controlled 166,616 - 204,685 - -
Members of the (Note 23)
Board of Directors - - - 1,096,839 -
Audit Committee - - - 80,143 -
Remuneration Committee - - - 27,900 -
General Meeting - - - 14,000 -
169,533 11 210,804 1,221,501 57,000,000
30.06.2017
Accounts receivable Accounts payable Revenues Costs Dividends
Shareholders - - - - 72,000,000
Other shareholders of Group companies
Associated companies 2,247 25,281 6,110 34,391 -
Jointly controlled 140,067 - 255,130 216 -
Members of the (Note 23)
Board of Directors - - - 1,428,357 -
Audit Committee - - - 103,714 -
Remuneration Committee - - - 18,720 -
General Meeting - - - 4,500 -
142,315 25,281 261,240 1,589,899 72,000,000

The transactions and balances between subsidiaries are eliminated in the consolidation process and are not disclosed in this note.

26. OTHER INFORMATION

Regulatory proceedings

In the daily operation of its business, CTT is regularly subject to inquiry from the supervisory entities for verification of compliance with current legislation and verification of procedures to ensure the provision of services. The Company adopts an attitude of collaboration by providing the necessary clarifications and due answer.

In this context, and following the statement of objections issued by the Competition Authority (AdC) in August 2016 on the basis of CTT's alleged set up of obstacles on the access to its postal network by its competitors, to which CTT reacted within the legal deadline, as well as the investigation carried out by said authority, CTT, with the objective of responding to the competition concerns expressed by the AdC, presented, on 22/12/2017, under the terms and for the purposes set forth in article 23 of Law no. 19/2012, of 8 May (Competition Law), a set of commitments that consist of the extension of the scope of the Offer of Access to the Postal Network (Offer of Access), made available to the competing postal operators, as follows:

    1. Extension of the postal services covered by the Access Offer, namely the Domestic Editorial Service, the Domestic Priority Service and the Domestic Registered Service;
    1. Introduction of new access points to the postal network, further downstream in the postal distribution chain, namely Destination Production and Logistics Centres and 217 Destination Post Offices (with

the exception of the Domestic Base Service items weighing up to 50 g), whose mail is directly forwarded for delivery by the postmen through the Postal Delivery Offices;

    1. Introduction of faster delivery time in the case of access through the Destination Post Offices for the Domestic Base Service items weighing more than 50 g and the Domestic Editorial Service;
    1. Possibility for a competing operator to carry out additional mail processing tasks, namely the separation of mail by distribution area within the Postal Delivery Office and by street;
    1. Lower pricing for access to the network than that applied to final customers, with differentiated prices depending on the access point, mail service and mail processing tasks carried out by the competing operator.

After the public consultation, minor adjustments were introduced in the commitments submitted by CTT and on 05/07/2018 the AdC decided to accept the mentioned commitments, which CTT has to comply with immediately. On the same date, the AdC decided to close the proceeding against CTT.

Tourline legal proceeding

The Spanish National Commission on Markets and Competition fined Tourline Express Mensajería, S.L.U. in the amount of 3,148,845 Euros (three million, one hundred and forty-eight thousand, eight hundred and fortyfive euros), for alleged cartel practice with ICS - International Courier Solution SL, in the courier market in Spain, between October 2013 and April 2016. As it considered the decision completely unfounded, Tourline has appealed to the Spanish Audiencia Nacional (National High Court). In this context, Tourline recognised a provision as referred in Note 18.

27. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Acquisition 321 Crédito

On 24 July 2018, through its subsidiary Banco CTT, S.A., CTT entered into an agreement for the acquisition of 321 Crédito, Instituição Financeira de Crédito, S.A., a fast-growing specialised consumer credit business, focused on lending for the purchase of used cars by retail clients through a wide network of car dealers, for the amount of €100m to be paid in cash at completion.

The final price is subject to a post-completion price adjustment mechanism to reflect variations in the regulatory capital of 321 Crédito from 31 December onwards.

The completion of the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of a set of conditions precedent, including inter alia the customary approvals from the competition and regulatory authorities.

THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING & TREASURY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PART IV –AUDIT REPORT

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